When Taryn, a Northern Irish runaway, finds herself in trouble in Ocean City, MD, she seeks refuge with her aunt and uncle in Baltimore. But Kim and Bill have problems of their own: they’re trying to handle the end of their marriage gracefully for the sake of their daughter Abby, just home from her first year of college. A story of family revelations, people finding each other and letting each other go, looking for love where they’ve found it before and, when that doesn’t work, figuring out where they might find it next.
DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: South Africa is your in-depth guide to the very best of South Africa. From exploring the Palace of the Lost City to seeing the “Big Five” on safari in Kruger National Park to experiencing the multifaceted culture of a country with 11 official languages, visiting the “Rainbow Nation” is an adventure you will never forget. To help you make the most of your adventure, this guidebook includes a field guide to South Africa’s wildlife and the safari experience with detailed information on safaris, wildlife preserves, and local species. With hundreds of full-color photographs, hand-drawn illustrations, and custom maps that illuminate every page, DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: South Africa truly shows you this country as no one else can.
1970′s Blackhill, Glasgow: 11-year-old Paul Ferris has learned quickly that life on the street is tough. Everyone knows their place. Poverty breeds corruption, crime, violence and bullying. Growing up immersed in a culture of crime, Ferris finally snaps when tormented one too many times by a vicious gang of bullying neighbourhood brothers who have made his childhood a living hell. Now in his late teens, despite his father’s advice and in the frustrated knowledge that the law enforcement and police do nothing to help, he decides to take on his tormentors alone and systematically wreak vengeance on them. Consequently attracting a street reputation, Ferris is sought out by the ‘Godfather’ of the Glaswegian gangster community, Arthur Thompson Snr. Again ignoring his father’s advice, he starts to work for the gangland boss throughout the ’80s and ’90s, rising through the ranks.
A psychiatrist tries to put her life back together after a violent attack by seeking to repair the life of a new patient, but he has his own terrifying history.
Three people, three extraordinary stories. All lived out within a hundred London streets.
After being attacked, an introverted young man must follow clues left by his dead parents in order to figure out who is after him – and who he really is.
Wandering the woods in search of mushrooms is one of life’s great pleasures. But be careful to pick the right ones! With Edible Mushrooms in your backpack, you’ll know to pick only the safest, most delicious chanterelles, truffles, morels, and more. Author Barbro Forsberg presents forty edible species, and reveals how, when, and where to find them-knowledge gained over the course of four decades spent mushrooming in the woods.
Joe Beck has lost the love of his life thanks to a Pixie’s Curse and he now needs to figure out how to get his girl back, learn more about the mysterious Pixies and undo a bad deed he did long ago.
A woman of a certain age finds her world turned upside down by a handsome new co-worker in a witty and compassionate late-life coming-of-age-story.
Willie (Thomas Haden Church) is a goodhearted man living rough on the dangerous streets of Los Angeles Skid Row and finds himself coerced by two rich teenagers into fighting other homeless men for cash. Stuck in a violent world he doesn t fully understand, Willie finds solace when he discovers the discarded diary of a troubled young girl and befriends a homeless veteran, Pinky (Boyd Holbrook). A cab driver named Pope (Terrence Howard) lends Willie a blanket, looks after his friends on the street, and is protective of this little world normally condemned to invisibility.
This revised edition of Residential Construction and Kitchen & Bath Systems combines the thorough guides to typical North American building systems for homes for the kitchen and bath industry into one comprehensive, expanded volume, completely updated and revised throughout. Learning to “read a house” is an essential skill for anyone in the kitchen and bath field. This book provides clear, concise explanations of the home’s structural systems and components, including the inner workings of the mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems.
Gladiators: Back from the Dead wouldn’t be your average point-and-stare archaeological fact fest. “Brutal…bloody…spectacular!” cries our narrator in the opening scene, as we watch two tooled-up gladiators going for it in a kind of 300-esque arena (complete with obligatory heavy-metal undertones). By the first 30 seconds it’s already clear you’re not watching an episode of Time Team. Read more on next page.