Memories of life in a small American town in Central New York capture, with love and humor, the wonderful human beings who peopled its green valley and sheltering hills.

Amazon reviewers love The Scarlet Code! 'A rollicking good tale' 'Thoroughly enjoyable, highly recommend' 'Exciting, swashbuckling adventure' 'Everything you could want from an adventure thriller: excitement, a fabulously endearing heroine and pirate to fall in love with, a cruel killer and... well-written historical detail. Superb.' 1789. The Bastille has fallen... As Parisians pick souvenirs from the rubble, a killer stalks the lawless streets. His victims are female aristocrats. His executions use the most terrible methods of the ancient regime. English spy Attica Morgan is laying low in Paris, helping nobles escape. When her next charge falls victim to the killer's twisted machinations, Attica realises she alone can unmask him. But now it seems his deadly sights are set on her. As the city prisons empty, and a mob mobilises to storm Versailles, finding a dangerous criminal is never going to be easy. Attica's only hope is to enlist her old ally, reformed pirate Jemmy Avery, to track the killer though his revolutionary haunts. But even with a pirate and her fast knife, it seems Attica might not manage to stay alive. 'A rip-roaring adventure' Tessa Harris on The Bastille Spy

All 22 episodes from the eighth season of the American crime drama following mystery writer Richard Castle (Nathan Fillion). In this series, Castle poses as a college professor in order to investigate the brutal murder of a student, while a tip off from a mystery stranger leaves his wife Kate (Stana Katic) on the run and fighting for her life. The episodes are: 'XY', 'XX', 'PhDead', 'What Lies Beneath', 'The Nose', 'Cool Boys', 'The Last Seduction', 'Mr. and Mrs. Castle', 'Tone Death', 'Witness for the Prosecution', 'Dead Red', 'The Blame Game', 'And Justice for All', 'G.D.S', 'Fidelis Ad Mortem', 'Heartbreaker', 'Death Wish', 'Backstabber', 'Dead Again', 'Much Ado About Murder', 'Hell to Pay' and 'Crossfire'.

Shortlisted for the HWA Gold Crown 2020 _________________________________ From the bestselling e-book sensation of The Thief Taker series comes a thrilling and sumptuous novel set during the early days of the French Revolution. 'A rip-roaring adventure.' Tessa Harris, author of the Dr Thomas Silkstone Mysteries _________________________________ The year is 1789 and revolution is in the air. Attica Morgan - a rebellious and resourceful English spy - is laying low after an abortive mission. So when she's offered a pardon in return for solving a gruesome murder in Paris, she jumps at the chance to redeem herself. Once in the city, it becomes clear that tensions have risen to breaking point and the citizens are on the cusp of revolt. And, as she investigates, Attica uncovers a plot that leads her from the sewers of Paris to the court of Marie Antoinette. She quickly realises that she's in a race to save more lives than her own before the revolution takes its bloody turn... 'Incredible! It's the best action adventure novel I've ever read... A fantastic achievement that has blown me away with its ingenuity, scope and breathless pace.' Louise Voss, author of the Detective Lennon series

This book will introduce you to studies in developmental psychology that changed the way we think about the discipline today. Each chapter provides details of the original work and explains their theoretical and empirical impact, before discussing the ways in which thinking and research has advanced in the years since the studies were first conducted. This edition looks at 16 different studies including topics such as the visual cliff, object permanence, and attachment as well as researchers such as Piaget, Vygotsky, and Ainsworth.

This book will introduce you to studies in developmental psychology that changed the way we think about the discipline today. Each chapter provides details of the original work and explains their theoretical and empirical impact, before discussing the ways in which thinking and research has advanced in the years since the studies were first conducted. This edition looks at 16 different studies including topics such as the visual cliff, object permanence, and attachment as well as researchers such as Piaget, Vygotsky, and Ainsworth.

Collection of five animated features following the adventures of the DC Comics superhero. Superman: Unbound, Superman: Doomsday, Superman vs Elite, Superman/Batman: Apocalypse, Superman/Batman: Public Enemies

In Superman: Unbound (2013), with the help of his cousin Supergirl (voice of Molly C. Quinn), Superman (Matt Bomer) goes up against extraterrestrial villain Brainiac (John Noble), who has been wreaking havoc across the universe, stealing cities and destroying planets, including the hero's home Krypton.

With Brainiac now on Earth, Superman does all he can to prevent it, and its people, from meeting the same fate. In Superman: Doomsday (2007), Superman (Adam Baldwin) goes up against his toughest opponent yet when LexCorps unintentionally release a powerful villain known as Doomsday. In an attempt to save the city of Metropolis Superman must engage in a fight to the death.

