Brian E. Drake's poems have previously appeared in The Formalist, The Observer, Poetry Break, Plains Poetry Journal, Deviance, Black Bear Review, Starsong, The Classical Outlook, Gas, Dark Alley, Night Mountains, Being, Night Roses, Columbia Review, Frugal Chariot, Our Pagan Times, and Riverside Quarterly, and have received various awards. He is the author of A Night Garden and Other Stories, and the novels A Constant Noise, Under Control, and Don Juan in Paris.
A "conservative environmental tradition" in America may sound like a contradiction in terms, but as Brian Allen Drake shows in Loving Nature, Fearing the State, right-leaning politicians and activists have shaped American environmental consciousness since the environmental movement's beginnings. In this wide-ranging history, Drake explores the tensions inherent in balancing an ideology dedicated to limiting the power of government with a commitment to protecting treasured landscapes and ecological health. Drake argues that "antistatist" beliefs--an individualist ethos and a mistrust of government--have colored the American passion for wilderness but also complicated environmental protection efforts. While most of the successes of the environmental movement have been enacted through the federal government, conservative and libertarian critiques of big-government environmentalism have increasingly resisted the idea that strengthening state power is the only way to protect the environment. Loving Nature, Fearing the State traces the influence of conservative environmental thought through the stories of important actors in postwar environmental movements. The book follows small-government pioneer Barry Goldwater as he tries to establish federally protected wilderness lands in the Arizona desert and shows how Goldwater's intellectual and ideological struggles with this effort provide a framework for understanding the dilemmas of an antistatist environmentalism. It links antigovernment activism with environmental public health concerns by analyzing opposition to government fluoridation campaigns and investigates environmentalism from a libertarian economic perspective through the work of free-market environmentalists. Drake also sees in the work of Edward Abbey an argument that reverence for nature can form the basis for resistance to state power. Each chapter highlights debates and tensions that are important to understanding environmental history and the challenges that face environmental protection efforts today.
Steve Dane faces a day of reckoning long coming when he finally comes face to face with the truth about his father.But the truth is a bitter pill when he discovers an enemy within the US intelligence community who has been using Agency assets to further his own agenda. With the battle lines drawn, Steve Dane and Nina Talikova do what they do best: attack. From the shores of Maryland to the blistering heat of a South American jungle, Dane and Nina destroy each tentacle of the enemy before finally coming face to face with the top dog himself.And then comes the final, crippling betrayal. Will Dane be able to do what is required?
A two fisted, gun toting Private Eye! A Member of the French Foreign Legion waist deep in Intrigue! A Lady with a taste for Diamonds and Danger! Heroes many have thought lost to yesterday now blast their way into today in BISHOP AND HANCOCK'S PULSE FICTION! A Concept conceived by noted author Paul Bishop and contributed to by author and publisher Tommy Hancock, PULSE FICTION takes the best of the past and shakes and stirs it with today's finest Genre Fiction writers! Encounter a cast of characters created by Bishop and Hancock and written into four color, over the top life by Eric Beetner, Barry Reese, D. Alan Lewis, Brian Drake, James Hopwood, and Hancock. Just like the bygone magazines of the past, PULSE FICTION brings rich, vibrant characters embroiled in death defying adventure to readers, characters that will return in later volumes crafted by these and a whole myriad of other authors! Want stories that will get your heart racing, your blood pumping? You'll find them here in BISHOP AND HANCOCK'S PULSE FICTION VOLUME ONE!
Literary fiction of humor and horror, poetry and mystery, science fiction and myth, exploring the limits and inner and outer space. Short-short fictions of only a few lines hint at terrible depths. The long story "The Perquisites of His Position" tells a tale of ghostly revenge. The novella "The Darkness of the Heart" relates a story of the day slavery was abolished in Haiti. The satirical "Pangloss Triumphant" tells of a happy hermaphrodite. From the revelations of the aged Don Juan to the musings of B-movie actors trapped in deteriorating celluloid, from the voice of the ancient Sphinx to the senility of a quantum particle at the very end of the physical universe, the thirty-three artfully crafted stories presented here are full of deftly drawn characters, amazing plots, psychological insights, and universal truths.
