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Before the television age, when “crime of the century” meant something, the public was unduly fascinated by murder. This was especially true during the Great Depression, when Americans were desperate for escapist fare. The more bizarre or glamorous the crime, the greater their fascination, and few intrigued them more than the events of August 4, 1932 in Natchez, Mississippi. The brutal shooting of spinster recluse Jennie Surget Merrill grabbed instant headlines with tales of fabulous wealth, beautiful women, European royalty, Southern aristocracy, a U.S. President and the Confederate President, army generals and ambassadors, not to mention madness, incest, racism, bitter internecine feuds, vertiginous falls from grace and eccentricity in spades. The case became known as the Goat Castle Murder.  Michael Llewellyn has taken the known facts of the case, breathed life into these eccentric Southerners, and created a fascinating novel, The Goat Castle Murder.  

Travis Mitchell lands on the Thai resort island Samui with a broken wrist, a bag of cash and a seriously pissed off Hong Kong crime boss on his tail. His quiet hiatus in a tropical paradise ends when Trav bumps into Mazy, a yoga instructor with a penchant for booze and abusive boyfriends. Trav is convinced he needs to save her from Gordon, a cockney Londoner developing K-Love, the world’s perfect date-rape drug. Mazy flees Gordon’s villa, but running away with Trav triggers a hunt by Thai gangsters, Chinese triads, Samui cops, and a pathetic janitor who cleans up after the tigers in the local zoo. As her escape brings them all into collision, Trav wonders if the beautiful yoga teacher is worth it – while Mazy, unsure if she should trust him, decides to take matters into her own unsteady hands.

Aperture, a slightly askew, slightly perverted bildungsroman, is the story of Garnie, who at ten speaks with an affected English accent and lives in a dilapidated house in a small town in Iowa. It is the 1940s and the war arrives, and even in rural Iowa lives are altered. Garnie's Auntie Rye is a tall person who shaves as she reads gothic fiction to him, and she has a penis. Auntie Rye is extremely rich (old Chicago money) and Garnie wants for nothing. Nothing except better living conditions, indoor plumbing, and to find out what happened to, and where in the world his Mommy and Daddy are. Their life together progresses through the explosion of their home, prejudice against Auntie Rye's Communist leanings, their travels to Chicago and New York, along with their weekly sojourns in a 1934 Dodge sedan across the Mississippi on the suspension span into Wisconsin, somewhat curtailed by gas rationing. They encounter the famous and the interesting in their travels, along with more than slightly unusual common folk. Through it all, Garnie, the gifted progeny of someone (Garnie has trouble determining whom) pursues his love of photographic art. The pair's lives and choices are shaped by the Second World War. And while Garnie's interest centers on the war, photographically, he also has an intense interest in the penis, his own and others. As Garnie passes through puberty and arrives into his teenage years filled with baseball, visions of war and death, music, Catholicism, and distinctive town folk, he also discovers who he is and what he's about. This is his adventure, his story as told by him. But the war must end and so must his story, not with a whimper, but a bang.

In Famous Rapes: from Mesopotamia to Steubenville, author and artist Andrea Baker reflects on the history of how rape has been depicted. In Famous Rapes: The Coloring Book, Baker transforms her paper cutout art into a therapeutic adult coloring book. A portion of the profits from this book will benefit the District Alliance for Safe Housing in Washington, DC.

Suspended FBI Task Force Agent Dean Wister just wants to heal his wounds and mourn his dead wife. But he’s enlisted by Wyoming Presidential candidate, Tom McGraw, to conduct a shadow investigation—a hunt for a piece of evidence that will derail McGraw’s candidacy if it’s discovered by the FBI, or the Jackson Hole billionaire who is McGraw’s avowed political enemy. The investigation by Dean—and the sultry new partner, Melinda, McGraw assigns to him—takes them on a chase from Jackson Hole to Chicago, Key West to Las Vegas, and ultimately to Shenzhen, China and an international incident with geo-political stakes.But will the extortionists who trail them all along the way get to McGraw before Dean can get his hands on the evidence?And just who does the assassin who leaves all those bodies in his wake really have in his sights?The Grand Prize is a global high-stakes crime story that will grab you by the throat and not let go until its shattering finale.

