In Jean-Luc Godard: Philosopher/Insurgent, Jonathan Scott Lee contends that renowned filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard can be most accurately considered as a philosopher who uses cinema and video as his media to develop provocative aesthetic interventions into contemporary political situations and dilemmas.Rather than attempting to write a “definitive” study of Godard or establish a new canon from his expansive oeuvre, Lee identifies a particularly salient selecti...

Together with Consulting Editor, Dr. Alan Buchman, Dr. Scott Lee has put together a state-of-the-art issue of Gastroenterology Clinics devoted to Ulcerative Colitis (UC). He has selected expert authors to contribute clinical reviews that provide the latest clinical findings and recommendations. Articles are devoted to the following topics: Epidemiology and pathogenesis of UC; Making initial diagnosis of UC and ruling out other diseases that mimic UC; Assessing severity of disease; Initial ...

A female cop, a dead body in the trunk of a car, and drug cartels in a small Texas town.Kate Darby learned to hate cops at an early age, thanks to her drug addicted mom. No one would have guessed she'd become a cop when she grew up.Now patrolling the streets of Peculiar, Texas, Kate does her best to keep her town safe.She's trained to be ready for anything on a routine traffic stop. When she pulls over the driver of the Mercedes for rolling through ...

In June 2018 Leeds United made an appointment that shocked the footballing world. Despite being stuck in the second tier of English football and tagged the Championship's perennial chokers, they attracted one of the most revered coaches in world football. What followed captivated the hearts and minds of Leeds United's legion of passionate supporters worldwide. Marcelo Bielsa has crafted a team in his image, a team that plays in an almost bewildering attacking style with fluidity across the...

It's been almost a year since Corporal Kate Darby nearly died after being set up by a dirty cop.She's physically ready to get back to her old life, to start patrolling the streets of Peculiar, Texas. But is she mentally ready?Her first day back, she goes out on a call for a flasher, and when that flasher is also flashing a weapon, everything goes south. Now Kate needs to decide if she's mentally ready to be a cop again.

Ah, the smell of Christmas and murder are in the air. And the private investigators of Gotcha Detective Agency are on the case.Mimi has picked up a skip trace, and while staking out the fugitive's girlfriend's house, hoping he'll pop in, Mimi sees activity in the house next door.What happens next no one could have expected. And where it leads is even crazier.In a story of twists and turns, this murder mystery is a little different than the trouble Charles and Mimi usua...

American JusticeThe job of the U.S. Marshals includes: prisoner transport, witness protection, and fugitive apprehension.From Deputy Jared Wright:After losing my wife and child in a horrific incident while working with a special ops group, I went off the deep end for a few months. When I came to my senses, I realized I no longer wanted to protect witnesses, and I applied for a transfer from WITSEC to the Joint East Texas Fugitive Task Force. JETFTF specializes in ca...

The Guardian is an epic coming-of-age fantasy about power, destiny, and the resilience of the human spirit.Born with no legacy, no gifts, and no promise of greatness, Maximus Claudius Aurelius is overlooked by everyone around him-his family, his kingdom, and even himself. Yet beneath his humble beginnings lies a relentless determination that cannot be extinguished.When war shatters his world and an alien invasion threatens to annihilate his people, Maximus rises fr...

How do you survive when your world explodes? By the time she was seven, Amy Lee Scott had seen her world end twice: first as an infant, when adoption brought her from Korea to Ohio, and again when her adoptive mother died of cancer. Orphaned twice over, Scott confronts her personal chaos by investigating a litany of historic catastrophes and the disruptions that followed. Witnessing a Cabbage Patch Kid “born” at BabyLand General Hospital inspires a meditation on the history of Korean adopt...

Mimi and Charles take some time off from the detective agency to help Charles's friend, Anthony DeLuca, sell his exclusive line of voodoo dolls at a trade show in San Francisco. Mimi is less than thrilled to find out Charles has invited Homicide detective, Nick Christianson, to come along.But as luck may have it, Mimi finds the body of a dead sales rep. When Anthony is implicated in the suspicious death, Mimi is back on the investigative job, and Nick goes off with his old partner ...

In a time when liberal arts education is increasingly under attack, this volume reminds readers that dedicated teachers at colleges and universities are passing on the heritage of liberal education as well as constructing its future. Future citizens, businesswomen and men, scientists, artists and those working in educational or social programs will all benefit from the insights of this volume into historical, ethical, literary and philosophical perspectives provided by core text liberal ar...

Would you give up everything you are?Cassidy VandeleurTired of her sheltered life, the millionaire heiress seeks excitement out from under her father’s thumb. She wants to prove to the world and herself that she is more than her money. She crosses paths with the L.A. Dragons biker gang and immediately detests their lifestyle. However, the enforcer has pain within his eyes that she can’t ignore. Can a woman who is used to giving the orders take them from an alpha leader?...