From Sovereign City roars yet another Hero! Derrick Ferguson's THE ADVENTURES OF FORTUNE MCCALL brings a seafaring gambling ship owner and adventurer to the shores of Sovereign and flings him and his circle of companions feet first into Murder, Mystery, and Madness! Four stories of Fortune and his team are featured here, all penned by Ferguson, the man behind Fortune McCall! The second volume in the Sovereign City Project from Pro Se Press-THE ADVENTURES OF FORTUNE MCCALL! Cover by David L. Russell inspired by concept by Peter Cooper! Heroes to spare, villains to fight, and a city to save. All from Pro Se!
Turd Ferguson & the Sausage Party is an uncensored guide to college slang that offers a steaming, no-holds-barred slice of campus life. Would you rather be a sonny or a wedge? Does a turkey dump have anything to do with taking the kids to the pool? And most importantly, who's Turd Ferguson and what's he doing at a sausage party? Authors Ben Applebaum and Derrick Pittman have the answers and much more in this hilarious collection of actual terms from hundreds of students around the country. A perfect way to prepare for the big leap from high school or to bone up on the newest slang once you're in college, Turd Ferguson & the Sausage Party is a must for every bookshelf, coffee table, and bathroom stall.
Aztec vampires gorge themselves on a small Mexican village. A masked hero of the 1940s stumbles onto a town that time forgot. A gunslinging exorcist works to save a boy from demonic possession. These are the stories of the American West your history teacher never told you about... because she was scared! Includes nine original tales of the weird, wild west, by Barry Reese, Derrick Ferguson, Josh Reynolds, and more.
ODIN is only a whispered name, rumored to belong to a genius in the art of death and destruction. With a lethal cadre of global agents and mastery of The Voice of Odin, a devastating force unlike anything the world has ever seen, the unseen mastermind hunts for a single talisman so that he can begin his assault against the hopes and dreams of the free world. As his agents race around the globe searching for this talisman, they encounter the last man in the world they wanted to face. And DILLON and ODIN soon find themselves locked in a struggle to decide the fate of the Earth itself!
You never know what kind of monsters are waiting for you at the end of the trail. Hordes of ghost buffalo take their revenge on the world that brought them to ruin. A city full of hanged men comes to life in the presence of evil. A steam-driven train is turned into a giant metal monster, bent on destruction. In this final volume of the HOW THE WEST WAS WEIRD series, the Old West has never been so strange... or so deadly! How the West Was Weird, Volume III concludes the best-selling series of anthologies, with twelve stories blending classic western tropes with science fiction and horror and just plain weirdness. Featuring the work of Derrick Ferguson, Thomas Deja, Joel Jenkins, and more of the best names in New Pulp.
A soldier of fortune gifted with an astonishing range of remarkable talents and skills that make him respected and feared in the secret world of mercenaries, spies, and adventurers. A world inhabited by amazing men and women of fabulous abilities that most or us are unaware even exists. Fueled by a taste for excitement, driven by an overpowering desire to protect the innocent, to see that wrongs are righted and assisted by a worldwide network of extraordinary men and women, all experts in their fields, DILLON spans the globe in a never ending quest for the wildest and most breathtaking adventures of all.Dillon has one last gift for the holiday season with a new volume of adventures full of unexpected surprises that lurk in the trees that tend to be more nasty than nice. Collected together for the first time, Derrick Ferguson presents DILLON AND THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, DILLON AND THE NIGHT OF THE KRAMPUS, DILLON AND THE PROPHECY OF FIRE and the author tackles his creations in a different manner in KICKIN' THE WILLY BOBO WITH...So settle in for one last ride into thrills and danger before ringing in the new year in this edition of the DILLON ANNUAL COLLECTION!
