Once again, Ben Kella has his hands full. A sergeant in the Solomon Islands Police Force, as well as an aofia, a hereditary spiritual peacekeeper of the Lau people, he’s called to investigate acts of sabotage that threaten the local operations of a powerful international logging company.Meanwhile, Sister Conchita, a young nun with a flair for detection, has been forced to assume command of a run-down mission in the lush Western District of the Solomon Islands. When an American tourist is murdered in the mission church, she and Kella join forces to uncover the links between these goings-on and a sudden upsurge of interest in John F. Kennedy, who was once a wartime U.S. naval officer in the area but now, in 1960, thousands of miles away, about to become the thirty-fifth American President. Set in one of the most beautiful areas of the South Pacific, One Blood is the second entry in an exciting new series.

In Sydney, Australia, in 1908 the talented black fighter Jack Johnson won the heavyweight championship of the world from the Canadian Tommy Burns. There was an immediate storm of protest. It was predicted that his reign would lead to civic unrest and race riots. This is the story of sport, racism, corruption and larger-than-life characters.

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Product Description: The first major anthology of this size and scope since 1935. Divided into 54 sections, ranging fro Action to Zen, it draws on all faiths and traditions.

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Product Description: This volume brings together the strangest fights of boxing history and folklore, covering a period of over 250 years.

The classic story about the young boy Tom Sawyer and his adventures along the banks of the Mississippi

An illustrated rendition of fifty-nine of Aesop's classic fables includes such favorites as 'The Boy and the wolf' and 'The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse,' as well as lesser-known tales