She's determined to bring a murderer to justice. Can a whip-smart woman solve a crime nobody else believes happened?England, 1953. After her first success, Miss Riddell has caught the mystery bug. Excited to demonstrate that she's a talented up-and-coming detective, she eagerly agrees to help an elderly lady pry into strange occurrences. But when the aspiring amateur sleuth arrives to discuss the particulars, she's alarmed to discover her client dead.Refusi...

How the cult of capitalism reshaped the American university—and hollowed it out from within.Over the past several decades, American universities have been remade as engines of entrepreneurial ambition. Technology transfer offices, business incubators, pitch competitions, innovation hubs, and leadership centers now sit at the heart of campus life, radically altering how institutions describe their purpose, structure curricula, and imagine student success. The St...

From the New York Times best-selling historian, a portrait of one of America’s most storied military leaders.As general of the Union army and president of the United States, Ulysses S. Grant faced problems as grave and demanding as any in the life of the nation: civil war, an ultimately thwarted project of Reconstruction, the early years of the sordid Gilded Age, and the battle for African American rights and freedom. But in life and in death, the general’...

In his follow-up to Uruk: A Novel of the First City , James Zwerneman continues his stunning, action-packed historical adventure series set in ancient Mesopotamia.Jakka has taken his army and Ki , the genius who helped establish Uruk, north to a rich copper mining village to reestablish Magog's empire. He starts building a fort, mining copper, recruiting warriors, growing fields of Ki's wheat, and extracting tribute from ...

The dead are rising. The systems are failing. And somewhere in the darkness, someone is still listening.Caleb Mercer is an overnight emergency dispatcher accustomed to answering people on the worst nights of their lives. Naomi Reyes rebuilds damaged buildings for a living and knows when something cannot be repaired. Neither is prepared for the night the dead begin getting back up.As Madison, Wisconsin collapses around them, hospitals become death traps, eme...

In the second and third centuries, Christian martyr narratives were written to evoke spectacle. In Dying in Style, James Petitfils demonstrates how these accounts transform scenes of suffering into displays that assert the dignity and ethical distinction of Christians during a time of widespread belittlement and persecution.Attending to physicality, clothing, gestures, and facial expressions, Petitfils reads early Christian martyrdom accounts as performative literature cra...

In his follow-up to Uruk: A Novel of the First City**, James Zwerneman continues his stunning, action-packed historical adventure series set in ancient Mesopotamia.**Jakka has taken his army and Ki, the genius who helped establish Uruk, north to a rich copper mining village to reestablish Magog's empire. He starts building a fort, mining copper, recruiting warriors, growing fields of Ki's wheat, and extracting tribute from vassal villages....

A remarkable new account of Australia's colonial beginningsThis fascinating book sets aside the cliches of Australian history and asks us to look again.What really happened when exiled criminals made a home in an occupied and defended country? How were they changed by this new world? What can the first years of settlement tell us about Australia today?The First Fleet left Britain at the height of the enclosure movement, when traditional rights to communal land were ...

As general of the Union army and president of the United States, Ulysses S. Grant faced problems as grave and demanding as any in the life of the nation: civil war, an ultimately thwarted project of Reconstruction, the early years of the sordid Gilded Age, and the battle for African American rights and freedom. But in life and in death, the general's standing has been gradually diminished by false conceptions and harsh criticism, from rumors of his alcoholism to his reputation as a cutthro...

No choice. No way out.Believed to be dead, Adrian Hell now fights for a new cause, knowing he can never go back to his old life.But death might have been the better option.As the world recovers from the shocking events in A Necessary Kill, Adrian is living a new life, killing without prejudice to repay the debt he owes the people who saved him.But he can't change who he is. When he begins to question the motives of his savi...

The Fates trials have begun.The bewitched island welcomes six new contestants to endure deadly trials in a fight to the death where only one will survive.Forced into the event by jealous, power-hungry royals, Elara faces five other contestants, each possessing potent elemental abilities. Unfortunately, Elara is at a significant disadvantage. Her powers are bound with no way to release them, and she's been poisoned by the prince's fiancé.Racing against time and fight...

**This beautiful trade paperback features gorgeous stenciled edges, cover effects, and stunning interior cover art!An unsuspecting heiress with a target on her back must enlist the protection of a vampire whose wealth and secrets rival her own, in a brand-new paranormal romance series from New York Times bestselling author Elena Armas.**Valle Cepeda's life changes drastically over the course of a winter break, when she goes from being an Ivy League scholarship stud...