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When Katie Silkwood falsely accuses her husband, Martin, of domestic violence, in order to gain the upper hand in their pending divorce case, she exposes him to a harsh legal system that treats "alleged" abusers as "non-persons," trampling on their rights, destroying their reputations and severing their ties to loved ones. But unlike most men who find themselves in this predicament, Martin has a powerful ally in his corner: A resourceful, underground network that is willing to take extreme measures to make sure he gets a fair trial. Follow the action, as the clock ticks down toward the final, courtroom showdown in this simmering drama about the perils innocent men often face in the surreal world that is modern-day American divorce.
For 10,000 years before any European immigrants arrived on the North American Continent, Native American Indians engaged in a communal lifestyle. From 1600 to 1791, American Colonists established a thriving home production economy, and having ownership of their tools, or means of production, they produced everything they needed to survive. They were self-reliant, and the American Colonists sold their excess goods to merchants, who resold them for a profit. By 1791, the merchants were able to start the first textile factories as a result, which brought an abrupt end to the home production economy, and the beginning of American Capitalism. Former independent colonists were now forced into the ...
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Since the 1990s, Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) programs have experienced unprecedented expansion in American public schools. The program and its proliferation in poor, urban schools districts with large numbers of Latina/o and African American students is not without controversy. Public support is often based on the belief that the program provides much-needed discipline for "at risk" youth. Meanwhile, critics of JROTC argue that the program is a recruiting tool for the U.S. military and is yet another example of an increasingly punitive climate that disproportionately affect youth of color in American public schools. Citizen, Student, Soldier intervenes in these debates, pro...
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Who are the reform artists? That's the question plaguing Martin Silkwood, successful CPA and devoted father of two, as his life spirals out of control. Martin has only seven days in which to prove he's innocent of the domestic violence charges his estranged wife has brought against him. If he fails, he could lose everything. Martin can either play by the rules and trust in a system that already has presumed he's guilty or he can accept help from this shadow organization that goes to extremes to achieve its ends. Whatever he does, his life will never be the same. Follow the action as the clock ticks down to the final courtroom showdown in this legal-suspense, spy thriller about the perils of modern-day divorce. First book in The Reform Artists vigilante justice series.
After the sudden death of her mother, Joss Ryckman finds herself running away from everything—the life she did not choose of managing the family bakery in Brooklyn, the troubled relationship with her sometimes violent father, and her conflicts with Wyatt, a lover who always wants more. But when she flees to the country farm of her childhood in upstate New York, will she finally find the truth of dark events in her family’s past? Or will all that she has held at bay for twenty years come crashing down? As Joss comes to terms with her loss, she is forced to confront memories of a childhood steeped in both joy and sorrow. As the past seeps in through the rich farmland and the landscape of t...