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Late-1970s Los Angeles was rampant with killers and shady characters, but all the go-getters at Space Matters saw was possibility. Richard Kasparov was handsome and charismatic; his younger associate, Jerry Schneiderman, brilliant and nerdy. When the pair hired a veteran contractor to oversee construction, the space planning firm they operated out of a hip mansion in LA's Miracle Mile district appeared poised to transform the boundless skyline into their jackpot. After the promising team imploded, however, the orderly lines on their blueprints succumbed to treachery and secrets. 

The smog beast wafted into downtown Los Angeles on July 26, 1943. Nobody knew what it was. Secretaries rubbed their eyes. Traffic cops seemed to disappear in the mysterious haze. Were Japanese saboteurs responsible? A reckless factory? The truth was much worse - it came from within, from Southern California's burgeoning car-addicted, suburban lifestyle. Smogtown is the story of pollution, progress, and how an optimistic people confronted the epic struggle against airborne poisons barraging their hometowns.

Wrought with warmth and wit, Jacobs's debut novel digs into Pasadena's most infamous structure and the city itself. In their journey to discover the source of the bridge's macabre alter ego, Nick Chance and his impish mutt interact with some of the big personalities from the Progressive Age, including Teddy Roosevelt, Upton Sinclair, Charles Fletcher Lummis, and Lilly and Adolphus Busch. They cavort and often sow chaos at Cawston Ostrich Farm, the Mount Lowe Railway, the Hotel Green, and even the Doo Dah Parade. 

Respected pastor and best-selling author Chip Ingram unpacks Philippians 4 to help us choose peace in any circumstance in life, including relational conflict, anxious moments in our personal lives, or difficult circumstances that are beyond our control. 

Between alcohol, illegal drugs, prescription drugs, pornography, gambling, and eating disorders, fully 25 percent of the population of the United States is addicted to something. Those addictions are taking a massive physical, emotional, spiritual, and financial toll on individuals, families, and communities. The problem can feel insurmountable. But there is a solution, at once ancient and supported by the latest in neuroscientific research. 

The good news is our children don't need perfect parents. They need authentic, fully-hearted, relationally engaged parents who can mess up and move on more than parents who always get it right. In this freeing book, respected therapists and best-selling authors Stephen James and Chip Dodd invite parents to let go of perfectionism and micromanaging as they learn to parent from a place of emotional honesty and intimacy. They teach parents that raising children to become capable, loving, and wise-hearted adults is far more about accepting our flaws than projecting an impossible standard. 

"In Chip Cheek's intense, erotic debut novel, narrator George Newbern offers perfect voices for innocent newlyweds Henry, 20, and Effie, 18." — AudioFile Magazine A mesmerizing debut by Chip Cheek, Cape May explores the social and sexual mores of 1950s America through the eyes of a newly...

Tracking serial killers isn’t Kai Cooke’s kuleana—or thing. So when the mother of a rape and murder victim abducted near Barking Sands Beach begs him to find the brute, Kai reluctantly declines. The twenty-year-old case of three slain women is on Kaua‘i and the local force isn’t likely to cooperate with an O‘ahu PI. Then another woman fitting the victims’ profiles goes missing and the cold case appears to turn warm. Is the Barking Sands Strangler back?

Focused Interviewing is the third edition of the popular law enforcement text used to instruct interview and interrogation. The newest version has been updated to include only the scientifically validated approaches to the art of interviewing. Of particular interest in the section dealing with False Confession Syndrome and how to easily avoid similar allegations. Formerly strictly a law enforcement text, Focused Interviewing 2013 has been expanded to include approaches for parents, teachers, employers, employees, doctors and patients, military officers and investigators.

Personal diary/autobiography of a mother with Rapid Cycle Manic Bipolar Disorder

A defrocked priest comes to Jake Sullivan with a fantastic tale of ancient voyages, cryptic clues, and imminent dangers from present and medieval organizations in search of history's most sought after relic. Did a secret northern voyage, never recorded in history actually occur...and is it possible that it somehow connects to ruins on the Florida Coastal Waterway?

A unique, candid, and inside view at the justice system with award-winning Judge T.W. (Chip) Small, Ret'd. After 27 years as a Superior Court Judge, he shares real courtroom insight and explores compelling true crime stories, offering an insider’s perspective on how the system really works.

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks meets Get Out in this “startling…powerful” (Kirkus Reviews) investigation of racial inequality at the core of the heart transplant race. In 1968, Bruce Tucker, a black man, went into Virginia’s top research hospital with a head injury, only to have...

Leadership isn’t broken—but much of what leaders are being asked to do today no longer fits the old ways they were taught to lead. Across boardrooms and executive teams, experienced leaders are feeling it: decisions that once felt grounded now feel forced; cultures that look successful on the surface feel brittle underneath. The demand to perform certainty has overtaken the space required for clarity. Be the Difference Now is written for leaders who can feel that misalignment—even if they can’t yet name it.

Kingdom Access brings live teachings from Harmony Vineyard Church focused on Kingdom truth, spiritual authority, and practical faith—so you can live the Kingdom life God designed you to live.

3 teenage boys discussing favorite songs, food, and the highlights of there weeks.

A community public affairs show that speaks to and addresses current issues that affect the lives of daily Memphians hosted by Chip Washington.

3 mid men looking to disappoint humanity. Maybe we share views on trousers. Sometimes we harmonize.

The Sidewalk Ballet is an ongoing conversation about cities and the people who shape them. Inspired by Jane Jacobs' phrase, the show explores urbanism, placemaking, public space, civic life, downtowns, and community building through conversations with city leaders, designers, organizers, artists, researchers, and residents. Together we examine how communities foster belonging, wellness, sustainability, democracy, and justice—and how people navigate the challenges of coexistence in shared spaces. From neighborhood parks to main streets, from housing and transportation to art and culture, The ...

Six friends go for a ride to see what they can … sea! Oliver Possum didn’t mind a good bicycle ride—but this was a great one! He and his friends ride across the great wide world to have a fun afternoon at the seaside. What could possibly go wrong?