"Kersville has a furry problem: there's dogcatcher on the loose! And he's snatching up every dog he can find, including the ugliest stray you've ever seen ... that Desmond Cole has fallen in love with. But the dogcatcher may have bit off more than he can chew. Could one of the snatched canines be a werewolf?"--Publisher's description

"Though it took some time to settle into his new life in Gravigna, Italy, following the death of his wife, Nico Doyle has figured a thing or two out, and his budding relationship with Nelli is healing old wounds. Then Nico receives a phone call late at night from Perillo of the local carabinieri. A woman was found dead in her home, and the only person at the scene of the crime only speaks English, which presents a complication for Perillo. Though...

"Asim suspects their new student teacher is Old Higue--a witch from Guyanese folklore--but Rokshar believes the woman has invented a new travel device"--

When Desmond and Andres go to the Kersville Library for a school assignment, they encounter a ghost who insists they be quiet.

Desmond and Andres face a zombie during a school field trip to the zoo.

"Rooney Sullivan is sunshine incarnate and the antithesis of quiet, reserved Axel. He's been able to hide his attraction to her until a party game gets out of hand and ends in an unexpected kiss. Months later, Rooney's staying just next door to him for a cozy A-frame getaway and temptingly within reach. When Axel and Rooney unexpectedly find their paths-and problems-converging, marriage proves the perfect solution"--

"School dances are tricky. Everybody wants to go, but nobody wants to dance. The music is too loud for anyone to talk. Teachers are there watching kids, but telling them to go out and have a good time. Oh, and at Kersville Elementary be careful because you'll have to watch out for ghouls on the dance floor!"--Amazon.com

It's a blazing summer when two men arrive in a small village in the West of Ireland. One of them is coming home. Both of them are coming to get rich. One of them is coming to die. Cal Hooper took early retirement from Chicago PD and moved to rural Ireland looking for peace. He's found it, more or less: he's built a relationship with a local woman, Lena, and he's gradually turning Trey Reddy from a half-feral teenager into a good kid going good places....

"This exhibition catalog to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts' The Dirty South: Contemporary Art, Material Culture, and the Sonic Impulse chronicles the pervasive visual and sonic parallels in the work of Black artists from the southern United States. It looks to contemporary southern hip-hop as a portal into the roots and aesthetic legacies that have shaped contemporary art from the 1920s to the present. It features multiple generations of both academically...

Our Hidden Conversations is a unique compilation of stories, richly reported essays, and photographs providing a window into America during a tumultuous era. This powerful book offers an honest, if sometimes uncomfortable, conversation about race and identity, permitting us to eavesdrop on deep-seated thoughts, private discussions, and long submerged memories. --