What do you do when your safe and successful life suddenly seems meaningless and dismal? Well, don't do what Bill does. Fed up with the perfect career, the perfect girlfriend, the perfect apartment, the perfect therapist, he wanders into the streets of New York City one rainy night, only to find himself swept up in a crazy world he never knew existed, full of artsy perverts, casual crime, psychics, street performers, UFO hippie cults, industrial espionage, and gleeful gender benders, where nothing is what it seems and staying sane isn't anywhere near as important as staying alive until dawn. Under Control is a laugh-a-line comedy-thriller that grabs you by the funny bone and doesn't let you go till the final page.
Given the challenges posed to the U.S. corrections sector, such as tightened budgets and increasingly complex populations under its charge, it is valuable to identify opportunities where changes in tools, practices, or approaches could improve performance. In this report, RAND researchers, with the help of a practitioner Corrections Advisory Panel, seek to map out an innovation agenda for the sector.
The producers, writers, and animators of the hit show Bob's Burgers proudly present all-original comic book stories, including hilarious installments of "Louise's Unsolved Mysteries & Curious Curiosities," "Tina's Erotic Friend Fiction,” and "Gene's Rhymey Rhymes That Could One Day Be Songs." Whether it's Tina's daydreams of cloning back-up dancers and jungle misadventures, Louise's explorations of underground tunnels and time-stopping Wonder Wharf rides, or Gene's rhymes that re-imagine boring Aunt Gayle visits as epic journeys to fantasy worlds, the Belcher family's adventures in the pages of this comic are guaranteed to satisfy even the toughest of customers! FROM THE PRODUCERS, WRITERS, AND ARTISTS OF THE HIT TV SHOW! overseen by series creator LOREN BOUCHARD. Collecting issues 1-4 of the ongoing series along with all of the covers and pin-up art!
Feast your eyes on new mouth-watering stories of the Belcher family, the stars of Fox Television's fan-favorite animated sitcom! Written and illustrated by the fine folks at the Emmy Award-winning studio Bento Box Entertainment, the continuing comic book hijinks of parents Bob and Linda and ragamuffins Tina, Gene, and Louise will surely satisfy fans of all ages. You've never seen daydreams quite like those of the Belchers, as Louise finds herself sucked into a videogame, Gene's rhymes climb to new heights in Jack and the Gene-stalk, and Tina takes a fateful trip to Tinagan's Island... and that's just for starters!
One by one, the top officials of US anti-drug agencies are targeted for murder. A cartel hit squad is running free in Washington, DC, and racking up a body count that sends shock waves through federal law enforcement.
The Giordana Connection is the sixth book in the hard-edged Scott Stiletto action mystery series. Stiletto is in Twin Falls, Idaho, to keep a promise. A promise to deliver a message to a daughter from her father, who died in battle next to Scott. But he's too late. Shelly Pierce has been murdered by unknown perpetrators. Worse, there's a cover up. Witnesses threatened. Police intimidated. The tentacles of deceit stretch all the way to the top of the city government, to a puppet master with plans to conquer the Midwest crime syndicate who doesn't care who he has to beat, blackmail, or kill to get what he wants. Stiletto has faced tough odds before, and Twin Falls may be his toughest battle yet. Shelly reminds him of his own estranged daughter, so this is not simply another mission. For Stiletto, it's personal. He made a promise he intends to keep, even if it means slaughtering every last man responsible for Shelly's death. Justice will not be denied.
The Termination Protocol is the first book in the hard-edged, action thriller series - Scott Stiletto. The United States is under siege, and the enemy has help from the White House! Scott Stiletto is one of the CIA's toughest assets, a veteran of numerous missions, an operative with compassion and ruthlessness in equal parts. His enemy is the New World Revolutionary Front, a terrorist organization seeking to overthrow the government of the United States and install their own puppet--a willing puppet, who is already very close to the president he wishes to replace. With freedom and justice hanging in the balance, Scott Stiletto gives no quarter. He will give the enemy a one-way ticket to hell! "...99% pure action fun, no additives. I had to stop reading the book several times just to catch my breath...
