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Daylight Robbery: How Tax Shaped Our Past and Will Change Our Future
by Dominic FrisbyDeath and taxes are our inevitable fate. We've been told this since the beginning of civilisation. But what if we stopped to question our antiquated system? Is it fair? And is it capable of serving the needs of our rapidly-changing, modern society? In Daylight Robbery, Dominic Frisby traces the origins of taxation, from its roots in the ancient world, through to today. He explores the role of tax in the formation of our global religions, the part tax played in wars and revolutions throughout the ages, why, at one stage, we paid tax for daylight or for growing a beard. Ranging from the despotic to the absurd, the tax laws of the past reveal so much about how we got to where we are today and what we can do to build a system fit for the future.Featured on Stepping up with Nigel Farage'An important book for investors in gold and bitcoin' - Daniela Cambone, Stansberry Research'This entertaining, surprising, contrarian book is a tour de force!' - Matt Ridley, author of The Evolution of Everything'In this spectacular gallop through history, Frisby shows how taxation has warped, stunted and thwarted human progress' - Mark Littlewood, Director General, Institute of Economic Affairs'Frisby's historical interpretation and utopian ideas will outrage Left and Right' - Steve Baker, MP for Wycombe and Member of the House of Commons Treasury Committee 'Fascinating book which exposes the political and economic basis of tax. A must read for those of us who believe in simpler, lower taxes' - Rt Hon Liz Truss, MP for South West Norfolk, Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade
Dayo
by Marc PerezAn elegant debut collection that illuminates the contours of un/belonging. Dayo: a Tagalog word referring to someone who exists in a place not their own. A wanderer, migrant worker, exile or simply a stranger. At its core, the poems in Dayo interrogate whether belonging can exist in a society suffused with violence. Here, the poet, as a stranger, confronts the politics of recognition by offering his vision. Reflexive and lyrical, this collection embodies the true curiosity and tenacious spirit of a dayo seeking a place to replant, tend, and grow delicate roots.
Days of Reading (Penguin Great Ideas)
by Marcel ProustIn these inspiring essays about why we read, Proust explores all the pleasures and trials that we take from books, as well as explaining the beauty of Ruskin and his work, and the joys of losing yourself in literature as a child. Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves – and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives – and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are.
Days of Wonder: A Novel
by Caroline LeavittNew York Times bestselling author Caroline Leavitt returns with a tantalizing, courageous story about mothers and daughters, guilt and innocence, and the lengths we go for love. As a teenager, for a moment, Ella Fitchburg found love—yearning, breathless love—that consumed both her and her boyfriend, Jude, as they wandered the streets of New York City together. But her glorious life was pulled out from beneath her after she was accused of trying to murder Jude&’s father, an imperious superior court judge. When she learns she&’s pregnant shortly after receiving a long prison sentence, she reluctantly decides to give up the child. Ella is released from prison after serving only six years and is desperate to turn the page on a new life, but she can&’t seem to let go of her past. With only an address as a possible lead, she moves to Ann Arbor, Michigan, determined to get her daughter back. Hiding her identity and living in a constant state of deception, she finds that what she&’s been searching for all along is a way to uncover—and live with—the truth. Yet a central mystery endures: neither Jude nor Ella can remember the events leading up to the attempted murder—that fateful night which led to Ella&’s conviction. For fans of Miranda Cowley Heller&’s The Paper Palace and Allegra Goodman&’s Sam, Caroline Leavitt&’s Days of Wonder is a gripping high-drama page-turner about the elusive nature of redemption and the profound reach of love.
Dayspring
by Anthony OliveiraA singular, stunning debut that transcends and transfigures genre—at once a bold retelling of biblical tales and an unforgettable contemporary coming-of-age story, connected in collapsing time across millennia.There are few love stories in the holy books. Love is what ruins. Love is what costs. Love is a flaming sword at our backs, a garden left to ruin and to wild.In Dayspring, Anthony Oliveira brings to vibrant, glorious life the gospel according to the disciple Christ loved—his companion in the days before the crucifixion, the only instrument that remembers with fidelity his sound.Sacred, profane, and rich with explicit desire and a poetic attention to form, Dayspring weaves electric and heart-wrenching stories of passion, grief, destruction, and survival into a narrative unmoored in space and time, one that re-examines and re-frames great and doomed figures from scripture and history, even as it casts its keen eye on the trials of modern life.Seamlessly blending fiction, memoir, and verse in the exhilarating tradition of Anne Carson and Madeline Miller, Dayspring is an immersive, mesmerizing work, one that wrenches beauty from cataclysm and finds bliss in apocalypse.
