J Freedman: 21 books

B.J. Freedman's "TBoaTYO" is a comic novel about boylovers and their boys. Its cynical yet understanding take on the amusing foibles of international boylovers will annoy some, but at heart it's just another sweet man-meets-boy story with some surprises along the way. It's 1984 in...

  During the fall leading up to her bat mitzvah, Tara (Hindi for “star”) Feinstein has a lot more than her Torah portion on her mind. Between Hebrew school and study sessions with the rabbi, there doesn’t seem to be enough time to hang out with her best friend Ben-O—who might also be...

Set in California in the early 1980s, A Natural Lizard Activity is narrated by 13-year-old Kim, a sexually awakening boy, who tells his tale with a sharp eye and deadpan humor. Kim moves in with the level-headed Bernie. Their easy life and deepening love is strained when Kim’s loony father trips...

This revised and updated 2nd edition of Freedman's hard-hitting study aims to remedy the current lack of gender-specific analyses of asylum and refugee issues. It provides a comprehensive account of the situation of women in global forced migration, and explains the ways in which women's experiences are shaped by gendered relations and structures.

Nikki had never heard of Casablanca until the movie came out with Humphrey Bogart. She never dreamed that at the age of 22 she would be living there, much less involved in an intrigue. She felt very insecure at that time when her husband, Roger, left her alone in Marrekech and the Pasha tried to get...

The New York Times–bestselling series featuring a renegade California legal eagle that’s “impossible to put down” (Entertainment Weekly). Award-winning filmmaker and author of Against the Wind J. F. Freedman writes thrillers with “plenty of twists and turns” (Chicago Tribune). The...

Measures for Community and Neighborhood Research, by Mary L. Ohmer, Claudia Coulton, Darcy A. Freedman, Joanne L. Sobeck, and Jaime Booth,is the first book of its kind to compile measures focused on communities and neighborhoods in one accessible resource. Organized into two main sections, the first...

A flame-throwing star with the Houston Astros, J. R. Richard was at the top of his profession when he inexplicably began complaining of arm weakness in 1980. Initially scoffed at because he continued approaching 100 mph on the radar gun, everything changed when Richard collapsed while playing catch...

The 2016 Presidential Election: The Causes and Consequences of a Political Earthquake critically analyzes the 2016 presidential election. The chapters in this book identify key factors behind the election of Donald J. Trump, explore the unconventional campaign, analyze the unexpected election result,...

When a federal drug bust goes awry, Luke Garrison must investigate a baffling government cover-up In a remote region of the California hills, Mexican drug lord Reynaldo Juarez has built a fortress, complete with a landing strip long enough for a Boeing 737. He has planned the biggest deal of...

A disadvantaged kid struggles to rise above his circumstances in a New York Times–bestselling author’s “poignant, honest, and thoroughly memorable” novel (Dorothy Allison, author of Bastard out of Carolina).   It’s 1957, and fifteen-year-old Roy Poole has again been awakened by the...

A public defender must defend the rarest of clients—someone she believes to be innocent Jessica Thompson is training for a marathon, running fifty miles a week not just to stay in shape, but to help her forget that she spends her days in service to some of California’s worst criminals....

A corporate lawyer defends a teenager charged with a horrifying crime in a “powerfully absorbing tale of justice” from a New York Times–bestselling author (Kirkus Reviews). After years at the top of his game, Wyatt Matthews has hit rock bottom. Though his bank account is bursting and...

A former prosecutor is determined to save a man accused of murder in this “completely engrossing” legal thriller from the New York Times–bestselling author (Detroit Free Press). During a sleepover with her two friends, Emma goes missing. The owners of a local news network, her parents...