Product Description: An original history of man's greatest adventure: his search to discover the world around him.  In the compendious history, Boorstin not only traces man's insatiable need to know, but also the obstacles to discovery and the illusion that knowledge can also put in our way...read more

Volume One of Two Volume Set. Volume 1 of the set on real estate finance law, including due-on-sale clauses, alternative mortgages, bankruptcy, finance forms, and construction. Section titles discuss: An Introduction to the Law of Mortgages, The Necessity and Nature of the Obligation, Mortgage Substitutes, Rights and Duties of Parties Prior to Foreclosure, Transfer by Mortgagor and Mortgagee, Discharge of Mortgage, Foreclosure, Statutory Impacts on Foreclosure, Some Priority Problems, Subrogation, Contribution and Marshaling, Government Intervention in Mortgage Market, Financing Real Estate Construction, Financing Condominiums and Cooperatives, Residential Financing Forms, and Commercial Financing Forms. Includes Table of Cases and Westlaw® references.

Product Description: Weaving a decision-making theme throughout its 15 chapters and three modules, this financial-accounting text is reinforced by continual use of a five-point organizational scheme. The structure of the book focuses the student's attention on how and why accounting data are needed and used by decision makers...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

When her vintage Corvette falls victim to a hit-and-run, flower shop owner Abby Knight, crusader for all things good, joins forces with gorgeous cop Marco Salvare to catch the culprit, an investigation that becomes filled with deadly twists and turns. Original.

Called out of retirement once again when his ex-wife asks for his help in locating a friend's missing sister, former cop Frank Elder uncovers disturbing secrets about the woman's sexual life before discovering her dead at home.

Retired Detective Inspector Frank Elder struggles with guilt when his teenage daughter deteriorates into reckless behavior following a rape that he could have prevented, while Detective Sergeant Maddy Birch becomes increasingly uneasy in her suspicions that she is being stalked. By the author of Lonely Hearts. Reprint.

'Detective John Corey of The lion's game, Plum Island, and Night fall returns in a new novel about a conspiracy to detonate nuclear bombs in two American cities, setting off a world war of unimaginable proportions'--Provided by the publisher.

Jack helped Wendy disappear. Even Jack has no idea where she might be. But now, her ex-boyfriend is being framed for her murder in an effort to smoke her out. Jack must find her before a pair of hired assassins do. When the assassin's employer looks like he is going to double-cross them, finishing the job is no longer enough.

Tony Murano was a tennis player dating the daughter of royalty. Then his career faltered and his girlfriend got pregnant. When tabloids all over Europe publish pictures of his poolside tryst with an anonymous woman on the day his wife gave birth to the royal heir, Murano's father-in-law is all too glad to dismiss him.

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Product Description: Detective Jack Lehman is a character worthy of a Clint Eastwood movie, especially when he squints and seems not to comprehend something unbelievable and the guns start blazing. Lehman is a retired detective called back to work when an anonymous phone caller tips him off to a half-million dollar heist...read more

Product Description: Several home heating oil delivery drivers have been robbed and murdered. Joe Serpe and Bob Healy, now partners in an oil company of their own, make sure their drivers are safe. But when Rusty Monaco, another ex-NYPD detective, becomes the killer's fourth victim, Serpe and Healy take matters into their own hands...read more

Product Description: Over the past five years, James Sallis has created three of the most acclaimed mysteries published in America, each of them featuring the complex John Turner--former cop, therapist, and an ex-con, trying to escape his past, yet ever involved in the small community somewhere near Memphis where he has sought refuge...read more

Gone Tomorrow (Jack Reacher, No. 13)

In a debut novel sure to both excite passions and elicit laughter, a different kind of hero emerges in that most unlikely criminal hotbed: Boca Raton.Eddie Perlmutter is capable of fighting with fearless frenzy, but only does so to defend the defenseless. Eddie’s career as a much-honored Boston cop has come to an end. At sixty, he’s still energetic and virile, but decades of harsh New England winters and collaring the pug-uglies of Boston’s underworld have taken their toll—especially on his knees. So what does a lonely, retired cop with arthritic knees do? Head to sunny Florida, of course.Country-club politics and early-bird specials are a far cry from the street toughs, scuffles, and arrests of his former life. But some things never change. Instead of enjoying a relaxed, laid-back retirement, Eddie quickly discovers the darker side of Boca Raton’s endless sun and palm trees, where hate crimes, counterfeiting, and worse lurk beneath the deceptively calm surface of cushy retirement communities.With his no-nonsense crime-fighting skills and roll-with-the punches attitude, Eddie hits Boca Raton like of a Nor’easter from Hell, fast, fresh, and unstoppable. A compulsively readable comic thriller with an egalitarian message that will inspire readers of all ages, Boca Knights will have readers in stitches and keep them on the edge of their seats.

Product Description: Mason 'Mace' Perry was a maverick cop on the D.C. police force until she was kidnapped and framed for a crime. She lost everything - her career, her liberty - and spent two years in prison. Now back on the outside, Mace is trying to rebuild her life and track down the people who set her up...read more

"Kate Brady has made her mark with a taut, masterful debut of chilling suspense that grabs you by the throat and heart and won't let go. Riveting storytelling packed with unexpected twists and unforgettable characters. Prepare to stay up all night, then sleep with the lights on." --- Roxanne St. Claire, New York Times bestselling author "Kate Brady's debut novel is everything romantic suspense should be: scary, sexy, pulse-pounding, and page-turning. Remarkable characters, pitch-perfect pacing, and a memorable villain make ONE SCREAM AWAY a standout book. A winner." --- Allison Brennan, New York Times bestselling author "Gritty and harrowing! You won't be able to put it down." --- Brenda Novak, New York Times bestselling author Killer Chevy Bankes is a master of disguise, and just paroled, he's coming after the woman who sent him to jail, the beautiful antiques expert Beth Denison. A set of antique dolls brings Beth into his sight, and inspire Chevy's disturbing crimes as he draws closer to Beth and her young daughter. Chevy sends the dolls to Beth one-by-one and she soon realizes that these antiques carry the same marks as his victims, signaling that the final piece in his collection will be for her.Neil Sheridan gave up his FBI shield five years ago, but his best friend Rick, a cop, pulls him in as a consultant on a case involving a serial killer who is eerily similar to a murderer Neil encountered in the past. The investigation leads Neil to Beth's doorstep, and he is certain she isn't telling him the truth. Neil is the only one who can get through Beth's defenses and, as they grow closer, discover the secrets that Beth is hiding about her fateful night with Chevy.

Former Beijing police investigator Shan Tao Yun heads for a remote Tibetan plateau to investigate the murder of a venerated teacher and the subsequent disappearance of a lama.

Product Description: A burning summer's day explodes into violence in this thriller featuring an ex-policeman taking on a gang, against overwhelming oddsA murderous gang targets the exclusive south coast island of Terror's Reach, home to rival business tycoons Robert Felton and Valentin Nasenko...read more

Product Description: Frozen Tundra is the third entry in the Sam Skarda sports thriller series, following Amen Corner in 2007 and Green Monster in 2008. In Frozen Tundra, ex-Minneapolis police detective Sam Skarda is hired by the president of the Green Bay Packers to investigate an insider plot designed to sell the publicly-owned Packers to a private buyer...read more