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Millets and Millet Technology
Millets are small-grained, annual, warm weather cereal. The millets offer both nutritional and livelihood security of human population and fodder security of diverse livestock population in dryland region of India. Millets are highly nutritious, they are known as health foods especially for control ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
Hell With the Lid Blown Off
by Donis CaseyIn the summer of 1916, a big twister cuts a swath of destruction through Boynton, Oklahoma. Alafair Tucker's family and neighbors are not spared the ruin and grief spread by the storm. But no one will mourn for dead Jubal Beldon, who'd made it his business to know everyone's ugly secrets. It never m... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2014 -
All Men Fear Me: An Alafair Tucker Mystery (Alafair Tucker Mysteries #8)
by Donis CaseyThe U.S. has finally entered the First World War and scheduled the first draft lottery. No one in Boynton, Oklahoma, is unaffected by the clash between rabid pro-war, anti-immigrant "patriots" and anti-conscription socialists, who are threatening an uprising rather than submit to the draft. Alafair... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2015 -
The Drop Edge of Yonder: An Alafair Tucker Mystery (Alafair Tucker Mysteries #3)
by Donis CaseyWho killed Uncle Bill? Alafair Tucker is desperate to find out. One August evening in 1914, a bushwhacker ended a pleasant outing by blowing a hole in Bill McBride, kidnapping and ravaging Bill's fiancée, and wounding Alafair's daughter Mary. Does Mary know who did the low-down deed? If she does, th... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2007 -
Hornswoggled (Alafair Tucker Mysteries #2)
by Donis CaseyIt's the spring of 1913, and love is in bloom for Alice Tucker. Alice's new beau, Walter Kelley, is handsome, popular, and wealthy. Everyone in Boynton, Oklahoma, likes him. Everyone but Alice's mother, Alafair. She sees that Walter has a weakness for the ladies--and they for him. Moreover, Walter'... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2005 -
The Sky Took Him: Alafair Tucker Mystery (Alafair Tucker Mysteries #4)
by Donis CaseyIt's a sad duty that brings Alafair Tucker to Enid, Oklahoma, in the fall of 1915. Her sister Ruth Ann's husband, Lester, is not long for this world, and the family is gathering to send him to his reward. Alafair's eldest daughter Martha has volunteered to come along and care for toddler Grace, free... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2008 -
Crying Blood: An Alafair Tucker Mystery (Alafair Tucker Mysteries #5)
by Donis CaseyIn the autumn of 1915, Shaw Tucker, his brother James, and their sons, go on a hunting trip to the derelict farm his stepfather had bought years before. Instead of a quail, Shaw's dog, Buttercup, retrieves an old boot with the bones of a foot inside. Buttercup then leads the men to a shallow grave a... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2011 -
The Return of the Raven Mocker: An Alafair Tucker Mystery (Alafair Tucker Mysteries #9)
by Donis CaseyWorld War I is raging in Europe, but as the deadly influenza pandemic of 1918 sweeps like a wildfire through Boynton, Oklahoma, Alafair Tucker is fighting her own war. Her daughter, Alice, and son-in-law, Walter Kelley, have both come down with the flu, and Alafair has moved into town to care for th... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
The Old Buzzard Had it Coming (Alafair Tucker Mysteries #1)
by Donis CaseyAlafair Tucker is a strong woman, the core of family life on a farm in Oklahoma where the back-breaking work and daily logistics of caring for her husband Shaw, their nine children, and being neighborly requires hard muscle and a clear head. She's also a woman of strong opinions, and it is her opini... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2005 -
Forty Dead Men (Alafair Tucker Mysteries #10)
by Donis CaseySome people who have experienced a shocking, dangerous, or terrifying event develop Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. It is recognized today as a debilitating but potentially treatable mental health condition. Military veterans are a vulnerable group. But PTSD can deliver a knockout blow to anyone, as... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1942 -