From Out of the Past Comes New Tales of One of Pulp's Gadget Wielding Gumshoes! Pro Se Productions, in conjunction with Altus Press, presents a new volume in its PULP OBSCURA imprint featuring a character created by legendary Pulp Author Lester Dent, creator of Doc Savage! THE NEW ADVENTURES OF FOSTER FADE, THE CRIME SPECTACULARIST is the return of Dent's character, first appearing in Dell's All Detective Magazine in 1934. Fade is a private investigator who is employed by a major newspaper to investigate the strange and the bizarre with his assistant Dinamenta "Din" Stevens, a reporter who writes about his incredible exploits. Armed with extraordinary instruments of scientific wizardry, Fade and Din are back on their beat and plunging headlong into adventure! Authors Adam Lance Garcia, H. David Blalock, Aubrey Stephens, Derrick Ferguson, and David White pen six new tales featuring Mechanical Marvels and MAddening Mystery in THE NEW ADVENTURES OF FOSTER FADE, THE CRIME SPECTACULARIST! From PULP OBSCURA and Authorized by the Lester Dent Estate.
Gary Phillips' Nate Hollis leaps from the comic page to his first complete prose collection. Authors Juliet Blackwell, Bobby Nash, Aaron Philip Clark, and Derrick Ferguson join Phillips to create six double barreled tales of mystery and action. The streets are mean, but they don't hold a stick of dynamite to Hollis, P.I. From creator Gary Phillips and Pro Se Productions. "PI Nate Hollis originally sprang from the rich imagination of LA-based writer Gary Phillips, but he's so real and tactile he could climb off the page and buy you a bourbon. Now, four other authors are getting a piece of Nate, too, and this latest collection of Nate stories is wonderful. This is contemporary noir at its best, offering all the familiar pleasures of the genre, but giving them a modern makeover. Yes, this is a violent world that Nate inhabits, but he steers a true and moral course through the layers of deception, skullduggery and sometimes worse that make these stories such high-density entertainment. Nate's a great character and these stories do him justice and more. " T. Jefferson Parker Author of "The Famous and the Dead
DELIVERING JUSTICE- There was no greater lawman in the Old West than Unites States Deputy Marshal Bass Reeves. For thirty years, Reeves rode throughout the untamed Territories under the famous Hanging Judge Isaac Parker out of Fort Smith. In that time he captured well over three thousand outlaws and survived several deadly gun battles.- Now writers Ron Fortier, Derrick Ferguson, Terry Alexander and Mel Odom offer up four brand new, action packed adventures of the legendary Bass Reeves. In these stories the Marshal will employ all his wilderness skills to deal with some of the most brutal, cold blooded killers on the frontier. While at the same time protecting the innocent whom he has sworn to serve.- In all the annals of American history there was never a finer lawman than Bass Reeves, Frontier Marshal. So saddle up, pilgrims and get ready for some rip-roaring action.
Dillon. A name that means many things to many people. Adventurer. Hero. Rogue. Nemesis. Friend. But even a man who is a legend in his own time started somewhere. Even Dillon was young once. YOUNG DILLON IN THE HALLS OF SHAMBALLAH pulls back the curtain on the past of a modern day hero. Many are the tales that have been told about Dillon, but none are stranger than the whispers of his having been raised in the mythical and eternal city of Shamballah and his training by those deadliest of adepts in the martial arts, the Warmasters of Liguria. Now, at last, the true story behind those legends can be told. This is a story of a Dillon and the events and people who would forge him into the man we know. This is a story of a Dillon in the days before his feet were set on the path that would lead him to the wildest adventures of them all. And it is itself an incredible adventure in its own right. This is the story of YOUNG DILLON IN THE HALLS OF SHAMBALLAH. And, once you've read it, you and Dillon will never be the same. A YOUNGPULP! digest novel from Pro Se Productions and Pulpwork Press!
A lost city in the Cambodian jungles run by a pint-sized tyrant wearing a gem-encrusted belt buckle; Beautiful women who lure Dillon and his rival, rock musician Sly Gantlet, into a clash of alpha males and a deadly set-up; a deceitful queen and a backstabbing friend; a quest for an evil artifact linked to the betrayer of Christ. Four Bullets for Dillon includes four hard to find and never before seen stories ripped from the life of global adventurer and instigator, Dillon.
