Accompanied as always by her companion and confidante, Maude Cunningham, and her major domo, Kinkade, Miss Abigail Patience Danforth was putting an end to what she saw as yet another attempt by Maude to act as matchmaker as they sat on their balcony at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel on Oahu. But for once, Maude was not thinking of romance. She suspected that someone was poisoning the rightful heir to a sugar fortune, Matthew Tarkington, in a most diabolical way by making it appear that he had the symptoms of the beginning of leprosy—the mere suspicion of which would be cause enough to have him banished to the hell-on-earth that was the leper colony on Molokai. But just as Miss Danforth finally agrees to look into the matter, the household is struck by disaster. The body of Princess Lilliana, a cousin of deposed Hawaiian royalty, is discovered, and Kinkade, normally the most sedate and sensible of men, confesses to the murder, and it is against his will that Miss Danforth must prove his innocence. In spite of the danger to herself, Miss Danforth not only uncovers the real murderer of the princess, she exposes the plot to banish Matthew. In doing so, many of the secrets of Hawaii’s elite are exposed to an unmerciful tropical sun.

From Mail to Mountain is a detailed portrayal of the daily life of an Army private (author’s father) who served in World War II. The author used documented activities researched from company level daily reports along with stories his father told, to envision and develop dialogue between soldiers of the 86th Mountain Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division as they engaged the German army in the North Apennines and Po River campaigns in Italy. From Mail to Mountain is interesting, riveting, and authentic. You won’t want to put it down until you’ve finished reading it! Highly acclaimed by military leaders and others! ….. a story of grit, determination, humor, excitement, routine, and longing to be home. In sum, it's the story of every soldier who has gone to war. John Jackson has done a great honor to every 10th Mountain Division soldier, past and present. - Lieutenant General (US Army, Retired) James M. Dubik, PhD. Former Commander, 2nd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division. ….. with immense pride and honest appreciation, Jackson serves up a meticulously researched, factually grounded, and heartfelt tribute to both his dad and the soldiers with whom he served. - Colonel David R. Fabian, (US Army-Ret), Chief of Staff, Army Historical Foundation ….. extremely well written and difficult to put down. - Colonel R. Dritlein (USAR-Ret.) ….. I truly enjoyed reading your book. Those men of the greatest generation did more for this world then we can ever thank them for. This book helps capture that for future generations to understand each soldier has a story. - K. Alexander ….. Excellent work, it's a special talent to be able to paint a picture with words. Well done!! - J. Greene

In 1900, a female was the property of either a father or husband, and for a girl of her station to become anything but a wealthy man’s wife was unthinkable. But Miss Abigail Patience Danforth was determined to usher in the twentieth century by becoming the world’s first female consulting detective, even after Dr. Arthur Conan Doyle himself tries to dissuade her and Mark Twain refuses to encourage her. Frederick, The Earl of Hunterswell is eager to ask Miss Danforth’s father for her hand, but then the fabulous Punjat’s ruby, intended as a gift for the Prince of Wales, disappears from Hunterswell House and Miss Danforth is pitched headlong into her first case. With Lord Frederick in tow, Miss Danforth returns to her father’s Gramercy Park mansion in New York where she enlists the help of the famous actor, Will Gillette, who was starring in “Sherlock Holmes” on Broadway, to help her pursue her elusive quarry – risking her life to retrieve The Punjat’s Ruby.

First, MC Muffin would like to clear up that he is an EMCEE not a MAC. He wants his followers to understand you cannot order him with special sauce on a bun, and if you try that is mad wack yo. MC Muffin is just another pastry from the cupboard trying to follow his dreams of becoming a rap superstar. He knows if he keeps pushing one day he will make it to a better life.

Encouraged by Miss Danforth's decision to become the world's first female consulting detective, her chaperone, Maude Cunningham, begs Abigail to find the killer who gunned down her beloved fiancé on the streets of San Francisco's Chinatown. Eager to help her friend and to tackle a new and challenging case, Abigail recalls the advice of her mentor, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and begins the process of logical detection, unaware that sinister forces, desperate to stop her, are already watching her and anticipating her every move. Disguised as a gentleman, with the young writer Jack London as her guide, Miss Danforth leaves the safety of her wealthy hostess's Nob Hill mansion to interview the sleazy denizens of the Barbary Coast, determined to solve the crime by unveiling the secrets hidden in The Cat's Eye.

Fresh from her heady success at retrieving the Punjat’s ruby for the Prince of Wales, Miss Abigail Patience Danforth and her entourage are speeding toward San Francisco in a private railroad car when their journey is interrupted by train robbers. They murder her new friend, and steal her beloved horse, Crosspatches, along with Marshal Bill Tilghman’s foundation sire—an Arabian, priceless as a monarch’s pearl. Far from the familiar boulevards of London and New York where she had schooled herself in the infant science of detection, Miss Danforth disdains the famous lawman’s old-fashioned, slow methods of tracking fugitives across the vast wilderness that was then the Oklahoma Territory and creates her own – her only clue, the killer’s love of chocolate.

This book was originally published in 1970. The concept of profession and the characteristics by which certain occupations are claimed to enjoy professional status is a highly appropriate example of the kind of conceptual area which this series aims to explore. As in the first two volumes, on Social Stratification and Migration, the purpose of this volume was to raise a number of questions about the adequacy of theoretical concepts used by sociologists and others to describe social phenomena. Each of the papers expresses a certain dissatisfaction with many of the basic assumptions, which were apparent in much of the literature. The editor in his introductory paper discusses some aspects of the relation of professions to the development of ideology and specified intellectual traditions in the universities. He raises a number of questions about the significance of different 'areas of competence' in which professionals practise in relation to the concerns of the wider society.