Never trust an accountant with a gun.Crooked accountants, a detective stuck in the eighties, and shell corporations with dubious ties. These are the least of Winnie Hackleshack’s problems as she tries to keep herself out of jail.After her brush with death at Yellowstone, Winnie needed a change, and Glacier National Park was just the place. With visions of moose foraging along the shores of pristine waters, bighorn sheep dotting the mountains, and mirror-like lakes fed from ...

Motivation is what human need to challenge their dreams into reality. Each of the motivational poems in this eBook is powerful and detailed enough to drive you to your zenith. Its positive motivational efficacy is unmatched. Each poem comes along with graphic sketches that uncovers deep meaning.Each poem compare and contrast vision with reality, then draws out motivational advices to keep readers fuelled up when challenges arise on their journey to vision fulfilment. As a man of in...

Bears aren’t the only predators in Yellowstone.After twenty-one years of being overshadowed by her ex-husband, Winnie Hackleshack never had the opportunity to explore her adventurous side. But what does a forty-something divorced woman do to revitalize her spirit? She gets a rescue dog, buys a motorhome, and sets off for adventures unknown. Except the adventures include getting mixed up in a murder investigation.Arriving at Yellowstone, Winnie anticipated bubbling geysers, ...

The wrong vintage can be deadly.A mysterious blonde in a supercar, a wine competition gone horribly wrong, and disappearing owls. Winnie Hackleshack’s week of spas, wine, and relaxation takes a back seat as she searches for a killer.After another narrow escape at Glacier National Park, Winnie Hackleshack needed a break, so when her sister offered a vacation at a resort in Napa, California, she couldn’t refuse. But after arriving, Winnie’s quest to eat, drink, and be pampere...

PEKE, AN ADORABLE little Pekingnese, has a boo-boo. But when he uses his imagination, he’s no longer a pup with a broken leg, he’s a pirate with a peg leg on the high seas! Can he find the buried treasure? In her picture book debut, Brie Spangler celebrates the power of imagination and introduces a lovable Pekingnese puppy who refuses to let his boo-boo keep him from having fun.

In Featherstone, reputations are earned with a light hand and a steady oven temperature. Flour-dusted rivalries are expected. Murder is not.Bake-off contestant Flora Wren arrives at the village's much-anticipated regional baking competition with one goal: to prove her quiet talent can stand alongside the showiest sponges and boldest flavours. With her beloved Pekingese, Dotty, tucked under the prep table, Flora is ready for nerves, scrutiny, and stiff competition. ...

Am 25. Februar 1911 lief bei Blohm & Voss im Hamburger Hafen einer der letzten großen Hamburger Viermaster vom Stapel: die Peking. Für die Reederei F. Laeisz segelte sie bis zum Jahr 1932 unzählige Male zwischen Hamburg und Südamerika, um wertvollen Salpeter nach Europa zu bringen. In ihrer über 100-jährigen Geschichte hat sie 34 Mal Kap Hoorn umrundet, zwei Weltkriege überstanden und mehr als 40 Jahre als Museumsschiff am Pier von Manhattan verbracht. Sie wurde von den Menschen dort viel ...

This epic novel of a wide-eyed missionary and a rebellious woman thrust into China's Communist revolution is "an excellent read, panoramic in scope" ( Financial Times).In 1931, young English-born missionary Jakob Kellner brings all the crusading passion of his untried Christian faith to a China racked by famine and bloody civil war. He burns to save the world's largest nation from Communism.But when he is swept along on the cold, unforgiving Long M...

`Du hast dich damit abgefunden, an der Außenhaut einer Welt entlangzugleiten, zu deren Innerem du keinen Zutritt hast.´ Gregor Dotzauer nimmt den Leser in seinem Kursbuch-Essay mit in die chinesische Megastadt Peking - einer Stadt, die ihre Bürger grob ungleich behandelt und doch die sicherste Stadt der Welt ist. Er berichtet von Menschen, Begegnungen, Orten und Lebensweisen, vom Demokratieverständnis, freiwilliger Selbstzensur und fernöstlicher Spiritualität.

Winner of the both the Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime and the CWA Non-Fiction Dagger from the author of City of DevilsChronicling an incredible unsolved murder, Midnight in Peking captures the aftermath of the brutal killing of a British schoolgirl in January 1937. The mutilated body of Pamela Werner was found at the base of the Fox Tower, which, according to local superstition, is home to the maliciously seductive fox spirits. As British detecti...

Erleben Sie das Abenteuer Ihres Lebens auf einer epischen Reise von Peking nach Paris!„Peking-Paris im Automobil“ von Luigi Barzini ist mehr als nur ein Reisebericht; es ist eine fesselnde Erzählung über Mut, Entschlossenheit und die unbändige Neugier, die Welt zu entdecken. Begleiten Sie Barzini und seine Mitstreiter auf einer der ersten automobilen Expeditionen, die die Grenzen des Möglichen sprengte und die Welt in Staunen versetzte. Diese Reise, die 19...

Lana Lee and friends return for a fiery Chinese New Year celebration that rattles their quaint community. After all, an Asia Village party wouldn’t be complete without an explosive finale.Chinese New Year is supposed to be a time of fresh beginnings and celebrations of good fortune to come. Naturally, the shop owners of Asia Village jump at the chance to participate in creating a memorable holiday event that will bring positive light to the plaza, and prosperity fo...