BASS REEVES LEGENDARY MANHUNTER In the years after the Civil War, the greatest lawman to operate in the untamed wilderness frontiers was U.S. Deputy Marshal Bass Reeves. An ex-slave, Reeves took on the silver badge because he believed all men to be equal in the eyes of the law and so he would become an agent of that justice. In his actual career he captured over 3,000 felons and survived fourteen gun battles. A crack shot with both rifle and pistol, he was never wounded once. Here, in this second volume of an ongoing series, the Deputy Marshal finds himself teaming up with a spitfire of a she-devil known as Quickshot Katy, chasing down desperate train robbers, protecting an army gold shipment and defending a vicious killer against an entire town demanding blood. Writers Milton Davis, Mel Odom, Michael Black and Derrick Ferguson have saddled up to deliver four new action packed western yarns starring the one and only Bass Reeves - Frontier Lawman.
TALES OF A WESTERN LEGEND He began his life as a slave. During the Civil War he escaped and lived among the Indians of the Five Civilized Tribes in the Oklahoma Territories. He learned to ride, shoot and track prey from his adopted people. When the war ended, he was recruited as one of the first black marshals in the history of the west. In a thirty year career, operating under the authority of Judge Parker out of Fort Smith, he captured over three thousand outlaws, was involved in fourteen major gun battles and never wounded once. At the ended of his career, he became a Deputy Sheriff in Tuskegee until his death at the age of 70. He is considered the greatest western lawman that ever lived. Writers Gary Phillips, Mel Odom, Andrew Salmon and Derrick Ferguson have whipped up four action packed adventures inspired by this legendary figure. Tales of a wild frontier where outlaws and renegades roamed freely until the coming of one amazing man who wore a badge and vowed to bring justice to one and all. He was Bass Reeves-Frontier Marshal.
Yuletide Tales of Horror, Woe and Destruction: Featuring characters and setting from their premiere New Pulp creations, here are four soon-to-be Christmas Classics from the pens of master pulpists Josh Reynolds, Joel Jenkins, Derrick Ferguson, and Russ Anderson. Feast of Fools: The Royal Occultist, Charles St. Cyprian and his lovely assistant, the gun-toting and slightly bloodthirsty Ebe Gallowglass, take down an ancient cult on their Christmas holiday. Lair of the White Apes: In search of a missing squad of warriors, the former cannibal Naegrik and his companions in arms travel to the snowy reaches of the Dire Planet and explore the not-quite abandoned temple of the One Son. How to Get Rid of a Body on Christmas Day: It's truly a twisted Christmas when a pair of old comrades contrive a way to dispose of an unwanted corpse one early Christmas morning. Dillon and the Night Before Christmas: Global instigator Dillon begins to question the reason for his existence as he goes on a rum-soaked Christmas Eve bender, and discovers what the world would look like without him.
Trailblazing Seattle Seahawks fullback Derrick Coleman Jr.—the first deaf athlete to play offense in the NFL—tells his inspirational journey of persevering through every obstacle, remaining dedicated to the hard work and a no-excuses attitude that ultimately earned him a Super Bowl victory. Great for readers of all ages. Even at a young age, if anyone told Derrick Coleman what he couldn’t do, he’d just reply, “Watch me.” Diagnosed as hearing-impaired at age three, he faced a potentially limited future, but neither he nor his family were going to let that happen. Now Derrick shares the story of his remarkable journey toward NFL stardom, of the friends and colleagues who cheered him on when skeptics tried to chip away at his confidence, and of how every challenge he faced only strengthened his resolve. At the heart of his story is his unconventional family, whose one constant was always love. When Derrick was misunderstood as “difficult,” or bullied and laughed at by schoolmates, he removed his hearing aids and listened instead to his mother’s advice: Never let anyone else tell you how far you can go. Playing football became an outlet for Derrick’s restless energy and a way of proving he could forge his own path. As a senior at UCLA, he became a standout, an award-winning player who led his team with eleven touchdowns and demonstrated to the world what his heart had known all along: He had what it took to be a champion. No Excuses is more than just Derrick Coleman’s story as a sports legend, inspirational role model, and icon. It’s a motivating and unique testament to the human spirit, to the potential inside everyone who has ever faced difficult obstacles. It’s about aiming high in life, giving it your all, and never ever settling for excuses.
