Lance: 658 books

The Excelsior Hotel and Casino. Built in Las Vegas in 1960 by mobster Louis “The Lip” LaFica. For decades the towering hotel has been the subject of incredible stories and rumors that have kept it in the public eye the world around. Why have so many lovers been mysteriously, magically,...

An insightful look into both law enforcement and journalism—and the sometimes-complicated relationship between them—Blue News provides law enforcement officers and journalists windows into each other’s worlds.    • What happens inside a law enforcement agency after an officer-involved...

Dorotea DeVillardi is ninety-one years old, gorgeous, and worth a fortune. Matt Friedrich’s going to steal her. The Nazis seized Dorotea’s portrait from her Viennese family, then the Soviets stole it from the Nazis. Now it’s in the hands of a Russian oligarch. Dorotea’s corporate-CEO...

Jake Eldar’s and Miriam Schaffer’s names may kill them. Jake manages a bookstore in Brooklyn. Miriam is a secretary at a Philadelphia law firm. Both grew up in Israel and emigrated to build new lives in America. Neither knows the other exists…until the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad...

Luis Ojeda owes his life to the Pacifico Norte cartel. Literally. Now it’s time to pay. Luis led escaping American Muslims out of the U.S. during the ten years following a 2019 terrorist attack on Chicago. He retired after nearly being killed by a border guard. But now in 2032, the Nortes...

Vancouver, located at the edge of a continent and the edge of national consciousness, has become the model for post-industrial urbanism. Does it deserve the attention? This provocative new book explores the links between the city’s seductive natural setting, turbulent political history, planning...

“I am in Rome! Oft as the morning ray visits these eyes, waking at once I cry; Whence this excess of joy? What has befallen me? And from within a thrilling voice replies, Thou art in Rome! A thousand busy thoughts rush on my mind, a thousand images; and I spring up as girt to run a race!” - Samuel...

#ChooseHappy is designed to be a Road Map to finding and living the Happy, Fulfilling life that each of us deserve and were born to live. The book shares the authors personal journey to reaching True Happiness. He shares his adversites faced, and overcome along his journey. He teaches well as practical...

Unique Holiday Gift Ideas For Every Special Occasion This book covers several topics including: Chapter 1: How The Price Of Your Holiday Gift Idea Does Not Matter Chapter 2: Holiday Gift Subscriptions Chapter 3: Holiday Gift Ideas For That Special Lady Chapter 4: Holiday Gift Ideas...

In just a matter of days, you can develop powerful web applications with Rails that once took weeks or months to produce with other web frameworks. If that sounds too good to be true, it isn't. Find out for yourself with Rails: Up and Running, the concise and popular book that not only explains how...

This book explores a wide range of critical areas in education, examines the basic nature of our education problems, provides a clear understanding of underperformance, and proposes reasonable and effective strategies for success.

The best-selling Revit guide, now more complete than ever with all-new coverage on the 2018 release Mastering Autodesk Revit 2018 for Architecture is packed with focused discussions, detailed exercises, and real-world examples to help you get up to speed quickly on the latest version of Autodesk...

Transgender Communication Studies: Histories, Trends, and Trajectories brings scholarship in transgender studies to the forefront of the communication discipline. Leland Spencer and Jamie Capuzza provide a broad foundation that documents the evolution of transgender communication studies and challenges...

Where do you get the best crab cakes? Ask one hundred different people and you'll likely get one hundred different answers. Some swear by classic Chesapeake Bay crab cakes, and some by spicy Creole crab cakes, while others maintain that Pacific Northwest crab cakes can't be beat. In I Love Crab Cakes!,...