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THE AUTHOR CLAIMS that There Ain't No Trailer Behind That Hearse is his MAGNUM OPUS-a Latin phrase that gives his work more gravitas (did it again). It is comprised of over 130 stories written and published from 1981-2023. The stories cover a wide variety of subjects that captured the author's interest. Some stories are serious, but most are just plain fun. The only theme to this book is the value of a life well-lived while enjoying adventures...

Young Noble Burden and Shelby Horton had big dreams of a life together in their small town until unimaginable tragedy changed everything. Abandoned by his no-good father and forced to grow up too soon, Noble Burden is forced to set his hopes of a music career in Nashville aside to run the family farm and watch over his autistic big brother, Eustace. Meanwhile, Shelby is questioning everything she ever knew as she and her father, local pasto...

A deadly fire. A sensational sideshow. And a baby fighting for its life. Sophie Rosenfeld dreams of a resplendent life in America after escaping the pogroms in Eastern Europe, only to lose her family in the horrific Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. Besides Sophie, the lone survivor is her niece, Mercy, a premature baby the city hospital calls a "weakling" and refuses to save. When it is rumored Mercy's only hope lies in the dark and dangerous Co...

Felix Laszlo is on a somber mission: Retrieving the body of his murdered father, a doctor who had volunteered to treat the civilian casualties in war-torn Sierra Leone, and bringing him home to be buried in the United States.Along the way Felix will discover how little he knew about his father, Africa and himself. Once in Africa, Felix will see first-hand the greed and corruption that is commonplace in the "blood diamond" trade. How his father...

True crimes stories-straight from the sourceThis third book in a true crime series continues to explore the side of life most people never see. Evil and Then Some contains more than forty stories of true cases-told from the perspective of law enforcement-offering an inside view of scams, drug gangs, serial killers, armed robbery, and homicide.The stories here include a fatal shooting at a funeral, an armed robbery at an ice cream parlor, murde...

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The most complete volume on every aspect of country living--one Black Dog's best-selling titles -- is now available in a convenient, compact size.

Contemporary Art in the Middle East is the first in the cutting-edge new ARTWORLD series which opens up the most challenging and under-exposed art scenes in the world.

Re Views provides an extensive overview of projects where artists have engaged new thinking and practices for the built environment and public space.

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Contemporary Art in North America showcases the wealth of contemporary art being produced in both the United States and Canada today. Diverse in content and style, the book reflects the expansive area and multiple cultural influences from which the artists' works are borne.

A compendium of the great and transformative inventors and inventions throughout history, Inventors and Inventions provides an overview of key technologies and products and delves into the story behind some of the most profound inventions that have shaped our lives today. This beautiful and engaging book explores inventions throughout history, covering everything from the wheel and Archimedes Screw to the Dual-Cyclone Vacuum cleaner and the ip...

Proving value and competitive advantage may be a daily struggle for large parts of the UK workforce as the outsourcing of work to where it can be done most cheaply and efficiently gathers pace, in particular to the rapidly growing economies of China and India. The service and creative economies may remain strong, but tourism, manufacturing and traditional white-collar sectors will be increasingly vulnerable.

Following on from the success of Mapping London, Mapping New York is a richly illustrated survey of the urban and social history of New York City. From early woodblock engravings to the latest satellite images available of Manhattan, these maps show the intricate story of the development of one of the world's most populous cities. Beautifully illustrated with distinctive maps dating back to the 16th Century, when New York was known as New Amst...