Think the real estate market's rough now? It's nothing compared to San Francisco's heady bubble days. Just ask Ella Barker, the city's top broker. She's used to the hourly price increases. What does surprise her are the splashy murders surrounding the sale of the San Francisco's priciest mansion ever. Ella wants to close the sale. The murderer prefers to kill the deal, no matter what the price.

Are you tired of working long hours and barely making ends meet as a waiter in the service industry? Do you dream of finally achieving financial freedom and stability? Look no further! Double Your Tips or Your Money Back is the ultimate guide to transforming your serving skills and boosting your income.In this book, you'll discover proven strategies and techniques that will help you increase your tips and take home more money. From mastering the art of upselling to providi...

The many storied monarchs of twelfth century England lived, fought, loved, and died surrounded by their illegitimate relatives. While their many contributions have too often been overlooked, these illegitimate sons, daughters and siblings occupied crucial positions within the edifice of royal authority, serving their legitimate relatives as proxies and lieutenants. In addition to occupying roles and offices at the center of royal administration, Anglo-Norman and Angevin royal bastards, exi...

Evangelicals and Roman Catholics have been responsible for the establishment of many colleges and universities in America. Until recently, however, they have taken very different approaches to the subject of education and have viewed one another's traditions with suspicion.In this volume, Mark Noll and James Turner offer critical but appreciative reassessments of the two traditions. Noll, writing from an evangelical perspective, and Turner, from a Roman Catholic perspective, consid...

Born from a doodle during an impossibly long meeting, Dopol Omwo enters existence with one urgent need: purpose. His search leads him through a strange and unstable cosmos filled with odd companions, living ideas, bizarre societies, and clashing visions of reality. Joined by Fyra Opal, Omwo navigates a visually inventive black-and-white world where narrative, philosophy, satire, and adventure collide. Written and illustrated by James Turner, Omwo is a singular graphic novel for re...

A biography of Harald Hardrada tracing his exile, mercenary exploits, and rise to power as Norway’s Last Viking.A wounded and teenaged Harald Hardrada fled Norway in 1030 following the death of his half-brother King Olaf II at the Battle of Stiklestad. He would return home decades later as a battle-hardened mercenary commander, weighted down with plunder acquired from wars fought across the Mediterranean. Harald’s transition from exiled semi-royal to a famed advent...

Religious studies—also known as comparative religion or history of religions—emerged as a field of study in colleges and universities on both sides of the Atlantic during the late nineteenth century. In Europe, as previous historians have demonstrated, the discipline grew from long-established traditions of university-based philological scholarship. But in the United States, James Turner argues, religious studies developed outside the academy.Until about 1820, Turner contends, even...

If you're looking to change your financial situation and gain a second income without years of hard work or trial and error, then pay attention.You’ve probably heard of the people who have made massive amounts on the stock market, but also of many more who have lost it. Sound familiar? If it does, then the information inside this audiobook is your answer. You will be given dozens of the most effective strategies for investing in the stock market. These strategies have been used by ...

First published in 1832, this is a detailed treatise on farriery, with a particular focus on the nature, origin and symptoms of navicular joint lameness. Written by a member of the Royal Veterinary College and accomplished army surgeon, it goes into great detail of preventative and curative treatment, as well as offering practical tips to horse shoeing. Contents include: "Manuscript Transmitted to the Veterinary College in 1816", "Navicular Joint Disease Unknown as the General Seat of Chro...

In John of Brienne: King of Jerusalem and Emperor of Constantinople, James Turner offers an in-depth exploration of one of the medieval world's most intriguing yet underappreciated figures. John of Brienne, who ascended from a relatively modest French aristocratic background, secured not one but two of the era's most prestigious crowns: King of Jerusalem and Emperor of Constantinople. Through a blend of personal ambition, strategic marriages, and opportune alliances, John navigate...

You'll gain a newfound perspective on Scotland's historical struggle for independence by exploring the family lineage that disinherited their nobles and sparked civil war.July of 1331 saw the gathering of a most unusual army; its billets scattered across the modest ports of Yorkshire’s eastern coast. Its purpose, the invasion of Scotland and the overthrow of the yet inchoate line of Bruce kings. This was a task monumentally disproportionate in scale to the tiny arm...

Sovereignty generally refers to a particular national territory, the inviolability of the nation’s borders, and the right of that nation to protect its borders and ensure internal stability. From the Middle Ages until well into the Modern Period, however, another concept of sovereignty held sway: responsibility for the common good. James Turner Johnson argues that these two conceptions—sovereignty as self-defense and sovereignty as acting on behalf of the common good—are in conflict and su...