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As the toughest son with the fewest morals, Manō Alana promised his mother that he’d protect his siblings. Since her death, he’s embraced his role as the family heavy, but killing is the one part of his job he hates. And the awful nightmares driving him to commit violence aren’t doing him any favors—nor is the sinister, ancient magic calling to him from under the slopes of a dormant volcano. A shakeup in power between rival drug lords reveals a half brother Manō didn’t know he had, complicating the Alana family’s plans to take over the marijuana trade on Maui. Not only that, but one wrong move could turn the sexy cop he’s involved with against the family. When a crime the Ala...
Warm-blooded animals can control their own body temperatures, while cold-blooded animals are at the mercy of their environment. Young readers can learn how this fact affects an animals choice of habitat, take a quiz about what they have learned, and discover species that break the rules. Sidebars zoom in on special traits of both kinds of creatures.
I never thought someone like him could come into my life and do the damage he has done. I never pictured myself so addicted to such a temperamental, misunderstood, self-righteous, narcissistic, unfeeling gang banger. Not when I was so different from him. Yet, everything about him intrigued me, pulled me so deep into his webs nothing could pull me away from him. Not even after he set off every bomb in my life that would destroy my world as I knew it.
Crocodilians, lizards, and snakes are all reptiles, but they’re not exactly the same. Their predatory habits, defenses, and biology make them incredibly different and interesting. All of this, and more, is laid out with dynamic illustrations that will capture the attention of any student who likes those cold-blooded, scaly creatures that make so many of us shiver with unease.
This book makes a complicated subject easy to understand. Through captivating photographs, Bobbie Kalman shows how some animals regulate their body temperatures in different ways, such as by shivering or panting, flapping their wings, or swimming in different parts of oceans.
On the frigid coast of Newfoundland and Labrador, two families find themselves in the cold water of turbulent times. One, a human family, is immersed in a sea of misdirected emotions and the other, a killer whale family, is faced with the consequence of human interference. Both families are split apart on the rocks of life and heading straight for a collision course. Young Charlie Newhook and his clan were struggling fishermen, who lived under a continual cloud of brooding storms brought on by blinded emotions. The immaturity of a son to understand his family’s situation and the inability by the father to express his feelings, introduces a perfect storm of discontent. Cultis, the renegade killer whale, is the product of humanity’s quest for greed. Taken from the freedom of the sea, he becomes an uncontrollable force of terror, hell-bent on destroying everything in its path. Blinded by the thirst for revenge, blood is freely spilled on the path of reconciliation, in hopes of shedding the weight of antiquated ways. In a sea of uncertainty, the Newhook clan and the pod of killer whales finally collide, to find unexpected redemption upon the cold-blooded waters of Newfoundland.
A Dictionary of Anglo-American Proverbs & Proverbial Phrases Found in Literary Sources of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries is a unique collection of proverbial language found in literary contexts. It includes proverbial materials from a multitude of plays, (auto)biographies of well-known actors like Britain's Laurence Olivier, songs by William S. Gilbert or Lorenz Hart, and American crime stories by Leslie Charteris. Other authors represented in the dictionary are Horatio Alger, Margery Allingham, Samuel Beckett, Lewis Carroll, Raymond Chandler, Benjamin Disraeli, Edward Eggleston, Hamlin Garland, Graham Greene, Thomas C. Haliburton, Bret Harte, Aldous Huxley, Sinclair Lewis, Jack Lond...
A small-town Colorado rock shop owner—and amateur sleuth—has a new case involving explosions, aliens, a dinosaur, and murder. Morgan Iverson's reclusive survivalist neighbor is blown to bits. The police believe he stumbled into his own booby trap, but his granddaughter asks Morgan and newspaperman Kurt Willard to prove it was murder. After the explosions, mysterious white creatures make elusive appearances near the rock shop, drawing a summertime invasion of true believers hoping to prove the existence of aliens. Meanwhile, Morgan learns there may be more to her Triceratops than just the brow horn, and that finding the rest of the dinosaur may solve her neighbor's demise. Praise for the Rock Shop mysteries “Readers will look forward to seeing more of this endearing and strong protagonist.”—Publishers Weekly on Stone Cold Dead “Compelling with many twists and turns….The Characters will draw you in and make you feel right at home before you know it.”—Mark Baker, Carstairs Considers, on Stone Cold Case
An invitation to a funeral that turns deadly. A series of curious kidnappings in New York. Cryptic messages from beyond the grave. A hidden stash of diamonds in a secret safe. A serial killer as cold as ice. What do these elements all have in common? Your favorite psychotherapist, Dr. Crystal Knight-Davenport, is back as the seductive siren that no man can resist. Fueled by a passion to avenge her sisters death, Crystal finds herself dodging a sex-crazed stalker and a trio of girlfriends who bring nothing but drama. Theres no end to the wild antics with this crazy crew! After an explosive turn of events lands Crystal at a crossroads, she suddenly has a lot of free time on her hands. Should she rekindle a flaming romance with her beau, Chief Inspector Don Dellevega, or attempt to pursue an exciting new career? Ultimately, Davenport and Dellevega must follow the trail of clues to solve a string of heinous crimes. As fate would have it, their choices lead down a path which ends in a stunning showdown with a sociopathic killer. Together, they go on a perilous mission to end the mysterious murders and bring a demented destroyer to justice!