The Sante Fe Super Chief is living up to its reputation as The Train of the Stars as it departs L.A. with Hollywood’s great and good on board. But when young steward Horace hears a mysterious crying child and a detective boards, looking for an infamous German spy, it’s not the actors who are set to star in the drama that unfolds. In the third of the Chronicles of a Conductor series, senior conductor Clyde Mayer, together with his friend and assistant conductor Bob Preston are forced to tea...

Mobility - the movements of people, things, and ideas, as well as their associated cultural meanings - has been a key factor in shaping Canadians' perceptions of and interactions with their country. Approaching the burgeoning field of environmental history in Canada through the lens of mobility reveals some of the distinctive ways in which Canadians have come to terms with the country's climate and landscape. Spanning Canada's diverse regions, throughout its history, from the closing of th...

The world is in a state of existential crisis sociologically and environmentally. There is sound scientific evidence that humankind's tenure of this planet could be ending or, at best, undergo a painful paradigm shift. Few have never experienced an existential crisis. The confusion and the loss of purpose that arises can be profound. This collection of essays vividly describes the author's inner journey to resolve the vast imbalances that arose within him triggered in his subconscious. Yea...

"I made a mistake," Carrie spat out. "I didn't mean to invite you all on the same night, and in fact, I'm not certain I did. I'm sure one of you just showed up uninvited and it might have been you," she continued, glaring openly at Micah.Carrie Ann Meadows is a dreamer, a bit of a schemer, and the prettiest girl in Centerville. If she'd get her nose out of those damn dime novels now and then, she might realize that standing right in front of her is a flesh and bloo...

Rosa Kerker's journey is a true account of a young girl's emigration with her family to America in 1866. Her parents and six siblings settled in Chaska, Minnesota, persevering through harsh winters, disease, and the stigma of her sister's suicide.Raised in a strong Catholic family, Rosa was drawn to the convent at a young age. This is a novel of historical fiction and is inspired by Rosa's quest to find fulfillment and happiness in a religious community, despite seemingly insurmount...

Engaged to a demanding social climber, in love with a saloon girl!Mead Whittaker's life is spiraling out of control. He's engaged to a demanding social climber while his heart belongs to a saloon girl. His situation worsens when a stray bullet threatens to confine him to a wheelchair for life. Desperate and out of options, he listens to his brother Morgan, who offers a solution: travel to the future for advanced medical care.Despite his doubts, Mead takes a...

What she hears from a friend's father causes a young woman to go off the railsA young woman makes the terrible discovery that the man she idolizes is not her father. Worse, he won both her mother and her in a card game. Emma Kay is devastated and unable to handle the news. What she learns next will change her life. A short story of Life and Love in Alaska

Vector Analysis and Quaternions by Alexander MacfarlaneBy “Vector Analysis” is meant a space analysis in which the vector is the fundamental idea; by “Quaternions” is meant a space-analysis in which the quaternion is the fundamental idea. They are in truth complementary parts of one whole; and in this chapter they will be treated as such, and developed so as to harmonize with one another and with the Cartesian Analysis1. The subject to be treated i...

AbbyNever trust your best friend.After a fun night and too much liquor,Bridget let me crash in an empty apartment over the pub.Only problemShe forgot to mention that the owner's brother uses it when he's home from active duty.I woke up next to a very naked and sexy Navy Seal.Awkward.He seems big on rules and discipline.I'm pretty sure my bottom is at risk.BridgetI love Dell, everything about him.It's my fu...

An original novella set in season three of The Orville—straight from the pen of Seth MacFarlane, creator of the beloved sci-fi TV show!When Captain Ed Mercer and the crew of the U.S.S. Orville come face-to-face with one of humanity's most vile ideologies, they must solve the moral conundrum of who to hold accountable for evil deeds real… and imagined. Occurring just after episode 308, this is the Orville like you've never seen it before.

**National Bestseller • New York Times "100 Notable Books of the Year" • NPR "Favorite Books of 2019" • Guardian "100 Best Books of the 21st Century" • Kirkus Reviews "Best Books of the 21st Century (So Far)" • Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award"Mesmerizing…Underland is a portal of light in dark times." —Terry Tempest Williams, New York Times Book Review**In Underland, Robert Macfarlane delivers an epic e...

Colin MacFarlane was born in the Gorbals in the 1950s, 20 years after the publication of No Mean City, the classic novel about pre-war life in what was once Glasgow's most deprived district. He lived in the same street as its fictional 'razor king', Johnnie Stark, and subsequently realised that a lot of the old characters represented in the book were still around as late as the 1960s. Men still wore bunnets and played pitch and toss; women still treated the steamie as their social...