Clint Kennedy, ex-banker, ex-con, and American ex-pat living in Mexico’s glorious White City, is summarily exiled North, to Miami, by his boss, the drug kingpin Pablo Navarro, to get him out of the way at the breakout of a brutal, intercartel war.Miami is no safe haven, however—a dirty lawyer, abetted by a corrupt judge, is trying to blackmail Clint; an erstwhile FBI agent is trying to make sure he and his fellow closeted Miami gay elites aren’t outed at a wake Clint’s throwing for one of his former employees; and Clint’s abhorrent, older “stepbrother”, currently serving a prison sentence for embezzlement from the family bank, would rather blow up the family business than see Clint succeed in saving it.There’s also the worry that Clint might be the next target of a rival cartel that keeps him on his toes—and looking over his shoulder.This rowdy, international thriller, reminiscent of the works of Harlan Coben and Don Winslow, picks up where Calderwood’s first novel in the Clint Kennedy series leaves off—and keeps the reader riveted through the bracing last pages.

Clint Kennedy, ex-banker, ex-con, and American ex-pat living in Mexico’s glorious White City, is an adrenaline junkie—but his desire for adventure could end his life at the hands of a ruthless killer. When Clint devises an ingenious plan to launder millions in cash into the family business, his life becomes a high stakes game of cat-and-mouse rampaging through the roaring bull rings of Merida, a seedy Mexican jail, and the gleaming towers of Miami’s most prestigious banks. Someone is going to die. Clint just needs to make sure it isn’t him. This page-turning thriller, reminiscent of the works of Lee Child and Don Winslow, will have you on the edge of your seat.

Neurotic Beauty is a remarkable reevaluation of Japan's role in the modern world. It includes a new assessment of the events leading up to the dropping of the bomb on Hiroshima, and of the potential role of Japanese philosophy in creating a dynamic approach to human nature and our understanding of reality. The book also shows the interrelatedness of various facets of Japanese history and society, including psychological orientation, pop culture, and Japan's vibrant craft tradition. Finally, it concludes with a possible prediction, that whereas the United States will not be able to escape from its neoliberal economic categories and its commitment to a self-defeating philosophy of "growth," Japan might surprise us, and turn out to be the frontrunner in the development of post-capitalist alternatives in the 21stcentury. Written in a personal and accessible style, the book is likely to provide a focus for debate about issues of economy, ecology, and sustainability for years to come.

Activist. She grew up in privilege, the daughter of a Chicago physician and his socialite wife. And then, in 1955, her cousin, Emmett Till, was murdered. Even through her anger, she knew that the horror of her family tragedy could sink her-and it was her realization that she and her family were not the only ones in pain that helped her to cope. "People are in pain all the time. You won't feel yours after a while if you're busy making sure somebody else is lifted."Artist. She has been a principal dancer with the Katherine Dunham, Agnes De Mille, and Talley Beatty companies. She has been a member of the American Ballet Theatre. She has composed eight musicals, including the critically acclaimed Miss Truth. She has danced and acted on Broadway, in the movies, on television, and across six continents, working with some of the most acclaimed dancers, singers, actors, musicians, directors, and choreographers in the world.Educator. She holds a Ph.D. from Antioch Union Graduate School, and an MA and BA from Goddard College. She taught for ten years at the Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Arts, and she founded Dr. Glory's Youth Theatre in New York City where, for over thirty years, she's helped kids develop not only their artistic talents, but vital life skills. "I teach kids, all colors and religions, to involve them with each other in positive relationships and productive work, so they will know that hate is not an option."Intrigued by this amazing woman? Dr. Glory Van Scott's chronicle of her extraordinary life soars as high as a dancer leaping across a stage-and it brims with the passion, beauty, and inspiration Glory imparts to everything she touches.