"Historical Thriller of the Year" — Best Thrillers Book Awards Nazis in America: Hollywood stars marked for murder. Insurrection on U.S. soil. Can Einstein and Chaplin stop the deadly conspiracy before America falls into darkness? It's 1937. War clouds gather over Europe while fascists march on American soil. As the FBI chases suspected communists, Nazi agents plot an armed insurrection against the U.S. government. When real-life friends Albert Einstein and Charlie Chaplin uncover the cons...

From “Some Doo Wops And Those Rama Langa Ding Dongs” It was the 50s. Doo Wops fell from the sky, and we didn’t even notice that they lit our path, yet made no sense, but instead, merely soothed the painful edges and left us with the confusion of the 60s and the life beyond yet to come. From “How Many Times Are You Going To Get Married” After my second divorce, my mother asked me, “How many times are you going to get married?” I didn’t feel she was being sarcastic and so my response, “As ma...

The Venice Literary Review is a book of short essays and musings about aging, the challenges of change, a move to Florida from New York during the pandemic, adjustment to a highly regulated gated community for retirees, diminishing physical abilities, memories of the past, and the struggles of being a writer.

During his lifetime E. L. Doctorow was a remarkable phenomenon among contemporary American novelists. He was a serious writer who was popular, a political writer who was a stylist, an original writer who was highly eclectic and an historical writer who invented the past. In this study, originally published in 1985, Paul Levine follows Doctorow’s progress as a novelist and traces the development of certain themes that recur in his work including the relationships between history and imagina...

With diplomas in hand, the lament of all too many graduates is, "So now what do I do?" Where's My Job? provides answers to that question by helping job seekers Understand the importance of having a positive attitude Formulate winning answers to interview questions Maintain control during interviews Combat the negativity of friends, relatives, and co-workers Develop backup plans Become a risk taker in seeking a job Get beyond the label of a major or job title Understand that the best career...

Winterview is a book of memories, musings, and life stories about growing up, work, relationships, marriage, divorce, loneliness, remarriage, and becoming older.Included are essays about the pain and grief of loss, reflections about the difficulty of seeking child custody, the struggles of being a writer, and the challenges of working with the developmentally disabled.A number of the pieces included in the book are based in part or in their entirety on previous writing publ...

From All The Floating StringsDo you know the difference between toothpicks and spider webs? It was one of those questions that Coe asked when there was too much silence.What, Coe? Larry asked.Thats the thing. There is no difference because everything is connected. Bread and birds and stars and strollers and pain and heat. And thats the trouble. Because nothing gets differentiated. And its all a mass of confusion.Thats whats wrong with us sometimes, ...

The Arms Industry is an area that is of huge concern to many people around the world. The economics of this hugely important industry are a vital strand that needs to be understood. This volume brings together contributors from all over the globe, such as Todd Sandler and Keith Hartley, and focuses on the important issues surrounding the Arms Trade

This brings together relevant papers on macro-, monetary and development economics from many eminent economists from all over the world who are closely associated with the works of Late Professor Anita Ghatak of Greenwich University, UK who was an expert in the field of macroeconomics and econometrics. It comprises a variety of articles which are highly significant in the analysis of macroeconomic policies both in developed and in-transition economies.There are several main topics ...

Victoria Lord follows all the rules. Steve Solomon makes up his own.Steve Solomon is the sharpest lawyer ever to barely graduate from Key West School of Law. Victoria Lord is fresh from Yale, toiling for an ambitious DA, and soon to be married. And Katrina Barksdale is a sexy former figure skater charged with killing her incredibly wealthy, incredibly kinky husband. With all three tangled in Miami's steamiest trial of the century, the case is sure to make sparks fly, headlines scre...

They are Florida’s most mismatched legal duo: one a glamorous Miami blue blood, the other a Coconut Grove beach bum. And when they get together, you can throw every law right out the window.What do you get when you mix beautiful people, family secrets, and a yacht washed up on Sunset Key with a hundred grand in cash and a dying man? Steve Solomon sees a case that can get Solomon & Lord off the ground. But Victoria Lord spies a golden opportunity to go out on her own. With her uncle...

Jake Lassiter is a hero unlike any other in the courtroom. Booklist hascalled him “one of the most entertaining series characters in contemporary crime fiction.”The former Miami Dolphin is still swimming with sharks in his latest adventure. Amy Larkin is in town, looking for her sister Krista, who vanished without a trace almost two decades earlier. She seeks out Lassiter because he is the last person to have seen her alive.Lassiter volunteers to i...