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When homicide detective Stanley Bentworth fires his weapon in the line of duty for the first time, he kills a youth from the projects. The tragic event pulls at his conscience, and he deals with Internal Affairs (the “rat squad”), a city psychiatrist, and outraged citizens.On administrative...

Once again Stanley Bentworth, soft-boiled PI, finds himself infatuated with a beautiful client, one who hires him to find her missing aunt, a resident at a local nursing home. What should be a simple case of an elderly lady wandering off becomes what Stan and his associates learn is a horror story, a...

All the characters in the Stanley Bentworth Mysteries series are gathered together in a three-book collection, the first three volumes of the series offered at less than the price of a single volume in the series.On the Street Where You Die introduces Stan and his contingent of characters—Willa,...

La renovación urbana constituye hoy en día un fenómeno mundial, vinculado a la lógica del capitalismo neoliberal y a políticas urbanas que enarbolan los mismos discursos y las mismas propuestas en ciudades que poco tienen en común. Las investigaciones que se presentan en este volumen buscan...

If you’ve ever spent hours renaming files or updating hundreds of spreadsheet cells, you know how tedious tasks like these can be. But what if you could have your computer do them for you? In Automate the Boring Stuff with Python, you’ll learn how to use Python to write programs that do...

Written by a panel of experts, this book is a comprehensive instructional reference every groomer should have -- whether you are a newcomer to the dog grooming profession or a veteran -- and it's especially vital to anyone considering dog grooming as a career. Newly revised and redesigned, the book is...

No matter what the vocation or endeavor, it is the people who go beyond what is expected of them who ultimately achieve the loftiest goals.The standards for excellence sit on a much higher plane than the benchmarks for competency, and everyone makes a choice, either consciously or by default, the path...

At the altar Linda Forrest discovers her fiancee has eloped -- with her own sister! Starting a new life as a mail order bride she finds her husband has a sinister secret, but that no danger can place her beyond God's love.

HORRORWEEN For untold ages a dark presence has shrouded the small town of Orangefield. In addition to the plentiful pumpkins that gave the town its name, Orangefield is home to the dreaded Lord of Death himself, Samhain. Despite rumors of his existence, and rare, brief sightings, Samhain has long...

A GALAXY SPANNING ADVENTURE !Doc Thunder the gold-bearded, bronze-muscled Hero of New York in his last stand against a deadly foe whose true identity will shock you to your core!El Sombra the masked avenger, the laughing killer they call the Saint of Ghosts in his final battle against the forces...

THIS IS THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD!In the quiet Mexican town of Pasito, the future is born. A man dies; a fool and braggart, best forgotten. In his stead, a legend arises: the man in the bloodstained mask, the Saint of Ghosts. El Sombra!Yearning for justice against the Nazis that plundered his home,...

BLOOD AND THUNDER!"You're in New York. Protocol went out the window the second you arrived. This isn't a protocol kind of town. This is a town that breeds monsters and heroes, geniuses and madmen. This town makes gods, and heaven help you, you wanted to be one of us."While his sidekick lies bleeding...

There is no escape from The Ultimate Reich!The terrifying Luftwaffe, on their steam-driven wings, have torn apart the sleepy town of Pasito in the heart of Mexico, only to rebuild it as a terrifying clockwork-town where the people become human robots, furthering the nightmare dreams of the Fuhrer.General...

The computer-governed Singularity to the north and the female-dominated Amazonia to the south are about to clash in a war in which neither side knows of the other. The Singularity’s mainframe launches an invasion to confiscate electricity-generating resources, and Amazonia is unprepared.Slaves...