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Bifurcation Theory of Pattern Formation in Economic Geography (Interdisciplinary Applied Mathematics #61)
by Kiyohiro Ikeda Yuki TakayamaDive into the fascinating world of economic agglomerations with this interdisciplinary study, which is perfect for readers in nonlinear mathematics, economic geography, and spatial economics. This book uniquely bridges these fields, employing group-theoretic bifurcation analysis in nonlinear mathematics to establish a robust theoretical foundation for economic geographers and mathematicians alike. Explore innovative models that describe the pattern formation in economic agglomerations through worker migration between regions. Delve into multi-regional formulations of classic economic geography models, applied to various spatial platforms such as line segments, racetracks, squares, and hexagonal lattices. This book, ideal for researchers and practitioners, offers cutting-edge insights and methodologies for understanding the complexities of spatial economic agglomerations.
Chancenwahrnehmung und unternehmerisches Verhalten von Akteuren im Vorgründungsprozess: Auswirkungen soziodigitaler Routinen und Praktiken (Markenkommunikation und Beziehungsmarketing)
by Dirk LiebersDieses Buch widmet sich der Untersuchung, wie soziodigitale Routinen und Praktiken die Wahrnehmung unternehmerischer Chancen und das Verhalten von Akteuren im Vorgründungsprozess beeinflussen. Der Fokus liegt dabei auf der Soziodigitalität, die die wechselseitige Durchdringung von digitalen Technologien und sozialen Interaktionen beschreibt und deren Einfluss auf kognitive Prozesse untersucht. Insbesondere werden die komplexen Zusammenhänge zwischen digitalen Artefakten, sozialen Netzwerken und kognitiven Prozessen beleuchtet, die zur Entstehung beziehungsweise Entdeckung und Nutzung von Geschäftsmöglichkeiten führen. Mithilfe qualitativer Methoden und der Heidelberger Strukturlegetechnik wird detailliert analysiert, wie digitale Technologien und soziale Netzwerke das Denken und Handeln von Gründern prägen. Die Arbeit zeigt, wie diese soziodigitalen Interaktionen den Zugang zu Informationen und Ressourcen erleichtern und damit die kognitive Wahrnehmung und Bewertung unternehmerischer Chancen beeinflussen. Diese umfassende Analyse liefert wertvolle Einblicke für die Entrepreneurship-Forschung und eröffnet neue Perspektiven für die Förderung des digitalen Unternehmertums.
Lacan + Architecture (The Palgrave Lacan Series)
by John Shannon Hendrix Francesco ProtoThis book seeks to revise and revive architectural theory through psychoanalysis as well as to apply psychoanalytic theory to architecture. Its authors argue for Lacan’s central importance for a comprehensive theory of building and suggest how architectural theory might offer new resources for psychoanalytic theorists. They address both the perceived crisis in the contemporary state of architecture and architectural theory and crises in society at large, including political and economic fracture and instability and threats to mental health and well-being. It offers fresh insights to architects, architectural educators and practitioners, scholars of psychoanalysis, and anyone interested in the human condition in relation to the built environment.
Health and Safety: Risk Management
by Tony Boyle Fiona CharltonHealth and Safety: Risk Management is the clearest and most comprehensive book on risk management available today. This newly revised sixth edition takes into account new developments in legislation, standards and good practice. ISO 45001, the international health and safety management system standard, is given comprehensive treatment together with the guidance in ISO 45002. The latest ISO 10013 has also been addressed, however, ISO 45003 on psychosocial risk has been dealt with in a companion volume, Well-being and Wellness: Psychosocial Risk Management also by Boyle and Charlton.The book is divided into four main parts. Part 1.1 begins with a basic introduction to the techniques of health and safety risk management and continues with a description of ISO 45001. Part 1.2 covers basic human factors including how the sense organs work and the psychology of the individual. Part 2.1 deals with more advanced techniques of risk management including advanced incident investigation, audit and risk assessment, and Part 2.2 covers a range of advanced human factors topics including human error and decision making.This authoritative treatment of health and safety risk management is essential reading for both students working towards degrees, diplomas and postgraduate or vocational qualifications, and experienced health and safety professionals, who will find it invaluable as a reference.
