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Gabe Maxfield has reached a comfortable point in his life. His past troubles in Seattle are all but forgotten, he co-owns his own business, Paradise Investigations, with his best friend Grace Park, and he's happy in his relationship with sexy cop—his neighbor—Maka Kekoa. Maybe the best part is,...

Winner 2016 YARWA Rosemary Awards Winner 2018 Athena Awards & Finalist for Best First Book With a book in her bag and a switchblade in her pocket, Rebel's been thieving her way through life while hoping for a cure to fix her ailing heart. But when the bejeweled vase she just...

When a colonist shuttle crashes on an uninhabited planet the desperate stowaway, that caused the crash, assumes the identity of the dead navigator to avoid being executed on sight. With a suspicious marshal onto her she needs to find the other crashed Navi capsule before he does. But even if she's lucky enough to beat the marshal to it, will the other navigator protect her stolen identity?

What line would you be willing to cross to seek justice for the death of a loved one? At sea on a cargo ship, and then through the barrios and whorehouses of Caribbean ports, Cesar Santino must wrestle with his moral and religious convictions to answer this question. His father, a cargo ship captain,...

Perhaps if something is said over and over a hundred different ways, it will finally sink in. And perhaps not. But if it is seen just once.... This book is an offering by the Absolute; an expression of a realization ultimately had by no one. Part I is comprised of 15 essays. The dialogues in Part II...

In the 1900s, technology was advancing at a speed which was at that time in Santa Fe as well as everyplace else, not only very new, but confusing and scary to many, especially for the older folks that were comfortable with the way things were. Particularly, it seemed so in most of New Mexico, where...

SHORT-LISTED: CBCA Book of the Year, Younger Readers, 2016 Pip Sullivan's tenth birthday was a disaster -- and that was only the beginning. With her beloved Sully in hospital and the welfare hot on her heels, Pip needs time, money and a place to stay. She's determined to stay one step...

An unexpected encounter in China triggers memories of ancient lives eerily similar to present events. Tragedies that occurred over two thousand years ago parallel those of today.

How do you pronounce omega, tortoise and sloth, and why? Do charted and chartered sound the same? How do people pronounce the names Charon, Punjab and Sexwale? In this engaging book, John Wells, a world-renowned phonetician and phonologist, explores these questions and others. Each chapter consists...

Most folks would say Will Ferris rushed off a mite too soon to swap his chaotic city lifestyle for anonymity in a small New England hill town. Perhaps the novelist extraordinaire should have given more thought to what he wished for. Giving a young woman a ride into town seemed innocent enough...

Broken-hearted and bitter, Brenna Jones plans to spend Valentine’s weekend at her parents’ cabin, reading romance novels and devouring heart-shaped candy. When her truck hits a snowdrift and plows into a bank—during a storm, no less—her plans take a drastic detour. Eric Buchanan, the playboy...

Dieses Buch bietet ein komplettes Unterrichtsmodell zu Grimmelshausens „Simplicius Simplicissimus“. Der Autor, der im Fach Deutsch als Fachleiter über 35 Jahre Referendare ausbildete, beschränkt sich nicht darauf, den von einer Gruppenarbeit und einem projektartigen Verfahren geprägten...

Britain, America and the Special Relationship since 1941 examines the Anglo-American strategic and military relationship that developed during the Second World War and continued until recent years. Forged on a common ground of social, cultural, and ideological values as well as political expediency,...

For hundreds of years Christendom has been blessed with Bible commentaries written by great men of God highly respected for their godly walk and their insight into spiritual truth. The Crossway Classic Commentaries present the very best work on individual Bible books, carefully adapted for maximum...