The vicious stabbing of a dull and respectable man makes for a knotty investigation when his audacious secret life comes to light.A middle-aged man is knifed in an alleyway, dying instantly. In this working-class area of Saint-Martin, random stabbings don’t typically interest Maigret. But Louis Thouret, in his raincoat and dark suit, is conspicuously ordinary, not a drunk or a gang member. Asking around, Maigret gets the impression of a kind and gentle soul, and he...

What is life really all about? So many people today feel that their lives have little or no ultimate purpose. The world seems hard and cruel. Life seems terribly cheap.In this short booklet, David Watson explains how we can know God is with us, and experience direction and purpose in our lives.

The student will learn that whether God's people receive blessings through obedience or punishment from disobedience, God's glory will prevail in the end.

The student will grow in appreciation of the love, sacrifice and passion of his Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.

"Cheating Secrets" has all the information needed for anyone in a relationship that may be suffering from infidelity. Learn what the signs of cheating are and how to identify them, as well as real life stories from individuals who have dealt with cheating. This book talks about how some people heal from the experience of infidelity, the damage it causes, and how to recover from cheating whether you stay in the relationship or not. Sometimes infidelity can wake people up in relationships an...

Did it start with whispers in the wind? Was it all Michael's fault? Blame has a time and a place, but now blame is too late and of little consequence. The real aftermath will unfold, and like so many of us who have wrestled with our inner thoughts and felt as though we were clinging on, Michael's soul will unravel from the process of life to the factory farm of reincarnation. It is no battery farm, but a mechanism of factuality to which the universe was created and it will be damned if it ...

The student will apply godly wisdom to every facet of his daily life.

In the lull of late summer, Maigret is told of a woman’s murder—but with no corpse, no missing person, and a dubious source for the tip-off, is there even a case to solve?During Maigret’s memorable first encounter with “La Grande Perche”—the beanpole—she’d stripped naked as he tried to arrest her. Many years later, at the tail end of a muggy summer, she brings him a tip-off about a dead body. Though initially skeptical, the inspector tracks down an intriguing suspe...

An electrifying novel about the Nazi who reinvented himself, Albert Speer‘Which is the most seductive, truth or fiction?’This is the story of Albert Speer: The protégé. The ‘good Nazi’. The star. The mythmaker.In 1969 Speer, Hitler’s favourite architect and Minister of Armaments and War Production, publishes his memoirs. Rewriting his own past, claiming to have known nothing about the Final Solution, he declares himself ‘co...

“A haunting, harrowing tale that lingers in the imagination long after you’ve turned the last page.”—Washington Post Book WorldA “fierce and disturbing” (New York Times) tale of twin brothers locked in an agonizing bond during the upheaval and savagery of twentieth century Europe, The Notebook Trilogy comprises three internationally acclaimed novels that confirm Ágota Kristóf as one of the most provocative exponents of new-wave Eu...

“A fount of practical tips for cat owners.” —The New York TimesFrom a leading veterinary psychiatrist, a groundbreaking look into the minds of our feline companions and “a guide to being the best humans we can be for our cats” (Focus Vif).Cats are mysterious creatures, and the relationship between humans and cats has never been simple. They are contradictory creatures: curious and aloof, independent and affectionate, preda...

Why ORP Systems Fail – and How to Stop It is a practical guide to understanding ORP, pH, chlorine, chemistry, hydraulics, and automatic pool control systems in real-world aquatic facilities.For decades, pool operators have been told that ORP is unreliable. Controllers are blamed for unstable readings, overdosing, underdosing, and poor water quality. Yet many of these problems are not caused by the controller at all.They are caused by misunderstanding the sy...