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As a child, Karissa Spencer saw something happen in an Egyptian temple while a huge black panther watched, his tail flicking across the sand. And ever since, she can't get the image of the cat out of her mind. Although Karissa has a photographic memory, she can't remember anything else that occurred that fateful night. Many psychiatrists have tried to draw it out, but the truth lies hidden… …Until an elegant Egyptian man dressed in black ask...

Reviewer's Choice Award Winner | Best Contemporary Fantasy of the Year For beautiful, independent Olivia Travanelle, redesigning the gardens of a historic Charleston estate is the job of her dreams. But as she gets to know her enigmatic and highly reclusive employer, Alexandre Chaubere, she finds herself drawn to his strangely powerful presence and seductive charms. Just when Olivia begins to revel in her newfound freedom and the hope for ...

Volume 30 features special sections on "unexpected bodies" and on new directions in eighteenth-century studies (on Enlightenment, whiteness, and race), as well as a range of other articles.

In a dark and twisted version of Victorian England, Joanna Wilder moonlights as an unsanctioned apothecary who treats the ailments of her fellow citizens. But there is no cure for her sister's waywardness. When irresponsible Eva disappears five days before her government-arranged wedding, Joanna risks her life and reputation to search for her sister in the treacherous streets of Londo City. She is determined to see Eva married off. Only then w...

Eva Wilder's cushy life in Port Pennwood implodes when her government-selected husband is executed for treason. She loses everything and is ordered back to dreary Londo City. The prospect fills her with dread. But as Eva waits for the weekly train, two things happen to derail her. One, she stumbles upon the lone survivor of a shipwreck-a handsome Croatian who claims he's come to the Anglo Territories to kill the king of the vampires. Vampi...

Veronique Dunn has lived on the streets of Londo City since she was eight years old-an orphan in constant danger of being arrested. Three days before her eighteenth birthday, she sees an audition announcement for a new Citizen Symphony. This is her big chance. She might be a rag-tag street rat, but she can play the piano like an angel. And in three days, she will be able to step out of the shadows. But staying out of trouble for three days i...

Detective Chief Inspector Justin Mortmain is bored, waiting for injuries, sustained in the line of duty, to heal. Frustrated, he goes for a run hoping to prove his ability to return to work. Near the halfway point of his route, he discovers the body of a young woman, Having found her, Justin feels duty bound to discover her killer. He requests permission to investigate her death and this is the focus of his first case leading a Major Crime Un...

Volume 29 features articles on Anton Reiser, the legacies of German romanticism, Goethe's morphology and computational analysis, Goethe commemorations in Argentina, and Goethe's Weltliteratur in the context of trade with China, along with two special sections and the book review.

Examines German theories and practices of play, parenting, and pedagogy from 1631 to 1912. Explores the role of the domestic sphere and home economies in establishing transatlantic networks that influenced the emergence of gender, class, race, and religious identities for Germans beyond Europe.

This volume's Forum section focuses on new directions in eighteenth-century German studies, alongside articles on a diverse range of topics concerning Goethe and the literature and arts of his age.

Examines German theories and practices of play, parenting, and pedagogy from 1631 to 1912. Explores the role of the domestic sphere and home economies in establishing transatlantic networks that influenced the emergence of gender, class, race, and religious identities for Germans beyond Europe.

When vampire Overseers execute Eva Wilder Paar's commissioner husband for treason. she is thrown out of her lavish home and stripped of everything. She has nowhere to go but a shack on the beach. There she finds a shipwrecked Croatian, who has come from abroad to kill the vampires of Londo City, including the devil who killed her husband. Will she help him?Eva flat out refuses. She is done with risky decisions-and men.But as Eva waits for the ...

A new Forum section focuses on the impact of Digital Humanities on Goethe scholarship and on eighteenth-century German Studies, alongside articles on a diverse range of authors and topics.

Leave the self-doubt behind -- get fully grounded in effective perinatal care, with Perinatal Nursing, 5th Edition, an official publication of the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN). This freshly updated, comprehensive resource offers expert guidelines and best practices for the full range of patient care issues, from cultural practices and pregnancy complications to newborn assessments and nutrition. Stay cu...

This year's volume is highlighted by a special section on Goethe's narrative events in addition to a range of other articles from emerging and established scholars.

Digital Media Strategies of the Far Right in Europe and the United States compiles a variety of perspectives on the ways right-wing activists and extremists are using popular media to advance their political-sometimes violent-agendas.

Patricia Simpson will delight historical fiction fans with this tale of intrigue and passion! For twenty long years, Ian Ramsay has done nothing but work toward a single goal: to get back Highclyffe, his family's estate in Scotland. Nothing will stand in his way. Not the wastrel Earl of Blethin who now owns Highclyffe or the cruel heiress he is about to marry. When Ramsay discovers the heiress is actually a penniless imposter, he knows his go...

The highly-anticipated third book in the Forbidden Tarot series by award-winning author Patricia Simpson introduces the Oracle of Avaris--the only being capable of stopping an ancient god bent on the destruction of modern civilization.

This book examines the street as both a material and ideological space constructed by cultural anxieties and affiliations. The early twenty-first century brought a new cartography of the street that inscribes a narrative of identity and difference, engaging discources of political, economic, and ethnic subjectivities.

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