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How do high mountain ranges form on the face of the Earth? This question has intrigued some of the greatest philosophers and scientists, going back as far as the ancient Greeks. Devil in the Mountain is the story of one scientist, author Simon Lamb, and his quest for the key to this great geological mystery. Lamb and a small team of geologists have spent much of the last decade exploring the rugged Bolivian Andes, the second highest mountain range on Earth--a region rocked by earthquakes and violent volcanic eruptions. The author's account is both travelogue and detective story, describing how he and his colleagues have pursued a trail of clues in the mountains, hidden beneath the rocky landscape. Here, the local silver miners strive to appease the spirit they call Tio-the devil in the mountain. Traveling through Bolivia's back roads, the team has to cope with the extremes of the environment, and survive in a country on the verge of civil war. But the backdrop to all these adventures is the bigger story of the Earth and how geologists have gone about uncovering its secrets. We follow the tracks of the dinosaurs, who never saw the Andes but left their mark on the shores of a vast inland sea that covered this part of South America more than sixty-five million years ago, long before the mountains existed. And we learn how to find long lost rivers that once flowed through the landscape, how continents are twisted and torn apart, and where volcanoes come from. By the end of their journey, Lamb and his team turn up extraordinary evidence pointing not only to the fundamental instability of the Earth's surface, but also to unexpected and profound links in the workings of our planet.
The suspense and adventure continues in this second book of the The Devereaux Chronicles. This time, the brothers find themselves stranded at a rustic ski lodge just as an epic snowstorm hits.That situation works out well for Scott, who is trying to reconnect with an old flame. But he soon realizes that there is little time for romance when their chances of even surviving the storm are dwindling rapidly.A mysterious bootlegger is operating out of the lodge and wants the brothers out of his way, permanently. And while trying to learn his identity before that can happen, their true nemesis arrives.Bigfoot, a beast that is stronger, smarter and more dangerous than any they've dealt with before. And this time it's personal and the creature will not stop hunting the Devereaux brothers until it gets its retribution.
Devil's Playground: Chaos in the Pews
Business Bff, LLC.
2016
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Chaos in the Pews: Devil's Playground is a captivating and enthralling book filled with suspense and intrigue. Get swept away in a thrilling story of four married couples whose lives intertwine at United Church of Pentecost and Deliverance. Each character faces their own struggles as they face the effects of secrets, lies, betrayals and addictions. This novel will leave you guessing what happens next as Pastor Patterson navigates his wife's secrets being exposed while teaching forgiveness and healing to his congregation. As each character deals with life's twists and turns, sex, lies and murder become games on the Devil's Playground. Get your copy now to find out who falls victim and who stands tall in this dramatic saga.
Sam Stone appeared out of nowhere a decade ago - a ghost on the muddy Gulf Coast - denim-clad and wandering. He now earns a meager living etching tombstones in the blazing Florida sun. On his lunch break, he checks an eternally empty P.O. box and mails out cryptic envelopes filled with cash. At night, he holes up in his rent house and shuts out the world. Sam's hermit lifestyle is thrown into chaos after a massive sinkhole inexplicably swallows his neighbor's front yard in the middle of the night, leaving his house temporarily uninhabitable. Sam drifts from mausoleums to motels until he meets Cathy, a crestfallen folk singer whose young son died under mysterious circumstances. A staggering turn of events sends the pair westbound across the scorching south - Cathy in pursuit of the person she wants to become, and Sam in search of the man he used to be. A detour in Texas opens wounds that threaten to propel the couple in opposite directions, and Sam discovers that his only path to salvation is to confront a heartbreaking past before another sinkhole swallows him for good.DEVIL IN A SLEEPING BAG is an intensely sad, darkly funny redemption odyssey that spans six states, two hearts, and one summer.
-*-2016 RAINBOW AWARDS FINALIST-*-Caleb Durant is half demon. His mother has spent his entire life telling him that he's the Antichrist, destined for great and evil things.He's mostly just trying to pass calculus.After his school principal's fatal and not-entirely-unintentional accident, he's forced to moved to a small country town, but he hopes he can at least get some solitude.But Andras, his demonic guardian, has made a friendly wager with an angel, and Caleb's soul is the prize.Isaac Mitchell, the sheltered Southern Baptist tasked by an Angel of the Lord to turn Caleb toward the light, is determined to keep his new friend on the straight and narrow.Isaac himself, however, is having some trouble remembering to keep his task and his feelings separate.
