Great Mysteries

1903, Buffalo, New York. Ed Burdick, a wealthy manufacturer known for his kindness and generosity, and his wife Alice had a life few could imagine. The couple had three lovely daughters, a beautiful home, and they were fixtures in the elite Elmwood Avenue set. Despite rumors of trouble in the Burdick marriage, few believed it until Ed ordered his wife out of their home and filed for divorce. The whispers about their separation abruptly ended when Ed Burdick was found murdered in his den while his family slept upstairs.

Leadership is a curious topic. It is most noted in its absence and most measured by its need. Leadership requires opportunity. The situation drives leadership; what worked in one situation may be disastrous in another. It requires skills to be able to direct the challenge at hand. Leadership is both an art and a science. It is theoretical and applied, cultural and contextual. Most importantly, leadership is about accomplishment and results.

En noviembre de 1918, tan solo unos días antes del armisticio, el teniente d'Aulnay-Pradelle ordena una absurda ofensiva que culminará con los soldados Albert Maillard y Édouard Péricourt gravemente heridos, en un confuso y dramático incidente que ligará sus destinos inexorablemente.

Need the perfect man? No problem—simply create him! Ivy wanted nothing more for Christmas than to have someone to come home to, a companion to chat about her day with, and someone to show off at her family holiday celebrations. Instead of wishing on a star, she takes matters into her own hands. Ivy creates her perfect companion at Dream Droids, the premier robotics company specializing in sentient humanoids. She spends weeks with Dr. Pierce, creating her dream man. Every detail is worked out, from his appearance, personality, and even his knowledge of her life. This will be the best ...

Three complete stories in one collection! Includes Monkey Trouble, The Zombie Project, and The Great Turkey Heist.

Far out in the south-eastern part of the Pacific Ocean lies one of the world's most remote islands. Located over 2,000 miles away from Chile and South America, the nearest continent, and over 1,300 miles away from its nearest inhabited neighbor, Pitcairn Island, Easter Island is a solitary mass of land alone at the southeastern-most point of the Polynesian Triangle.

Still unsolved, still baffling, still claiming new victims. Here are the untold stories. A pilot reports a strange haze enveloping his plane, then disappears; 11 hours after fuel starvation, as if calling from a void, he is heard 600 miles away. He requests permission to land, then vanishes forever. A freighter steaming over placid seas disappears without a trace. A pleasure yacht ghosts past without a soul on board. A pilot calls for help because a "weird object" is harassing his plane. A jet collides with an "unknown" and is never found.

On Christmas Day, 1991, Mikhail Gorbachev delivered a ten-minute televised speech announcing his resignation as Soviet president. Moments later, with little pomp and less circumstance, the red flag was lowered from its floodlit perch atop the Kremlin, and the Soviet Union ceased to exist. Into the vacuum—before a new democracy had time to put down roots—surged the Russian mafia, supplying what the new state could not: krysha, or “roof”—protection for the privately owned businesses sprouting across the country.

Mma Ramotswe has a deft hand in delicate cases, and never allows an act of injustice to pass unanswered. So, when it comes to her attention that a matter involving dubious motives has arisen, and that it will require the utmost discretion to resolve, she has no choice but to lend her skills in the arts of detection and reconciliation. She is, after all, head of Botswana’s premier detective agency, but that doesn’t mean she can’t use the help of Mma Makutsi and Mma Potokwane.

In the Shadow of Diablo – Mystery of the Great Stone House alternates between a local teacher's present day adventure and the historical accounts of the brutal murder of Dr. John Marsh, one of the most important figures in California history. Harrison Barrett is a Brentwood science teacher who is compelled to investigate the sudden and tragic suicide of one of his high school students.

Basil of Baker’s Street, the masterful mouse detective who studied under Sherlock Holmes, is on his way to a school reunion with his old friends from Ratcliffe College. Along for the trip is his steadfast companion, Doctor Dawson. But all is not well, as they soon learn that the dastardly Ratigan has escaped from prison in London. Could the rat possibly be planning revenge against his old nemesis, Basil himself?

