A fast-paced thriller perfect for readers of Kathy Reichs and Linda Fairstein, Richard Hilary Weber’s first Brooklyn Crimes short novel follows dedicated cop Flo Ott as she unravels the mystery of a terrifying mass murder—from the cold underbelly of New York to the city’s glittering heights.Beneath Brooklyn’s wintry streets, seven people are dead, slumped in their seats on an F train. Fast thinking and good fortune prevent the subway car doors from opening, spillin...

Charlie Baker has survived his first month of school on earth with help from his friend, Maya. But now, they have a new problem: the substitute English teacher, Mr. Goshen.Mr. Goshen is an impossible teacher who gives tons of homework and really hard tests. To top it off, Mr. Goshen sent Charlie to the principal's office!Charlie and Maya are working really hard to get passing grades when they stumble upon a secret Mr. Goshen is keeping. Can this secret help Charlie and Maya...

In the period following the collapse of the Carolingian Empire up to the Fourth Lateran Council (1215), the episcopate everywhere in Europe experienced substantial and important change, brought about by a variety of factors: the pressures of ecclesiastical reform; the devolution and recovery of royal authority; the growth of papal involvement in regional matters and in diocesan administration; the emergence of the "crowd" onto the European stage around 1000 and the proliferation of autonom...

I’m too broken to deserve her, but she’s too damn perfect to walk away from.JaceAfter years of fighting wildfires, I thought I could handle anything, but the nightmares followed me home. Now, I live alone in these mountains, swinging an axe at the lumber yard by day and battling my demons by night.I don’t need anyone. Until Mia parks her food truck near the lumber yard, and being alone suddenly feels more like punishment than peace....

The best field guide to observing and understanding the behavior of African mammals and an indispensable tool for naturalists traveling to Africa!The Second Edition has been fully revised and includes a new preface.The Safari Companion enables readers to recognize and interpret visible behavioral activities, such as courtship rituals, territorial marking, aggression, and care of young. Each account of over 80 species includes a beh...

YOUNG & CURVY CLAIRE RETURNS HOME TO THE FORBIDDEN BIKER TRIO.Claire planned to surprise the man of the house, Joe, by returning home,But when she arrived at his bar, Biker's Haven, he wasn't the only one surprised.Joe's best friends, Kenneth, Steven, and Parker, are delightfully surprised, too.Claire's earlier crush on these big, rough, burly, tattooed bikers is immediately re-ignited.Their stares linger hungril...

Ernest Hemingway’s work reverberates with a blend of memory, geography, and lessons of life revealed through the trauma of experience. Michigan, Italy, Spain, Paris, Africa, and the Gulf Stream are some of the most distinctive settings in Hemingway’s short fiction, novels, articles, and correspondence. In his fiction, Hemingway revisited these sites, reimagining and transforming them. Travel was the engine of his creative life, as the recurrent contrast between spaces provided him with evi...

"An invaluable and extraordinary" account of the bloodiest battle in American military history ( Midwest Book Review).Although the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, which began in late September 1918 and continued through to the Armistice, was not the first major action fought by the AEF, it was the greatest in which it engaged in the Great War.The Argonne was an area that had been heavily fought over, particularly in the early part of the war; its eastern ...

Any visitor to the site of the bloodiest battle in the history of the United States will be drawn to Montfaucon, for it is here that General Pershing, the Commander in Chief, determined that the major memorial to the American Expeditionary Forces would be sited. The impressive classical column, erected on the summit of Montfaucon Hill, can be seen from many parts of the battlefield of the Meuse-Argonne 1918.The village of Montfaucon, perched on and around one of the most notable heights in...

Leading Voices from across Christian Traditions Discuss the Mission of the ChurchWhat is the mission of the church? Every seminarian and church leader must wrestle with that question. No matter what designation a church uses to describe itself, it must also think critically about why it exists and what it should be doing. In this book, five leading voices representing a range of Christian traditions engage in an enlightening conversation as they present and compare...

The first comprehensive guide to oneirogens--naturally occurring substances that induce and enhance dreaming• Includes extensive monographs on dream-enhancing substances derived from plant, animal, and human sources• Presents the results of scientific experiments on the effects of using oneirogens• Shows how studies in this area of ethnobotany can yield a scientific understanding of the mysterious mechanism of dreamsOneirogens are plant and animal substances...

Navigate barriers and take actional steps toward equityThe principles of Cultural Proficiency have guided our drive toward equitable schools for decades. Leaders who apply this framework to scrutinize the beliefs and practices that have caused disproportionate harm to children of color and other marginalized students are frequently left with the question: "Now What?"Using their unique insights and life experiences as Latina superintendents, the aut...