The Cold Heart of Capricorn

The Cold Heart of Capricorn
Author: Martha C. Lawrence
Publisher: Speaking Volumes
Total Pages: 241
Release:
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1628159952

Now Elizabeth Chase returns in a case more dangerous than ever: An increasingly violent rapist has been terrorizing San Diego, but the lack of physical evidence at the scenes gives the police very little to go on. Skeptical but desper­ate as the rapist edges ever closer, the cops turn to Elizabeth for paranormal assistance. Her first step is to hypnotize the victims, hoping to unearth clues buried in their subconscious memories. But when her interpretations have devas­tating results, she tries to back off the case—only to find herself drawing nearer and nearer to the deadly conclusion. "Martha Lawrence's parapsychologist detective cast a spell on me: I couldn't put the novel down." —Linda Barnes, author of Hardware

Linda Goodman's Love Signs

Linda Goodman's Love Signs
Author: Linda Goodman
Publisher: RosettaBooks
Total Pages: 1103
Release: 2014-01-09
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 0795316488

The New York Times bestseller that helps you explore whether romance is in the stars. Linda Goodman’s Love Signs addresses the question asked by everyone familiar with astrology: How do I relate to someone of another sign? Each sign is “related” to the twelve signs of the zodiac in a different and unique way. Each section addresses the differences for a male and a female with the same sign matches. This is an updated edition of Linda Goodman’s lively bestseller, which has introduced millions to the concept of astrological compatibility. “What seems to set Goodman’s books apart from other stargazing guides is their knowledgeable approach and comprehensive reach.” —Newsweek

Quaker Testimony

Quaker Testimony
Author: Irene Allen
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 276
Release: 1998-01-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780312964245

In a Cambridge, Massachusetts Quaker community, a member of the congregation is killed just before she and her family are due to be evicted from their home for nonpayment of taxes. Elizabeth Elliot, the 60ish clerk for the group, begins her own investigation into the murder when the local detective proves woefully inept.

Way Down On The High Lonely

Way Down On The High Lonely
Author: Don Winslow
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 146
Release: 1998-03-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780312964221

From domestic war to ballroom brawls. grad student-turned-P.I..I. Neal Carey's got more than studying on his plate. Graduate student Neal Carey's three-year confinement in Chinese monastery is finally over-but his troubles are just beginning. The elusive financial benefactors who have bought his freedom expect a return on their investment. They want him to find Cody McCall, a two-year-old boy recently abducted by his father in a bitter Hollywood custody battle-a task that will propel Neal from the glittering Hollywood hills to the remote wilds of Nevada. To find Cody, Neal has to turn outlaw in a land of two-bit casinos and roadside cathouses, and infiltrate a vicious white supremacist group spouting hatred and dealing in terror. But the deeper undercover he goes, the deadlier the game becomes. Now Neal must force a showdown with the group's crazed leader and find Cody before the missing toddler ends up lost in a world of unspeakable evil.

Mystery Women, Volume Three (Revised)

Mystery Women, Volume Three (Revised)
Author: Colleen Barnett
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Total Pages: 1090
Release: 2010-12-31
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1615950109

Like other fictional characters, female sleuths may live in the past or the future. They may represent current times with some level of reality or shape their settings to suit an agenda. There are audiences for both realism and escapism in the mystery novel. It is interesting, however, to compare the fictional world of the mystery sleuth with the world in which readers live. Of course, mystery readers do not share one simplistic world. They live in urban, suburban, and rural areas, as do the female heroines in the books they read. They may choose a book because it has a familiar background or because it takes them to places they long to visit. Readers may be rich or poor; young or old; conservative or liberal. So are the heroines. What incredible choices there are today in mystery series! This three-volume encyclopedia of women characters in the mystery novel is like a gigantic menu. Like a menu, the descriptions of the items that are provided are subjective. Volume 3 of Mystery Women as currently updated adds an additional 42 sleuths to the 500 plus who were covered in the initial Volume 3. These are more recently discovered sleuths who were introduced during the period from January 1, 1990 to December 31, 1999. This more than doubles the number of sleuths introduced in the 1980s (298 of whom were covered in Volume 2) and easily exceeded the 347 series (and some outstanding individuals) described in Volume 1, which covered a 130-year period from 1860-1979. It also includes updates on those individuals covered in the first edition; changes in status, short reviews of books published since the first edition through December 31, 2008.

