The History of the World wasn't what Valerie was taught.The daughter of a vampire and sister of a devil walking, Valerie finds out she has something neither her brother nor her father possess:She has Honor.Now, she needs to flee a brother who leaves her for dead. Because, if there is one thing Valerie understands?It's that Justice Doesn't Turn the Other Cheek.150 years after a near apocalypse, the world is rebuilding. Survival has become the only rul...

A suspenseful tale of one woman’s journey to protect what matters most by beloved storyteller Fern Michaels, #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Sisterhood, Godmothers, and Men of the Sisterhood Series.It came out of the blue. A half-million dollars on graduation day. For Annie Daisy Clark, it was the capital she needed to start a business and secure her future. Vowing to pay back every penny of it one day, she kept the bag o...

This book examines the criminal justice decisions of the Rehnquist Court era through analyses of individual justices' contributions to the development of law and policy. The Rehnquist Court era (1986-2005) produced a period of opportunity for the U.S. Supreme Court's judicial conservatives to reshape constitutional law concerning rights in the criminal justice process. It was an era in which the Court produced many hotly-debated decisions concerning such issues as capital punishment, searc...

The Global Agenda for Social Justice 3 provides accessible insights into some of the most pressing social problems and proposes public policy responses to those problems.Written by a highly respected team of authors brought together by the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP), the book offers recommendations for action by elected officials, policy makers, and the public regarding key issues for social justice. Chapters include discussion of social problems related to per...

Christianity Today Book Award Finalist—Politics & Public LifeMany Christians and churches are rediscovering that God cares deeply about justice, but opinions abound as to what an approach to biblical justice might look like in contemporary society. What exactly does the Bible mean by justice, and what does it have to do with poverty, racism, and other issues in our world? More importantly, how do we become the kind of peo...

The lake has held its secrets for decades. But nothing stays hidden forever…THE THRILLING INSTALMENT IN THE WISTING SERIES, FROM THE NO. 1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER'Compelling, original and suspenseful' KATHY REICHS--Following a harsh winter, the dam gates at Farris Lake have been badly damaged, and as summer approaches the lake must be drained for repairs.Under the intense summer sun...

Blood doesn't recognize magic. Earth magic doesn't recognize rules.Merritt Vale guards a devastating secret: she's the last of a legendary species, with powers that could get her killed—or enslaved.When she stumbles into Little Avalon, a hidden sanctuary thrumming with ancient magic, the earth itself responds to her presence. Roses burst through concrete. Trees bend to her whispers.For the first time, Merritt dares to hope she's found a home among i...

THE UPDATED BESTSELLERSergeant Maurice McCabe never set out to be a whistleblower. When, in 2008, he complained of shoddy investigations into serious crime in County Cavan, nothing could have prepared him for what was in store.For exposing gross incompetence and corruption within An Garda Síochána, he endured vilification, bullying and harassment by forces who wanted to bury him and his inconvenient truths. Worse still were the vicious rumours and falsehood...

“Consistent characters, intriguing plots, and just enough twists to keep you on your toes.” Amazon Five-Star ReviewNorth Chicago begins to thrive and a return trip to New York City shows Terry and Char something they didn’t expect.Terry Henry Walton envisioned the Force de Guerre as a unit to keep evil away from those who wanted to live in peace. Akio is of the same mind, but he sees the whole world as a place that needs the protection that Terry and his pe...

In 1981, I traveled with a group of criminal justice professionals to China — or, as I like to describe it, "30 professionals and 1 anti-professional: me!" China was just opening up to the outside world. Mao Tse Tung had died only a few years before, and China's economic boom was only just being ignited. Not only was there no smog in Beijing, there were almost no cars at all. We saw wonderful things, like the Children's Palace in Shanghai, as well as scenes as depressing as both the Beijin...

Over three decades, Michael Cantrell rose from burned-out correctional officer to Chief of Emergency Preparedness for the Federal Bureau of Prisons—learning, often the hard way, how to lead without losing himself inside the walls of America's harshest prisons with the people no one wanted to see outside barbed wire. At forty, Michael Cantrell was told he'd never leave corrections—that the job as a correctional officer would define him until it finally wore him out. He nearly proved them ri...

Addressing climate change in ways that build capacity, equity, and compassion among people may be the great moral-spiritual challenge of our time in history. This slim volume is an invitation to face that challenge with hope and in companionship with people worldwide. In this latest addition to the Building a Moral Economy series, Reverends Malcom and mohaupt equip readers for fruitful, intersectional action toward climate justice, calling for racial justice, equity, and democratic forms o...