Frank Quintana was born into a niche between two societies and accepted by neither. His father was Hispanic, his mother Anglo, and in a socially divided town like Halliburton, he would be forever relegated to cutting grass and doing menial jobs. Then he discovered a way out: excel at football, win a ... more »

The charismatic forger immortalized in the film Catch Me If You Can exposes the astonishing tactics of today's identity theft criminals and offers powerful strategies to thwart them based on his second career as an acclaimed fraud-fighting consultant. Consider these sobering facts:     ... more »

A borderline-SF case for Holmes; one of the stories that Watson mentions in the sacred texts but never wrote up. The revolting Red Leech, Sanguisuga rufa, is even more sinister than it looks.... [Authorized by the Doyle estate.] more »

In Los Angeles in 1988, a sixteen-year-old girl disappeared from her home and was later found dead of a gunshot wound to the chest. The death appeared at first to be a suicide-but some of the evidence contradicted that scenario, and detectives came to believe this was in fact a murder. Despite a by-the ... more »

I pushed the door to Mona's office fully open. She was lying on the floor just in front of her desk, face-up, dressed in black pants and top, her arms and legs twitching violently as if she had touched a high-voltage wire... New York Times bestselling author and Cosmopolitan editor in chief Kate White ... more »

Matthew Scudder Crime Novel #9. A master.... Lawrence Block's estimable private eye Matthew Scudder is one of the most fully developed and credible characters working in the genre today (Chicago Tribune). In Matt Scudder's mind, money, power, and position elevate nobody above morality and the law. Now ... more »

 Take back your health, your fitness, and your life This authoritative and comprehensive guide, written by a Harvard doctor who has struggled with back pain himself, will help you find the real cause of your problem--and the smartest way to treat it.  This simple step-by-step program will show ... more »

Top ten New York Times bestselling author J.A. Jance's classic tale of suspense featuring Seattle detective J.P. Beaumont and his desperate race to track down a twisted killer. Japanese businessman Tadeo Kurobashi had many passions, including computers, poetry, money, and Samurai lore. So his suicide ... more »

In this stunning retelling of World War II, Harry Turtledove has created a blockbuster saga that is thrilling, troubling, and utterly compelling. It is 1943, the third summer of the new war between the Confederate States of America and the United States, a war that will turn on the deeds of ordinary ... more »

The delightful second installment in Alexander McCall Smith's already hugely popular new detective series, The Sunday Philosophy Club, starring the irrepressibly curious Isabel Dalhousie -- editor of the Journal of Applied Ethics -- and her no-nonsense housekeeper, Grace. When Isabel's niece, Cat, asks ... more »

True Crime Stories told by: police officers, victims and criminals including internet predators, date rapists, child abductors, domestic violent offenders and more...  According to the Disaster Center, since 1960, violent crime in the United States has increased nearly 500 percent.  What are ... more »

* An engineer's guidebook demonstrating non-toxic electronics manufacturing processes. * Covers manufacture of printed circuits, integrated circuits, printed circuit boards assemblies, electronic packages, and more more »