Author: Nicholas Hazel
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 146910153X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
The quiet routines of two couples are interrupted when someone in their circle of acquaintances is cruelly murdered; and then another murder follows as skeletons in many varietiesand even the Aztec Lord of the Underworld, Mictlantecuhtlirevel during the night of the Day of the Dead. What forces of evil have been unleashed in the community that is encroaching on the rugged Mountain Lion Canyon? Above the canyon hovers the scraggly large rock that was named La Roca, the new development in the foothills of the Santa Catalina Mountains. A mountain lion stalks the canyon and so do, it seems, human predators.
Murder in Mountain Lion Canyon
Author: Nicholas Hazel
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 146910153X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
The quiet routines of two couples are interrupted when someone in their circle of acquaintances is cruelly murdered; and then another murder follows as skeletons in many varietiesand even the Aztec Lord of the Underworld, Mictlantecuhtlirevel during the night of the Day of the Dead. What forces of evil have been unleashed in the community that is encroaching on the rugged Mountain Lion Canyon? Above the canyon hovers the scraggly large rock that was named La Roca, the new development in the foothills of the Santa Catalina Mountains. A mountain lion stalks the canyon and so do, it seems, human predators.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 146910153X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
The quiet routines of two couples are interrupted when someone in their circle of acquaintances is cruelly murdered; and then another murder follows as skeletons in many varietiesand even the Aztec Lord of the Underworld, Mictlantecuhtlirevel during the night of the Day of the Dead. What forces of evil have been unleashed in the community that is encroaching on the rugged Mountain Lion Canyon? Above the canyon hovers the scraggly large rock that was named La Roca, the new development in the foothills of the Santa Catalina Mountains. A mountain lion stalks the canyon and so do, it seems, human predators.
The Cyrus Cylinder
Author: Nicholas Hazel
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1477139850
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Nicholas Hazel, the author of this novel, has served as a faculty member and administrator in colleges and universities and is the author of scholarly books and articles. In retirement, he has continued to admire universities for their creation and dissemination of knowledge, while at the same time realizing that they are also institutions where political aspirations and tensions are played out and where strong, even violent, human passions can rage underneath the surface of the impartial searching for the truth. He is fascinated by the ways in which history can impinge on the present through our interpretations and reconstructions—or deliberate distortions—of what once occurred. Nicholas Hazel has spun this yarn around an ancient politically motivated artifact, the Cyrus Cylinder, inscribed in 539 BCE, which also in recent years has been used for political purposes. In this story, it becomes the catalyst for contemporary international intrigue and also for purely personal settling of scores. During a visit to the United States to participate in the centennial celebration of a higher education association, a descendent and namesake of King Cyrus, now the chancellor of the University of Tehran, confronts—and is confronted by—what happened twenty years ago as well as what is happening today.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1477139850
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Nicholas Hazel, the author of this novel, has served as a faculty member and administrator in colleges and universities and is the author of scholarly books and articles. In retirement, he has continued to admire universities for their creation and dissemination of knowledge, while at the same time realizing that they are also institutions where political aspirations and tensions are played out and where strong, even violent, human passions can rage underneath the surface of the impartial searching for the truth. He is fascinated by the ways in which history can impinge on the present through our interpretations and reconstructions—or deliberate distortions—of what once occurred. Nicholas Hazel has spun this yarn around an ancient politically motivated artifact, the Cyrus Cylinder, inscribed in 539 BCE, which also in recent years has been used for political purposes. In this story, it becomes the catalyst for contemporary international intrigue and also for purely personal settling of scores. During a visit to the United States to participate in the centennial celebration of a higher education association, a descendent and namesake of King Cyrus, now the chancellor of the University of Tehran, confronts—and is confronted by—what happened twenty years ago as well as what is happening today.
