"Sami's mother disappeared ten years ago, and the police have always suspected that Sami's father killed her. But they've never had any convincing evidence...until now. Sami's sure her father's innocent. Or is she?"--

On a collective level, the human diaspora is incalculable. Our leaving and resettling are as ancient as we are, whether immigrant, refugee, exile, or pioneer. In Splinter, Susan O’Dell Underwood’s poems trace the unique experiences of the Appalachian diaspora. Splinter suggests the deep ambivalence in the breaking away, a sundering which can never be mended. These poems test the emotional spectrum, weighing the joyful possibilities and sorrows of leaving against the obligation of those who stay “home,” grateful yet bereft in an altered place.

Set in small town New England it's the wild world of 1970s hockey, with haunting echoes from a deeper past. That's when 14-year-old Jerry at last makes his first top team.Only, Jerry swiftly finds that making it, doesn't mean you've got it made.

A radical Islamic leader who dreams of the past will do anything in his power to ensure that the future is destroyed-by hitting the technological world where it hurts: oil.

He is Sam Fisher: Third Echelon special operative. And when a cargo freighter loaded down with radioactive material is headed towards the coast of the United States, he has minutes to disable the ship - or die trying.

A bullion robbery has been pulled off by a totally ruthless and terrifying gang. Murder along the way is if no consequence to them. Now, they must protect their haul as they become increasingly desperate. Roger West of Scotland Yard, its finest and most methodical detective, has a splinter of glass as the only clue.