The Fairmont Maneuver is book two in the hard-edged, action thriller series - Scott Stiletto. An urgent plea from a former flame brings CIA agent Scott Stiletto to San Francisco. Ali Lewis was once a capable spy herself before striking out on her own, creating a fashion empire that stretches around the world. Now her father has been murdered, and Stiletto is the only man Ali can trust to learn the truth behind the killing. Evidence points to a growing international conspiracy orchestrated by Iran involving the smuggling of nuclear bomb parts, kidnapped scientists, and a decades-old mafia / Silicon Valley alliance the government has been powerless to stop. And, somehow, Ali Lewis is caught in the middle. Stiletto knows one thing for sure-this mission is personal. For fans of Vince Flynn, Brad Thor and Don Pendleton.
Nestled between Italy, Austria, and Slovenia lie two tiny republics usually forgotten by the modern world. In the happy, peaceful country of Serenno, where the weather is always pleasing and people mind their own business, a sex scandal threatens to rock the political balance of power. Meanwhile, provincial tax commissioner Ugo Onesti suffers a personal scandal of his own. The President of Serenno seizes upon this incident to distract the public and turns Onesti into a hero. When Onesti decides to run for office himself, and as a Green Party candidate, every step the President takes to defuse this new disaster leads to further crises in a seemingly inevitable drift towards fascism and war. With a cast of characters drawn from the entire political spectrum, as well as those who view politics as only an unavoidable annoyance, A Constant Noise is a fast-paced political farce exposing the hilarity behind our sacred cows.
When a Colombian drug cartel achieves a stranglehold on the East Coast of the United States, Scott Stiletto vows explosive vengeance on those responsible--because the cartel has help from the DEA, law enforcement officials who no longer care who gets hurt as long as they get paid.
The Glinkov Extraction is the third book in the hard-edged Scott Stiletto action thriller series. An authorized mission to rescue a friend may be the last adventure of Stiletto's career ... or his life. A coup stirring in Russia to overthrow President Putin faces the wrath of Moscow police and government agents. Suspects are arrested or assassinated. Survivors run for their lives, including Vladimir Glinkov, a friend of Scott Stiletto. Glinkov desperately calls for help, but the U.S. government will not get involved. Despite his pleas to aid a friend in need, Stiletto is ordered to stand down. But Stiletto will not do nothing while a friend suffers. He'll get Glinkov and his family out of Russia before they're executed... or die trying. "...Stiletto is every bit as exciting, gritty, and tough as [Vince] Flynn's Mitch Rapp!...
Raven Returns - and this time, a friend will betray him ... Sam Raven and Aaron Osborne forged a warrior's bond in the toughest covert battles of the Iraq War. Now, Aaron is desperate for Raven's help. He owes a debt to the kind of people who don't take IOUs and plans to rip off a pair of French drug dealers to get the money fast. Raven thinks the plan poses too many risks, but Aaron saved his life once, he can't let a friend down. The best way to make sure Aaron gets away clean is to help him pull off the heist. But when Raven discovers Aaron has lied to him, and the stolen money is actually financing a war profiteering conspiracy to ignite a conflagration in Europe, he'll chase his old friend from one side of the world and back again to prevent the deaths of millions of innocent people. From the author of the Scott Stiletto series comes a new hero. Sam Raven is grittier, deadlier, and you better not stand in his way.
Team Reaper has captured Jorge Sanchez, the leader of the Chologos drug cartel. His daughter, Blanca, begins plotting to get her father out of US custody by taking hostages and planting a bomb at a school in New Jersey.
SAM RAVEN TRIES TO GET AWAY FROM HIS WAR WITHOUT END, BUT CONFLICT FINDS HIM AGAIN IN THIS EMOTIONAL ROLLER-COASTER THRILLER BY THE AUTHOR OF THE DANGEROUS MR. WOLF. Sam Raven, a man with a mysterious past, finds himself in harm's way when he saves the life of a woman running from a trio of killers. She's a thief named Megan, and her latest score has drawn the attention of every cut-throat looking for a fast buck, and an intelligence community out to protect a secret at any cost--including murder. They don't trust each other, but Megan knows Raven is her only chance to survive. As he uses every skill in his arsenal, their enemies get closer, and this time victory isn't assured. Only a desperate last battle will determine who walks away.
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