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Thelma is an abused and neglected wife, while her friend Louise is a bitter, hard-edged waitress. The two decide to take a brief vacation to escape the drudgery of their everyday lives. Immediately, they run into trouble, as Louise shoots and kills a man who tries to rape Thelma ...
"The burgeoning multidisciplinary field of social and emotional learning (SEL) now has a comprehensive and definitive handbook covering all aspects of research, practice, and policy. The prominent editors and contributors describe state-of-the-art intervention and prevention prog...
Litigator Hunter Lee is 35 years old, in great shape, newly wealthy as a result of winning a major class action suit - and completely disenchanted with his life and career. So he decides to become a Smoke Jumper, joining an elite fire-fighting division of the U.S. Forest Service ...
Taking over the helm of Everest Capital after the death of its chairman, thirty-six-year-old Christian Gillette becomes the target of an unknown killer while trying to get ahead in the high-stakes world of big money.
Augustus McKnight has made a fortune with one shrewd online investment. The next day, his wife is murdered and McKnight discovers that he is a pawn in a game of manipulation and revenge.
An IRS woman takes on the armament industry after her director is murdered. Jesse Hayes learns the director was investigating illegal campaign funds to a senatorial candidate. The funds came from a company which was building a naval fighter plane. By the author of The Vulture Fun...
A plot by Wall Street financiers to topple a liberal U.S. president by creating a crisis on world markets. The operation, which requires several murders, including that of the Federal Reserve chairman, is prompted by the president's proposal for a 90 per cent inheritance tax whic...
Set in the world of big money, movers and shakers, where everyone has a price and there's more than one way to make a killing.
After an introduction to the nature of the debate by editor Steve F. Sapontzis, seven sections examine the finer points of the subject. The first section reviews the history of vegetarianism. The discussion in the second section highlights the health issues and what anthropology ...
When lawyer Hunter Lee leaves the New York City rat race that made him rich but cost him his marriage, he sets out to build a new life in Fort Mason, Montana. His friend Paul Brule, a fire jumper, shows him the reality of vast tracts of forest reduced to ash in seconds by hundred...
The "New York Times"-bestselling author of "The Takeover" thrills readers with the mesmerizing tale of a small-town sheriff who must confront the worst violence that man and nature possess.
A involuntarily retired New York Yankees baseball scout thinks he may have found his ticket back to the big time when he spots a talented young minor league player in Miami. Instead, he finds himself pursued by a killer. What secret could the young player be hiding?
Christian Gillette is confronted by a difficult choice when a mysterious organization sets out to gain a partnership in his company, Everest Capital, and charismatic politician Jesse Wood asks him to be his running mate in his candidacy for president.