In the middle of the night I woke up to a burning apartment! Luckily, I wasn't alone.

To the casual observer, sisters Zuiko and Akira Oshiro apparently run the AKZ dojo. But the karatekas who study there know the true ruler of the domain: Ninja. When troubles beset one of the blackbelts, the fearless feline intervenes to help find a solution.

Outsmarting a lone lawman is one thing. Making an entire clipper disappear is very much another. But the captain's daughter is every bit as smart as she is determined.

Glittering costumes, glowing lights, glorious music. Two gorgeous guys. Marguerite's dreams come true when she wins the backup lead in a Broadway show. Even better, she positively adores her new costar. Her good fortune grows even more abundant, and complicated, when they hire her childhood sweetheart as the show's other male lead. She must choose—if they all survive the murderer targeting them.

Abigail: sailor, daughter, pirate.When the law catches up with her father, Abigail must outwit rival pirates and a federal marshal to get him back.

Zoom! Flash fiction collection. Fantasy, science fiction, mainstream.What Time We HaveHow much living can a person pack into ten years?Guardian AngelShe woke up in a burning apartment; luckily not alone.The Element of SurpriseComrades in arms Meg Nichols and Allie Oshikawa just want to enjoy the concert during their brief leave on Jupiter's moon. Some local rabble, though, mistakes the soldiers for easy targets.XivaariFleetfoot: m...

The novel Jesse follows a confident 16 year old high school student who transfers to Central High in the small town of Jerome. Throughout the story, she encounters various people and student groups, including the notorious El Gang. This gang is lead by Stan and Cam, who control the school's drug trade; they also bully vulnerable students at school.Jesse's compassion and moral strength make her a source of support for her new peers, but also a barrier of animosity wi...

If natural law arguments struggle to gain traction in contemporary moral and political discourse, could it be because we moderns do not share the understanding of nature on which that language was developed? Building on the work of important thinkers of the last half-century, including Leo Strauss, Eric Voegelin, John Finnis, and Bernard Lonergan, the essays in Concepts of Nature compare and contrast classical, medieval, and modern conceptions of nature in order to better understand how an...

A collection of 67 original recordings of speeches significant in United States and world history. Hear presidents, politicians, activists, sports figures and more in their own words as they talk about some of the most important events in the 20th century.

With traditions, records, and team lore, this lively book explores the personalities, events, and facts every Badgers fan should know. This guide to all things Badgers covers football and basketball (and even a little hockey), including the Barry Alvarez years, Camp Randall Stadium and the tradition of Jump Around, and the Bo Ryan era. Jesse Temple has collected every essential piece of Badgers knowledge and trivia, including the 1941 NCAA Championship and 1994 Rose Bowl victory, as well a...

“With this charming, sardonic debut, stand up comedian and actor Todd Barry makes readers laugh as hard as the audiences at his shows” (Publishers Weekly) in this hilarious book of travel essays from his time on tour in the US, Canada, and Israel.Hello. It’s Todd Barry. Yes, the massively famous comedian. I have billions of fans all over the world, so I do my fair share of touring. While I love doing shows in the big cities (New York, Philadelphia...

In Depression-era Chicago, private eye Nathan Heller is caught between the Mob and City Hall in a battle for control of the 1933 World’s Fair while he attempts to find a lovely actress’ missing brother. Along the way, Heller meets an array of famed heroes and villains from Eliot Ness to Al Capone, climaxing with the detective dangling off a beam of the Fair’s sky tower.From the legendary author of Road to Perdition comes another riveting “movie,” this one ...