Hiking the Grand Canyon
Author: John Annerino
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1510715002
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 485
Book Description
Perfect for first-time visitors, day hikers, and seasoned canyoneers alike, expert hiker John Annerino’s Hiking the Grand Canyon is one of the most user-friendly and comprehensive guides to America’s premier natural wonder and UNESCO World heritage Site. • Fold-out map of Grand Canyon Trails • Color photographs and historical black and white photos • Vignettes of the Canyon’s Native Peoples, explorers, and trail blazers • Environment, geology, life zones, natural history, and sacred landmarks • Preparation, training, clothing, gear, food, maps, hazards, and precautions • Camping, lodging, guided trips, permits, and resources Featuring detailed, authoritative descriptions of more than one hundred of the Canyon’s best trails, from easier day hikes perfect for beginners to more rigorous, rim-to-river and cross-canyon treks.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1510715002
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 485
Book Description
Perfect for first-time visitors, day hikers, and seasoned canyoneers alike, expert hiker John Annerino’s Hiking the Grand Canyon is one of the most user-friendly and comprehensive guides to America’s premier natural wonder and UNESCO World heritage Site. • Fold-out map of Grand Canyon Trails • Color photographs and historical black and white photos • Vignettes of the Canyon’s Native Peoples, explorers, and trail blazers • Environment, geology, life zones, natural history, and sacred landmarks • Preparation, training, clothing, gear, food, maps, hazards, and precautions • Camping, lodging, guided trips, permits, and resources Featuring detailed, authoritative descriptions of more than one hundred of the Canyon’s best trails, from easier day hikes perfect for beginners to more rigorous, rim-to-river and cross-canyon treks.
Wrath
Author: Nicholas Hazel
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1493178113
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1493178113
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Mining for Murder
Author: Mary Angela
Publisher: Lyrical Press
ISBN: 1516110714
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Zo Jones is enjoying the sunny season at her Happy Camper gift shop in Spirit Canyon, South Dakota—when a murder reminds her all that glitters isn’t gold . . . The South Dakota Gold Rush might be long over, but Zo Jones feels like she’s hit the mother lode when she and her friends browse an estate sale, where a rare old book about the history of Spirit Canyon is causing quite a commotion. In addition to local stories and secrets, the book may even contain the location of a famous stash of gold—a treasure worth killing for. Zo’s friend Maynard Cline wins the bid on the book, to the chagrin of many interested parties, including the historical society and college history department. But when Zo and Hattie head to Maynard’s mansion to borrow the book for a library event, the only thing they find is Maynard—at the bottom of the mountain. The valuable book is gone. Zo knows this must be murder because there’s no way a germophobe like Maynard would have voluntarily dived into a pile of dirt. Now she’ll have to dig into a new case, and go prospecting for a perpetrator . . .
Publisher: Lyrical Press
ISBN: 1516110714
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Zo Jones is enjoying the sunny season at her Happy Camper gift shop in Spirit Canyon, South Dakota—when a murder reminds her all that glitters isn’t gold . . . The South Dakota Gold Rush might be long over, but Zo Jones feels like she’s hit the mother lode when she and her friends browse an estate sale, where a rare old book about the history of Spirit Canyon is causing quite a commotion. In addition to local stories and secrets, the book may even contain the location of a famous stash of gold—a treasure worth killing for. Zo’s friend Maynard Cline wins the bid on the book, to the chagrin of many interested parties, including the historical society and college history department. But when Zo and Hattie head to Maynard’s mansion to borrow the book for a library event, the only thing they find is Maynard—at the bottom of the mountain. The valuable book is gone. Zo knows this must be murder because there’s no way a germophobe like Maynard would have voluntarily dived into a pile of dirt. Now she’ll have to dig into a new case, and go prospecting for a perpetrator . . .
