Werewolves. Vampires. Demons. For centuries, the Order has trained agents to fight what most of the world refuses to believe exists — magic, martial arts, and technology weaponized against things that shouldn't be possible.Jessica is twelve years old, and she wants in.It should be impossible. She's outmatching soldiers twice her age in combat and outthinking instructors three times her experience, driven by a hatred for the paranormal that runs deeper than anyone around her...

Sverre Walker was having a pretty good semester — right up until the girl from karate class tried to kill him.Jessica Luvkrafft isn't just a girl. She's a supernatural assassin sent to his college to hunt down a killer, and Sverre pinged her radar as something not entirely human. She was wrong about him being the killer. She wasn't wrong about the other part.Getting beaten half to death has a way of waking things up. Suddenly Sverre...

This standard textbook on Michigan history covers the entire scope of the Wolverine State's historical record -- from when humankind first arrived in the area around 9,000 B.C. up to 1995. This third revised edition of Michigan also examines events since 1980 and draws on new studies to expand and improve its coverage of various ethnic groups, recent political developments, labor and business, and many other topics. Includes photographs, maps, and charts.

Vampire lords don't do subtle. When two of the oldest bloodlines alive decide it's time to settle old scores, they don't argue — they arm up. Tech that shouldn't exist. Resources deeper than most nations. Soldiers pulled from humanity's worst nightmares: shapeshifters, the undead, things that used to be spirits, and a few passengers from planes of existence that were never supposed to have a return ticket.The Order was built to handle exactly this. Emphasis on was....

The world is on fire, and Grigori Rasputin is just getting started.With the United States under his boot, the vampire lord turns his armies outward — hunting the Order's remaining bases and the artifacts of ancient power hidden inside them. Time is no longer on anyone's side.The Liberators and the Underworlders, enemies for centuries, forge an alliance neither side ever thought they'd need. Trust doesn't come easy when the hatred runs that deep, but survival has a way of re...

The Order fell first. That was the warning shot.Grigori Rasputin — ancient vampire lord, self-appointed god-in-progress — has stopped playing coy. His armies now occupy what's left of the United States, and the professionals who were supposed to stop this are gone. What's left is a ragtag militia and Sverre, trying to build an alliance out of people too smart, or too scared, to say yes.Because Grigori isn't just powerful anymore. He's become something the world has never ha...

The crew barely escaped the Resurrection Crypt with their lives. Now they're paying for it.The supernatural half of the team licks its wounds in Xibalba — guests nobody invited, in a realm that doesn't do hospitality. Sverre's not faring much better. His werewolf side has stopped taking orders, and every shift is a threat to everyone around him. The only fix comes from Clan Cen'Ful. Their price does not come cheap.Still fugitives from the Order, Jessica and Malcolm race to ...

Contributions by Amylou Ahava, Jeff Ambrose, Daniel P. Compora, Penny Crofts, Keith Currie, Erin Giannini, Whitney S. May, Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns, Diganta Roy, Hannah Lina Schneeberger, Shannon S. Shaw, Maria Wiegel, and Margaret J. YankovichFirst published in 1986, Stephen King’s novel IT forever changed the legacy of the literary clown. The subject of a TV miniseries and a two-part film adaptation and the inspiration for a resurgence of the evil clown figure in p...

Thrown out by his mother, 17-year-old Luke hopes to overcome his narcotic addiction and depression by changing his surroundings. At his new school, he quickly becomes friends with Sean, but finding that his developing feelings aren't returned, Luke retreats into old habits. Determined to hide his self-injurious behavior and an advancing eating disorder, he soon risks much more than a broken heart.When Sean meets Luke, the last thing on his mind is falling in love with a boy. Grappl...

There were several compelling reasons which prompted me to undertake the work of translating and commenting upon the Vale of Tears by Joseph Hacohen, the sixteenth century physician and historian. First of all, those of us who have been teaching in the area of the Middle Ages have noticed over the past several years a distinct upsurge of interest in the field. Consequently, a number of Medieval Institutes, non-denominational in character and attached to major universitites, have sprung up ...

Representing Kink raises awareness about non-normative texts and non-normative erotic practices and desires. It defines “kink” broadly, encompassing a range of “inappropriate” texts and understanding it in frequent reference to non-normative erotic fantasies and experiences. Kink is treated as both a set of practices as well as a category of texts at the nexus of subject and form. In addition to canonical texts that take up erotic and marginalized themes, the collection also studies forms ...

The last 15 years has seen an explosion of studies that use cognitive science to understand theatre, whilst at the same time theatre-makers are using their artistic practice to address research question. This book looks at the current discourse around these emerging fields.