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“Irresistibly seductive. ... Murder mystery, historical novel, portal to another time; The Blackest Bird is a masterpiece.”—Anthony Bourdain In the sweltering summer of 1841, Mary Rogers, a popular tobacco shop counter girl, is found brutally murdered in the shallows of the Hudson River....

The name of Free Joe strikes humorously upon the ear of memory. It is impossible to say why, for he was the humblest, the simplest, and the most serious of all God's living creatures, sadly lacking in all those elements that suggest the humorous. It is certain, moreover, that in 1850 the sober-minded...

IN 1876, circumstances, partly accidental and partly sentimental, led me to revisit Crooked Creek Church, near the little village of Rockville, in Middle Georgia. I was amazed at the changes which a few brief years had wrought. The ancient oaks ranged roundabout remained the same, but upon everything...

Problems of individual moral choice have always been closely bound up with the larger normative concerns of political theory. There are several reasons for this continuing connection. First, the value conflicts involved in private moral choice often find themselves reproduced on the public stage:...

Hope for the future in the hands of an enemy from the past . . . Cassandra Kresnov must find the answers that could free her people—or doom her family. A quarter of a million people die in the destruction of the moon Cresta. The League civil war is accelerating out of control, but projections indicate...

The trip of a lifetime could be murder… When Dante’s best friend Asmir offers to pay for them both to take a bus trip around New Zealand, he leaps at the opportunity. He needs to get away from it all for a while; the recent loss of his uncle, the end of his relationship, even his uni course. But...

This is a great book for anyone who wants to learn how to trick rope. I give away all my tips on how to get started, what types of ropes to use and how to perform all of the famous tricks. I have been performing since i was 15 at school assemblies, rodeos and many other social events. Because i went...

In the Age of the Dracon-esti, darkness and war ravage the continent of Draston. The dragons that once ruled the skies have died off and other horrors have since taken their place. To the south, dark rumors have surfaced of armies being massed, led by the Wicked Eye. The elves are slowly dying off,...

An experiment in college-age poetry, dealing mostly with the author's experiences of the patterns in the world and how they repeat at different levels.

A varied and fascinating look at sin, confession and pardon in Judaism. Through a series of lively introductions and commentaries, almost forty contributors—men and women, scholars, rabbis, theologians and poets, representing all Jewish denominations—examine the history of confession in...

Another South is an anthology of poetry from contemporary southern writers who are working in forms that are radical, innovative, and visionary. Highly experimental and challenging in nature, the poetry in this volume, with its syntactical disjunctions, formal revolutions, and typographic playfulness,...

Als J.B. Collins, de buitenlandcorrespondent van New York Times, ter ore komt dat een splintergroepering van Al-Qaida met de naam IS in Syrië chemische wapens in bezit heeft, weet hij onmiddellijk één ding zeker: dit verhaal moet hij koste wat het kost volgen. Heeft de leider van de jihadistische...

Break through obstacles with The Opportunity Code. Life’s obstacles are only opportunities in disguise. This is an objective and realistic guide on the qualities needed to make something out of nothing, with proven principles. Discover: How your money takes care of you… Only if you...