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The Valley of the Dry Bones: A Novel
by Jerry B. JenkinsDisasters render California nearly inhabitable, leaving survivors to battle nature—and each other—in this thriller from a New York Times–bestselling author.After almost two decades of climate catastrophes, the Golden State has become a desolate landscape. Unable to live under the constant threat and destruction of wildfires, earthquakes, and droughts, the majority of California's population has relocated. The United States government has ceased committing workers and resources into never ending rebuilding efforts. But those unable or unwilling to leave their homes struggle to survive.Including sixteen people who call themselves The Holdouts. They believe God has given them the task to help administer to those in need still living in California, but not everyone appreciates their work—or their beliefs. And as tensions escalate, the leader of The Holdouts insists he's receiving messages from God . . .
The Crafty Art of Playmaking
by Alan AyckbournA Laurence Olivier Award–winning playwright shares his tricks of the trade for beginning and experienced stage writers and directors.“A practical and disciplined look . . . After 44 years at his profession, Ayckbourn knows what he's talking about.” ―Washington Post Book WorldFrom helpful hints on writing to tips on directing, this book provides a complete primer for the newcomer and a refresher for those with more experience. Written in Alan Ayckbourn's signature style that combines humor, seriousness, and a heady air of sophistication, The Crafty Art of Playmaking is a must-have for aspiring playwrights, students of drama, and anyone who has ever laughed their way through one of Ayckbourn's plays.“An entrancing read―no matter what part you play in playmaking.” ―Back Stage“A polished gem of theater lore.” ―Publishers Weekly Annex
Flight of the Golden Harpy
by Susan KlausIn this science fiction fantasy, a winged humanoid species is being hunted by Earth colonists—except for one woman determined to save them.Kari, a young woman, returns to the jungle planet of Dora after ten years in Earth's schools determined to unravel the mysteries surrounding the harpies, a feral species with the appearance half-bird, half-human.The human colonists believe harpies are dangerous animals, which are known to steal women. The creatures are hunted like wild game, their wings considered rare trophies. But Kari distrusts these rumors. When she was attacked by a monster in the jungle as a child, a male harpy with rare golden coloring rescued her.Constant hunting by men has driven the harpies to the brink of extinction. Is Kari's savior, the elegant golden harpy, is still alive? If so, how long can he and his flock survive the ravages of mankind?
The Other Side of the Altar: One Man's Life in the Catholic Priesthood
by Paul E. DinterAn ex-priest shares the true story of his difficult celibate life—and his perspective on the abuses resulting from the Catholic Church's stance on sex.In all the coverage of the priestly sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic Church, one story has been left untold: the story of the little understood, nearly secret everyday lives of Catholic priests in America, even as one priestly sexual predation after another has come to light.In telling his story, Paul E. Dinter reveals the lives of a generation of priests that spanned two very different eras. These priests entered the ministry in the 1960s, when Catholic seminaries were full of young men inspired by both the Church's ancient faith and the Second Vatican Council's promises of renewal. But by the early 1970s, the priesthood—and the celibate fraternity it depended upon—proved quite different from what the Council had promised. American society had changed, too, particularly in the area of sexuality. As a result, there emerged a clerical subculture of denial and duplicity, which all but guaranteed that the sexual abuse of children by priests would be routinely covered up by the Church's bishops.Dinter, now married with two stepdaughters, left the priesthood in 1994 over the issue of celibacy, but not before having occasion to reflect on the whole range of priestly struggles with sexual life in general—in Rome and rural England, on an Ivy League campus, and in parish rectories of the archdiocese of New York. His candid and affecting account explains that celibacy, sexuality, and power among the clergy have long been intertwined, and suggests how much must change if the Catholic Church hopes to regain the trust of its people.
