Message in a BottleTwo very different people. One obsessive threat. A love tested by danger and darkness.Charlie came from the streets-survival, violence, and mob connections shaped his world. Veronica came from a loving home-confidence, intelligence, and unwavering integrity defined hers. When they meet, neither expects to find their soulmate. But as their love deepens and they plan a future together, someone obsessed with tearing them apart emerges from the shadows.

When Dean, a debonair university librarian and heir to one of Curaçao's most illustrious families, meets Vincent, a brilliant and sexy PhD scholar from a working-class background, their worlds tilt off their axes. What begins as an unexpected spark soon becomes a powerful force neither man can ignore.But love, for both, is tangled in pain.Dean is trapped in a marriage defined by psychological abuse and Vincent is suffering under the stern religious condemnation of his grand...

In the high-stakes world of finance and fashion, an obsessive predator uses deadly manipulation to bend others to his will.From Cambridge to London Business School, William has built an enviable life as a financial kingpin and admired fashion influencer. To fuel his rising empire, he hires Luke, an Oxford graduate with an uncanny knack for curating content. But when William's best friend is murdered, suspicion falls on Luke-whose dangerous attraction toward William...

The Performing Observer is a collection of short, critical writings on contemporary art, performance, and photography written over the course of the past two decades. These texts were originally published in a variety of settings, including art magazines and exhibition catalogues, online journals and websites.A wide range of global practitioners are analysed, from emerging to established artists. As the title suggests, Patrick feels that he is simultaneously performing a r...

William Ryan thought his life had finally found direction.Then an impossible encounter tears him from Earth and into a civilisation so advanced it can cross universes, manipulate probability, and reshape the fate of entire worlds.Tasked with preventing a catastrophe that could alter history itself, William and the enigmatic Actoris are drawn into political conspiracies, secret weapons programmes, and brutal regimes where a single decision can determine the survival of milli...

Martin Patrick explores the ways in which contemporary artists across media continue to reinvent art that straddles both public and private spheres. Examining the impact of various art movements on notions of performance, authorship, and identity, Across the Art/Life Divide argues that the most defining feature of contemporary art is the ongoing interest of artists in the problematic relationship between art and life. Looking at under-examined forms, such as stand-up comedy and sk...

Author John P. Martin was raised in the New York Irish Catholic culture of Ascension Parish. In his childhood, he was inspired to buck his Tradition that sent him on a transformative journey as a Maryknoll missionary with cross-cultural and inter-religious ramifications, into realms of spiritual growth beyond imagining. And a successful search for his Dad that marked his whole life. And back again to savor the joy of sharing these riches with one and all.

Wonderfully Wordless: The 500 Most Recommended Graphic Novels and Picture Books is the first comprehensive best book guide to wordless picture books (and nearly wordless picture books). It is an indispensable resource for parents and teachers who love graphic storytelling or who recognize the value of these exceptional books in working with different types of students, particularly preschool, English as a Second Language (ESL), and special needs, and creative writers. Every age group will ...

The Mother of All Booklists: The 500 Most Recommended Nonfiction Reads for Ages 3 to 103 is written for parents, grandparents, and teachers unfamiliar with the bewildering array of award and recommended reading lists. This book is a long overdue composite of all the major booklists. It brings together over 100 of the most influential book awards and reading lists from leading magazines, newspapers, reference books, schools, libraries, parenting organizations, and professional groups from a...

"When I get drunk and find myself in a semi-conscious state, passed out on the sidewalk, someone else might say, 'That's life,' but I would reply, 'No, that's just going out on the town.'"Written with an unerring eye for detail, psychology and breathtaking honesty, 'Winterwood', a tale of conflict, murder and transcendence, relates the cataclysmic events that engulf the Tulloch family during the harsh southern New Zealand winter of 1986. In a family saga that meditates deeply on th...

One of The Atlantic's Best Food Books of 2014: fifty ways to be an enlightened carnivore, while taking better care of our planet and ourselves, from the founder of Slow Food USA.We have evolved as meat eaters, proclaims Patrick Martins, and it's futile to deny it. But, given the destructive forces of the fast-food industry and factory farming, we need to make smart, informed choices about the food we eat and where it comes from.In 50 short chapters...

On September 11, 2001, AT&T's traffic was 40 percent greater than its previous busiest day. Wireless calls were made from the besieged airplanes and buildings, with the human voice having a calming influence. E-mail was used to overcome distance and time zones. And storytelling played an important role both in conveying information and in coping with the disaster. Building on such events and lessons, Crisis Communications features an international cast of top contributors exploring emergen...