A humorous study of the human race, its occupations, and its preoccupations, offering a look at man and his work from prehistoric to modern times

Humans at Work

Humor & Entertainment

Welch, Pat

Dowdall, Mike

Welch, Dennis

Humor

Fireside

Cats share our homes, our lives, and the sunny spot in our favorite chair. We may like to think we own them, but in reality, they have the upper hand, uh, paw. Alternately maddeningly aloof and irresistibly affectionate, mysterious yet familiar, they always keep us guessing about their inner motives and thoughts. And just how might a cat express its innermost thoughts? Undoubtedly in haiku, the ancient 17-syllable form of poetry from China and Japan. With clever illustrations in the style of traditional Japanese woodcuts, more than 100 witty "catku" are collected into chapters such as "The Way of the Hunter," "Mind/Body/Spirit," "The Path to Enlightenment," and "The Physical World." Each one illuminates the Zen-like nature of the cat.The prudence of the hunter:"Stealthy and silent,I stalk birds-but listen forThe can opener."The vagaries of the physical world:"Seeking solitudeI am locked in the closet.For once I need you."Catku will delight cat lovers who will recognize the feline attitude reflected in these verses and perhaps realize that the so-called lazy cat perched on the back of a favorite chair is really just in deep meditation, seeking the path to enlightenment while composing a few more catku.

Catku: What Is the Sound of One Cat Napping

Religion & Spirituality

New Age & Spirituality

ANDREWS MCMEEL PUB.

Murder by the Book (A Helen Black Mystery)

Literature & Fiction

United States

Naiad Pr

Still Waters: A Helen Black Mystery

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

A Proper Burial: A Helen Black Mystery

Open House: A Helen Black Mystery

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Snake Eyes

They wear big colorful hats, drive huge cars (too slowly), and they pull over for every flea market and yard sale they encounter. They are irreverent, often politically incorrect and at least twenty years out of fashion, but they are definitely a hoot...and guess what, they don't give a damn whether you like them or not!

Biddys

Sellers Pub Inc

After serving time in prison, former cop Helen Black returns home to Berkeley, California, hoping to start over... but her new life doesn’t look very promising. Struggling through her days with dull temp jobs, she meets Alice one night at a local bar. A few days after their brief encounter, Helen stops by Alice’s apartment – only to find the woman dead. 
Soon the police become involved – and her former partner, Manny, treats her like the criminal he thinks she has become. Of course it doesn’t help that his wife just left him for another woman – and he thinks it’s all Helen’s fault… 
With the world around her spinning, Helen is painfully struggling to find security in her old turf, and wonders if she will ever be able to put the past behind her.

A Time To Cast Away: A Helen Black Mystery

Contemporary

Bella Books, Inc.

Helen Black is out on parole near the small Mississippi town she escaped in her youth. As she struggles to put her life back together and make friends with the residents of Tynedale, Helen is pulled into the seamy underside of this ostensibly placid town. But it’s the one place she can’t go -- the seamy underside will lead Helen straight back to prison. Then a brutal murder rips the town apart. Everyone, from a scheming ex-cellmate to a new police detective with a chip on his shoulder, seem to align themselves against Helen. But it was Helen who found the body and to save herself, she must now find the killer.

A Day Too Long: A Helen Black Mystery

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