This is a shocking story of kidnapping, rape, torture, mutilation, dismemberment, decapitation, and murder. The subject matter in this book is graphic On March 24, 1987, the Philadelphia Police Department received a phone call from a woman who stated that she had been held captive for the last four months. When police officers arrived at the pay phone from which the call was made, Josefina Rivera told them that she and three other women had been held captive in a basement by a man named Gary Heidnik. He imprisoned women in chains, in the filth and stench of a hole dug under his home.
Degroof maps MIT's current entrepreneurial ecosystem of students, faculty, and researchers; considers the effectiveness of teaching entrepreneurship; and outlines ways that the MIT story could inspire conversations in other institutions ...
Michael said . “ I knew I was , " I breathed . “ Why didn't he eat me ? ' ' “ Too tough , ” ' Gemma said . Then she gave me a little kiss on the cheek . I looked at her , but she just smiled . If the guys in the cafeteria had seen that ...
This masterpiece by celebrated New York Times bestselling author Walter Mosley is the mysterious story of a young Black man who agrees to an unusual bargain to save the home that has belonged to his family for generations.
Garfield's knees start knocking when two frightened mice give him some terrible news--there's a beast living in the house.
The Thing in the Basement is an atmospheric mystery story with a school setting.
You wake up and your parents are gone. Your family is gone. There's a Rainbow Door in your closet. That definitely wasn't there before. Behind the Door is a stone staircase that leads up, up, up.This is the world Ezra wakes up to.
When Johnny has his eleventh birthday, his parents decide he is old enough for dancing classes, but too old to collect bottle caps any more.
Pudding, the youngest of three Furkins, or elves, living in a barrel in the basement of a human named Noah, proves that a shy Furkin is capable of great deeds like the heroes of the past.
Our hero, attending a Halloween party in an embarrassing pink bunny costume (he wanted to he a pirate) stumbles across a secret society of damaged, forgotten, and pissed-off toys in the basement of his friend's house--including the ...
In From the Basement, music journalist Taylor Markarian examines the underground emo scene that had an indelible influence on popular culture. Markarian grew up in the emo scene.