Competition Law in China and the EU: Institutional Dynamics and Theories of Harm (Routledge Research in Competition Law)
by Xingyu YanThis book presents a comprehensive review of the Chinese and European responses to the abuse of market dominance, with a focus on the impact of antitrust institutional dynamics on enforcement decisions.It uses the methods of functional comparison and case analysis to investigate how theories of harm relating to specific types of abuse differ within and across competition law regimes due to institutional dynamics. The Chinese and EU competition law regimes serve as excellent examples for this investigation because they have similar substantive laws on paper but vastly different institutional settings. The book examines—first individually and then comparatively—how the distinct institutional dynamics in the Chinese and EU regimes shape the development of theories of harm.This volume will appeal to competition law scholars, students, and practitioners seeking a more nuanced understanding of how competition law works in the EU and China. It will also interest scholars trying to approach the Chinese legal system from an engaging rather than alienating standpoint.
Insubordinate Costume: Inspiring Performance
by Susan MarshallInsubordinate Costume: Inspiring Performance presents a comprehensive study of historical and contemporary examples of scenographic costume – the type of costume that creates an almost complete stage environment by itself, simultaneously acting as costume, set and performance.This book provides readers with an overview of the costumes, designers, context and theory that have contributed to the emerging field of ‘costume as performance’. Focusing on artists and their creative approach to space, form, materials and movement, the book looks at iconic figures such as Loïe Fuller, Oskar Schlemmer and Leigh Bowery, amongst contemporary examples of practitioners that are blurring disciplinary boundaries between fashion, dance, performance and theatre. The book includes chapters by Dr Sofia Pantouvaki, who focuses on performance costume as a means of research; Christina Lindgren, who presents the findings of the four-year Costume Agency project at Oslo National Academy of the Arts in Norway; Charlotte Østergaard, who discusses the implications of 'Listening with costume' and Felix Choong, writing on 'Contemporary Runways, Contemporary Costumes'. The final part of the volume, 'The Practitioners’ Voice', examines current practice through interviews and contributions from key practitioners with an afterword by Dr Rachel Hann.Insubordinate Costume will appeal to professional costume designers, performance artists, dancers, directors, choreographers, fashion designers and theorists, teachers and students of these subjects. With its interdisciplinary focus and unique and dynamic content, this publication is relevant to a range of art, design and performance courses.
STEM by Design: Tools and Strategies to Help Students in Grades 4–8 Solve Real-World Problems
by Anne JollyThe second edition of this practical, how-to guide from expert STEM teacher Anne Jolly reveals the secrets behind designing projects that involve students in using science, math, and technology to engineer solutions for real-world problems. Fully revised and updated from the first edition, each chapter is packed with tools and strategies to help you design and lead exciting STEM projects and lessons and help your students grow into creative thinkers, innovators, and collaborators prepared for life in the 21st century. You’ll learn how to: Select engaging and relevant STEM challenges. Design your own STEM projects using the engineering design process and other acknowledged STEM criteria. Convert existing lessons into quality STEM projects. Include students of different ethnicities and other underrepresented children. Build students’ abilities to work successfully in teams and practice important life skills. Integrate technology into your projects in authentic ways. Assess students’ understanding of STEM concepts and procedures, problem-solving progress, and level of engagement in the project. Involve students in assessing and adjusting their own progress throughout the project. Throughout this user-friendly book you’ll find design tools such as checklists, activities, and assessments to aid you in designing and adapting energizing STEM lessons with your students in Grades 4–8. These tools, as well as other teacher resources, are also available as free downloads from the book website, www.stem-by-design.com.
