He could have lived his life out in the shadows of impotence. He was an apartment house janitor and contact with others was always second-hand: the remnants of their lives in wastepaper baskets, suggestive letters dropped carelessly in balls, sometimes a crumpled, sexy photograph. His first impulse was to call the police. They were naked. So instead, he watched. And watched. And watched...

After years of prosecuting hard-core criminals, rising legal star Alan Bell took a private sector job in South Florida’s newest skyscraper. Suddenly, he suffered such bizarre medical symptoms, doctors suspected he’d been poisoned by the Mafia. Bell’s rapidly declining health forced him to flee his glamorous Miami life to a sterile “bubble” in the remote Arizona desert.As his career and marriage dissolved, Bell pursued medical treatments in a race against time, hoping to stay alive ...

As the Great Depression lingers in the Missouri Ozarks, a young boy is about to deal with his own series of depressing events. Dusty Brodie's high-tempered father tends his illicit still, manufacturing potent moonshine that only makes the man that much meaner. Dusty's part-Cherokee grandmother experiences unsettling dreams that will make her fear for the safety of her sons and her grandchildren. Dusty's mother has secrets of her own.It's going to be a challenging year for the Brodi...

Abbee is a worker bee who finds flowers and collects pollen to make honey. She is good at her job, but she has one problem: Her wings don't buzz like other bees, so she can't communicate with them. Abbee and her friend, Gabbee, go out to find flowers, but Gabbee gets into a sticky situation. Abbee must go back to her hive for help. But how can she tell the other bees how to save Gabbee? Guess what? Abbee finds a way.This book shows how bees -- or people -- who are different can be ...

Egypt is the pinnacle of the ancient world, the apex of culture, power and wealth. But in the centres of power, conflict erupts; a novel heresy threatens to undo the pantheon of elder gods and plunge the country into chaos. A monotheistic pharaoh, Akhenaten, is plotting to usurp the old religion and promote Aten as the only god.But the old gods will not go quietly. As the battle for power rages, the empire is placed in peril; and the people of Egypt are torn betwee...

When finding another location, redesigning a structure, or removing troublesome ground at a project site are not practical options, prevailing ground conditions must be addressed. Improving the ground modifying its existing physical properties to enable effective, economic, and safe construction to achieve appropriate engineering performance is an

He could have lived his life out in the shadows of impotence. He was an apartment house janitor and contact with others was always second-hand: the remnants of their lives in wastepaper baskets, suggestive letters dropped carelessly in balls, sometimes a crumpled, sexy photograph. His first impulse was to call the police. They were naked. So instead, he watched. And watched. And watched...

Real crimes are stranger than fiction!Leopold and Loeb were two wealthy law students who could buy anything. But they wanted the one thing that no amount of money could buy: life.They wanted to create the Perfect Crime--to kidnap and murder a 14-year-old boy for the thrill of getting away with murder.The crime was so horrifying that even legendary filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock took notice, and directed his version of the story: Rope. But the r...

Nina, a new graduate from fashion design in college, gladly accepts the offer to have her palm read as a graduation gift. Smiling, the palm reader tells Nina that she has a long lifeline, as she traces it on her hand. As soon as the words are uttered, the palm reader's facial expression turns to one of fear. In broken English, she whispers, "Break – very bad break in middle of life. Maybe you die."Nina does come close to death at age thirty-four when she and her family are involved...

New York Times Bestseller: The "fascinating" true story of John Dale Cavaness, a much-admired Illinois doctor—and the cold-blooded killer of his own son ( The Washington Post).Fusing the narrative power of an award-winning novelist and the detailed research of an experienced investigator, author Darcy O'Brien unfolds the story of Dr. John Dale Cavaness, the southern Illinois physician and surgeon charged with the murder of his son...

**Jeffrey Epstein. Harvey Weinstein. Bill Cosby. Peter Nygard.With this book, the infamous hall of fame for billionaire sex predators has inducted another member.**Peter Nygard is the most famous and successful fashion designer that you might never have heard of. A Finnish-Canadian crowned the “polyester phenom” by Forbes, he built a nearly billion-dollar fortune shilling pants and blouses for the thirty-five and older set. Dillard’s, Sears, and Wal-Mart all called...

The "powerful and moving" true story of a Long Island family torn apart by drugs, violence, and the unbridgeable divide between generations ( Kirkus Reviews).George Diener, World War II veteran and traveling salesman, and his wife, Carol, had old-fashioned values and ordinary aspirations: a home, a family, the pleasure of watching their two sons grow up. But in February 1972, an unthinkable tragedy occurred in the basement of their Nassau County residence, ...