Greentown
Author: Timothy Dumas
Publisher: Skyhorse
ISBN: 161145915X
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
The first edition of Greentown helped reopen one of America’s most shameful unsolved murder cases, the savage slaying of fifteen-year-old Martha Moxley in an exclusive enclave of Greenwich, Connecticut, the night before Halloween 1975. Soon after Martha’s body was discovered, attention focused on members of the Skakel family, who lived across the street from the Moxleys. Ethel Skakel and Robert Kennedy had married in Greenwich, and the two families were close. Thomas Skakel, Ethel’s nephew, was the last known person to see Martha alive. The murder weapon, a ladies’ golf club, came from the Skakel household. When the Greenwich police tried to pursue its investigation, however, the community closed in upon itself. Lawyers were summoned, walls went up, information was suppressed, and no one was charged. And yet, continuing to haunt Greenwich, the case refused to go away—until, twenty-three years later, following the publication of this book, a grand jury was convened, and two years after that a man—Thomas’s brother Michael—was finally indicted for the crime. This revised edition now brings the Martha Moxley murder case to a close. Updated to include the indictment, trial, and conviction of the murderer, Greentown offers the suspenseful and chilling account of a terrible crime. More than that, while relating a tale of seductive power, it uses the murder to tell the heartrending story of a family and a community responding to the unthinkable.
Publisher: Skyhorse
ISBN: 161145915X
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
The first edition of Greentown helped reopen one of America’s most shameful unsolved murder cases, the savage slaying of fifteen-year-old Martha Moxley in an exclusive enclave of Greenwich, Connecticut, the night before Halloween 1975. Soon after Martha’s body was discovered, attention focused on members of the Skakel family, who lived across the street from the Moxleys. Ethel Skakel and Robert Kennedy had married in Greenwich, and the two families were close. Thomas Skakel, Ethel’s nephew, was the last known person to see Martha alive. The murder weapon, a ladies’ golf club, came from the Skakel household. When the Greenwich police tried to pursue its investigation, however, the community closed in upon itself. Lawyers were summoned, walls went up, information was suppressed, and no one was charged. And yet, continuing to haunt Greenwich, the case refused to go away—until, twenty-three years later, following the publication of this book, a grand jury was convened, and two years after that a man—Thomas’s brother Michael—was finally indicted for the crime. This revised edition now brings the Martha Moxley murder case to a close. Updated to include the indictment, trial, and conviction of the murderer, Greentown offers the suspenseful and chilling account of a terrible crime. More than that, while relating a tale of seductive power, it uses the murder to tell the heartrending story of a family and a community responding to the unthinkable.
Pioneers of Mill Creek Canyon
Author: Shannon Wray
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439670536
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
The pioneers of Mill Creek Canyon in the San Bernardino Mountains were visionaries, eccentrics and adventurers. Daniel Sexton married a Native American wife hoping to gain the secret to a mine, while Peter Forsee, a world-weary sheriff, married a widow who was sheltering two outlaw sons. Sylvanus Thurman's burros carried travelers into the wild and sometimes took them for a wild ride. George Burris didn't find gold, but his marble discovery built mansions. D. Rhea Igo created roadside attractions, and Louie Torrey left the city to farm the forest, creating a paradise for his family and others. Join author Shannon Wray as she explores the colorful lives of those who left an indelible mark on Mill Creek Canyon.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439670536
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
The pioneers of Mill Creek Canyon in the San Bernardino Mountains were visionaries, eccentrics and adventurers. Daniel Sexton married a Native American wife hoping to gain the secret to a mine, while Peter Forsee, a world-weary sheriff, married a widow who was sheltering two outlaw sons. Sylvanus Thurman's burros carried travelers into the wild and sometimes took them for a wild ride. George Burris didn't find gold, but his marble discovery built mansions. D. Rhea Igo created roadside attractions, and Louie Torrey left the city to farm the forest, creating a paradise for his family and others. Join author Shannon Wray as she explores the colorful lives of those who left an indelible mark on Mill Creek Canyon.
