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Intrigue abounds both on and off the stage in this rollicking mystery set within Shakespeare’s theater company. Kit Glover is London’s finest boy actor. Audiences flock to see him portray imperious queens and scheming noblewomen. But off the stage Kit’s manner is harder to make out. Now cool...

Thomas Pichon seems forever at a crossroads, often choosing the path of least resistance, or the most tempting. In this, the third Thomas Pichon novel, his life remains more complicated than he wishes. He encounters highwaymen on a country road, succumbs to a tempting tryst in the spa town of Bath,...

Like the streets of his 18th-century Paris home, Thomas Pichon’s life is full of twists and turns. Despite winning his wife’s forgiveness for an extramarital affair, Thomas and his lover, Hélène, are caught a second time, and decide that it’s time for new beginnings – in London. As a writer,...

It's the first week of school, and Peachy couldn't be happier. This year, she can finally join the school newspaper! She's always pictured herself as a star reporter, writing articles that make a difference. But when Peachy goes to sign up--and drags her hyper best friend, Keen, along with her ---...

Kitty Prince Lamont is loved by all in the Kitty Kingdom, yet he is still sad. His sisters, Kitty Princess Lilly and Kitty Princess Lola, have special talents that he does not possess. His mother, Kitty Queen Louise, knows that he is very special but cannot make him understand this. Join Kitty Prince Lamont and his sisters as they discover true talent and set an example for all.

Isabella, the cow, could not sing. Sad to the point of tears, Isabella roamed into a rolling, green meadow where she met the singing Mrs. Meadowlark. When the encouraging Mrs. Butterfly joined the scene, Isabella made a surprising discovery.

The purpose of the material in this book is to enable users of thermochemical data to predict values for standard enthalpies ofreactions involving organic compounds ranging in complex­ ity from simple alkanes to biologically important compounds such as amino acids. Chapter 1 contains tables of values...

A fast-growing interest in the concepts and application of systems research has spawned a wide and general literature over the past decade. Most disciplinary areas have been touched, but commerce, engineering and military studies have, perhaps, been best served with outstanding texts. No provision...

Hacking the election process isn't limited to the Russians in this mystery thriller. Who said those running for President were honorable? The more detective Barron Childress digs, the deeper the dirt and misdeeds. The voting machines are not secure, and Barron must find out which candidates are trying...

Do you watch crime shows on television? Do you watch the news? Do you get your news from social media? Do you believe what you read and see? Believe me, nothing you see, read, or hear, tell the truth about the story because you do not know about the communication, and back-scratching, by the "family"...

What if the dead never leave us? Twelve-year old Jacob Mitchell recently lost his father to a roadside bomb in Iraq. While Jake and his mother struggle to carry on with their daily lives and keep their family together, strange things start to happen. Shadows fill the halls of their home and Jake...

Randy Brathwaite always considered that running a successful congressional campaign against the son of legenday Jim Mayfield to be a long shot. Being accused of his wife's murder months before the election just might make it darn near impossible. PI, Gerry Freeman, is hired by Brathwaite's law firm...

"So all the time, while you were pretending to work, you've been having the most astonishing adventures in that corner?" As bankruptcy looms, the ever-optimistic Jim Cornelius, partner at import firm Briggs and Murrison, is fighting to keep his creditors happy and his spirits up....