"The geographical heart of Rick Watson's stories and essays is in a small community at the edge of Walker County, Ala., named Sloss Holler. But there are also detours to other memorable places in the world and imagination, and the spiritual heart of his work is about the necessity of living daily by trial and error in a harsh and complicated universe. Add and addictively straight-ahead prose style, with observations as fresh as, 'Age slapped me in the face like a jilted debutan...

Advice-giving professionals, such as accountants, attorneys, financial advisors, and insurance agents share a common challenge in running their businesses. They prioritize practicing their specialty over their responsibility to run the business well. With no formal business education, the result is limited or chaotic growth and unnecessary personal stress. This book can unlock your firm's potential, opening new possibilities for growth and personal freedom.

From hard scrabble origins on the Plains of North Dakota, to longshoremen organizing on Manhattan’s West Side docks, to living the life of a Bohemian poet in Los Angeles and beyond, Thomas McGrath’s literary aspirations took him far from his humble beginnings.For over six decades, McGrath created poems based largely on the themes of love, work, and political justice. His love of the prairie and his early years on a working farm were central to his life. The virtues of the agrarian communit...

From vast glaciers to steaming volcanic lakes, experience the land of the midnight sun with Rick Steves. Inside Rick Steves Iceland you’ll find:Comprehensive coverage for spending a week or more exploring IcelandRick’s strategic advice on how to get the most out of your time and money, with rankings of his must-see favoritesTop sights and ...

The Cahills aren't the only family searching for the Clues. . . . The Cahills thought they were the most powerful family the world had ever known. They thought they were the only ones who knew about Gideon Cahill and his Clues. The Cahills were wrong. Powerful enemies —the Vespers— have been waiting in the shadows. Now it’s their time to rise and the world will never be the same. In Vespers Rising, a brand new 39 Clues novel, bestselling authors Rick Riordan, Peter Lerangis, Gordon Korman ...

From vast glaciers to steaming volcanic lakes, experience the land of the midnight sun with Rick Steves. Inside Rick Steves Iceland you'll find:Comprehensive coverage for spending a week or more exploring IcelandRick's strategic advice on how to get the most out of your time and money, with rankings of his must-see favoritesTop sights and hidden gems, from the stu...

This is the story of Dr. John Watson's daughter to re-establish the reputation of her father to his glory days as Sherlock Holmes' sidekick. It begins as a murder mystery, evolves into a brief history of psychoanalysis in London in the early 1930s, and then spirals completely out of control into a work of science-fiction.

The world’s first national park, Yellowstone is a symbol of nature’s enduring majesty and the paradigm of protected areas across the globe. But Yellowstone is constantly changing. How we understand and respond to events that are putting species under stress, say the authors of Yellowstone’s Wildlife in Transition, will determine the future of ecosystems that were millions of years in the making. With a foreword by the renowned naturalist E. O. Wilson, this is the most comprehensiv...

Some stories just can’t be stopped. What Difference Do It Make? continues the hard-to-believe story of hope and reconciliation that began with the New York Times best seller Same Kind of Different as Me.Winner of the 2024 American Legacy Book Award in Inspirational NonfictionRon Hall and Denver Moore, unlikely friends and even unlikelier coauthors, share the hard-to-stop story of how a remarkable woman’s love brou...

Fumetto - graphic novel (1 pagine) - Sherlock Holmes è tornato e si colora di pulp. Il detective più acuto della storia di sempre è stato trasformato, insieme al suo immancabile compagno, il dottor Jon Watson, dalla penna formidabile di Paul J. Mendoza.Siamo nei quartieri del distretto di Harlem in una New York divisa tra la società afroamericana e i bianchi e che pullula di casi irrisolti. Dei neonati vengono misteriosamente ritrovati nei bidoni dell’immondizia in...

The beautiful words of The Lord’s Prayer come to life with gorgeous illustrations by Richard Jesse Watson in this partner picture book to Psalm 23.Bestselling illustrator Richard Jesse Watson brings to life the iconic The Lord’s Prayer. Watson’s use of vibrant color and detailed imagery beautifully capture the essence of the loving words of Our Lord as he teaches us to pray to his Father and brings the King James Version of this prayer alive for r...

"Watson Brake is a special place in Louisiana history. . . . The efforts of Reca Jones to document and understand the mounds is an exciting story."— Dr. Charles "Chip" McGimsey, Louisiana State archaeologistAs archaeologist Reca Jones cooks with her grandchildren, the blocks of fudge they make remind her of the clay she discovered at the mounds of Watson Brake near West Monroe, Louisiana. The inquisitive kids ask their grandmother many questions, and she explains t...