Campion: 59 books

Private Investigator Aidra Scott is exasperated by her teenage son, worried about her pregnant sister, and mystified by her assistant—a computer genius she's never actually met. Living in a tiny Detroit condo she can barely afford, there is no room in her life, or her heart, for a pet. Since the...

Morris Payne is a viker, an elite hacker who navigates the electronic universe as easily as the rest of us walk down the street. While he's famous in the virtual world, he's anonymous in this one. Agoraphobia, with its uncontrolled panic attacks, has left him housebound and friendless. But someone,...

In a world of wide-spread brain enhancements and everyday nanotech, one tiny breakdown means everyone is in danger.  Aidra Scott has every PI's dream job. All she has to do is prove that Jean Claude Gascoigne killed a man in cold blood. It should be easy. After all, Gascoigne committed the...

Do you love your house?What if it could love you back?A Matter of Property is a science fiction short story by the author of The Heartsmith's Daughters.

Natalia, a successful foreign correspondent, travels to Madrid to spend Christmas with her husband, determined to surprise him with her early arrival. However, the surprise is all for her when she gets there and finds him in bed with another woman. Horrified, Natalia runs out, with Miguel hot on her...

How can a doctor best understand the emotions and behaviour of his or her patients? An effective and deeply satisfying route is through an appreciation of literature and the profound understanding its authors have of the human predicament. In this extraordinary and enlightening volume general practitioner...

The so-called 'connective tissue disorders' hold a particular fascination to both the rheumatologist and the dermatologist, and the diagnosis of, sometimes subtle, changes in the skin can often be difficult. This book aims to give a succinctaccount ofcutaneous manifestations of the major connective...

Eleven papers extend discussion of the role and importance of the landscape and the wider environment to past societies, and to the understanding and interpretation of their material remains, into consideration of the significance of the celestial environment: the skyscape. The role of the sky for...

Energy security has emerged as one of the most important contemporary geopolitical issues. Access to reliable, cheap energy has become essential to the functioning of modern economies but the uneven distribution of energy supplies has led to perceptions of significant Western vulnerability. At the...

It’s Mardis Gras, but not for Anna. She’s stuck working all night, serving drinks so that everyone else can have fun. And on top of that, all of her coworkers have disappeared at closing time. They’ve all met someone, except her. As she angrily cleans the bar, Anna remembers the night of Mardis...

Sinossi: Alceán è un adolescente che vive rinchiuso con sua madre in un’enorme villa sinistra dalla quale non  è mai uscito. Il mondo che conosce cambia totalmente quando suo zio Belial arriva a sorpresa e lo spinge a trasgredire tutti i divieti imposti dalla madre. È così che Alceán...

At twenty-nine years old, Sari Clarke had it all: a blossoming career as a TV reporter, a successful defense attorney fianc, an adoring family and her two best friends her sisters. Until one story, her first exclusive, threatens everything, and everyone, she holds dear. A horrific murder has...

Seventy-five years after the Battle of Britain, the Few's role in preventing invasion continues to enjoy a revered place in popular memory. The Air Ministry were central to the Battle's valorisation. This book explores both this, and also the now forgotten 1940 Battle of the Barges mounted by RAF bombers.

The goal of this volume is to explore the social and political dynamics of rumor and the related concept of urban or contemporary legend. These forms of communication often appear in tandem with social problems, including riots, racial or political violence, and social and economic upheavals. The...