In the wake of George Floyd's murder and the chaos of the pandemic, a white man is shot during a Black Lives Matter protest—an explosive crime that ignites national tension. The accused shooter, Leon Rucker, a respected Black community leader and family man, is arrested and charged with murder and a hate crime. Attorney Dutch Francis, a seasoned defense lawyer known for tackling high-stakes cases, steps in to represent him. But Dutch and Rucker must first navigate distrust, trauma, and the...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Pope Paul VI said in 1975 that the oral and written teachings of St. Josemaría were “a treasure not just for Opus Dei, but for the whole Church” and they should be written down and shared.A Treasure for the Church brings together St. Josemaría's personal, heartfelt answers to real-life questions posed during his catechetical gatherings in Spain (1972) and throughout Latin America (1974-1975). Drawn from his conversation...

For nearly thirty years British women have been disappearing, turning up dead around the Spanish town of Dénia.Nobody investigates. Nobody wants to know.Until one woman refused to die.They poisoned her again and again, followed her across the world, terrorizing her as she sought safety.Distracting her endlessly with the promise of a police investigation, the salmon mousses performed sedated surgery, stealing her eggs, a secret she was never ...

Originally published in 1986, The International Politics of New Information Technology explores a period when knowledge and expertise in information technology was increasingly being seen as an essential national asset by the industrialised nations. With the decline of traditional heavy industries around the world, information technology was regarded as the industry of tomorrow. Coupled with this economic value was the great strategic and military importance of IT. In the informat...

As a creative prayer compendium, Eucharistic Adoration: Holy Hour Meditations on the Seven Last Words of Christ invites readers to spend a holy hour in eucharistic adoration while meditating on the seven last words of Jesus and shows them how to do it.Like many devotions that fell out of favor after the Second Vatican Council, eucharistic adoration has seen swelling popularity in recent years. Msgr. Charles Murphy, author of the acclaimed The Spirituality of Fasting

"A memorable first book of fiction, one which belongs on any shelf of the best contemporary weird tales." - August Derleth, Chicago Tribune"[E]xtraordinary . . . gives Mr. Beaumont undeniable stature as an artist." - N. Y. Herald Tribune"Charles Beaumont was a genius . . . and one hell of a storyteller." - Dean R. Koontz"The name of Charles Beaumont will be honored and recognized for generations yet to come." - Robert BlochWhen The Hunger and Other Stories (...

A bewitchingly brilliant collection of never-before-published letters from the renowned author of “The Lottery” and The Haunting of Hill HouseNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY KIRKUS REVIEWS • “This biography-through-letters gives an intimate and warm voice to the imagination behind the treasury of uncanny tales that is Shirley Jackson’s legacy.”—Joyce Carol OatesShirley Jackson is one of the most important Americ...

An eclectic and insightful collection of essays predicated on the hypothesis that popular cultural documents provide unique insights into the concerns, anxieties and desires of their times. 1950s popular culture is analysed by leading scholars and critics such as Christopher Frayling, Mark Jancovich, Kim Newman and David J. Skal.

The Highway Horror Film argues that 'Highway Horror' is a hither-to overlooked sub-genre of the American horror movie. In these films, the American landscape is by its very accessibility rendered terrifyingly hostile, and encounters with other travellers almost always have sinister outcomes.

Botánicas is an exploration in text and photographs of spiritual shops found in Latino neighborhoods throughout the United States. Readers discover these marvelous spaces and their alternative spiritualties that help patrons cope with the grind and challenges of city life. Botánicas provide access to an array of invisible powers and sell the ingredients to construct symbolic solutions to their patrons' problems. The stores are bright and baroque, and the powers they invoke come fr...

When Darkness Ascends is the first book in the Adventures of Charlie Webster series. Charlie travels through space and time to a mysterious planet where the sun never sets. Things aren't always as they seem on this new planet, and he soon finds himself desperate to return home.Approx. 21,000 wordsAs a special gift to readers, this book contains a never-before-published 4,000-word bonus story, "The Suncatcher."

Kay is transported from the confines of her music appreciation class to a mysterious land where a man-boy named Rabenold wants nothing more than to fulfill his life's mission to defeat the dreaded Trauermarsch.Approx. 1,700 words