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The movie in progress is based on a historical event, a Native American victory over Spanish invaders. But some Indians deeply resent the movie company's filming on tribal land. Shooting has just begun when a deadly real-life scenario rapidly eclipses the one slated for the screen: the man who leased the Santo Esteban Pueblo to Hollywood suddenly dies, and the leading man is murdered. Blind sculptor Mo Bowdre, whose beautiful Hopi girlfriend has a small role in the movie, is fascinated. Who are the players and what are the stakes? Finding the answer tests Mo's inner vision to its limits.
This useful book helps reference librarians understand the information seeking needs and behaviors of the diverse groups of people in the communities they serve. With the increasing diversity of the American population, librarians striving to plan and deliver excellent reference services must enhance their understanding of how best to assist many types of individuals and groups, from children to the elderly. Library Users and Reference Services provides much-needed help in this area, delivering strategies and methods to aid readers in their quest for increasingly effective service for all members of the communities in which they work.Library Users and Reference Services is divided into four ...
Priceless medical research falls into the wrong hands. In his most gripping medical drama to date, Francis Roe weaves passion, ambition, and a desperate race against time into the compelling story of a brilliant young woman surgeon battling jealousy, greed, and sexual politics as she launches her career at a major medical center in New England.
Once a year, the town of Desolada celebrates in three ways: the traditional Halloween; El Dia de Los Muertos, The Day of the Dead--when Mexicans honor their dead with family feasts in the graveyard; and the legend no one speaks of . . . when the earth opens and the dead return to feed on the flesh of the living. From the author of Unearthed.
A mystery editor shows how to write tightly crafted novels that will sell to today's editors, including instruction on the various types of mysteries.
This supplement covers over 350 titles in the original categories plus more than 200 entries in a new category: mystery anthologies with reference value.
Intended to enhance collection development in school, public, and college libraries, this volume lists and annotates approximately 1,500 significant bibliographies published from 1985 through 1993, with some earlier but still useful publications. Annotations indicate scope of the work, size (often the number of entries), kinds of material included, purpose, arrangement, nature of entries, indexes, special features, and a recommendation. Author, title, and subject indexes provide easy access to the entries. With its deep and comprehensive coverage, this work will help not only in the process of selecting and acquiring materials for the library but also in the process of identification of items for reference, readers' advisory, interlibrary loan, and collection evaluation.
Dr. Simeon Halstead, New Coventry Medical Center's brillian brain surgeon, performs miracles in the operating room. Outside that high tech arena, his uncompromising personality, along with his refusal to cover up other doctor's mistakes, has earned him dangerous enemies.
A guide to research on American mystery and detective novels emphasizing the historical development of the genre and major critical approaches to the literature.