Dead Man's Gold (Under Hill)
by Cameron JuddIn this action-packed Western adventure, a father and son defend families from vicious outlaws.In a remote mining camp in California's rugged Sierra Mountains, a small group of men, women, and children are weathering a slow winter—until a band of trigger-happy, whiskey-slugging thieves comes in search of stolen gold.But what these ruffians didn't count on is having to reckon with the Underhills. Sam and his father Bushrod engage the bandits in a fiery battle that will leave some six feet under . . . and others rich beyond their wildest dreams.
Retire on Less Than You Think: The New York Times Guide to Planning Your Financial Future
by Fred BrockThe bestselling, hands-on retirement guide, thoroughly updated and expanded for in-depth advice on housing assets, health-care options, and more.With Retire on Less Than You Think: The New York Times Guide to Planning Your Financial Future, Fred Brock challenged the conventional wisdom on the real costs of retirement—and it struck a chord with Americans. Now, the finance expert has updated his indispensable advice on finding asset streams, working during retirement, maximizing your health insurance, and choosing a community and housing to show how to• manage the quicksand of the housing market (your best asset)• pay for the spiraling costs of prescription drugs• discover new cost-cutting savings• plan for shifts over time in your financial goalsBoasting expanded resource lists and worksheets, Retire on Less Than You Think is the best guide available for making your retirement dreams a reality.“Valuable.” —Newsweek“Need some encouragement to think boldly? Get yourself a copy of Retire on Less Than You Think.” —Dallas Morning News“Plenty of helpful and useful material . . . For workers intrigued by the idea of retiring for less, Brock's book is well worth reading.” —Boston Globe
The Broken American Male: And How to Fix Him
by Shmuley BoteachA noted relationship counselor explores the twenty-first–century problems driving men and their families apart, offering guidance to restore their lives and love.Why do American husbands come home from work too exhausted to interact with their families? When did a healthy quest for prosperity become a twisted game no one can win? How did smartphones and internet porn become more interesting to men than their flesh-and-blood spouses?Shmuley Boteach has made a great study of how families live today—both in his work as a rabbi privately and as host of TLC's Shalom in the Home. He's discovered a disturbing common thread in the families he meets: men responding to the pressure of competition in their work lives by turning away from their loved ones. In a world that judges men by the size of their paychecks and the wattage of their fame, it's all too easy to lose sight of what is truly valuable in life. Men who consider themselves failures and don't love themselves turn into stressed-out dads, distracted husbands and miserable human beings. For these men, alcohol, the internet and sporting events serve as numbing stand-ins for real life.In The Broken American Male, Boteach doesn't just outline the problems facing marriages and nuclear families. He also offers practical, inspiring solutions, showing how wives can reach out to their husbands, helping them become heroes again to their own families.“A vital and fascinating repair manual.” —A.J. Jacobs, author of The Year of Living Constitutionally“A refreshing kick in the teeth.” —USA Today“Boteach's lessons are applicable to anyone hoping to understand and overcome feelings of failure in themselves or their loved ones.” —Publishers Weekly
The Changeling Garden: The Story of a Garden with a Mind of Its Own
by Winifred ElzeA family with a mysterious, supernatural connection to the natural world is drawn into a war between plants and humanity in this ecological horror novel.When Annie and Mark and their five-year-old son, David, move into a grand old Victorian house surrounded by a jumble of gardens, they are not prepared for the terrifying adventure that awaits them.Little David demonstrates an immediate affinity with the plants, who protect as well as play with him. Annie soon discovers a mysterious birthright and extraordinary powers of her own. And the entire family becomes involved in a fantastic ancient feud that is rooted in the garden, but quickly takes on global implications. Domestic events become frightening as familiar plants conspire to heal or kill, or even to infiltrate the minds of an entire community . . . while a jungle thousands of miles away prepares to reclaim its rights to the very planet on which it lives.“A marriage of The Secret Garden and Rosemary's Baby.” —Kirkus Reviews“For readers who like scares served up with a more subtle flavor than that of Anne Rice or Stephen King.” —Library Journal
