The Tudor and Stuart Town brings together many of the most important articles in the field of urban history.

This "toothy follow-up to Datlow's first-rate Blood Is Not Enough " offers "admirably inventive variations on vampirism" ( Kirkus Reviews ).Featuring stories by Jonathan Carroll, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, and Robert Silverberg, A Whisper of Blood is a "consistently engrossing anthology" from award-winning editor Ellen Datlow ( Publishers Weekly). Continuing to expan...

Like Tom Jones before him, Barry Lyndon is one of the most lively and roguish characters in English literature. He may now be best known through the colourful Stanley Kubrick film released in 1975, but it is Thackeray who, in true 19th-century style, shows the darker side of this 18th-century hero; hence it remains a startling novel. Following the death of an English officer, Barry flees his native Ireland and attempts to establish himself as one of England’s aristocratic elite. Through ba...

As the country erupts and accusations mount, FBI Special Agent Carmen Costello uncovers a trail of deception leading straight to Jonathan's doorstep—and beyond. The next victim is already marked, and the killer's message is clear: someone is rewriting the political landscape, one execution at a time.To clear Jonathan's name and expose the truth, Carmen must untangle a deadly web of ambition, misdirection, and hidden enemies before the next assassination ignites a national crisis.

WHAT STARTS AS A FAVOR QUICKLY BECOMES A MATTER OF NATIONAL SECURITY.When Cal Hulse is quietly recruited by the Defense Intelligence Agency to track down a leak inside the Department of Defense, he turns to the one person he trusts to help him make sense of it—Jonathan Scanlan.Reluctantly stepping back into a world of secrets, Jonathan joins Cal and Cory Bishop as they uncover a chilling truth: highly classified U.S. defense plans are being funneled to a fo...

In this book on new fiscal approaches, nineteen experts examine topics ranging from constitutional reform and debt fatigue to fiscal rules and zero-based budgeting. Together, these contributions inform a multifaceted, nuanced argument for the need to formalize spending restraint and redefine state debt to include unfunded liabilities. Scholars will find the book useful as a reference tool explaining how rules-based fiscal policy is used to address debt fatigue and unsustainable spending gr...

Forty-one enthralling stories from the most talented new science fiction, fantasy, and horror writers.MetaStellar is an online publication focusing on science fiction, fantasy, and horror launched in September 2020, founded by a dozen speculative fiction writers, editors, and artists from around the world.Since then, it's published hundreds of short stories by hundreds of writers, both original fiction, reprints, and excerpts. The proceeds from this antholo...

This book deals with large-scale, systemic corruption, a phenomenon that it identifies as part of the political landscape in most, if not all, societies of the contemporary world. While the analysis is grounded in the political thought of earlier thinkers, especially Edmund Burke, and integrates the insights of several modern analysts of corruption, the volume offers a new, updated theoretical perspective on the topic. This perspective reflects deep concerns with corruption in a world faci...

Monsters, Law, Crime, an edited collection composed of essays written by prominent U.S. and international experts in Law, Criminology, Sociology, Anthropology, Communication and Film, constitutes a rigorous attempt to explore fertile interdisciplinary inquiries into “monsters” and “monster-talk,” and law and crime. This edited collection explores and updates contemporary discussions of the emergent and evolving frontiers of monster theory in relation to cutting-edge research on law and cri...

Climate change is causing, and will increasingly cause, a wide range of adverse health effects, including heat-related disorders, infectious diseases, respiratory and allergic disorders, malnutrition, mental health problems, and violence. The scientific bases for the associations between climate change and health problems are evolving as are the strategies for adapting to climate change and mitigating the greenhouse gases, which are its primary cause. With contributions from 78 leading exp...

Collects Fantastic Four #600-604. It's the Kree Empire vs. the Negative Zone's fearsome Annihilation Wave with Earth's heroes caught in the middle! And if that weren't enough, Galactus arrives to judge the world! As the Future Foundation makes its return, Galactus takes on the Celestials, and the Fantastic Four make their final stand. Finally, it's Clobberin' Time!

What if the biggest threat to your life was the truth you uncovered?When a Department of Defense insider approaches Jonathan Scanlan with explosive claims of fraud and abuse, Jonathan doesn't know whether to believe him—until the man turns up dead.Driven by equal parts curiosity and conscience, Jonathan digs into the accusations with the help of his longtime friend, Cal Hulse, and Cory Bishop, a sharp-witted defense contract specialist. But the deeper they ...