Michael Brandt: 18 books

A destitute mother abandons her baby in a park and fate steps in to ensure that the baby survives.He's brought up by a wealthy couple who have taken him in and assume the role of parents. They ensure that his life is one of great adventure as he travels the world as a teenager. He's exposed to many...

Soon after the surgery began, the surgeon asked to meet me in a consultation room. With a heavy heart, he asked me to sit down. Pastor, Im saddened to tell you, Dr. Thaemert, a trusted friend and member of our church family, told me. We have some serious complications. I wasnt able to remove Jeannies...

Love. An essential and important part of the human experience. And in Feel the Love, editor Mark Leslie takes readers on a journey through the various forms of that powerful emotion. From the heartwarming to the heartbreaking, these eighteen talented writers brilliantly capture the concept of love....

The Modern Stephen King Canon: Beyond Horror is a collection of essays focused on the more recent writings of Stephen King, including Revival, 11/22/63, and a selection of short stories by the “Master of the Macabre.” The authors write about King works that have received little critical attention...

Dead men tell tales—the living take vengeance. HORROR IN SERENITY Jack Slade, now a deputy U.S. mar­shal in the lawless Oklahoma Terri­tory, is investigating the mysterious death of fellow marshal Aaron Price near a town called Serenity. But Slade soon learns Serenity is nothing...

Twort's Water Supply, Seventh Edition, has been expanded to provide the latest tools and techniques to meet engineering challenges over dwindling natural resources. Approximately 1.1 billion people in rural and peri-urban communities of developing countries do not have access to safe drinking water....

The impetus for this Approaches to Teaching volume on The Taming of the Shrew grew from the editors' desire to discover why a play notorious for its controversial exploration of conflicts between men and women and the challenges of marriage is enduringly popular in the classroom, in the performing...

The lucky ones die quickly... CROSS-COUNTRY CARNAGE The so-called homestead killers have been cutting a bloody swath across Oklahoma Territory, leaving behind a trail of corpses, slaughtering whole families on isolated farms and stealing their livestock. Deputy U.S. Marshal Jack Slade...

The Infamous Ripper . . . in Oklahoma Territory THE THRILL OF THE HUNT Women of the night are meeting unimaginably gruesome ends at the hands of America's very own "Ripper." As the crimes become more horrific, the good people of Oklahoma are thrown into a terrorized frenzy....

No Second chances here... KITH AND KIN KILLERS Twin brothers Evan and Ethan Frain do everything together—even steal and murder. But when a job gets botched, Ethan is forced to abandon his wounded kin. Determined to make things right, Ethan plans to free Evan, who's facing thirty years...

Vertigo and Dizziness: Common Complaints, Second Edition revises and updates the first edition to reflect the advances that have taken place in this field.   Valid epidemiological studies are now available on the prevalence and incidence of these illnesses. There have been improvements...

Reviews key advances and best practice in cultivation techniques across the value chain of organic farming  Discusses ways of monitoring and improving the environmental impact of organic crop production  Particular focus on ways of supporting organic farming in the developing world

THANKS BE TO THE LAW When an entire family is murdered near the small town of Alva, Kansas, two things strike Deputy U.S. Marshal Jack Slade: first, that he'll be riding out to Alva in the morning, and second, that there was no apparent motive for the crime. In a town with no government of...

In a lawless town, you get your pick of devils. A LITTLE SLICE OF HELL No more speculating. Hell does in­deed exist—Deputy U.S. Marshal Jack Slade can attest to that—and it's out in Oklahoma Territory, a town called Gehenna. On any given day there, someone's liable to kill, steal,...