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Virgin Territory

Autor: Marilyn Todd

Número de Páginas: 302

It just wasn't fair. When you marry a man for his money, you expect him to leave you a shining pile of gold pieces. Not a crummy old wine business. How was the new young widow Claudia going to pay off her gambling debts now? So when Eugenius Collatinus asks Claudia to chaperone his granddaughter to Sicily she jumps at the chance to escape Rome. It should be easy. Sabina Collatinus, she is told, has recently completed thirty years' service as a Vestal Virgin. Or has she...? Claudia suspects she is escorting an impostor. And then a woman's brutalized body is discovered...

Dead & Breakfast and Other Stories

Autor: Marilyn Todd

Número de Páginas: 222

Not all detectives are heroes. And when the dead can’t defend themselves, help comes from the most unlikely sources. It might be from P.I.s with offices in unusually high places (“Heaven Knows”). It might come from shapeshifters in love (“Stakes & Adders”). Hell, it could even come from…you’ve guessed it, Hell. (“667, Evil and Then Some”). But whether you’re cruising a narrow boat down an English canal (“The Way It Is”) or taking a break on an idyllic French lakeside (“Dead & Breakfast”), justice is like the endings in these stories. You never see it coming.

Jail Bait

Autor: Marilyn Todd

Número de Páginas: 308

The death toll was rising…and not all the symptoms tallied with the plague… A deadly contagion may have sent many of Rome’s wealthier citizens fleeing to the country, but for Claudia Seferius a plague is the least of her worries. For she has “temporarily borrowed” 3,000 sesterces from local millionaire Sabbio Tullus. OK, so she’d had to break into his depository to get at it, but did he really need to set the army after her? Desperate to escape arrest, she seeks refuge in the beautiful spa resort of Atlantis. Once there she meets the charming Cal, and a little flirting in tranquil surroundings seems an ideal way to pass the time. Except, within hours, Cal is dead. And he’s not the only one. Pretty soon Claudia begins to wonder whether Atlantis isn’t far more dangerous than the disease-ridden streets she left behind…

Drop the Rock: 2-Book Bundle

Autor: Bill P. , Fred H.

Número de Páginas: 187

Drop the Rock is one of the best-selling recovery books ever, with more than 200,000 copies sold to date. It's companion piece, Drop the Rock . . .The Ripple Effect has already sold thousands of copies. Now it's easy for you to get both of these essential recovery books in a convenient e-book bundle. About Drop the Rock, Second Edition Resentment. Fear. Self-Pity. Intolerance. Anger. As Bill P. explains, these are the "rocks" that can sink recovery--or at the least, block further progress. Based on the principles behind Steps Six and Seven, Drop the Rock combines personal stories, practical advice, and powerful insights to help readers move forward in recovery. The second edition features additional stories and a reference section. About Drop the Rock. . .The Ripple Effect In this follow-up to Drop the Rock: Removing Character Defects, Fred H. explores "the ripple effect" that can be created by using Step 10 to practice Steps 6 and 7 every day to avoid picking up "the rock"—also known as resentment, fear, and self-pity—again. Drawing on his years of lecturing on the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, Fred H. reveals Step 10 as the natural...

Wolf Whistle

Autor: Marilyn Todd

Número de Páginas: 298

A killer is stalking the backstreets of Rome. Newborn babies are being snatched at night. A small boy is abandoned. Five slave women have been murdered on Market Day. With insurrection bubbling, the authorities don't have the resources (or the inclination) to follow up. In the back alleys of the capital city, close to one of the ripper's victims, Claudia finds an abandoned boy and takes him home with her. Claudia feels responsible for the boy and soon discovers the victims all have something in common: they possess a tattoo marking them as the "children of Arbil." And it is Claudia who discovers that Arbil the Babylonian is not a loving father. Not at all.