In Superman Vs The Elite (2012), Superman (George Newbern) questions the methods of The Elite, a new group of superheroes led by Brit Manchester Black (Robin Atkin Downes), who believe the only way to rid the world of evil is to kill villains. Superman, however, is determined to protect the people of Earth without causing more death. As The Elite's exploits get out of hand, Superman finds himself with no choice but to take them down.

In Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (2009), Superman (Tim Daly) and Batman (Kevin Conroy) join forces to destroy a Kryptonite meteor that is heading directly towards Earth. With new US President Lex Luthor (Clancy Brown) wanting to take the glory for the meteor's destruction, however, Superman finds himself accused of murder and both he and Batman, with the help of Power Girl (Allison Mack), must successfully defeat an army of villains before they can continue with their plans to save the world.

In the sequel, Superman/Batman: Apocalypse (2010), Superman (Daly)'s cousin Kara Zor-El (Summer Glau) arrives in Gotham City but causes problems when she is unable to control her powers. After training at Themyscira, Kara is captured by the evil Darkseid (Andre Braugher). With the help of some fellow heroes, including Batman (Conroy), Superman goes to rescue his cousin.

All episodes from the first eight seasons of the American crime drama following mystery writer Richard Castle (Nathan Fillion). When a copycat murder inspired by the plot of one of his novels takes place, Castle is called in by the NYPD to provide insight on the case. When he proves useful, he is given a permanent job on the investigative team, working alongside Detective Kate Beckett (Stana Katic). Season 1 episodes are: 'Flowers for Your Grave', 'Nanny McDead', 'Hedge Fund Homeboys', 'Hell Hath No Fury', 'A Chill Goes Through Her Veins', 'Always Buy Retail', 'Home Is Where the Heart Stops', 'Ghosts', 'Little Girl Lost' and 'A Death in the Family'. Season 2 episodes are: 'Deep in Death', 'The Double Down', 'Inventing the Girl', 'Fool Me Once...', 'When the Bough Breaks', 'Vampire Weekend', 'Famous Last Words', 'Kill the Messenger', 'Love Me Dead', 'One Man's Treasure', 'The Fifth Bullet', 'A Rose for Everafter', 'Sucker Punch', 'The Third Man', 'Suicide Squeeze', 'The Mistress Always Spanks Twice', 'Tick, Tick, Tick...', 'Boom!', 'Wrapped Up in Death', 'The Late Shaft', 'Den of Thieves', 'Food to Die For', 'Overkill' and 'A Deadly Game'. Season 3 episodes are: 'A Deadly Affair', 'He's Dead, She's Dead', 'Under the Gun', 'Punked', 'Anatomy of a Murder', '3XK', 'Almost Famous', 'Murder Most Fowl', 'Close Encounters of the Murderous Kind', 'Last Call', 'Nikki Heat', 'Poof! You're Dead', 'Knockdown', 'Lucky Stiff', 'The Final Nail', 'Setup', 'Countdown', 'One Life to Lose', 'Law and Murder', 'Slice of Death', 'The Dead Pool', 'To Love and Die in L.A.', 'Pretty Dead' and 'Knockout'. Season 4 episodes are: 'Rise', 'Heroes and Villains', 'Head Case', 'Kick the Ballistics', 'Eye of the Beholder', 'Demons', 'Cops and Robbers', 'Heartbreak Hotel', 'Kill Shot', 'Cuffed', 'Till Death Do Us Part', 'Dial M for Mayor', 'An Embarrassment of Bitches', 'The Blue Butterfly', 'Pandora', 'Linchpin', 'Once Upon a Crime', 'A Dance With Death', '47 Seconds', 'The Limey', 'Headhunters', 'Undead Again' and 'Always'. Season 5 episodes are: 'After the Storm', 'Cloudy With a Chance of Murder', 'Secret's Safe With Me', 'Murder, He Wrote', 'Probable Cause', 'The Final Frontier', 'Swan Song', 'After Hours', 'Secret Santa', 'Significant Others', 'Under the Influence', 'Death Gone Crazy', 'Recoil', 'Reality Star Struck', 'Target', 'Hunt', 'Scared to Death', 'The Wild Rover', 'The Lives of Others', 'The Fast and the Furriest', 'The Squab and the Quail', 'Still', 'The Human Factor' and 'Watershed'. Season 6 episodes are: 'Valkyrie', 'Dreamworld', 'Need to Know', 'Number One Fan', 'Time Will Tell', 'Get a Clue', 'Like Father, Like Daughter', 'A Murder Is Forever', 'Disciple', 'The Good, the Bad and the Baby', 'Under Fire', 'Deep Cover', 'Limelight', 'Dressed to Kill', 'Smells Like Teen Spirit', 'Room 147', 'In the Belly of the Beast', 'The Way of the Ninja', 'The Greater Good', 'That '70s Show', 'Law and Boarder', 'Veritas' and 'For Better Or Worse'. Season 7 episodes are: 'Driven', 'Montreal', 'Clear and Present Danger', 'Child's Play', 'Meme Is Murder', 'The Time of Our Lives', 'Once Upon a Time in the West', 'Kill Switch', 'Last Action Hero', 'Bad Santa', 'Castle, P.I.', 'Private Eye Caramba!', 'I, Witness', 'Resurrection', 'Reckoning', 'The Wrong Stuff', 'Hong Kong Hustle', 'At Close Range', 'Habeas Corpse', 'Sleeper', 'In Plane Sight', 'Dead from New York' and 'Hollander's Woods'. Season 8 episodes are: 'XY', 'XX', 'PhDead', 'What Lies Beneath', 'The Nose', 'Cool Boys', 'The Last Seduction', 'Mr. and Mrs. Castle', 'Tone Death', 'Witness for the Prosecution', 'Dead Red', 'The Blame Game', 'And Justice for All', 'G.D.S', 'Fidelis Ad Mortem', 'Heartbreaker', 'Death Wish', 'Backstabber', 'Dead Again', 'Much Ado About Murder', 'Hell to Pay' and 'Crossfire'.