Deep in a Texan's Heart (Texas Cattleman's Club: The Missing Mogul)
by Sara OrwigThe USA Today–bestselling author returns to the Texas Cattleman's Club, where a surprise baby upends the life of a millionaire cowboy.As a card-carrying member of the Texas Cattleman's Club, Sam Gordon is conservative to the core. Discovering Lila Hacket—the woman he'd shared a passionate night with—is carrying his baby? Heck yeah, he means to marry her! Never mind that marriage is not what she wants.With a budding career, Lila has no intention of changing her life to become Sam's idea of the perfect wife. So if he wants their baby to wear the Gordon name, he needs to change his ideas about what he really needs from Lila . . . and just what he's willing to give her in return.“A satisfying and tender romance.” —Harlequin Junkie
Intercultural Communication: Globalization and Social Justice
by Kathryn Sorrells Sachi SekimotoIntercultural Communication: Globalization and Social Justice introduces students to the study of communication among cultures within the broader context of globalization. Kathryn Sorrells and new co-author Sachi Sekimoto highlight history, power, and global institutions as central to understanding the relationships and contexts that shape intercultural communication. Based on a framework that promotes critical thinking, reflection, and action, this text takes a social justice approach that equips students with the skills and knowledge to create a more equitable world through communication. The new Fourth Edition includes additional case studies and expanded discussions of the backlash to globalization, the rise of ethnonationalism, decline of democracy, new media and new technologies, and implications for intercultural communication.
Intercultural Communication: Globalization and Social Justice
by Kathryn Sorrells Sachi SekimotoIntercultural Communication: Globalization and Social Justice introduces students to the study of communication among cultures within the broader context of globalization. Kathryn Sorrells and new co-author Sachi Sekimoto highlight history, power, and global institutions as central to understanding the relationships and contexts that shape intercultural communication. Based on a framework that promotes critical thinking, reflection, and action, this text takes a social justice approach that equips students with the skills and knowledge to create a more equitable world through communication. The new Fourth Edition includes additional case studies and expanded discussions of the backlash to globalization, the rise of ethnonationalism, decline of democracy, new media and new technologies, and implications for intercultural communication.
Drone War Vietnam
by David AxeWhile the use of drones is now commonplace in modern warfare, it was in its infancy during the Vietnam War, not to mention revolutionary and top secret. Drones would play an important – and today largely unheralded – role in the bloody, two-decade US air war over Vietnam and surrounding countries in the 1960s and ’70s. Drone aircraft spotted targets for manned US bombers, jammed North Vietnamese radars and scattered propaganda leaflets, among other missions. This book explores that obscure chapter of history. DRONE WAR: VIETNAM is based on military records, official histories and published first-hand accounts from early drone operators, as well as on a close survey of existing scholarship on the topic. In their fledgling efforts to send robots instead of human beings on the most dangerous aerial missions, US operators in South-East Asia in the 1960s and ’70s wrote the first chapter in the continuing tale of autonomous warfare.
Empire of Crime: Organised Crime in the British Empire
by Roger MoorhouseWhen Great Britain took the moral high ground and banned its lucrative export of opium from Imperial India to China, it unleashed a century of criminality. Where America's misguided Prohibition of alcohol made illicit fortunes for the Mafia, across the pond the organized criminals within the British Empire grew rich on their trade in illegal narcotics in the 20th century. Empire of Crime is the first book to reveal the full extent and variety of organized crime within the British Empire in the 20th century. By delving into British colonial archives, Newark has discovered breathtaking truths about organized crime inside the British Empire. This book unravels how gangsters exploited its global trade routes to establish a new age of criminal networks that spanned the world.
