KATE SHUGAK is a native Aleut working as a private investigator in Alaska. Shes 5 foot 1 inch tall carries a scar that runs from ear to ear across her throat & owns half-wolf half-husky dog named Mutt. Resourceful strong-willed defiant Kate is tougher than your average heroine
- & she needs to be to survive the worst the Alaskan wilds can throw at her. BAD BLOOD: One hundred years of bad blood between two Alaskan villages come to a boil when the body of a young Kushtaka man is found wedged in a fish wheel. Sergeant Jim Chopins prime suspect is a Kuskulana man who is already in trouble in both villages for falling in love across the river. But when he disappears both tribes refuse to speak to Jim
- so when theres a second murder which looks suspiciously like payback Jim calls on Kate Shugak for help. Now Kate must untangle the village tales of tragedy & revenge if she is to find the truth before its too late...

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Detective Paul Hjelm member of an elite Swedish team assembled to investigate violent international crime receives an urgent call from the FBI offices in America. A man has been found murdered at New York airport. The killer's violent methods bear a frightening resemblance to those of the notorious ' Kentucky Killer' a serial killer who was thought to have died some years before in a car crash witnessed by an FBI agent. The FBI believe that the killer has boarded a flight to Sweden but when the plane lands in Stockholm he escapes without being identified. Soon the bodies begin to pile up
- some bearing the hallmarks of the Kentucky Killer's signature torture device: a weapon that squeezes shut the vocal chords. Has he somehow returned from the dead or do they have a copy-cat on their hands? & what does the killer want in Sweden?
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Banks isnt back & thats the problem. If DCI Alan Banks had been in his office when his old neighbour came calling perhaps it would have turned out differently. Perhaps an innocent man would still be alive. & perhaps Bankss daughter wouldnt be on the run with a wanted man. But Banks is on holiday blissfully unaware of the terrible chain of events set in motion by the discovery of a loaded gun in a young womans bedroom & his daughters involvement with the ultimate bad boy.. . ...

Unable to cope with raising his children alone Robert Sullivan abandons them to others until he has a change of heart & decides to go back for them. But on the way there he is involved in a horrific accident. Jack & Nancy are placed in the brutal regime of the Galloway Children's Home where Jack's devotion to his sister & fiery temper land him in more trouble. The children find themselves at the mercy of the corrupt Clive Ennington who splits them up & sells Nancy off to the highest bidder. Meanwhile Mary Robert's only love is forced to seek a new life for herself. She decides to marry Paul Marshall the handsome owner of a seaside guesthouse but her chance of happiness is threatened by his embittered aunt. As Robert recovers in hospital he is determined to find & reunite his family. But when he realises the terrible consequences of his actions he begins to wonder if he will ever see Mary & the children again. ...

Several years after the first edition of Bad Boys Bad Men was published Donald W. Black MD brings us the Revised & Updated edition. Containing the same examination of antisocial personality disorder Dr. Black continues to draw on case studies scientific data & current events to explore antisocial behavior in people. In this new edition Dr. Black builds upon the succes of the previous volume & updates it with new research findings including the genetic & biological determinants of antiscoial personality disorder. Dr. Black also discusses the difference between & overlap with psycopathy. Several new cases have been added to Bad Boys Bad Men including John Wayne Gacy Mike Tyson & Sadam Hussein. He also briefly discusses antisocial women & provides a case example of Aileen Wuornos. ...

As charming as train wrecks every one of these cats aims to offend--and succeeds. Adapted from the 1 New York Times" bestselling book Bad Cat Calendar takes feline naughtiness to shocking extremes. Cats with addictions to cardboard boxes. Cats dressed in silly baby outfits. Cats caught red-pawed with naked Barbies. Plus hundreds more lazy surly stinky apathetic & disobedient cats all in inglorious full color. With Bad Cat Diet Tips Bad Cats & the Law Bad Cat Superheroes & Bad Cat Early Warning Signs: " Gizmo keeps ordering expensive cappuccinos but only licks the foam." So many cats so many ways to go wrong." ...

Here comes trouble. Adapted from the number 1 New York Times" bestselling book " Bad Cat" its a whole year of feline fiends. Forget attitude this is alarming pure over-the-top naughtiness. This title features cats waiting in ambush cats practicing mind control over hapless dogs cats sleeping off benders cats with binge-eating problems cats in party hats with no place to go. Plus grouchy cats badly groomed cats hyperactive cats sluggish cats duplicitous cats & little kittens who may look sweet
- but watch out! It is so bad but oh so good."
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A remarkable collection of short stories set in Wyoming from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of ' The Shipping News' & ' Brokeback Mountain'. ' Bad Dirt' is filled with the vivid & willful characters for which Proulx has become known. Each story occupies a community or landscape described in rich & robust language with an eye for detail unparalleled in American fiction. In ' The Contest' the men of Elk Tooth Wyoming vow to put aside their razors for two seasons & wait to see who has the longest beard come the 4th of July. Deb Sipple the moving protagonist of ' That Trickle Down Effect' finds that his opportunism
- & his smoking habit
- lead to a massive destruction. & ' What Kind of Furniture Would Jesus Pick?' is the story of Gilbert Wolfscale whose rabid devotion to his ranch drives off his wife & sons. Proulx displays her wit in every story of this stunning collection as well as her knowledge of the West of history of ranching & of farming. Her profound sympathy for characters who must use sheer will & courage to make it in tough territory makes this collection extraordinarily compelling.

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The seedy underbelly of canine life exposed
- & celebrated. Here are hundreds of mutts in disturbing full colour in dire need of
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* The sequel to the Bad Dogs Diary
- now in paperback. * A st&-out book in the thriving dog book market. * More fantastic illustrations
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