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The director of the Forensic Science Program at Pennsylvania State University, Professor Robert C. Shaler leads a comprehensive study of the intricacies of an intriguing, and always topical, science. In these lectures, Shaler imparts a clear understanding of crime scene investigation, from archiving the scene to the presentation of evidence in court proceedings. Covering everything from fingermarks and bloodstains to 3-D imaging and microbial forensics, the course is an essential guide for anyone intrigued by this riveting subject.

What if understanding the law didn’t require a law degree? The People’s Law Book: Understanding Your Rights and Duties was written for one purpose: to give ordinary Americans a clear, trustworthy, and practical guide to the laws that shape everyday life.

Satisfy your dream collector-car desires with this one-stop reference for starting or expanding your collection beyond traditional classics and muscle cars. Focusing on the interests and needs of Generation X and Millennial car collectors, The NextGen Guide to Car Collecting offers a concise...

"The Perfect Crime" is written in the first person: "I know I committed the perfect crime." Phoebe Wallowes, a well educated American woman, really irritates him. He also has a genuine terror that she will one day marry him. Something therefore has to be done.

Are you looking for non-religious kids' Christmas stories? If so, you will enjoy our collection: Kids' Christmas Book with Santa Claus and Non-Religious Stories: Xmas Holiday Story Books for Children. Note that these are public domain works that were originally written by the indicated authors. All of the stories have been modernized and re-written for the 21st century.

Murder was never something Zoe Delante enjoyed, but solving the cases - she does that rather well, and has the track record to prove it. Yet when she's called in on a new case with the Baltimore PD as their go-to clairvoyant, she's unprepared for the heinous nature of the crimes.

In a small town in the Florida panhandle, a 25-year-old cold-case murder is reopened. A new, female police officer visits an old folks' home and finds that the prime witness in the case, Jacob Jeebs, was officially diagnosed with Alzheimer's last year and is still in the early stages. This new information might lead to a conviction of the main suspect from 25 years ago. But what would the legal ramifications be? An Alzheimer's patient has never testified at a trial of any kind before. How can you put him on the witness stand? How can you not? He is the only one who knows the truth.

I’ve spent more time in school hallways than I can count. The clatter of lockers slamming shut, the low hum of whispered conversations, the hurried footsteps of students rushing to beat the bell; all of it has become as familiar to me as the sound of my own name. Some days, school feels like a second home, a place where friendships form in the gaps between lessons and where the smallest moments - a shared laugh, a passed note, a knowing glance across the room - become the ones you remember long after the final bell rings. Thuggish Itch: School is a collection of stories set in the world ...

A sweeping historical romance of love, courage, and the spirit that binds two worlds, set in 1835. When Luella Carter escapes a cruel betrothal in the rugged wilderness of the Blue Ridge Mountains, she becomes both hunter and hunted — until she crosses paths with Tayané, a Cherokee warrior bound by honor and haunted by loss. Taken from all she has known, Luella becomes Adohi — “the one who comes from the woods” — a name born of survival, strength, and destiny. As the two journey deeper into the mountains, the boundary between captor and captive begins to fade. Through storm and ...

Bob Hasett, a Vietnam veteran with a tortured past, relocates from his uncle’s cattle ranch in Southern Arizona to the oil fields on the North Slope of Alaska. He wants only to live quietly and grieve the death of his wife, but when he is given a job as the head of security, familiar demons demand he choose between the life he thought he wanted and doing the right thing. Set against the frenetic pace of the early Alaska pipeline days, this story places crime, survival and a strong Inupiat woman directly in Bob’s path. He finds himself confronted with tough ethical and moral choices in a...

Representing the dark underbelly of Romanticism and beyond, these stories reach the shadowy corners of the human soul as seen through the writings of some of the most prominent authors of the 19th and early 20th centuries.

1836, Blue Ridge Mountains. As the shadow of removal falls across the Cherokee homeland, two hearts stand against the storm. Adohi, a young woman once caught between two worlds, and Tayané, a proud Cherokee leader, have fought to protect their people through hunger, exile, and loss. Now, as soldiers close in and the threat of the Trail of Tears looms, they lead a hidden band deep into the mountains — where faith, love, and the land itself become their only refuge. Through the harsh winter and uncertain spring, Adohi and Tayané cling to hope, guided by the old ways and the whisper of the...

Book One of the Dream and Fire series A slow-burn historical fantasy romance best enjoyed in order. Bound by Dream and Fire Book One of the Dream and Fire Trilogy Savannah, Georgia, 1899. Lauren Fullerton has always walked freely in her dreams—running, leaping, crossing impossible distances she cannot cross while awake. Confined to a wheelchair since childhood, she has learned to live within the limits of her waking world. But her nights tell a different story. Her dreams are vivid, deliberate… and growing dangerously real. When Lauren encounters a young man inside a dream—a boy who ...

An action-packed postapocalyptic thriller from the critically acclaimed author, screenwriter, and noted film critic. Humankind is extinct. Wiped out in a global uprising by the very machines made to serve them. Now the world is controlled by One World Intelligences - vast mainframes that have assimilated the minds of millions of robots. But not all robots are willing to cede their individuality, and Brittle - a loner and scavenger, focused solely on survival - is one of the holdouts.

In this audiobook, the Green Ghost will face a giant mechanical monster on a long abandoned boardwalk, attempt to solve the murder of his old mentor, and uncover a ring of foreign saboteurs using radio frequencies to carry out their missions of terror and destruction. Here are pulp thrills and spills showcasing one of the most original classic pulp heroes ever invented. Brought to you by Airship 27 Productions, the new home of high adventure.

Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society. In this volume we offer up a small selection of talents from the literary landscape of the North American male author whose time has now come again.

Ernie Davis was an All-American on the gridiron and a man of integrity off the field. A multi-sport high school star in Elmira, New York, Davis went on to Syracuse University, where as a sophomore he led his team to an undefeated season and a national championship in 1959, and earned his nickname: the Elmira Express. Two seasons later, Davis broke the legendary Jim Brown's rushing records and became the first black athlete to be awarded the Heisman Trophy.

A spectacular collection of classic ghost stories from some of the masters of spooky fiction. 'On the Brighton Road' by Richard Middleton; 'A Ghost Story' by Mark Twain; 'The Everlasting Club' by Arthur Gray; 'The Snow' by Hugh Walpole; 'Rose Rose' by Barry Pain; 'The Ghost Ship' by Richard Middleton; 'The Bus Conductor' by E. F. Benson; 'The Tarn' by Hugh Walpole; 'The Diary of Mr. Poynter' by M. R. James.

Marshal Jake Timber has been tasked with collecting Gray Buffalo, an Indian accused of the murder of the president of a stage line, from Fort Collins and bringing him back to Denver for justice. Grey Buffalo's people aren't about to let him leave, however. They attack the fort in earnest, overwhelming both in skill and number the small attachment of greenhorn soldiers stationed there. Timber must be both marshal and army officer, as he teaches the soldiers how to fight Indians. Will Grey Buffalo be rescued by his tribe? Or will he be forced to face his destiny in front of the judge?

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