Margaret Maron's Judge Deborah Knott mysteries set in rural North Carolina are cherished by discerning readers who value authentic characters and intriguing plots. As housing sprawl creeps across the land, farmers are feeling the pinch. County commissioners have been making lucrative land deals in secret, and now murder brings Deborah and Sheriff Bryant into the middle of a major dispute.

Deborah Knott may have lost the district election, but a bigoted judge's sudden death--and some old-fashioned political horse trading--have won her a governor's appointment. True to Southern form, her swearing-in is followed by a raucous reception that brings out every elderly aunt and cousin in the county.Unfortunately, Lu Bingham, the force behind WomenAid, is at the reception, too. Not only has she come to collect the leftovers for her daycare center, but she's also there to col...

Deborah Knott was expected to be a conventional little girl and eventually a conventional woman, worshipped on a pedestal by a conventional husband.Instead, she became an attorney, infiltrating the old boy network that still rules the tobacco country of Colleton County, North Carolina. Some say her success is a sign of the New South, but no one knows better than she the power of the past—her family’s long history in the area is a major asset in her campaign for district judge. Then...

FIFTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD DORIS MARON SOLD EVERYTHING SHE OWNED, EXCEPT HER MOTORCYCLE AND A FEW PERSONAL BELONGINGS, TO LIVE A DREAM.On August 4, 2001, Maron left Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on her 750cc Honda Magna to begin her journey around the world.During the next two years and eleven months, she traveled into forty four countries on six continents. Marons first book, Untamed Spirit, describes the first nineteen months of her journey. This second book chronicles the second ...

From the author of Herc, a Waterstones Best Book of the Year. For fans of Greek mythology, Glorious Exploits and The Odyssey‘Particularly skilled in evoking the strangeness and contradictoriness of Greek myths’ Sunday Times‘A joyful exploration of one woman's quest for home, power, identity. A genuine pleasure to read!’ Clare North, author of Ithaca* * * * * * * *...

Over the last hundred years the history of capitalism hardly supports the idea of a dynamic equilibrium between democracy and capitalism. The unprecedented triumph of global capitalism and its stronger power of transformation are changing the nature of political community and its institutions, transforming the conditions of democratic politics and governance. The writings collected in this volume present leading statements of theories of democracy and capitalism in Italy starting from Vilf...

Animals have been entwined with our lives since the earliest days of civilization. Many of the first cave drawings are of animals and how they interact with humans. Dogs were loyal companions and protectors. Cats kept the home safe from mice and curled up on a lap after a long day of work. Both were worshipped as gods and goddesses.As our society grew, so did our appreciation of our animal neighbors on our Earth. Many of us now care for more unusual pets such as rabbits and geckos....

A follow-up to their Level 1 guide, the authors of Play it! are back with a fun and easy way to level up your piano and keyboard skills, now with more technical instruction on your favorite Christmas songs.Written by the author of the best-selling Build It! series in collaboration with an experienced piano teacher, the Play It! books teach how to play the piano or keyboard in a simple, effective way. Using color-coded notes and character icons, th...

This book shatters the existing patriarchal view of menopause as a time of loss and disempowerment. In contrast, through employing an alchemical lens or framework, menopause becomes an opportunity for a woman's pilgrimage into the mundus imaginalis— where she finds her authentic, powerful self. Menopause is seen as a developmental stage welcoming a woman to the time of her ultimate creative expression. Through eight meditations and exploration of Western culture's mythological context, "A ...

Voh Tano Thum Te is a beautiful children's picture book edition of The Three Little Pigs, written in the Zo (Chin) language.Introduce your children to the classic story of The Three Little Pigs, beautifully translated into the Zo (Chin) language. Follow the three brother pigs as they build their houses of straw, sticks, and bricks, and see if they can outsmart the Big Bad Wolf! Filled with vibrant, full-color illustrations created entirely by talented artists in Myanmar, this book ...

A follow-up to their Level 2 guide, the authors of Play It! are back with a fun and easy way to level up your piano and keyboard skills, now with even more technical instruction on classic and favorite songs.Written by the author of the best-selling Build It! series in collaboration with an experienced piano teacher, the Play It! books teach how to play the piano or keyboard in a simple, effective way. Using color-coded notes and characte...

Solar Warlords: Book 2 Of The Solar Sea Adventures by Orion MarronThe Solar Sea is fracturing.As relic maps surface and ancient star‑roads flicker back to life, warlords rise to claim what the First Empire left behind. Draven Keller carves order from chaos with fleets built on loyalty, fear, and hard-earned trust—but every victory awakens something older watching from the dark.Power is changing hands.The Sea is remembering.And war is o...