Principles and Practice to Help Young Children Belong: Therapeutic Approaches to Support Pupils in the Margins
by Estelle TarryThis vital resource for early years and primary school trainees and practitioners explores a range of social and therapeutic strategies and interventions that will successfully support all children’s sense of belonging. A sense of belonging is vital to children’s physical, emotional, psychological, mental health and wellbeing. This book considers social and therapeutic strategies and interventions that support all children’s sense of belonging and can be adopted by practitioners. It addresses the interrelated factors that impact children’s sense of belonging such as race, gender, expression of sexual orientation, religion and disabilities. It will help develop practitioners’ awareness of current social and educational issues including LGBT+ topics, the changing family unit, relationships, misogyny and toxic masculinity, meditation and mindfulness as well as the importance of children connecting with nature and transformative activism. The chapters adopt a theoretical and practical approach, presenting case studies of good practice, which will create positive and inclusive outcomes, supporting individual growth and community wellbeing.An essential reading for practitioners, including teachers, teaching assistants (continuing professional development), lecturers and social workers, working in early years and primary educational setting, this book would also be suitable as a core and supportive text for students studying on a variety of undergraduate degree courses within the scope of education, pedagogy, mental health and wellbeing, social work and child development.
Public Administration
by Bidyut Chakrabarty Prakash Chand KandpalThis textbook is a comprehensive, student-friendly guide to understanding the fundamentals of public administration. It examines the recent developments and relevant theoretical underpinnings in an accessible manner.Public Administration: Helps students grasp key dialectical interconnections between theoretical conceptualizations and prevalent socio-economic and political circumstances Provides understanding of issues in governance Analyses significant transformations in civil society and administrative set-ups across the world Highlights the contributions of non-Western thinkers in the development of conceptual ideas of the discipline Accessibly written, it caters to a wide range of university syllabi in public administration and will be essential for students and researchers of political science, public policy and public administration. It will also be particularly useful for those preparing for the civil service examinations.
Mindfulness and the Self: Mindfulness-Informed Integrative Psychotherapy (Advancing Theory in Therapy)
by Jan BendaThe image we have of ourselves is shaped during our childhood and is often influenced by various emotional wounds. Mindfulness and the Self describes four types of these wounds and shows how they can be healed and transformed through developing mindfulness and self-compassion.Grounded in the innovative Mindfulness-Informed Integrative Psychotherapy framework, this book presents a revolutionary phenomenological model of maladaptive schemas and redefines our understanding of mental disorders. It offers practical procedures to uncover hidden core beliefs and treat our most painful inner feelings—existential fear, shame, and loneliness. Beyond healing, this text will guide you in developing an Authentic and Transcendent Self while alerting you to common pitfalls on your spiritual journey. Drawing on contemporary therapeutic approaches and integrating insights from neuroscience, psychedelic research, and Buddhist psychology, the book includes 20 practical exercises and presents practices and techniques that may be used in psychotherapy and personal development.This book is an inspiring read for therapists, mindfulness practitioners, and anyone eager to integrate therapeutic insights into their journey toward a fulfilling life. It is indispensable for all seeking to overcome emotional barriers and enhance personal and transpersonal growth.
Experiential Therapies for Treating Trauma
by Evan Senreich Shulamith Lala Ashenberg Straussner Jordan DannExperiential Therapies for Treating Trauma offers 17 chapters, with 15 of them focusing on a different experiential psychotherapy for treating trauma, written by clinicians with expertise in that modality. No other book contains descriptions of such a wide array of experiential therapies under one cover. Readers will obtain both a comprehensive overview of the many experiential therapies that are currently utilized and specific knowledge regarding how to utilize each of them in psychotherapy practice. The authors of each chapter emphasize that in working with clients impacted by trauma, there is a need for the use of therapeutic modalities that go beyond the cognitive processes central to talk therapy and incorporate more holistic, sensory approaches that emphasize the building of a strong relationship between the client and therapist. Both experienced clinicians and students will find this book to be an invaluable resource to enhance their knowledge of how to use experiential therapies and to motivate them to obtain advanced training in modalities that spark their interest.
