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With his gut-wrenching brand of suspense, Ethan Black has earned praise from readers and critics alike. Now New York City police detective Conrad Voort returns in his most compelling, complex, and seductive case yet.After a ten-year separation, Conrad Voort meets his childhood pal Meechum Keefe for drinks in Greenwich Village, and finds him frightened and depressed. Within hours, Meechum disappears -- and the only clue Voort has is a napkin up...

From witty, suspenseful, sexy mysteries featuring the charming and complex amateur sleuth, Jenny Cain. In Bum Steer, a mysterious murder and a strange bequest send Jenny to the wild, wild West.

Jenny Cain is back to take a bite out of the Big Apple. When Jenny's friend Carol is killed while jogging in New York, the police write it off as another Manhattan mugging. But Jenny soon discovers that the story of Carol's life and death is full of dark and unexpected twists.

Eternal youth is a wonderful thing for the few who have it, but for Miriam Blaylock, it is a curse -- an existence marred by death and sorrow. Because for the everlasting Miriam, everyone she loves withers and dies. Now, haunted by signs of her adoring husband's imminent demise, Miriam sets out in serach of a new partner, one who can quench her thirst for love and withstand the test of time. She finds it in the beautiful Sarah Roberts, a brill...

Bright and beautiful Jenny Cain, director of the Port Frederick Civic Foundation, was dying of curiosity. A hapless visitor had slipped in the mud at the town's historic cemetery—and fallen right into an empty grave!When Jenny discovered that all the graves were vacant, it was the beginning of murder. Someone had killed an employee of the Harbor Lights Funeral Home, and played a macabre practical joke with the body. Suddenly, everyone in town ...

Winner of the Agatha Award and finalist for the Edgar Award. Jenny explores her own family's unsettling, mysterious past, beginning with her mother's death in the seventh book in the award-winning Jenny Cain mystery series that was called "excellent" by Publishers Weekly. The layered plot of the latest in the excellent Jenny Cain series finds the Port Frederick, Mass., sleuth probing the cause of her recently deceased mother's insanity. Cain d...

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Look to the RockThis book is a journey. A journey through the paths of healing. One of the funny things about healing is that the healing itself often hurts so much that you wonder if it is even worth the effort. Trust me, the view from the other side is wonderful and well worth the journey. It is our prayer that you will embark on this journey with us and find some rest for your weary heart. Abuse leaves us scarred and very weary. God is in t...

Texas is BIG. And Sudoku is big! Bring the two together and you have a unique puzzle book with loads of Texas trivia, plus hundreds of Sudokus, tons of Word Searches, and lots of crosswords. With this unique book you not only do the puzzles, but you learn something about the greatest state in the entire United States! You'll have fun doing these easy to slightly challenging puzzles and learning some unique trivia about Texas. For example, did ...

A group of animals bring presents to God to thank him for their blessings. Barbara Hocknell was born in Huddersfield and now lives in the village of Almondbury on the outskirts of the town. After World War II, she trained as a teacher and subsequently taught in several different schools. Until her retirement, she spent many years teaching children with special needs.

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When Peggy McAllister learns about the Rattletop Award for "excellence in eighth grade social studies, " she is determined to win it with a research paper on a Great American Hero. But when she chooses Molly Pitcher, the famous Revolutionary War heroine of the Battle of Monmouth, as her subject, she runs into difficulties. With the help of her Greatgramps, a retired private investigator, his lady friend Mrs. Spinner, a local historian and secr...

This book examines the status of village democracy, studies the achievements and the problems, explains its dynamics, and investigates the prospects of China's democratization. It challenges the skeptics with a nuanced assessment of village democracy in its variety and diversity. It develops an understanding of how three key factors - township, economy and kinship-- shape village democracy and account for the variations of rural democracy. The...

Scrolling the pages of a Hughes narrative is like lighting a lantern into the darkest recess of poker's subculture. [Hughes] brings the legends of the past and present to life and often provides the very best portrait of these unique, real-life characters of anyone on record." -Nolan Dalla, media director, World Series of Poker, best-selling author and columnist for Card Player "Johnny Hughes's poker stories are a national treasure . hilarious...

Troubled teenager Walter Tyrell loves fire, but he knows as well as anyone else that playing with it will only get you burned. Still, he cannot control himself from grabbing some gasoline and a book of matches and setting off into the night. But the symbol he chooses to burn into the football field is as controversial as the arson itself. Walter has gone too far this time, and he's about to take everyone in his life-including his sister Janice...

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In a time and place where breaking curfew means severe punishment, Micah tries to reach home safely after being required to work past the enforced time. His excuse is valid, but if the police catch him, the ramifications will be dreadful. To the young man's horror, a police officer pursues him, and the threat of brute force appears imminent. Micah's fears escalate until Jacob, a stranger with unusual powers, intervenes and saves him from the a...

By getting out of your own way you can awaken the power within you! Counseling veteran Mari G. Craig takes you step-by-step through a revolutionary program that will radically change your life. Through the eight simple, straightforward steps of The Intentional Life Power Program presented in Awaken the Power Within You By Getting Out of Your Own Way, Craig reveals a path to finding your internal power and helps you remove the shackles that kee...

Thirty-four-year-old Judy Taylor relished her simple, happy life. She had a loving husband, three young daughters, and a beautiful home. But after intestinal blood clots annihilated her digestive system, Judy was left with the certainty of starving to death in a cold Toronto hospital.The year was 1970, and most doctors still considered long-term intravenous feeding to be science fiction. As a last resort, Judy's surgeons turned to a radical yo...

From the age of fifteen, Vernon T. Taylor has touched readers with his words, finding that his words represent music for the soul. Now, in Raw Poetry Art Expressions, Taylor shares works that are easy to relate to, whether one is feeling pain or happiness, suffering from heartache, or experiencing uninhibited love. Taylor selected the title for his collected works from the raw quality of his poetry. Written from the heart, and based on real-li...