Named Best Mystery Thriller in the 2021 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards"Part mystery; part quirky, darkly funny, mayhem-filled thriller; and part meditation on what it means to 'own' land, artifacts, and the narrative of history in the West . . . A fast-paced, highly entertaining hybrid of Tony Hillerman and Edward Abbey." --Kirkus ReviewsAnthropologist Sophia Shepard is researching the impact of tourism on cultural sites in a remot...

Scott knows there isn't much time left. But he needs to get from Los Angeles to a small to in Massachusetts before the world is no more. He will fight zombies, outrun tidal waves, and go toe-to-toe with dragons before he can get back home to see his lonely mother one last time.

"Todd Robert Petersen is crazy–talented, and the wild, weird, hilarious stories of It Needs to Look Like We Tried are just what’s called for in these bizarre, frightening times." —Richard Russo, author of Empire Falls and TrajectoryA domino chain of failures draws Todd Robert Petersen's characters together in these interconnected stories, despite hopes, dreams, and their best–laid plansEveryone has a dream, an ide...

The Book of Mormon prophet Nephi describes the journey to eternal life as going through a gate of ordinances and traveling a “straight and narrow path.” Twenty-three authors took that gospel roadmap passage as a prompt to write “a Mormon story.” They responded with a surprisingly wide range of realistic and fantastic tales. Many are human reactions to unexpected steps on the path: a lifetime of faith in a patriarchal blessing’s unfulfilled promise, a survivor of violence calling a divided ...

Exploitation and Criminalization at the Margins: The Hidden Toll on Unvalued Lives explores the causes and consequences of discrimination experienced by vulnerable populations in the areas of policing, criminal justice, sex trafficking, intimate partner violence, immigration, (dis)ability, politics, substance abuse, and food insecurity. The contributors—many with firsthand experience—argue that children, women, people of color, immigrants, and numerous “others” are systemically de...

This is a story as told by Thomas.In this case Thomas is looking for additional life concepts.Peter is a person who studied the mind and has improved many people's lives.Thomas and Peter represent me and many of the thousands of wonderful men and women with whom I have worked.Sometimes people act like Thomas, sometimes like Peter.This book is about answering questions you may have when it comes to life, so you can be successful and happy.

Life What it's all aboutThis is the story of Thomas and Peter as told by Thomas. In this case Thomas is looking for answers to what life is all about. Peter is a person who studied themind and has improved many people's lives. Thomas and Peter represent me and many of the thousands of wonderful men and women with whom I have worked.Sometimes people act like Thomas, sometimes like Peter. This book is about answering questions you may have when it comes to life, so y...

Why do I seem to have so many problems at this time? What islife all about? Is there any purpose to this earth? Why am I here?Why do I have certain habits, phobias, likes, or dislikes that seemto make me different from others? What am I here to learn? Doeswhat has happened in the past have to rule my future? Do I haveto learn to just cope? Is there a God? What happens when I die?Author Robert Todd seeks to answer these questions and more,...

THIS IS THE STORY OF THOMAS AND PETERAS TOLD BY THOMAS.THOMAS IS UNSURE AND DOUBTING.PETER IS POSITIVE AND CARING.THOMAS AND PETER REPRESENT MYSELF ANDMANY OF THE THOUSANDS OF WONDERFULMEN AND WOMEN WITH WHOM I HAVE WORKED.SOMETIMES PEOPLE ACT LIKE THOMAS,SOMETIMES LIKE PETER.IT'S THE PETER IN YOU THAT CREATES YOURSUCCESS AND HAPPYNESS.THIS BOOK IS ABOUT USING YOUR PETERTALENTS MORE AND LAYING T...

There are many questions to which people want to know the answer, sometimes out of curiosity and other times necessityquestions like these:Why do I seem to have so many problems at this time? What is life all about? Is there any purpose to this earth? Why am I here? Why do I have certain habits, phobias, likes, or dislikes that seem to make me different from others? What am I here to learn? Does what has happened in the past have to rule my future? Do I have to learn to just cope? ...

I. Reason and Religion "Si on soumet tout a la raison, notre religion n'aura rien de mysterieux et de surnaturel; si on choque les principes de la raison, notre religion sera absurde et ridicule",l In this passage from his Pensees Pascal summarizes what is perhaps the most basic problem for the defender of the reasonableness of Christianity: the necessity of upholding beliefs which Reason is incapable of judging, while at the same time claiming that those beliefs are reasonable. Pascal doe...

Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith's detailed biography covers the places in Lincoln's life: Indiana, Illinois, Washington. It also traces his various roles as storekeeper, serviceman, state legislator, lawyer, politician, Republican Party leader, and of course President. Along the way, we learn about his days of hardship as a beginning lawyer, his love for Anne Rutledge, such myths as "Honest Abe," and his deep concerns over the issue of slavery. The author uses Lincoln's correspondence with ot...