Transplanted Canadian Doug Loggins is the new principal at Palm Oasis High School-in a small desert community located in California's Colorado Desert. A local tribe, the Napoc Band of Whitewater Indians, flaunting state law, open a gaming Casino. Doug must deal with ancient squabbles, local politics, and disputes about the meaning of sovereignty in addition to his own administrative duties.But these ordeals are nothing compared to the situation he faces when one of his stu...

Based on the multiple lives and tumultuous times of Vance Moran, Ghosts of Time takes the reader on an extraordinary, often unbelievable real-life adventure. An abusive childhood in the swamps of Louisiana, a family breadwinner at age six, alone by the age of twelve and being a professional boxer does not prepare Vance for what he faces as a US Military pilot at eighteen on a secret mission behind enemy lines in the scorching, barren wastelands of Northern Africa during World War II. Few h...

When their youngest child is savagely killed in Russia in the early 1900's, Julius and Frieda Goodkin seek a new life in America. In Toledo, Ohio, they find the road not paved in gold but instead in a conflict of cultures and ideology that severs the relationship with Julius' brother, Jacob. Hoping life would be easier in sunny California, Julius and Frieda with their four young children, Herman, Manuel, Ada and Paul, leave family and friends to encounter even greater obstacles in Los Ange...

When they meet at a summer camp, two ten-year-old boys from opposite worlds become friends and begin an exciting series of exploits that will test their mettle and friendship. Court-ordered forced busing, for the sole purpose of integrating the school system, leads to tumultuous, chaotic times in a city suddenly torn apart by fear and prejudice.The two boys learn the meaning of courage when each must face the shadows of time that follow them from ghetto streets riddled with crime a...

The adventures of JoJo the gorilla begins in the first installment of this faith-filled series of children's coloring books that are laced with God's Word and packed with life lessons in a fun, easy-to-understand manner for kids of all ages.Here, JoJo receives Jesus and makes lots of new friends in the jungle as he shares the Good News about the love of God to all the animals he meets. Together they form a family and find themselves in various situations where they discover how to ...

Raised to become a world champion in mixed martial arts by his adoptive, abusive, sadistic Japanese father, Katsuro Tachigi, Gian Aaron Molina was sold, as a newborn, by his irresponsible, reckless mother to this seventy-two year-old stranger from Japan.Gian survived years of torture, methodical beatings, and brutal training to face the greatest challenge of allfinding love and compassion in a world far distant from him.Thrust into defying his inner moral code, Gian commits...

A southern Renaissance man, Eugene Walter (1921–1998) was a pioneering food writer, a champion of southern foodways and culture, and a legendary personality among food lovers. The Happy Table of Eugene Walter, which introduces a new generation of readers to Walter’s culinary legacy, is a revelation to anyone interested in today’s booming scene in vintage and artisanal drinks — from bourbon and juleps to champagne and punch — and a southern twist on America’s culinary heritage....

A gripping short story from the New York Times bestselling author of Pieces of Her.A beautiful young girl was walking down the street―when suddenly…Julia Carroll knows that too many stories start that way. Beautiful, intelligent, a nineteen-year-old college freshman, she should be carefree. But instead she is frightened. Because girls are disappearing.A fellow student, Beatrice Oliver, is missing. A homeless woman called Mona-No-Name is mi...

A New York Times bestseller—over a million copies sold!Bestselling author Sherman Alexie tells the story of Junior, a budding cartoonist growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Determined to take his future into his own hands, Junior leaves his troubled school on the rez to attend an all-white farm town high school where the only other Indian is the school mascot.Heartbreaking, funny, and bea...

A tv tie-in with Lorraine Pascale, the model baker.Supermodel turned patisserie chef Lorraine Pascale is the BBC's new home baking heroine. In this gorgeous new cookbook to accompany the series, Lorraine shares her expertise, passion and her all time favourite sweet and savoury recipes.Baking is back and as a qualified baker with years of experience in some of the country's hottest restaurants, Lorraine knows just how to create modern, delicious and inspiring recipes. Here ...

For twenty-five years the unsolved kidnapping of two young girls has haunted Minneapolis homicide detective Lucas Davenport. Today, the bodies have been found. Today, he returns to a crime—and a nightmare—darker than any before...A block on the edge of the Minneapolis loop is being razed when a macabre discovery is made: two girls buried under a rotted old house. Lucas Davenport knows how long they’ve been there. In 1985, he was part of the manhunt to track down tw...

Here's a fast, easy way to cook delicious, inexpensive, gourmet meals, most in just 30 minutes or less. Has 60 meals including jambalayas, seafood dishes, pastas, casseroles, soups, chili, potatoes, cabbage, sweet potatoes and much more!The Secret: one-pot cooking in a RICE COOKER with less mess to clean up! Amazing time-saving alternative to conventional cooking, right there on your counter.