Gorman: 347 books

A murder on hallowed ground forces a Philadelphia police detective to break all the rules to prove his sister's innocence. Back on regular duty in the Philadelphia Police Department's Sixth District, Detective Adam Kaminski expects to deal with murder. But not when his sister is one of the...

Fort Lee, located adjacent to the Petersburg Civil War Battlefield, is the designated Home of the United States Army Quartermaster Corps. The first Camp Lee, established as a National Army Cantonment in 1917, trained the 80th Division for service in France. In 1940, Camp Lee was reestablished, and since...

Catch the happy and cheerful energy that exists everywhere! You can learn how to use that special energy to be your own genie, granting your own wishes and creating a happy and positive life. By relying on yourself, you will become stronger in your spirit as you strive to better yourself. By learning...

John Ruskin was one of the greatest Victorian critics of art and society, but he was also preoccupied with politics, economics and education. This pocket-sized biography explores his influence on his own age and ours, examining his work, his relationahips and his creative life.

We stand as Texicans, together all along.  Without measure, our love for our God.

A thoroughly updated edition of the classic guide, considered the authoritative resource for winter camping Winter camping has its own special allure: the splendid quiet of a winter forest, the hush of falling snow, the thrill of gliding over ice and snow on skis. From building a snow shelter...

Part of The Traveler's Handbooks series, The Family Traveler's Handbook offers balanced advice about not where to go with kids, but how to get there and enjoy it. Chock full of stories from real-world parents who have been there/done that with kids, it inspires parents while giving them practical tools and ideas to successfully plan any kind of family vacation.

The truth behind the causes and effects of America's economic downturn. The Complete Idiot's Guide® to the Financial Crisis explains the root causes and connects the events and issues with the problems that have confronted Americans over the course of more than a year, giving readers an unvarnished,...

Ex-cop, security guard and sometime actor Jack Dwyer feels a familiar buzz when, after fifteen years, he sees Karen Lane, his old high school flame. But things are going so well with his girlfriend Donna, that he's pretty sure Karen is not what he needs right now. Still, he agrees to retrieve a suitcase...

TV news. There's the story and there's the truth. Anchorman David Curtis would never have made the big time. He was handsome in that bland, TV newscaster's way, but nothing special. Then he was murdered — on camera — and suddenly, no one at Channel 3 could talk of anyone else. But for Jack Dwyer,...

Baptism by fire is a compilation of letters and personal accounts written by British, Irish, American and French soldiers who served in the Great War. Their accounts were selected because they reflect the author’s candidness; they provide rich historical detail of the battlefield conditions. They...

In 1962, Walker Percy (1916--1990) made a dramatic entrance onto the American literary scene when he won the National Book Award for fiction with his first novel, The Moviegoer. A physician, philosopher, and devout Catholic, Percy dedicated his life to understanding the mixed and somewhat contradictory...

Worrying: A Literary and Cultural History suggests a unique approach to the inner lifeand its ordinary pains. Francis O'Gormancharts the emergence of our contemporaryidea of worry in the Victorian era and itsestablishment, after the First World War,as a feature of modernity. For some writersbetween...

When Robert B. Parker passed in early 2010, the world lost two great men: Parker himself, iconic American crime writer whose books have sold more than 6 million copies worldwide, and his best-known creation, Spenser. Parker's Spenser series not only influenced the work of countless of today's writers,...