When Roxanne Sullivan, a West Point alumna and retired military officer, visits Katie's beachfront home in Aura Cove, a cryptic message from Karma sets an unthinkable chain of events in motion.A shocking revelation emerges that threatens to shatter Rox's pristine military career. Accused of a grave offense, she faces the impending loss of everything she holds dear—her freedom, her Purple Heart, and her honor—earned through sacrifices that left her scarred in more ways than one....

In the hallowed halls of Aura Cove High School, Principal Adrienne Thorne is a beloved beacon, guiding teenagers toward their destinies. The school board's decision to elevate her to Superintendent feels like a mere formality until an ominous email threatens her career and reputation.During a routine truffle stop by her estranged sister, Davina, a reading from Karma spurs Katie and the coven into action. Bound by a mission to rectify the past, they join together to salvage Adrienne...

A paranormal women’s fiction series filled with bold female characters over 50, and in the prime of their lives.After discovering she has supernatural powers and has been chosen to conspire with Karma, Katie’s first mission involves a desperate pregnant woman and has her tangling with unsavory characters from her great-great grandmother's checkered past.But when Katie is abducted by a menacing mob leader, her best friend, Frankie, takes matters into her own...

Fifty states, fifty stories, one common denominator. Every chapter of Morgan Horse history, from the birth of Figure to today’s show ring legends, contains an inspiring account of service and versatility unlike any other. And now, for the first time, those chapters have been pulled together into an unforgettable book that commemorates and celebrates the contribution of the Morgan Horse to the country we love so much. "America’s Own: A Celebration of America and its Horse," is an all-new pu...

In The Transmedia Construction of the Black Panther: Long Live the King, Bryan J. Carr explores and analyzes the evolution of the Black Panther character since his inception in the 1960s across comics, film, television, video games, and music. The Black Panther, Carr argues, is the sum of the creative works of countless individuals across various media that have each contributed to the legacy of the first mainstream Black superhero, all happening against a backdrop of social and cultural u...

'In this remarkable collection of essays, Holton and Turner demonstrate that Parsonian sociology addresses the most central problems of our time – issues of sickness and health, power and inequality, the nature of capitalism and its possible alternatives. They develop a mature and original perspective on Parsons as the only classical theorist who avoided crippling nostalgia. Holton and Turner not only talk about Parsonian sociology in a profound and insightful way, they do it, and...

Most of humanity shares core values but lacks a blueprint to turn those values into solutions that work across jurisdictions, enterprises, nations, and cultures. Journey to a Blueprint for Humanity charts a path, providing an executable approach to collaborative problem-solving, and showing how principles can guide policies and initiatives while respecting the sovereignty and unique approaches of individual nations.Global challenges often falter because le...

In Travels in the Netherworld, Bryan J. Cuevas examines a fascinating but little-known genre of Tibetan narrative literature about the délok, ordinary men and women who claim to have died, traveled through hell, and then returned from the afterlife. These narratives enjoy audiences ranging from the most sophisticated monastic scholars to pious townsfolk, villagers, and nomads. Their accounts emphasize the universal Buddhist principles of impermanence and worldly suffering...

Since Naperville sprang from the northern Illinois prairie, it has maintained an unmistakably fascinating heritage.The settlers who followed the Napers to the DuPage River had to endure the hardships of felling trees and plowing prairies to make a place to call home. The campuses of the Research and Technology corridor might seem far removed from the travails of those early years, but both are part of the same community. That shared tradition holds surprises such a...

James A. Nist lived an extraordinary life in his 24 years. Raised on a New Jersey farm, he graduated high school at 16 and earned both a bachelor's degree from Rutgers University and a private pilot's license. In 1942, he joined the Navy as an aviation cadet, earning his wings and an officer's commission in the Naval Reserve. He became proficient in three of the Navy's high-performance combat aircraft: the SBD Dauntless dive-bomber, the F6F Hellcat fighter and the F4U Corsair fighter. In 1...

The author of Ventura and Zelzah follows up that critically acclaimed debut novel with Ventura and Winnetka, a stand-alone work that furthers the adventures of Douglas and his friends as they come of age in Southern California’s San Fernando Valley in the late 1970s.As seniors in high school, the gang spends their final year before college practicing crazy car stunts, getting high, obsessing about girls, passionately listening to the great rock and roll of the ’60...

Introduces YA readers to the extremely permissive milieu of 1970’s suburban Los Angeles.Addresses issues specific to teenage boys, including peer pressure, negotiating the minefield of a first romance, and coping with the treacherous territory between the naivete of adolescence and the temptations of young adulthood.Adult crossover appeal as a nostalgic look back at teenagers in the 1970s that will resonate with baby boomers.National PR campaign targeted at media ou...