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Chief Deputy Claude Renard, first introduced in Death In The Blood Moon, returns in a gripping murder mystery set in the depths of winter in Grand Marais, Minnesota. The Northern Arts Folk School is running its annual coffin-making class titled Bury Yourself In Your Work. But when one of the students is found dead in his unfinished coffin, Chief Deputy Renard is tasked with investigating the crime. The victim, while relatively new to Grand Marais, is established enough to have made some enemies. As Renard digs into Grant Silverton's past, he learns that the victim had a history of moving around. Or was it running? Renard is in a race against time to assemble the pieces of the victim's past and find a killer before the case goes cold. And in January in northern Minnesota, that can happen fast.

"Smart, quick, and wildly entertaining, LIABLE is Gordon at her very best. If you aren't reading this series . . . start!" - Ryan Steck, The Real Book Spy THE BOTTOM LINE: A captivating destination thriller with all the ingredients for a perfect beach read: betrayal, sex and deadly games on an exotic island. - Bestthrillers.com Vance Courage and Lauren Gold are on route to Paradise Island, Bahamas to gamble when the twin-engine prop plane they've chartered is forced to make an emergency landing on a tiny private island. The pilot, a crusty army veteran named Blade, makes a harrowing landing then orders his five passengers to take their baggage and walk to the island's only resort to wait for the weather to clear. While Vance is away from the table, Lauren sees the plane take off into the sunset, stranding them and two of the three other passengers. Vance soon realizes his is the only missing baggage. He hurries to the footpath leading to the small runway and finds his belongings strewn on the gravel in the clearing. His duffle bag is turned inside-out, and his passport and gun are gone. Why did they target him and why did Blade take the third passenger, Tonk, with him? Vance and Lauren and two young budget-minded travelers from California-C.J. and Chan-are forced to spend the night on the island. When a personal emergency forces Lauren to return to Miami in the morning, Vance joins C.J. and Chan who've mapped out a daring plan to escape the island. Believing they can lead him to the thief, the ex-cop tracks the young couple and soon discovers his gun and passport haven't fallen into the hands of an ordinary thief. He's on the trail of a madman.

Most of the poems in The Art of Bagging were written while Joshua Gottlieb-Miller worked in a grocery store, often in fragments on the folded-up piece of paper he kept tucked in his pocket. Gottlieb-Miller worked at Trader Joe's after getting his undergrad degree, left the store to pursue an MFA.

After six months on leave in Maine, Homicide Detective Brie Beaumont returns home to Minnesota to make decisions about her life and career. But her partner's death still haunts her, and she soon realizes that to be whole again she must solve the case of Detective Phil Thatcher's murder--a case that went cold 18 months ago. ago.

Noah has just received a smartphone for his 11th birthday (too young). Follow him as he discovers how it feels to be on the giving and receiving end of some not-so-friendly behavior online. See what choices he makes when he learns about the awesome power he holds in his hands. And learn about the ripples of change you can make with technology in your home, your school, your community, and the whole world.Helpful Features for Parents and Teachers include: -Thoughtful conversation starters-Engaging questions-Simple activities to enjoyAs with all of Educate and Empower Kids' books for children, Noah's New Phone features a meaningful story, and thought-provoking workbook that can be adapted for younger or older kids. Sections include: Staying Safe, Healthy Boundaries, The Potential in Technology, Tips for Parents and Teachers, and a handy dandy Glossary.Learn to be great DIGITAL CITIZENS by using technology to enhance your family, school, and community through tolerance, kindness, authenticity, and ingenuity!

All Tamara has left are the promises...Following a desperate battle to save her sister, Tamara is left abandoned in the wake of her good intentions. She was promised family reconciliation and beauty for ashes, but fighting for these promises seems impossible, even more so now that she is carrying the weight of a long-buried family secret.Less than a week ago, Joe's deepest desires were on the verge of coming true, but now with his dreams burnt to ash, and Tamara gone, he's not sure what's left to hold onto.In the face of great opposition, will Tamara find the courage to hold on to the promises when everything in her wants to run? Can Joe piece together the fragments of his shattered dreams and open his heart to Tamara once more? Or will their love be lost forever?

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There's one character trait all leaders have in common, a deep and smoldering fire of passion for steering themselves and teams and associates to success. This passion, so deep within their core, has guided them to create tools that ignite enthusiasm, energy and a triumphant spirit so great they have become respected and admired leaders in today's top industries.However, what truly separates the good leaders from the great is their desire to share this knowledge rather than keep it for themselves. If you feel the smoldering deep within but are unsure how to release it; or better yet, you want to learn how to kindle the fire, and making it stronger and more purposeful, so others will want to follow your lead, the Leadership Tinderbox is for you.Inside is a powerful collection of stories focusing on sparking your passion for leadership and igniting the leadership flame of success for you and your team.

Have you heard of Hypatia of Alexandria? She is the first woman to be identified in history as a mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher in AD300-400. She was a great thinker and teacher in the Neoplatonic school in Alexandria, Egypt. It was not until centuries later that history, once again, began sharing the stories of the women in science and mathematics.Today there are many women in STEM, but the numbers are still way too low. With large numbers of STEM jobs going unfulfilled each year, there is simply not enough talent with specialized skills to fill these available positions.The Leadership Tinderbox - Insights into the Brilliant Women of STEM, is a collection of insider secrets of women who have decided to fulfill their dreams with careers in science, technology engineering, and mathematics. Their stories are nothing less than inspiring.

Tamara has been on the run for years, two steps ahead of the demons that have been chasing her. For a time, Ocean Shores feels like a safe haven, a place she desires to call home-if a home is even possible for someone like her. She's made great friends with party-girl Shelby and Charlie the bartender, but her subconscious keeps telling her it's time to leave town before the past catches up with her.That's until Danny-brooding, beautiful, musician with a past-steps on the stage at Midways Pub. He's written a song about a girl from his dreams and looking out over the crowd, he believes he's found her.Watching Danny on stage, emotions are stirred in Tamara that she hasn't felt in years. She is captivated by the lyrics of his song and wonders if she'll ever deserve the kind of love they offer.Could it be time for Tamara to stop running? Could this soulful stranger be the one who will finally love her? Or will he be just one more reason to run?

Thunderbird Inn chronicles the drug-addled misadventures of a man and his friend, Richard, on a transcontinental bender that bottoms out in the Florida panhandle. Fueled by cheap booze and various powders, the duo loiters on the fringes of a decaying America.