Manx McCatty is a hard boiled feline detective prowling the back alleys of San Francisco in search of a killer ghost. With his mysterious friend, Fiddler, he searches through the foggy nights, tracking down a phantom killer who's leaving a trail of blood in his wake. As rumors spread that a mythical demon has emerged from the underworld, Manx comes whisker to whisker with a horrifying truth that may cost him his own life.

Lenin lived a controversial life and has had a deeply controversial reputation in the centenary since his death (21 January 1924) His rise from a conventional, educated, provincial, and middle-class background to become not only the leader, even dictator, over the largest country on earth, is dramatic and vital in itself. But it is only part of the story. Even after his death, he was unchallenged as the chief inspirer of a disparate world revolutionary movement which rocked the dominant ca...

"The Last Heir" is an engaging and thought-provoking novel that delves into the world of corporate and family dynamics. The protagonist, the young woman, must navigate the complex and often conflicting interests of the family members, employees, and the community as she works to implement her vision for a sustainable future.The book explores themes of legacy, responsibility, and the power of one person's actions to bring about change. It also touches on the importance of balancing f...

Edinburgh, Scotland is one of Europe’s most breathtaking cities. With beautiful architecture, the city’s Old Town has ancient, labyrinthine cobbled streets and small alleyways. On the other hand, New Town has a happening shopping and nighttime entertainment scene. Edinburgh attracts four million tourists each year to the city’s famous festivals, city attractions and green landscapes.  In the past decade Glasgow has flourished and emerged as one of Scotland’s top tourist destinations. ...

Digital Media Law offers a practical guide to the law of media and communication focusing on digital channels, models, and technologies. It draws together the aspects of media law that are most critical for those engaged in the production and distribution of digital media, from traditional broadcasters and internet-based services to major internet platforms.As an expert scholar and educator in media law, Christopher S. Reed brings considerable experience as an in-house lawyer for a...

Augmenting recent developments in theories of gender and sexuality, this anthology marks a compelling new phase in queer scholarship. Navigating notions of silence, misunderstanding, pleasure, and even affects of phobia in artworks and texts, the essays in this volume propose new and surprising ways of understanding the difficulty—even failure—of the epistemology of the closet. By treating "queer" not as an identity but as an activity, this book represents a divergence from previous approa...

From Jean Baptiste Point DuSable to Oprah Winfrey, black entrepreneurship has helped define Chicago. Robert E. Weems Jr. and Jason P. Chambers curate a collection of essays that place the city as the center of the black business world in the United States. Ranging from titans like Anthony Overton and Jesse Binga to McDonald’s operators to black organized crime, the scholars shed light on the long-overlooked history of African American work and entrepreneurship since the Great Migration. To...

Tired of superheroes? Those folks with perfect hair and eight-pack abs?These are stories of everyday women. Humble women. Not the ones endowed with god-like talents. These women have ordinary jobs. Take care of their families. Their friends.Until something happens. It may be terrible. It may be a light-hearted crime.It isn't the expected heroes or heroines who save the day.But rather, these unexpected heroines who no one has even noticed before.They ...

From humble beginnings Liverpool has become one of the United Kingdom’s most vibrant cities. Liverpool has changed for the better over the past decade. With new, state-of-the-art, city-centre shopping malls and flashy tourist attractions in Albert Dock, Liverpool is attractive and modern. The city of Manchester is located in the northwest of England, and is sometimes referred to as the second city of the United Kingdom. The city is known to millions around the world as the home of the lege...

"The Last Heir" is an engaging and thought-provoking novel that delves into the world of corporate and family dynamics. The protagonist, the young woman, must navigate the complex and often conflicting interests of the family members, employees, and the community as she works to implement her vision for a sustainable future.The book explores themes of legacy, responsibility, and the power of one person's actions to bring about change. It also touches on the importance of balancing f...

This bold, globe-spanning survey is the first book to thoroughly explore the radical, long-standing interdependence between art and homosexuality. It draws examples from the full range of the Western tradition, including classical, Renaissance, and contemporary art, with special focus on the modern era. It was in the modern period, when arguments about homosexuality and the avant-garde were especially public, that our current conception of the artist and the homosexual began to take shape,...

Between Brothers is a poignant scientific drama about identical biracial twins whose lives diverge in heartbreaking ways. Kevin, a gifted athlete exploring his identity and choices, contracts AIDS, while Tevin, the academically driven brother on the path to becoming a biologist and medical doctor, is thrust into a desperate race against time. As Kevin's health declines, Tevin channels grief, guilt, and love into a relentless search for answers, determined to find a cure and honor his broth...