I, Claudia

Autor: Marilyn Todd

Número de Páginas: 280

First in the Claudia Seferius mystery series, set in 13 B. C.! Claudia Seferius has successfully flattered her way into marriage with a wealthy Roman wine merchant. But when her secret gambling debts spiral, she hits on another resourceful way to make money - offering her “personal services” to high-ranking Roman Citizens. Unfortunately her clients are now turning up dead - the victims of a sadisitc serial killer. When Marcus Cornelius Orbilio, the handsome investigating officer, starts digging deep for clues, Claudia realizes she must track down the murderer herself - before her husband discovers what she's been up to. CRITICAL ACCLAIM FOR I, CLAUDIA: ‘A timeless heroine for today—you’ll be hooked.’ Company ‘The Roman detail is deft, the pace as fast as a champion gladiator, and the heroine, Claudia, an arrogant superbitch who keeps us all on the edge where she loves to live.’ Sunday Express ‘A wonderful fictional creation—a bawdy superbitch with a talent for sleuthing…an enormous triumph.’ Ms London ‘An endearing adventuress who regards mortal danger as just another bawdy challenge.’ She ‘If you’re looking for a romp through the streets of Rome in ...

Man Eater

Autor: Marilyn Todd

Número de Páginas: 324

On the eve of the Roman festivities, the last thing you'd expect Claudia Seferius to be doing is heading out of the city. Unfortunately, even hedonistic young widows have to put business before pleasure when their vineyards are threatened with arson. Taking a shortcut through the Umbrian countryside, she is forced off the road, and her beloved cat goes missing in the skirmish. Refusing to leave without her, Claudia accepts the hospitality of Sergius Pictor and the menagerie of wild animals he is training for the Games. Then a stranger knocks at her bedroom door, with a knife sticking out of his belly. And Claudia finds herself being framed for murder...

Desperate House Wines

Autor: Marilyn Todd

Número de Páginas: 192

What pairs best with a chardonnay or a Pinot Noir? Murder! You don’t have to be a literary sommelier to know that a short story by Marilyn Todd is the perfect accompaniment to a glass of fermented grapes at the end of a long day. The dark, red stain of a Cabernet Sauvignon on your lips translates perfectly to the blood stains of the victims within the pages of the crime stories in this collection. With themes ranging from theft to murder via double cross, with a menu of weapons from poison to arson and beyond, who will get away with their crimes and who will be served justice? Grab your glass, curl up in your favorite reading nook and discover why Ellery Queen proclaims Marilyn Todd to be “one of the best short story mystery writers of her generation.”

Black Salamander

Autor: Marilyn Todd

Número de Páginas: 300

What better opportunity for a beautiful young widow than to join a prestigious trade delegation bound for Gaul? There was the fanfare as the procession left Rome, the breathtaking journey through lush Alpine meadows. And let’s not forget the promise of riches for delivering a certain pouch, sealed with the sign of the black salamander. Except things are never that simple when Claudia Seferius is involved. There’s a rockfall, for a start, which leaves the party stranded, as well as five men dead–and one death is not accidental. All Claudia wants to do now is to get out of the valley they are trapped in and hand over the pouch. But there are those who will go to any lengths to stop her. Suddenly Claudia finds herself plunged into a deadly game of high treason, in a land where warriors still hunt human heads and where wicker-man sacrifices are far from rare…

Dream Boat

Autor: Marilyn Todd

Número de Páginas: 304

Claudia Seferius is broke. Skint. Cleaned out. Bust. When her teenage stepdaughter Flavia is abducted, Claudia can’t just throw money at the problem. The cash simply isn’t there – since her husband died, his fellow businessmen have banded together to freeze her out of trade. The frustratingly delectable Orbilio can’t help – he’s been placed under strict house arrest after a skeleton was found walled up in the house that’s been in his family for three generations. With the Games of Apollo due to start in two days (a series of festivals, frolics, feasting and tomfoolery), Claudia has saddled herself with the job of playing tag with the kidnapper. Meanwhile, mysterious Egyptian cult Brothers of Horus is growing in popularity with Roman citizens. The only problem is, several of its young female members are beginning to experience strange disturbances…

