Women of Sci-fi (Short stories from pioneering women writers of sci-fi, or stories featuring women characters)Regeneration- Katherine MacLean (Pen Name: Charles Dye)A Matter of Proportion- Anne WalkerStar Mother- Robert F. YoungThe Blue Tower- Evelyn E. SmithThe Putnam Tradition- Sonya Dorman

The Gospel Coalition Book Awards Winner – Theological StudiesModern theology claimed that it ignited a renaissance in trinitarian theology. Really, it has been a renaissance in social trinitarianism. Classical commitments like divine simplicity have been jettisoned, the three persons have been redefined as three centers of consciousness and will, and modern agendas in politics, gender, and ecclesiology determine the terms of the discussion. Contemp...

The disappearance of nine year-old Shannon Matthews in 2008 was genuinely one of the strangest crime cases in recent memory. Missing child cases like this are awfully grim because they rarely have a happy ending.The police, media, and everyone who was anxiously looking on and following this case all The disappearance of nine year-old Shannon Matthews in 2008 was genuinely one of the strangest crime cases in recent memory. Missing child cases like this are awfully grim because they ...

Secret City: Poems by Katherine Smith explores belonging and power through the eyes of children and adults, whether the relationships in question are to a family, to a religion, to a region or to a country. The imagery of the natural world weaves in and out of the dreams of a young Jewish girl brought to live with a Christian family in Oak Ridge, Tennessee during World War II. A woman with a childhood of being bullied moves north only to find herself an authority figure, teaching students ...

The case of Mary Bell shocked the nation in 1968. In the city of Newcastle, an eleven year-old girl was responsible for the death of two young boys who were not much more than toddlers. The method of death was strangulation (squeezing of the neck) and both tragic incidents took place on derelict land where massive slum housing clearances were under way. The girl responsible for the murders was Mary Flora Bell - a darkly angelic looking child who never seemed to show any sign of emotion. Th...

Perfect for fans of L. D. Beyer's In Sheep's Clothing and James Patterson's Juror No. 3“Dedrick’s sharp-witted and polished protagonist drives the riveting plot, bolstered by the novel’s larger-than-life characters and scenes of political sabotage.” —BookLife“Dedrick does well in methodically handing those pieces over, and while in the back of our minds we can begin to see what is coming, the explosive twi...

A sharp legal thriller driven by ambition, betrayal, and a fearless female attorney navigating the dark side of big law.Victoria Rodessa is smart, driven, and fresh out of one of the nation’s top law schools. When she joins the prestigious international firm Acker, Smith & McGowen—she’s determined to break barriers and become the first woman to make partner.But behind the polished image lies a toxic web of deviant agendas. As Victoria uncovers buried secret...

Jackson Parish was formed in 1845, and settlers traversed treacherous territories, thick brush, and waterways to take advantage of cheap government land. The pioneers--mostly farmers--transformed a vastly forested area into several thriving communities. The Tremont Lumber Company founded the mill towns of Eros and Chatham in the early 20th century. Simultaneously, the Arkansas Southern Railroad's arrival brought settlements to Quitman and Ansley. In 1903, Jonesboro was officially declared ...

Vor Hearthsraven spent the winter in her mountain hermitage, pondering her past and future. She emerges with the spring, prepared to seize her present. She will return to her home country of Weldom, to reunite with Giri Holstor and investigate the path to becoming a Weldom Wizard, but she's not sure yet if either wizardom or Giri are what's best for her. Before she can decide, Vor finds herself in the midst of rising civil unrest. The growing scarcity of mage-stone has allowed the birth of...

Jessika, Kassandra, Rikah, and Karolan found a home among the wild griffins and there grew safely towards adulthood, but they have never forgotten the home they came from: the conquered kingdom of Northnest. Certainly Jessika has not. She was third born of the royal children. Northnest is both her birthright and her people, taken by wizards and their swarms of drakes. Now the girl has become a woman, and she thinks to reclaim her country. Being raised by griffins, far from human cities and...

Third in the Northnest Saga, "Hearthsraven" follows Vor, a young mage introduced in book 2. Orphaned on the streets of a conquered city, Vor's fledgling mage powers kept her alive, but also drew the attention of the conquering lord, Altare Dhordirh, who took her for his apprentice. Now, recent events as seen in book 2 and as continued here, will force on her a choice: follow her master's bloody path, or find the courage to rise up and defy him.It is a gruesome and passionate turn f...

This book illuminates a variety of the key themes and positions that are developed in the work of art historian and philosopher Georges Didi-Huberman, one of the most influential image-theorists of our time.Beginning with a translated exchange on the politics of images between Jacques Rancière and Georges Didi-Huberman, the volume further contains a translation of Didi-Huberman’s essay on Georges Bataille’s writings on art. The articles in this book explore the influence of Theodor...