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After 20 years in Los Angeles, Ed Loy returns home to Dublin to bury his mother. Suddenly, a tragic homecoming could prove fatal for the grieving private investigator.

Bestselling author of The Gospel According to Peanuts Robert Short reveals what man's best friend can teach us about life. Dogs do much more than just keep us company and give us love and attention—they are models for how we can live better lives as humans. From humility and obedience to singleness of purpose and unconditional love, Short shows us how we can learn from the remarkable qualities of dogs. Using examples from more than forty class...

At the turn of the eighteenth century, a writer—a Jew—enters an English country manor, where he has been invited to read through the night to his host until the gentleman falls asleep. What unfolds then are seemingly unconnected stories covering a vast array of topics—from incest to madness to a poetic competition in the court of George III. And what emerges by the end is a breathtaking tapestry in which past and present, imagination and truth...

Engaging and anecdotal, this follow-up to "First Mothers" takes readers inside the White House and into the lives of the presidents and their families, from George and Martha Washington to George and Laura Bush.

A lady's deception Lady Elizabeth Hutton will never succumb to the ambitions of a neighboring lord—even after his soldiers imprison the newly orphaned heiress in her own bedchamber. Ever resourceful, the proud beauty has devised a strategy to escape the devil who's determined to possess her and her great wealth: she will switch roles with her loyal maid so that she can save herself and her people.A knight's rapture Sir John Russell's love of a...

It happens so quickly: a car shoots out from the curb, hits Fiona's father and then speeds away. Is it an accident? Or is it a warning to Gavin and his Scottish cousin, Fiona, to turn back? Gavin is in Scotland to hike across the moors, and Fiona's dad isn't about to let a broken leg stop the kids' fun. Fiona and Gavin will have to go on without him. A broken leg turns out to be the least of their troubles as the cousins unwittingly stumble on...

Sechs Kriminalgeschichten: Rauch / Monk / Hand auf den Wassern / Heute und morgen und in alle Ewigkeit / Mangelnde Chemiekenntnisse / Der Springer greift an

In her landmark appraisal of black women's unsung contributions to the struggles for racial and sexual equality, Giddings draws on speeches, diaries, and letters of influential black women, including Zora Neale Hurston, Ida B. Wells, and Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm, to reveal how black women have transcended the double discrimination of being both black and female. "A triumphant study".--Publishers Weekly.

This history of the largest block women's organization in the United States is not only the story of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority (DST), but also tells of the increasing involvement of black women in the political, social, and economic affairs of America. Founded at a time when liberal arts education was widely seen as either futile, dangerous, or impractical for blacks, especially women, DST is, in Giddings's words, a "compelling reflection of ...

Topper the cat is just about to settle in to a long nap after a night playing with his friends when the sound of someone snuffling sadly catches his attention. Little did he expect to find the Moon! Moon only wanted to come down for a visit, but now she doesn't know how to get back up. It's up to Topper and his friends, Tony and Arthfael, and Drem the owl to help her get back to the sky before nightfall. But can they do it? They may need a ...

Once there was an old man who owned a small deli that was known for its sweet pickles. People came from all around to buy his pickles. One day the old man set out to make the best pickle the world had ever tasted. And that is when the fun began¿The Picklepuss Man is a tasty version of the Gingerbread Man with a twist and a delicious ending. A lesson or two could also be learned along the way. Catch him if you can and taste for yourself¿.

The hope of this book is to make learning about the essential tenets of the Christian faith enjoyable. We want you to be excited about encountering God. Confirmation class is a time to explore what it means to have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Also, Confirmation will help you understand how the relationship you have with Christ leads to the responsibility you will have as a church member. When a person has completed the reading o...

This book represents a milestone in the science of workplace design. Whereas there are countless approaches for improving the comfort factor of work environments through color, lighting, furniture, and spatial flow, "Seeing Is Believing" links visual elements directly to specific organizational objectives and individual tasks.

Im Übergang vom Mittelalter zur Neuzeit wird hier erprobt, wie einzelne Bestandteile in Wort-Bild-Kombinationen inhaltliche Potentiale unterschiedlicher antiker und mittelalterlicher Traditionen in neue Kontexte vermitteln und mit welchen Auswirkungen sie sich mit anderen Bildlichkeitselementen zu größeren bildlichen oder verbalen Konstellationen erweitern. Bei derartigen Prozessen können sich alte Bedeutungen wandeln und neue Aussagemöglichke...

Slacker bumpkin Reilly Brandt spends the majority of his young life's time romancing girls on monkey bars, writing short stories about penguins, and throwing watermelons at people. Meanwhile his artistically inclined and college bound friend Oliver Price debates with him endlessly on moving away from the town in which they both grew up and are from, Stosselville. Somewhere along the way Reilly meets a sweet and sexy coffee vixen named Charlott...

Kenny walked into the old farm house as if he'd never been away, as if nothing he'd done had ever shattered their reputations. But was this the real Kenny, the man who had disappeared into the night five years earlier? He certainly wasn't behaving like it. There was something sinister about him, too vague to put into actual words. Even his romantic interest in Ingrid, the co-heir to the family estate, was unlike the man--he'd never shown a re...

The year is 1955. Spiro Dimopolous is his name, an eighteen-year-old Adonis fresh off the boat from Greece. Spiro's mother had been an American, and now that's she ill, the lad's been dispatched to his cousins at Rawley's Landing, Kentucky, to make his way in the Brave New World of America. There he encounters crusty old Uncle Winston Rawley, patriarch of the clan, and Leticia, trying to hold together the family farm, and Branston "Bran" Rawle...

This book is a collection of original, thoughtful pieces meant to illustrate and apply Biblical Christian principles. "Divine parodies" present Christian truths in an artful and entertaining form. A parody is a humorous or satirical imitation of something else. Christian parody is a time-honored tradition. The acme of Christian parody was achieved by Erasmus in "The Praise of Folly" 500 years ago. "Holy histories" are illustrations of Gospel t...

He's an attractive, egotistical, womanizing baseball player. She's a caring, friendly, Christian woman. He has secrets. She has secrets. Both have accepted the fact that they will never marry. Welcome to "Matters of the Heart" the much-awaited sequel of "The Dance". This story follows Luke Martin and Julie Dixon, who are reunited a decade after a rocky coexistence in high school. What follows is a casual three-year pursuit of Julie by Luke. Lu...

He worked fast and struggled with the thick plastic bags containing the bodies of Valerie and Morris Robinson. The unforgiving burden of the corpses lay heavily across his muscular back. Hey, not to worry. His back was strong. He put forth every ounce of strength his body could render. Valerie was easy, so small and petite. Morris felt like he weighed a ton. Forcing his body weight against the bag, somehow caused a puncture and Morris's huge a...