Germany - the Land (Lands, Peoples, and Cultures)

Four new countries and nine updated editions have been added to Bobbie Kalman's popular Lands, Peoples, and Cultures series. These powerful and intimate portraits of countries use up-to-date information and full-color photography. Presented in a mini series format, three books per country ensures thorough coverage of all the important aspects. It also allows more students to work on different projects at the same time. Covering more than basic history and geography, students will be fascinated to learn about: 
-- the land... geography, agriculture, transportation, history, industry, and glorious wonders
-- the people... unique customs, customs we share, problems faced by minority groups and women
-- the culture... modern festivals, ancient processions, food, games, and more
The breathtaking land of Germany is featured from its rolling hills, forests, and mighty rivers, to the snow-capped Bavarian Alps in the southeast. Captivating full-color photos help convey Germany's beautiful landscape as well as its large cities, industry, farming and the environment.
Topics include: -- the center of Europe -- the Black Forest, Bavarian Alps, and Rhine River -- the German people -- Bavarians, Saxons, Turks, and Europeans -- Berlin and other bustling cities -- transportation and the car industry -- factories and farms -- joining the European Union -- wildlife -- cleaning up the environment

Children's Books

Lane, Kathryn

History

Crabtree Classics

Introduces the geography, cities, transportation, economy, and wildlife of Germany.

Winner of the Silver Falchion and named Best Fiction Book of the Year, 2017, by Killer Nashville!
Handsome Colombian men and life-threatening danger were not normally a part of Nikki's auditing job, but this assignment was anything but normal. Despite her emotional wounds, she accepts the challenge as a way to overcome the loss of her young son in a tragic event. In the midst of the male-dominated business world in Colombia, she investigates mismanagement allegations and uncovers a sinister plot involving fraud . . . and possibly murder. She also discovers an attractive man who seems to have feelings for her. As her relationship with him grows deeper, so does the level of danger she finds herself in. When the guns come out, Nikki realizes it will be up to her to find a way to survive . . . but is she up to the task?

Waking Up in Medellin

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Thrillers & Suspense

Pen-L Publishing

Silver Falchion Award Finalist for Best Thriller in 2018 by Killer Nashville International Writers’ Conference Nikki Garcia is an unlikely Sam Spade: a former international auditor turned private investigator who lands an assignment in Mexico to find a missing ten-year-old girl, Bibi Lombardi. The child’s estranged parents have been fighting over custody of her and one of them could be responsible for her disappearance. It’s an easy child-snatching case—right? Nikki thinks so until a marijuana-smoking bag lady provides eye-witness information on the girl’s abduction. Following the lead, Nikki pursues a group of dangerous criminals through designated UNESCO locations, archaeological sites, picturesque colonial towns, and barren deserts . But when Bibi’s mother Sofía receives a ransom request, Nikki is already undercover with a gang of “Coyotes.” Nikki’s boss and fellow private eye, Floyd Webber, thinks she is on the wrong trail. Floyd is certain someone purposely gave her misleading information on the abduction to prevent her from recovering the child. Or is the kidnapper headed north to the U.S. border where Bibi’s fate could be much worse than her current situation? Eduardo Duarte, who is enthralled with Nikki, fears the forces of evil will prevail if she continues in the search, so he starts a search of his own to find her. Will he locate her before it’s too late? And what will become of little Bibi?

Coyote Zone (A Nikki Garcia Thriller)

Mystery

Waking Up in Medellin: A Nikki Garcia Thriller (Nikki Garcia Mystery)

Tortuga Publishing, LLC

Nikki García, former international fraud auditor turned private investigator, is assigned to Mexico-a country where private eyes are outlawed-to find a missing child, Bibi Lombardi. Bibi's parents have been fighting over custody and suspect each other of kidnapping the child.It promises to be an easy case until an irreverent, pot-smoking bag lady provides an eye-witness account of the girl's abduction. Nikki dives into danger as she follows a group of treacherous human traffickers-"coyotes"-through abandoned silver mines and barren deserts as the criminals transport their victims toward the U.S. border.To complicate matters, Nikki's fiancé, Eduardo Duarte, fears for her life if she continues her search and he starts his own dangerous, high-stakes rescue mission.Will he locate Nikki and Bibi before it's too late?

Danger in the Coyote Zone: A Nikki Garcia Thriller (Nikki Garcia Mystery)

Nikki Garcia, former international fraud auditor turned private investigator, escapes to Spain with her fianc after a death threat on her last assignment in Mexico. She puts the past behind her and turns the trip to Barcelona into her destination wedding. A week later, Nikki and the love of her life, Eduardo, find themselves caught up in a terrorist attempt at one of the city's major tourist attractions. As events unravel, Nikki discovers she is being stalked. Worse, she may have been the target of the deadly bombing.The Spanish authorities investigating the terrorist attack ignore that Nikki, an American woman, may have been the intended target. The newlyweds must operate behind the legal and law enforcement systems to uncover the sinister person threatening Nikki. To find who is plotting against her, they consider international connections to people she encountered during her past investigations in Latin America. Weaving their way through Barcelona in an attempt to get facts, Nikki and Eduardo further endanger themselves upon discovering individuals, from flamenco dancers to foreign nationals, who are following them. As a visitor in a foreign country, can Nikki navigate the system and outsmart the person threatening her? To find out, start the adventure with Nikki today

