Author: Jennifer Stanley File Type: epub From Publishers WeeklyThe lighthearted first Hope Street Church mystery introduces 32-year-old Cooper Lee as she grapples with the end of a five-year romance. Despite the best efforts of her loving sister and grandmother, the Richmond, Va., office machine technician cant muster the enthusiasm to move on. When a client, Brooke Hughes, invites Cooper to attend a service at her church, Cooper decides its a good opportunity to mingle with a new crowd. On her first visit to the imposing church, Cooper is welcomed into the Sunday morning Sunrise Bible Study group and learns that Brooke has been murdered and the police are holding her husband as the prime suspect. The Sunrise members believe him innocent and sweep up Cooper in pursuit of the real killer. Stanleys faith-based crime detection has plenty of charming appeal. (Jan.) Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. ReviewTHIS ISNT YOUR GRANDMAS SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS. The members of the Sunrise Bible Study find murderers while they search for friendship, romance, and answers to lifes biggest questions. Jennifer Stanleys engaging new series makesyour attendance at Hope Street Church mandatory. --Emilie Richards, author of the Ministry is Murder mystery series

Author: Bill Schutt File Type: pdf Eating ones own kind is completely natural behavior in thousands of species, including humans. Throughout history we have engaged in cannibalism for reasons of famine, burial rites, and medicinal remedies its been used as a way to terrorize and even a way to show filial piety. With unexpected wit and a wealth of knowledge, American Museum of Natural History zoologist Bill Schutt takes us on a tour of the field, dissecting exciting new research and investigating questions such as why so many fish eat their offspring and some amphibians consume their mothers skin why sexual cannibalism is an evolutionary advantage for certain spiders why, until the end of the eighteenth century, British royalty ate human body parts how cannibalism may be linked to the extinction of Neanderthals why microbes on sacramental bread may have led to execution of Jews by Catholics in the Middle Ages. Today, the subject of humans consuming one another has been relegated to the realm of horror movies, fiction, and the occasional psychopath, but be forewarned As climate change progresses and humans see more famine, disease, and overcrowding, biological and cultural constraints may well disappear. These are the very factors that lead to outbreaks of cannibalism. As he examines these close encounters of the cannibal kind, Bill Schutt makes the ick-factor fascinating.**ReviewA clear-headed, sometimes humorous, sometimes tragic--and always fascinating--compendium of one of Western culture s strongest taboos. From the Australian redback spider to the Donner Party, Schutt examines the evolutionary purposes that eating one s own can serve. But he goes beyond scientific explanation to show how deeply cannibalism is woven into our own history and literature. Cat Warren, New York Times bestselling author of *What the Dog Knows Scent, Science, and the Amazing Ways Dogs Perceive the World* Butterflies do it. So do some toads, birds, and polar bears. Did dinosaurs do it? What about the Neanderthals? And what about us, for that matter? If youre hungry for a fun, absorbing read about which animals eat their own kind and why, read this book. Virginia Morell, New York Times bestselling author of *Animal Wise How We Know Animals Think and Feel* Bill Schutt s fascinating and compulsively readable new book will amaze you. Ian Tattersall, Curator Emeritus, American Museum of Natural History and author of *The Strange Case of the Rickety Cossack and Other Cautionary Tales from Human Evolution * Bill Schutt serves up a deliciously entertaining smorgasbord of scientific reality. He gives us a deeper insight into the way nature really works. Darrin Lunde, Museum Specialist, Smithsonian Institution, and author of *The Naturalist* A fascinating exploration of a normally taboo subject. * *John de Cuevas, contributing editor, Harvard Magazine Bill Schutt serves up a deliciously entertaining smorgasbordof scientific reality. He gives us a deeper insight into the way naturereallyworks. ** *Darrin Lunde, Museum Specialist, Smithsonian Institution, and author ofThe Naturalist*. Butterflies do it. So do some toads, birds, and polar bears. Did dinosaurs do it? What about the Neanderthals? And what about us, for that matter? If youre hungry for a fun, absorbing read about which animals eat their own kind and why, read this book. * *Virginia Morell, New York Times bestselling author of Animal Wise How We Know Animals Think and Feel A clear-headed, sometimes humorous, sometimes tragic and always fascinating compendium of one of Western culture s strongest taboos. From the Australian redback spider to the Donner Party, Schutt examines the evolutionary purposes that eating one s own can serve. But he goes beyond scientific explanationto show how deeply cannibalism is woven into our own history and literature. * *Cat Warren, New York Times bestselling author of What the Dog Knows Scent, Science, and the Amazing Ways Dogs Perceive the World Bill Schutt s fascinating and compulsively readable new book will amaze you. * *Ian Tattersall, Curator Emeritus, American Museum of Natural History, and author of The Strange Case of the Rickety Cossack and Other Cautionary Tales from Human Evolution From the Back CoverA clear-headed, sometimes humorous, sometimes tragic--and always fascinating--compendium of oneof Western cultures strongest taboos.* Until just recently, cannibalism was considered rare and abnormal in both humans and other animals. Now zoologist Bill Schutt surveys the latest research and delves into biology and anthropology, as well as history, literature, mythology, and pop culture, to bring us the first full-scale work on what science has come to recognize as completely natural behavior. Butterflies do it. So do some toads, birds, and polar bears. Diddinosaurs do it? What about the Neanderthals? And what about us,for that matter? If youre hungry for a fun, absorbing read about which animals eat their own kind and why, read this book. Virginia Morell, New York Times bestselling author of *Animal Wise How We Know Animals Think and Feel* A deliciously entertaining smorgasbord of scientific reality. Schutt gives us a deeper insight into the way nature really works. Darrin Lunde, Museum Specialist, Smithsonian Institution, and author of *The Naturalist* From the Australian redback spider to the Donner Party, Schutt examines the evolutionary purposes that eating ones own can serve.But he goes beyond scientific explanation to show how deeply cannibalism is woven into our own history and literature. Cat Warren, New York Times bestselling author of What the Dog Knows* Schutts well researched and suspenseful work is a must read. Publishers Weekly, starred review