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Three university philosophy professors provide analysis of each and every Coen brothers film, in chronological order.

Most parenting books are written by people who had good fathers—this one's for the rest of us. What happens when you become a dad but never had one worth copying? Most fathering advice assumes you had decent role models, infinite patience, and emotional resources that feel foreign if you were raised by absent, angry, or just plain awful parents. This isn't another book by someone who fondly recalls playing catch with dad—it's a survival guide for men making it up as they go. Robert C. Owens knows the struggle firsthand. His critical father left him with an internal voice that found ...

When she was seven years old, Angel saw her father brutally murder her mother. She was adopted by U.S. Marshal Caleb Jacobs and his wife Bonnie. Angel didn’t want to be a schoolteacher like her new Ma. Angel wanted to be a lawman like her new Pa. Outlaws and renegades didn’t believe Deputy U.S. Marshal Angel Jacobs was for real. They learned the truth the hard way at the end of her smoking Colt.

This audiobook tells the story of how viniculture in America was started and sustained by a broad spectrum of religious denominations. In the process, it offers new insights into the special relationship between wine production and consumption and the spiritual dimension of human experience.

Her mother's deathbed revelation that she is a descendant of Nicholas II, Russia's last tsar, launches reclusive Kate Gavrill on a bold search for a lost family fortune. But nothing is simple in the tragic history of the Romanov clan. Only by finding the rarest of precious gems - a fabulous, long-missing alexandrite - can Kate claim her treasure. At her side as she journeys across continents is Simon Blake, a respected New York gemologist, whose powerful attraction to Kate is undercut by deep fears.

Set over seven days in the town of Novel, Harp and the Lyre speaks volumes about tech and gaming culture, climate change, and the desire to be heard. A guitarist heartthrob, a hot tennis player, an anxious goody-good, an absurdly nice boy, and a beautiful influencer. They all have something to say.

In the debut novel DREAMS AND SHADOWS, screenwriter and noted film critic C. Robert Cargill takes us beyond the veil, through the lives of Ewan and Colby, young men whose spirits have been enmeshed with the otherworld from a young age. This brilliantly crafted narrative - part Neil Gaiman, part...

Der größte Goldschatz der Menschheit. Eine internationale Intrige. Eine grausame Offenbarung. Als Sondereinheit für Blue Shield ist Tom Wagner mit seinem Team auf der Suche nach dem legendären El Dorado. Aber wie so oft läuft es nicht wie geplant. Das Team wird getrennt und sie müssen buchstäblich auf mehreren Fronten kämpfen: Hellen und Cloutard machen Entdeckungen, die die anerkannte Geschichtsschreibung über das Gold von El Dorado über den Haufen werfen. Tom ist inzwischen im Auftrag des US-Präsidenten unterwegs, um zu verhindern, dass eine gefährliche Substanz in die Hände von Terroristen fällt.

Archie Flynn has it all—money, charm, and a sex life that would make James Bond jealous. A successful finance career, a dream terrace home in Sydney’s The Rocks, and an endless stream of women keep him content in his eternal bachelorhood. Then Jezebel Ekas walks into his life—an American MMA fighter with knockout looks and the kind of presence that makes the pants-man reconsider his ways.

Ein Jahr ist vergangen, seit Kris Jäger und Griffin MacDonald die Terrororganisation „Kettenbrecher" zerschlagen haben – ein brutaler Aufstand, der Berlin an den Rand des Zusammenbruchs brachte. Als plötzlich wieder gut koordinierte Angriffe stattfinden, ahnt Kris: Alte Feinde sind zurück – radikaler, organisierter und tödlicher als je zuvor. Die AHG7, eine verdeckte Eingreiftruppe, ist der letzte Versuch des Staates, das fragile Gleichgewicht zu retten. Doch was, wenn die Bedrohung längst viel tiefer reicht, als alle glauben?