Revenge in Barcelona: A Nikki Garcia Thriller (Nikki Garcia Mystery)

Product Description A woman is dead, a teenager is missing, and the partners of a vacation stem cell travel agency in Miami are suspects.One partner is the father of the missing girl and the other one is the husband of the murdered woman. The widower is unreachable, having taken clients on a stem cell therapy trip to the Caribbean. Nikki Garcia investigates the girl’s disappearance and, in the midst of conflicting testimony from witnesses, it’s impossible to distinguish victims from perpetrators. Following a trail of evidence, Nikki and Eduardo, her husband, assume undercover identities and fly to Havana, Cuba, only to find a world of deceit, betrayal, and espionage.When Eduardo locates the widower, he attempts to gather sensitive information on the missing teenager and reveals more information than he should.Nikki’s colleagues in her Miami private investigator office fear the worst when communication with her becomes impossible.Will they manage to escape the fate they both fear? And what about the missing teenager – will she be found before it’s too late?If you love women sleuths, crime fiction, and the mystery and suspense novels of John Grisham, Kristi Belcamino, and Isabella Maldonado, you will also love Silver Falchion Award-Winning Author Kathryn Lane's Nikki Garcia Mystery Series.Missing in Miami is a gripping read that has the ring of authenticity to it. Kathryn Lane knows what she's writing about. I loved the Cuban scenes. If Nikki Garcia ever decides to leave the detective profession, she has a future in the spy business. I'd hire her in a heartbeat. ─J ames M. Olson, former CIA Chief of Counterintelligence, and the author of To Catch a Spy: The Art of Counterintelligence. Review A good thriller doesn't just—thrill—it peels back the layers of society to show relationships between the world of the characters and the world of the reader, and this is just what Kathryn Lane has done with her newest Nikki Garcia novel, Missing in Miami.Detective Nikki Garcia is hired to find a missing teenaged girl—a girl whose parents seem oddly ambivalent about her absence. Garcia nonetheless follows the trail of the missing girl through the neon-lit streets of Miami and then across the Florida Straits to Havana and beyond. Kathryn Lane keeps the plot moving with sharp dialogue, tight exposition, well-paced action, and interesting compelling characters.Readers who enjoy books by Megan Abbot, Tana French, or Sara Gran will feel right at home in these pages—and, yes, feel thrilled. A successful, suspenseful, enjoyable page-turner.Review by Dr. Lowell Mick White, author of six fictional novels, including Normal School and Burnt House. Editor of Alamo Bay Press. A member of the Texas Institute of Letters, Dr. White is an Instructional Associate Professor at Texas A&M University.

Missing in Miami: A Nikki Garcia Mystery

Literature & Fiction

From the Award-Winning Author of the Nikki Garcia Mystery Series "The explosive story that unfolds in Stolen Diary is enthralling and exciting and will take readers' hearts to unexpected places. Kathryn Lane has given us a gift." -Lowell Mick White, author of Normal School Stolen Diary explores the challenges that Jasmin, a gifted yet socially awkward child, faces growing up with a disengaged mother. Her grandfather unwittingly creates further tension between Jasmin and her mother by encouraging her genius. Unable to deal with her mother's rejection, Jasmin escapes into a world of her own, a world of science and music, until she suspects family secrets are being kept from her. She steals her mother's diary in hopes of finding clues to uncover the truth. When she fails to detect any, she hides the diary, creating a secret of her own that brings unforeseen and fateful consequences. When a kidnapping threat becomes reality, Jasmin's world is altered. The upheaval exposes the roots of her mother's disdain and provides the clues Jasmin must pursue if she is to unravel the family secrets.

Stolen Diary

Genre Fiction

Named Best Fiction Book of the Year, 2017, by Killer Nashville! Handsome Colombian men and life-threatening danger were not normally a part of Nikki's auditing job, but this assignment was anything but normal. Despite her emotional wounds, she accepts the challenge as a way to overcome the loss of her young son in a tragic event. In the midst of the male-dominated business world in Colombia, she investigates mismanagement allegations and uncovers a sinister plot involving fraud . . . and possibly murder. She also discovers an attractive man who seems to have feelings for her. As her relationship with him grows deeper, so does the level of danger she finds herself in. When the guns come out, Nikki realizes it will be up to her to find a way to survive . . . but is she up to the task?

Waking Up in Medellin: Intrigue, Romance, and Suspense in Colombia

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Germany - the Land (Lands, Peoples, and Cultures)

Germany - the Land (Lands, Peoples, and Cultures)

Waking Up in Medellin

Coyote Zone (A Nikki Garcia Thriller)

Waking Up in Medellin: A Nikki Garcia Thriller (Nikki Garcia Mystery)

Danger in the Coyote Zone: A Nikki Garcia Thriller (Nikki Garcia Mystery)

Revenge in Barcelona: A Nikki Garcia Thriller (Nikki Garcia Mystery)

Missing in Miami: A Nikki Garcia Mystery

Stolen Diary

Waking Up in Medellin: Intrigue, Romance, and Suspense in Colombia