The Wrong Girl (Bianca Dangereuse Hollywood Mysteries #1)
by Donis CaseyThey say a life well-lived is the best revenge...Blanche Tucker longs to escape her drop-dead dull life in tiny Boynton, Oklahoma. Then dashing Graham Peyton roars into town. Posing as a film producer, Graham convinces the ambitious but naive teenager to run away with him to a glamorous new life. In... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019 -
Valentino Will Die (Bianca Dangereuse Hollywood Mysteries #2)
by Donis CaseyWHO IS TRYING TO KILL THE WORLD'S GREATEST LOVER?Though Bianca LaBelle, star of the wildly popular silent movie serial "The Adventures of Bianca Dangereuse", and Rudolph Valentino, the greatest screen idol of all time, have been friends for years, in the summer of 1926 they are making their first pi... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
The Wrong Hill to Die On (Alafair Tucker Mysteries Ser. #6)
by Donis CaseyMurder and illness, rumors of war, rain and floods worthy of the Bible. Nineteen-sixteen was not shaping up to be a good year for Alafair Tucker, and finding Bernie Arruda dead in a ditch wasn't going to help matters. She had not wanted to come to Arizona in the first place. But her daughter Blanch... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2012 -
Scared of Santa
He's huge and hairy and hulking. He dresses in strange furry clothing. He sneaks into people's homes at night. Who wouldn't be afraid of . . . Santa Claus?!? Nothing says Christmas quite like innocent children shrieking with terror as a stranger dressed in red drags them kicking and screaming ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2008 -
Spanish Texas, 1519–1821: Revised Edition (Clifton and Shirley Caldwell Texas Heritage Series)
This revised and expanded edition of the authoritative history of Spanish Texas features significant new discoveries throughout.Modern Texas, like Mexico, traces its beginning to sixteenth-century encounters between Europeans and Indians. Unlike Mexico, however, Texas eventually received the stamp o... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2010 -
Explorers and Settlers of Spanish Texas
In Notable Men and Women of Spanish Texas, Donald Chipman and Harriett Joseph combined dramatic, real-life incidents, biographical sketches, and historical background to reveal the real human beings behind the legendary figures who discovered, explored, and settled Spanish Texas from 1528 to 1821. ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2001 -
Explorers and Settlers of Spanish Texas
Donald Chipman and Harriett Joseph combined dramatic, real-life incidents, biographical sketches, and historical background to reveal the real human beings behind the legendary figures who discovered, explored, and settled Spanish Texas from 1528 to 1821. Drawing from their earlier book and adaptin... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2001 -
Spanish Texas, 1519-1821
Modern Texas, like Mexico, traces its beginning to sixteenth-century encounters between Europeans and Indians who contested control over a vast land. Unlike Mexico, however, Texas eventually received the stamp of Anglo-American culture, so that Spanish contributions to present-day Texas tend to be ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2010 -
Notable Men and Women of Spanish Texas
"In my knowledge of Spanish Texas and the Spanish Borderlands, there is no other work that covers the topic of this book. . . . No other book is so comprehensive and deals with so many personalities in one place. " -Oakah L. Jones, Historian and Professor Emeritus, Purdue University The Spanish... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1999 -
Coexisting with Large Carnivores: Lessons From Greater Yellowstone
As in the rest of the United States, grizzly bears, wolves, and mountain lions in and around Yellowstone National Park were eliminated or reduced decades ago to very low numbers. In recent years, however, populations have begun to recover, leading to encounters between animals and people and, more s... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2005 -
Disaster Management
