A J : 4515 books

A life and death battle of wits between a modern day mathematician certain of his insights into reality and a world-weary prophet with a jaded nature who is dead set on teaching mankind a lesson. Heady gamesmanship ensues leading to a surprising conclusion.

Ex-FBI Agent Jay Fletcher -- "one of the most interesting female characters to come along in suspense fiction for quite some time" (Chicago Tribune) -- is in the Witness Security Program, trying to forget all about "Billy Bones", the tabloid name for a notorious serial killer....

Val is asked to review a State Police investigation into the homicides of two deputies in the neighboring parish. Meanwhile, his friend Dave involves himself in the discovery of a mass grave dating from the War Between the States. Faced with opposition, resentment and a further murder, Val soon realizes...

A former Guantanamo guard, turned al-Qaeda terrorist, is targeting Louisiana fracking gas pads using hijacked government drones. When Deputy Sheriff Val Bosanquet is seconded to the Department of Homeland Security he discovers that the usual rules do not apply. Tasked with the investigation...

When Emma Corsi's best friend Jack Russo decides to expand Ristorante Massimo into a luxury restaurant and hotel, someone sabotages half a million dollars of his best French wine. Was it environmentalists worried about Blissburg's development run amuck, the 98% worried about affordable housing, the French...

Book 1 - The Vendetta Trifecta A.J. Scudiere puts a serious twist on revenge in the start of this award-winning trilogy. Readers say it’s “Seriously one of the best action/suspense books I've ever read.” And “the ending will surprise and delight you.” When Cyn's parents are...

A tutorial on the ancient practice of limpias to heal the mind, body, and soul • Offers step-by-step instructions for the practice of limpias, shamanic cleansing rituals to heal, purify, and revitalize people as well as physical spaces • Examines different types of limpia ceremonies,...

Renowned photographer A. J. Meek takes the novitiate on an inspired visual journey with eighty-eight color photographs of the interiors of churches and synagogues located in south Louisiana, mostly along the lower Mississippi River valley. Tourists may crowd the famous European cathedrals such as...

Among the issues that continue to divide the Catholic Church from the Orthodox Church—the two largest Christian bodies in the world, together comprising well over a billion faithful—the question of the papacy is widely acknowledged to be the most significant stumbling block to their unification....

You tried Tinder - it sucks. You heard of people hooking up fast and you wanted to do that. But it wasn't that easy, was it? You didn't get matches. The women didn't message you back. Perhaps you even met some of them, but you didn't have sex like you planned. What happened?Listen:...

This book is, in a sense, a sequel to David Seargent's first Springer book Weird Astronomy (2010). Whereas Weird Astronomy extended over a broad range of purely astronomical topics, the present work concentrates on phenomena closer to home; the atmospheric and "shallow space" events as...

Completely revised and expanded, this second edition of The Cytokine FactsBook is the most up-to-date reference manual available for all current well-characterized interleukins, cytokines, and their receptors. An additional 52 cytokines are included, doubling the number of entries from the previous...

John Locke (1632-1704) has a good claim to the title of the greatest ever English philosopher, and was a founding father of both the empiricist tradition in philosophy and the liberal tradition in politics. This new book provides an accessible introduction to Locke’s thought. Although its primary...

Children are always interested in animals and birds, and your little one will be delighted with a “zoo” bedspread. Designed by Mrs. A.J. Lavender in 1918, these simple blocks will fuel your creativity. There are 16 animal squares: song bird, kittens, wolf, fox and chick, donkey, pig, ostrich,...