The imagination of a young girl is caught in the wind allowing her to fly off on an adventure. "Windy" is a wordless picture book inviting young readers to create their own story. Magical pictures allow readers to join the young girl and see her world as she soars through the sky. Windy appeals to preschool children as well as story tellers of any age.

Age Level: 3 and up Grade Level: 1 - 5 Have you ever heard a child say, "I'm bored" or "I don't have anything to do"? This is a charming story about a grandmother who teaches her grandchild to use her imagination. It is by turns touching and whimsical as they discover wood elves in the trees or make up songs for frogs. The artist's paintings have captured the magic of discoveries from the early morning dew until the constellations in the night sky. This book invites the reader into memories of fireflies and discoveries of shapes in clouds. This is a stunning book that parents and grandparents will be sharing with children for years to come.

The New Pucker Street is a companion book to Pucker Street, the First 100 Years, and continues to document the civic activity of the community of Marcellus from 1953 to the present. On the cover is The Steadman House, recently dedicated as the home of the Marcellus Historical Society. Located in the heart of the Village, it not only provides a link to a precious past, but is a 19th century landmark that projects the community's commitment to civic improvement. It is an enduring symbol of the community's history, its strength and majesty, but also proclaims its presence in the 21st century. Its steps and pillars are inviting and announce to the world that Marcellus, while retaining its authenticity, is ever adapting to change, responsible change that is reflected in the lives and accomplishments of its citizens, young and senior.
The New Pucker Street documents many of the changes that have taken place in Marcellus since the celebration of the Village Centennial in 1953. In the last fifty years, the traditional picture of Marcellus as an agricultural and milling community changed. Many old homes and buildings in the Village have fallen to the wrecker's ball, while other landmarks have been remodeled to a former glory. As more families moved to the suburbs after the war, there would be an increase in the population, dramatically changing the make-up of the native people - and reflected particularly in the school population. In the next fifty years, the role of government would change, as more services would be provided, and an aging infrastructure required continuous consideration by elected representatives.
The next fifty years would see the emergence of the "greatestgeneration." When the young men returned to Marcellus after the war, they were joined by equally involved women of that generation, and in the words of former President George H. W. Bush, "did the work of democracy day by day, every day in their hometown," helping to build bridges to the 21st century - ones that their own children, grandchildren and great grandchildren would follow.
The New Pucker Street also details some of the issues facing an American village in modern times, and it also contains an epilogue, highlighting some lessons that might be learned from the past - ones that might serve as guidelines for what lies ahead.
The New Pucker Street portrays Marcellus like many small towns across America - as home - a place where many people have settled, and to which many people return. They return because it is home, and they always feel welcome.

