The inspiring true story of the first director of The Morgan Library, Belle da Costa Greene, for children ages 6–10.Breakthrough Belle recounts the brilliant life of a young Black girl growing up in the late 1800s who refused to be defined by the limits around her. Inspired by a powerful legacy—her father was the first Black graduate of Harvard—Belle learned early that courage and intelligence could open doors others said were closed to her. Belle’s journe...

The Greek polis has been arousing interest as a subject for study for a long time, but recent approaches have shown that it is a subject on which there are still important questions to be asked and worthwhile things to be said.This book contains a selection of essays which embody the results of the latest research, yet are presented so as to be accessible to non-specialist readers. Beyond the historical development of the Greek polis, the authors ask questions abou...

A Bustle Most Anticipated Book of January 2020“Scalpel sharp.”—Kathy ReichsA young rookie medical examiner. A suspicious case. An underworld plot only she saw coming.From the New York Times bestselling authors of Working StiffFor San Francisco’s newest medical examiner, Dr. Jessie Teska, it was supposed to be a fresh start. A new job in a new city. A way to escape ...

Cowboys and time travel and romance. Oh my!Experience the tales of love as three cowboys get swept up in a whirlwind of time, passion, and adventure—spanning from the Wild West to present day.Time to Save a CowboyCaptivated by the story of a cowboy hanged as a horse thief in 1890, an independent, modern-day woman travels back in time with only thirty days to save an innocent man.Haunted by an old article about a man hanged over a hu...

Kody Haywood is a freshman at Bannerville High School who struggles to maintain focus. Every day he finds himself getting lost in his thoughts, the hallways at school, or even in conversation. Having a mind that wanders makes him an easy target for the school bully (and all-star athlete), Brett Walker.But as his birthday approaches, Kody discovers a genetic change in his body renders him indestructible. When a mysterious letter from his deceased father arrives on his doorstep, it p...

Houston Blue offers the first comprehensive history of one of the nations largest police forces, the Houston Police Department. Through extensive archival research and more than one hundred interviews with prominent Houston police figures, politicians, news reporters, attorneys, and others, authors Mitchel P. Roth and Tom Kennedy chronicle the development of policing in the Bayou City from its days as a grimy trading post in the 1830s to its current status as the nations fourth largest cit...

Becoming Human argues that human identity was articulated and extended across a wide range of textual, visual, and artifactual assemblages from the twelfth to the fifteenth centuries. J. Allan Mitchell shows how the formation of the child expresses a manifold and mutable style of being. To be human is to learn to dwell among a welter of things.A searching and provocative historical inquiry into human becoming, the book presents a set of idiosyncratic essays on embryology a...

Tucked away on a quiet street lies Chateau Freya, an old mansion shrouded in shadows, secrets, and stories that no one has fully dared to tell-until now. 'The Tale of the Secret Keys to Chateau Freya on Shadow Lane' invites readers into a world of mystery and hidden history, where nothing is ever quite as it seems. Queen Freya, the stern and reclusive mistress of the manor, lives a life of strict routine and silence-until two strangers arrive, claiming their father once lost three keys som...

In 1997 four people suffering from debilitating and incurable ailments are suddenly and inexplicably cured after exposure to some tropical homeopathic remedy. Their lives and the lives of their families are obviously impacted by this remarkable occurrence knowing that they are no longer facing imminent death, or suffer through life with a permanent disability. Father Pavlos, a Greek Orthodox priest, becomes the steward of the leaves and is determined to return the magical herbs back to the...

2007 — LASA Peru Flora Tristán Book Prize from the Peru Section – Latin American Studies AssociationVoices from the Global Margin looks behind the generalities of debates about globalization to explore the personal impact of global forces on the Peruvian poor. In this highly readable ethnography, William Mitchell draws on the narratives of people he has known for forty years, offering deep insight into how they have coped with extreme poverty and rapid pop...

After escaping the clutches of a Glasgow drug lord nicknamed 'The Widowmaker', the newly promoted Detective Constable Thoroughgood heads for Manchester. The northern powerhouse is home to two rival gangs: 'The Maine Men' and 'The Devils'. When a drug deal goes wrong and Thoroughgood fails to stop it, a full-scale turf war is ready to take over Manchester - a city split into red and blue halves. Seconded into an undercover Greater Manchester Police unit led by the legendary DCI Marty Fergus...

The Lettsomian Lectures on Diseases and Disorders of the Heart and Arteries in Middle and Advanced Life by J. Mitchell Bruce is a significant contribution to the field of cardiology. This work delves into the complexities of cardiovascular diseases that affect individuals in their middle and later years, providing insights into their diagnosis and management. Bruce's lectures are grounded in clinical observations and aim to educate both practitioners and students about the evolving underst...