The small town of Crockett rests on the shore of the Carquinez Strait, a narrow shipping waterway running from San Francisco Bay into the Sacramento Delta region. Crockett's early history was heavily influenced by the shipping industry, and the shoreline was filled with warehouses and wharves. Twin cantilever bridges across the Carquinez Strait at Crockett distinguish the town's skyline from other ports in the area. A third span was recently added across the strait and named in honor of Cr...

Alfred Zampa didn't know what he was getting into when he took a construction job in 1925 on the Carquinez Bridge, one of the first to cross San Francisco Bay. Despite the risk, Zampa relished the challenge and embarked on an illustrious career that made him a local legend. His impressive feats of iron craft are evident in numerous spans, including the Bay Bridge and Golden Gate, as well as others across the country. He was one of the first to survive a fall from the Golden Gate Bridge, ma...

The war is tearing our world apart. Instead of big armies with tanks in the field, the Vampire War is fought in the streets, neighbor against neighbor, family against family. Anyone can turn at any time. The blood hunger can suddenly appear in the middle of a kiss. The person who sleeps next to you every night could wake up in the dead of night … hungry. So hungry.V Wars: Night Terrors collects all-new stories from the reporters embedded with the beats (humans) and the blo...

Who is John Terror?His actions became aware to the public after leaving the infamous Agency X, a band of nubreeds in covert operations. Now, John Terror travels on his own in finding the next targets. These stories showcase the missions in which Terror himself came full circle to his beginnings and insight toward his future as the Spiritual Assassin.

John JR Robinson's bestselling memoir, "King of the Groove - How One Dream Transformed into 60 Years of Making Legendary Music," is captivating readers with behind-the-scenes stories from his unprecedented six-decade career. This book plays a part in helping others to find new ways to believe in themselves. The memoir, featuring a foreword by the late, Quincy Jones offers reader and listeners an intimate glimpse into Robinson's journey from small-town Creston, Iowa into a legacy of over 50...

'Robinson Crusoe has a universal appeal, a story that goes right to the core of existence' Simon ArmitageDaniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe**, regarded by many to be first novel in English, is also the original tale of a castaway struggling to survive on a remote desert island.**The sole survivor of a shipwreck, Robinson Crusoe is washed up on a desert island. In his journal he chronicles his daily battle to stay alive, as he ...

Robinson Crusoe flees Britain on a ship after killing his friend over the love of Mary. A fierce ocean storm wrecks his ship and leaves him stranded by himself on an uncharted island. Left to fend for himself, Crusoe seeks out a tentative survival on the island, until he meets Friday, a tribesman whom he saves from being sacrificed. Initially, Crusoe is thrilled to finally have a friend, but he has to defend himself against the tribe who uses the island to sacrifice tribesman to their gods...

He's not tall enough. He's not big enough. He won't make it.Jared Robinson's career was brought to an abrupt halt after just three years of high school baseball. The right-handed pitcher had quite the résumé, winning pitcher of the year, offensive player of the year and taking home a pair of MVP awards. Despite his remarkable stint with the Bishop Amat High School baseball program, Robinson made the decision to step away from the game he once dominated.

John Beverley Robinson (1791–1863) was one of Upper Canada’s foremost jurists, a dominating influence on the ruling élite, and a leading citizen of nineteenth-century Toronto who owned a vast tract of land on which Osgoode Hall now stands.The loyalists had founded a colony firm in its devotion to the Crown, with little room for dissent. As a true loyalist son, educated by John Strachan, Robinson attempted to steer Upper Canada toward emulation of what he perceived to be Britain’s i...

Nonprofit organizations and the donors who support them will find a treasure trove of philanthropic insight gleaned from 30 years and $700 million of grantmaking experience.Instead of being another "how to" book, Your Next Inspiration, Ideas for Fundraising and Grantmaking is a collection of one- and two-page real-life examples highlighting strategies, tools, and lessons learned that can be adapted to benefit a wide variety of situations.Perfect fo...

Bestselling author Suzanne Robinson weaves a dazzling tale of danger and shimmering passion set on a storm-swept island off England's coast.“For historical romance intrigue at its best, nobody can deliver quite as well as Suzanne Robinson. . . . Feast and enjoy!”—Affaire de CoeurWomen had always been passing fancies to Morgan St. John, the masterful, merciless agent to the queen of England . . . until he found himself lying in Penelope's be...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Imagine discovering that the person you cherished and relied on… was concealing a corpse in the cellar?At just fifteen, Heather Robinson's life shattered into pieces. Her uncle John was not the caring guardian that everyone believed him to be. He was a hunter with a history drenched in violence and the sole individual who held the key to the mystery of her vanished mother.This is more than just another t...