In this first book of the Devereaux Chronicles, we meet Emma Draper, whose life is about to change in every way imaginable.Moving with her husband and children to a new home is just the beginning. The supernatural occurrences in the old house begin on the very first day, but the reality of the situation takes time for Emma to understand and accept. Her sanity is challenged when she cannot convince her husband that these eerie happenings are actually taking place and Emma even begins to doubt them herself, until the danger becomes very real and her children's lives are now at stake.Emma's love and loyalty are tested as her relationship with her husband continues to disintegrate and she is left to handle the dangerous situation on her own.Even more trouble comes her way when two brothers arrive to help her get rid of the dangerous entities that have taken over her home.Emma must find the courage and resolve within herself to join them as they do battle with the ghosts and demons. But, if they succeed in surviving the evil residing in the house and are able to make it safe once again, will Emma be able to disregard the feelings she now has for one of the brothers and put her children first, giving up her own happiness in return?
Devon Berry's mother was told to abort him because the doctors believed that either he, or his twin sister, would be born with complications. Cerebral palsy was the least of his problems: he had a stroke soon after birth and has fought an uphill battle for 20 years with various illnesses. What no one could imagine was the pain beyond the struggle: the ridicule, taunts, bullying and nightmares that almost caused Devon to commit suicide. He will share what saved him and what continues to strengthen him to achieve his goals, from being an athlete all to being a competitor for the 2020 Paralympics. If this book does not transform your life, and the lives of your family, NOTHING will
The American West has always been seen as a land of opportunity, but tourism has transformed it into a land of opportunism. From Sun Valley to Santa Fe, towns all over the region have been turned over to outsiders - not just those who visit, but those who control. There's no denying that tourism has been a blessing for many: it's brought economic and cultural prosperity to communities without obvious means of support and allowed towns on the brink of ruin to renew themselves. But in too many cases, the costs of tourism have challenged the benefits and proven it to be a devil's bargain. Environmental historian Hal Rothman examines the impact of tourism on the West in the 20th century to illuminate that industry's darker side. He tells how tourism evolved from Grand Canyon railroad trips to Sun Valley ski weekends to Disneyland vacations, and how the post-World War II boom in air travel and luxury hotels capitalized on Americans' newfound leisure and income. He identifies three dominant forms of tourism - cultural, recreational and entertainment - and shows how they've melded together as the tourism industry has begun to transform everyday places into images of what visitors expect to see. From major destinations like Las Vegas to revitalized towns like Aspen and Moab, Rothman reveals how the initial development of tourism may seem inocuous at first; but residents ultimately realize that control of their communities has been placed in the hands of corporate financiers and that they've lost the very authority they sought to preserve. Because tourism often results in a redistribution of wealth and power, observes Rothman, it represents a new form of colonialism for the region - not East over West, but haves over have-nots. By sharing stories of real places and the experiences of real people that depict the true nature of tourism, Rothman doesn't just document change but enables us to understand why and how it takes place. Balancing historical perspective with an eye for what is now happening in the region, his book aims to set the standard for the study of tourism.
The American West has always been seen as a land of opportunity, but tourism has transformed it into a land of opportunism. From Sun Valley to Santa Fe, towns all over the region have been turned over to outsiders - not just those who visit, but those who control. There's no denying that tourism has been a blessing for many: it's brought economic and cultural prosperity to communities without obvious means of support and allowed towns on the brink of ruin to renew themselves. But in too many cases, the costs of tourism have challenged the benefits and proven it to be a devil's bargain. Environmental historian Hal Rothman examines the impact of tourism on the West in the 20th century to illuminate that industry's darker side. He tells how tourism evolved from Grand Canyon railroad trips to Sun Valley ski weekends to Disneyland vacations, and how the post-World War II boom in air travel and luxury hotels capitalized on Americans' newfound leisure and income. He identifies three dominant forms of tourism - cultural, recreational and entertainment - and shows how they've melded together as the tourism industry has begun to transform everyday places into images of what visitors expect to see. From major destinations like Las Vegas to revitalized towns like Aspen and Moab, Rothman reveals how the initial development of tourism may seem inocuous at first; but residents ultimately realize that control of their communities has been placed in the hands of corporate financiers and that they've lost the very authority they sought to preserve. Because tourism often results in a redistribution of wealth and power, observes Rothman, it represents a new form of colonialism for the region - not East over West, but haves over have-nots. By sharing stories of real places and the experiences of real people that depict the true nature of tourism, Rothman doesn't just document change but enables us to understand why and how it takes place. Balancing historical perspective with an eye for what is now happening in the region, his book aims to set the standard for the study of tourism.
