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An English teacher in a community college develops a friendship with a famous local novelist who is inexplicably eager to introduce him to his exotic theories of the creative act. Coincidentally, the same teacher befriends an indigent who is a favorite at the local library, and is involved in his...

The second edition of this strong collection brings together classical statements on social stratification with current and original scholarship, providing a foundation for theoretical debate on the nature of race, class, and gender inequality. Designed for students in courses on social stratification,...

Possessing fairy attributes, Amanda was given the responsibility of being the ambassador of goodwill by Queen Arelis of Fairyland to solving the age-old problem between the fairies and the dwarves in the Kingdom Down Under. Join this little girl as she journeys from reality to fantasy and back.

This collection of essays, offered in honor of the distinguished career of prominent political philosophy professor Clifford Orwin, provides a wide context in which to consider the rise of “humanity” as one of the chief modern virtues. A relative of—and also a replacement for—formerly more...

WINNER OF THE 2011 CWA INTERNATIONAL DAGGER. A NEW YORK TIMES TOP 5 BESTSELLER. AND SOON TO BE A HOLLYWOOD BLOCKBUSTER - SCANDINAVIAN CRIME DOES NOT GET MORE EXPLOSIVE. 'Extraordinarily compelling' Daily Mail 'Three Seconds is just about how long it feels it takes to read Three Seconds...

THE FIRST IN THE MILLION-SELLING DCI EWERT GRENS SERIES, WINNER OF THE GLASS KEY 2005 FOR BEST SCANDINAVIAN CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR, AND AS HARD-HITTING A CRIME NOVEL AS YOU WILL EVER READ. 'A must read' Observer Bernt Lund harbours a sickness. He is a monster: in the mind of...

THE SUNDAY TIMES 60 BEST THRILLERS AND CRIME NOVELS OF THE PAST 6 YEARS PICK - A CAPITAL CRIME AND A CHILLING CONSPIRACY AWAIT DCI EWERT GRENS. 'A powerful, multi-layered novel' Guardian 'A mesmerising crime narrative' Independent ONE CELL A convicted murderer dies awaiting...

The explosive third novel in the Ewert Grens-Piet Hoffmann trilogy, which began with Three Seconds. Stockholm, Sweden. Seventy-three refugees have been found dead, suffocated in a container at Varta harbour. Niamey, Niger. Ewert Grens arrives in a city he's never heard of, in search...

I have talked to people all over about reading the Bible; but many of them would respond, “I’ve tried to read the Bible; but, ya know, I just can’t understand it. All I get from it is partial truths and double-talk. Maybe you can understand it; but I’ll just read the paper, at least I can...

This book engages the problem of evil from a variety of philosophical viewpoints, traditions, methodologies, and interests. For millennia, philosophers, theologians, and people outside of the academy have thought about evil and its relation to religious belief. The Problem of Evil: New Philosophical...

The book Going back to Gettysburg will be bought like hot cakes in intellectual circles in both America and India because it is a light presentation of the uniqueness of the American Civil War (1861-1965) in which 6,00,000 American soldiers, mostly White, laid down their lives to secure the release...

Silent Screams is my forty-one years of internal torture, which has been specific in the critical damage and scarring of my mental, emotional, and spiritual state of being. Yes, my physical body experienced pain as well; but the mental, emotional, and spiritual bomb that was created and detonated...

Considers Gilman's place in American literary and social history by examining her relationships to other prominent intellectuals of her era. By placing Charlotte Perkins Gilman in the company of her contemporaries, this collection seeks to correct misunderstandings of the feminist writer and...

Deck the halls … Christmas is a time of reflection, and Tim Kelly dwells on his failures. His family is dysfunctional, and he dreads the holidays. His father supposedly turned over a new leaf, but Tim learns he asked the Outfit for a favor that will come back to bite them later. It...