Death of a Bad Neighbour - Revenge is Criminal

Autor: Hilary Davidson , Eve Elliot , Kay Hanifen , Wendy Harrison , Steve Hockensmith , Robert Lopresti , Nick Manzolillo , Warren Moore , Eve Morton , Shiny Nyquist , Kevin Quigley , Marilyn Todd , F. D. Trenton , L. C. Tyler , Dave Zeltserman

Número de Páginas: 182

15 all-new stories "Great Title!" - Mariella Frostrup live on Times Radio (May 2022) on hearing the title in passing From both new and established, award-winning and best-selling authors - Why is Kathy next door being stalked? - Why must Nigel sneak out of his own home? - What happened to the woman who cried cat? - Who killed the rock star caveman? - What is Sir Fergus Allison's bench for? Tales of intrigue and mystery, crime and revenge. What will the neighbors do about, or to, the bane of their lives? "I've really enjoyed these short stories! Made me laugh, surprised me, and shocked me! An excellent anthology." - Richard Walters, UK (reader via Facebook, April 2022) Visit a world where the intolerable few, who create hell for the rest, get their comeuppance. Stories from Hilary Davidson, Steve Hockensmith, L. C. Tyler, Marilyn Todd, Dave Zeltserman, Warren Moore, Robert Lopresti, Nick Manzolillo, Kevin Quigley, Eve Elliot, Eve Morton, Kay Hanifen, Wendy Harrison, Shiny Nyquist, and F. D. Trenton. "Jack Calverley has done a really good job of the ordering of the stories, you know, so each story is a bit different from the one before, and that's a knack I think to editing a short...

The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits Volume 2

Autor: Mike Ashley

Número de Páginas: 380

An all-new collection of exciting murder-mysteries with historical settings This new volume of historical murder and mystery contains over 20 specially commissioned stories ranging in period from Ancient Rome to the reign of Good Queen Bess. It features original stories from such masters as Steven Saylor, Peter Tremayne, Philip Gooden, Susanna Gregory, Kate Ellis, Michael Jecks, Edward D. Hoch and Marilyn Todd. · In Steven Saylor’s Roman tale, Poppy and the Poisoned Cake, Gordianus the Finder feels his latest assignment is suspiciously easy to solve. · Edward D. Hoch puts a novel twist on the locked-room mystery by setting it on a “locked ship” — Christopher Columbus’s, in fact! · In Flibbertigibbet Paul Finch unleashes a deranged serial killer on Elizabethan London. · Falstaff ’s successor Sir Johan de Mandeville turns sleuth in Keith Taylor’s Bene?t of Clergy. · Sister Fidelma must solve the mystery of a murdered Celtic monk in Death of an Icon by Peter Tremayne. · A pig provides the key to Michael Jecks’s latest Sir Baldwin mystery.- · Cherith Baldry turns Geoffrey Chaucer into a secret agent in her version of The Pilgrim’s Tale. · Anarchy and...

Slay Belles

Autor: Marilyn Todd

Número de Páginas: 17

The North Pole wasn’t the most original name for a year-round Christmas shop, but you can’t say people didn’t know what they were in for. From the spray-on snowflakes round the window to the ho, ho motion-sensor Santa, it was floor-to-ceiling tinsel and glitter, complete with flashing fairy lights, gilded pine cones, and plastic holly. Nodding reindeer? Second aisle, on the left. Solar polar bear? Top shelf on the right. Snowman candles? Far corner, between the little wooden chalets and the sexy elf costumes, and yes, madam, we do stock glow-in-the-dark angels. Doesn’t everyone? And it was the perfect store to launder money...

