DescriptionIn the small town of Innocence, Mississippi, days are long, nights are fragrant, and secrets are hard to keep. But when a brutal killer starts claiming the lives of the town's most attractive women, lifelong neighbors are forced to wonder if the culprit i…
DescriptionFrom London to Geneva, Paris, and Acapulco, Roderick Mann weaves a web of glamour, passion, deceit, and chilling suspense. Julia Lang, publicity director of London's top hotel, is beautiful and vivacious; Robert Brand is charismatic, handsome, and rich. Together, they make a golden couple with the world at their feet. But Robert's tragic death leaves Julia's world shattered - and when his Swiss bank denies the existence of her inheritance, she begins to realize that her perfect life was built on a lie. Determined to learn the truth, she hires Guy Ravenal. His plan is daring and dangerous, but not even he can foresee the horrors they will uncover, or the ruthlessness of Julia's enemies.
DescriptionDan Quayle once said, "I love California. I grew up in Phoenix." "Smoking kills, " said Brooke Shields. "If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life." The Best of the 776 Stupidest Things Ever Said is a connoisseur's compendium of awkward utterances, slips of the tongue, and just plain stupid statements from pundits, politicians, celebrities, athletes, social leaders, and average Joes. For an eloquent and expert education on the fine art of placing the foot in the mouth, not to mention a good laugh, you won't want to miss this hysterical collection. Editors Ross and Kathryn Petras are writers and media junkies who collect even their own stupidities in a computer file slugged "Hall of Shame."…
DescriptionIn closely reported stories from the streets of New York to the seats of intellectual power, MacDonald shows how bad ideas get started and then acquire a life of their own. Her reports trace the transformation of influential opinion-makers and large philanthropic foundations from confident advocates of individual responsibility, opportunity, and learning into apologists for the welfare state. The prevailing orthodoxy of ideas, she finds, has affected our schools with ruinous consequences for our children. While these beliefs have damaged the nation as a whole, she observes, they have hit the poor especially hard. When it comes to urban problems and social policy, The Burden of Bad Ideas is more than a breath of fresh air. It's a cold shower.
DescriptionYoung, blonde, handsome Dr. Michael Swango seemed a godsend wherever he was hired to practice medicine. But acclaim would turn to disbelief, dismay, then horror, as the evidence mounted that he could be murdering his patients. Then, Dr. Swango would leave…
DescriptionAt the core of this book is an appalling double murder committed by two Mormon fundamentalist brothers, Ron and Dan Lafferty, who insist they received a revelation from God commanding them to kill their blameless victims. Beginning with a meticulously res…
