Brian J : 404 books

The best decisions made by public managers are based not on instinct, but on an informed understanding of what’s happening on the ground. Policy may be directed by ideology, but it must also be founded on reality. The challenge of making the right decisions as a public manager is often, therefore,...

In the wake of Robert Putnam's bestselling book "Bowling Alone," media and popular opinion often contend that American society is losing its cohesion. In an era of culture wars, deep political divisions, and all-consuming household technologies, are we losing our connections with one another?...

Designed as a “how-to” manual, Practical Preservation and Conservation Strategies for Libraries provides librarians with practical information to help them grapple with specific preservation challenges by identifying areas of concern, optimizing the use of resources put towards preservation, and...

The Penny Farthing Stories is a collection of fantasy stories in poetic form, containing tales of colourful animal characters with human attributes. The stories are all set in the nineteenth century.

A SADISTIC OVERSEER TORMENTED THEM AS CHILDREN - IS HE NOW STALKING THEM AS ADULTS? Tom Wallace is born from communal coupling during the Great Depression of the 1930s. He endures physical and sexual abuse at the hands of a sadistic cult and bonds with Calvin, Luke and Ben, staunch allies who look out...

REVENGE SERVED COLD IN THE BADLANDS Calvin Summerville took away everything Dave Porter cared about. Now Dave is hunting Calvin to have his revenge or die trying. But getting to Calvin won't be easy. There are other monsters in the post-virus world now. And some of those monsters will prove even deadlier than Calvin Summerville.

Bundle and save! Get the first three Badlands books in one volume for a reduced price! Three years after a devastating pandemic transformed humanity into vicious and wild creatures, Ed Brady struggles to protect his two sons. His wife is dead. His boys are all that matter to him now, his only...

Billy Howton is a shy high schooler in a small town facing two big problems: a painful crush and a relentless bully. Too afraid to act, Billy is helpless to get Penny to notice him or to get his nemesis, Brad, to leave him alone. But when a vicious monster is accidentally released from an old...

Terror on the high seas… It was supposed to be three days of fun on a weekend cruise. Instead, this small group of friends find themselves fighting for their lives against passengers and crew inexplicably transformed into vicious and bloodthirsty savages. Trapped in open waters, surviving...

In an attempt to rebuild his life from the wreckage of a failed marriage, Scott Stevenson moves to a small town miles away from the problems of his former life. There he buys a new home, makes a friend, and even catches the eye of a local girl. But something is very wrong in this idyllic, Midwestern...

Andy Davis is nothing special. A roster of failed relationships. A magnet for dead-end jobs. Untalented and uninspired. Add in a penchant for booze and drugs and he’s headed nowhere fast. But when two hit men try to kill him in a dark alley, Andy discovers he’s anything but average. In fact, he’s the most important person in the world. And the parallel world next door.

Three years ago Tom Miller lost his entire family to a brutal serial killer. Now drowning in alcohol and haunted by the ghosts of his past, he decides one night to finally end it all. But when he sees the face of a murdered little girl on the evening news, Tom thinks he might know who the killer...

ONE NIGHT WILL CHANGE EVERYTHING Life as the constable of a quiet vacation island has been good to Marty. Unlike big city cops, he's managed to avoid the worst of the job. But when he gets a call about a murder-suicide, he's sure it will be the worst thing he's ever seen. He couldn't...

SOME SECRETS CAN’T BE HIDDEN IN THE SHADOWS When Eric Bradley was thirteen, something viciously killed his brother during a family camping trip near the small town of Sander’s Run, leaving Eric barely alive and bleeding out on the forest floor. The authorities said it was a wild...