When Stacey Westerman's husband disappears, the rumors begin: he was too handsome for her, too successful, too perfect. He ran off with another woman.But Stacey doesn't believe it; she hires a detective to find out what really happened. Together they follow a trail that leads from passion to passion, death to death, shock to shock.Who is this Lorelei, this woman no man can resist or deny? What is the source of her power? What are its limits?And will ordinary love be...

Standing at the crossroads of middle age, knee-deep in divorce and decline, Jeff Dittimore finds himself looking back in time.Back past opportunities squandered and dreams unfulfilled; back to the days when he and his buddies lived with one foot in this world and the other in a world of pure imagination—the Land of Nod. A dangerous place, an exciting place…their place.Not that he would want to go back to those times, of course. Memory is untrustworthy. Childhood has teeth. ...

Deep in a converted Cold War-era bunker, a visionary scientist has devised a way to cure all the ills of humanity in a single stroke. No more war, pestilence, starvation, pollution.The price will be high, but then, progress is never free.Pendergast's solution is entrusted to the extraordinary children he calls Loners—the ultimate fruit of his genius. They're almost ready for release.But not everyone agrees with his vision of a perfect future; Pendergast is forced to ...

Isabelle didn't mean to kill her daughter.She's positive of that. Even though she's now spent eight years alone, isolated by memories of Annette, the daughter she feared rather than loved, and tormented by her ex-husband, Richard, who will never forgive her for what happened. Even though she can't turn on a TV or pick up a phone without being reminded of Annette, and very clock seems to show the hour and minute of Annette's death.Is Isabelle's daughter coming back for reven...

In Node Cookbook Second Edition, each chapter focuses on a different aspect of working with Node. Following a Cookbook structure, the recipes are written in an easy-to-understand language. Readers will find it easier to grasp even the complex recipes which are backed by lots of illustrations, tips, and hints. If you have some knowledge of JavaScript and want to build fast, efficient, scalable client-server solutions, then Node Cookbook Second Edition is for you. Knowledge of Node will be a...

Over 60 high-quality recipes covering debugging, security, performance, microservices, web frameworks, databases, deployment and more; rewritten for Node.js 8, Node.js 6, and Node.js 4 Key FeaturesActionable recipes across the full spectrum of Node.js developmentCutting edge techniques and tools for measuring and improving performanceBest practices for creating readily-scalable production systemsBook DescriptionToday's web de...

The American Volunteer Group, or 'Flying Tigers', have remained the most famous outfit to see action in World War II.Manned by volunteers flying American aircraft acquired from the British, the AVG fought bravely in the face of overwhelming odds in China and Burma prior to the US entry into World War II. Pilots such as 'Pappy' Boyington, R T Smith and John Petach became household names due to their exploits against the Japanese Army Air Force. The AVG legend was cr...

In No Talking, Andrew Clements portrays a battle of wills between some spunky kids and a creative teacher with the perfect pitch for elementary school life that made Frindle an instant classic.It’s boys vs. girls when the noisiest, most talkative, and most competitive fifth graders in history challenge one another to see who can go longer without talking. Teachers and school administrators are in an uproar, until an innovative teacher sees how the...

It isn’t that Abby Carson can’t do her schoolwork. She just doesn’t like doing it. And in February a warning letter arrives at her home. Abby will have to repeat sixth grade—unless she meets some specific conditions, including taking on an extra-credit project to find a pen pal in a distant country. Seems simple enough. But when Abby’s first letter arrives at a small school in Afghanistan, the village elders agree that any letters going back to America must be written well. In English. And...

Can average be amazing? The bestselling author of Frindle shows that with a little kindness, it can.Jordan Johnston is average. Not short, not tall. Not plump, not slim. Not gifted, not flunking out. Even her shoe size is average. She’s ordinary for her school, for her town, for even the whole wide world, it seems.Then Marlea Harkins, one of the most popular girls in school—and most definitely the meanest—does something unthinkable, and suddenly ni...

The second edition of Archaeological Ethics is an invitation to an ongoing and lively discussion on ethics. In addition to topics such as looting, reburial and repatriation, relations with native peoples, and professional conduct, Vitelli and Colwell-Chanthaphonh have responded to current events and news stories. Twenty-one new articles expand this ongoing discussion into the realm of intellectual property, public outreach, archaeotourism, academic freedom, archaeological concerns in times...

As two clever boys exploit a clerical oversight, each one discovers new perspectives on selfhood, friendship, and honesty.Identical twins Ray and Jay Grayson are moving to a new town. Again. But at least they’ll have each other’s company at their new school. Except, on the first day of sixth grade, Ray stays home sick, and Jay quickly discovers a major mistake: No one knows about his brother. Ray’s not on the attendance lists and doesn’t have a locker, or even a st...