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The Feather and Other Tales from Pembina County

By: Peter L. Ames

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The Feather and Other Tales from Pembina County

By: Peter L. Ames

This intriguing collection of eleven short stories The Feather and Other Tales from Pembina County centers on Homer Swensen, the sheriff of Pembina County, North Dakota, who combines his interest in birds with his profession of solving crimes. In these stories, Homer faces a variety of crimes that most of us could not even contemplate. In the story "The Feather," the sheriff is confronted by a bank robbery committed by a pair of men who have baffled the FBI on six previous robberies. Homer finds a pinkish feather in the grill of a car and recognizes it as coming from a hybrid population of the Northern Flicker, unique to eastern North Dakota, which allows him to identify the thieves. In "Excalibur," he traces a three-hundred-year-old Amati violin to a Duluth gangster unjustly accused of murder. In "Sylvia," he is pursued by a divorcee who hopes to entrap him through his interest in nature. Homer nearly falls victim to the mushroom poison that has killed a mycologist - a scientist who studies fungi - in the story "Amanita." And in "The Ice Woman," a woman's body is found frozen solid after two nights in subzero weather. She was strangled by someone using Homer's scarf, so he works with the coroner to unravel her last hours and identify the real killer.

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Strategic Book Publishing

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1625164181

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Legacy of a Trogon

By: Peter L. Ames

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Legacy of a Trogon

By: Peter L. Ames

Doctor David Cooper is studying birds in a Mexican rainforest when he collects a Collared Trogon, a species of bird that is rare in that region. The bird falls between the buttress roots of a large tree. As David reaches down to pick it up, he cuts his hand on a sharp object imbedded in a root. With the help of his camp assistant, he digs the object out and finds that it is a shiny metal cube. Back at camp, he discovers that the weight of the cube is ten times that of an equivalent volume of uranium, the heaviest known stable metal. He calls a professor friend and is directed to a specialist in Fort Collins, Colorado. In Colorado, David comes under the protection of Rocky Mountain Investigations, under an FBI contract. But things go dramatically off course when the specialist is suddenly murdered and the cube stolen. With the help of two of RMI's investigators, David learns the probable location of his cube and pursues it, running afoul of a Mexican crime boss and nearly losing his life in the process. Will David succeed in avoiding danger and turning the tables on the criminals who have stolen the cube? Find out in the compelling conclusion of Legacy of a Trogon.

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Strategic Book Publishing

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1622126130

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9781622126132

Death on Zinc Mountain

A Novel of Environmental Mayhem and Murder

By: Peter L. Ames

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Death on Zinc Mountain

A Novel of Environmental Mayhem and Murder

By: Peter L. Ames

When Western Wyoming Land Management Company (LMC) plans a zinc and gold mine on a tract of 18,000 acres that it owns, Jim DeVries, a South African mining geologist specializing in the rare earths, goes undercover at LMC. DeVries has been sent by his former employer, Transvaal Mining, to find out what LMC is really after on Zinc Mountain. Transvaal suspects that LMC plans to exploit the rich deposits of ytterbium, a promising new mineral for semiconductor crystal lattices. While conducting studies on the zinc mine, Molly Berensen, the LMC environmental officer, stumbles onto a drilling fraud involving half a million dollars. The powers that be take steps to eliminate Molly. After a series of mysterious deaths, Molly and DeVries begin to zero in on a suspect. Who is the mastermind behind the nefarious actions? What threats will Molly encounter, and will she and DeVries be able to uncover the truth? About the Author: Dr. Peter L. Ames is a retired ecologist and professor who lives in Santiago, Chile. He is working on his next book, The Bitter Leaf, about the planning of a hydroelectric dam near Cali, Colombia, in a valley in which most of the farmers are growing coca. Author website http: //sbpra.com/PeterLAmes

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Strategic Book Publishing

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1612046878

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9781612046877

Alcoholism And The Family

By: Saturo Saitoh,Peter Steinglass,Marc A. Schuckit

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Alcoholism And The Family

By: Saturo Saitoh,Peter Steinglass,Marc A. Schuckit

The science of the etiology and treatment of alcohol has made notable progress in recent years. Since the early 1970s there have been growing in-roads made concerning the relevance of hereditary factors in alcoholism. This has led to the presentation of various innovative hypotheses in this field. In conjunction with this there has been much discussion and study of the "alcoholic personality" and its possible characteristics. These may be considered the "longitudinal aspects" linked to the transmission of alcoholism.

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Routledge

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1134852746

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9781134852741

Suburban Discipline

By: Peter Lang,Tamalyn Ann Miller

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Suburban Discipline

By: Peter Lang,Tamalyn Ann Miller

Historically, suburbia has been defined in relation to the city. Today, however, the city is no longer the undisputed arbiter for civilization; suburbia has infiltrated urban culture worldwide, shaping both its aspirations and its fears. Beneath an advertised serenity, poetry and violence, romance and pornography, organic gardens and toxic wastes are all nestled into the naturalistic settings of the suburb. What are the rituals and customs of the contemporary suburb? Is it possible to describe suburban culture without relying on typical urban comparisons? How is suburban culture changing as a result of being plugged into a global market of expanding proportions? Suburban Discipline, the second book (after "Mortal City") in our series from StoreFront for Art and Architecture, answers these questions through a series of critical essays. Keller Easterling, a professor of architecture at Columbia University and co-author of "Seaside", contributes an essay on the Appalachian Trail. Hannia Gmez, architecture critic for El Nacional in Caracas, provides a study on the Hanging Suburbs of Caracas. Also included is a photo-essay on Rem Koolhaas's Lille project.

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Princeton Architectural Press

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1568981066

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9781568981062

Book's by Peter L. Ames

The Feather and Other Tales from Pembina County

The Feather and Other Tales from Pembina County

Legacy of a Trogon

Legacy of a Trogon

Death on Zinc Mountain

Death on Zinc Mountain

Alcoholism And The Family

Alcoholism And The Family

Suburban Discipline

Suburban Discipline

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