Psychotherapy with Women

Autor: Marsha Pravder Mirkin , Karen L. Suyemoto , Barbara F. Okun

Número de Páginas: 383

Throughout, the importance of practicing from a self-reflexive stance is emphasized, and invaluable suggestions are offered for building strong therapeutic relationships across difference." "This book will be read with interest by psychotherapists from a range of backgrounds, including clinical and counseling psychologists, social workers, family therapists, and psychiatrists. Women's studies scholars and students also will find it informative and thought provoking, and it will serve as an outstanding text in clinically oriented graduate-level courses."--BOOK JACKET.

THE FINGER of SUSPICION

Autor: M.e. Syler

Número de Páginas: 203

When small-town Tennessee residents discover the brutal murder of a neighbor, retired Army investigator Robert Snow is the prime suspect. In order to clear his name, Snow teams with the chief of police, Laura Bright, and they must overcome allegations of an improper affair to track down the true killer.

Todd Co, KY - Family Hist

Número de Páginas: 345

The Mammoth Book of Roaring Twenties Whodunnits

Autor: Mike Ashley

Número de Páginas: 619

Mike Ashley's brilliant new collection of whodunnits presents stories that reflect all the excitement, escapism and eccentricity of the 1920s. The Roaring Twenties, the Jazz Age, the Age of Wonderful Nonsense - this was a decade when everyone went a little bit crazy. It was also a decade that saw wonderful detective fiction from the likes of Agatha Christie, Margery Allingham and others. Contributions range from Cornell Woolrich's story of murder at a jazz party set aboard a steamboat on the Mississippi, to Grenville Robbins's impossible homicide committed on the radio, live on air, and Mat Coward's tale of death at a house party hosting the inaugural meeting of the British Communist Party.

The Mammoth Book of Locked Room Mysteries & Impossible Crimes

Autor: Mike Ashley

Número de Páginas: 426

This collection of criminal conundrums are more than whodunits, they're howdunits and are intended to stretch your powers of deduction to the limits.

Revelation Six Get Ready

Autor: Charles Pretlow

Número de Páginas: 450

Revelation Six Get Ready expounds on Christ's teachings concerning the end of the age, the Great Tribulation and the rapture of the true Christian. The author, Pastor Charles Pretlow discusses the weak condition most Christians are in and the deception befalling many who believe in a pre-tribulation rapture. Few understand that Christians will be required to endure much of the Great Tribulation and be used of God for a final harvest of souls. The book is broken down in two parts. Part 1 is entitled, Abandoned by God, Attacked by Satan. Part 2 is entitled, How to Stand and Endure to the End. This book took over six years to write and is filled with solid doctrine that will help the sincere disciple of Christ get ready and do God's will during the coming terror filled days. It is a road map filled with Biblical principles that, when embraced will bring true sanctification, cleansing and healing.

Dead & Breakfast and Other Stories

Autor: Marilyn Todd

Número de Páginas: 0

Not all detectives are heroes. And when the dead can't defend themselves, help comes from the most unlikely sources. A new collection of short stories from Marilyn Todd.

The Kickin' Hoosiers

Autor: Kathryn L. Knapp

Número de Páginas: 186

Celebrates Indiana University's 2003 National Men's Soccer Championship and profiles the team and its celebrated coach.

The Mammoth Book of Roman Whodunnits

Autor: Mike Ashley

Número de Páginas: 351

Twenty tales of intrigue, murder and mayhem from this most bloodthirsty and exciting of times. With dramatic settings ranging form the Eternal City of Rome to the most remote outposts of her Empire, here are new tales form the masters of the historical detective story, with classic gems and rare reprints - plus a special introduction, and a new Gordianus the Finder novella from Steven Saylor. A Gladiator Dies Only Once, Steven Saylor: set just before the rebellion of Spartacus, Gordianus is sent to investigate, not a murder but a resurrection. Heads You Lose, Simon Scarrow: someone is beheading soldiers during the siege of Jerusalem, but could the assassin be within the Roman camp? Never Forget, Tom HOlt: having defeated Hannibal, Scipio Africanus has a murder to solve and consults a wily Greek philosopher to help him. The Hostage to Fortune, Michael Jecks: during Caesar's invasion of Britain, the murder of one of the hostages causes a real problem for the guards. The Finger of Aphrodite, Mary Reed and Eric Mayer: with Rome under siege by the Ostrogoths, John the Eunuch is faced with a locked room murder. Edited by Edgar Award winner Mike Ashley

