It was just another morning for New York City’s private investigator Dan Race when his phone rings. On the other end of the line is Jeff Barclay, Race’s boss, informing him of a new assignment. Why does it seem like the cold weather makes people go mad? That’s the question Race asks himself when he stares at what appears to be the gory scene of a murdered teenage girl. Most of the evidence is there, but there is just one problem: where is the body? The fact that you have a brutal scene dis...

At the beginning of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln sought to bind important political leaders to the Union by appointing them as generals. The task was formidable: he had to find enough qualified officers to command a military that would fight along a front that stretched halfway across the continent. West Point hadn't graduated enough officers, and many of its best chose to fight for the Confederacy. Lincoln needed loyal men accustomed to organization, administration, and comman...

Why should there be a book on tomatoes? The world is full of bulletins of experiment stations, of articles in periodicals and of general books on vegetables which include discussion of tomatoes. An incomplete set of tomato bulletins includes over 350 documents. Many of these are no longer available. Many are of no great value but contribute this or that small item.

Join Lulu the baby monkey on a fun jungle adventure!Lulu loves to swing, laugh, and explore. When she meets new friends—a bright little parrot named Pico and a playful baby elephant named Ella—the jungle becomes even more exciting! But when Ella feels left out, Lulu discovers that sharing and kindness make friendships grow.This adorable picture book is filled with:Cute animal charactersSimple and joyful storytellingBright, happy jungle scenesA...

At the forested edge of Cambodia’s development frontier, the infrastructures of global development engulf the land and existing social practices like an incoming tide. Cambodia’s distinctive history of imperial surge and rupture makes it easier to see the remains of earlier tides, which are embedded in the physical landscape, and also floating about in the solidifying boundaries of religious, economic, and political classifications. Using stories from the hybrid population of settler-farme...

Like "Billy Elliot Meets Kungfu Panda!" The legend of the Dancing Fool and the Kumquat Queen tells the myth of the Jade Dragon as never told before. It is a story of why the fools dance for the Dragons during the Lunar New Year, and how the legend came to be.

A woman cut off from the world... Her own fears threatening to haunt her... Autumn Daley goes through life not trusting anyone. Finally deciding to overcome her lack of trust, she has decided to see a trauma specialist who will help her discover the root of her problems. Will the truth set her free? Or will it completely tear her apart?

This book contains the complete collection of all 14 narratives told to employees of the Work Projects Administration by former slaves living in Virginia at the time of the Great Depression in the United States. The narratives in this varied collection include stories of life as a slave, life after the end of the Civil War, and life well into the 1930s when they were written down and compiled into multiple publications. All seven of these individual publications have been combined into thi...

Ranger Tim McIntyre is investigating a series of break-ins at private homes located within the boundaries of Rocky Mountain National Park that are closed for the winter. In one of these homes, a well-dressed stranger is found dead on the floor with his head in the fireplace, apparently suffocated by soot.The investigation reveals that the dead man was a shady antiques dealer looking for a "lost" painting by Albert Bierstadt. A crooked restaurant owner in Denver is keen to acquire t...

The Death Broker of Deer Ridge (Ranger McIntyre Book 9)Ranger Tim McIntyre is conducting a routine investigation after a climber falls from a cliff on Deer Mountain. However, the situation quickly escalates when there is a drowning, followed by a death related to an avalanche. As McIntyre digs deeper, he uncovers a disturbing pattern: someone is staging suicides. These apparent suicides are, in fact, murders designed to look like accidental or deliberate deaths.To help him ...

Reverend Donahue “Donny” Cambridge, III, 42 years old, is originally from St. Louis, Missouri. Donahue is the associate pastor at The Mighty Fortress Baptist Church, which was founded by hisgreat-grandfather and handed down to his grandfather and his father.However, Donahue was not gifted the church upon his father’s death. It was given to Emerson Maynard instead, Donahue II’s protégé. Donahue II felt that Donny was not capable of eitherleading the church without mess...

The classic Federal Writers' Project guide to New Orleans history, folklore, and streets.Written in 1938 under the direction of novelist and historian Lyle Saxon, this New Orleans guide was produced by the Federal Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA).A detailed portrait of the city, it gathers local history, folklore, photographs, and traditional recipes into a single volume.Alongside the city's background and history, the gui...