A giant of political journalism, Lou Cannon rose to prominence as state bureau chief for the San Jose Mercury News in the late 1960s, covering then-governor of California Ronald Reagan. In 1972, he became a political reporter for The Washington Post, one of the top newspapers in the United States, where he would remain until 2008. Best known for his coverage of Reagan’s presidency, he also notably covered the brutal beating of Rodney King at the hands of the Los ...

Animal abuse can take many physical and emotional forms. The same is true of animal neglect, which ranges from outright abandonment to animal hoarding. How common are these problems in America's pet-owning households, agricultural operations, and animal-related businesses? How do federal and state authorities divide up responsibility for regulating the ways in which humans interact with both domesticated and wild animals? What linkages have researchers found between animal...

Since Duck Prints Press was founded in January 2021, we have published over 200 stand-alone short stories by dozens of authors. Most of these short stories are available for purchase individually from our webstore or are only available to people who back our Patreon... until now! With Ducks in a Row: A Curated Collection of Short Stories, we dip into our vault, anthologizing general imprint stories we published from 2021 to 2023 into an all-new collection of 22 stories as diverse and uniqu...

Since Duck Prints Press was founded in January 2021, we have published over 200 stand-alone short stories by dozens of authors. Most of these short stories are available for purchase individually from our webstore or are only available to people who back our Patreon... until now! With Ducks in a Row: A Curated Collection of Short Stories, we dip into our vault, anthologizing general imprint stories we published from 2021 to 2023 into an all-new collection of 22 stories as diverse and uniqu...

A thrilling and cataclysmic collection of city-smashing titans and the desperate coalitions of humanity clinging to survival in the wreckage, from the New York Times-bestselling and multiple award-winning editors.Featuring bestselling and award-winning authors such as Tananarive Due, Christopher Golden, Seanan McGuire, Scott Sigler and Steve Alten, author of The Meg.An explosive collection of monster terror, featuring 25 original tales of c...

A love letter to humankind.An invitation to question the fears and truths we hold, where they come from and if it is time to hold them differently in our hearts."...The boy realized that he had been scared of the cockroach not for what it was, but for what he had believed it was. He questioned, for the first time in a very long time, how much he actually knew about cockroaches. What are you, really? he wondered ... He thought, maybe cock...

Leading scholars examine antiracism, aesthetics, and contemporary political theory.This edited collection challenges the prevailing assumption that movements and American political thought have little to say to one another. Scholars from a variety of disciplinary traditions with distinct substantive interests argue that movements are nuanced forms of political expression requiring the same careful readings given to traditional texts. Like political theory texts, mo...

They had nothing but each other...Casey, Feeker and Arlo are stifling. Stifled by the heat of the summer, stifled by their difficult families, and stifled by their small, isolated hometown where nothing ever happens. Until a kid is murdered - in a house deep in the Nova Scotian woods.Desperate for an adventure, the boys set off on a hunt to find the murder house. But danger lurks in the wild woods, from coyotes to lurking poachers. And far away from the rusted town, somet...

Join Karina and Shona as they embark on an epic adventure through their granny’s house to save the day in time for Saturday Soup.As the sound of reggae music, big belly laughter and the sensational smell of Saturday Soup fills every corner of Granny’s house, Karina and Shona cannot wait to see what’s bubbling in the pot. Granny asks them both to help find fifteen bowls for lunch. But what will they do when catastrophe strikes and there aren’t enough to go around?

As the eldest brother, Andrew King knows his purpose: be what everyone else needs. By day, he balances finances, and keeps the family peace and by night, he finds his own peace. When a new man crashes into his life with the speed of a hockey puck, he's unprepared to discover, unlike his perfect spreadsheets, love doesn't follow a formula.

DOMINIC LAUDER never thought he'd return to Split Rock Ranch. But after twenty years, he finds himself knocking on his aunt's door. He just wishes he was there with better news. Nick is used to making difficult calls in the name of family . . . except those family obligations weren't supposed to come up against a smoking hot ranch manager, his enticing young husband, and the undeniable attraction that crackles between the three of them. Now Nick has to decide what's more important: his res...

In the final book of the sixth arc of the My Weird School series, which has sold more than 37 million copies worldwide, A.J. and Andrea are off to Dirk School as part of a student exchange program. But will they be able to handle their new teacher and all her clowning around?A.J. and his friends may have thought Ella Mentry School was weird, but they’re in for a big surprise. Principal Stoker has to choose two students to send to Ella Mentry’s rival school—Dirk School—for a month. Guess wh...