The Adventures of Spike the Cat is an unusual story of a cat who speaks to his owner and has wondrous adventures, such as flying an airplane and appearing as the star of a concert. He is faster than the police at solving a crime. He will win your heart with his yeow meow!

The Fijian Pigeon is a detective story in the Damon Runyonesque style. The actions take place largely in the Adirondacks, in the Gore Mountain, Lake George region, including skiing, a dangerous car chase on icy mountain roads, a crash through the ice at Lake George, and murders planned by the least suspected character.

From the beginnings of colonial settlement in Illinois Country, the region was characterized by self-determination and collaboration that did not always align with imperial plans. The French in Quebec established a somewhat reluctant alliance with the Illinois Indians while Jesuits and fur traders planted defiant outposts in the Illinois River Valley beyond the Great Lakes. These autonomous early settlements were brought into the French empire only after the fact. As the colony grew, the a...

The 250th anniversary of the founding of Rutgers University is a perfect moment for the Rutgers community to reconcile its past, and acknowledge its role in the enslavement and debasement of African Americans and the disfranchisement and elimination of Native American people and culture. Scarlet and Black, Volume Three, concludes this groundbreaking documentation of the history of Rutgers’s connection to slavery, which was neither casual nor accidental—nor unusual. Like most early American...

The founding of the university in 1867 created a unique community in what had been a prairie. Within a few years, this creative mix of teachers and scholars produced innovations in agriculture, engineering and the arts that challenged old ideas and stimulated dynamic new industries. Projects ranging from the Mosaic web browser to the discovery of Archaea and pioneering triumphs in women's education and wheelchair accessibility have helped shape the university's mission into a double helix ...

From the beginnings of colonial settlement in Illinois Country, the region was characterized by self-determination and collaboration that did not always align with imperial plans. The French in Quebec established a somewhat reluctant alliance with the Illinois Indians while Jesuits and fur traders planted defiant outposts in the Illinois River Valley beyond the Great Lakes. These autonomous early settlements were brought into the French empire only after the fact. As the colony grew, the a...

**Winner of the 2023 Hal K. Rothman Book Prize for best book in western environmental history from the Western History AssociationIndigenous power in a significant cultural and ecological borderland**In People of the Ecotone, Robert Morrissey weaves together a history of Native peoples with a history of an ecotone to tell a new story about the roots of the Fox Wars, among the most transformative and misunderstood events of early American history. To do this, he als...

Als die Australierin Julie zufällig auf ein Buch aufmerksam wird, das ihre Großtante Bette geschrieben hat, ist ihre Neugier geweckt. Doch ihre Nachfragen innerhalb der Familie stoßen auf eisiges Schweigen. Wodurch wurde Bette zum schwarzen Schaf? Julie verfolgt die Spur der abenteuerlichen Frau nach Malaysia, wo ihre Familie ihre Wurzeln hat. Staunend entdeckt sie nicht nur ein farbenprächtiges, exotisches Land, sondern stößt auch auf das düstere Geheimnis zweier ungleicher Schwestern, ei...

From lighting glass objects to photographing models indoors and out, this handbook demonstrates how to effectively use and control light using a variety of traditional and unconventional lighting equipment. Written by award-winning photographer Robert Morrissey for both the professional and the serious amateur photographer, this guide explains the different types of light and how to work with modifiers such as panels, umbrellas, grids, and mirrors. More than 100 detailed lighting diagrams ...

Das Schicksal starker Frauen, ihre Geschichten und die große Liebe an der australischen Küste:Nachdem Ellie Conlan ihren Job in Melbourne verloren und mit Mitte dreißig keine Pläne für ihr Leben hat, braucht sie dringend eine Auszeit: Sie zieht zu ihrem Großvater Patrick in die malerische Küstenstadt Storm Harbour. Dort angekommen unterstützt sie ihn in der lokalen Zeitungsredaktion des Chronicle, dessen Leitung Patrick übernommen hat.Was als Urlau...

Der fesselnde neue Roman »Das Lied der Abendflut« von Australiens Ausnahmeautorin Di Morrissey:E in tragisches Familiengeheimnis, eine ruhige Bucht in Sydney und ein Ex-Politiker auf der Suche nach einem NeuanfangNach einer turbulenten Wahl beschließt Dominic Cochrane, seine zwanzigjährige Karriere als politischer Mitarbeiter zu beenden und in das umgebaute Bootshaus eines Freundes in einer ruhigen Bucht bei Sydney zu ziehen.Die lan...

Der neue mitreißende Roman von Australiens erfolgreichster Autorin Di Morrissey - »Die Melodie der Traumpfade« handelt von einer folgenschweren Liebe, die zwischen Verliebtheit und Verruf steht, von Abenteuer und dem Bestreben, die indigene Kultur der Aborigines zu schützen.Im Küstenstädtchen Broome angekommen, scheint Jacquis Leben nach rastlosen Jahren endlich wieder eine Wende zum Positiven zu nehmen: Ein von ihr organisiertes Autorenfestival steht kurz bevor, ihr Sohn Jean-Luc k...