The major purpose of this monograph is to describe hominin fossils that are the juvenile representatives of the various species of our human ancestral past in the context of the disciplines of ontogeny and phylogeny. Ontogeny is the study of development through the lifespan, while phylogeny is the study of evolution. The book is appropriate largely for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students interested in the fields of developmental biology, neuroscience, and anthropology. The treatise is also accessible to a non-anthropological reader, as it provides some background pertaining to ...

A Kiss in the Ashes: Where Love Defied the Gallows Georgia, 1865. The war is over, but its shadows still linger. Abigale McKinley has already buried too much—her brother lost to the battlefield, her family clinging to survival on a ravaged farm, her heart worn thin by grief. The last thing she expects is a stranger to ride into her life bearing both devastating news…and a fragile spark of hope. Joseph Brennan was once a Union soldier who refused to fire on men who didn’t know the war had ended. Branded a deserter for choosing mercy over murder, he carries scars no battlefield ever ...

Mme Frisby, une maman souris, et ses quatre souriceaux, Teresa, Martin, Cynthia et Timothy vivent paisiblement à la campagne. Leur vie est bouleversée lorsque Timothy tombe gravement malade et qu’un tracteur menace de détruire leur maison. Pas question de se laisser abattre ! Mme Frisby est bien décidée à sauver sa famille, coûte que coûte.

Brought to you by Penguin. A unique collection of the finest Golden Age mystiers - puzzling whodunnits that have entertained and delighted readers for centuries. With Edgar Award-winning Otto Penzler as guide, delve into an irresistible collection of the finest Golden Age American whodunits...

She was the mountain’s secret. He was its spirit. Together, they would fight for the heart of freedom—and for each other. The Blue Ridge Mountains, 1834. After escaping captivity and loss, Adohi finds sanctuary among the Cherokee people—and in the quiet strength of Tayané, the warrior who risked everything to save her. But as the white towns below prepare to seize the land and erase its people, peace becomes a dream fading like mist at dawn. Bound by love and fate, Adohi and Tayané must face the world that would tear them apart and discover what it truly means to live free.

Charles LeFlore began his career in law enforcement with the Choctaw Lighthorse Police, helping to bring law, order, and justice to the Indian Territory of the western United States. His success in bringing in wanted men led to his appointment as a United States deputy marshal serving the territory surrounding Fort Smith, Arkansas. Follow along with LeFlore and his fellow Choctaw lawman, Talako P. Vaughn, as they track, capture, and sometimes kill some of the most dangerous outlaws in all of Indian Territory.

No Borders, No Boundaries is a compelling thought provoking tale of mystery intrigue and romance. A cast of no nonsense characters that the author/narrator brings to life in an exciting manner. They're compelling sparkling dialogue compel you to feel for their predicaments. The action takes place over a three month period in 2001. From the cruel streets of Washington D.C. to the peaceful shores of the Gaspé Peninsula in Quebec, Canada; this action packed thriller will hook you from the start.

Fresh out of high school, young Bobby Marshall enters the Army and soon finds himself in the raw world of war that is Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. His exploits on the ground and in the air make up the graphic story of what Vietnam was for the small cadre of Army aviators that crewed the famed but little understood OV-1 Mohawk. Join Bobby as he matures from a typical teenager to a seasoned soldier in this story of Cambodia and Vietnam.

London 1896 – Im Crystal Palace Park stirbt eine Frau unter den Rädern einer neuartigen Motordroschke – ein tragischer Unfall, wie es scheint. Doch Chief Inspector Swanson schöpft Verdacht, denn der Bruder der Toten ist kurz zuvor spurlos und unter mysteriösen Umständen aus dem Gefängnis in Wicklow verschwunden. Als dann unweit der Haftanstalt – in dem kleinen irischen Küstenstädtchen Bray – die verstümmelte Leiche eines seit Monaten vermissten Mannes inmitten okkulter Symbole gefunden wird, haben selbst die irischen Behörden nur eine Erklärung.

Classic children books read. These stories are timeless and ones that many of us older adults heard and read as children. No profanity, no inuendoes, just classic books that are in public domain and books that I have written.