Commercial Disputes: Resolution and Jurisdiction (Maritime and Transport Law Library)
by Bariş Soyer George Leloudas Andrew TettenbornRemedies are vital in commercial litigation. Additionally, in commercial law, parties are usually free to choose the forum and law that will govern their disputes. This book aims to shine the spotlight on these issues and look to several new trends and developments emerging on procedural matters relating to dispute resolution. The discussions range freely over national, international, and EU legal dimensions, and the book also comes at an opportune time, with the post-Brexit jurisdiction landscape becoming more definable.This edited volume presents contributions from highly expert and experienced academics and practitioners, collectively examining a broad range of areas relating to the complex and time-consuming issues of resolution and jurisdiction of commercial disputes. The book is divided into three parts: arbitration and ADR, jurisdiction and procedure, and choice of law. Key topics featured include summary procedures in London Maritime Arbitration, reformation of the Arbitration Act, challenges to jurisdiction, stay of proceedings, anti-suit injunctions, the EU-UK judicial space post-Brexit, the application of AI to commercial disputes, and choice of law agreements.Written for lawyers and administrators not only in England and Wales but worldwide - especially Germany, Switzerland, Greece, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, and India – the book is also valuable for specialist law libraries in Europe and the US, some specialist maritime law firms in the US, and some university libraries where maritime and shipping law are taught as specialist subjects.
Murder on the Cliff (The Charlotte Graham Mysteries #3)
by Stefanie MattesonLegendary actress Charlotte Graham investigates a geisha&’s death at an elegant seaside resort in this chilling cozy mystery that weaves together history, politics, and murder When Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry unlocked the door to Japan, American consul Townsend Harris fell in love with the legendary geisha Okichi. It was to be a doomed romance that ended with the scorned young woman hurling herself into the sea. More than a century later, the citizens of Newport, Rhode Island, celebrate Perry&’s journey by inviting Okichi&’s last surviving descendant, Okichi-mago, to visit their glittering resort. A famous geisha herself, Okichi-mago&’s voyage to Newport is a great diplomatic affair—and it will end in tragedy. In a chilling echo of her ancestor&’s death, Okichi-mago falls from one of Newport&’s famous cliffs. But Hollywood icon Charlotte Graham can&’t believe that the refined beauty would take her own life, so she sets out to find the killer. Mystery lovers with an interest in the history of Japan or old Hollywood will adore Murder on the Cliff. When the rich and famous tangle with murder, there&’s no sleuth more suitable to working the case than the glamorous Charlotte Graham. Murder on the Cliff is the 3rd book in the Charlotte Graham Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
Untidy Murder (The Mr. and Mrs. North Mysteries #11)
by Frances Lockridge Richard LockridgeWhen a magazine editor falls from his window, the case lands in the laps of Mr. and Mrs. North The body hits the pavement at 12:25 p.m., but Dorian Hunt doesn&’t know a thing about it. She has come to the offices of Esprit magazine to deliver some sketches, and she has a meeting with the art director, Paul Wilming. When his secretary opens the door, Wilming isn&’t in his office. He&’s not anywhere on the floor. But there&’s a cigarette burning in the ashtray, a window open to the sky . . . and a tragedy on the sidewalk below. The case is handed over to Dorian&’s husband, Lt. William Weigand, who can&’t help but involve the indefatigable amateur sleuths Jerry and Pamela North. In their own particular gin-sodden fashion, they&’ll find the hand that pushed Wilming— but can they do it before another body begins the same long, deadly fall?
Childhood: Detstvo (Autobiographical Trilogy #1)
by Leo TolstoyTolstoy&’s first published novel and the beginning of his Autobiographical Trilogy. Written when he was just twenty-three years old and stationed at a remote army outpost in the Caucasus Mountains, Childhood won Leo Tolstoy immediate fame and critical praise years before works like War and Peace and Anna Karenina would bring him to the forefront of Russian literature. It is the story of the ten-year-old son of a wealthy Russian landowner in the mid-1800s, as told by the child himself. Not a mere chronicle of events and characters, the novel is an intense study of the boy&’s inner life and his reactions to the world around him. With an intricacy of thought and substance, Tolstoy describes the everyday thoughts of a child—innocent and mischievous, bold and afraid, and curious above all. Childhood, followed by Boyhood and Youth, is the first part of Tolstoy&’s semiautobiographical series, originally planned as a quartet tentatively called the &“Four Epochs of Growth.&” The completed works together form a remarkable expression of the great Russian novelist&’s early voice and vision, which would ultimately make him one of the most renowned and revered authors in literary history. This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.
