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Carla Monroe, matchmaking momma and regular busybody, is about to play cupid once again. This time, she’s pairing her wild daughter with an unlikely match…the competition. Priscilla Monroe is brash and impulsive. A freaking pain in the ass, if you ask her brother. She hasn’t found a man...

Captain Isidore Wyatt, new transfer to the Alliance Fleet from the Terran Space Navy, is still getting used to having engineered aliens for officers when he's called to investigate a possible pirate vessel. Except not everything is what it seems, and these pirates have ambitions above and beyond the norm....

There’s nothing to fear… This anthology features paranormal stories by the award-winning authors of the Spokane Fiction Writer’s Group. Erik Schubach O.C. Calhoun L.P. Masters Lorna M. Hartman David Jewett Jerry Schellhammer Patti L. Dikes Charles R. Oliver and R.N. Vick As you...

This story is set in London, during Victorian times, with a fantasy twist that shifts from past to present. It starts when an old Victorian object shows up at the British Museum and Mr. Higgings, the Curator, believes the item is closely connected to his nephew's great grandfather, Mr. Charles Dewhurst...

This is an informative (yet informal) description of the route of Hadrian's Wall and all the remains that can still be seen. For most of the route from east to west, it follows the Hadrian's Wall National Trail Footpath, but with an important difference: where the path veers off the line...

Though parity is still rare, presidential cabinets contain more women than ever before. Who are these women and what types of political capital resources do they bring to the administration? Are they new types of political players or very much like the men who have traditionally run the government?...

Many communities across the nation still lack affordable housing. And many officials continue to claim that “affordable housing” is an oxymoron. Building inexpensively is impossible, they say, because there are too many regulations. Required environmental impact statements and habitat protection...

Staten Island is New York City’s smallest yet fastest growing borough: a conservative, suburban community of nearly a half a million on the fringe of the nation’s most liberal, global city. Staten Island: Conservative Bastion in a Liberal City chronicles how this “forgotten borough” has grappled...

Hans Staden’s sixteenth-century account of shipwreck and captivity by the Tupinambá Indians of Brazil was an early modern bestseller. This retelling of the German sailor’s eyewitness account known as the True History shows both why it was so popular at the time and why it remains an important...

BIS DASS DER TOD UNS SCHEIDET - AGATHA RAISINS 5. FALL In den Cotswolds herrscht Feierstimmung: Agatha Raisins lang ersehnte Hochzeit mit ihrem Nachbarn, dem stets korrekten James Lacey, steht vor der Tür. Doch dann taucht urplötzlich Agathas tot geglaubter Ehemann Jimmy im Standesamt auf....

Analysis and case studies explore the concept of vulnerability, offering a novel and broader approach to understanding the risks and benefits of science and technology. Novel technologies and scientific advancements offer not only opportunities but risks. Technological systems are vulnerable...

The famous "Sidebar" columns are finally collected! M.C. Bruce's funny and wry observations on the life of a lawyer--from his time as a public defender to his solo practice. Includes the recent article "Why Lawyers Are Not Funny."

Renewable and carbon-neutral energy have been promoted as the future of energy production in the United States. Non-traditional energy sources show promise as alternatives to fossil fuels and may provide a sustainable source of energy in increasingly uncertain energy markets. However, these new sources...

Normal0falsefalsefalseMicrosoftInternetExplorer4 This study of the critical role of ethics and moral responsibility in the field of public administration, Michael M. Harmon and O. C. McSwite posit that administrative ethics, as presently conceived and practiced, is largely a failure, incapable...