Devil Dogs Chronicle
University Press of Kansas
2013
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The 4th Marine Brigade, with roughly 10,000 men, was the only large Marine unit to see major action in World War I. Dubbed “Devil Dogs” by the Germans, the 4th was part of the 2nd Division of the American Expeditionary Forces, nicknamed the “Race Horse Division” for its rapid and devastating pursuit of the enemy. The 4th Brigade fought at Verdun, Soissons, St. Mihiel, Blanc Mont, and the Meuse-Argonne, and its signature victory at Belleau Wood saved Paris from falling into German hands. It was also one of the major reasons that the 2nd Division advanced more miles, captured more territory, and amassed more casualties than any other in the war.George Clark, a former Marine and expert on Marine Corps history, here draws upon memoirs, diaries, letters, and post-war interviews—most of which have not been seen since the war ended—to create a chorus of voices chronicling the 4th Brigade’s experiences. Through the words of these Marines, Clark captures the rigours of training at Paris Island and Quantico, the ferocity of combat overseas, and the strange quietude of occupation. He reveals what it was like for these men to fight in trenches while knee-deep in mud, with rats playing over them as they slept; going days between meals, often surviving on what they could forage from dead German or French packs; and even wishing for a wound that would allow some time off far from the terrors of the front. He also illuminates the dread and despair of Marines who beat the odds during one blood bath, surviving when most of their comrades did not, only to find themselves flung into an even worse battle not long afterward. One German soldier remarked that these “Americans are savages. They kill everything that moves,” a caustic testament to the Marines’ intensity and prowess. But that came at a cost: by war’s end the 4th had suffered a severe casualty rate of 150 percent. Vividly reflecting the horrors of that “war to end all wars,” Devil Dogs Chronicle pays tribute to the Marines whose bravery helped the Allies achieve victory in the first global conflict.
The Nazi regime was essentially a religious cult, relying on the hypnotic personality of one man, Adolf Hitler, and it was fated to die with him. It focuses on the three Nazi paladins closest to Hitler - Goring, Goebbels and Himmler - with their nearest rivals - Bormann, Speer and Ribbentrop in close attendance.
Who's been dealt the devil's hand from this Tarot pack? Superintendent Mike Yeadings and his Thames Valley team have to find out. When the body of a young woman is discovered hanging upside down by the ankle from an oak known as the Wishing Tree on the Plummer estate, the quiet English village reverberates with whispers of tarot, occult practices and pagan rituals. But when the post-mortem reveals that the body has been dead for over a year by the time it was so gruesomely displayed, the mystery takes a bizarre turn. With DS Rosemary Zyczynski put painfully out of action on her way to the crime scene, the task is to piece together a plethora of seemingly unconnected links: the murky history of the Plummer family, cases of ritual slaughter, outbreaks of fire, the break-in of a Ministry of Defence Cold War bunker, and the suspiciously spot-on predictions of a convincing clairvoyant. Can Superintendent Yeadings and his team ascertain the identity of both victim and killer, and find out what really happened to the red-haired girl found dead on the Plummer estate?
A suspected car-jacking leads to something deeper and darker in the compelling new Will Traynor forensic mystery. The emergency call comes in the early hours of the morning. A man and a woman found in a car in a rundown part of the city, both of them critically injured. A random, opportune attack by a stranger? Or were the pair deliberately targeted? Is there a connection to series of car-jackings which has been plaguing the area? Nothing about this case seems to add up. As each theory as to what might have happened leads to yet more questions, Detective Inspector Bernard Watts decides to call on the help of criminologist Dr Will Traynor. Traynor knows that it's the small, easily missed details that will crack the case, but not even he could suspect just where those seemingly insignificant details will lead . . .
The instant #1 New York Times bestseller, now with an explosive new preface.From the reporter who was there at the very beginning comes the revealing inside story of the partnership between Steve Bannon and Donald Trump—the key to understanding the rise of the alt-right, the fall of Hillary Clinton, and the hidden forces that drove the greatest upset in American political history. Based on dozens of interviews conducted over six years, Green spins the master narrative of the 2016 campaign from its origins in the far fringes of right-wing politics and reality television to its culmination inside Trump’s penthouse on election night. The shocking elevation of Bannon to head Trump’s flagging presidential campaign on August 17, 2016, hit political Washington like a thunderclap and seemed to signal the meltdown of the Republican Party. Bannon was a bomb-throwing pugilist who’d never run a campaign and was despised by Democrats and Republicans alike. Yet Bannon’s hard-edged ethno-nationalism and his elaborate, years-long plot to destroy Hillary Clinton paved the way for Trump’s unlikely victory. Trump became the avatar of a dark but powerful worldview that dominated the airwaves and spoke to voters whom others couldn’t see. Trump’s campaign was the final phase of a populist insurgency that had been building up in America for years, and Bannon, its inscrutable mastermind, believed it was the culmination of a hard-right global uprising that would change the world. Any study of Trump’s rise to the presidency is unavoidably a study of Bannon. Devil’s Bargain is a tour-de-force telling of the remarkable confluence of circumstances that decided the election, many of them orchestrated by Bannon and his allies, who really did plot a vast, right-wing conspiracy to stop Clinton. To understand Trump's extraordinary rise and Clinton’s fall, you have to weave Trump’s story together with Bannon’s, or else it doesn't make sense.