I Almost Missed The Sunset

The fourth thrilling instalment of the Wakeland detective series, exploring the depths of Vancouver’s criminal underworld. The mayor’s brother is missing. A transit cop lies beaten and blinded, her service weapon stolen. A new series of graffiti tags are appearing, linked to an underground group calling themselves The Death of Kings. Class warfare has broken out on the streets of Vancouver, and PI Dave Wakeland finds himself on the front lines—but unsure which side he’s on. Reeling from a bad breakup, and increasingly alienated from the city he calls home, Wakeland nevertheless agrees to look for the missing gun. The investigation takes him from flophouses, to city hall, to a clinic in the West Vancouver hills to a mega-mansion in the exclusive British Properties neighbourhood—along the way, crossing every ethical line the PI has drawn for himself. Even then, Wakeland may not be able to pull it off…

In this ambitious book on southern gospel music, Douglas Harrison reexamines the music's historical emergence and its function as a modern cultural phenomenon. Rather than a single rhetoric focusing on the afterlife as compensation for worldly sacrifice, Harrison presents southern gospel as a network of interconnected messages that evangelical Christians use to make individual sense of both Protestant theological doctrines and their own lived experiences. Harrison explores how listeners and consumers of southern gospel integrate its lyrics and music into their own religious experience, building up individual--and potentially subversive--meanings beneath a surface of evangelical consensus. Reassessing the contributions of such figures as Aldine Kieffer, James D. Vaughan, and Bill and Gloria Gaither, Then Sings My Soul traces an alternative history of southern gospel in the twentieth century, one that emphasizes the music's interaction with broader shifts in American life beyond the narrow confines of southern gospel's borders. His discussion includes the "gay-gospel paradox"--the experience of non-heterosexuals in gospel music--as a cipher for fundamentalism's conflict with the postmodern world.

The old gospel song invited listeners to turn their radios on and hear the . . . music in the air. Now return to the eventful days when Americans could “turn the lights down low and listen to the Master’s radio” through this colorful and inspiring history of Christian music and ministry during the golden age of gospel radio. Learn the stories behind such legendary groups as Blackwood Brothers, Statesmen, Gaithers, Back to the Bible Quartet, Old Fashioned Revival Hour Quartet, Haven of Rest Quartet, and Stamps Quartet. Follow the careers of the great songwriters of the radio days, men such as Albert Brumley, Merrill Dunlop, John W. Peterson, and Stuart Hamblen. Read about the evangelists who pioneered Christian broadcasting, such as Billy Graham, Charles Fuller, Jack Wyrtzen, Percy Crawford, Paul Myers, Torrey Johnson, Walter Maier, Theodore App, and Paul Vader. And learn the stores behind the greatest gospel songs of the country, from “Some Golden Daybreak” to “Beyond the Sunset,” plus more than 100 others!

The story follows Cerise Flitswick, who encounters Miss Moonlight, whom she suspects is a witch. Cerise becomes Miss Moonlight's apprentice and learns witchcraft while also helping with farm chores. She impresses Miss Moonlight with her cooking skills and is put in charge of cooking. Cerise's siblings, Orlando and Carita, visit and also want to learn witchcraft. Miss Moonlight reveals that her cows can talk, and Cerise practices magic with her wand, accidentally setting a fire. The lesson ends, and Cerise befriends Dottie, the talking calf. The story showcases Cerise's adventures as she learns witchcraft and interacts with magical creatures. rest of the things I think you can explore as you keep on reading the small chapters.

Catherine and Richard are nearing the end of their lives. An intelligent, introspective couple, they want to die with dignity and without the pain that often accompanies dying. They are also realistic, unafraid to look death in the eye and try to deal with it on their terms. They have lived long and are ailing, and for people like them, as life spans lengthen, end-of-life questions have become more urgent. Those who guide patients and families through life’s final stage call for wiser discussion, better services and a clearer ethical framework. Catherine and Richard, as a final gift to their children, have decided to create an ethical will, a document that spells out the values and principles that have guided them throughout their lives. We listen in as they discuss these very personal guideposts in a conversation full of insight, wisdom, and sometimes humor, but always love.

Michael O'Shea is a professional thief, descended from a long line of professional thieves. A seemingly simple, well-prepared heist in the jewelry district goes slightly awry, and propels him into a heist for hire in Sunset Cove, Florida. He is enlisted to restore a painting stolen by his new employer's daughter and her drug dealing boyfriend, who are not aware it hides something of very high value. But a killer is also burglarizing homes and condominiums in Florida, and has targeted the condominium occupied by the daughter of Michael's new employer. The killer strikes almost on the heels of Michael's burglary, and kills the daughter of Michael's employer, leaving Michael as the logical suspect in her death. Michael must find and expose real killer before he is caught, and perhaps killed, by the police, his employer, or the mob-connected father of another of the killer's victims. And before long, the killer is stalking him as well. But a chance meeting with Nicki Fontaine may offer his only hope of survival.

In Savannah, Everyone Has Something to Hide When socialite Evelyn Doyle hires investigative partners and best friends Michael Preston and Elizabeth Kirby to do some routine surveillance on her wayward husband, the detective duo find themselves embroiled in a mystery that leaves them in this beautiful, historic city longer than they had expected. Evelyn's husband turns up dead, leaving her as the police chief's prime target. The investigation reveals a hodgepodge of potential murderers, including a scheming business partner, a resentful mistress, and a ne'er-do-well brother. It's up to Mike and Beth to follow the trail of secrets that reaches further than the branches of the moss-draped oaks of Savannah. As praise of the agency gets around town, business is growing for Price Investigations. When Mike and Beth hire Kaitlyn Webb, Savannah's newest transplant, their workload eases, but will the ghosts of her past threaten everyone's safety before a killer can be put behind bars? And can Mike and Beth find love as their friendship and faith are put to the test?

It’s the Christmas season, and romance, friendship, and family conflict abound in the small seaside town of Willa Bay. Tia should be ecstatic -- she’s moving into one of the sunset-colored cottages at the Inn at Willa Bay with her friend Meg, but she’s preoccupied with a surprise newcomer to town and the impending holiday visit of her overbearing parents. Cal has spent the last year forging a new life for himself in Willa Bay, seemingly worlds away from the rat race and trouble he’d been sucked into in Seattle. Cassie has finally found happiness with a rekindled romance with her ex-husband and her ownership of a popular bakery, but she’s always waiting for the other shoe to drop. Reeling from a recent job loss and the end of a long-term relationship, Samantha seeks refuge as a housemother at a local private school, although she isn’t quite sure she’s a good fit for the position. Debbie is deep into planning a fundraiser in honor of her good friend, but it’s more difficult than she’d expected.