When a former military police buddy from Vietnam turns up with a story of murder in California, Charlie Manwalker is drawn back into a part of his life he has tried to forget. A few days later his old comrade is brutally murdered, pulling him into a deadly plot that may cost him his life. The reason appears to be hidden in an envelope filled with old military records and a couple of photographs. From Oklahoma to Southern California, Charlie searches for the answer as to why the members of his old Criminal Investigation Team are being eliminated; knowing he may face the same fate. The case's ties to Vietnam stir up old ghosts that have plagued Charlie since the war. As he tries to find justice for his fallen comrades, these old memories take him down a path that could destroy all he cares about. Can he expose a ruthless killer or killers before becoming another victim? And can he defeat the demons within that have now been unleashed?
As the nation moves closer to a civil war a brutal murder sends Deputy U.S. Marshal John Franklin Harrison after two men: a desperado called Creek Jack and John's own brother, Amos Adam Harrison. His foray takes him into the Cherokee Nation where a deadly ambush nearly costs him his life. In the Cherokee Nation, John meets a Cherokee beauty named Rose Bennett. His feelings for the young woman plunge him deeper into the violence that divides the Cherokees. The manhunt takes John from the Indian Nations to the arid and sparsely populated lands of West Tesas. The two men he chases join forces with a bandit named Imoke, pitting John against a formidable pair that taxes his resources and his resolve. In time, he descovers the challenge of tracking and apprehending dangerous men may be outweighed by the doubts that are building in his own heart. These doubts cause him to question his chosen profession.
A story of murder and greed in a small Southern City. Four inhabitants of Lancaster try to cope with the changing social and ecomomic climate as lives clash in a fury of raw emotion.
In 1990, Martin Kollerman, an international reporter, moves to a small farming community called Balinger's Lake. Martin is heartbroken over a recent divorce, so he moves to the isolated community to rebuild his life.Through an attorney named James French, Martin becomes involved in a brutal murder case that occurred in Balinger's Lake in 1926.A young man was lynched for the 1926 murder, but Martin discovers the man may have been innocent. In addition, Martin soon discovers that even after so many years, there are those in the community that wish for the case to remain closed.In time, Martin finds his own life in danger as he reaches back in time to try and right a terrible injustice.A fast moving story of mystery and suspense set against the backdrop of a seemingly peaceful farming community.
Nora Reiger is haunted by a series of frightening dreams, dreams that seem to be related to her past, a past that her mother denied to her. As she struggles to come to grips with the dreams she is drawn into the tragic past of her family and is faced with a threat to her own survival.
James McKane returns home from the Civil War and is devastated to learn that his wife and children, believing him to have been killed, have left their home in Tennessee and are reported to be living in Oregon. James undertakes a dangerous journey across the frontier to locate his family. While James is making his way to Oregon, Kate and her family struggle to survive the harsh Eastern Oregon climate and a conflict involving her uncle and benefactor, Lewis Harrington. A dispute between her uncle and an unscrupulous business partner leads to Uncle Lewis's death. Kate carries the double burden of trying to obtain justice for her uncle, and the woes of his business problems. James, the son of a Tennessee slave owner, through fate, finds himself traveling with an African-American Mountain Man named Wilford Johnson. At the onset, the two men are uncomfortable with each other, but after sharing the dangers of the trail, a measure of understanding develops between them. James finds that not only is he undertaking a journey of many miles, but a journey in his heart, as well. James and Kate are reunited in Oregon, and aided by Wilford, they face the final showdown with those who murdered her uncle.
A middle-aged man, Howard Breckenridge, finds that financial success has not brought him happiness. Moreover, an incident from his final days of high school has plagued him for much of his adult life. Finally, after years of avoidance, he summons up the courage to return to the little town of Marston Oklahoma to face up to his past. His stay in Marston revives memories of growing up poor on a Western Oklahoma farm, the emergence of rock music, an old love, and classmates and friends not seen since high school graduation. When he meets face-to-face with the past he has avoided, Howard is stunned at what he finds.
Frank Baldwin, a bitter and disillusioned young man just out of high school, accepts a temporary job that takes him to an isolated section of the California coast. There he meets Silvia, a beautiful young woman from a mysterious family. Frank soon finds himself deeply in love with this intriguing woman but the enigma surrounding her family haunts him. Unanswered questions about these people plague him. As his feelings for Silvia grow, concerns about her family threaten their relationship, and Frank fears, his own safety.Driven by love, one that he expects can never be, Frank agonizes over the bitter choices he faces. Can he find happiness with Silvia, or is the road he is traveling littered with dangers that will spell his doom?The Corner Window is a novel of heart twisting emotion mixed with a measure of suspense and intrigue that draws inevitably to a shattering conclusion.
