Claudia Lin is used to disregarding her fractious family's model-minority expectations: she has no interest in finding either a conventional career or a nice Chinese boy. She's also used to keeping secrets from them, such as that she prefers girls--and that she's just been stealth-recruited by Veracity, a referrals-only online-dating detective agency. A lifelong mystery reader who wrote her senior thesis on Jane Austen, Claudia believes she's landed...

"Readers learn about the history and modern implications of the Second Amendment"--

"The Eighth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution's Bill of Rights prohibits the use of "cruel and unusual punishment." That phrase was written at a time when burning and beheading were still acceptable legal punishments in some places. Much has changed in America in two centuries. This easily accessible guide examines the context that inspired the Founding Fathers to include this phrase, as well as the concept of "evolving standards of decency." Interesting,...

"You've probably heard the phrase "I plead the fifth" in the news, but what exactly does that mean? Inside this detailed guide, readers will explore the language, history, and impact of the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and come to understand how it has served American citizens since the late 1700s. "Pleading the Fifth" is a phrase sometime used in court to mean "I refuse to answer questions because it might be harmful to myself." But the...

"With The Player and The Return of the Player, Michael Tolkin established himself as the master novelist of modern Hollywood. In his new novel, NK3, the H LYW OD sign presides over a Los Angeles devastated by a weaponized microbe that has been accidentally spread around the globe, deleting human identity. In post-NK3 Los Angeles, a sixty-foot-tall fence surrounds the hills where the rich used to live, but the mansions have been taken over by those...

'WHO AND WHAT GOD IS - The Evidence and Proofs' is about Theology, Theo-God - Logos-Word. It is a book about God and His Word the Holy Bible. It is written for those who have a serious interest in the Bible and how to read, study effectively and understand it on a deeper spiritual level. It is not based on the teachings of any religious church or organization. It is focused on the verifiable historic testimony, evidence and proofs in the Bible itself...

Explore new science and data from secular and Christian scientists. Most research into science is based on preconceived notions of Darwin's Evolution. What happens when science glances in other directions? The book is a philosophical and scientific hypothesis of credible physics, quantum physics, archeology, paleontology, astrophysics, geophysics, biology, chemistry, probability, statistics, genetics, and sciences. The breakthroughs are written in...

The Old Kingdom of Egypt (circa 2613-2181 BC) is otherwise called the 'Age of the Pyramids' or 'Age of the Pyramid Builders' as it incorporated the great fourth Dynasty when King Sneferu idealized the craft of pyramid building, and the pyramids of Giza were developed under the rulers Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure. The verifiable records of this period, the fourth, sixth Dynasties of Egypt, are scant, and antiquarians respect the historical backdrop...

After a resounding YES vote Westminster conducts a brutal covert campaign against the newly independent Scotland. As a result the paths of opposing intelligence agents Iona McCallum and Emlyn Llewellyn are resolutely entwined. 'What is true and what is real? That which can be verified? Cross-checked? Supported by evidence, perhaps? But verification is dependent on the quality of the verifier. Cross-checking can throw up anomalies. Evidence can be...

This is the first of a series of books describing exciting birdwatching locations in Australia. The NSW-ACT Guide is arguably the most comprehensive compendium of birding sites in the State available to date. Not only the standard, well-known locations are covered but also some interesting places known only to a few or newly discovered by ourselves. The book series is intended for both Australian and overseas birders. We hope it will become an essential...