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When a copyeditor trades his red pen for a rolling pizza kitchen, he embarks on a tantalizing adventure, crafting his artisan pies in a charming Pennsylvania town…But his hopes for a peaceful existence take an abrupt detour when a shocking discovery leaves his dear friend, a local cheesemonger, as the prime suspect in a murder investigation.With his trusty five-pound Yorkshire Terrier companion, Romeo, by his side, he’s determined to clear his friend’s name and must slice t...

Praise for the DS Rick Turner series‘A compulsive thriller’ Ann Cleeves‘A terrifically tense sequel!’ Daniel Sellers****Justice is servedAs criminal gangs rampage unchecked across London, a secretive elite squad begins a campaign of action, delivering the guilty to the cops – along with all the evidence they need for a conviction.Lines are drawnBut when innocent people are shot after the vigilante crew blund...

‘A compulsive thriller’ Ann Cleeves ‘Not to be missed!’ Daniel SellersHis team is compromisedAs dusk falls the night before the trial of notorious crime boss Thomas Unwin, the prosecution’s star witness is brutally murdered, his killer escaping in plain sight from a secure hotel.His girlfriend is in dangerDetective Rick Turner spent months building the case against Unwin, and he’s not willing ...

What is a life worth? In the wake of eugenics, new quantitative racist practices that valued life for the sake of economic futures flourished. In The Economization of Life, M. Murphy provocatively describes the twentieth-century rise of infrastructures of calculation and experiment aimed at governing population for the sake of national economy, pinpointing the spread of a potent biopolitical logic: some must not be born so that others might live more prosperously. Resituating the ...

Until today, Mike Beckler had every reason to keep a bottle of scotch on his desk. As a private eye, he was one breath short of drowning in a bucket of slimy divorce cases.But then an old friend drops by with a mysterious missing person case and suddenly Beckler is knee-deep in murder, mystery, and magic. Soon he’ll embark on a supernatural quest that will rewrite his broken destiny.Down Down Down is the first adult novel in The Beckler Trilogy — an Everyman’s journey into ...

Dive into a mysterious world of romance, magic, and mermaidsBeneath the Waves, Secrets Await: discover a hidden realm where the line between fairy-tales and nightmares blur.My move to Ireland was supposed to be a fresh start, after the tragic death of my parents. Instead, I found myself tangled in a chilling series of murders. As I pry open the cryptic chapters of my mother's hidden past, I'm caught in a treacherous current of intrigue, magic, and desire,...

In Seizing the Means of Reproduction, M. Murphy's initial focus on the alternative health practices developed by radical feminists in the United States during the 1970s and 1980s opens into a sophisticated analysis of the transnational entanglements of American empire, population control, neoliberalism, and late-twentieth-century feminisms. Murphy concentrates on the technoscientific means—the technologies, practices, protocols, and processes—developed by feminist health activists...

Before 1980, sick building syndrome did not exist. By the 1990s, it was among the most commonly investigated occupational health problems in the United States. Afflicted by headaches, rashes, and immune system disorders, office workers—mostly women—protested that their workplaces were filled with toxic hazards; yet federal investigators could detect no chemical cause. This richly detailed history tells the story of how sick building syndrome came into being: how indoor exposures to chemica...

A judge. A murder. A family divided.Judge Ferdinand Pitt never expected to see his estranged father in his courtroom—especially not in handcuffs, accused of murder. But when the victim turns out to be his son's volatile boss, the case takes a devastating turn. As evidence shifts suspicion from father to son, Ferd is forced to investigate the crime himself, risking his career and violating every ethical boundary he's sworn to uphold.With his rival attorney c...

«100 Eternal Masterpieces of Literature - Vol 1», by Louisa May Alcott, Dante Alighieri, Marcus Aurelius, Jane Austen, L. Frank Baum, Charlotte Brontë. This digital edition brings together the text and its chapter structure for continuous reading. Contents include: 50 Eternal Masterpieces Vol: 1 ; 1. Little Women (Louisa May Alcott) ; 2. The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri) ; The Divine Comedy (Verse) ; The Inferno.

Contained within this volume is a complete guide to gardening in New Zealand, with chapters on Bee-keeping and poultry-breeding. Although old, this book contains a wealth of timeless information that will be of considerable value to modern gardeners and farmers alike. Contents include: "Garden Calendar", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December", "January", "February", "Mach", "April", "May and June", "Vegetable Garden", "Artichokes, Globe", "Artichokes, Jerusalem", ...

As a creative prayer compendium, Eucharistic Adoration: Holy Hour Meditations on the Seven Last Words of Christ invites readers to spend a holy hour in eucharistic adoration while meditating on the seven last words of Jesus and shows them how to do it.Like many devotions that fell out of favor after the Second Vatican Council, eucharistic adoration has seen swelling popularity in recent years. Msgr. Charles Murphy, author of the acclaimed The Spirituality of Fasting