B Scott: 150 books

THE PERMIT is a fast-moving techno-thriller novel based on the actual event of the author's eldest son being murdered by a new class of domestic terrorist: Rogue or outlaw police officers, who kill innocents, then cover up their crimes. In THE PERMIT, three rogue Las Vegas cops gun down a covert federal...

An eerie narrative of lost love, Serendipity tells the story of Jake and Rebecca, two colleagues in the Peace Corps who fall in love but ultimately choose their careers over their relationship.After Rebecca's untimely death, Jake inherits her house in rural Kentucky and goes to live there...

It is the early stages of the 22nd century. The Atlas Gates, wormholes built by an extinct alien race, have been activated and now connect many of the star systems in the Milky Way. Upon hearing news of her long forgotten mother, Seline Esher reluctantly returns home to find a piece of her past in...

A reluctant priest and his empty-headed daughter, an unfaithful husband with his equally unfaithful wife, and a single brother with a secret he must get off his chest.The unfaithful wife has decided to host a get-together, and in doing so, has unknowingly pulled the first thread in the web...

The phrase "popular music revolution" may instantly bring to mind such twentieth-century musical movements as jazz and rock 'n' roll. In Sounds of the Metropolis, however, Derek Scott argues that the first popular music revolution actually occurred in the nineteenth century, illustrating...

Michael J. Coumatos is a former U.S. Navy test pilot, ship's captain, and commodore; U.S. Space Command director of wargaming; and a government counterterrorism advisor. William Scott is a retired bureau chief of Aviation Week and Space Technology and a nine-year Air force veteran who served as aircrew...

In Space Wars, Scott, Coumatos, and Birnes created a fascinating war gaming scenario of how World War III might unfold in above the Earth's surface. Now this thrilling team of writers reunites with Counterspace, an even more chilling fictionalized look at America's most catastrophic fears. What...

First published in 1989, The Singing Bourgeois challenges the myth that the 'Victorian parlour song' was a clear-cut genre. Derek Scott reveals the huge diversity of musical forms and styles that influenced the songs performed in middle class homes during the nineteenth century, from the assimilation...

Despite the apparent ubiquity of light literature, and despite the greater cultural prestige it has been afforded in recent decades, very little has been written on the adjective that actually defines this category. What, precisely, does it signify, and what are some of the key strategies by which...

If war may be said to bring out the worst in governments, it frequently brings out the best in people. This is a novel about some of the very best. Some led. Some followed. Some died. “One of the finest novels yet written about the war in Vietnam.”—The Washington Post Sergeant...

Re-Thinking Science presents an account of the dynamic relationship between society and science. Despite the mounting evidence of a much closer, interactive relationship between society and science, current debate still seems to turn on the need to maintain a 'line' to demarcate them. The view persists...

From the Erotic to the Demonic demonstrates how different musical styles construct ideas of class, sexuality, and ethnic identity. This book will serve as a model for musicologists who want to take a postmodern approach to their inquiries. The clear and lively arguments are supported by ninety musical...

Many good men would die, or survive forever scarred, in the fight for Hill 875 Ty is the grunt. The point man for his platoon with the uncanny instincts to see, hear, and smell out the hidden enemy. Jason is the favored one. The football hero picked for officer candidate school who determinedly...

Augusta Treverorum is a late 19th century description of the ancient northern capital of the Roman Empire. Many of the Roman Artifacts in Trier or Treves or Augusta Treverorum are discussed.