Marcus: 2128 books

This textbook puts sport in the spotlight of cultural inquiry for the first time. The authors provide the essential resources for the study of sport within culture and popular culture. Sport is an important part of cultural life, yet until recently it has tended to remain on the margins of academic...

We all have something to contribute to the world. It might be music, it might be art, or it might be something else entirely—but we're inspired by the things we experience. We are instruments that shape the world as we walk our life's path, inspiring generations after us to do the same. Live to...

The euphoria and promise that accompanied the Arab Spring has been replaced with a business-as-usual tone in the MENA. Revolutionary shifts in political and religious power have been tempered and, in some cases, reversed. Observers should not be surprised at these outcomes, but skeptics would be advised...

When Malorne came to Kirin asking to drill on his Texas ranch, Kirin thought it was a joke. The animosity between the bear and the bison had been long lived and there was no way Kirin would ever let a bear destroy his land. But Malorne insisted and eventually Kirin gave him a choice. Either he could...

Charlie is not the first shifter to be interested in West, but he certainly is the most persistent. It doesn’t help that they’re all living together. West needs a break from him, but he can’t get that right now, and it’s not as if Charlie is really doing anything to him. If West was in a different...

As the Watcher for the Northeast, Lex loves lobster, being in the woods, and sex. That last part, though, he keeps hidden from the other Watchers, because they’re supposed to be above those kinds of desires. He gets his fill of men from the local shifter clubs whenever he’s out doing his Watcher...

When Archer is kidnapped by a litch on the eve of his arranged mating, his life has gone from bad to worse. His father, the alpha, goes to the local vampire for help to track down his son, but none of them are prepared for what happens when Reese and Archer meet.​

Brenda has been asked to come along with her alpha, Aedan, and his human mate, Brody, to settle a bit of an issue in Texas. The local bear shifters are planning to drill for oil in an area that has previously been considered protected territory. They’re threatening the ecosystem and these otters...

In Sevilla, Spain, two identical twin brothers, Antonio and Fernando Castañeda de Castilla, aspire to be matadors, but only one will succeed. In love with the same woman, Isabella Zamora, the brothers compete for her love, yet only one will win her heart. Antonio is a physical man, bold and daring,...

This important book simply but persuasively demonstrates why we should provide the opportunities for people with dementia to experience the great outdoors. It also gives a voice to people with dementia who have felt the benefit of getting closer to nature. The contributors explore many different ways...

To choose a title that will felicitously fit the lifework of an artist is no easy matter, especially when the product is a very varied one, and the producer is disposed to take a modest estimate of its value. In the present case the titles that have suggested themselves to one or other of those concerned...

Are political parties the weak link in Indonesia's young democracy? More pointedly, do they form a giant cartel to suck patronage resources from the state? Indonesian commentators almost invariably brand the country's parties as corrupt, self-absorbed, and elitist, while most scholars argue that they...

DYM-STREET, Cavendish-square, was not a pleasant locality. No man with ten thousand a year, unless he was a misanthrope, a miser, or a political refugee, would willingly pitch his tent there.   In old days Dym-street had been a fashionable quarter. The long...

'What can I do for you, sir?' I asked blandly, astonished. He was a tall broad-shouldered man in a rough pea-jacket, and scowled portentously. 'Put me into an honest livelihood,' he answered. It was such a strange request that I could only stare. 'Don't you understand?' he said, seating himself...