Allyson Worthy, daughter of the renowned homicide detective Christopher Worthy always dreamt of living in Venice. Now, as a college student, she’s landed a dream internship with the Venice police. She assumes she will be investigating minor crimes perpetrated on gullible American and English tourists. On the first day of her internship, however, Allyson is assigned to assist with a more bizarre case—the apparent suicides of two wealthy Americans in the city. Linking the two persons are the...

Bigs Brothers: The Blame Game is a playful, rhyming picture book that helps children learn responsibility, accountability, and emotional regulation in a safe, gentle, and genuinely fun way. When Big Foot wakes up hungry, stubs his toe, and starts blaming everyone around him, parents and teachers will instantly recognize the familiar "it's not my fault" spiral. As Big Foot bounces from brother to brother-Big Eyes, Big Hands, Big Mouth, Big Nose, and finally Big Ears-young readers see how bl...

Today's journalists need a wide range of knowledge, technical skills, and digital savvy. In this innovative book, experts on digital journalism share their perspectives on what digital journalism is, where it came from, and where it may be going. Addressing some of the most important issues in new media and journalism, authors take on history, convergence, ethics, online media and politics, alternative digital sources of information, and cutting-edge technology, from multimedia web sites a...

Eliminate your student debt and start building wealth with this step-by-step guide to financial freedom by the author of Hustle Away Debt.Student loans are complicated. College financial aid terms like “federal direct subsidized” and “GRAD Plus” mean little to most of us. Each type of student loan is slightly different, with its own set of rules and repayment options. In Student Loan Solution, personal finance expert David Carlson explains what st...

Learn how to get out of debt from an expert. Forbes calls David Carlson’s personal finance blog Young Adult Money “a must-read for millennials.”Hustle Away Debt, Carlson’s new book, gives millennials drowning in debt—student and otherwise—a lifeline. He introduces the concept of “side hustles,” so you can develop new sources of income that allow you to pay off debt faster. He also shows how this can lead you to explore new fields you might not have otherw...

The peace in a refugee camp outside Rome is shattered by the murder of a respected Syrian elder. Allyson Worthy, an FBI agent on loan to the CIA and working undercover in the camp, is convinced a criminal ring with underworld connections is behind the attack.Allyson's professional and personal lives come into conflict when her relationship with Seppe D'Angelo, an aid worker in the camp, becomes serious.Love and lies are not a good mix, and Allyson struggles to hide her true identit...

A young priest with secrets disappears without leaving a trace. The search to find him takes Lieutenant Christopher Worthy and Father Nicholas Fortis into the wilds of northern Canada where they must outwit a killer who is also searching for the priest.

On the night of a tragic fire at an orphanage in Canada that takes the lives of three boys, the orphanage director, Father Robert Porter, is found passed out in an alcoholic haze. Although he isn't blamed for the fire, Father Robert is recalled to his monastic order's motherhouse in Rome where he faces the prospect of being defrocked.Just weeks after he arrives in Rome, Father Robert is found stabbed to death in one of the city's largest piazzas. Christopher Worthy and Father Nicho...

A priest is found brutally strangled before the altar of Detroit’s St. Cosmas Greek Orthodox Church. The captain of the Detroit Police assigns her star detective Christopher Worthy to the case, knowing that the interim priest is Worthy’s close friend Father Fortis. Worthy’s new partner Henderson believes Father Spiro surprised a local thug in the act of stealing a silver altarpiece. This simple solution doesn’t sit right with Detective Worthy and Father Fortis. Small clues have led them to...

On a sunny summer day in Rome, a drone attack in St. Peter's Square nearly kills the Pope and the Ecumenical Patriarch of the Orthodox Church. The trail Christopher Worthy and Father Fortis follow to identify and thwart the assassin takes them from the heart of Rome to the holiest sites in Jerusalem.

“If revenge and retaliation are the best responses that our nation could muster after 9/11, then Jesus did not have to come, live among us, and preach a radical understanding of ‘neighbor’ that includes the enemy.”In the wake of the ten-year anniversary of 9/11, as tensions rise between Christians and Muslims, author and religious studies professor David Carlson seeks guidance in the modern-day deserts of monastic communities across America. Are Christiani...

A Detroit detective and an Orthodox priest team up to solve two mysteries unfolding in the Santa Fe area: a missing person’s case involving a teenage girl and the ritualistic murder of a young nun. Their dangerous quest will require them to delve into the secret lives of Trappist monks and alienated teenagers and gain insight into obscure religious practices and the cultures of the Southwest.