Octogenarians Jack and Betty Luckner have an iron-willed sense of justice and a street-smart fearlessness. When one too many of their friends dies unexpectedly, Jack and Betty confront the possibility that a serial killer is stalking their jolly retirement community. Armed only with old newsletters and a willingness to bend the law, they set out to stop the killings, but what's to stop the killer from adding Jack and Betty to the body count? With the deck stacked against them, Jack and Betty work through the deadly but fascinating business of bringing a killer to justice in The View that Disappeared.
Alastair MacNaughton and his uncle, Chauncey Winston, have been at each other's throats for decades. Nobody enjoys a good old-fashioned family dustup as much as these two, but their squabbling has created a deadly paralysis from which the family company, Winston Tug and Barge-the largest maritime transportation concern on the Columbia River-may not emerge. To settle things once and for all, they make an insane, winner-take-all bet. At issue isn't the turn of a card in some soggy waterfront saloon, but whether or not Alastair can complete the construction of the family eyesore: Enoch's Folly, an unfinished, semi-abandoned floating home. From the moment he rolls up his sleeves, Alastair finds himself embroiled in a lethal maelstrom of family legend, eccentric neighbors, break-ins, fires, and Chauncey's malevolent machinations. Indeed, Alastair's only ally might well turn out to be the irascible, telepathic river dragon living beneath Enoch's Folly.
Eternity is unimaginably other. It is so other that we can't even begin to wrap our minds around it, let alone understand it. It remains the ultimate mystery, the intractable unknown and unknowable.However, now and then, we are able to catch glimpses, or the hints of glimpses, of it. Often these epiphanies go unrecognized. Sometimes they are only suspected to have taken place. Now and then, they are recognized for what they are, if only intuitively.The Great Mystery of Eternity collects ten short stories that sketch such moments. They are times of great intensity, events of that lead to a revelation.These tales range from myth to science fiction, from action adventure to stories of faith, from sea adventures to the saga of one very important cup of English tea. The action is both subtle and violent, the characters are complex and layered, and the stakes couldn't be higher.The window is open and ready. Are you equally prepared to look through it and to catch these ten glimpses of the other.
Editor Kristine Kathryn Rusch reaches for the stars with this latest volume of Fiction River Presents. With stories that take the reader from pulse-pounding terror and utter darkness to sheer joy and wish fulfillment, this volume runs the gamut of the space opera genre. So, get ready for a wonderful journey and see why Adventures Fantastic says: "If you haven't checked out Fiction River yet, you should. There's something for everyone." Table of Contents"Get Inside" by Dayle A. Dermatis"Sole Survivor" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch"The Mooring Buoy" by Jamie McNabb"Schrodinger's Bar" by Kim May"Upon_A_Starship.png" by Brigid Collins"Jelly's Heroes" by Louisa Swann"Dreams of A Moon" by Dean Wesley Smith"Charlie Company" by JC Andrijeski"H-Hour" by Steven Mohan, Jr.
Back in the day, worn-out wooden ships were often beached and burned for their metal fittings. It was an easy way to squeeze the last remaining value out of their otherwise useless bones. These days, more often than not, just about the same thing happens with people.Ferdinand Roberts feels like a rotting hulk, like a ship that has passed her burn-by date. It is not a happy feeling, and yet, within it there lurks a secret, well-hidden hope.Like a lot of geezers, Ferdinand pees off his back porch. He knows it's disgusting, but in his case, that's the whole point. He's getting even with his next-door neighbor and former business partner, Harold Pittock.Then one fine day Ferdinand's heart gives out and he dies.The orderly hasn't even gotten his corpse down to the hospital morgue before the familial knives come out and the scabs get ripped off, and the secrets are dragged kicking and screaming into the light of day. What fun!However, in the midst of the grief and the chaos, one question flares up like a rocket and shines hot and bright: where did Ferdinand's money go? There must have been some of it left, mustn't there?And just like the owners of one of those old wooden sailing ships, his children begin to hunt for it. In effect, they burn the hulk of their father's life, hoping to walk away with as much salvage as they can.Love and remembrance can be like that, especially when it comes to a complicated man like of Ferdinand Roberts, to a sailor who spent most of his life of the beach.Ferdinand, however, has one last trick up his sleeve. He is one old ship that isn't about to go up in flames without a fight.
The Law in War offers an insightful roadmap to understanding a broad range of operational, humanitarian, and accountability issues that arise during armed conflict. Each chapter provides a clear and comprehensive explanation of the impact that international law has on military operations. The second edition has been fully revised to reflect recent advances in international humanitarian law and expands the analysis to include as a brand-new chapter on international human rights law, which addresses issues such as the conduct of law enforcement during hostilities. With a particular focus on updates concerning the status of combatants and unprivileged belligerents, the protection of civilians, targeting, the treatment of POWs and detainees, weapons law, air and missile warfare, naval warfare and neutrality, command responsibility, and accountability. New material has also been added to address the increasing involvement of private security contractors in warfare. The Law in War is an ideal text for students in a variety of domains, to include international humanitarian law, international human rights law, international relations, and military science. It is also a valuable resource for those involved in the planning, execution, and critique of military operations across the spectrum of conflict.
Jamie J. Fader documents the transition to adulthood for a particularly vulnerable population: young inner-city men of color who have, by the age of eighteen, already been imprisoned. How, she asks, do such precariously situated youth become adult men? What are the sources of change in their lives? Falling Back is based on over three years of ethnographic research with black and Latino males on the cusp of adulthood and incarcerated at a rural reform school designed to address “criminal thinking errors” among juvenile drug offenders. Fader observed these young men as they transitioned back to their urban Philadelphia neighborhoods, resuming their daily lives and struggling to adopt adult masculine roles. This in-depth ethnographic approach allowed her to portray the complexities of human decision-making as these men strove to “fall back,” or avoid reoffending, and become productive adults. Her work makes a unique contribution to sociological understandings of the transitions to adulthood, urban social inequality, prisoner reentry, and desistance from offending.
Another incredible collection of unusual trivia sure to shock and amaze, from the people who brought you The Ultimate Book of Top Ten Lists. Discover freaks of nature, odd crimes, shocking deaths, devastating disasters, blood-curdling rites, crazy conspiracies and much more. Here are just some of the lists full of fascinating facts awaiting you inside: •Gruesome Torture Devices •Mass Hysteria Outbreaks •Unbelievable Miniatures •Disturbingly Scary Clowns •Outer Space Mysteries •Astonishing Aphrodisiacs •Disgusting Ancient Jobs •Spooky Sports Curses •World-Famous Penises •Mail-Order-Bride Shockers •Brutal Pope Deaths •Outrageous Wedding Locales •Grossest Edible Animals •Appalling Religious Practices
Long before strip malls, television and huge retail chains homogenized American culture, minor league baseball clubs represented individual, local ideals. Fans turned out in droves to see their hometown heroes, and teams were sources of civic pride and popular recreation. Gradually, these teams and leagues were either driven under or swallowed up by baseball's vertical integration, and by 1963 a significant piece of the American landscape had all but disappeared. This heavily researched reference work covers every official minor league All-Star team from 1922 (when the first such team was named) to 1962 (the last year of the AAA-D classification system). Each entry includes the full roster of an All-Star team, complete individual hitting and pitching statistics, and detailed commentary on the selections. Where sabermetrics indicate more-deserving players were passed over, the author presents the case for alternative candidates.
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