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When the brutally murdered body of a local geography teacher is discovered at Kilwinnoch’s famous beauty spot, Blood Water Falls, the community is rocked to its core. For DCI Duncan Bone, the killing appears to be an open and shut case. But it’s not long before a sinister clue unleashes dark and deadly forces, blowing the investigation wide open, and putting Bone and his team in grave danger.

As a basic definition, it may be said that an Ice Age is simply a period of time during which thick ice sheets cover vast areas of land. These sheets have advanced and retreated, at times taking over the entire planet, and conversely disappearing nearly altogether. Glacial ice formed by this regularly occurring process does not sit in a state of inertia, but moves dynamically, reshaping the geological features of the continents.

From narrowly avoiding a trip in a mobster’s trunk and saving Howard Stern’s life from a murderous fan, to getting beat up by Spike Lee’s bodyguards and having guns drawn on him after spending Christmas with Mark Hamill and his family, Steve Grillo's life is nothing but surreal. Gorilla Parts is a roller coaster ride from blue-collar Canarsie to Manhattan’s most elite VIP rooms; a common-man’s extended glimpse into the last true era of limitless celebrity freedom: Pre-internet New York City.

Are you ready for a surprise? This book is about something other than cooking, so you will not learn a new way to prepare vegetables for dinner. Instead, you will uncover your root causes of why you hold onto stuff. Spoiler Alert: It isn't because you are lazy. Certified through The National Association of Senior and Specialty Move Managers (NASMM), professional organizer Lisa Geraci Rigoni explores our relationship with our stuff, dipping below the surface of a how-to book about organizing. Lisa reveals that "the stuff (you make up) about your stuff (physical clutter) is not about your stuff.

Detective Griffin Knight was supposed to be at home recovering from the events of his recent investigation in Seattle, but his captain and police colleagues needed his help to find out what happened to the two missing women. In New York City, there could be any number of explanations.

Set against the backdrop of the Spanish Civil War and the rise of the Third Reich, powerful and dangerous interests compete for possession of The Reaper, a painting by Spanish artist Joan Miro. The painting disappears in 1937 at the end of the Paris Exposition, leaving the art world and law enforcement authorities to speculate about the unsolved mystery. Seventy-five years later, Magnolia Kanaranzi, estranged mother of struggling artist Hamilton Blethen, learns of the vanished painting and contrives a scheme to atone for casting him aside as a toddler.

In the ever-changing world we live in today, where challenges and adversity seem to be around every corner, one thing remains certain: the power of mindset. The way we think, approach life, and react to setbacks is a driving force behind everything we achieve. It shapes our future, influences our success, and helps us conquer obstacles that would otherwise seem insurmountable.

Enjoy the adventure of a young man from Montana who moves to Oregon to pursue his dream of becoming a Steelhead Guide. His experiences over the first year of chasing fish with his fly rod along the famous waters of The Deschutes River in Central Oregon result in friendships developing alomg with traveling adventures to new waters in Florida.

Helen Hicks may not have any friends, but she does have a plan: prove her doubting, elitist parents wrong and become a literary sensation before she turns thirty. When she’s finally accepted into the esteemed Hayward Writing Intensive at twenty-four, Helen believes she’s right on schedule. At Hayward, Helen meets Cherry Stewart, a free-spirited, ambitious kid whose eclectic tastes skew far more pedestrian than Helen’s, but as Cherry’s champion and mentor, Helen decides they’ll set the publishing world on fire and go down as one of the literary world’s most iconic duos.

The Revised Geneva Translation (based on Shakespeare's favorite Bible translation) was borne of an actor’s need to memorize and speak Scripture out loud with specific meanings and inflections. It is a 21st Century update of the very first widely-distributed version of the Holy Bible in English, The Geneva Bible.

Once you’ve been admitted to college, the next step is to develop a strategy of how to find your best life there. But for decades, Professor James T. Hamilton has seen students struggle with their college journey. Some avoid challenging experiences, follow a path of familiar expectations, and rely on shortcuts. Others aim for perfection, ignore their friends and health, labor over what subjects to study, and neglect spending time outside the classroom. The pressure to make college valuable and interesting can feel overwhelming.

Nos últimos cinquenta anos, o consumo de cerveja artesanal passou por um crescimento gigantesco. Nas décadas de 1960 e 1970, alguns iconoclastas criaram a base para a revolução das cervejas artesanais, em defesa de uma cerveja forte, saborosa, com 100% de malte, que desafiava a lager leve das marcas tradicionais. Juntos, os cervejeiros que seguiram seus passos mudariam o modo como as pessoas pensam e bebem cerveja. Esses novos fabricantes restabeleceram a bebida em seu devido lugar, ou seja, como um produto de fabricação local, que diz algo sobre sua cidade e região. Hoje existem mais de 2.

Was Tony Blair a visionary, impatiently looking ahead, or a leader trapped by his past: Labour's vote-losing 1980s and the dominance of Margaret Thatcher? Was the party's move to the right under Blair necessary in order for them to win, or could they, after 18 years of Tory rule, have afforded to be more daring, more left-wing, than their leader wished to recognise? In Steve Richards' short, provocative and highly engaging new biography, he argues that Blair was often the opposite of what we remember him being.

Developed with input from friends and professionals who share a passion for expanding their lives, Whatever Works offers practical insights for living a life of purpose and happiness—without relying on expensive programs from gurus or corporations.

Li Wei finds himself stuck in a cultivation bottleneck, due to complex rules of simultaneous qi and body cultivation. This predicament sets him on a challenging journey that will push him to his limits. With friends are in danger, and enemies are lying in wait, eager to take revenge, can Li Wei continue his cultivation journey against these odds, or will he suffer defeat under the cruel hand of evil? Join Li Wei once again as he risks everything he cares about.

This darkly humorous short story transports listeners to an overcrowded future where anti-aging drugs have created a society where nobody dies and multiple generations are forced to cohabitate. Follow the dysfunctional Ford family as they navigate life under the iron rule of 172-year-old Gramps, whose possession of the family apartment gives him absolute power. When young Lou plots to overthrow the family hierarchy, chaos ensues.

As the war in Europe draws to a close, young Army lieutenant Jim Thayer finds himself and his platoon on the point of the American advance into Austria. Jim and his men are no strangers to the horror of war. But what they find hidden in the forests of Western Austria is beyond anything they have yet experienced. Battling remnants of the legendary Waffen SS, Germany's elite fighting force, Jim and his men come face to face with the cruel brutality of the Nazi regime. And bear witness to the fields of death left in its wake.

From the author of bestselling Sisters in Captivity, seven remarkable stories of men who served from WWI to Korea–their wartime exploits and achievements through aviation.

Amidst the turmoil of World War II, a daring Army Air Forces aviator is swept into an odyssey that will carry him to the far corners of the earth. Military duty and personal quest converge in this remarkable tale of grit and perseverance.

As one of the masterminds behind the US 8th Air Force's daring raids into Nazi Germany, Colonel Matt Barrington is accustomed to making decisions that send men to their deaths. But when a mission goes terribly wrong, resulting in the loss of sixty bombers, the weight of command threatens to crush him. Seeking solace from his guilt-ridden insomnia, Matt finds unexpected comfort in the arms of Charlotte, an English widow, who understands the true cost of the war.