THIS TIME IT'S PERSONAL.Ed Rogan, tough as nails and twice as sharp, is a private investigator of malfeasance in the corporate world. The enigmatic case he's working on in A MURDER TOO PERSONAL takes on a very personal aspect when he searches for the murderer of his ex-wife. Someone has put a bullet in the back of her head and Rogan is driven by the twin demons of guilt and revenge to find her killer. His quest leads him through the netherworld of Wall Street and corporate board roo...

The New York Times bestselling and extraordinary true story of the critical events leading up to and following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, as told by the Secret Service agents who were firsthand witnesses to one of America’s greatest tragedies.The Secret Service. An elite team of men who share a single mission: to protect the president of the United States. On November 22, 1963, these men failed—and a country would never be the same. No...

The "suspenseful and completely absorbing story" (San Francisco Chronicle) of how survivors of the worst coal-mining disaster in history triumphed over corporate irresponsibility—written by the young lawyer who took on their case and won.One Saturday morning in February 1972, an impoundment dam owned by the Pittston Coal Company burst, sending a 130 million gallon, 25 foot tidal wave of water, sludge, and debris crashing into southern West Virginia's Buffa...

Antiracism and Universal Design for Learning is the silver winner of the 2021 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award in Education!Andratesha Fritzgerald presents Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in a new light: As an effective framework to teach Black and Brown students. Drawing vivid portraits of her classroom instruction in urban over the past two decades, Fritzgerald shows teachers how to open new roads of communication, engagement, and skill-building for thei...

A thoughtful small-town mystery features reluctant preacher Evan Wycliff as he investigates the suspicious death of a lifelong friend amid secrets, corruption, and questions of faith.On a bitter February morning in rural Missouri, Evan Wycliff—a Harvard-educated theologian who returned home burdened by doubts about faith and purpose—is on his way to meet friends for a hunting outing when he stumbles upon the body of his lifelong friend, Bob Taggart. The apparent su...

It Can't Happen Here is a semi-satirical political novel by Sinclair Lewis published in 1935. It features newspaperman Doremus Jessup struggling against the fascist regime of President Berzelius "Buzz" Windrip, who resembles Gerald B. Winrod, the Kansas evangelist whose far-right views earned him the nickname "The Jayhawk Nazi". It serves as a warning that political movements akin to Nazism can come to power in countries such as the United States when people blindly support their leaders.

A naturalist's account of his childhood on the exotic Greek island—the inspiration for the Masterpiece TV series The Durrells in Corfu on PBS.When the Durrells could no longer endure the gray English climate, they did what any sensible family would do: sold their house and relocated to the sun-soaked island of Corfu.As they settled into their new home, hilarious mishaps ensued as a ten-year-old Gerald Durrell pur...

A gruesome murder with a strange twist.Supermarket shelf stacker Regina Steps has been strangled, stripped to her underwear, her body found straddling one of the cannons of Derry's city walls. And why has the killer done that with her thumb? For seasoned DI Liam McLaughlin and the ragtag officers of the Major Investigation Team, it's a homicide they've never seen the likes of before.Middle-aged Regina might have kept herself to herself, but she alw...

National Bestseller: The complete trilogy that inspired Masterpiece production The Durrells in Corfu in one volume.The tales of a naturalist and his family, who left England for the Greek island of Corfu—where they interacted with fascinating locals of both human and animal varieties—these memoirs have become beloved bestsellers and inspired the delightful series that aired on PBS television.Included in this three-book collection are:My ...

Someone has kidnapped the Honorary Consul of Ireland in El Salvador and is demanding a big ransom. Ed Rogan, a tough-as-nails private investigator, is hired to find the victim before the man's heart medication runs out. In his quest for the dark answers to the puzzle, Rogan enters a deadly jungle of intrigue, deceit and treachery. The rebels are after Rogan, the military is after him and a beautiful woman is trying to kill him. The action in this fast-paced thriller moves between New York ...

In the heart of rural Missouri, former physicist-turned-preacher Evan Wycliff is no stranger to mystery - or pain.In the second installment of the Evan Wycliff mystery series, part-time preacher and reluctant investigator Evan Wycliff finds himself pulled into another web of secrets hidden beneath the quiet surface of rural Missouri. What begins as the disappearance of a troubled teenage mother and her infant quickly becomes something far darker. Melissa Benton van...

Have you ever wished you could start over? That you could leave everything and everyone behind and find a new life? Our narrator takes that risk. He leaves a weary, dull, anesthetized existence, abandons his family and sets out to live as an explorer in the jungle that is called New York City, in the long-shot hope of finding contentment. He changes his appearance and takes a new identity, but he is not prepared for the obstacles he encounters and the enemies who surround him. He descends ...