Jade Dragon had been crushed. China was forced to relent. But picking up the pieces had only just begun.After years of conflict, the Allies emerged victorious on the battlefield. However, the world was left bruised and battle-worn. American President Maria Delgado had her hands full with the recovery efforts.Blain Wilson would be pulled in… deeper down the rabbit hole than he intended.Trying to avoid mistakes of the past, the United States limited i...

Church Ethics and Its Organizational Context is the first book to provide a broadly interdisciplinary approach to understanding the leadership crisis in the Catholic Church in the wake of the sex abuse scandal and how it was handled. Well-known scholars, religious clergy, and laymen in the trenches of church formation and leadership come together from the disciplines of organizational behavior, theology, sociology, history, and law, to foster the creation of a new code of ethics that is bo...

This thought-provoking history of corporate responsibility in the USA is a landmark publication documenting the story of corporate power and business behavior from the mid-eighteenth century to the modern day. It shows how the idea of corporate responsibility has evolved over time, with the roles, responsibilities and performance of corporations coming increasingly under the spotlight as new norms of transparency and accountability emerge. Today, it is expected that a corporation will be t...

The power isn’t coming back on...A terrorist attack rocks the small town of Big Rock, NC, after an EMP shuts down the power grid. Lacey Stone, a survivalist and Forest Ranger, must save her daughter from the clutches of this ruthless enemy. But the terrorists aren’t the only threat Lacey faces, as she must convince the town who hates her to stand and fight before the enemy destroys everything they hold precious.

2016 marked the birth of the post-truth era. Sophistry and spin have coloured politics since the dawn of time, but two shock events - the Brexit vote and Donald Trump's elevation to US President - heralded a departure into murkier territory.From Trump denying video evidence of his own words, to the infamous Leave claims of £350 million for the NHS, politics has rarely seen so many stretching the truth with such impunity.Bullshit gets you noticed. Bullshit makes you rich. Bu...

Why Postliberalism Failed offers an indictment of one of the most consequential ideological movements reshaping American and European conservatism today. With leading politicians among its adherents and major conservative institutions captured by its agenda, postliberalism demands serious scrutiny and this book delivers it.Drawing on deep historical research, the book traces postliberalism's intellectual roots to two traditions: an extreme papalism that subordinates all po...

Sir Henry Marquis, the Sleuth of St. James’s Square, shines in these sixteen unique mystery and crime stories from Melville Davisson Post.Sir Henry Marquis, the chief of the Criminal Investigation Department of Scotland Yard, embraces the latest and greatest scientific methods of crime detection ranging from dactyloscopic (fingerprint identification) bureaus to photographie mitrique, and he has ample opportunity to utilize his skills in a range of mysterious scenar...

Simon Kirby-Jones Mysteries #1From the New York Times bestselling author of the Cat in the Stacks Mystery Series, a traditional British village cozy mystery series…with a twist!"Sure to revolutionize the traditional British cozy and win the hearts of fans everywhere." — Publishers Weekly"A delightful English village whodunit filled with some of the most eccentric characters you'll ever run across in a...

This meticulously edited anthology presents the complete early Christian writings from the first four centuries following the death of Christ. Edited by Philip Schaff, a renowned ecclesiastic historian, this extensive collection comprises thousands of Christian texts authored by over 60 of the most significant theologians and Church Fathers. Each author is accompanied by a detailed introduction providing insight into their life and works, illuminating their philosophical perspectives, advo...

The rapid integration of artificial intelligence into everyday life has extended beyond functional assistance into the intimate domains of emotion, companionship, and love. AI chatbots and virtual companions are increasingly engaged as emotional confidants, romantic partners, and sources of care, prompting a re-evaluation of how intimacy is constituted and experienced in a technologically mediated society. This Element examines the emergence of what is termed post-humanistic love, defined ...

The Dismantling of America is a stark, eloquent meditation on a superpower at the edge. Moving from the corrosion of democratic norms to the shockwaves of foreign policy overreach, James E. Isham traces the invisible threads binding domestic fracture to global realignment. Through vivid argument and sweeping synthesis, the book contends that America's crisis is not a single event but an accelerating convergence: permanent war and imperial overstretch, economic precarity and cultural exhaus...

L'opera di James G. Ballard merita attenzione non solo e non tanto dal punto di vista della ricerca letteraria, quanto da quello dell'analisi sociologica e addirittura antropologica dell'umanità contemporanea. Sarebbe infatti un vero e proprio tradimento dell'autore confinare il suo influsso decisivo alla sola letteratura inglese e concentrare l'attenzione sui tradizionali aspetti critici, dallo stile alle tecniche narrative, dai retroscena biografici alle strategie retoriche: Ballard va l...