THE MAUS TRAP A quiet winter vacation in the Alps. A romantic and secluded hotel. Only nine guests. A famous crime novelist who is being stalked. Three shots, one dead body—a new case for Penny Küfer. Each book in the series features a complete, standalone mystery—perfect to enjoy in any order.

The Overland Campaign that pitted Robert E. Lee against Ulysses S. Grant is one of the most famous campaigns of the Civil War, and May 1864 witnessed the Civil War’s greatest chess match as Lee skillfully blocked Grant’s attempts to destroy the Army of Northern Virginia only to watch his tenacious opponent keep advancing south toward Richmond. Lee and Grant fought to a standstill in the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and along the North Anna. By the time the two armies reached Cold Harbor near the end of May 1864, Grant incorrectly thought that Lee’s army was on the verge of collapse.

A giant turkey is on the loose! Nate, the great detective, and his dog, Sludge, hear the news on the radio. But Nate doesn't want to take a case that everyone in town is on. Not even when Claude claims that he saw the turkey, then lost him in the woods. He holds up a turkey feather to prove it. Now Sludge wants the case. Claude wants Sludge, and off they go. Miles away...Nate's cousin Olivia Sharp - herself a detective - hears about the missing turkey on TV. Before he can say gobble, gobble, Olivia appears on Nate's doorstep.

For a long time, our scientists thought man was of comparatively modern origin - that mankind has possibly existed 50 thousand years. It is now conceded we may possibly have been on Earth for as long as a million years, or even more. This audiobook, dictated by the enlightened sage commander Valiant Thor (known as "The Stranger at the Pentagon") deals with the prehistory of the human race and the bearing it has had on the people of our present time.

The oldest "Wonder of the world" stands silently and demands explanation. The Great Pyramid of Khufu is so big, so old, and so beautiful that many can't believe it was built by an ancient people…but it was! And that is the greatest mystery of all - the mystery of the Great Pyramid. The Great Pyramid is part of the non-fiction Ancient Egyptian Mysteries series that engages listeners of all ages. Travel to ancient Egypt and explore the facts and mysteries of how the Great Pyramid of Khufu was built

THE FIFTH AND FINAL INSTALLMENT OF THE ORIGINS SERIES The Novi have finally arrived, but is that a good thing for anyone involved? The Novi may look the same, but time has not been kind to their outlook on the galaxy’s other sentient races in the aftermath of the ‘Lost Fleet’ incident. Hastelloy and his crew have their loyalties torn between the Novi they once knew, the humans they now know, and who the Novi have become. Who should they serve? The answer brings with it a day of reckoning for Hastelloy. All of his sins from the past: altering form, suicide, inciting war, and murder ...

Miwaka: Vanished Shipby Harper Stanwick, Sr. is a gripping mystery novel set in the chilling expanse of Lake Michigan during the late 19th century. In the heart of a fierce December storm in 1895, the steel freighter Miwaka vanishes without a trace on its maiden voyage, carrying twenty-five souls. The legendary tribal drumbeat, said to echo whenever the lake claims a life, signals only twenty-four beats, leaving a lingering hope that one man might have survived. Benjamin Gagne, a seasoned lake captain turned shipping magnate, is haunted by this inexplicable mystery. Living in near isolation...

Home for the Delahass family is Nolbeloir House...the home that Jeremy Delahass built for his family in the heart of America...now, years later, his family still calls it home...the Delahass Legacy still lives on...and the search for justice continues. Box Set Volume 1 includes Family and Family Unbroken, the first two books in the Delahass Legacy series. Family – The Delahass Legacy Barb Delahass has spent much of her life trying to understand the decisions and choices her ancestor made, but she has always admired the life that Jeremy Delahass chose to live, even though some of his ...

In November 2017, an international team of more than 30 scientists published the results of their two-year-long Great Pyramid research project in the journal Nature. Using an advanced imaging technique known as muon radiography, three groups working independently from each other discovered a massive, previously unknown space within the Great Pyramid of Giza. Mainstream Egyptologists suggest that the “Big Void” is simply a stress-relieving device for the Grand Gallery. But, as Scott Creighton reveals, ancient Coptic Egyptian texts describe exactly what the Big Void is.