Fourteen experts examine the current state of Central Valley prehistoric research and provide an important touchstone for future archaeological study of the regionThe Mississippi Valley region has long played a critical role in the development of American archaeology and continues to be widely known for the major research of the early 1950s. To bring the archaeological record up to date, fourteen Central Valley experts address diverse topics including the distribut...

I’m fascinated by the stories dead bodies tell. And murdered bodies tell the most interesting ones.A dark, enemies-to-lovers, bodyguard romance, perfect for fans of Sophie Lark’s Broken Vow and Brynne Weaver’s Black Sheep.When bodies start turning up with connections to her father’s cartel, Regenia Cortez is pulled back into the dangerous world she left behind years ago.She doesn’t know who she can trust, ...

When your best friend has been murdered, I recommend not falling for the serial killer responsible.A hot, new, dark crime romance perfect for lovers of JT Geissinger’s Queens & Monsters series and Sophie Lark’s Underworld series.Serial killers, secret identities, an unhinged crime boss with a dirty mouth, and one explosive enemies-to-lovers romance.When Harlow is a witness to her best friend’s murder by th...

Marrying for love is for princesses in fairy tales, not princesses in the Mafia.A dark, childhood-friends-to-enemies-to-lovers romance, perfect for fans of Sav R. Miller’s Souls and Sorrows and Sophie Lark’s Brutal Prince.The war between the Fox family and the Luciano Mafia is in the past. But when the decade-long truce is broken, history threatens to repeat itself.Effie Luciano is the throwaway daughter. To her power-hungr...

In the past decade, numerous military operations by outside states have relied on the real or alleged 'invitation' of one of the parties. In this book, three experts examine the relevant legal issues, from sovereignty to the scope and relevance of consent, the use of force to the role of the Security of Council. Using critical historical analysis, qualitative case studies and large-N empirics, these topics are debated and addressed in a unique trialogue format. Accommodating the pluralism ...

We don't know what the future might hold. Until now.Offering a collection of terrifying stories of science fiction and speculative fiction horrors, OMINOUS REALITIES is a dark thrill ride to explore what might be in store for mankind.This wicked journey isn't limited by time or gravity. It takes you on an exploration of futuristic and post-Apocalyptic worlds, to experience societies where dark corporations rule, where humanity must consider terrifying alternatives, and to t...

Food makes philosophers of us all. Death does the same . . . but death comes only once . . . and choices about food come many times each day. In The Ethics of Food, Gregory E. Pence brings together a collection of voices who share the view that the ethics of genetically modified food is among the most pressing societal questions of our time. This comprehensive collection addresses a broad range of subjects, including the meaning of food, moral analyses of vegetarianism and starvation, the ...

Welcome to Black Cat Weekly #58.This issue kicks off our Halloween celebrations with a holiday-inspired tale. An incomplete draft of “Had a Wife...” was found in Janet Fox’s papers following her death, and I completed it. I hope you enjoy it. Keeping up the fantasy theme, we have a powerful tale by Craig Laurance Gidney inspired by the music of Joni Mitchell (selected by our acquiring editor Cynthia Ward). Our other acquiring editors have been busy, too—Michael Bracken pre...

Pre-order BOLEYN TRAITOR now – Philippa Gregory’s landmark return to the Tudor court, coming Autumn 2025 …From the bestselling author of The Other Boleyn Girl, Philippa Gregory, comes a wonderfully atmospheric evocation of the court of Henry VIII and his final queens.The Last Boleyn is Jane, Lady Rochford – widow of the disgraced George Boleyn. Caught in the intrigues of the Tudor court, she manoeuvres for personal position as her family in turn tr...

A collection of five addciting standalone small town romances by USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Charity Ferrell.Stirred: I don’t want him. I can’t do this. That’s what Cohen’s ex said after their son was born, leaving him a single father. Now, his world consists of two things: Noah and his bar. Until one night, he takes Noah to the hospital, and the ER doctor is his ex’s sister, Jamie. Though he’s reluctant at first, Cohen al...

Strangers to Nature challenges a reading public that has grown complacent with the standard framework of the animal ethics debate. Human influence on, and the control of, the natural world has greater consequences than ever, making the human impact on the lives of animals more evident. We cannot properly interrogate our conduct in the world without a deeper understanding of how our actions affect animals. It is crucial that the human-animal relationship become more central to ethical inqui...

This book critically examines the representational politics of women in post-millennial Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran across a range of literary, visual, and digital media. Introducing the conceptual model of remediated witnessing, the book contemplates the ways in which meaning is constructed, deconstructed, and reconstructed as a consequence of its (re)production and (re)distribution. In what ways is information re framed? The chapters in this book therefore analyse the reiterative pro...