Young cyclist Zach Costa turns up dead outside the central transit station on a muggy August morning in Des Moines and the heat is on. Detective Edward "Red" Shaw and his partner, Phil Vega, look for the killer and find themselves probing the sometimes toxic, hyper-competitive world of amateur bicycle racing. The detectives are on the crime scene early but hardly at their best. Shaw is hobbled by a knee injury from his final confrontation with a murderous sociopath who almost killed him, a...

"YOU can't always tell what a thing is by how it looks," said Bryce.I nodded. We had been talking over cases we had handled, that morning in our suite of offices on the seventh floor of the Urania Building, indulging in reminiscence—as much as anything.Jim was my partner in "Glace and Bryce-Private Investigators," and had been an inspector of police before our partnership was formed. He was a big-boned, heavy-set chap with a round head and a stubby brown mustache above the ...

There's more to getting into the right headspace for the big game or event than trying to think like a winner. Modern sports psychologists emphasize advanced strategies like biofeedback and neurofeedback, while encouraging the use of mindfulness and other mental health techniques.In Sports Psychology For Dummies, 2nd Edition, a team of athletic performance experts and psychologists walks you through the mental side of intense competition and training. From the importance o...

The remarkable, amusing and inspiring adventures of a Canadian couple who make a year-long attempt to eat foods grown and produced within a 100-mile radius of their apartment.When Alisa Smith and James MacKinnon learned that the average ingredient in a North American meal travels 1,500 miles from farm to plate, they decided to launch a simple experiment to reconnect with the people and places that produced what they ate. For one year, they would only consume food that came from wit...

Original short stories based on Haiku poems, a different way of thinking and seeing things that are around us.

Aubrie grows up along the shore of a small New England village not knowing who her mysterious benefactor was. Every year on her Birthday a special gift appears in her room, but she never sees who delivers it.Join her, and see if she finds out what her future will be before it's too late!

Imagine; Monday mornings when the alarm goes off at around 6.30am with the thought of your one hour morning commute. The daily grooming rituals and the buttoned up shirt makes you cringe at the thought of it. Another day at work makes you want to cry.I can read your mind, you don't want to go to work, you can't face the daily grind, YOU NEED the day off.So what are you to do? Rely on the Lord to come to your aid.....The Bible of Excuses has the answer. Choose from the hundr...

Millions of years ago, the North American continent was dragged over the world's largest continental hotspot, a huge column of hot and molten rock rising from the Earth's interior that traced a 50-mile wide, 500-mile-long path northeastward across Idaho. Generating cataclysmic volcanic eruptions and large earthquakes, the hotspot helped lift the Yellowstone Plateau to more than 7,000 feet and pushed the northern Rockies to new heights, forming unusually large glaciers to carve the landscap...

A brutal crime in the woods of southern Iowa has deadly repercussions years later in the state's capital city, where a string of gruesome murders tests the considerable skills of Detective Edward "Red" Shaw.Shaw had seen a lot of nasty business in his time with Des Moines PD, but the grisly slashing of an old man one night on the street was among the worst. The victim had been horribly mutilated, a crude crossword puzzle grid slashed into his skin along with an ominous, bloody clue...

A state-of-the-art migratory atlas of North American birds—the first resource of its kindMore than 70 percent of North American bird species are migratory, traveling annually between separate breeding and nonbreeding areas. While we know the overall ranges of species, we have lacked an understanding of where specific populations move to across seasons and regions—but these limitations are rapidly disappearing. Thanks to the contributions of thousands of bird bander...

Ulysses S. Grant’s ingenious campaign to capture the last Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River was one of the most decisive events of the Civil War and one of the most storied military expeditions in American history. The ultimate victory at Vicksburg effectively cut the Confederacy in two, gave control of the river to Union forces, and delivered a devastating blow from which the South never fully recovered. Editors Steven E. Woodworth and Charles D. Grear have assembled essays ...

A major study on the theology of Beloved Community.This long-awaited work by the church's top clergy, scholars, and thought leaders examines the theological foundation of Beloved Community and its threats. It addresses such important topics as the legacy and sin of white supremacy, economic disparity, racial healing, and the call for reparations. The committee's work sheds light on the societal and cultural implications of the largest obstacle to the core mission o...