Funeral Music: A Novel (The Sara Selkirk Mysteries #1)
by Morag JossWhen a world-renowned cellist stumbles across the still-warm body of a museum director in the natural pools, the entire town of Bath takes notice Life has been difficult for cellist Sara Selkirk. Since her partner&’s death, she has lost none of her technical virtuosity, but her playing has missed that essential element—passion. Because of this, she has stayed out of the limelight, giving only one performance for a private charity event at the beautiful and ancient Pump Room in Bath. The director of the Roman Baths Museum is the contentious and offensive Matthew Sawyer, a man who makes enemies everywhere he goes. When Sara returns to the Pump Room the morning after her performance, she finds Sawyer&’s body in the Sacred Spring that fills the baths. Grudgingly conducting the case is her music student, the attractive detective DCI Andrew Poole. Now Sara must figure out who among the former director&’s many detractors would end his life.Funeral Music proves to be an accomplished and atmospheric debut for author Morag Joss.
French Warships in the Age of Steam 1859–1914
by Stephen S. Roberts“This outstanding book will be essential for future studies of naval policy in the period between la Gloire and the Great War.” —The Naval ReviewThis book is the first comprehensive listing in English of more than 1400 warships that were added to the official French navy fleet list between 1 January 1859 and World War I. It includes everything from the largest battleships to a small armoured gunboat that looked like a floating egg. Reflecting the main phases of naval policy, the ships are listed in three separate parts to keep contemporary designs together and then by ship type and class. For each class the book provides a design history explaining why the ships were built, substantial technical characteristics for the ships as completed and after major reconstructions, and selected career milestones including the ultimate fate of each ship. Following the earlier volumes written jointly with Rif Winfield, French Warships in the Age of Sail 1626–1786 and French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786–1861, this trilogy now provides a complete picture of the development of French warships over a period of almost three centuries.“As a technical reference on the French ships of 1859 to 1914, this book is a must for the serious naval architecture student, modeler, or enthusiast. So much solid information is packed in this book, arranged logically, clearly and with so many illustrations, I cannot see where another volume on this subject can compete. Highly recommended!” —Nautical Research Journal“Superlatives abound in describing this book, arguably the finest naval ‘shiplist’ ever created.” —Warship International
Warships of the Soviet Fleets 1939–1945: Volume II: Escorts and Smaller Fighting Ships
by Przemyslaw Budzbon Jan RadziemskiSeventy-five years after the end of the Second World War the details of Soviet ships, their activities and fates remain an enigma to the West. In wartime such information was classified and after a brief period of glasnost (‘openness’) the Russian state has again restricted access to historical archives. Therefore, the value – and originality – of this work is difficult to exaggerate. It sees the first publication of reliable data on both the seagoing fleets and riverine flotillas of the Soviet Navy, listing over 6200 vessels from battleships to river gunboats, and mercantile conversions as well as purpose-built warships. This second part of the three-volume series includes all the remaining fighting vessels not already covered in Volume I. Beginning with the Uragan class – rated as Escort Ships and the first seagoing warships designed by the Soviet Union – the book then moves on to Submarine Hunters, both large and small, Patrol craft, Minelayers and Minesweepers, and unusual types like Floating Artillery Batteries and Anti-Aircraft Defense Ships, concluding with Landing Ships and Craft. Many of these vessels have hitherto been poorly documented but given the nature of the land-centered Soviet war against Germany their contribution should not be underestimated. The details of their service and, not least, the circumstances of their loss, constitute a major addition to Western understanding of the Soviet Navy’s war effort. This is undoubtedly one of the most important naval reference works of recent years and will be welcomed by anyone with an interest in warships, the Soviet Navy or wider maritime aspects of the Second World War. Furthermore, as recent Russian actions appear to revive Soviet-era aspirations, this book offers both new insights and valuable background of contemporary relevance.
French Generals of the Great War: Leading the Way
by William Philpott Jonathan KrauseWho were the senior generals who took France through the First World War, and why do we know so little about them? They commanded the largest force on the Western Front through both humiliating defeats and forgotten victories; they won international respect and adoration, but also led their army to infamous mutiny. Nevertheless, the French and their allies, under a French General in Chief, would eventually achieve final victory over Imperial Germany. It is extraordinary that this remarkable group of men has been so neglected in histories on the war. Previous studies are outdated and haven't tapped the wealth of primary source material in France's military archives. It is this gap in the literature and in the understanding of the conflict that this thought-provoking and original volume is designed to address. It takes a collective biographical approach to the leading French soldiers who ran the war on the Western Front.
