The fascinating story of the Red River Settlement, now Winnipeg, in the years 1813 to 1816, told with archival journals, reports, and lettersUnsettled tells the story of two hundred Highlanders who flee the Scottish Clearances in 1813 to establish a settlement on the Red River in what eventually became Winnipeg. They are sponsored by the Earl of Selkirk, a man who has never been west of Montreal. Families who have never left their Highland crofts take an e...

The fascinating story of the Red River Settlement, now Winnipeg, in the years 1813 to 1816, told with archival journals, reports, and lettersUnsettled tells the story of two hundred Highlanders who flee the Scottish Clearances in 1813 to establish a settlement on the Red River in what eventually became Winnipeg. They are sponsored by the Earl of Selkirk, a man who has never been west of Montreal. Families who have never left their Highland crofts take an e...

High blood pressure is one of the biggest killers in the UK today: it is a major factor in causing heart disease, stroke, peripheral vascular disease and renal failure. About 3 in every 10 adults in England have high blood pressure. Among people in their 60s, about 6 out of 10 have high blood pressure, and among people in their 70s, 7 out of 10 people have it.In 8 Weeks to Lower Blood Pressure internationally-respected author Robert Kowalski provides vital information on r...

You may have high blood pressure and not even know it. Yet high blood pressure greatly increases your risk for a devastating heart attack or stroke. What can you do to discover whether you're at risk, disarm this silent killer, and increase your chances of enjoying the years you've been given?In 60 Ways to Lower Your Blood Pressure, physician and bestselling author Robert Lesslie provides easy-to-understand, expert advice, includingwhat your blood pressure nu...

In the wake of World War II, Rob Smith's father moves the family from a Brooklyn apartment to a rundown farmhouse in rural Pond Eddy, New York, chasing a vision of self-reliance and a better life. What awaits them is a house with no plumbing, no heat, and no clear future.Told through the keen eyes of a young boy, The Lower Road captures the joys and trials of country life: building secret treehouses, dodging snakes, surviving icy winters, and witnessing the slow unraveling of a mar...

The idea that formal education is the pinnacle of intellectual development has been ingrained in society for generations. We are taught to believe that attending school, excelling in exams, and earning degrees are the ultimate markers of intelligence and success. But what if this belief is fundamentally flawed? What if the very structure of institutionalized schooling, designed to educate, is actually stifling the natural intelligence and creativity we are born with?

As the first collection of new work on sound and cinema in over a decade, Lowering the Boom addresses the expanding field of film sound theory and its significance in rethinking historical models of film analysis. The contributors consider the ways in which musical expression, scoring, voice-over narration, and ambient noise affect identity formation and subjectivity. Lowering the Boom also analyzes how shifting modulation of the spoken word in cinema results in variation...

Lawrence Blakeley has traveled to Pittsburgh to collect the deposition of rich industrialist John Gilmore, chief witness for the prosecution in a forgery trial, while his legal partner Richey McKnight visits his fiancee at her home in Richmond. What should have been a standard legal procedure to help secure a conviction in their favor becomes instead the beginning of great misfortune for Blakeley. After being forced to sleep in a vacant bunk upon finding a drunk occupying his paid-for one,...

Do you fear that without proper planning, your family might face financial hardships when you're no longer around?Are you overwhelmed by the complexities of estate and retirement planning, unsure where to begin?Would you like to protect your assets from unnecessary taxes and legal hurdles to ensure your loved ones receive exactly what you intend?If you answered YES to at least one of these questions, you MUST KEEP R...

Now updated for modern readers like you! This new edition of the classic bestseller, The Man in Lower Ten, has been completely re-written so that the style is contemporary and easy-to-read while still preserving Mary Roberts Rinehart’s distinctive tone. Also included in this edition are short paragraphs at the beginning of chapters briefly explaining any references that you might find confusing. Kazabo Modern Reader Editions: Making classic mysteries fun again!

A routine overnight train ride turns into a nightmare of suspicion, hidden identities, and murder in this gripping early detective novel by Mary Roberts Rinehart, one of the pioneers of American mystery fiction.When Lawrence Blakely boards a sleeper train expecting nothing more than a quiet journey, he soon finds himself at the center of a shocking crime. A passenger in Lower Ten is found dead, a suitcase vanishes, and a trail of strange coincidences begins to point directly at him...

“Another gripping novel from Classic Detective Presents”…Lawrence Blakely, attorney-at-law, sets off by train to deliver valuable documents in a criminal case. His ride will be eventful. Along the way he'll encounter romance, treachery, a train wreck, even a murder in which he'll be implicated. Who's after Blakely and his papers -- why? The first detective novel to appear on national bestseller lists, THE MAN IN LOWER TEN is still a great read almost ninety years after its publicat...