Her Mormon husband would go to any lengths to fool the world—from leading a double life to murder . . .Well-liked and respected, Mark Hacking came from a highly successful Mormon family. His father was a pediatrician. One of his brothers was also a doctor, and his other brother was an electrical engineer. With acceptances into both George Washington University and University of North Carolina medical schools, Mark was on the road to continuing his family's legacy o...

***This ebook edition does not contain the photo insert that appears in the print edition.***Clara and David Harris were married on Valentine's Day. Young and in love, they developed a thriving dental business, built a half-million-dollar mansion, and raised the perfect family. Then whispers of an affair between David and his beautiful secretary drifted through their exclusive Houston social circle. A private detective confirmed the rumors. When Clara saw her husban...

Maine's coast runs nearly 3,480 miles when every bay, inlet, and tidal river is counted. Echoes in the Fog: Literary Reflections on the Liminal Spaces of Maine's Coast gathers 58 poets, essayists, storytellers, and photographers to explore what it means to live and write at the edge of that shoreline—where weather, memory, and tide shape every story.From quiet island harbors to fog-draped headlands, these pieces move between the ecological and the personal...

Finalist — Maine Literary Awards 2025Maine's North Woods span 3.5 million acres—larger than Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon combined. North Woods at Night: Literary Reflections on Maine's Largest Forest sends 38 writers into those woods after dark, returning with poems, stories, and essays that capture what the wilderness does to the human imagination when the lights go out.Campfires and loons. A moose appearing at the edge of headlights. The part...

How can the most sophisticated anti-missile defense system in the United States military completely fail to intercept an incoming, outdated Scud missile, resulting in the tragic deaths of 28 American soldiers? The failure of the Patriot Missile battery in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, during the 1991 Gulf War, was caused entirely by a microscopic, accumulating mathematical rounding error. The Patriot's radar system calculated the speed of incoming missiles using an internal clock that measured ti...

Finalist — Maine Literary Awards 2024Maine's Penobscot River has shaped the land, the people, and the stories of an entire region for thousands of years. Rivers of Ink: Literary Reflections on the Penobscot gathers 61 Maine writers—poets, essayists, and fiction writers—to trace that legacy through essays, fiction, and poetry that move from the river's Indigenous origins to its industrial past to its uncertain environmental future.With an introducti...

From the Thorsdrapa to the Marvel Thor and Avengers movies, Odin, the dark and mysterious lord of Valhalla, looms over all of the ancient tales of the Vikings. With his brothers, he formed the world from the body of a giant and then went on to seek greater wisdom by sacrificing himself on a tree and trading one of his eyes with a witch. With this vast wisdom, he sits upon his throne, peering into the nine worlds, seeking anything that might threaten his people. He rides over the battles of...

In a world full of opportunity - and competition - how will your law firm stand out from the crowd?Word of mouth referrals can take you a long way, but a strong digital marketing plan can take you farther. Whether you're looking to shoulder some (or all) of your law firm's marketing or are simply looking to gain a little knowledge so you don't fall prey to someone looking to take advantage of your firm under the guise of giving you the world, this book can help she...

A new look at the 1937 abduction of a wealthy wife and mother, based on previously classified FBI documents—includes photos.When she was kidnapped from Long Meadow Farm in Stony Brook, New York, in 1937, Alice McDonell Parsons was the heir to a vast fortune among Long Island's wealthy elite. The crime shocked the nation and was front-page news for several months.J. Edgar Hoover personally assigned his best FBI agents to the case, and within a short time, Pa...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Earl believes that his overspending and plant-crazed wife, Maggie will one day land him in an institution. When Maggie drains their life's savings on a new gardening supplement, odd and horrific events begin taking place. Events only Earl seems to notice. Has Maggie's collection of potted plants become the garden from hell — or has Earl come completely uprooted?Find more books by this author at boohousebooks.com

“Forty years of messy, crazy, good‑then‑bad‑then‑better experiences, and they are Still Here to share it.” —Max LucadoEverybody knows the music. Everybody knows, as well, their tragedy. But what makes the Chapmans so remarkable—Steven Curtis and Mary Beth—is that the same endurance their relationship embodies can be true of each of ours as well.Still Here is their take on marriage, on parenting, on the lives we live and the promises we make. The Chapmans’ ...

For centuries, the Long Beach Peninsula has been known for the treacherous waters off its western shore, prompting seafarers and fishermen to call it the "Graveyard of the Pacific." But it's not just the ghosts of shipwrecked mariners that residents whisper about on stormy winter nights. As "Ghost Stories of the Long Beach Peninsula" proves, the truly chilling tales are more often about earthbound spirits and specters that linger in the weathered communities along the Peninsula. Early sett...