by David Allen • Rajesh Arora • Yoram Weiss • Corbin Curtis • Levent Kenar • Jameel Ali • Nandini Mukherjee • Giles Barrier • Robert Chilcott • Miklosh Bala • Tahir Ahmed Dar • Fernando Turégano • P Thullier • Scott P Hagen • Rostislav Kostadinov • Thibaut Pelat • Mesut Ortatatli • Marcia Trainer • Timothy P Cohen • Monideepa Roy • Douglas Paton • Steven Parrillo • Christopher R Foerster • J R Bhardwaj • Rajiv Goel • Dale Vincent • Shabir Dhar • Anders Ruter • Benjamin W Berg • Kamen Kanev • Kai-Lit Phua • Denis Josse • Sudeep Nayak • Christophor Dishovsky • Nibedita Ray-Bennett • Mark Huntington • Itamar Ashkenazi • Stoian Tonev • James Hagen • Gerald Kost • Yasamin Izadkhah • Mahmood Hosseini • Anish V Cherian • Ann Sakaguchi • Edward Waller • Maria Nirmala Christine • Richard Louie • Christopher Cocking • Rakesh Sharma • Aaron Richman • Rupa Gunaseelan • J Bajgar • Vinod Kaushik • Naveen C Kumar • Yuval Weiss • Preeti Arora • Michael Hust • Anju Goel • Jean B Bail • Raman Chawla • Suresh Bada MathDisaster management is an increasingly important subject, as effective management of both natural and manmade disasters is essential to save lives and minimize casualties. This book discusses the best practice for vital elements of disaster medicine in both developed and developing countries, includ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2013 -
Disaster Management: Medical Preparedness, Response and Homeland Security
by David Allen • Yoram Weiss • Corbin Curtis • Levent Kenar • Jameel Ali • Nandini Mukherjee • Giles Barrier • Miklosh Bala • Tahir Ahmed Dar • Fernando Turégano • P Thullier • Scott P Hagen • Rostislav Kostadinov • Thibaut Pelat • Mesut Ortatatli • Marcia Trainer • Timothy P Cohen • Monideepa Roy • Douglas Paton • Steven Parrillo • Christopher R Foerster • J R Bhardwaj • Rajiv Goel • Dale Vincent • Shabir Dhar • Anders Ruter • Benjamin W Berg • Kamen Kanev • Kai-Lit Phua • Denis Josse • Sudeep Nayak • Christophor Dishovsky • Nibedita Ray-Bennett • Mark Huntington • Itamar Ashkenazi • Stoian Tonev • James Hagen • Gerald Kost • Yasamin Izadkhah • Mahmood Hosseini • Anish V Cherian • Ann Sakaguchi • Edward Waller • Maria Nirmala Christine • Richard Louie • Christopher Cocking • Rakesh Sharma • Aaron Richman • Rupa Gunaseelan • J Bajgar • Vinod Kaushik • Naveen C Kumar • Yuval Weiss • Michael Hust • Anju Goel • Jean B Bail • Raman Chawla • Suresh Bada Math • Professor Robert ChilcottDisaster management is an increasingly important subject, as effective management of both natural and manmade disasters is essential to save lives and minimize casualties. This book discusses the best practice for vital elements of disaster medicine in both developed and developing countries, includ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2013 -
Bound by Mystery: Celebrating 20 Years of Poisoned Pen Press
by Ann Parker • Kerry Greenwood • James Sallis • Priscilla Royal • Frederick Ramsay • Carolyn Wall • Mark De Castrique • Vicki Delany • David Moss • Donis Casey • Jane Finnis • Charlotte Hinger • Ann Littlewood • Tim Maleeny • Mary Reed • Eric Mayer • Jeffrey Siger • Dennis Palumbo • Tina Whittle • Reavis Z Wortham • Janet Hubbard • Triss Stein • Zoe Burke • Steven Axelrod • Catherine Winn • Warren C Easley • J C Lane • J M Donellan • David P Wagner • Diane D. Dibiase • Kelly Garrett • Laurie R King • M Dobson • Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel • Vasudev MurthyIn celebration of our 20th anniversary, Poisoned Pen Press has commissioned original short stories from thirty-five of its authors, past and present. Some names will be immediately recognizable to mystery aficionados-Kerry Greenwood with her Phryne Fisher mysteries, now also a popular television pro... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
Pain: From Suffering to Feeling Better
Explains the science behind pain and the practical steps sufferers can take to treat pain and restore hope. Pain strikes all of us, but it becomes a recurring or constant condition for one in five people. For millions young and old, it is a difficult, day-to-day reality, and many sufferers have been... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2015 -
Selling on Amazon For Dummies
Sell on Amazon and Make Them Do the Heavy Lifting Selling on Amazon has become one of the most popular ways to earn income online. In fact, there are over 2 million people selling on Amazon worldwide. Amazon allows any business, no matter how small, to get their products in front of millions of cus... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020