The human race has taken a wrong turn sometime in the past million years. But from within the dark realty that face most there is a deeply entrenched hope, that we can turn things around. The world is now drowning in constant conflict, as individuals, societies, and governments each fight to keep a hold on what they believe is theirs. World leaders seem intent on maintaining their borders as humanity faces the prospect of extinction. The worlds financial future is perilous at best. Society stands at the precipice looking into the abyss of its own demise. The world population has peaked and appears to be decreasing at an alarming rate. Just after the turn of the twenty-first century, an ancient parchment comes to light that throws doubt over the origins of the Christian church. One man has been tasked to awaken the world from its ego-induced slumber. Brayden, a young man separated from contemporary society may hold the answers. In the countless hours he has to himself, he has dedicated his life to learning the real reasons humanity had created such a hopeless future as a race. With the help of his spirit guide, he hopes to find the way to free humanity from its self-imposed fate. Will we listen in time to avert the inevitable? What will it take for us to realize the mistakes of our ways? Can we ever live in peace?
The third segment in the "Witches of the Forest" series that includes The Forest Has Ears and One More Forever. Rachel will be tossed back in time to an era where her kind are accused, condemned and execute all in a days work. Seeking the man that will father her first born, she will have to survive the "great witch hunts" first. Loved ones will die and a forest will need its queen to save it from certain death by fire. A witch from another time will try to stop the birth of one she fears will steal from her the chance to be queen of the Forest and the coven.
Somehow, the human race has taken a wrong turn sometime in the past million years. The world is now drowning in constant conflict, as individuals, societies, and governments each fight to keep a hold on what they believe is theirs. World leaders seem intent on maintaining their borders as humanity faces the prospect of extinction. The world's financial future is perilous at best. Society stands at the precipice looking into the abyss of its own demise. The world population has peaked and appears to be decreasing at an alarming rate Just after the turn of the twenty-first century, an ancient parchment comes to light that throws doubt over the origins of the Christian church. One man has been tasked to awaken the world from its ego-induced slumber. Brayden, a young man separated from contemporary society, may hold the answers. In the countless hours he has to himself, he has dedicated his life to learning the real reasons humanity had created such a hopeless future as a race. With the help of his spirit guide, he hopes to find the way to free humanity from its self-imposed fate. Will we listen in time to avert the inevitable? What will it take for us to realize the mistakes of our ways? Can we ever live in peace?
Design and build Web APIs for a broad range of clients—including browsers and mobile devices—that can adapt to change over time. This practical, hands-on guide takes you through the theory and tools you need to build evolvable HTTP services with Microsoft’s ASP.NET Web API framework. In the process, you’ll learn how design and implement a real-world Web API. Ideal for experienced .NET developers, this book’s sections on basic Web API theory and design also apply to developers who work with other development stacks such as Java, Ruby, PHP, and Node. Dig into HTTP essentials, as well as API development concepts and styles Learn ASP.NET Web API fundamentals, including the lifecycle of a request as it travels through the framework Design the Issue Tracker API example, exploring topics such as hypermedia support with collection+json Use behavioral-driven development with ASP.NET Web API to implement and enhance the application Explore techniques for building clients that are resilient to change, and make it easy to consume hypermedia APIs Get a comprehensive reference on how ASP.NET Web API works under the hood, including security and testability
This book examines the threat that climate change poses to projects of poverty eradication, sustainable development, and biodiversity preservation. It discusses the values that support these projects and evaluates the normative bases of climate change policy. It regards climate change policy as a public problem that normative philosophy can shed light on and assumes that the development of policy should be based on values regarding what is important to respect, preserve, and protect. What sort of policy do we owe the poor of the world who are particularly vulnerable to climate change? Why should our generation take on the burden of mitigating climate change caused, in no small part, by emissions from people now dead? What value is lost when species go extinct, because of climate change? This book presents a broad and inclusive discussion of climate change policy, relevant to those with interests in public policy, development studies, environmental studies, political theory, and moral and political philosophy.
At their sixtieth anniversary party, Adam Carlson asks his wife, Elizabeth, for their customary waltz. After the dance they gather the family and share their story--a story of love and courage overcoming adversity and thriving in the face of overwhelming odds. It’s the summer of 1946, and Adam has just returned from the war to his home in Reunion, Montana. At a town festival he meets Elizabeth Baxter, a young woman going steady with his former high school rival and now influential banker, Nathan Roberts. When Adam and Elizabeth share a waltz in a deserted pavilion one evening, their feelings begin to grow and they embark on a journey, and a dance, that will last a lifetime.
A subversive novel by acclaimed Cree author Darrel J. McLeod, infused with the contradictory triumph and pain of finding conventional success in a world that feels alien. James, a talented and conflicted Cree man from a tiny settlement in Northern Alberta, has settled into a comfortable middle-class life in Kitsilano, a trendy neighbourhood of Vancouver. He is living the life he had once dreamed of—travel, a charming circle of sophisticated friends, a promising career and a loving relationship with a caring man—but he chafes at being assimilated into mainstream society, removed from his people and culture. The untimely death of James’s mother, his only link to his extended family and community, propels him into a quest to reconnect with his roots. He secures a job as a principal in a remote northern Dakelh community but quickly learns that life there isn’t the fix he’d hoped it would be: His encounters with poverty, cultural disruption and abuse conjure ghosts from his past that drive him toward self-destruction. During the single year he spends in northern BC, James takes solace in the richness of the Dakelh culture—the indomitable spirit of the people, and the splendour of nature—all the while fighting to keep his dark side from destroying his life.
