A clarion call for justice in the quest for clean energyCalifornia’s Salton Sea region is home to some of the worst environmental health conditions in the country. It is also ground zero for a new “lithium gold rush”—a race to extract a mineral critical to the rapidly expanding electric vehicle and renewable energy storage markets. With enough lithium lurking beneath the surface to provide a third of global demand, who will benefit from the development of this prec...

Economic justice has long been the core goal of community organizing. In the past decade, often below the radar screen of national politics, effective movements have emerged within neighborhoods and, more importantly, at the regional level. This Could Be The Start of Something Big provides a vivid account of some of these efforts and is an important contribution to new thinking about progressive politics.― Paul Osterman, NTU Professor of Human Resources and Manage...

Breaking new ground in its innovative blend of quantitative and qualitative methods, the book essentially argues that another sort of growth is indeed possible. While offering specific insights for regional leaders and analysts of metropolitan areas, the authors also draw a broader – and quite timely – set of conclusions about how to scale up these efforts to address a U.S. economy still seeking to recover from economic crisis and ameliorate distributional divisions.

Richard "Richie" Cunning experiences unusual occurrences when he purchases a house at a police auction. Human remains found in a sewage line—quickly followed by a second horrifying discovery. But instead of finding nefarious spirits, he uncovers an awful, but rational, explanation – and, over time, Richie learns to embrace his knack for unraveling such savage, bizarre mysteries.Police struggle for leads as children disappear, their baby monitors hacked by an unknown predator…

It's the spring of 1987 and Syd Siegfried has discovered a mysterious atlas left behind by a dying priest—but what starts as an exciting trek through Philadelphia suddenly becomes a perilous adventure when the ancient relic sends him on a journey into the wildest unknown.With the help of his plucky daughter Abby and an eccentric group of misfits, Syd will need to follow the clues and solve the atlas for a treasure that holds one their hometown of Philadelphia's most kept secrets – ...

A small town in Texas is overrun by a deadly swarm of spiders. There's nowhere to run as they fall from the sky, taking over the area and wreaking fear-fueled havoc on the once peaceful town. A Mexican firefighter and a racist old man must set their differences apart as they go head to head with the terrifying creatures.Will they be able to meet eye to eye and come together to save the town from certain extinction at the grips of the deathly spiders?Can they stop the ever-g...

There is a plan to commit the largest terrorist attack on American soil and the only man able to stop it has been found dead, his lungs disintegrated…but not before he got a single message out.Mr. Ridley has a wonderful family and a calm, content life—until an old enemy sends his world spiraling out of control with a single statement.A globe-trotting journey filled with ruthless hitmen, savage bandits, violent mercenaries, and secret societies, epic in scope and unrelenting...

Relentlessly pursued by crooked marshals, idiot bounty hunters, and a psychotic one-eyed pastor, follow as infamous gunfighter Henri Ville takes the first steps in her epic journey home. With gunfights and mysterious tornadoes around every corner, Henri must come face-to-face with a force much greater than herself to reclaim her freedom.

Leigh Ridley has little family, no friends, not much at all. He's also a murderer, plain an' simple. Jaded yet methodical, efficient, the best in his dark craft – a gifted killer. But after a life-altering injury, he's forced to embark on a twisted journey of redemption that will take him from porn stars to a brutal crime boss in a fortified apartment building.A city will burn and bodies pile up quick in this thrill-packed journey of murder and redemption, as a young killer fights ...

Something has always lived in Winthrop House.After his book becomes a best seller, novelist Jack Ripley moves into a house on the edge of Cutler Harbor with his wife and two daughters. Nearly a century old, Winthrop House is newly-restored and boasts a gorgeous oceanfront view.But everything is not what it seems.Though picturesque, Jack learns that the house has been shunned for decades by the locals, owing to a number of mysterious disappearances a...

USA TODAY and #1 AMAZON bestselling author Jeremy Bates brings you the complete collection of the award-winning Midnight Book Club short novels, which have been praised for their fast-paced plots and brilliant twists. As a bonus, you also get a digital copy of the runaway bestseller The Taste of Fear, which has garnered more than 500 five-star reviews. In total, that's over

Four old friends.Three murdered girls.Two dead brothers.One astonishing secret.George Engle has lived in the long shadow of his superstar twin brothers since they died in a freak accident when he was thirteen. Now, in the spring of 1986, George and his childhood friends are living lives they never wanted. It's easy to sleepwalk through insignificance, until a second freak accident jolts them awake—only it's no accident.One night, Georg...