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Blood Ties
Jake Castillo is a New York City detective on the down and out. Already serving a suspension due to his hot temper and doubts already cast on his ability to deal with his personal demons, the bitter Castillo can see no light at the end of the tunnel. But when a series of brutal murders begins to make headlines, the young detective is quickly called back to action. Just as it seems that things are finally beginning to look up, Castillo's life becomes further complicated when his former girlfriend finds herself on the run from a powerful crimelord who the detective has spent the last few years feuding with. As his investigation into the murders deepens, Jake is confronted by the stark truth behind the killings and must face his haunted past as he tries to stop a ruthless adversary who is hell bent on destroying him. A story of loyalty and vengeance, this first story of the Blood Ties trilogy introduces readers to the violent world of Jake Castillo, an NYPD detective haunted by personal tragedy and driven by a burning rage.
Man on His Own
In the twentieth century, Mansfield concludes, more modern ways of studying Erasmus have emerged, notably through seeing him more precisely in his own historical context.
Protestant Gold
The second installment of The Syndicate series starts in Rome. Ares has discovered the location of the Vatican Gold and marches on the city in order to steal it. Once secured the treasure is taken by ship to Ceylon, bound for Hong Kong, however the intervention of Malay pirates and a severe tropical storm sink the gold to the bottom of the Indian Ocean. One man survives and relates the tale to Karl Jarmann, a resident of the islands near where the shipwreck occurred. He travels to England with vitalinformation that he hopes to trade with Syndicate boss Richard Daniels, but his plans go awry and he finds himself the hunted. Finally after a lengthy period of pursuit and search, Karl find himself inside the Paris catacombs and eventually to Notre Dame where his goal of seizing the treasure is realized. Unable to return the England,Karl is caught up in the first world war and is killed. His ashes are sent to his wife who lives in Maidstone and a whole new episode of terror begins.
Woman under Socialism
Reproduction of the original: Woman under Socialism by August Bebel
Objects of Culture
In the late nineteenth century, Germans spearheaded a worldwide effort to preserve the material traces of humanity, designing major ethnographic museums and building extensive networks of communication and exchange across the globe. In this groundbreaking study, Glenn Penny explores the appeal of ethnology in Imperial Germany and analyzes the motivations of the scientists who created the ethnographic museums. Penny shows that German ethnologists were not driven by imperialist desires or an interest in legitimating putative biological or racial hierarchies. Overwhelmingly antiracist, they aspired to generate theories about the essential nature of human beings through their museums' collection...
Savages and Beasts
"By the late nineteenth century, Hagenbeck had emerged as the world's undisputed leader in the capture and transport of exotic animals. His business included procuring and exhibiting indigenous peoples in highly profitable spectacles throughout Europe and training exotic animals - humanely, Hagenbeck advertised - for circuses around the world.