Tulku
by Peter DickinsonWhen Theodore&’s safe, predictable world is destroyed, his life—and his faith—are in danger Thirteen-year-old Theodore has lived in China all his life and never felt terror, until his father&’s missionary settlement is attacked and burned in the night. Theodore follows his father&’s orders and hides in the forest, only creeping back the next morning to see if anything—or anyone—has survived. But before he reaches the smoldering wreckage he runs into the formidable Mrs. Jones, a botanist and adventurer who&’s traveling across China on horseback with her young companion, Lung. The three head into the Himalayan foothills, where a mountainside escape puts them at the mercy of the Lama Amchi. The holy man seems interested in Theodore and leads the group to an extraordinary hidden monastery. But deep in the mountains, with winter coming and monks following their every move, will rescue come at a price? Are Theodore and his friends honored guests—or prisoners?This ebook features an illustrated personal history of Peter Dickinson including rare images from the author&’s collection.
Searching for Sycorax: Black Women's Hauntings of Contemporary Horror
by Kinitra D. BrooksSearching for Sycorax highlights the unique position of Black women in horror as both characters and creators. Kinitra D. Brooks creates a racially gendered critical analysis of African diasporic women, challenging the horror genre’s historic themes and interrogating forms of literature that have often been ignored by Black feminist theory. Brooks examines the works of women across the African diaspora, from Haiti, Trinidad, and Jamaica, to England and the United States, looking at new and canonized horror texts by Nalo Hopkinson, NK Jemisin, Gloria Naylor, and Chesya Burke. These Black women fiction writers take advantage of horror’s ability to highlight U.S. white dominant cultural anxieties by using Africana folklore to revise horror’s semiotics within their own imaginary. Ultimately, Brooks compares the legacy of Shakespeare’s Sycorax (of The Tempest) to Black women writers themselves, who, deprived of mainstream access to self-articulation, nevertheless influence the trajectory of horror criticism by forcing the genre to de-centralize whiteness and maleness.
What Happened to the Battleship: 1945 to the Present
by Chris BakerIn the hundreds of books written about battleships, the authors tend to draw down the curtain on the careers of these great vessels in September 1945, with the surrender of Japan. Yet, on that day some ninety-eight battleships or ex-battleships might be spotted around the world, and eleven of them were in or around Tokyo Bay for the surrender itself. What happened to all those ships? This new book takes a fresh look at the slow demise of the battleship. It examines the decisions made by the major world powers after 1945, and their aspirations to retain battleships in their navies, despite financial stringency. It places the history and role of battleships after 1945 in their geo-political context, centered around the Cold War and the need for the West to face down an aggressive Soviet Union. It also examines the impact on battleships of operational analysis of the Second World War and new technological developments, notably the atom bomb and the guided missile. The book uses the wealth of information from ship’s books, ship’s logs and gun logs to document in considerable detail what the ships actually did after the Second World War, with a particular focus on those of the Royal Navy. It covers United States battleship operations in Korea, Vietnam and the Gulf War, as well as the deterrent role played by battleships for NATO from the 1950s to the 1990s. Finally, it brings the story up to date by documenting the preservation as museum ships of the eight dreadnoughts which still exist today in the United States. Extensively illustrated with photographs of the huge range of activities of battleships after 1945, from their use as Fleet flagships to Royal or Presidential yachts and more poignantly as target ships, this new book will appeal equally to the historic ship enthusiast and naval specialist, and provide a novel perspective through a battleship–shaped lens on late twentieth-century history for the more general reader.