The Beast in the Garden: A Modern Parable of Man and Nature
Author: David Baron
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393340309
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
The true tale of an edenic Rocky Mountain town and what transpired when a predatory species returned to its ancestral home. When, in the late 1980s, residents of Boulder, Colorado, suddenly began to see mountain lions in their yards, it became clear that the cats had repopulated the land after decades of persecution. Here, in a riveting environmental fable that recalls Peter Benchley's thriller Jaws, journalist David Baron traces the history of the mountain lion and chronicles Boulder's effort to coexist with its new neighbors. A parable for our times, The Beast in the Garden is a scientific detective story and a real-life drama, a tragic tale of the struggle between two highly evolved predators: man and beast.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393340309
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
The true tale of an edenic Rocky Mountain town and what transpired when a predatory species returned to its ancestral home. When, in the late 1980s, residents of Boulder, Colorado, suddenly began to see mountain lions in their yards, it became clear that the cats had repopulated the land after decades of persecution. Here, in a riveting environmental fable that recalls Peter Benchley's thriller Jaws, journalist David Baron traces the history of the mountain lion and chronicles Boulder's effort to coexist with its new neighbors. A parable for our times, The Beast in the Garden is a scientific detective story and a real-life drama, a tragic tale of the struggle between two highly evolved predators: man and beast.
Targeted for Murder
Author: Elizabeth Goddard
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1488008736
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 149
Book Description
A wilderness survival expert rescues a woman on the run from bounty hunters in this inspirational romantic suspense adventure by a USA Today bestseller. After he’s fatally shot, Hadley Mason’s father reveals with his dying breath that he’s a CIA agent . . . and a bounty has been placed on both their heads. Heeding his urgent warning to disappear and trust no one, Hadley flees into the Oregon wilderness, but she can’t shake the string of hired killers on her trail. So, when a fearless and too-handsome wilderness guide comes to her rescue, Hadley has no choice but to put her life in Cooper Wilde’s hands. The former Green Beret vows to protect her, but beyond steep gorges and treacherous terrain, a ruthless man will stop at nothing to see her dead.
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1488008736
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 149
Book Description
A wilderness survival expert rescues a woman on the run from bounty hunters in this inspirational romantic suspense adventure by a USA Today bestseller. After he’s fatally shot, Hadley Mason’s father reveals with his dying breath that he’s a CIA agent . . . and a bounty has been placed on both their heads. Heeding his urgent warning to disappear and trust no one, Hadley flees into the Oregon wilderness, but she can’t shake the string of hired killers on her trail. So, when a fearless and too-handsome wilderness guide comes to her rescue, Hadley has no choice but to put her life in Cooper Wilde’s hands. The former Green Beret vows to protect her, but beyond steep gorges and treacherous terrain, a ruthless man will stop at nothing to see her dead.
Mysteries in Our National Parks: Over The Edge
Author: Gloria Skurzynski
Publisher: Disney Electronic Content
ISBN: 1426309708
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
When Dr. Olivia Landon receives this anonymous e-mail shortly after broadcasting her controversial plan to save the condors, everyone thinks it’s a crank threat except Dr. Landon’s daughter Ashley. She’s sure it’s the handiwork of Morgan Rogers, self-proclaimed anarchist and computer geek. Suspicions mount when the death threat almost becomes a reality, and Morgan is the only witness. Is he innocent or guilty? Journey into the maze of Morgan’s cyberworld and find out!
Publisher: Disney Electronic Content
ISBN: 1426309708
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
When Dr. Olivia Landon receives this anonymous e-mail shortly after broadcasting her controversial plan to save the condors, everyone thinks it’s a crank threat except Dr. Landon’s daughter Ashley. She’s sure it’s the handiwork of Morgan Rogers, self-proclaimed anarchist and computer geek. Suspicions mount when the death threat almost becomes a reality, and Morgan is the only witness. Is he innocent or guilty? Journey into the maze of Morgan’s cyberworld and find out!