Intended for use with the authors’ forthcoming casebook, Race, Racism, and American Law, Seventh Edition (forthcoming 2024), Race, Racism, and American Law: Leading Cases and Materials includes significant historical and contemporary cases and materials edited with an aim to foreground the most relevant sections and passages to illustrate the crucial role of race in the formation of US law. This new edition of Derrick Bell’s groundbreaking textbook Race, Racism, and American Law, like prior versions, eschews a traditional casebook format. The locus of analysis in this text is the struggle for racial justice, and its underlying history and political context as reflected in the ongoing contestation over law, legal reform, and transformation. As such the supplement includes but is not limited to Supreme Court cases. We follow Bell’s model of locating all edited cases and materials in the supplement, reserving the book’s text to provide historical and political context for significant cases or legislative actions, along with hypothetical questions, comments, and other tools of analysis. Professors and students will benefit from: Both legal and non-legal primary source material.Leading Cases and Materials includes selected historical and contemporary cases, legislation, and other legal materials that foreground the crucial role of race and racism, and the struggle for racial justice, within and through US law. A carefully selected compilation of United States Supreme Court Cases. Each case is chosen to guide readers through elements of US jurisprudence which reflect both reform and retrenchment of societal inequity as it relates to the question of race. Cases range from significant 18th century cases such as Johnson v. McIntosh (1823) (indigenous people cannot transfer full title to land) to contemporary civil rights decisions such as Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee (2021) (further limiting the reach of the Voting Rights Act) and Comcast v. National Association of African American Owned Media (2020) (limiting protections against racial discrimination in contracting). Doctrinally and theoretically significant cases from lower federal courts and state courts. Cases from lower courts are selected to provide critical race insights into how judicial institutions outside the US Supreme Court shape doctrine and debates over race and racial inequality. Cases range from Acre v. Douglass (9th Cir. 2015) (ban on teaching of Mexican American studies found unconstitutional) to Lobato v. Taylor (Colo. 2003) (speculator attempts to divest Mexican American landowners with defective title derived from Mexico). Significant legislative and executive legal documents. This supplement includes materials going beyond traditional edited cases, reflecting the insight that a critical race analysis necessitates a grasp of law beyond the courts. Additional materials range from the United States Department of Justice Investigation of the Ferguson Police Department (2015) to the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020. Benefits for instructors and students: Provokes discussion on contemporary and historical legal controversies cases and materials edited to address issues the lens of critical race theory’s conceptual framework
Black college football began during the nadir of African American life after the Civil War. The first game occurred in 1892, a little less than four years before the Supreme Court ruled segregation legal in Plessy v. Ferguson. In spite of Jim Crow segregation, Black colleges produced some of the best football programs in the country. They mentored young men who became teachers, preachers, lawyers, and doctors--not to mention many other professions--and transformed Black communities. But when higher education was integrated, the programs faced existential challenges as predominately white institutions steadily set about recruiting their student athletes and hiring their coaches. Blood, Sweat, and Tears explores the legacy of Black college football, with Florida A&M's Jake Gaither as its central character, one of the most successful coaches in its history. A paradoxical figure, Gaither led one of the most respected Black college football programs, yet many questioned his loyalties during the height of the civil rights movement. Among the first broad-based histories of Black college athletics, Derrick E. White's sweeping story complicates the heroic narrative of integration and grapples with the complexities and contradictions of one of the most important sources of Black pride in the twentieth century.
Patrick Mahomes: Showtime is the ultimate tribute to the Kansas City Chiefs' rapidly ascending quarterback, whose prodigious talent and winning personality have made him one of the brightest new stars in the NFL. Including dozens of full-color photographs, fans are provided a glimpse into Mahomes' superb play early in his career, as he leads the franchise in pursuit of an ever-elusive Super Bowl triumph. This keepsake also explores Mahomes' early life and college success at Texas Tech, and looks ahead to where he could one day stack up among legendary Chiefs names like Len Dawson, Derrick Thomas, and Tony Gonzalez.
Looks at continuing repercussions of Brown v. Board of Education and, despite the original intentions, its frequently negative impact on the educational needs of African-American children.
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