A collection of real-life cases showing the bravery of female police officers. Former Police Constable Alice Vinten shares the stories of brave policewomen who spent their entire careers at the sharp end of crime-fighting. The Real Happy Valley reveals what life on the beat is really like. From...  more

A collection of real-life cases showing the bravery of female police officers. Former Police Constable Alice Vinten shares the stories of brave policewomen who spent their entire careers at the sharp end of crime-fighting. The Real Happy Valley reveals what life on the beat is really like. From dealing with domestic abuse cases to facing personal assaults, gang crime and murder, these courageous women stop at nothing to bring criminals to justice, never failing to put others' safety before their own. Gripping and inspiring, The Real Happy Valley is a celebration of our finest policewomen's extraordinary courage, and their peerless commitment to protect and serve.

Jerry Harju's third book, "Northern Passages," is another hilarious helping of a boy growing up in Upper Michigan in the late '30's and 40's. The short stories range from his first day at kindergarten to high school prom night. One tale deals with life in Hot Springs,...  more

Jerry Harju's third book, "Northern Passages," is another hilarious helping of a boy growing up in Upper Michigan in the late '30's and 40's. The short stories range from his first day at kindergarten to high school prom night. One tale deals with life in Hot Springs, Arkansas where our hero faces the danger of playing football in a school where he's the only Yankee. Other topics range from the perils of recital piano playing to the terrors of Lutheran confirmation.

In this riveting memoir, an ER doctor reveals how his high-stress career of helping others led to a struggle to save himself."It turns out there are all kinds of things about working in an ER that most of us haven't learned from TV or having sat in one. In Something for the Pain, Paul Austin?the...  more

In this riveting memoir, an ER doctor reveals how his high-stress career of helping others led to a struggle to save himself."It turns out there are all kinds of things about working in an ER that most of us haven't learned from TV or having sat in one. In Something for the Pain, Paul Austin?the ER doc you'd hope to get if something really bad happened?tells us, vividly and with uncommon candor, how, if you aren't careful, saving people's lives can make you sick."?Ted Conover, author of NewjackIn this eye-opening account of life in the ER, Paul Austin recalls how the daily grind of long, erratic shifts and endless hordes of patients with sad stories sent him down a path of bitterness and cynicism. His own life becomes Exhibit A, as he details the emotional detachment that estranges him from himself and his family. Gritty, powerful, and ultimately redemptive, Austin's memoir is a revealing glimpse into the fragility of compassion and sanity in the industrial setting of today's hospitals.

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Returning to his hometown as a cop, Zach Fortier was certain his tactical military training would make a difference. The city, however, had other plans for his idealism.  Following Fortier's journey into the realities of the street and the officers who work...  more

Returning to his hometown as a cop, Zach Fortier was certain his tactical military training would make a difference. The city, however, had other plans for his idealism.  Following Fortier's journey into the realities of the street and the officers who work them, CurbChek contains true tales of the hunters and the hunted, jostling for control inside the warped core of America's urban landscape. Sometimes humorous and often strange and brutal, the incidents inside the pages of CurbChek are the personal accounts of calls taken by Fortier in the line of duty. Fortier's paranoia is that he fears he's not paranoid and that the whole world is like this... endemic to everything and indigenous to nowhere. There are cops like Zach working on every police force and in every town... including yours.

Dr Sparrow is back, coping with more bizarre, macabre and hilarious situations. Following his successful debut with "Country Doctor: Hilarious True Stories from a Country Practice", Dr Sparrow once more guides us through the daily rounds of the weird and wonderful in his practice on the...  more

Dr Sparrow is back, coping with more bizarre, macabre and hilarious situations. Following his successful debut with "Country Doctor: Hilarious True Stories from a Country Practice", Dr Sparrow once more guides us through the daily rounds of the weird and wonderful in his practice on the Devon/Cornwall border. What would you do if faced with the unsuccessful resuscitation of the wrong patient, being held at gunpoint as a suspected terrorist or confronting a blind man who refuses to stop driving? And what about the little old lady who presents you with a supermarket bag stuffed with GBP20 notes? Add to this jets crashing on the runway, fleeting glimpses of the Royal Genitalia and the haunting tale of the suicidal stranger and an abducted child - and you will start to have some idea of the unpredictable life of Dr Sparrow.

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It's smart. It's stylish. It's fun! And with its unique design, The New York Times Little Black (and White) Book of Crosswords is bound to be the "must-have" collection for any crossword fan. Edited by crossword great Will Shortz, this beautiful book offers 200 easy-to-hard puzzles in a...  more

It's smart. It's stylish. It's fun! And with its unique design, The New York Times Little Black (and White) Book of Crosswords is bound to be the "must-have" collection for any crossword fan. Edited by crossword great Will Shortz, this beautiful book offers 200 easy-to-hard puzzles in a convenient portable size, perfect for carrying in your purse, briefcase, or backpack. Features:* 200 of The New York Times' best puzzles, arranged according to difficulty* Sleek design with a covered spiral binding makes it easy to solve puzzles* Durable hardcover protects the book as it travels with you wherever you go* The perfect crossword gift for any holiday* Edited by Will Shortz.

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Author David Hunter was a self-described poet/author that happened to be a cop. Hunter hired on with the the Knox County Tennessee sheriff's department rather late in life. The book is a non-fictional account of Hunter's observations, thoughts, and experiences.

Max and Vicky Hardcastle have a daydream . . . One day, they'll sell their cramped city-centre antiques shop and the overflowing upstairs flat and relocate to the beautiful Yorkshire Dales. If they could only find the perfect place to house both family and business, then that fantasy...  more

Max and Vicky Hardcastle have a daydream . . . One day, they'll sell their cramped city-centre antiques shop and the overflowing upstairs flat and relocate to the beautiful Yorkshire Dales. If they could only find the perfect place to house both family and business, then that fantasy might become a reality. . . When a smallholding in a remote Dales village comes on the market, it seems like the answer to their prayers. Bullpen Farm might need 'some renovation', but it has an orchard, outbuildings and all the charm they've dreamt of. Before long, the Hardcastles find themselves the proud owners of a collection of ramshackle buildings and the newest members of a close-knit community which seems to have more than its fair share of eccentrics. From the antics of the antiques trade to the uproarious incidents of village life, it turns out that rural living isn't quite as tranquil as they'd imagined!

Meet Monica Noble: the vicar's wife with a taste for solving crimes. THE WEEKEND TURN MURDEROUS -- Monica Noble and her husband Graham, the local vicar, are invited to participate in a high-flying church conference being held at a swanky manor house hotel in their...  more

Meet Monica Noble: the vicar's wife with a taste for solving crimes. THE WEEKEND TURN MURDEROUS -- Monica Noble and her husband Graham, the local vicar, are invited to participate in a high-flying church conference being held at a swanky manor house hotel in their village. At the Saturday night dinner, the ambitious female cleric Celia Gordon tragically dies, seemingly of a peanut allergy.   But when Chief Superintendent Jason Dury arrives on the scene he quickly discovers that it's a case of murder. And Monica's husband is the prime suspect. Other suspects include an eminent bishop, an archdeacon viciously opposed to female clergy, and his wife, the curator of a local museum, who is definitely up to something. But if Monica is to find out who killed Celia, and free her husband from suspicion, she must grapple with a very ruthless - and increasingly desperate - killer, putting herself and those around her in mortal danger. Also published as An Unholy Shame written under author: Joyce Cato