Far to the south of Arizona’s sprawling metropolises, a rolling savanna of grass, oak, and mesquite rises above the surrounding deserts. The Sonoita Plain is a basin of a thousand square miles bracketed by mountains, a land once the domain of cowboys that is now more and more the focus of exurban development. These southwestern grasslands are both typical of and distinct from those of the Great Plains—similarly shaped by drought, grazing, and fire, but with a different flo...

In "Das Material zum großen Weltenbaue" präsentiert Carl Ernst Bock eine tiefgreifende Analyse der Prinzipien des Weltenbaus in der Literatur und deren Anwendbarkeit auf verschiedene Narrative. Der Autor gelingt es, durch eine präzise, analytische Sprache und eine klare Struktur komplexe Konzepte zu erläutern und den Leser in die philosophischen und kreativen Aspekte des Schreibprozesses einzuführen. Während Bock sich auf historische und zeitgenössische Beispiele stützt, bietet er gleichze...

In "Entwickelung der Erdrinde mit ihren Bewohnern" präsentiert Carl Ernst Bock eine umfassende Untersuchung der geologischen und biologischen Evolution der Erde. Der Autor kombiniert präzise naturwissenschaftliche Analysen mit einem poetischen Stil, der die Faszination der Natur und ihrer Entwicklung beleuchtet. Bock gliedert seine Argumentation strukturiert und übersichtlich, was den Text sowohl informativ als auch ansprechend macht, und berücksichtigt den zeitgenössischen wissenschaftlic...

Singapour. — Côte de Malacca. — Premier aspect de Siam. — Le Ménam. — Paknam. — Temples et télégraphes. — Pratschedis. — Bangkok vue de la rivière. — Scène sur le Ménam. — Visite chez le kromatah. — Albinos. — Palais du kromatah. — Audience.En juin 1881, je me trouvais de nouveau en Orient, sous la zone chaude et humide de l’île de Singapour ; je souffrais horriblement, et j’attendais avec impatience le départ du vapeur le Kongsi. J’espérais que le mouvement du navire dans...

In "Die Homöopathie, ein Gewebe von Täuschungen, Unwissenheit und Unwahrheiten" entblößt Carl Ernst Bock die fundamentalen Irrtümer der Homöopathie, eine Heilmethode, die seit ihrer Einführung sowohl bewunderte als auch umstrittene Debatten ausgelöst hat. Mit erstaunlicher Präzision verbindet Bock empirische Daten mit kritischen Analysen und schafft so ein beeindruckendes Werk, das sowohl für Laien als auch für Fachleute aufschlussreiche Einblicke liefert. Im Kontext des aufkommenden Skept...

In 1540 Francisco Vásquez de Coronado led an expeditionary force from Mexico into what is now the American Southwest. His journey provides the backdrop for this contemporary mystery novel. Deputy Sheriff Calvin Creede mostly works alone in one corner of Arizona's smallest county. His job has been a simple one until the day a flash flood exposes the rusted remains of an old pickup. A body in the truck turns out to be the long-lost son of a prominent ranching family, and forensic evidence sh...

“Sam Sawyer may become my favorite crime fighter. I can’t wait for the next book in this new Florida Keys mystery series …”—Maryjane Elizabeth Jones, Heat Until BoilingThe fourth book in the Florida Keys Mystery series.Fishing guide and part-time sleuth Sam Sawyer is with a client in the remote backcountry of Everglades National Park, when they come upon the abandoned remains of an old red canoe. Forensic evidence suggests it may have belonged to Seb...

The fifth book in the Arizona Borderlands Mystery series.An open-pit mine has blighted a small mountain range in the desert grasslands of southeastern Arizona. Deputy Sheriff Calvin Creede hates what the mine has done to his favorite view, but he has been told to avoid the controversy and stick to law enforcement. All that changes when two individuals associated with the mine are found murdered. In their relentless pursuit of the killer or killers, Creede and his colleagues discove...

In 1540 Francisco Vásquez de Coronado led an expeditionary force from Mexico into what is now the American Southwest. His journey provides the backdrop for this contemporary mystery novel. Deputy Sheriff Calvin Creede mostly works alone in one corner of Arizona’s smallest county. His job has been a simple one until the day a flash flood exposes the rusted remains of an old pickup. A body in the truck turns out to be the long-lost son of a prominent ranching family, and forensic evidence sh...

A recently retired schoolteacher, Grace Vieumilliers is busy adjusting to life as a newlywed and deputy sheriff specializing in forensic botany, when one of her best friends is found murdered on a hiking trail. In this, their third Arizona Borderland Mystery, Carl and Jane Bock once again take us to the grasslands and savannahs of southernmost Arizona, where Grace works with others in the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Department to search for the killer. Suspects include a jealous husband, a...

“Sam Sawyer may become my favorite crime fighter. I can’t wait for the next book in this new Florida Keys mystery series …”—Maryjane Elizabeth Jones, Heat Until BoilingThey called Arthur Broom “The Glades Man,” not because he lived way out there in the river of grass, but because he was spending all his money trying to save it. And as one of the richest men in Florida there was much he could do to beat back the onslaughts of agriculture and development that were threatening ...

There is a killer at large in the oak grasslands of southeastern Arizona whose weapon of choice is a deadly variety of southwestern rattlesnake. Deputy Sheriff Calvin Creede doesn't like snakes, but with the help of veteran herpetologist Dr. Hazel Smith and his fiancé, Maria Obregon, he seeks to find the mountain cave from which a collection of Mojave rattlesnakes recently was looted. Then he must determine which of a variety of suspects has taken them home. Was it the leader of a gang of ...