As Chamonix's glaciers melt away, secrets emerge that have long been kept on ice. The mysterious monkeys of Mont Blanc? Hot on their trail, an aspiring athlete seeks closure to an almost forgotten trauma. Instead, he is found-by a dark secret that forces the villagers of Chamonix to examine their own tragic past. An elderly mushroom forager confronts her conscience. An eco-terrorist pornographer craves redemption. A child refugee awakens the mayor to the true identity of t...

64 true crime cases in California from the early 1950s into the 1980sInside look at serial killers, assassins, sadistic rapists, bank robbers, kidnappers, Satan worshippers, and moreProvides crime overview, parties involved, evidence gathered, and theories for solutions

How to navigate the day-to-day struggle for meaning, success, and happiness by sharpening your focus on the spiritual necessities.Meaning. Purpose. Calling. Vision. Whatever you name it, we are all searching for something that matters. Something that counts. We want to know that we're concentrating on the right things and that we're not missing the point.What Really Counts tackles twenty-two areas of significance—including God, Love, Wisdom, Purpose, Health—a...

A New York Times Notable Book—the award-winning debut novel of race and family that “casts a new light on urban life in Brooklyn” (Time Out New York).“Like the characters of Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin and Lorraine Hansberry . . . [our] unnamed narrator is a black man concerned with identity in a decidedly white America” (The Washington Post)—a father of three in a biracial marriage trying to claim a piece of the American Dream. On the eve of his...

Anyone who seeks to know the truth, meaning, and purpose of life will find this book quite compelling, regardless of his religious or denominational preferences. It affirms that true Christianity is not a religion. It is neither in competition with religion nor is it in conflict within its own divided existence but transcending to a greater truth! It is the visible representation of the invisible kingdom of God. The kingdom begins with Christ, grows in Christ, and is consummated by Christ!...

Four strangers meet by chance--or is it destiny?Mortimer, Deere, Tom, and Fred, four Generation X hippies, cross paths in a small midwestern town, forging an unbreakable bond that leads them to form the legendary Forever band. But their journey is about more than just music. Together, they embark on a wild, unpredictable adventure filled with action, romance, and spiritual discovery.As they chase the meaning of life and the secret to happiness, they find love, unravel life'...

Agriculture is the product of a complex mixture of behavioural, biophysical and market drivers. Understanding how these factors interact to produce crops and livestock for food has been the focus of economic investigation for many years. The advent of optimisation algorithms and the exponential growth in computing technology has allowed significant growth in mathematical modelling of the dynamics of agricultural systems. The complexity of approaches has grown in parallel with the availabil...

Network Security first-stepSecond EditionTom Thomas and Donald StoddardYour first step into the world of network securityNo security experience requiredIncludes clear and easily understood explanationsMakes learning easyYour first step to network security begins here!Learn how hacker attacks work, from start to finishChoose the right security solution for each type of riskCreate clear...

Charles Foster Kent was one of the premier scholars in Jewish Studies at the turn of the century. He was particularly well-known for his comparisons of early Christianity to its Jewish roots. He also wrote several distinguished histories of Israel, the Jewish people, Torah studies, and the development of oral Torah.

1996: Grace, a psychiatrist, juggles a suicidal boyfriend and a young patient's impending abortion.2002: Annie, a struggling actress, takes pity on a homeless girl and invites her into her New York apartment.2006: Mitch, a divorced counsellor, finds that listening to other people's problems takes his mind off his own.Ten years. Three lives. One truth: helping other people is infinitely simpler than helping yourself.

The Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller.'The slow, murderous disintegration of a marriage is all too believable... As the novel advances into treacherous territory, Harrison's elegant, incisive prose gets dirtier, more dangerous' ObserverFans of Into the Water and The Couple Next Door will love The Silent Wife.Having nothing left to lose changes everyt...

A car tumbles through darkness down a snowy ravine. A woman without a name walks out of a dust storm in Africa. And in the seething heat of Lagos City, a criminal cartel scours the Internet, looking for victims.Lives intersect. Worlds collide. And it all begins with a single email: 'Dear Sir, I am the daughter of a Nigerian diplomat, and I need your help...'At once a chilling thriller about a lonely woman avenging her father's death and an epic portrait of morality and corr...