The incomparable Detective-Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte is back--and now he must solve one of his most baffling cases. When Bony sets out to investigate two bizarre murders at Wirragatta Station deep in the Australian outback, all the odds are against him. The crimes were committed a year before, the scent is now cold, and any surviving clues have been confused by a bumbling policeman. As Bony gets closer to the trail, the mysterious murderer sets out to stop him. Can Bony stop the killer first?
Set between Card's Hugo and Nebula–winning Ender's Game (1985) and Speaker for the Dead (1986), this philosophical novel covers familiar events, but puts new emphasis on their ethical ramifications. In the wake of his victory over the alien Formics, 12-year-old military genius Ender Wiggins is hailed as a hero, but governments opposed to the International Fleet, which trained him, intend to portray him as a monster. Ender winds up as titular governor of one of the new human colonies, where he struggles to adapt to civilian life and ponders his role in the deaths of thousands of humans and an entire alien species.
Aeolian Winds and the Spirit in the Renaissance Architecture
Written by scholars of international stature, Aeolian Winds and the Spirit in Renaissance Architecture presents studies of Renaissance pneumatology exploring the relationship between architecture and the disciplines of art and science.
To the child of today, the world of flowers and animals, trees, toys and people have greater significance than the elusive world of elves and fairies. Let him seek charms and miracles in the streets and country scenes, the beaches he traverses and the people he meets. Let him hear music in the sighing of the winds, the rustle of the leaves, the whirring of the wheels and, of course, in the weaving of words.
Democratic congressman Paul Latham's candidacy for Secretary of State ends in an uproar when he is accused of sexual harassment by a woman who winds up dead.
