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After ne'er-do-wells spread rumors about a widowed mother's weak moral character among the people of a slum on the outskirts of Tunis that festers with migrants who have come to the metropolis from the heartland in search of a better life, her twenty-year-old son takes matters into his own hands and commits an unspeakable crime.

Kidnapping was a lucrative crime in antebellum America, and many American citizens-especially free blacks-were abducted for profit. This book reveals the untold stories of the captured. The story of Solomon Northup, subject of the Academy Award-winning best picture 12 Years a Slave, is representative of the deplorable treatment many African Americans experienced in the period leading up to the Civil War. This book examines antebellum kidnappi...

Vital document of 20th-century physics features contributions from Stephen W. Hawking, Hans Bethe, Murray Gell-Mann, Stephen L. Adler, Alan Guth, T. D. Lee, W. E. Lamb, Jr., and other luminaries. 1985 edition.

Over 100 models in stunning full-colour photographs. Close-ups, details and thematic spreads for variety and visual interestIn-depth captioning, annotations and an authoritative text.

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What is grace?The answer lies deeper than you might suppose. To understand grace in its fullness, we must explore the great mystery of our very existence.In search of that deep understanding, Essential Grace takes you on an eternal journey. It begins with the mind of God, all alone in eternity past. It consummates in the heights of heaven, where we see God surrounded by the glorious host of His redeemed people. In between, it explores the mult...

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- By the same team that brought you the #1 Amazon Bestseller, Tranquilogy.- Be inspired by quotes throughout to encourage positivity, mindfulness, and the joys of the present.- Make a difference by supporting a purpose-driven business committed to donating 10% of all net profits to charity, mental health, and animal advocacy.- Develop your mind with coloring shown to train the brain to focus while improving fine motor skills and vision.- Escap...

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For children of all ages.When ten-year-old James puts his tongue out at his mum and the wind blows, his face gets stuck with his tongue sticking out and his eyes bulging out like gobstoppers!How would you feel if that happened to you? What would your mum and dad do? What would your friends think? Would they laugh? Of course they would. Would they help? Of course they would, but how?What would you do if you had to play in the school band in fro...

Alexis Jennings spent her entire life trying to do the right thing, until a chance meeting with Jake McAuliffe altered the course of her future. She's been living on autopilot for the last three years, but she's finally ready to move on. With her daughter Bailey by her side, she plans a move to a new state and a new beginning. Jake McAuliffe had always been the life of the party, before he burned all the bridges that held his life together. Wh...

Do you love cool birds of prey like eagles, hawks, owls, vultures and falcons? We do too!Nature Kids shows everything we love about these fascinating creatures. They're big, fast, strong and they are the kings of the sky.This book has loads of interesting facts, and highlights some of the raptors most amazing traits. It's filled with lots of big, close-up pictures, you can explore the raptors most unique features.We even show you specific spec...

Village Dresses is a children's book celebrating the opportunity for girls in the Dominican Republic to receive hand-made dresses from a group of generous, hardworking women in Hull Village, Massachusetts.

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The purpose of this book is to help women or girls, who are thinking about becoming natural, by providing a basic routine in natural hair care, which will help them grow long healthy hair. This book defines hair terminologies and steps on the various phases and process in caring for natural hair. The author gives tips to the readers so they know what to expect and how to avoid pitfalls. There are also tips on the benefits of using essential oi...

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Have you experienced the loss of a loved ones, jobs, physical ability, money, status, or failed relationships? Has it been hard to move forward? You are not alone! Can I ask you a question? Who taught you how to lose? That may seem like an odd question, but the subject of loss is rarely discussed. The harsh reality of losing things is not one that we often train ourselves to handle. We seek prosperity, but it is rare that we discuss how to end...

What if endangered animals decided they could no longer wait patiently for their own extinction? What if they formed a secret group of resistance activists based in a zoo called Bedlam? EKTEK like to think of themselves as an ace team of environmental warriors (ecology/technology). The truth is more surreal. Who ever heard of a frog flying a plane? Or a wallaby riding a trike? Or a space ship powered by bombardier beetle juice? Ektek activists...

A delayed message from her mother pricks the conscience of Hap Maryland's pal Suellen Ransom. Trudi Ransom was a grifter and a cheat who put the young Suellen, thirteen and pregnant, on a bus to be raised catch-as-catch-can by off-duty cop Wetmore Parsonage. Now Suellen must track down Trudi's killer in the country-music hotbed of Branson, Missouri. When Suellen disappears, Hap gets on her trail, helped and distracted by sex researcher Paula V...