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TECTONlCS AND PHYSICS Geology, although rooted in the laws of physics, rarely has been taught in a manner designed to stress the relations between the laws and theorems of physics and the postulates of geology. The same is true of geophysics, whose specialties (seismology, gravimetIy, magnetics, magnetotellurics)...

Something is rotten in the town of Widget, and Rags-n-Bones knows it's all his fault. Ever since he snitched that avocado from Miss Ascot's pack, things have been going wrong. Armed with a handful of memories he never realized he had, Rags-n-Bones searches for a way to put right whatever he did to...

The scene is the south of France. An English lady has been murdered and a beautiful American girl has disappeared. Discovered is a body with a severed hand and an opal bracelet somehow connected to devil worship. Clearly a case for Inspector Hanaud or the Sûreté and his English friend Mr. Ricardo....

The Yard is written by a horse owner for the horse owner. It is very funny, beautifully illustrated, and the stories have many true aspects, with insightful words from the horses themselves. A unique selection of stories that every horse owner will identify with. The Yard is a story about the daily...

All veterinary team members involved in the everyday care of horses that require anesthesia or special emergency care will benefit from this reliable and inclusive resource. This text provides all of the information needed to prepare, conduct, and monitor the administration of drugs in order to produce...

"Nasr masterfully explores the intricacies of human strength and resilience while offering readers a smartly plotted narrative of survival." - Publishers Weekly Building with tenderly crafted prose towards an explosive finale, MIRO is a story of brotherhood, courage, unthinkable choices,...

Come along to Scotland in the 1700 with a Scottish family of six, with three sons and a daughter. The family has learned of a plot—to wipe out the MacGregor men. The MacGregors have always been involved in the growth of Scotland. The oldest son was doing just that, when he was told that his wife...

A dark tale of adventure, piracy, murder, and revenge set on a rugged Cornish island in the mid-1700s. Told with the literary excellence, the tale begins with a dangerous youth who sat in the stocks, and a girl named Helen, and a gang of men watching a granite house at the edge of the sea.

Captain Stephen Drake steps ashore in Plymouth and is immediately confronted by a reporter wanting his comments on an attack made on him by the editor of the Evening Meteor. Of course, the African expedition had been a disaster, but Drake was ready to take responsibility. He telegraphed a survivor...

“Upon my word, ” said Colonel Laporte, "although I am old and gouty, my legs as stiff as two pieces of wood, yet if a pretty woman were to tell me to go through the eye of a needle, I believe I should take a jump at it, like a clown through a hoop. I shall die like that; it is in the blood. I am...

Twelve-year-old Aaron Broom is protecting his father’s car from repossession when he witnesses a jewelry store robbery gone wrong. To Aaron’s shock, his father, a struggling salesman in the wrong place at the wrong time, is fingered as the prime suspect in the murder. Aaron—precocious, plucky,...

"A haunting, harrowing story of civil war ... written by someone who lived it."--Raymond Khoury, New York Times Bestselling Author of The Last Templar Although a work of fiction, THE GHOST: An Assassin’s Story, is based on the true story of the author’s experiences growing up...

A Shropshire Lad is a collection of sixty-three poems by the English poet Alfred Edward Housman. Some of the better-known poems in the book are "To an Athlete Dying Young", "Loveliest of Trees, the Cherry Now", "The Lent Lily" and "When I Was One-and-Twenty". The...

A British barrister takes the witness stand after becoming embroiled in a shocking murder in colonial India Unassured of a family inheritance, Henry Thresk dedicates himself to pursuing a career in law. His determination is exacting; as a man of limited means, it has to be. Even when he meets...