China Court: A Novel (Vmc Ser. #499)
by Rumer GoddenA New York Times–bestselling novel of the lives, loves, and foibles of five generations of a British family occupying a manor house in Wales. For nearly one hundred and fifty years the Quin family has lived at China Court, their magnificent estate in the Welsh countryside. The land, gardens, and breathtaking home have been maintained, cherished, and ultimately passed along—from Eustace and Adza in the early nineteenth century to village-girl-turned-lady-of-the-manor Ripsie Quin, her children, and her granddaughter, Tracy, in the twentieth. Brilliantly intermingling the past and the present, China Court is a sweeping family saga that weaves back and forth through time. The story begins at the end, in 1960, with the death of the indomitable Ripsie, whose dream of a life at the grand estate was realized through her marriage to the steadfast Quin brother who loved her—though he wasn&’t the one she had always loved. With thrilling literary leaps across the decades, the story of a British dynasty is told in enthralling detail. It is a chronicle of wives and husbands; of mothers, sons, and daughters; of those who could never stray far from the lush grounds of China Court and the outcasts and outsiders who would never truly belong. Bearing comparison to One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez, Rumer Godden&’s novel relates the history of a family with sensitivity, wit, compassion, and a compelling touch of magical realism. A family&’s loves, pains, triumphs, and scandals are laid bare, forming an intricate tapestry of heart-wrenching humanity, in a remarkable work of fiction from one of the most acclaimed British novelists of the twentieth century.This ebook features an illustrated biography of the author including rare images from the Rumer Godden Literary Estate.
Beyond Blame (The John Marshall Tanner Mysteries #5)
by Stephen GreenleafJohn Marshall Tanner must outwit an expert in insanity to reveal the truth behind a woman&’s brutal murder Dianne Renzel&’s parents, a kind old Swedish couple, have just sold their business and are planning to use some of the money to purchase a car for their only child. But when their daughter is found murdered in her home, her flesh cut to ribbons by a madman&’s blade, they&’ll need to buy her justice instead. The police investigation quickly stalls, and the Renzels reach out to the only private investigator in San Francisco sensitive enough to handle this gruesome crime: John Marshall Tanner. Dianne was married to Lawrence Usser, a constitutional law professor known for helping killers evade punishment by pleading temporary insanity. When Usser is accused of murdering Dianne, his natural recourse is his most practiced defense. It falls to Tanner to prove that Usser knew what he was doing when he butchered his innocent young wife—and the case will take the detective far past the brink of madness. Beyond Blame is the 5th book in the John Marshall Tanner Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
Riverworld and Other Stories: And Other Stories
by Philip José FarmerThree stories of a world shared by resurrected humans from all times and places—plus ten more tales by the Hugo Award–winning author of the World of Tiers series. On author Philip José Farmer&’s Riverworld, humans from every era and culture have been simultaneously resurrected. Ancient Hebrews, medieval warriors, Spanish Inquisitors, and modern Americans intermingle in this strange new environment, but many still cling to old prejudices. Tom Mix, a silent-film star originally from early-twentieth-century Earth, is journeying among the vast population along the millions of miles of the River, in search of familiar faces from his own time. He&’s been traveling the River for five years and believes people are starting to change. But when he&’s entangled in a brutal clash between states, he discovers that some are slow to let go of the ideas that ruled them on Earth. This volume includes the novelette &“Riverworld,&” along with two additional Riverworld tales and ten other short stories, all strange, clever, and profound. Farmer&’s explorations of the wonderful and bizarre—from a portrayal of Jesus and Satan as cowpokes to a reimagining of Edgar Rice Burroughs&’s Tarzan in the style of William Burroughs—plunge the reader into &“one of the most imaginative worlds in science fiction&” (Booklist). This ebook includes&“Riverworld,&” &“J. C. on the Dude Ranch,&” &“The Volcano,&” &“The Henry Miller Dawn Patrol,&” &“The Problem of Sore Bridge—Among Others,&” &“Brass and Gold (or Horse and Zeppelin in Beverly Hills),&” &“The Jungle Rot Kid on the Nod,&” &“The Voice of the Sonar in My Vermiform Appendix,&” &“Monolog,&” &“The Leaser of Two Evils,&” &“The Phantom of the Sewers,&” &“Up the Bright River,&” &“Crossing the Dark River,&” and Philip JosFarmer&’s article on the making of Riverworld, &“The Source of the River.&”
