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In February 1934, a financial emergency created by the Great Depression forced the suspension of self-government in Newfoundland. Britain guaranteed Newfoundland's debt and appointed a Commission of Government. Among the first members named to the new government was Sir John Hope Simpson, whose portfolio included responsibility for fishing, forestry, mining, and agriculture. This book is a selection from the many letters written from Newfoundland to family members in England by Sir John and Lady Hope Simpson (familiarly known as Quita). It recalls in vivid detail the terrible decade of the...

Love and loss between the Blitz and the Dublin bombings

April 1941. German bombers are in the air, about to attack Belfast. Oskar is a Luftwaffe conscript whose sweetheart, Elsa, was forced to flee Berlin for Ireland two years before. War-weary, he longs for escape. In remote Dunkerin, Kitty awakes to find a parachute trapped in one of the lime trees. When she discovers Oskar, injured and foraging for food in her kitchen, he becomes a rare and exciting secret. But Ireland during the "Emergency" is an uneasy place, and word of the parachute soon spreads. Meanwhile, Elsa is haunted by the...

Seven years ago, psychiatrist Ellen Smith interviewed vicious serial killer Roger Taut. Now retired, Ellen is horrified to learn that Roger has escaped. The local police force enlists her help and asks her to join the homicide task force on Roger's tail. Ellen knows Roger must be caught before he has a chance to kill again.

Detectives Dan Kape and Jim Masker are also part of the task force, and they're beginning to believe there's a link between Roger's victims and the River Edge Mental Institution from where he escaped. The entire police department is horrified when Ellen goes missing,...

The closer is the ace reliever who specializes in closing out the game without surrendering the lead. Facing a power hitter in the ninth inning with a man on base and no outs takes nerves of steel. The pressure on the mound is intense. It takes a special breed to hold it together in these situations. Legendary manager Tony LaRusso said "Sure, games can get away from you in the seventh and eighth, but those last three outs in the ninth are the toughest."

It wasn't until the creation of "the save," the successful maintenance of a lead by a relief pitcher, in 1960 that the...