Product Description: Ben Marzan Searching for meaning in his life, Marzan studies with the Imam and converts to a radical sect of Islam. He's the perfect candidate for a homegrown terrorist-American born, assimilated, and eager to embrace Jihad. Anatoly Shenko A disaffected Russian scientist working in Siberia, Shenko is one of the world's top experts on biological warfare...read more

Product Description: One Friday night in Chicago, two friends leave their neighborhood bar and go home. One man never makes it. Stabbed in the heart by a crazed assailant, the victim is brought to a nearby hospital. A respected young carpenter who seems to have it all-wife, children, friends-finds himself in the same hospital...read more

the breathing difficulty continued, and he couldn't get up. It seemed as if he was being held down. He felt a sense of panic. But at the same time he felt as if he was drifting into a deeper state of sleep. For a short time he fought these conflicting sensations, but eventually he surrendered to the latter feeling. One by one, prominent staff physicians, who also are members of the Medical Executive Committee of Illinois General Hospital in Chicago, are dying under mysterious circumstances.When Dr. Harrison is found dead in his home, it appears to be a tragic heart attack. Then Dr. Spann dies from a serious case of meningitis. When Dr. Alberts is found dead in his garage from an apparent suicide, the hospital employees only have slight suspicions about the real cause of death. But by the time Dr. Gottlieb expires from a venous air embolism, it becomes apparent that a serial killer is on the loose-and Dr. Jason Pollard knows what he has to do to stop it. Pollard, along with Detective Richard Galinski and his daughter, Dr. Amanda Galinski, collaborate in an effort to solve the case.Will they be able to catch the killer before any more doctors die?

Product Description: A Jewish family, victimized by anti-Semitism in Poland and Germany, flees to Minsk, Byelorussia, and eventually to the Minsk forests when the Soviet Union is invaded by Nazi Germany during World War Ii. They become partisan fighters, and in an unusual collaboration with other Jews, a Polish Jewish World War I veteran, a Byelorussian Christian, and two Russian partisan leaders, they join forces to wreak havoc behind Nazi lines...read more

Product Description: During the days before World War II, two young boys-one Jewish, one German-play football on the same team with little knowing that their paths will cross again on a war-torn battlefield. Max Tepper was the son of Jewish immigrants...read more

Product Description: Eight years ago, four psychologists with varying backgrounds but a common in­ terest in the impact of environmental stress on behavior and health met to plan a study of the effects of aircraft noise on children. The impetus for the study was an article in the Los Angeles Times about architectural interventions that were planned for several noise-impacted schools under the air corridor of Los Angeles Interna­ tional Airport...read more

Short stories by definition are really mini-slices of life. The characters and the plot lines are necessarily brief and should be able to convey to the reader the important ingredients of any story regardless of length. Shelly Cohen, in his distinctive style, has achieved those goals in this collection of stories. At the same time, he will surprise the reader with some very unusual endings-" The Gift" is a prime example of his story telling skills. So jump right in and open your mind to this outstanding collection of short stories. Indeed, there's something here for everyone, no matter what your age or literary tastes.

Product Description: In this fresh take on a classic tale, a magic meat grinder helps a poor Jewish couple learn a little gratitude after the three wishes it grants them go awry. A cautionary story that questions today's consumerism and excessiveness, Kishka for Koppel, like the best folktales, can help children and adults alike to look both beyond and within...read more

Product Description: This humorous guide uses a cartoonish style and clever captions to show kids how to draw—and defend Earth from intergalactic invaders. Simple, step-by-step instructions help aspiring artists use basic shapes and their own imaginations to create a host of alien creatures, flying saucers, and evil robots, as well as heroes who will help save the planet...read more

Product Description: For your physician to give you quality medical care, you must be aware of your medical history and issues. Here’s how you can help your medical provider: Learn about your risk factors and current medical diagnoses Ask questions when you don’t understand Obtain second, third, or more opinions Maintain copies of your medical records Review these records often Keep yourself educated The medical profession is depending on you to help them keep you healthy...read more

Product Description: Medical errors kill 98,000 patients per year in the United States. But you, the patient, can play a crucial role in preventing these mistakes by fully educating yourself about your own health. According to author and medical doctor Sheldon Cohen, the best way to secure this information is to get a comprehensive medical examination...read more

Product Description: Ben Marzan—Searching for meaning in his life, Marzan studies with The Imam and converts to a radical sect of Islam. He’s the perfect candidate for a terrorist—American-born, assimilated, and eager to embrace jihad. Anatoly Shenko—A disaffected Russian scientist working in Siberia, Shenko is one of the world’s top experts on biological warfare...read more

Product Description: He was struck by the excellent condition of some of the buildings in spite of their age. He thought of the ever increasing frailty of the building's occupants who would all soon die of neglect and starvation brought about by man's inhumanity to man...read more

Product Description: Adolf Hitler has assumed power in Germany. A brilliant theoretical and experimental German physicist has clandestinely discovered the secret of nuclear energy and the nuclear bomb. No other physicist has come close to this realization...read more

Product Description: D. Cardona is one of Latina writers who are destined to shake up the literary world. She’s living to tell the tale of Chained through her protagonist, Jaz, a drop-dead-gorgeous vixen. She hopes to write her way out of the streets to free her soul...read more

Product Description: When Victor Wallberg calls his neighbor, Dr. Clifford Harris, complaining of severe stomach pain, Dr. Harris reluctantly agrees to see him. Wallberg’s critical condition requires an immediate trip to the hospital, followed by what appears to be a successful surgery...read more

Product Description: During the days before World War II, two young boys-one Jewish, one German-play football on the same team, little knowing that their paths will cross again on a war-torn battlefield.Max Tepper-The son of Jewish immigrants. Max becomes the target of anti-Semitism at a very young age...read more

Having moved away to the Ottawa Valley to work with other lumberjacks, eleven-year-old Baptiste begins to feel homesick for his friends and family in the Quebec region of Canada and so magically creates a special canoe that sends him sailing through the night sky and across lands to get back home before the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve.

Product Description: One Friday night in Chicago, two friends leave their neighborhood bar and head home. One man never makes it. Stabbed in the heart by a crazed assailant, the victim is brought to a nearby hospital. A respected young carpenter who seems to have it all—wife, children, friends—finds himself at the same hospital...read more

Product Description: “The longest home run in the history of baseball was hit by a girl.” So begins a baseball misadventure in the village of Ste. Justine. This time, a strange girl named Adeline shows up at the daisy field where Roch and his friends play baseball all summer...read more

When Adeline joins a group of boys playing baseball, she surprises everyone by hitting the longest home run they had ever seen, and by admitting to them all that she is a magician.

Product Description: Le prêtre pousse les garçons à jouer au basket-ball pour qu'ils aillent «loin sur le chemin de la vie». Mais ses paroles terrorisent le jeune Roch, qui vient tout juste d'arriver au séminaire vêtu d'un costume trop grand pour lui...read more