“An excellent adventure. Sure to appeal.” (Resource Links)“K.C. likes herself, which makes her pretty likable… the lure becomes more addictive with each adventure as you return to the lives of familiar friends.” (Quill and Quire)Hello, world! My full name is Konstantina Cassandra Flanagan, but my friends call me KC. My older brother Rudy says that stands for Kook Case, but in fact I am an accomplished detective.I already solved mysteries in Puerto Valla...

Astronaut. Repairman. Prisoner.CenturoCorp engineer Darrien Norris begins a journey across Terran Colonial space to restore a broken mining machine on a distant, mineral harvest world. It was supposed to be routine—a good run to finish his career—but his shuttle is thrown without warning from its course by an unseen power and survival becomes the only thing that matters.Catapulted across half the galaxy to a violent and hostile place, Norris has been left to surviv...

Hanson W. Baldwin was America’s best-known military writer and analyst in the 20th century covering conflicts from World War II to the Vietnam War. He was the military editor of the New York Times for forty years and his dispatches from Guadalcanal and the Western Pacific won him a Pulitzer Prize in 1943.This first biography of this Naval Academy graduate begins with an appreciation of the human and literary values learned from his Baltimore newspaper family. His midshipman years,...

Hola a todos. Mi nombre completo es Konstantina Cassandra Flanagan, pero mis amigos me llaman Kat. Mi hermano mayor, Rudy, dice que la K de Kat es de Kook Case. Tengo 15 años y medio (algunos dicen que aparento 18). Vivo con mi padre, James Flanagan, Esq. y su nueva (pronto formalizada por matrimonio) dama número uno Linda Hebert. Papá es abogado de una empresa internacional de construcción e inversión llamada One Good World. Viaja mucho y Rudy y yo le acompañamos a menudo. Mi madre, Trina...

Durante más de 70 años, hasta su fallecimiento, Albert Memmi fue uno de los autores franceses más influyentes en el desarrollo del discurso político y el renacimiento del nacionalismo en muchos países. Sus novelas y ensayos, entre ellos El colonizador y el colonizado (prologado por Jean-Paul Sartre), se estudian en colegios y universidades. Los círculos intelectuales más diversos han confrontado, incorporado o rechazado sus ideas, pero siempre de forma enriquecedora y respetuosa.Pu...

In questa conversazione politica, il famoso sociologo Albert Memmi aggiorna le sue opinioni sulla politica dell'identità, la decolonizzazione e la libertà individuale. La conversazione ha avuto luogo a Parigi nel 1975, dopo che Memmi e l'intervistatore Robert Davies si sono incontrati per caso a una cena organizzata da amici comuni. L'incontro ha portato prima a una nuova edizione in Québec del famoso Portait du Colonisé (Ritratto del colonizzato e del colonizzatore) di Memmi, e poi a ques...

《巴亚尔塔港的恐慌》和《坎昆的混乱》是计划中的六部系列小说中的第一和第二部，讲述了勇敢的14岁女孩侦探K.C.·弗拉纳根的故事。每部小说都发生在充满异域风情的地点，K.C.作为系列小说中令人愉快的女主角脱颖而出。K.C.和她的家人前往巴亚尔塔港，因为她的父亲为一家国际建筑公司工作。她在酒店的阳台上很快发现了令人不安的事情，并最终目睹了一起谋杀案。当然，在她卷入腐败的政府官员、阴暗的律师和凶残的毒贩之前，没有人相信她。《巴亚尔塔港的恐慌》充满了旅行的细节。大多数正反角色都是大家熟悉的经典角色：K.C.和她可爱、聪明、运动能力强的哥哥Rudy与英俊、敏感、离异的律师父亲住在一起。她的父母是“非常酷的人”，尽管离婚了，但相处得很好。令人耳目一新的是，父母或他们的另一半都没有用陈词滥调的尖刻台词来描绘，而且我们的女主人公在两本书中都没有抱怨过她糟糕的头发或难看的容貌。K.C.喜欢自己，这让她非常讨人喜欢。——特雷莎·托滕，《Quill & Quire》―康斯坦丁娜·卡桑德拉·弗拉纳根无意招惹麻烦，但麻烦总是找上门来。在...

In diesem politischen Gespräch aktualisiert der renommierte Soziologe Albert Memmi seine Ansichten zu Identitätspolitik, Entkolonialisierung und individueller Freiheit. Das Gespräch fand 1975 in Paris statt, nachdem Memmi und sein Interviewer Robert Davies sich zufällig auf einer Dinnerparty trafen, die von gemeinsamen Freunden veranstaltet wurde. Das Treffen führte zunächst zu einer neuen Quebec-Ausgabe von Memmis berühmtem Portait du Colonisé (Der Kolonisator und der Kolonisierte) und an...

-Konstantina Cassandra Flanagan wil geen problemen aantrekken, maar ze vinden haar altijd. Terwijl ze in Puerto Vallarta is, is ze per ongeluk getuige van een moord vanaf het balkon van haar hotelkamer. Haar vader en broer geloven haar niet en wijten wat ze denkt gezien te hebben aan een overactieve verbeelding. De volgende dag ziet K.C. één van de mannen en volgt hem naar het kantoor van een advocatenkantoor. Daar achterhaalt ze op slinkse wijze zijn identiteit. In de daaropvolgende dagen...

Hi there! My full name is Konstantina Cassandra Flanagan, but my friends call me Kat. My older brother Rudy says that the K in Kat stands for Kook Case! I am 15 and a half (some folks say I look 18!). I live with my father, James Flanagan, Esq. and his new (soon to be formalized by wedlock) number one lady Linda Hebert. Dad is a lawyer for an international construction and investment company called One Good World. He travels a lot and Rudy and I often go with. My mom Trina Gigantes is a sc...

For more than 70 years until his passing, Albert Memmi was one of the most influential French authors in the development of political discourse and the revival of nationalism in many countries. His novels and essays, including The Colonizer and the Colonized (prefaced by Jean-Paul Sartre), are studied in colleges and universities. The most diverse intellectual circles have confronted, incorporated or rejected his ideas but always in enriching and respectful ways.Originally publishe...

“Konstantina Cassandra Flanagan doesn’t mean to attract trouble, but it always finds her. While in Puerto Vallarta, she inadvertently witnesses a murder from the balcony of her hotel room. Her father and brother don’t believe her, attributing what she thinks she has seen to an overactive imagination. The next day, K.C. spots one of the men and trails him to the offices of a legal firm. There, she cunningly learns his identity. Over the next few days, several frightening and dangerous close...