Private investigators Brandon Harrison and Tina Wolffe never believed in magic, witchcraft, or the occult until a Wiccan witch known as Andreika walks into their office with a case guaranteed to chill their blood.Andreika's half brother has been murdered, but a police investigation determined his death a suicide. Andreika believes that someone hired Golar, an evil warlock, to cast his powerful Death Spell on her brother and tries to convince Harrison and Wolffe of her suspicions. D...

The concept of a “postracial” America —the dream of a nation beyond race — has attracted much attention over the course of the presidency of Barack Obama, suggesting that this idea is peculiar to the contemporary moment alone. Postracial America? An Interdisciplinary Study attempts to broaden the application of this idea by situating it in contexts that demonstrate how the idea of the postracial has been with America since its founding and will continue to be long after the Obama administr...

The obscure people and events that helped make the Garden State the place it is today—from ghosts to governors, battles to boardwalk attractions.Explore the lesser-known stories that make up New Jersey's compelling hidden history. Uncover the meaning of "Jersey Blues," celebrate some of the state's bravest Revolutionary and Civil War soldiers, and investigate Jersey City's most infamous ghost. From the inferno that engulfed Asbury Park to the benevolent side of Fra...

The Garden State has made innumerable contributions to our nation's military history, on both battlefield and homefront, but many of those stories remain hidden within the larger national narrative. Perhaps the most crucial one-day battle of the Revolution was fought in Monmouth County, and New Jersey officers engineered the conquest of California in the Mexican War. During the Civil War, a New Jersey unit was instrumental in saving Washington, D.C., from Confederate capture. In World War ...

In "Die Geschichte der Dampfmaschine bis James Watt" untersucht Max Geitel die Entwicklung der Dampfmaschine und ihre Auswirkungen auf die technische Revolution des 18. Jahrhunderts. Geitel fängt die komplexe Evolution dieser Technologie mit präzisen Analysen und einem klaren, zugänglichen Stil ein, der sowohl Fachleute als auch interessierte Laien anspricht. Der literarische Kontext des Buches verortet sich in der Schnittstelle zwischen Technikgeschichte und den sozialen Veränderungen, di...

All three series of the satirical sitcom by Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis, following the fortunes of a hapless backbench MPEver since he fell off the stage live on Question Time, Labour MP Duncan Stonebridge has been stuck in political limbo. Struggling with a tiny majority and a career that's going nowhere, he's caught between the impossible demands of his constituents and the dictates of Westminster - and constantly afflicted by the bane of all politicians:...