Positive Discipline for Teenagers

Positive Discipline for Teenagers
Author: Jane Nelsen
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Total Pages: 367
Release: 2000
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 076152181X

Positive Parenting for Those Important Teen Years Adolescence is often a time of great stress and turmoil—not only for kids going through it, but for you, their parents as well. During the teen years, kids aggressively begin to explore a new sense of freedom, which often leads to feelings of resentment and powerlessness for parents who increasingly are excluded from their children's lives. This revised edition of Positive Discipline for Teenagers shows you how to break the destructive cycle of guilt and blame and work toward greater understanding and communication with your adolescents. Inside, you'll: ·Find out how to encourage your teen and yourself ·Grow to understand how your teen still needs you, but in different ways ·Learn how to get to know who your teen really is ·Discover how to develop sound judgment without being judgmental ·Learn how to use follow-through—the only surefire way to get chores done Over the years, millions of parents have come to trust the classic Positive Discipline series for its consistent, commmonsense approach to child rearing. Inside, you'll discover proven, effective methods for working with your teens. Over 1 million Positive Discipline books sold! "I highly recommend this book to parents, teachers, and all others who work with young people. It is one of the best books I have seen on helping adults and adolescents turn their conflict into friendship. Remarkably, it shows how to accomplish this while helping young people develop courage, confidence, responsibility, cooperation, self-respect, and trust. I urge you to read it." —H. Stephen Glenn, Ph.D., coauthor of Raising Self-Reliant Children in a Self-Indulgent World.

Keep Still

Keep Still
Author: Eleanor Taylor Bland
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 244
Release: 1998-02-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780312961725

A novel on child abuse featuring lady detective Marti McAllister of Lincoln Prairie, Illinois, investigating the murders of a teacher and a social worker. The cases have links to the disappearance of a girl, victim of abuse at the hands of her father.

Sleuths in Skirts

Sleuths in Skirts
Author: Frances A. DellaCava
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 332
Release: 2002
Genre: American fiction
ISBN: 9780815338840

This volume is a comprehensive collection of critical essays on The Taming of the Shrew, and includes extensive discussions of the play's various printed versions and its theatrical productions. Aspinall has included only those essays that offer the most influential and controversial arguments surrounding the play. The issues discussed include gender, authority, female autonomy and unruliness, courtship and marriage, language and speech, and performance and theatricality.

Murder in Scorpio

Murder in Scorpio
Author: Martha C. Lawrence
Publisher: Speaking Volumes
Total Pages: 218
Release:
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1612327753

Licensed Private Investigator Elizabeth Chase is used to skeptical glares and sarcastic comments when she's working on a case. Her unorthodox methods tend to surprise people: Dr. Chase is also a double-Ph.D. parapsychologist who uses her understanding of the paranormal in her investigations. Certainly some of her techniques do stand out a bit from those of the average P. I., such as her ability to see auras around witnesses or pluck important clues from her own dreams. So naturally, Escondido Police Department Sergeant Tom McGowan has some internal doubts about consulting Elizabeth on a case involving the so-called accidental death of his old high-school friend Janice Freeman. As her investiga­tions cast an increasingly suspicious light on Janice's death, Tom quickly gains more than a little respect (and affection) for Elizabeth. But the closer she gets to the truth, the less either Tom's protection or the intervention of the stars and planets may be able to keep Elizabeth out of harm's way. In this delightful series debut, Martha Lawrence captures the sunny, offbeat appeal—as well as the danger—of Southern California and introduces an original detec­tive who promises to enchant readers for many cases to come. "One of the most engaging mysteries I've ever read. There's no tougher critic than a Virgo, and this Virgo says Murder in Scorpio is flawless.—Nancy Pickard, author of Confession