Paige Harmon is desperately trying to hold her life together, but the world has not been kind to people like her. Even her best friend Andie June is considering pulling up stakes and moving to safer shores.In the midst of all this turmoil, Paige takes on what seems like a typical missing person's case that quickly spirals into something far more sinister. The investigation puts her on the trail of a notorious grave robber, and also causes her to cross paths with a candidate for gov...

For those who fight.For those who have fallen.For those she loves.Named for a murdered performer, Project Athena is a non-profit seeking to turn an abandoned school into affordable housing for homeless young adults. Paige Harmon is happy to donate her time and art to the cause.Then the threats start coming.The property has caught the interest of other developers, including some who want to see people like Paige and her friend Andie June erased from t...

A robbery gone bad forces small-town PI Paige Harmon to take the lives of two young men before they can kill even more innocent people. Wracked with guilt, she accepts an unusual request from the mother of one of the gunmen: find out who turned her boy into a killer.As Paige untangles the threads she finds, she is drawn into a conspiracy of human trafficking between the Philadelphia Mob and a shadowy supremacist group from the rural middle of the state. Assisted by an unorthodox FB...

Terror once again stalks the City of Brotherly Love, raising its head in the most unlikely of places: a kids’ chess tournament.Philly PI Paige Harmon doesn’t know much about queens and rooks, but she is there to support a prodigy who has already been haunted by violence. When shots ring out, Paige will do whatever it takes to protect her young friend.Evil does not stop there, and Paige soon finds herself in the middle of a conspiracy with an international reach fueled by ge...

With the global population estimated to reach 9 billion by 2050, agricultural production must align with this growth to alleviate any further burden on our current food systems. More sustainable and alternative modes of production are required to ensure that this overburden doesn’t occur and that the food security of millions isn’t compromised in the process.Advances in cultured meat technology reviews the growing interest and emergence in the field of cel...

Private investigator Paige Harmon is back and settled in the City of Brotherly Love, trying to put the sordid detective world behind her. When her art professor is murdered, she is determined to leave things to the police, who already have a suspect in custody and a case that seems airtight. But then her friend Andie June asks Paige to take another look, and she finds that not all of the pieces add up as neatly as the authorities claim. Untangling the lies and subterfuge puts her own life ...

A corrupt chief of police.A violent militia.They murdered her brother.Now she's going to extract her vengeance in blood.Miranda Leider may be a rookie cop, but she's no stranger to violent justice. When her brother is found dead, she is determined to uncover his true killer. What she finds leads her all the way to her own boss, the chief of police. Both hunter and hunted, Miranda will soon learns that the only difference between justice and revenge is which ...

Hamilton McWhorter III's service to family and country make him a standout among America's Greatest Generation. A Georgia native whose family roots date from that region's settlement during the 1700s, McWhorter was a naval aviation cadet undergoing training when Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japan on December 7, 1941. After earning his Wings of Gold in early 1942, Ensign McWhorter was trained as a fighter pilot in the robust but technologically outmoded F4F Wildcat. Initially assigned to VF...

A must-read for psychologists-clinical and academic alike-as well as for political scientists, policy analysts, and others working in the realm of terrorism, political violence, and extremism, this book carefully explores the theories, observations, and approaches of authorities in the field and addresses how and why terrorism has perpetuated for so long.Terrorism is now a regular topic in the news rather than a rare or an unusual occurrence. The possibility of vio...

Human and Strengths fills a gap in current literature on trauma survivors. Co-editors Grant J. Rich and Skultip (Jill) Sirikantraporn have assembled an international group of leading contributors who have taught, counseled, consulted, and conducted research in all regions of the world, including North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, the Pacific Region, Latin America, the Caribbean Region, and the Middle East. Contributors to this edited collection use their expertise to highlight positive p...