It is now almost 20 years since the journal Fluctuation and Noise Letters (FNL) was first published hence this book is to commemorate this important milestone. This book consists of 55 reprinted articles from the first 20 years of FNL, together with a short Introduction explaining their context and significance. In selecting the papers, the Editors had taken into account not only citation counts, but guided also by the perceived interest and scientific importance of the work. All selected ...

This book, based on a selection of invited presentations from a topical workshop, focusses on time-variable oscillations and their interactions. The problem is challenging, because the origin of the time variability is usually unknown. In mathematical terms, the oscillations are non-autonomous, reflecting the physics of open systems where the function of each oscillator is affected by its environment. Time-frequency analysis being essential, recent advances in this area, including wavelet ...

Faith, hope, and love, traditionally called theological virtues, are central to Christianity. This book renews faith, hope, and love in the context of the many contemporary challenges in many unique ways. It is an ecumenical collection of papers, equally divided between Catholic and Protestant positions, that seek to radically renew the classical doctrine of faith, hope, and love, and argues for their essential connection to the praxis of justice. It contains eight different approaches, ea...

He’s spent years polishing his bad boy reputation….Thaddeus (T.R.) McClintock is the black sheep of his large ranching family, and he can swing a hammer and play guitar like he’s caressing a lover. He’s the epitome of a playboy, yet when he pulls Charlize Bradford up on stage one night to sing, the gorgeous, brainy wallflower rocks his world. T.R.’s life in the fast lane screams to a halt. But the single mom is wary for good reason, and fo...

Truman’s parents are out of town, and he has made plans with his girlfriend, Natalia. When she doesn’t show up, he is angry. But when he finds out she has been murdered, Truman becomes the prime suspect. With no alibi, he must try to find the truth behind his girlfriend’s violent death. But the more he digs, the more he realizes he doesn’t really know who Natalia was, and he starts to wonder why she was interested in him at all. Hounded by suspicious detectives, angry Russian mobsters and ...

Saddles up where Widowmaker leaves off... a fast draw former U.S. Marshal, a beautiful but deadly Pinkerton detective, and intel that William T. Anderson is ALIVE...

Arizona Territory, 1881. Their story runs snaky and smooth through the movie projector of the mind… A drifter and gambler with a burden of fame as a gunfighter and lawman in the Kansas cowtowns... A woman as renowned for her beauty as for her skill with the pasteboards, but a lady who has drawn a dark veil over her past... Their coming together is the stuff of stories and gossip, and in the end, legend, for when she is left dead by a wolfpack of thieves and killers, the retribution is rele...

Arizona Territory, 1881. Coleman Matthews is a gunman with a desolate heart and a wry sense of humor... He can put a bullet in your chest before you clear leather or drop you from a mile away with a .50 caliber Sharps. He carries a sawed off ten-gauge in a saddle scabbard and a push dagger in his belt for closer-in social work. But saddle up… ride with him for awhile as he hunts down the wolfpack of thieves and killers who raped and murdered one of the few people he ever cared about...

Saddles up where Widowmaker leaves off: a fast gun former U.S. Marshal, a beautiful but deadly Pinkerton detective, and Pinkerton intel that the blood soaked Civil War guerrilla is alive...

With the tomboy figure currently operating in a liminal space between extinction and resurgence, Reclaiming the Tomboy: The Body, Identity, and Representation is an unabashed celebration of her rebellious, independent, and pioneering spirit. This collection examines the tomboy as she appears throughout history, in the arts and in real-life. It also addresses how she has changed over the centuries, adapting to the world around her and breaking new boundaries in new ways (sometimes with a "s...

Mexico... the days just prior to the events depicted in the opening pages of 'Widowmaker.' A "prequel," and the final installment of the Cole Matthews Trilogy, finds him besieged by bandits and troubled by dangerous ladies, taking on the Mexican Army, and being thrown into a hole and buried alive...

This is a robust and relevant collection from a truly distinguished group of political theorists actively rethinking the promise and perils of democracy. The book is coherent in its focus on a common theme and aim: to advance and refine the political project of promoting democratic theory and practice. While the contributors are admirers of the promotion of various models of democracy they also express distinct approaches and concerns. Each builds on and expands the central theme of democr...