The Dayton Anthology (Belt City Anthologies)
by Shannon Shelton MillerThe Dayton Anthology, the fifteenth in Belt's City Anthologies series, is a portrait of a city recovering from the twin 2019 crises of devastating tornadoes and the mass shooting that took the lives of nine residents. Through essays and poems, contributors reflect on these traumas, and the longer-term ills of disinvestment and decay that have plagued the city for years, but also on the resilience of the people who call Dayton home. This is the city that brought the world the Wright brothers' invention of flight, along with the cash register, the hydraulic pump, and other technological innovations, but also the soaring poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar, and the comedy of Dave Chappelle. With contributions from Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley and former Ohio Governor Bob Taft.
Dazzle Me Dead (A Dead is the New Fabulous Mystery #2)
by Lindsay MaracottaA “Dead is the New Fabulous” Mystery (#2) “Lindsay Maracotta has created in Lucy an exhilarating smart and sassy character. Her insider’s take crackles with fresh insight and laugh-out-loud one-liners.” —Janet Evanovich, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author “Killingly amusing. Lindsay Maracotta wields the sharpest tongue since Nora Ephron banged out Heartburn. The book’s social observations are right on the money.” —The Chicago Tribune Lucy Frampton just wants to make animated movies and to raise as functional a family as possible in the midst of Hollywood’s special brand of madness. Unfortunately, when her producer-husband Kit scores his first blockbuster movie, he is stricken with dreaded "Mogus Virus"—(a common ailment!), which compels seemingly down-to-earth people to hire personal chefs and trainers and share enough air-kisses to inflate the Hindenburg. And adding to the crazy is the suspicious on-location death of his director, the much-despised whiz-kid Jeremy Lord. What’s a rational wife to do? Suddenly Lucy's only hope of maintaining some semblance of domestic bliss is to dive alone into the Pacific Palisades shark pool of actors, agents, industry honchos, lavish spenders, spoiled brats, ex-wives and voluptuous nannies, and surface with the killer. Her only weapon in this ocean of sex, lies, and camera phones is her irreverence and smarts —and they may not be formidable enough to protect Lucy from the dangerous predator who's circling....
The Dazzling Heights (Thousandth Floor #2)
by Katharine McGeeThe sequel to the New York Times bestselling novel The Thousandth FloorNew York, 2118. Manhattan is home to a thousand-story supertower, a breathtaking marvel that touches the sky. But amidst high-tech luxury and futuristic glamour, five teenagers are keeping dangerous secrets…LEDA is haunted by memories of what happened on the worst night of her life. She’ll do anything to make sure the truth stays hidden—even if it means trusting her enemy. WATT just wants to put everything behind him…until Leda forces him to start hacking again. Will he do what it takes to be free of her for good?When RYLIN wins a scholarship to an upper-floor school, her life transforms overnight. But being there means seeing the boy whose heart she broke, and who broke hers in return.AVERY is tormented by her love for the one person in the world she can never have. She’s desperate to be with him… no matter the cost. And then there’s CALLIOPE, the mysterious, bohemian beauty who arrives in New York determined to cause a stir. And she knows exactly where to begin. But unbeknownst to them all, someone is watching their every move, someone with revenge in mind. And in a world of such dazzling heights, just one wrong step can mean a devastating fall.Perfect for fans of One of Us Is Lying and Big Little Lies, the sumptuous second book in the bestselling Thousandth Floor series has all the drama, romance and hidden secrets that landed the first book in this series at #2 on the New York Times bestseller list!
DC Super Hero Girls: Batgirl at Super Hero High (DC Super Hero Girls)
by Lisa YeeThe third book in the gripping DC Super Hero Girls fiction series!Barbara Gordon has always been a tech genius. But she's never been a super hero. Now, stepping into the spotlight as Batgirl for the very first time, she must train alongside the most powerful teens in the galaxy at Super Hero High. Can she wear the cape and cowl, and find her super self?
