An entertaining history of our small canine companions, told in tender, engaging stories and featuring charming illustrations of the most famous pocket-sized pups and their owners across the centuries“What a respite from the woes of the world, to dive into this brilliantly researched and wittily written study of the history of our love affair with small dogs. I loved it.”—Elizabeth Gilbert, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Eat, Pray, Lov...

When a veteran investigative reporter is found dead in an ice-coated parking garage, the only way to prove it was murder is to read the weather.Cleveland's chief meteorologist Brooke Wilde knows the December derecho's minute-by-minute temperature drop better than anyone — she broadcast it live. So when FBI Special Agent Ryan Wilde, her estranged husband, asks her to decode the dead man's weather-timestamped surveillance photos, Brooke realizes the flash fr...

An entertaining history of our small canine companions, told in tender, engaging stories and featuring the most famous pocket-sized pups and their owners across the centuries“What a respite from the woes of the world, to dive into this brilliantly researched and wittily written study of the history of our love affair with small dogs. I loved it.”—Elizabeth Gilbert, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Eat, Pray, Love

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In the first installment of the prizewinning Duca Lamberti Quartet from the godfather of Italian noir, a disgraced doctor investigating the murder of a young woman uncovers a shocking network of trafficking and exploitation in 1960s Milan.Newly released from prison, and without his medical license, Duca Lamberti is at a loose end. When Milan’s police superintendent points him toward a job—as a favor to Duca’s late father, who was a trusted member of the force—he is...

Integrating intersectional criminology with organizational theory, Forgotten Law Enforcement examines how identity, power, and institutional design shape correctional staff experiences.Drawing on in-depth interviews with correctional staff at Rikers Island, one of the nation's largest jail complexes, Dr. Simone Martin-Howard centers the lived experiences of Black and Caribbean men and women working inside the jail system. Amid ongoing challenges in recruiti...

A bestseller upon its publication, The Home-Maker is about an ordinary family in New England – with a twist. Deeply felt, wonderfully observed, the novel interrogates the absurdly rigid, gendered parenting expectations many still face today. Above all, it is a tender portrait of love.Evangeline and Lester Knapp are getting by. Eva is a home-maker, looking after their three children and the house full-time, and Lester is a department store clerk. At work, L...

Almost from humanity's very beginning, beloved small dogs have been trotting devotedly by our sides. Yap! follows in the pawprints of the breeds we have grown to love and cherish, from the small dogs touchingly memorialised in Ancient Rome through to Paris Hilton's chihuahua and the pet influencers of 21st-century, via the pug who colonised Napoleon's marital bed, King Charles II's spaniels and celebrity terriers in Victorian pubs.Drawing on her own experience as a pug-owne...

Yap! A Short History of Small Dogs, by animal historian and dog-lover Stephanie Howard-Smith, tells the story of our first true pets. From the convents of medieval Europe, where nuns hid small dogs to be their faithful companions (despite the disapproval of male church leaders!), to King Charles’s spaniels, Queen Victoria’s Pekingese, Paris Hilton’s Chihuahua and the pet influencers of 21st-century social media, Yap! follows the pawprints of the breeds we have grown to love and cherish, re...

Kull, a barbarian from Atlantis, has conquered the land of Valusia and now rules over it as king. Little does he know that an ancient race of serpent people are using magic to replace humans with serpent men, and now seek to seize his kingdom. Can Kull battle the serpent people invasion? And if he does, how can he tell ally from foe? Can the power of the sword defeat the evils of sorcery?

SUPERSTAR CREATORS PRESENT UNFORGETTABLE ALL-NEW COBRA SILENT MISSIONS The face of comic books changed forever when G.I. JOE: A REAL AMERICAN HERO #21 introduced fans to the "Silent Interlude," an action-packed story with NO DIALOGUE. Now, it's time for the villains of COBRA to take the spotlight! Join Baroness, Firefly, Zartan, Copperhead, and the Crimson Guard for ALL-NEW standalone silent issues taking readers on deadly missions across the world. Collects G.I. JOE: A REAL AMERICAN HERO:...

The epic finale of the Unmaking trilogy!The road to hell is paved with good intentions.Barely escaping one nightmare with their lives, Alma and the few who remain march tirelessly toward another—Oleth’s domain. Their final destination looms, buried under the ruins of a haunted city where the lost and wicked are said to gather in worship.But can Alma and her people succeed where countless others have failed? So many have perished in ...