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Tony Kozol is back. And so is Nina Lasher, the first real love of his life, only he doesn’t know it yet. Tony and his sidekick, bass playing, bear, er, friend, Rock, is back too. This time they are in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, working with Wilford Bodine and his Cherokee Mountain Bluegrass Band. A...

Welcome to Branson! Tony Kozol and Rock Bottom are back in their fifth hair-pulling, teeth-gnashing, nail-biting, name-calling (and that’s only what the author went through to write it) adventure. Hired by folk singer Nanci Dement to appear with her at a Kewpie doll convention in Branson, Missouri,...

On the Wyoming range, a good horse is a man's best friend. But for Clint Adams, the big black named Duke is more like his partner. So it's no surprise that when a wealthy Texas rancher offers a ton of money for Duke, the Gunsmith turns him down flat. When Clint is knocked unconscious and Duke...

It had been nigh on fifteen years since Clint Adams had seen his old friend Rick Hadley. But when a man you've called your blood brother since childhood asks for help, you don't turn your back. Especially not when he offers you a pretty square deal in return—free run of his saloon and the company...

A baseball team from the east is making tracks to Kansas—aiming to prove their worth for the National League in an exhibition game. But there's more at stake than gamesmanship when they're up against a cur like William Ryker. He'll shoot a dog in the back if it'll score for his own team—and when...

If you enjoy futuristic what-if books like The Hunger Games or The Matrix, give this series a read. - Victoria Harvey, Ivy's Ecclectic Reviews "Intriguing meld of virtual reality, species extinction, and corporate evil." - Wendy Stephens, Director, United States Board on Books for...

Originally developed to address specific areas of structural mechanics and elasticity, the finite element method is applicable to problems throughout applied mathematics, continuum mechanics, engineering, and physics. This text elucidates the method's broader scope, bridging the gap between mathematical...

A cookbook of algorithms for common image processing applications Thanks to advances in computer hardware and software, algorithms have been developed that support sophisticated image processing without requiring an extensive background in mathematics. This bestselling book has been fully updated...

With many questions, I began a journey I found the truth within a Book I found the clues within the truth I wove the clues together And found the answers This is the book that will tell you both your origin and your destiny. It will tell you where you came from and where you are going. It will tell...

While we don't like to think about it, marriages eventually do come to an end, either with the death of a spouse or tragically through divorce. This "end" of a relationship leaves the other partner alone and facing an uncertain future. Whether widowed or divorced, the feeling and experience...

The pace of energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, and population growth has thrust the planet into a new age—the Anthropocene. Humans have altered the planet’s biogeochemical systems without consciously managing them. The Great Acceleration explains the causes, consequences, and uncertainties of this massive uncontrolled experiment.

Ghana has witnessed a 'revolution through the ballot box', since its return to constitutional rule in 1993. Yet this period of sustained democratic government in an era of globalization and liberal triumphalism has brought with it new demands. How has Ghana faced up to the problems of institution-building,...

The derivation of structural information from spectroscopic data is now an integral part of organic chemistry courses at all Universities. A critical part of any such course is a suitable set of problems to develop the student’s understanding of how structures are determined from spectra. Organic...

This Second Edition is aimed at students taking a firstcourse in this subject, although it will also be of interest toprofessional physicists and electronic engineers requiring a graspof the fundamentals of this important area of physics. Basicconcepts are introduced in an easily accessible context:...