The Writer: 22 books

First Thursdays is a collaborative work consisting of five short stories. The collection is a menagerie of interests and styles, tied together with a common theme of strong female protagonists who prove to be much more than they seem. Within its pages you will find Alfred Hitchcock meets Agatha Christie...

Dear Reader In prepping for Christmas 2009 I asked the Lord for ideas. He said, write a daily book of My words to them. I was excited and anxious; it was already December 1. I sat down after work with my journal and Bible and suddenly He began to speak out the date and the words for that day. If my...

The clothes we wear tell stories about us—and are often imbued with cultural meanings specific to our ethnic heritage. This concise A-to-Z encyclopedia explores 150 different and distinct items of ethnic dress, their history, and their cultural significance within the United States. The clothing...

Richard Mayson’s Guide to Vintage Port is a directory supplement to his bestselling book Port and the Douro, comprising a guide to vintage port and a directory of producers and shippers. Beginning with 2015, the guide to port vintages takes each year in turn, noting relevant weather conditions,...

Written for anyone in higher education who is responsible for submitting and running a grant-funded project, Grant Seeking in Higher Education offers a hands-on resource for developing and managing the grant process from start to finish. Step by step, the authors will help you to identify and...

The inside story—from the organizer himself--of the largest unrecovered cash haul in history. This full account brings readers behind the heist memorialized in Goodfellas, a crime that has baffled law enforcement for decades. From Henry Hill himself, The Lufthansa Heist is the last book he worked...

Richard Mayson’s award-winning Port and the Douro, first published in 1999, has become a classic over the last 20 years. In this comprehensively updated fourth edition he reminds us why Port is a drink that continues to fascinate wine-lovers and win new fans. The last 45 years, since the end of...

Madeira wine is currently experiencing a renaissance. It is a wine that behaves like almost no other. Heat and air, the sworn enemies of most wines and winemakers, conspire to turn madeira into one of the most enthralling of the world’s wines as well as the most resilient. Madeira wines from the...