Marcellus, like most communities, developed at at the crossroads of two major transportation routes in Central New York State - Nine Mile Creek and Seneca Turnpike.
While abundant water and good soil in the area were significant attractions for settlers in the late 1790s, the water power provided by Nine Mile Creek, an outlet of Otisco Lake, was equally important, attracting a variety of individuals who build a diversity of mills (grist, saw, barley and woolen) on its banks.The products of these mills attracted even more individuals to the valley to work in the mills themselves, as well as providing other services for neighboring farmers.
Following an old Indian trail, a primitive road had been opened across Onondaga County in the early 1790s and the first settlers came to Marcellus either on foot or horseback, following that old trail. Seneca Turnpike was an outgrowth of what came to be known as the Great Indian Trail, that stretched across the state and became a major highway for people moving from New England and the settled east to what was then the western frontier. The settlement that came to be the Village of Marcellus was located where this highway of east-west travel intersected Nine Mile Creek.
During the first fifty years of its existence, the community continued to attract people and industries at a steady pace. As these numbers increased, more people tended to concentrate in the valley that would become the Village, living closer and closer together, in contrast to their rural neighbors. The inhabitants soon began to realize the need for some sort of organization and it was out of this urgency that the Village was incorporated in 1853.
During theyears up to 1953, the Village of Marcellus changed and yet, it remained the same. In 1853, nestled at the bottom of a valley and surrounded by limestone hills, the sleepy hamlet was a trading center for local farmers and a crossroads for itinerant travelers on their way west. By 1953, it was still a center of the local farm trade, but also a home for hundreds who worked in the manufacturing of agriculture-related products. Its economy had changed, but not dramatically.
What had once been a small homogeneous village of about 350 people, similar to each other in background and customs, had become a diverse community of almost 1,400 residents from many different lifestyles. The community was much larger, but the people were still one, now out of many.
When it became a Village in 1853, a major concern for the elected Trustees was the animals that roamed the dirt streets that often turned to mud. By 1953, their main concern was the automobiles that clogged the macadamized streets that needed constant repair. Village government had become more complex, yet the problems remained quite similar in nature.
In the years that followed incorporation, the residents found it necessary to adapt to many changes in the Village. Many times this took the form of a reworking, a revision, or a modification - usually an improvement on what had been.

Originally, The Town He Loved So Well was conceived as a work intended only for the author's children so that they might come to know the upstate village of another era during the fifteen-year period from their Papa's first memories of existence until he left for college. Like most children, his little girl and boy asked him - especially at bedtime - to tell them a story from the olden days, and he gladlly comlied, much as his father had done before him. Like most fathers, he wished to convey to his offspring his own roots as he emphasized the best aspects of family heritage and rural life in what their grandmother called God's Country. Especially, he wanted to preserve for his children the memory of their grandmother, who seemed to have found her paradise in this particular spot of earth carved by the great glacier as it moved south with its artistic hand millenniums before.
Somewhere during the three-year period of compiling stories from his youth, the purpose became more universally driven by the striking dedication in an earlier history of the town by his former elementary school principal: To all those who have ever called Marcellus Home. The third-person narrative intends to convey a less personal memoir so that other Marcellians might be encouraged to write of the times and, most of all, the individuals whom they have known in this special place.

Robert Zemeckis's animated retelling of the popular children's classic, based on the novel by Charles Dickens, featuring the voice talent of Jim Carrey in the multiple roles of Ebenezer Scrooge and the three ghosts which haunt him. Old miser Scrooge is visited by the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future who aim to rid him of his contempt of friendship, love and all things Christmas. In order to do so, the ghosts take him on a journey through time, opening his eyes to the truths he is yet to face and the consequences should he refuse to do so. But in the end it is up to old Scrooge himself to realise the emptiness of his existence and open up his heart before it is too late. The film also features the voices of Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Robin Wright Penn and Bob Hoskins.

Longlisted for the HWA Gold Crown 2020 _________________________________ From the bestselling e-book sensation of The Thief Taker series comes a thrilling and sumptuous novel set during the early days of the French Revolution. 'A rip-roaring adventure.' Tessa Harris, author of the Dr Thomas Silkstone Mysteries _________________________________ 'He was alive when he went in the mortuary.' 1789. The Bastille is marked for destruction. Skirmishes in the city are rife and revolution is in the air. When a gruesomely murdered rebel is found in the prison morgue, a plot is suspected. English spy, Attica Morgan, is laying low after an abortive mission. So when she's given an assignment inside the Bastille, her instinct is to run. Instead, she's offered a pardon, in return for solving the mystery of the dead revolutionary; and exposing a plot that leads to Marie Antoinette. But as tensions rise to breaking point in the city, Attica quickly realises she's in a race against time. Soon there could be no Bastille to investigate. 'Incredible! It's the best action adventure novel I've ever read... A fantastic achievement that has blown me away with its ingenuity, scope and breathless pace.' Louise Voss, author of the Detective Lennon series