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Intrigue, terrorism, history, art, and the secrets of the Church collide in a relentless page-turning thriller "An elegant, twisty thriller in which a gay couple investigates a mysterious suicide in a scenic Italian hill town. It's not hard to imagine that this book could do for Orvieto what "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" did for Savannah."-Armistead Maupin, author of the internationally acclaimed "Tales of the City" An American cou...

A bookish police detective and his roller derby star partner investigate a quirky mystery involving superintelligent animals, military conspiracy ... and murder. When a body is found in the River Arts District of Asheville, North Carolina, the man on the case is police lieutenant Ira Segal, recently returned to semi-active status after being shot in the line of duty. Segal, who carries Elmore Leonard paperbacks as security blankets, isn't sure...

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Reopening a cold murder case uncovers disturbing secrets ... and forces a young prosecutor to an agonizing decision. Everyone knew Rick Harker was guilty. Twenty-six years ago he murdered Lisa Farrow and set her body on fire. Lisa's three-year-old daughter Christine identified Harker as the murderer, and he's been in San Quentin ever since. But now the adult Christine Farrow is recanting her testimony-handing assistant DA Matt Jamison a case t...

Aaron Schuyler is a ne'er-do-well, a cheat, an exploiter, a drunk, and a lifelong New Yorker. New Mexico is about to change everything about Schuyler, in this fresh and witty comedy about second chances and redemption. At 52, Aaron Schuyler has destroyed his life and doesn't care. Professionally ruined, flat broke, and estranged from his ex-wife and children, Schuyler's only concerns are sponging free drinks by crashing funerals and staying on...

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In this special focus issue of Perspectives on Early Childhood Psychology and Education (PECPE) guest editors Melissa Stormont and Laine Young-Walker include several manuscripts on prevention of behavioral and emotional disorders in early childhood. More specifically, topics such as the creation of interdisciplinary prevention efforts on a wide scale within a local community, the importance and strategies to increase early screening using evid...

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The Journal of Beat Studies is devoted exclusively to the scholarly criticism of Beat Generation writing and writers. Its mandate is to provide readers with intelligent and penetrating criticism across the range of Beat writing, including fiction, poetry, drama, autobiography, life writing, travel writing, and screenplay writing. The ultimate goal of the journal is to advance the quality of Beat Studies scholarship through application of diver...

Woolf Studies Annual is a refereed journal publishing substantial new scholarship on the work of this major writer and her milieu. Each volume includes several articles, reviews of new books, and an up-to-date guide to library special collections of interest to researchers. The Annual also occasionally features edited transcriptions of previously unpublished manuscripts.

Articles on natural law theory and philosophy of law.Vera Lex was the journal of the International Natural Law Society, established to communicate and dialogue on the subject of natural law and natural right, to introduce natural law philosophy into the mainstream of contemporary thought and to strengthen the discussion of morals and law and advance its historical research.

The Journal of Comics and Culture studies the comic and graphic novel in conjunction with its impact in and response to popular culture. This journal analyzes and illustrates the growing talents in the field of comics, as well as comics' origins, impacts, and reflections on American culture as a whole. Volume 2 focuses specifically on the informative theme of Comics in the Margins, featuring articles such as "Autobiography, Documentary, and Hi...

Perspectives, edited by Dr. Victor C. Alfonso, with Dr. Florence Rubinson as guest editor for this issue, is a psychological and educational journal that focuses on publishing original contributions from a broad range of psychological and educational perspectives relevant to infants, young children (up to 8 years old), families, and caregivers. Along with articles incorporating evidence-based research, theory, and practice within clinical, com...

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After the dangerous adventure that killed her in Memortality, Minerva Rus has reconciled herself to being dead. She and her also-dead boyfriend Raven share an amazing gift that allows them to bring the dead back to life--including each other. Now that Jules, their most dangerous enemy, has been banished from reality and trapped inside her own mind, Minerva and Raven plan on enjoying the eternity of their unnatural lives. But immortality isn't ...

For twenty-year-old Li Johnson, a job as a cruise ship waiter was supposed to be a way to get over his fathers death and earn enough money to go back to college. Instead, Li is struggling to maintain his sanity while coping with the demands of a sadistic maître d and a boatload of entitled rich jerk passengers. Li just wants to keep his head down and survive his job from hell, but when he finds a passenger sunburned to a crisp on the Sunbathin...