Journal of Labor Economics, volume 43 number 3 (July 2025)
by Journal of Labor EconomicsThis is volume 43 issue 3 of Journal of Labor Economics. Founded in 1983 as the first journal devoted specifically to labor economics, the Journal of Labor Economics (JOLE) presents international research on issues affecting social and private behavior, and the economy. JOLE’s contributors investigate various aspects of labor economics, including supply and demand of labor services, personnel economics, distribution of income, unions and collective bargaining, applied and policy issues in labor economics, and labor markets and demographics.
Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, volume 12 number 4 (July 2025)
by Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource EconomistsThis is volume 12 issue 4 of Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists. As an official research journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, JAERE publishes papers that are devoted to environmental and natural resource issues. The journal's principal mission is to provide a forum for the scholarly exchange of ideas in the intersection of human behavior and the natural environment. Focusing on original, full-length research papers that offer substantial new insights for scholars of environmental and resource economics, JAERE presents a range of articles that are relevant for public policy, using approaches that are theoretical, empirical, or both.
Waiting for Orders
by Eric AmblerA career-spanning collection of crime and mystery stories with an autobiographical introduction by the Diamond Dagger Award–winning author.Credited with inventing the modern spy novel, Eric Ambler was hailed by Graham Greene as “unquestionably our best thriller writer,” while John le Carré declared him “the source on which we all draw.” Waiting for Orders collects eight of Ambler’s short stories written between 1939 and 1992 that range from the fringes of WWII Germany to the Cold War intrigues of Central America. This volume also includes six cases featuring the refugee Czech detective Dr. Czissar.Stories include “The Army of the Shadows,” “The Case of the Pinchbeck Locket,” “The Blood Bargain,” and others.
Years of Endurance: Life Aboard the Battlecruiser Tiger 1914–16
by John MuirThis memoir is perhaps one of the most immediate and vivid recollections of life in a Royal Navy battlecruiser to come out of the First World War. John Muir, a surgeon, was the senior medical officer aboard HMS Tiger from her commissioning in October 1914 until his departure in the autumn of 1916 when she was then undergoing repairs at Rosyth to the damage incurred at the battle of Jutland in June that year. Vivid, authoritative, empathetic and beautifully written, this memoir takes the reader right to the center of the action in the first years of the War. The book begins with a stirring account of a night in the wild North Sea with Tiger, head to wind in a gale, steaming at a reduced speed of 10 knots, her purpose to intimidate the German fleet ‘by the mere terror of our presence’. The scene set, Muir’s narrative then describes his experiences from the early days of mobilization, when he was the Senior Medical Officer of the barracks at Chatham, to his arrival aboard Tiger on the Clyde, her commissioning and the drilling of fifteen hundred officers and ratings as she put out to sea for the first time. In the first months of her career she was involved in intercepting the German raid on Scarborough before fighting the battlecruisers Derfflinger, Moltke, and Seydlitz at Dogger Bank. In May 1916 she found herself in line just astern of the doomed Queen Mary at Jutland. Muir had a ringside seat at these critical and decisive clashes and brings remarkable perception and clarity in the telling of his experiences. But more than a narrative of events, his story is also one about the officers and men who were his comrades in those years; about their qualities, their anxieties and the emotional dimension of their experiences. His insights are those of a man trained to understand the human heart, and they bring vividly to life a generation of men who fought at sea more than one hundred years ago. This is a spellbinding and gripping memoir, brought to a new audience in a handsome collectors’ edition for the first time since its publication in 1936.
The Paths of the Perambulator (Gateway Essentials #414)
by Alan Dean FosterJonathan Meriweather, trapped in the strange world where animals walk and talk, and where he, as the Spellsinger, possesses unearthly powers, has faced any number of perils since Clothahump the wizard called him from his own world to help in the war against the evil of the Greendowns. Now Jonathan, with Clothahump and Mudge the Otter, faces the greatest challenge of all, for the mysterious Perambulator is threatening the very fabric of the universe - unless Jonathan and his company can stop him.