School and Society

Autor: Walter Feinberg , Jonas F. Soltis

Número de Páginas: 255

This widely used text has been expanded to include the most important issues in contemporary schooling, including: New end-of-chapter sections for Further Reading. New references added to the useful Additional Resources section. School and Society, Fifth Edition uses realistic case studies, dialogues, and open-ended questions designed to stimulate thinking about problems related to school and society, including curriculum reform, social justice, and competing forms of research. Written in a style that speaks directly to today’s educator, this book tackles such crucial questions as: Do schools socialize students to become productive workers? • Does schooling reproduce social class and pass on ethnic and gender biases? • Can a teacher avoid passing on dominant social and cultural values? • What besides subjects do students really learn in schools? School and Societyis one of the five books in the highly regarded Teachers College PressThinking About Education Series, now in its Fifth Edition. All of the books in this series are designed to help pre- and in-service teachers bridge the gap between theory and practice. Praise for Previous Editions! “I have been surprised and...

Cold Snap

Autor: Allison Brennan

Número de Páginas: 479

The Kincaid Family Christmas Reunion is threatened by murder ... Cold Snap is the seventh Lucy Kincaid Novel from New York Times bestselling author Allison Brennan. ALL ROADS HOME On his way home to San Diego, P.I. Patrick Kincaid takes a detour through San Francisco to check on the wellbeing of a family friend who's mysteriously been unreachable. What he doesn't expect is to be shot at before he can find out why attorney Elle Santana won't ask the police for help in finding a missing girl. Soon, he's on the run from both good guys and bad as he and Elle race to find the witness and take down a sweatshop run by a corrupt businessman with a penchant for violence. LEAD TO DEAD ENDS Newly sworn FBI Agent Lucy Kincaid can't remember the last time she spent the holidays with her whole family, but getting home by December 25th is proving to be a bit of a problem. A blizzard shut down the airports and she and her boyfriend Sean Rogan are stuck in a Denver hotel ... with a dead body. And if that wasn't all, back in San Diego Colonel Kincaid ends up in the hospital, where an even greater danger awaits ... a man with a vendetta who will kill anyone who gets in his way. This Christmas, the...

Social Register Locater ...

Número de Páginas: 1018

The locater lists in alphabetical order every name in all the Social registers and indicates the family's head under which it may be found and the city in which the name appears.

The Mammoth Book of Awesome Comic Fantasy

Autor: Mike Ashley

Número de Páginas: 390

A new and truly awesome collection of comic fantasy masterpieces! It isn't often you find a posse of Greek goddesses putting down insurrection among unruly classical mortals, stranded aliens escaping earth in a church converted into a rocket, or a light-fingered time-traveller attempting to steal the universe - but here they all are, in another selection of bizarre comic fantasies.

Intents of the Heart

Autor: Lezlie Word

Número de Páginas: 312

Emotions run wild in this gripping tale of tragedy and triumph. As their father rages, Darren and Lauren Mitchell cling to each other for love and life while their cowardly mother hides behind her addiction. Days become years and when their hope seems lost, the children do the unthinkable. Now, it is up to their Christian relatives to soothe the haunting pain of abuse and rejection they have long suffered. Will they embrace the affection so generously offered, or has deliverance come too late?