DC Super Hero Girls: Supergirl at Super Hero High (DC Super Hero Girls)
by Lisa YeeThe second book in the exciting new DC Super Hero Girls™ fiction series!Supergirl™ is the new kid at Super Hero High School - and she also happens to be the most powerful teen in the galaxy. But after losing her parents and her home planet, Supergirl struggles with her fresh start on planet earth. Invading alien armies, bad dreams and inter-dimensional portals are making it tricky for her to settle in at Super Hero High. Can she learn to control her superpowers? And how can she know who to trust on this strange new planet?
De Anima (On the Soul)
by AristotleFor the Pre-Socratic philosophers the soul was the source of movement and sensation, while for Plato it was the seat of being, metaphysically distinct from the body that it was forced temporarily to inhabit. Plato's student Aristotle was determined to test the truth of both these beliefs against the emerging sciences of logic and biology. His examination of the huge variety of living organisms - the enormous range of their behaviour, their powers and their perceptual sophistication - convinced him of the inadequacy both of a materialist reduction and of a Platonic sublimation of the soul. In De Anima, he sought to set out his theory of the soul as the ultimate reality of embodied form and produced both a masterpiece of philosophical insight and a psychology of perennially fascinating subtlety.
De blik van de zoon
by Núria AñóPaula is een kleuterjuffrouw die geen kinderen kan krijgen en samen met haar man adopteren ze Daniel, een roodharige baby. Na een paar jaar valt de biologische moeder in deze idyllische omgeving binnen en verbreekt ze de rust die tot dan toe heerste. Door verschillende stadia, vanaf het moment dat het kind thuis aankomt tot aan zijn volwassenheid, neemt 'de blik van de zoon' ons mee in karakters als de grootmoeder, een vrouw met karakter en een speciale voorliefde voor dit kleinkind, hoewel Paula als zij een voorbeeld zijn van de problematische relatie tussen moeder en dochter. Of Sophie, de jonge vrouw die lijkt samen te vallen met het ontwaken van de puberteit van Daniel. Met een klassieke dansachtergrond zijn we getuige van het verhaal van een liefde die het voor en na zal markeren en waar iedereen veel meer gemeen heeft dan het lijkt. "De thema's van haar boeken staan volop in de belangstelling en laten ons niet onverschillig omdat het een uitnodiging is om na te denken in een wereld waar de banaliteit haar imperium uitoefent." - L'Ull crític, 17-18 "De lezer krijgt een stimulerend verhaal, dat openstaat voor de gevoelens van verschillende karakters en dat een gevoeligheid vereist om elk leven in het verhaal te begrijpen." - Dr. Alexandra Santos Pinheiro, Resonancias Literarias, nr. 153 "Een intieme, bijna fluisterende literatuur die eerder spreekt over de personages en hun gemoedstoestand dan over andere dingen." - Justo Sotelo, Professor "De zoektocht naar identiteit, begraven schuldgevoelens - en soms niet zozeer - permanente angst voor de mogelijkheid van verlies, maar ook van een liefde die verder gaat dan bloedbanden zijn enkele van de thema's die de lezer in deze roman zal aantreffen. […] Feiten die begrepen lijken te worden en die de roman consequent op het juiste moment onthult, geven de indruk een verhaal te lezen dat op schaal is ges
De bons Aliments pour Contrôler L'hypertension Artérielle VOLUME 1: Sel, Alcool et Régime Alimentaire
by Dave McAllenIl faut penser à la tension artérielle tôt ou tard. C'est dans la culture d'aujourd'hui. Mais la vie se déroule normalement quand on sait comment la réguler ou la contrôler. Dans ce volume, Dave vous emmène à travers des questions pertinentes sur les aliments qui ne sont pas bons pour l'hypertension artérielle. Le sel, l'alcool et l'hypertension artérielle, un plan de santé cardiaque, un plan de régime végétalien. Les symptômes et la cause de l'hypertension et si le sodium cause l'hypertension. Il vous aidera à manger, avec une pression artérielle élevée et à mener une vie quotidienne normale. Points forts : Rétablissement de l'insuffisance cardiaque Compteur de sodium Sel; acide gras; chaleur Salage des viandes Dose de sel Dave prépare ce livre sur la récupération de l'insuffisance cardiaque ainsi que sur le contrôle de l'hypertension comme moyen de prévention des accidents vasculaires cérébraux.
