A candid, courageous portrait of the South as told by a writer unafraid to confront its heat, its history, and its humanity.Clarence Cason belonged to that restless generation of southern intellectuals who, between the world wars, questioned the South's stubborn traditionalism, even as they tried to explain and defend its distinctiveness. From his professorial perch at The University of Alabama, Cason wrote polished essays for leading national publications...

This book presents a meticulously-researched biography on Guillermo Belt Ramírez, one of Cuba’s most important diplomats of the 20th century. As Ambassador, Belt represented his homeland in the United States and the Soviet Union as the Cold War turned wartime allies into enemies. He also represented a generation of diplomats who, after bearing witness to the horrors of war, had the resolve to join to create the United Nations and regional organizations such as the Organization of American ...

When conducting research in developing countries, an ability to negotiate a bewildering array of cultural and logistical obstacles is essential. Overseas Research: A Practical Guide distills essential lessons from scores of students and scholars who have collected data and done fieldwork abroad, including how to prepare for the field, how and where to find funding for one’s fieldwork, issues of personal safety and security, and myriad logistical and relational issues.By en...

Aubrielle Quinn has spent years building two things she believes will never fail her: her marriage and Iron Harbor Freight and Recovery. As a licensed customs-compliance specialist, co-owner, and the woman who keeps every route, contract, and employee on solid ground, she is used to fixing problems before anyone else sees them.Then a forgotten company tablet exposes twenty-eight months of secret messages between her husband and another woman.Nathaniel Bartlett insists the a...

Miley Meyers has spent nine years building the Iron Saints Motorcycle Club from behind the scenes. As the club’s trusted bookkeeper and Vice President Julien Boyd’s wife, she protects its businesses, balances its accounts, and carries secrets that could bring powerful men to their knees.She never expects one of those secrets to be her husband’s affair.With the President’s patch within reach, Julien begins a sexual and emotional relationship with Georgia Neal, the daughter o...

**Myth: “My kids will suffer if I work full time.”Reality: Your kids will be fine. In fact, the example you set by going back to work may leave them better off.Myth: “No company will want me since I don’t have the skills I used to have.”Reality: Don’t sell yourself short. You have unique skills and experiences that every company needs. What you don’t have, you can learn.Myth: “Getting back to work is impossible.”Reality: Millions of women have made the ...

NOTHING IS MORE POWERFUL THAN GOD SCORNED

Fatima Freeman never plans to become the human price of peace.Raised far from the motorcycle club world that took her father’s life, she builds a career as a structural engineer and keeps her future in her own hands. Then an old treaty reaches for her. To preserve the fragile alliance between two allied biker clubs on opposite sides of the border, Fatima agrees to marry Jayce Johnston, the Amarillo chapter’s road captain and the son of the man who helped end the war.Jayce i...

Nine years ago, Calliope Zhang leaves Del Rio with a broken heart, a dead father, and one certainty she refuses to question: Isaias Escobar chose another woman over her.Now twenty-eight, Calliope is a respected forensic structural engineer in Calgary, far from the salvage yard, motorcycle club, and man who taught her how badly love can hurt. But when her mother decides to sell the family property, Calliope has no choice but to return to Texas and finish the structural assessment he...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Governor Ron DeSantis made Florida the freest state in the country. While other politicians advocated lockdowns and masking policies, DeSantis did everything he could to keep businesses open and protect civil liberties.DeSantis began fighting for civil liberties years earlier, though. He launched his political career in the U.S. Congress in 2012. Drawing on his Harvard law school education and military experience, he argued for Constitutional principle...

Five years ago, Hope Colon leaves Asheville with a broken engagement, a ruined reputation, and one certainty she cannot survive questioning: the man she planned to marry has betrayed her with another woman who claims to be carrying his child.Now Hope is back, but she is not the young woman who once built her future around a motorcycle club.She is a deputy fire marshal, and the burned remains of the Iron Vale clubhouse are officially her problem.The ...

Theodora Rogers knows exactly what it costs to leave a man like Colton Edwards.Two years ago, she leaves Henderson, Kentucky believing the Rivermark MC vice president has given another woman the patience, secrecy, and late-night loyalty that once belonged to her. She loses an eight-year relationship, the club family she once called home, and every reason she had to trust the man she loved most.Now Theodora is back for an eight-week assignment to rescue a struggling Ohio Riv...