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In Strawberry Yellow, he returns to the strawberry farms of his youth and encounters family intrigue, danger, and murder. The series' most compelling and evocative mystery yet is set in the strawberry fields of Watsonville, California, where young Mas first arrived as a Hiroshima survivor in the 1940s. He returns for the funeral of a cousin and quickly gets entangled in the murder of a young woman. Was his cousin murdered, too?

In the foothills of Pasadena, Mas Arai is just another Japanese-American gardener, his lawnmower blades clean and sharp, his truck carefully tuned. But while Mas keeps lawns neatly trimmed, his own life has gone to seed. His wife is dead. And his livelihood is falling into the hands of the men he once hired by the day. For Mas, a life of sin is catching up to him. And now bachi - the spirit of retribution - is knocking on his door.

Few things get Mas more excited than gambling, so when he hears about a $500,000 win - from a novelty slot machine! - he's torn between admiration and derision. But the stakes are quickly raised when the winner, a friend of Mas's pal, G. I. Hasuike, is found stabbed to death just days later. The last thing Mas wants to do is stick his nose in someone else's business, but at G. I.'s prodding he reluctantly agrees to follow the trail of a battered snakeskin shamisen (a traditional Okinawan musical instrument) left at the scene of the crime...

The importance of a business's culture to sustainable success. An organisation's culture either gives it a competitive advantage or a competitive disadvantage. It is a crucial factor in determining how successful a business is and how much people want to work for an organisation. That is why managers are putting more and more emphasis on getting their organisation's culture right.

In the small town of Abbott Creek, mysteries are as much a part of daily life as Katie Chupp's Christmas cookies. It's the most wonderful time of the year. With a winter chill settling in and Christmas right around the corner, no one would expect a mystery, but a mystery does indeed appear. Katie Chupp is spending her days catering to the holiday rush, but she soon finds herself in the midst of a secret project that attracts more attention than she wants. And when one local family finds a very unexpected surprise at their door, this is one mystery that may never be solved... even by Katie.

Tra le strade di Gerusalemme una donna lotta per la libertà. Figlia di un facoltoso imprenditore ebreo, Batsheva Ha-Levi è nata negli Stati Uniti ed è cresciuta tra gli agi e le opportunità di cui può disporre una ricca ragazza americana. Bellissima e dotata di una grande curiosità intellettuale, ama studiare, progetta di iscriversi all'università e, come tutte le sue coetanee, sogna il grande amore.

Hadley, Pauline, Martha und Mary - Naomi Wood lässt die vier Ehefrauen von Ernest Hemingway erzählen: Geschichten von Liebe und Leidenschaft, Eifersucht und Verrat und der Erkenntnis, dass man einen Schriftsteller wie ihn niemals für sich allein haben wird. Basierend auf Briefen und anderen authentischen Quellen erzählt die Autorin eine Geschichte zwischen Frankreich, Kuba und Key West von den 20ern bis hinein in die 60er Jahre.

Pappy Brown here! Cowboy Will sure gave those timeraiders a good kick in the pants. They sure deserved it for wasting everyone else's time. Why, if they kept it up...the class might not have made it into college. Yup! Time is very important to our futures. All that you wish to be requires moments of thought and quiet! Not time wasters smothering your mind with emptiness. So say I and Cowboy Will. Good night, until we meet again in our next story, Cowboy Will and the Circus.

Do you have unicorns in your backyard? Imagination, magical songs, and fairy tales. New friends to share in pockets of your mind. Listen to Cowboy Will and the Unicorns. Hold your breath One...two...three...and ride into the future... Always sharing new friends... A brighter world! New adventures!

Be Happy. Be Honest. Be like Cowboy Will. Parents, reward your children. Please purchase this book. Teach them how to solve their problems without being mean and nasty, but with a smile and tenderness. Tickles of happiness. A happy face... Please join with us in Cowboy Will’s new adventure. Giddiap...

Here I am again! Pappy Brown, the town’s historian and star reporter. Whoa! Blue Notch is getting ready for Mattie’s birthday party today at the circus! Fun and adventures.... Cowboy Will is one generous man. A giver of heart and happiness. I’ve got my camera clicked and ready to go. We’ll all have fun and share memories and good times. Happy birthday Mattie! Kisses and hugs....

Hey guys! Let’s join Pistol Pete the Scoundrel.... The clown who’s trying to get Cowboy Will and Navajo into trouble.... Shooting off his big mouth, always outside the law. Bring along your handcuffs.... We’re gonna get him!

Best-selling author Naomi Wolf demythologizes motherhood and reveals the dangers of common assumptions about childbirth. With uncompromising honesty, she describes how hormones eroded her sense of independence, ultrasounds tested her commitment to abortion rights, and the keepers of the OB/GYN establishment lacked compassion. Wolf's courageous willingness to talk about the unexpected difficulties of childbirth will help every woman become a more knowledgeable planner of her pregnancy and better prepare her for the challenges of balancing a career, freedom, and a growing family.

We all have a façade, a concealed mask we wear to portray ourselves to the world. Fallon has never had to wear a mask. She grew up with two loving parents in Chicago, graduated from college and is now working a job she loves. But her untarnished world is shaken when Luca crosses her path.

Unsettling Canada, a Canadian best seller, is built on a unique collaboration between two First Nations leaders, Arthur Manuel and Grand Chief Ron Derrickson.Both men have served as chiefs of their bands in the B.C. interior and both have gone on to establish important national and international reputations. But the differences between them are in many ways even more interesting. Arthur Manuel is one of the most forceful advocates for Aboriginal title and rights in Canada and comes from the activist wing of the movement.

One of the growing public health concerns today are food allergies and food intolerances. And because of this, you have probably heard more and more about Gluten and this Gluten Free Diet in recent years. Many people want to start taking better care and control of their health. You've heard of athletes or celebrities saying they've decided to cut out gluten from their lives and how they've started to feel infinitely better because of it. A study has found that the number of Americans going gluten-free has tripled since 2009.

#1 New York Times and internationally bestselling author Naomi Klein makes the case for a Green New Deal in this “keenly argued, well-researched, and impassioned” manifesto (The Washington Post). An instant bestseller, On Fire shows Klein at her most prophetic and philosophical...

The most important book yet from the author of the international bestseller The Shock Doctrine, a brilliant explanation of why the climate crisis challenges us to abandon the core “free market” ideology of our time, restructure the global economy, and remake our political systems. In short...

A bestselling author and rabbi’s profoundly affecting exploration of the meaning and purpose of the soul, inspired by the famous correspondence between Albert Einstein and a grieving rabbi. “A human being is part of the whole, called by us ‘Universe,’ a part limited in time and space. He...

Temeraire * Book 4 Tragedy has struck His Majesty’s Aerial Corps, whose magnificent fleet of fighting dragons and their human captains valiantly defend England’s shores against the encroaching armies of Napoleon Bonaparte. An epidemic of unknown origin and no known cure is decimating the...