De dode schrijfster
by Núria AñóAnna is een schrijfster van middelbare leeftijd die haar dochter alleen heeft grootgebracht. Op dit moment is Berta volwassen en de twijfels die ze heeft over het leren kennen van haar vader, die ze alleen op de foto heeft gezien, lijken op te rijzen als haar relatie met haar vriendje in een crisis raakt. Hans werkt in een fabriek en heeft een zus, Clara, een verkeerd begrepen meisje dat haar tijd besteedt aan het obsesseren over een man die op een gele motor rijdt. Maar in de eerste plaats is dit het verhaal van Anna Flieder. Als ze besluit een biografie te schrijven, komt de inspiratie bij haar op en neemt de vorm aan van de man die jaren geleden vertrok. "In het relaas wordt het proces van de creatie van de literatuur geobserveerd. [...] Het is een oeuvre gericht op hen die graag lezen en zich door het lezen laten absorberen, omdat de verbeelding er de overhand heeft en er veel dingen zijn die intuïtief zijn." -La Mañana "De roman "De Dode Schrijfster" is dan ook een uitnodiging voor iedereen die waarde hecht aan de manier waarop literatuur op zichzelf reflecteert in een letterkundig werk. Maar het is ook een kans om andere personages te volgen met gevoelens en in situaties die onvermijdelijk leiden tot identificatie. [...] De verrukking van een literaire tekst die zich onderscheidt door zijn metaforische taal en die beelden suggereert die in staat zijn alledaagse taferelen te onthullen, maar die het leven, vaak vol met meerdere mogelijkheden, ons niet toelaat te zien." -Dr. Alexandra Santos Pinheiro, Resonancias literarias, nr. 153 "Dit boek vertelt het verhaal van Anna, een schrijfster, en de wereld en het leven van de mensen om haar heen. Anna leeft haar literaire leven als het ware, ze lijdt aan een soort schizofrenie wanneer de personages in haar boeken botsen met haar leven in hun verlangen om het licht te zien". -Debbie Garrick, Vertaler <
De Filippo Four Plays: The Local Authority; Grand Magic; Filumena; Marturano (Methuen World Classics Ser.)
by Eduardo De FilippoThese plays include "Napoli Milionaria" produced at the Royal National Theatre in 1991. Eduardo De Filippo was one of Italy's leading popular dramatists. His plays focus on the lives of the Neapolitan people, their cunning nourished by centuries of hunger, their fantasies, and their love of life.
De-junk Your Mind: Simple Solutions for Positive Living
by Dawna WalterFree your mind, discover your potential, and become the person you want to be in 2020____________Like physical clutter in your home, mental clutter slowly fills up your head, making it hard to think and act clearly. Luckily, it's simple to de-junk your mind. By assessing your attitudes, beliefs and habits, you can easily identify the ones that are holding you back.This book will empower you with:· Exercises to gain confidence and let go of unwanted feelings · Strategies for replacing negative thought patterns with positive thinking · Communication techniques that will help you speak up and achieve your goals· Ways to keep things in perspective and look for solutions rather than problemsDe-junk Your Mind is packed with practical exercises and a big dose of tough love - it's time to take the plunge and change life for the better. Once you shed your mental clutter, you will feel lighter, more energetic and ready to seize each new day.
De Profundis and Other Prison Writings
by Oscar WildeDe Profundis and Other Prison Writings is a new selection of Oscar Wilde's prison letters and poetry in Penguin Classics, edited and introduced by Colm Tóibín.At the start of 1895, Oscar Wilde was the toast of London, widely feted for his most recent stage success, An Ideal Husband. But by May of the same year, Wilde was in Reading prison sentenced to hard labour. 'De Profundis' is an epistolic account of Oscar Wilde's spiritual journey while in prison, and describes his new, shocking conviction that 'the supreme vice is shallowness'. This edition also includes further letters to his wife, his friends, the Home Secretary, newspaper editors and his lover Lord Alfred Douglas - Bosie - himself, as well as 'The Ballad of Reading Gaol', the heart-rending poem about a man sentenced to hang for the murder of the woman he loved. This Penguin edition is based on the definitive Complete Letters, edited by Wilde's grandson Merlin Holland. Colm Tóibín's introduction explores Wilde's duality in love, politics and literature. This edition also includes notes on the text and suggested further reading. Oscar Wilde was born in Dublin. His three volumes of short fiction, The Happy Prince, Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and A House of Pomegranates, together with his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, won him a reputation as a writer with an original talent, a reputation enhanced by the phenomenal success of his society comedies - Lady Windermere's Fan, A Woman of No Importance, An Ideal Husband and The Importance of Being Earnest. Colm Tóibín is the author of five novels, including The Blackwater Lightship and The Master, and a collection of stories, Mothers and Sons. His essay collection Love in a Dark Time: Gay Lives from Wilde to Almodovar appeared in 2002. He is the editor of The Penguin Book of Irish Fiction.
