THE ATONEMENT KILLER IS MURDERING YOUNG WOMEN across Interstate 40, and all the FBI has is a tenuous profile—a religious zealot bent on ritualistic sacrifice.However, when a small town female cop, JOLENE DYKES, crosses paths with the killer, the FBI at last has an eyewitness. However, Jolene has no faith in the FBI and decides to stalk the killer across the interstates—alone and pregnant—to administer her own version of atonement.PRAISE FOR "THE SLEEPING CAB""A well...

In 1962, three intersecting crimes—a patricide, a bank robbery, and a kidnapping—lead to tragedy, secret sharing, redemption, and a May/September romance.ADELE FORTENBERRY, an educated, professional woman, and WILLIE BAKELEKOS, a much-younger man with a criminal history, are thrown together when two local boys are kidnapped.PRAISE FOR "FLYOVER COUNTRY"A lovely romp! Sharply-drawn characters and a finely-tuned plot."CYNTHIA LUKAS, Documentary Producer-Writer k...

In the early 1960s, small town bank president, HENRY POTTS, has maneuvered himself into a very sweet deal.He and his philandering son-in-law are looting the Union Guaranty Bank under the guise of a cost-cutting "Unbank" marketing campaign. However, JOHN JIMPSON, the randy son-in-law and chief marketing officer, has a problem—he cannot keep his hands off the female help.When Henry hires CLYDINE CLUMM, a platinum-blond honky-tonk angel on the rebound as his private secretary,...

J.D. CROWELL is fired as PRESIDENT ADDISON HUNTINGTON'S campaign manager over a public indiscretion with LIBBY CATTON, a beautiful mixed-race White Houser staffer.Soon, however, J.D. discovers the real reason for his axing was not his affair with Libby, but rather the fact that her mother was BRIDGET DONOVAN, a Sixties' radical still wanted for bombing federal buildings. Libby's radical past threatens both the President and MAYNARD KEYNES, the sports-and-entertainment Congressman w...

Eighteen stories about people in prisons of their own devise—childhood awakenings; coming-of-age quandaries; ironical comeuppances; criminal excesses; personal compulsions.In "Mister Barnes or Mister Noble?" a timid woman stands up to an overbearing man who is harassing her lifelong friend.In "The Bear in the Mimosa Tree," two children, out of boredom, seek out the "crazy man" in the neighborhood.Screenwriters launch a sneaky gambit to assure their script gets read ...

*With a foreword by Mario Carpo*Given the extensive data sources represented by urban environments, this book investigates the potential of architecting for cities using large-scale models – the technological underpinning of Generative AI. Koehler examines Large Language Models (LLMs) in relation to architectural questions of typology – those critical junctures where architecture engages with the city itself. Typology becomes the interface between an AI mo...

Foreign Fighters and the Extreme Right is the first comprehensive academic study taking an in-depth look at white supremacists, neo-Nazis and other right-wing extremists leaving their home countries to join armed groups fighting in civil wars and other armed conflicts.The phenomenon known as ‘Foreign Fighters’ has so far mainly been looked at in the context of Jihadist groups like ISIS recruiting fighters from all over the world for the Syrian and Iraqi conflicts. Widely u...

What makes a neo-Nazi become a convinced anti-fascist or a radical left-winger become a devout Salafist? How do they manage to fit into their new environment and gain acceptance as a former enemy? The people featured in this book made highly puzzling journeys, first venturing into extremist milieus and then deciding to switch to the opposite side. By using their extraordinary life-stories and their own narratives, this book provides the first in-depth analysis of how and why people move be...

This book examines how de-radicalisation programmes have been portrayed in the media and details the role of public relations (PR) strategies employed by such programmes and Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) to create positive coverage of their work.CVE and de-radicalisation programmes have seen a significant rise in recent years and are now cornerstones of many countries’ counterterrorism strategies. Despite the increased importance of these tools to counter violent radicalisatio...

This volume offers a crucial examination of right-wing extremism, supported by detailed empirical analyses of right-wing militants' experiences within and outside their organizations. The authors delve deeply into the motivations that prompt initial membership in these groups, the elements that make membership appealing, and the factors that ultimately cause members to leave. Interpreting the present empirical data within their psychological theory of radicalization, the authors determine ...

This book provides a comprehensive guide to the different aspects of deradicalization theories, programs and methods.It analyzes the practical and theoretical aspects of deradicalization programs and the methods being employed to bring extremists and terrorist back to a non-violent life. The book includes in-depth case studies on programs and former extremists, including interviews with former German neo-Nazis and families of Jihadists who have received deradicalization counselling...

This book is the first comprehensive academic study of German right-wing terrorism since the early 1960s available in the English language. It offers a unique in-depth analysis of German violent, extremist right-wing movements, terrorist events, groups, networks and individuals. In addition, the book discusses the so-called ‘National Socialist Underground’ (NSU) terror cell, which was uncovered in late 2011 by the authorities. The NSU had been active for over a decade and had killed at lea...