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The explosive growth of the immigrant population since the 1960s has raised concerns about its impact on public life, but only recently have scholars begun to ask how religion affects the immigrant experience in our society. In Religion and the New Immigrants, Michael W. Foley and Dean R. Hoge assess...

Unable to get his old position back, ex-detective Jimmy Warren is forced to open an office as a private investigator. His first case, a young woman who had gone missing five years before, twists and turns until it seems like everyone he knows is involved. And out to get him. This is the first book of the Jimmy Warren, P.I. series.

After spending the majority of his long life protecting the creatures of legend from extinction, Santeclaus was exhausted. He considered handing over his position as The Preserve's caretaker to someone new. But then a letter arrived...

A man's life is changed when he nearly crashes his car on a dark seaside road. Can the spiritual power of music act as a bridge between two worlds?

When humanity escaped to the stars, greed and tyranny eagerly pursued. From behind the faceplate of his spacesuit, Tod Riley dreams of exploring other worlds. Tod’s life is quiet, but he strives to build a future among the stars as he works to build Dritta’s first space station and helps a marooned...

Edited and Revised 2nd Edition. “Teller’s Cove is a horror through and through. It’s got suspense, shocks, blood, death, and an underlying feeling of unease and tension.” – Bit’N Book Promoters On the night of their grandmother’s funeral, Jerry’s brother disappears. Months...

Harlan Banks, 14 almost 15, is a child of the Great Depression is set in rural North Alabama. In a generation of short people, Harlan is tall. At five foot ten inches, he is destined to be taller someday if he survives being a curious teenager. Harlan calls himself slender, leaning toward skinny....

Evelyn hates the terrible degradations of her upper-middle-class origins. Seeking the wealth and power that her rich neighbor Winny enjoys, she vows to rise above her sub-owner status and tries to enlist poor Sonny to team up with her on her quest. But Sonny balks. Eventually, Evelyn marries...

Harlan Banks, 14 almost 15, sees an ocean for the first time and likes it. Harlan, a child of the Great Depression, is 14 almost 15 with a knack for getting himself into dangerous situations. In a generation of short people, Harlan is tall. At five foot ten inches, he is destined to be taller than...

Levi and his friends are all geared up for the upcoming Summer vacation. Unfortunately for them, the last week of school will be the most troublesome of all. They find themselves being chased by the notorious Bedlam brothers, three of the biggest and meanest bullies that has ever walked the halls...

R. W. DYSON There will be few readers of this book who are not aware of the contribution that polymers make to modern life. They are to be seen around the home, at work, in transport and in leisure pursuits. They take many forms which include plastic mouldings and extrusions, plastic film and sheet,...

It is a great pleasure and honor to be asked to participate in the translation of this important and historical volume on thoracic surgery and to provide this foreword. Martin Kirschner of Mannheim/Heidelberg was an early pioneer in thoracic and esophageal surgery. His operation for bypass of the...

The second volume of Frontiers in European Radiology covers two very promising techniques in diagnostic radiology, namely digital radiography and nuclear mag­ netic resonance imaging. Leading experts in both fields from Europe and the Unit­ ed States were invited to give a critical overview; digital...

Over the past twenty years, new approaches to the history of the Reformation of the Church have radically altered our understanding of that event within its broadest social and cultural context. In this classic study R. W. Scribner provided a synthesis of the main research, with a special emphasis on...