de schrijver
by Liam Robert MullenDit spirituele verhaal verweeft zowel feitelijke als fictieve personages en probeert het leven van Luke de evangelist te doen herleven. Feitelijke personages zijn onder meer Jezus en zijn moeder Maria, Johannes de Doper, de apostelen, de evangelieschrijvers of schriftgeleerden, Sint Paulus en mannen zoals Pontius Pilatus en Ciaiphas. Fictieve personages zijn Escobar, een gedesillusioneerd voormalig lid van het Sanhedrin die Jezus veroordeelde, en de twee vrouwen in zijn leven. Een vreemde mysticus bekend als The Seer zal ook te zien zijn, en een Egyptisch paar, Sarah en Ibrahim, die de jonge Jezus ontmoeten vóór zijn missie, en een paar zeegaande tweelingen, de gebroeders Santos uit Hispania, waarvan er één wordt gekruisigd en achtergelaten voor dood door de Romeinen. Van het smartphonetoetsenbord van de Ierse schrijver Liam Robert Mullen, een auteur met Wattpad, schijnt deze roman een lichtbaken op een periode in de geschiedenis die ons voor altijd heeft veranderd.
The de Sitter: An Introduction to Elementary Systems and Modeling the Dark Energy Universe (Synthesis Lectures on Mathematics & Statistics)
by Mohammad Enayati Jean-Pierre Gazeau Hamed Pejhan Anzhong WangThis Second Edition is a comprehensive update, integrating the latest research and theoretical advancements in the field of de Sitter (dS) group representations. Building on the success of the first edition, the book offers a more in-depth analysis of mathematical aspects, conceptual foundations, and practical implications related to the dS group, including its Lie manifold, Lie algebra, and co-adjoint orbits, viewing the latter as potential classical elementary systems within the context of dS spacetime. Additionally, the examination of unitary irreducible representations (UIRs) sheds light on the potential existence of quantum elementary systems within the dS spacetime framework. The authors emphasize consistency with Wigner's approach to elementary systems, incorporate Wigner's principles and exploring projective UIRs of the dS group, and provide a deeper insight into the nature of dS elementary systems. Particular attention is paid to: the “smooth” transition from classical to quantum theory, the physical content under vanishing curvature, and the thermal interpretation from a quantum perspective. The book also focuses on the physical interpretation of elementary systems in curved spacetimes, recognizing the limitations of traditional concepts derived from flat Minkowski spacetime and the Poincaré group.
De-sizing the Church: How Church Growth Became a Science, Then an Obsession, and What's Next
by Karl VatersBig churches didn&’t create the problems facing today&’s congregations. But our obsession with size has come at a great cost.We&’re obsessed with bigness. Supersized meals and TV screens. Square footage. And big churches. &“What&’s the size of your church?&” That question has stirred insecurities or stroked the ego of too many pastors.For a long time, we thought bigger was better. &“Church growth&” and &“numbers&” dominated our thoughts and conversations. But more than ever, people are feeling disconnected. Trust in the church is dwindling.In De-sizing the Church, pastor Karl Vaters takes us on a multi-faceted journey through our centuries-long obsession with size, both in and outside the church, and how it has negatively affected those who serve and worship in big and small congregations alike. He also dispels some prevailing myths and affirms what was good and true about the Church Growth Movement. And he invites us to consider how removing church size from the equation can be an essential element in rebuilding trust, restoring relationships, and renewing our spiritual lives. This book reframes the way we see the size of our churches and helps us see health and fruitfulness through de-sized lenses. The result? Renewed congregations that reach surrounding communities and faithfully engage culture.