The Mammoth Book of Dickensian Whodunnits

Autor: Mike Ashley

Número de Páginas: 539

Charles Dickens created some of the most memorable characters in English literature. But just what became of the convict that frightened young Pip in Great Expectations? Was he guilty, or framed? And what really did become of Edwin Drood? Was the case ever solved? Mike Ashley presents over 25 vivid new whodunnits from the world of Dickens - recorded for posterity by such writers as Michael Pearce, Amy Myers, Peter Tremayne, Alanna Knight, Kage Baker, and Edward D. Hoch. Many of the stories feature one or more of Dickens's characters, as a sleuth or as the victim of crime; while others are set in Dickens's real life, with him investigating people closely associated with him, such as Wilkie Collins, Elizabeth Gaskell or Hablot Browne. Interlinking the stories is a narrative that brings alive Dickens's own life and part in the early development of crime sleuthing. The stories include: Miss Havisham's Revenge by Alanna Knight, in which we discover the part Estella Havisham played in the fate of Bentley Drummle; Murder in Murray's Court by David Stuart Davies, in which Oliver Twist has to help the Artful Dodger who has been accused of murder; The Thorn of Anxiety by Keith Miles, in...

Murder in Retrospect

Autor: Michael Burgess , Jill H. Vassilakos

Número de Páginas: 432

The pleasures of mystery novels and historical fiction double when the two genres meet in a single book. This detailed guide is the first to document and describe the diverse writings in the growing body of historical mystery literature. Organized alphabetically by author name and series title, the guide covers the works of approximately 70 authors, and contains descriptions of more than 700 works with crime themes (whether strictly in the mystery genre or a mainstream literary novel). For those who want to read historical mysteries in sequence, this is an essential guide; and for those seeking background information on historical mysteries to guide their reading or collection development choices, this book offers a level of detail that facilitates selection. The pleasures of mystery novels and historical fiction double when the two genres meet in a single book. This detailed guide is the first to document and describe the diverse writings in the growing body of historical mystery literature. Its focus is on the best, most representative, most current and easily accessible publications, with an emphasis on series novels. Most have been released in the past decade, with select...

The Publishers Weekly

Número de Páginas: 628

Drop the Rock

Autor: Bill P. , Todd W. , Sara S.

Número de Páginas: 99

A practical guide to letting go of the character defects that get in the way of true and joyful recovery. Resentment. Fear. Self-Pity. Intolerance. Anger. As Bill P. explains, these are the "rocks" that can sink recovery- or at the least, block further progress. Based on the principles behind Steps Six and Seven, Drop the Rock combines personal stories, practical advice, and powerful insights to help readers move forward in recovery. The second edition features additional stories and a reference section.

Library Journal

Número de Páginas: 698

The British National Bibliography

Autor: Arthur James Wells

Número de Páginas: 2744

Statement of Disbursements of the House

Autor: United States. Congress. House

Número de Páginas: 1020

Covers receipts and expenditures of appropriations and other funds.

The Blue and Gold

Número de Páginas: 550

Proceedings of the South Dakota Academy of Science

Autor: South Dakota Academy Of Science

Número de Páginas: 1140

The Best New British Mysteries

Autor: Maxim Jakubowski

Número de Páginas: 358

Library Journal

Autor: Melvil Dewey , Richard Rogers Bowker , L. Pylodet , Charles Ammi Cutter , Bertine Emma Weston , Karl Brown , Helen E. Wessells

Número de Páginas: 770

Includes, beginning Sept. 15, 1954 (and on the 15th of each month, Sept.-May) a special section: School library journal, ISSN 0000-0035, (called Junior libraries, 1954-May 1961). Also issued separately.

Catalog of Copyright Entries. Fourth Series

Autor: Library Of Congress. Copyright Office

Número de Páginas: 1196

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series

Autor: Library Of Congress. Copyright Office

Número de Páginas: 1180

The record of each copyright registration listed in the Catalog includes a description of the work copyrighted and data relating to the copyright claim (the name of the copyright claimant as given in the application for registration, the copyright date, the copyright registration number, etc.).