New Harmony is a town like no other. A community that began almost two hundred years ahead of its time, New Harmony was a spiritual sanctuary that later became a haven for international scientists, scholars, and educators who sought equality in communal living. It was impossible for George Rapp to realize the events he would set into motion when he purchased 20,000 acres of land on the Wabash River in 1814 and subsequently sold it to social reformer Robert Owen ten years later. This simple community came to have an immense impact on our countrys art and architecture, public education system, womens suffrage movement, Midwestern industrial development, and more. This book contains over 150 historic images produced by two 19th-century New Harmony photographersHomer Fauntleroy and William Frederick Lichtenberger. These photographs show historic buildings of New Harmony, many of which have been razed over the years. They also demonstrate the importance of the Wabash River and its influence on settlement and commerce. The people of the community are captured at work and at play, and the reader is allowed a look at the downtown business district of the past and the farms surrounding it.
The Conceptual Evolution of DSM-5 highlights recent advances in our understanding of cross-cutting factors relevant to psychiatric diagnosis and nosology. These include developmental age-related aspects of psychiatric diagnosis and symptom presentation; underlying neuro-circuitry and genetic similarities that may clarify diagnostic boundaries and inform a more etiologically-based taxonomy of disorder categories; and gender/culture-specific influences in the prevalence of and service use for psychiatric disorders. This text also considers the role of disability in the diagnosis of mental disorders and the potential utility of integrating a dimensional approach to psychiatric diagnosis. A powerful reference tool for anyone practicing or studying psychiatry, social work, psychology, or nursing, The Conceptual Evolution of DSM-5 details the proceedings from the 2009 American Psychopathological Association's Annual Meeting. In its chapters, readers will find a thorough review of the empirical evidence regarding the utility of cross-cutting factors in nosology, as well as specific suggestions for how they may be fully integrated into the forthcoming fifth edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
In this series, the books of the Bible are taught in chronological order (from Genesis to Acts) rather than in the order they appear in the Bible, so students can comprehend the flow of Bible history. Each workbook contains helpful exercise questions and map work as well. Teacher manuals for Books C-H are available. Book E covers Genesis through Ruth. Grade 4.
A practical volume for the home or business owner on landscaping with native, drought-tolerant plants in the Rocky Mountain West. Filled with color illustrations, photos, and design sketches, over 100 native species are described, while practical tips on landscape design, water-wise irrigation, and keeping down the weeds are provided. In this book you will learn how to use natural landscapes to inspire your own designed landscape around your business or home and yard. Included are design principles, practical ideas, and strong examples of what some homeowners have already done to convert traditional "bluegrass" landscapes into ones that are more expressive of the West. Landscaping on the new Frontier also offers an approach to irrigation that minimizes the use of supplemental water yet ensures the survival of plants during unusually dry periods. You will learn how to combine ecological principles with design principles to create beautiful home landscapes that require only minimal resources to maintain.
As a small boy in remote Alberta, Darrel J. McLeod is immersed in his Cree family’s history, passed down in the stories of his mother, Bertha. There he is surrounded by her tales of joy and horror—of the strong men in their family, of her love for Darrel, and of the cruelty she and her sisters endured in residential school—as well as his many siblings and cousins, and the smells of moose stew and wild peppermint tea. And there young Darrel learns to be fiercely proud of his heritage and to listen to the birds that will guide him throughout his life. But after a series of tragic losses, Bertha turns wild and unstable, and their home life becomes chaotic. Sweet and eager to please, Darrel struggles to maintain his grades and pursue interests in music and science while changing homes, witnessing domestic violence, caring for his younger siblings, and suffering abuse at the hands of his brother-in-law. Meanwhile, he begins to question and grapple with his sexual identity—a reckoning complicated by the repercussions of his abuse and his sibling’s own gender transition. Thrillingly written in a series of fractured vignettes, and unflinchingly honest, Mamaskatch—“It’s a wonder!” in Cree—is a heartbreaking account of how traumas are passed down from one generation to the next, and an uplifting story of one individual who overcame enormous obstacles in pursuit of a fulfilling and adventurous life.
Teacher's Guide to accompany Studying God's Word G, which examines the four Gospels and provides a chronological overview of the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.
Presents an illustrated history of electric and hybrid cars produced during the early twentieth century, the companies that built them, political and environmental aspects, marketing strategies, and general attitude by consumers.
This workbook has over 1300+ questions and answers from the Old & New Testament. This workbook was compiled with the intent to help promote the study of the Bible as well as to increase Biblical knowledge. It contains several little known facts and some trivia about the Bible.
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