Dead Animals
by Phoebe Stuckes'Searing' Observer'A blistering, unbearably tense read' i'Wonderfully chilling . . . a delectable slice of defiantly queer menace' Leon Craig, author of Parallel HellsThere is something creeping at the edge of your vision, lingering somewhere just out of focus. All it would take is to let your mind wander, to let it come into view.A young woman wakes after a house party with scratches and bruises - and a gap in her memory. As the violent truth comes back to her - a series of events she struggles to name - her anger grows.Solace comes in the form of enigmatic, captivating Helene, who knows what the man at the party did, has suffered at his hands too. An act of violence demands one in return and Helene is planning revenge. But who can afford to ask for justice, when the cost is murderously high?'A brilliant, chilling, furious novel. Real, relatable, and unputdownable'Rachel Long, author of My Darling from the Lions'A brutal, blistering horror story about precarious lives. Part Eileen, part Carrie. I gulped it down'Clare Pollard, author of Delphi
Dead Animals
by Phoebe Stuckes'Searing' Observer'A blistering, unbearably tense read' i'Wonderfully chilling . . . a delectable slice of defiantly queer menace' Leon Craig, author of Parallel HellsThere is something creeping at the edge of your vision, lingering somewhere just out of focus. All it would take is to let your mind wander, to let it come into view.A young woman wakes after a house party with scratches and bruises - and a gap in her memory. As the violent truth comes back to her - a series of events she struggles to name - her anger grows.Solace comes in the form of enigmatic, captivating Helene, who knows what the man at the party did, has suffered at his hands too. An act of violence demands one in return and Helene is planning revenge. But who can afford to ask for justice, when the cost is murderously high?'A brilliant, chilling, furious novel. Real, relatable, and unputdownable'Rachel Long, author of My Darling from the Lions'A brutal, blistering horror story about precarious lives. Part Eileen, part Carrie. I gulped it down'Clare Pollard, author of Delphi
Dead Astronauts: A Novel
by Jeff VanderMeerA 2020 LOCUS AWARD FINALISTJeff VanderMeer's Dead Astronauts presents a City with no name of its own where, in the shadow of the all-powerful Company, lives human and otherwise converge in terrifying and miraculous ways. At stake: the fate of the future, the fate of Earth—all the Earths.A messianic blue fox who slips through warrens of time and space on a mysterious mission. A homeless woman haunted by a demon who finds the key to all things in a strange journal. A giant leviathan of a fish, centuries old, who hides a secret, remembering a past that may not be its own. Three ragtag rebels waging an endless war for the fate of the world against an all-powerful corporation. A raving madman who wanders the desert lost in the past, haunted by his own creation: an invisible monster whose name he has forgotten and whose purpose remains hidden.
Dead Companies Walking: How a Hedge Fund Manager Finds Opportunity in Unexpected Places
by Scott Fearon Jesse PowellUnlike most investors, who live in fear of failure, Scott Fearon actively seeks it out. He has earned millions of dollars for his hedge fund over the last thirty years shorting the stocks of businesses he believed were on their way to bankruptcy. In Dead Companies Walking, Fearon describes his methods for spotting these doomed businesses, and how they can be extremely profitable investments. In his experience, corporate managers routinely commit six common mistakes that can derail even the most promising companies: they learn from only the recent past; they rely too heavily on a formula for success; they misunderstand their target customers; they fall victim to the magical storytelling of a mania; they fail to adapt to tectonic shifts in their industry; and they are physically or emotionally removed from their companies' operations. Fearon has interviewed thousands of executives across America, many of whom, unknowingly, were headed toward bankruptcy – from the Texas oil barons of the 80s to the tech wunderkinds of the late 90s to the flush real estate developers of the mid-2000s. Here, he explores recent examples like JC Penney, Herbalife and Blockbuster Entertainment to help investors better predict the next booms and busts—and come out on top.
The Dead Don’t Drink at Lafitte’s (Sam Quinn #2)
by Seana KellyI’m Sam Quinn, the werewolf book nerd owner of the Slaughtered Lamb Bookstore and Bar. Things have been busy lately. While the near-constant attempts on my life have ceased, I now have a vampire gentleman caller. I’ve been living with Clive and the rest of his vampires for a few weeks while the Slaughtered Lamb is being rebuilt. It’s going about as well as you’d expect.My mother was a wicche and long dormant abilities are starting to make themselves known. If I’d had a choice, necromancy wouldn’t have been my top pick, but it’s coming in handy. A ghost warns me someone is coming to kill Clive. When I rush back to the nocturne, I find vamps from New Orleans readying an attack. One of the benefits of vampires looking down on werewolves is no one expects much of me. They don’t expect it right up until I take their heads.Now, Clive and I are setting out for New Orleans to take the fight back to the source. Vampires are masters of the long game. Revenge plots are often decades, if not centuries, in the making. We came expecting one enemy, but quickly learn we have darker forces scheming against us. Good thing I’m the secret weapon they never see coming.