The irresistible combination of skill and luck as you race around the board has drawn people to cribbage for centuries. Now, Dan Barlow helps players reach the next level by taking them on a guided journey through the game. He offers tons of tips on everything from the basics (counting points and guessing an opponent’s hand) to pro maneuvers for choosing the opening lead, counter-pegging, and tossing aside danger cards. In addition to the expert advice, Barlow provides skill-building exercises, sample games to practice on, and information on tournaments and clubs where fans can share their passion for the game.
Based on access to interviews, diaries, court records and the criminal himself, this is the story of serial killer Keith Hunter Jesperson, who wrote confession signed with a happy face.
The twenty-nine year-round inhabitants of Fawn Island located off the coast of Cape Cod shrink to twenty-eight as a local handyman is found dead in mid-winter off season. Murdered? Maybe. But the area DA goes out of his way to keep the Cape Cod and island reputation as clean as possible, especially since it is the home of the famous Kennedy family. He hires a local reporter to interview all the remaining residents and prove that the death was an accident.
In a single week, a family leaves behind its past and a daughter awakens to the future in Emily Chenoweth’s intimate and beautifully crafted debut novel. In the winter of 1990, Helen Hansen–counselor, wife, and mother in the prime of her life–is diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor. The following August, Helen, her husband, Elliott, and their daughter, Abby, a freshman in college, take a trip to northern New Hampshire, where Helen will be able to say goodbye to a lifetime of friends. Ensconced in a historic resort in the White Mountains–a place where afternoon cocktails are served on the veranda and men are expected to wear jackets after six–the Hansens and their guests must improvise their own rituals of remembrance and reconnection. For Elliott, the trip is a parting gift to his beloved wife, as well as some needed respite from the caretaking duties that have become his main work. For Helen and the procession of old friends who come to pay their respects, the days offer a poignant celebration of a dear, too-brief life. And for Abby, still unaware that her mother’s cancer is terminal, the week brings a surprising conflict between loyalty and desire as, drawn by the youthful, spirited hotel staff, she finds herself caught between the affections of two very different young men. Heartbreaking and luminous, Hello Goodbye deftly explores a family’s struggle with love and loss, as a summer vacation becomes an occasion for awakening rather than farewell, and life inevitably blossoms in the face of death.
Novice Senator John Franks, a Democrat from Wisconsin, has barely gotten his feet wet in Washington DC when he becomes embroiled in a dangerous jihadist plot that is set to unfold in just three days. A majority member of the Homeland Security Committee, Franks teams with two other government insiders to thwart an Inauguration Day massacre that threatens to destroy the capitol of the United States, along with the entire government and all its leaders. Franks and the others are thrown into a maelstrom of life-and death decisions when they also discover that a clandestine Shadow Government is poised to take the reins of control. Fearing they may already be too late, the team scrambles to head off disaster. As they draw closer to zero hour with a government coup imminent, they find themselves unprepared for the depth and scope of what is to come. The nations fate, and the fate of the world, hangs in the balance as Franks is forced to deal with his personal shortcomings and find the strength to step up to the demands of the crisis he races to avoid.
A young boy huddles in the bushes, the sole survivor of an arson fire. A traveler lands in jail after a bar fight. A passing motorist discovers a mutilated body behind a convenience store counter. One of the world’s richest women is clubbed to death in her mansion. A woman is shot and killed in a remote log cabin. A hardened detective pushes to solve a cold case murder. A desperate sister races to save her brother’s life. An idealistic trial lawyer suddenly confronts the stark nature of truth. Undone Justice is a tale of Truth. Truth, you see, is the lynchpin of Justice. And Justice, once done, can’t be Undone. Can it?
