Toni St. John is a nosy reporter chasing the story of her life, a story that will hopefully win her the Pulitzer Prize and national acclaim. When a tip about four mysterious suicides that happen in an upscale hotel in New Orleans, LA lands on her desk, she packs a bag and heads to the Big Easy to investigate.What Toni doesn’t know is that the mysterious deaths are closely connected to her own sordid past, and the sexy alpha manager of the hotel, Jericho Laveau, is indelibly linked ...

Whether on the big screen or small, films featuring the American Civil War are among the most classic and controversial in motion picture history. From D. W. Griffith’s Birth of a Nation (1915) to Free State of Jones (2016), the war has provided the setting, ideologies, and character archetypes for cinematic narratives of morality, race, gender, and nation, as well as serving as historical education for a century of Americans.In The American Civil War on Film and TV: Blue and Gray ...

This book argues that a well-educated citizenry and freer flow of information has contributed to a state of "hyperdemocracy" which impedes itself. This book applies the idea of 'reflexive modernization' to democratic theory, setting out a new perspective on the challenges democracy faces.

According to legends of Rome’s foundation, Tarpeia was a maiden who betrayed Romulus’ city to the invading Sabines. She was then crushed to death by the Sabines’ shields and her body hurled from the Tarpeian Rock, which became the place from which subsequent traitors of the city were thrown. In this volume, Tara S. Welch explores the uses and contours of Tarpeia’s myth through several centuries of Roman history and across several types of ancient sources, including Latin and Greek texts in...

Take a journey through the stories of eleven generations of ancestors and descendants of Cuff Condol/Congdon, a Native American slave. The children and grandchildren of Cuff spread across the landscape of Connecticut into New York and Ohio. This is a chronicle of their fight for liberty and citizenship in America. The web of kinship is expansive. They define what nations, communities, groups, and families that they belong to. Their voices and words are utilized in an effort to allow them t...

People, events, and circumstances have a way of placing limitations on our life and unfortunately those limitations can have a drastically negative impact on our pursuit of personal goals and dreams. Life Unlimited: Overcoming Obstacles on Your Path to Abundant Life is about rising above those limitations and pushing through the obstacles that can get in our way on the road to our abundant life. While we cannot erase all limitations, physical limitations most especially, we can certainly l...

ALL ROADS LEAD TO HELL is a gripping Civil War novel about one young man's defiance, loyalty, and moral courage in the face of national conflict and personal loss. When former schoolteacher Everett Boyd enlists as a common soldier, he enters a world far harsher than he imagined-where death comes not only from bullets but from disease, abandonment, and silence.Determined to reconnect with his former students now serving in other regiments, Everett finds them changed...

ALL ROADS LEAD TO HELL follows Everett Dahlgren Boyd, a young aristocrat who rejects his privileged upbringing to find purpose as a humble schoolteacher in pre-Civil War America. Mistaken for a woman upon arrival, Everett must navigate small-town suspicion, gender bias, and societal expectations while striving to make a difference. With wit and emotional depth, Bruce S. Welch crafts a powerful story of personal integrity, identity, and defiance in a rigid world. A compelli...

Language permeates every facet of international business in the 21st century. However, being aware of this multilingual reality is not enough. This book presents a case for recognizing and appreciating the importance of language, its multifaceted role and the range of effects it may have on internationalizing firms.Responding to the growing interest in the role of language in international business, this book presents language as a critical management challenge for the internationa...

When you marry, your heart overflows with enthusiasm, exhilaration, and optimism. You can’t wait to start a new life with this one whose mere presence or voice causes an abundance of feel-good neurotransmitters to flood your brain.But soon after, differences in temperament, gender, family of origin, and marital expectations collide. You discover that the characteristics and behaviors you once found attractive in your mate, are now sources of irritation and frustration. Conflict eru...

When you marry, your heart overflows with enthusiasm, exhilaration, and optimism. You can’t wait to start a new life with this one whose mere presence or voice causes an abundance of feel-good neurotransmitters to flood your brain.But soon after, differences in temperament, gender, family of origin, and marital expectations collide. You discover that the characteristics and behaviors you once found attractive in your mate, are now sources of irritation and frustration. Conflict eru...

As we strive to deepen our covenant relationship with Jesus Christ, we must learn to seek him more intentionally. The Savior himself offers this transformative invitation: “Henceforth I call you not servants; . . . but I have called you friends” (John 15:15).In this new coauthored volume, beloved authors Rosalynde Welch and Adam Miller invite us to ponder encounters with Christ in the New Testament. Written as a series of letters between friends, the authors explore how Christ reve...