What began that night shocked Duke University and Durham, North Carolina.And it continues to captivate the nation: the Duke lacrosse team members' alleged rape of an African-American stripper and the unraveling of the case against them.In this ever-deepening American tragedy, Stuart Taylor Jr. and KC Johnson argue, law enforcement, a campaigning prosecutor, biased journalists, and left-leaning academics repeatedly refused to pursue the truth while scapegoats...

Ancient African Futures provides a creative and critical account of the history and form(s) of systemic constellations practice (SCP) applying a decolonial lens, emphasizing the profound significance of Zulu epistemology on its origins.The volume opens with an autoethnographic account of the author’s African diasporan / European identity and its bearing within the SCP profession. It offers a summary introduction to SCP as a discrete modality of Western psychotherapy, commo...

When college student Brad Putnam turns up dead in his bedroom in his Boston apartment, Homicide Detective Timothy Quinn is baffled by the crime scene and decides to seek the help of art history professor Sweeney St. George to make sense of the evidence. An expert on "the art of death," Sweeney immediately identifies the objects found on the body as mourning jewelry-and discovers that she knew the victim. Brad Putnam was taking her class on that very subject.Sweeney is shocked by Bra...

In Retracing the Keowee Trail, the author tells the story of the Cherokee Path that connected the low country of colonial Carolina with the mountain homeland of the Cherokee Nation. The Keowee Trail was a busy trading route for a burgeoning deerskin trade. Along this same path, epidemic disease made its way inexorably from the colony toward Cherokee society, reducing their population by more than half. Along this path, warfare was waged in both directions, by Cherokee war parties determine...

Truly, Madly, Charlie is the story of footballer, fashion icon and 1980s celebrity Charlie Nicholas one of the most popular, talked-about and enigmatic figures of his generation.Fashionista. Model. Pop star. Influencer. Footballer. Charlie Nicholas was many things to many people. The embodiment of the 1980s, he breezed into Highbury in the summer of 1983 with the promise of sex, goals and rock ’n’ roll, but weighed down by expectations that would prove imp...

Looking for heart-racing romance and breathless suspense? Want stories filled with life-and-death situations that cause sparks to fly between adventurous, strong women and brave, powerful men?COLTON'S CODE REDby Tara Taylor QuinnFollowing a string of recent arrests, Special Agent Jacob Colton is this close to exposing the human trafficking ring in Dark Canyon. But he needs Mae Copeland to close the case. The introverted, workaholic forensic scientist...

This powerful and reflective book explores the losses encountered during social research—of people, communities and environments—collectively referred to as The Lost. Drawing on the contributors’ varied research experiences, it gives voice to lives marked by marginalisation, trauma or quiet disappearance. Stories emerge from women who didn’t survive domestic abuse to those displaced by ‘natural’ disasters, or affected by homelessness. Through deeply personal and ethical reflections, each c...

"With its evocative Dublin setting, lyrical prose, tough but sympathetic heroine, and a killer twist in the plot, Sarah Stewart Taylor's The Mountains Wild should top everyone's must-read lists this year!" — New York Times bestselling author Deborah CrombieIn a series debut for fans of Tana French and Kate Atkinson, set in Dublin and New York, homicide detective Maggie D'arcy finally tackles the case that changed the course of her life.

Enter the world of 1960s Bethany, Vermont in this suspenseful short story featuring characters from the forthcoming Agony Hill.It's mud season in Bethany, Vermont. As spring nears, the thawing ground and melting snow-pack have created muddy, impassable roads. It's not unusual to see a driver pushing their car or going for help. But a car with Pennsylvania plates has been completely abandoned, still stuck in the mud.Alice Bellows, an inquisitive wid...

Second floor tour Eiffel around a big oak round table sit Eisenhower King Cnut King Arthur James the first Elizabeth the first Sir Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery Lady Jane Nicholasses I and II St Nicholas Stanley Proudfoot Field Marshall Erwin Rommel Brigadier Blinkinstopp Major General Johnny Walker Nelson Higginsbottom and Aphrodite. They all eat oranges and sign in turn. The great peace treaty. Seven white doves are released peace at last.

Austin is a loveable old car. He's also a wreck! When the old stone wall collapses Austin is sent to Butcher's scrapyard to be CRUSHED! The animals living inside him are made homeless. Will they find the man who loves old cars in time to rescue Austin? Or will Marmaduke the tomcat makes a meal of them? Will Hannibal the scrapyard guard dog chew Austin's tyres to shreds? Will the man who loves old cars cars find Austin before he's squished inside the crusher's greedy jaws?

This edited volume explores how migrant identities are created and constructed in discourse both by migrants themselves and by others.The contributors reveal how migrant identities are discursively constructed by those with lived experiences of mobility and those who view themselves as part of the 'host' population. This dual focus responds to a lack of previous research examining migration representation from both perspectives. Readers will discover how the discur...