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Bruce Murphy's Encyclopedia of Murder and Mystery is a comprehensive guide to the genre of the murder mystery that catalogues thousands of items in a broad range of categories: authors, titles, plots, characters, weapons, methods of killing, movie and theatrical adaptations.

Focusing on the formative 1974-1981 years, the central theme of this book is the building of democracy in contemporary Greece and the role played in it by the newly-emergent political parties.

VictorianStudies on theWebCritics Choice!Rudyard Kipling: Hell and Heroism is an exploration of two fundamental yet greatly neglected aspects of the author's life and writings: his deep-seated pessimism and his complex creed of heroism.

In this book, contributors argue that the Black Church must begin to address the significance of sexuality if it is to actually present liberation as a mode of existence that fully appreciates the body. The contributors argue that we not only have to look at the Black Church in this discussion, but also explore black Christianity in general.

Through focusing on the sexual politics that have emerged out of post-apartheid South Africa, Spurlin investigates textual and cultural representations of same-sex desire outside of the Euroamerican axes of queer culture and politics, and considers the ways in which queer cultural productions in southern Africa both intersect with and resist these.

The book is an analysis of corporate treasury and cash management with the principal financial instruments used by the corporate treasurer.

Thomas Csordas's eloquent analysis of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal, part of the contemporary cultural and media phenomenon known as conservative Christianity, embraces one of the primary charges of anthropology as a discipline: to stimulate critical reflection by making the exotic seem familiar and the familiar appear strange.

Why has Russian democracy apparently survived and even strengthened under a presidential system, when so many other presidential regimes have decayed into authoritarian rule?

AIDS and the Sexuality of Law investigates the role that HIV/AIDS has played in the legal construction of sexuality. AIDS and its metaphors have been judicially enlisted to patrol the boundaries of heterosexuality, producing flawed understandings of HIV/AIDS and sexuality.

Women's Police Stations examines the changing and complex relationship between women and the state, and the construction of gendered citizenship, using women's police stations in Sao Paulo.

This book is the product of dialogue between a group of leading British Muslim and Christian scholars concerned about the alleged danger to the 'West' of Islamic 'fundamentalism'.

An illustrated diary fiction starring an irrepressible kid doodler turned sketch artist, by a celebrated New Yorker cartoonist.

A powerful novel-in-verse about a boy's experience surviving the Holocaust.

A fresh, funny, romantic YA novel about a teenage girl who finds an unexpected silver lining in her life when plans get turned upside down.

A princess fleeing an arranged marriage teams up with a snarky commoner to foil a rebel plot in this gender-swapped sci-fi YA retelling of Cinderella.

In the third book of this FANGtastic spin-off of the New York Times-bestselling My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish chapter book series, an aspiring evil scientist and his mostly evil (and totally forbidden) vampire kitten must face a trap-filled Volcanic Lair at Evil Scientist Summer Camp.

An epic YA adventure story about two friends lost in the Canadian wilderness from the author of All the Feels.

A girl leads a band of magical outlaws on a deadly subterranean mission in this exhilarating YA fantasy standalone.

This book investigates -s marking in English verbs, specifically its manifestations in main verbs, in the past tense of BE, and in existential constructions.

A friendship novel about bullying, from Jake Burt, the author of Greetings from Witness Protection!

Two outcast best friends are desperate to survive senior year and break away from their rural factory town in this unforgettable YA debut.

In this sweet, smart, and hilarious middle-grade comedy, a middle school 'fixer' gets into trouble when she tries to fix her parents' relationship.

This unique anthology chronicles the Plains Indians' struggle to maintain their traditional way of life in the changing world of the nineteenth century. Its rich variety of 34 primary sources - including narratives, myths, speeches, and transcribed oral histories - gives students the rare opportunity to view the transformation of the West from Native American perspective. Calloway's comprehensive introduction offers crucial information on western expansion, territorial struggles among Indian tribes, the slaughter of the buffalo, and forced assimilation through the reservation system. More than 30 pieces of Plains Indian art are included, along with maps, headnotes, questions for consideration, a bibliography, a chronology, and an index.

Anyone who plans to do business in China shouldn't get on the plane without this book. It cracks the code of marketing to the new Chinese consumer by uncovering core drivers of behaviour and preference in key market segments. It includes indispensable practical advice and common pitfalls.

Previous studies in the area have been restricted to associating the Hamitic idea with pro-slavery arguments, whereas the thesis of this project reveals a fundamental irony: black American Christians who reinforced the meanings of illegitimacy by appealing to Ham as the ancestor of the race.

A mesmerizing young adult novel about discovering yourself and falling in love-one messy, painful, beautiful step at a time.

A dark, propulsive, tale about a trick box, two worlds entwined, and a mystery that may be best left unsolved.

A teenage girl investigates the disappearance of her best friend in this gripping, emotional, character-driven YA thriller.

Dark secrets and conflicting loyalties abound as four super powered teens try to stop a war in this YA dystopia.

This landmark book describes and analyzes the original contributions Sir Roy Harrod made to fields including microeconomics, macroeconomics, international trade and finance, growth theory, trade cycle analysis and economic methodology.