Books by HARVEY

Riverside Estates, Port St. Lucie, Florida - Pickleball player Diane Bates has been murdered in her waterfront mansion. So who was responsible for her death? It certainly could have been Doctor Leonard Bates, her cheating husband, or Dave Messenger, her bitter son-in-law. Or perhaps it was Bobby James, the gigolo handyman, or maybe even Michael Studdard, the local Pickleball pro, or any one of a variety of Pickleball players who hated her.Lisa March, a small but tough detective in the Port St. Lucie police department, is given the task of leading the investigation to solve this crime. Prosecutor Megan Harris then takes over to insure that justice is served in the courtroom.After a tumultuous trial filled with the antics of flamboyant defense attorney JD Treem, a verdict is reached that brings this mystery to a conclusion.Or does it?These questions, and more, are in answered in The Pickleball Murder.

MARSHAL BOOK 10, is a fast paced adventure story with some not-so-superheroes. In the ABDUCTORS, you will find yourself in the middle of all the action. If you can believe in aliens you can believe in MARSHAL, and everything in this book. WARNING! this book contains adult themes (not rude or crude), exciting adventure and good science fiction guaranteed not to insult your intelligence. Marshal and his crew of superheroes respond to emergencies and protect the earth from a never ending stream of threats including humans. Life on Earth has never been quite the same after the coming of Marshal and this is the tenth book in the series but it is written to bring new readers up to speed fast. I write to entertain, I try to put you in the middle of the action, you will know what is going on, how it feels, sounds like and experience the emotions of the characters. The book is self censoring for more sensitive readers warning them in advance giving the reader the option to read on and experience all of the blow by blow action or allowing them to read on a little and then skip to the next break to pick up on the action.

This is a fascinating account of daily life in Westminster, one of medieval England's most important monastic communities. It is also a broad scholarly exploration of some major themes in the social history of the Middle Ages by one of its most distinguished historians. 'an outstanding book', Times Higher Education Supplement

In little over a hundred years America went from a country that lacked a national road system to become a world leader in all forms of fast transportation. It was from 1807 to 1909 that the foundations of cheap fast travel forever changed us as a people and a nation. It all started with a steamboat trip up the Hudson which brought about a mechanical transportation revolution that came ashore and finally took to the air. Our story is about transportation starting with the steamboat, the development of New York's Finger Lakes, and how this helped bring about the modern business world we take for granted. It took only a century for the magical formula of fast transportation speeding up local development and business growth to transform our nation and the world we live in. The reader should always keep in mind the endless cycle of speed, development and business that keeps the ball rolling as time and distance continue to shrink in this ever changing world. Speed changed our lives to the point that we needed to escape it as the Excursionist Age of lakeside resorts, fine wines and dance halls came to life for the working weary and high rollers of the land. New York's Finger Lakes were the crown jewels of this age, having fine wineries and some of the best railroads and steamboats in the land. Out of all of this energy emerged the "Wizard of Hammondsport," Glenn H. Curtiss! He would go on to become the fastest man on earth and in the air! Because of these events we no longer think in terms of distance, but instead in the time it takes to get there. We now think in sound bits, eat on the run, as our children live fast pace lives. Here is the story of how this came to be.

Part of the "Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution", this book explains how and when to use the comparative method and shows how this approach complements other approaches to problem-solving in evolution such as optimality theory, population genetic models, and experimentation. It provides a discussion of techniques and also worked examples.