Red Stefan
by Patricia WentworthAn English spy saves the life of a woman with a deadly secret in this gripping tale of espionage from the author of the Miss Silver Mysteries British operative Stephen Enderby is in Russia on a mission of the utmost secrecy when he spies a woman in the freezing cold, standing on the parapet of a bridge. Her name, she tells him, is Elizabeth Radin. Her husband , Nicholas, was recently executed for being a counterrevolutionary. Forbidden to leave the country, she thought the only way out was to take her own life. At the risk of blowing his cover, Stephen convinces the beautiful English widow to come with him to a safe house. His mission compromised, his only hope is to continue his impersonation of a Russian peasant, with Elizabeth posing as his new bride. But she hasn&’t told him everything. Before Nicolas died, he revealed the formula for a groundbreaking aeronautical invention that Elizabeth committed to memory. The Russians want the formula—and will stop at nothing to get it. A fast-moving novel of political intrigue featuring an impassioned socialist revolutionary named Irina, Red Stefan paints a vivid portrait of twentieth-century Russia.
Bleeding in the Eye of a Brainstorm: A Mongo Mystery (The Mongo Mysteries #13)
by George C. Chesbro&“Fans will want their Mongo prescriptions filled&” as the circus-performer-turned-private-eye uncaps some pharmaceutical monkey business (Booklist). With a genius IQ, a past career as a circus acrobat, and a black belt in karate, criminology professor Dr. Robert Frederickson—better known as &“Mongo the Magnificent&”—has a decidedly unusual background for a private investigator. He also just so happens to be a dwarf. On the eve of Thanksgiving, a murderous maniac with an ice pick has gripped New York City, killing at random and leaving terror in his wake. But despite the threat of the &“Iceman,&” Mongo is more troubled by the sudden appearance of the neighborhood crazy lady on his doorstep. Normally, &“Mama Spit&” is as ornery as they come, but the polished and polite woman before him now bears little resemblance to the creature infamous for spewing vulgarity at everyone she meets. Mama claims a strange man gifted her with a bag of pills just before his untimely death—miracle pills that have made her as normal as the day is long. Soon Mongo blows the lid off a conspiracy involving experimental drugs, escaped mental patients, and a government cover-up. But if he isn&’t careful, he could hit his own expiration date . . . Bleeding in the Eye of a Brainstorm is the 13th book in the Mongo Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
The Renewable Virgin (The Marian Larch Mysteries #1)
by Barbara PaulWhen a television writer is murdered, three women join forces to find his killer After years churning out schlock for television, Rudy Benedict is afraid his job will kill him if he doesn&’t leave Hollywood soon. He&’s wrong. He&’ll make it all the way to New York before he dies. After a few weeks of fruitless work on his new play—an exposé of Hollywood&’s seamy underbelly—Rudy is found dead on the floor of his apartment, poisoned. The cops are baffled. Who would bother killing someone with so little talent? At first, it looks like the real target was Kelly Ingram, a gorgeous actress on the verge of her big break, but NYPD detective Marian Larch isn&’t convinced. Looking for answers, the two women reach out to Rudy&’s mother for help unraveling the mystery—but Mrs. Benedict may have an appetite for murder.The Renewable Virgin is the 1st book in the Marian Larch Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
Tales of the Jazz Age: (webster's French Thesaurus Edition) (Classics To Go Ser.)
by F. Scott FitzgeraldA master craftsman brings one of the most fascinating periods in American history to vivid life in these provocative and poignant short stories Born gray-haired and grumpy, Benjamin Button may be an infant, but his body and personality are those of an old man. Curiously, however, he grows younger with each passing year. Benjamin is aging backwards, which begs the question, when does a man become a man? And how do we recognize our true selves? A delightful fable that poses serious inquiries about the nature of existence, &“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button&” is one of F. Scott Fitzgerald&’s best-known stories and the centerpiece of this legendary collection. From the Jazz Age decadence of &“May Day&” to the delightful fantasy of &“The Diamond as Big as the Ritz,&” these evocative tales showcase one of the twentieth century&’s greatest authors at the height of his talent.
