How do you stop a killer you can't even see?It's been two years since Detective Marissa Ambrose nearly lost her life working the Couple’s Killer case, but time hasn't stopped the vivid nightmares. She still carries the heavy guilt of her partner's death, and the Seattle Police Department refuses to support her theory that the suspect they arrested had an accomplice. With her ex-husband regretfully out of the picture, Marissa was supposed to be focusing on adjusting back to somethin...

Distance makes the heart grow fonder, especially when your admirer is a serial killer.Detective Marissa Ambrose survived three days of torture by a serial killer, but two years later, her integrity and sanity are being called into question while her personal life is breaking apart at the seams.After a phone call from her deceased partner's wife, Marissa finds herself trying to unravel the cold case he left behind. Meanwhile, the serial killer she could never catch is gettin...

He won’t let her forget.Detective Marissa Ambrose is a small town detective with scars—both physical and psychological. While she survived a brutal attack, her assailant still haunts her, sending photos and letters. Despite her efforts to keep people at a distance, her relationship with FBI Agent Mackenzie helps breathe new life into her existence.As Detective Ambrose investigates a Jane Doe’s potential murder, she finds herself closely involved with a turb...

The book provides a comprehensive overview of current knowledge about "wattles", a large clade of over 1000 species of trees and shrubs in the genus Acacia, most of which are native to Australia. It examines the biology, ecology, evolution, and biogeography of wattles in their native ranges, including the evolutionary forces that have driven past speciation and adaptation to diverse environments, the conservation status, uses and human perceptions of these species. It considers the differe...

Summarises current research on the adoption of Conservation Agriculture (CA) principles in different regions around the worldHighlights the emergence of CA as a key alternative to tillage-based agricultureReviews the challenges of effective implementation of CA in different contexts (e.g. drier conditions, poor soil quality)

Her only memory is dying from her wounds…Jane wakes up in a lab. She's alone, immersed in a sterilized tank with wires and tubes connected to her. She looks around. There are others–test subjects like her. Except they're all dead. What makes her different?She has no answers, but she wants them. Wants them with a powerful drive that courses through her like the life she lost in a night raid in Afghanistan. It's a life she shouldn't have now. Someone brought ...

Avoid the mutants. Save the girl. Get revenge…Dave Pulaski is hurting. His wife is dead, and he knows who to blame. Walt Freeman – the man who unleashed a medical experiment that turned a quiet town into a bioscience nightmare. Blame isn’t enough, though.He goes to Los Angeles to get revenge. But his mission is sidetracked. Despite the risk, he feels compelled to help Sasha, a Russian girl who escaped Walt’s government-funded lab. This throws a deadly obsta...

A new virus mutates, and even death can’t stop it…Dave Pulaski wasted his youth getting drunk. After meeting Holly, a smart, determined woman, he worked hard to get his life together. But now their future might be cut short.A strange plague ravages the quiet town of Tres Marias. It turns victims into draggers, dead flesh-eaters who hunt. No one knows the origins of the infection. Or they choose not to tell.With ravening hordes surging, the ...

Standing Up to Colonial Power focuses on the lives, activism, and intellectual contributions of Henry Cloud (1884–1950), a Ho-Chunk, and Elizabeth Bender Cloud (1887–1965), an Ojibwe, both of whom grew up amid settler colonialism that attempted to break their connection to Native land, treaty rights, and tribal identities. Mastering ways of behaving and speaking in different social settings and to divergent audiences, including other Natives, white missionaries, and Bureau of Indi...

This book is written to honor those men who so gallantly fought during the 77 day siege of Khe Sanh that started in January 1968. Where 5000 Marines and 1000 South Vietnamese Army Regulars stood fast and held their ground at President Johnsons request. We give special tribute to the men from Bravo company 1st platoon 1/26 Marines who assaulted the trench in front of our perimeter and nobody came back alive. Our lieutenant (FO) forward observer and his radio operator didnt make it out alive...

Although Latinos are now the largest non-majority group in the United States, existing research on white attitudes toward Latinos has focused almost exclusively on attitudes toward immigration. This book changes that. It argues that such accounts fundamentally underestimate the political power of whites' animus toward Latinos and thus miss how conflict extends well beyond immigration to issues such as voting rights, criminal punishment, policing, and which candidates to support. Providing ...

This book was written with an open heart. It contains no elaborate linguistic or rhetorical features. The events narrated in it flow without constraints like in a conversation with a good friend. My dreams, struggles, and most importantly my triumphs through the practice of positive thinking are the main topics of this conversation with the reader. By putting my story on paper, I aspire to nothing more than to share my life experiences with others who may find then helpful.