Shadows In The Pool Of The Black Star: A Detective Gabriel O'Malley NovelWhere Sacred Geometry Meets Wartime Treason.January in Winnipeg is a sentence, not a season. At thirty-five below zero, a bitter, hunting wind strips the warmth from the limestone walls of the Manitoba Legislative Building. But inside the grand structure, the chill is trapped-along with a horrifying secret.When Detective Gabriel O'Malley is sum...

A charming, richly illustrated, pocket-size exploration of the world’s whalesPacked with surprising facts, this delightful and gorgeously designed book will beguile any nature lover. Expertly written and beautifully illustrated throughout with color photographs and original color artwork, The Little Book of Whales is an accessible and enjoyable mini-reference about the world’s whales, with examples drawn from across the globe. It fits an astonishing amount...

In the suffocating heat of a post-war summer, a local murder unearths an international conspiracy-and the truth could ignite a new world war.July 1946. As Winnipeg stews beneath a relentless prairie heatwave, the bloody aftermath of the Dominion Day celebrations takes a chilling turn. When a quiet, hard-working stable hand is executed in the dead of night at the Polo Park Race Track, Winnipeg Police Detective Gabriel O'Malley catches what looks like a senseless local homicide....

Wendy may be 475 years old, but in the witch world she's still a teenager. Forget old straw brooms - she zooms around on a jet propelled vacuum cleaner.Chosen by the Grand Council, Wendy must drag the Coven Of The Black Cats into the modern age. Their outdated spells are failing, and only she can save them. But not everyone wants change. Herpiteete, the coven's head witch, will stop at nothing to humiliate Wendy and block her progress.The pressure mounts when a grand compet...

The concept of personal autonomy is central to discussions about democratic rights, personal freedom and individualism in the marketplace. This book, first published in 1986, discusses the concept of personal autonomy in all its facets. It charts historically the discussion of the concept by political thinkers and relates the concept of the autonomy of the individual to the related discussion in political thought about the autonomy of states. It argues that defining personal autonomy as fr...

An Introduction to Non-Harmonic Fourier Series, Revised Edition is an update of a widely known and highly respected classic textbook.Throughout the book, material has also been added on recent developments, including stability theory, the frame radius, and applications to signal analysis and the control of partial differential equations.

Robert Young Pelton first became aware of the phenomenon of hired guns in the War on Terror when he met a covert team of contractors on the Afghanistan/Pakistan border in the fall of 2003. Pelton soon embarked on a globe-spanning odyssey to penetrate and understand this shadowy world, ultimately delivering stunning insights into the way private soldiers are used.Enter a blood-soaked world of South African mercenaries and tribal fighters backed by ruthless financiers. Drop into Bagh...

My ancestors: Kerby, Nelson, Reade, and Warren; in the 1600s, left Europe and its' ways, with only faith, strength, and hope their families would survive to be reborn in this new land. Endowed by Our Creator with opportunity, freedom, and a certainty of Justice. After lasting a century and one a half, in 1776 their grandchildren were compelled to put "these truths" in Our Constitution to preserve them from unknown harmful changes. Except for the False Claims Act and Grand Jury Laws, only p...

The debate over Intelligent Design seemingly represents an extension of the fundamental conflict between creationists and evolutionists. ID proponents, drawing on texts such as Darwin's Black Box and Of Pandas and People, urge schools to "teach the controversy" in biology class alongside evolution. The scientific mainstream has reacted with fury, branding Intelligent Design as pseudoscience and its advocates as religious fanatics.But stridency misses the point, ar...

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After sin and loss cause Dan Smith to bitterly leave the Catholic Church, he decides to forever reject God's providence. Suddenly, an accident transports him back to the year 2002 and places him on a path toward rediscovering Jesus. Then Dan has a shocking revelation: in a few days, his worst enemy will be killed, and God has put him in a position to prevent it. But old sins of anger and jealousy are hard to overcome. Now, as he is pursued by an anxious federal agent who is fighting her ow...

In "The Servant Problem," Young likely explores themes related to technology, social dynamics, and human nature. The title suggests that the story may involve a futuristic or speculative scenario where technology has advanced to the point where household tasks and chores are performed by automated servants or robots.The narrative may delve into the implications of relying on technology for menial labor, raising questions about the impact on society, relationships between individuals, and t...