Halsey: 76 books

It’s 1773 and twelve-year-old Dougal Cameron and his whole family are set to sail away from their Scotland home forever. When tragedy strikes, the family must decide whether or not to make the trip without Dougal’s father. Once the ship departs, Dougal is drawn to the haunting sounds of the lone...

Corruption is a problem in prisons about which we hear very little, except when there is an escape from custody or other scandal that makes the media. The closed nature of correctional institutions has made the activities that go on within them less visible to the outside world. While some persons...

Beginning Windows 10 takes you through the new features of this amazing new operating system, revealing some of its surprising capabilities, and helping you customize it to suit you. Whether you are new to Windows, or you want to get up to speed with the latest features and changes, this book has...

China’s late-imperial history has been framed as a long coda of decline, played out during the Qing dynasty. Reappraising this narrative, Stephen Halsey traces the origins of China’s current great-power status to this so-called decadent era, when threats of war with European and Japanese empirestriggered innovative state-building and statecraft.

This collection contains six full-length detective novels by pioneering writer Harlan Page Halsey, better known as "Old Sleuth." Old Sleuth was the first dime novel detective, appearing in print in THE FIRESIDE COMPANION as early as 1872. By the 1890s, the popularity of Old Sleuth had led to a stand-alone...

“Ah there, girls! How are you?”— “GOD SPEED YOU” “Oh, Nathalie, I do believe there’s Grace Tyson in her new motor-car,” exclaimed Helen Dame, suddenly laying her hand on her companion’s arm as the two girls were about to cross Main Street, the wide, tree-lined thoroughfare...

Use the tricks and hidden features in this guide to become more productive with Windows 10. You will save time, achieve more, and feel in control like never before. Author Mike Halsey is a Microsoft MVP (Most Valuable Professional) awardee and technical expert. As the author of Windows 7,...

Zoe Wood thinks she has it all. A promising job as a graphic artist, no-strings attached fun, and blog readers who live vicariously when she shares her adventures. Life is good. Then a few reckless choices change it all. Reality and the internet intertwine and then intersect when her blog and its...

To save her land and people, Lady Grace de la Barre must make a difficult choice after her father's death. She travels from her home in northern England to the glittering court of Queen Mary Tudor to accept a betrothal to her family’s sworn enemy. Her betrothed is too busy to be concerned with the...

Offers an easy-to-implement solution to a problem--e-mail and information overload--that plagues millions of people • Draws on the authors' extensive experience working with major corporate clients • Includes a real-world case study of how the principles in the book were implemented at Capital...

Many subject matter experts are just that, subject matter experts--not experts in the art of teaching, facilitating, or designing. Thousands of authors, trainers, and speakers have great content, but they lack the skills required to convey their content in a way that inspires learners to unleash their...

Introductory A shelf full of books belonging to the American children of colonial times and of the early days of the Republic presents a strangely unfamiliar and curious appearance. If chronologically placed, the earliest coverless chap-books are hardly noticeable next to their immediate successors...

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In the mid-1990s, Manhattan quivered under a dreadful affliction. For one group of New Yorkers, what starts out as a caper worthy of the Hardy Boys themselves quickly spirals into a reckless mission of obsession and a dangerous love affair with dire consequences. Crafted with the focused perspective...