The Ebony Swan
by Phyllis A. WhitneyFamily secrets are locked away at the intimidating Virginia estate of a prima ballerina in this suspenseful tale from a New York Times–bestselling author. Susan Prentice is a young nurse at a crossroads. She&’s broken off an engagement, the father who raised her has just died, and now she&’s leaving the western shores behind for a trip to her family&’s home on Virginia&’s Northern Neck—where she saw her mother fall to her death twenty-five years ago. There, Susan&’s grandmother, former ballet diva Alexandrina &“Alex&” Vargas Montoro, proves a formidable sentinel for the family&’s mysterious history. At first welcomed by her long-estranged relatives, spied on by suspicious neighbors, and drawn to Peter, Alex&’s handsome young doctor, Susan has nothing but questions. And for every answer, there&’s a warning—and the fear that she has only Peter to trust in. But even the doctor&’s past is shaded with murder. Soon Susan will discover that she alone holds the key to her mother&’s suspicious death, hidden away in her shattered memories. And someone intimately close to her is prepared to bury the truth forever. The Ebony Swan is a &“carefully crafted novel of psychological suspense by . . . [a] Mystery Writers of America Grand Master&” (Publishers Weekly). This ebook features an illustrated biography of Phyllis A. Whitney including rare images from the author&’s estate.
The Center: People and Power in Political Washington
by Stewart AlsopA portrait of Washington politics during one of the most turbulent eras in American history by the twentieth century&’s premier US government insider. During his three decades as a journalist and political pundit for the New York Herald Tribune and Newsweek magazine, Stewart Alsop covered many of the defining historical events of mid-to-late twentieth-century America, from the post–World War II boom and the Red Scare to the Bay of Pigs, the Cuban missile crisis, the Kennedy assassination, and the Vietnam War. In The Center, Alsop provides a perceptive, provocative, and marvelously erudite insider&’s view of the American political landscape of the 1960s, reporting from the beating heart of Washington, DC, the power center of the Western world. With an unblinking eye and razor-sharp intellect, Alsop cogently explores an arena of unbridled political power and influence that spans from the White House to Capitol Hill to the Supreme Court. He offers remarkable insights into the motivations and very human foibles of the key figures behind some of the century&’s most momentous events: Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara and Secretary of State Dean Rusk, CIA Director Richard Helms and Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas, among many others. The Center is a must-read for anyone interested in American politics and how the system got us to where we are today.
Reconciliation Day (Bibliomysteries #30)
by Christopher FowlerA man obsessed with Dracula pursues a legendary lost edition of the classic vampire book in this chilling story from the author of the Bryan and May Mysteries. Carter, one of the world&’s leading experts on Dracula, owns many editions of Bram Stoker&’s novel, maybe even as many as his well-heeled rival, Mikaela Klove. But one thing has always eluded him: the chance to examine the possibly apocryphal blue edition of Stoker&’s seminal vampire tale. If it actually exists, the elusive edition is rumored to contain a different ending and a never-before-published chapter tantalizingly set in Dracula&’s personal library. Determined to read it for himself, Carter travels to Transylvania, where the rumored treasure might be hidden. But once there, he&’ll need to work with his nemesis to solve the mysterious puzzle—or risk an endgame neither he nor Mikaela can afford to lose. Drawing on his renowned flair for the outré, Christopher Fowler—an author &“in the first rank of contemporary mystery writers&”— reimagines Stoker&’s lost chapter and intersperses it with an unforgettable journey through Transylvania. Reconciliation Day is a delightfully suspenseful novella perfect for fans of the Peculiar Crimes Unit novels (Publishers Weekly).The Bibliomysteries are a series of short tales about deadly books, by top mystery authors.