Best Selling Books by JIM BUTCHER

From the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of the Dresden Files comes an all-new, action-packed fantasy adventure set in the Cinder Spires universe. Benedict Sorellin-Lancaster hasn''t even broken in his lieutenant''s insignia when he''s summoned to meet with the Spirearch of Spire Albion himself for a very special--and very secret--purpose. The Spirearch needs Benedict to retrieve a bag he''s "misplaced" on the Colony Spire known as Dependence, which has strangely cut off all contact with the outside world. It''s a delicate mission at best, a potential bloodbath at worst. To this end, the Spirearch has supplied Benedict with backup in the form of three Warriorborn. But unlike the courageous lieutenant, this trio has formerly used its special gifts for crime, carnage, and outright bloody murder. And all of them were caught and imprisoned because of Benedict. Now, if they behave--and make it back alive--they''ll go free. But when the odd squad reaches Dependence, they soon discover something waiting for them: a horrific weapon that could shatter the balance of power among the Spires. And Benedict will have to bring his own Warriorborn skills to bear if he, his team, and Spire Albion are to have any hope of survival...

Just a generation ago the notion that holidays should be invested with ethical and political significance would have sounded odd. Today it is part of the lifestyle political landscape. Volunteer tourism is indicative of the growth of lifestyle strategies intended to exhibit care and responsibility towards others less fortunate, strategies aligned closely with developing one’s ethical identity and sense of global responsibility. It sits alongside telethons, pay-per-click, Fair Trade and ethical consumption generally as a way to “make a difference”. Volunteer tourism involves a personal mission to address the political question of development. It draws upon the private virtues of care and responsibility and disavows political narratives beyond this. Critics argue that this leaves the volunteers as unwitting carriers of damaging neoliberal or postcolonial assumptions, whilst advocates see it as offering creative and practical ways to build a new ethical politics. By contrast, this volume analyses volunteer tourism as indicative of a retreat from public politics into the realm of private experience, and as an expression of diminished political and moral agency. This thought provoking book draws on development, political and sociological theory and is essential reading for students, researchers and academics interested in the phenomenon of volunteer tourism and the politics of lifestyle that it represents.

Using a host of international examples Butcher examines what the advocates of ''new tourism'' see as being wrong with mass tourism, looks critically at the claims made for the new alternatives and makes a case for guilt-free holidays.

Ecotourism has emerged over the last twenty years not just as a market niche, but also as a strategy for combining development with conservation in the developing world. Ecotourism, NGOs and Development considers the basis for advocacy and argues that it is premised upon a very limited and limiting view of the potential for development. Jim Butcher examines the advocacy of tourism as sustainable development in a range of NGOs and within the general literature. The research reveals that in spite of the plethora of critical commentaries on the operation of ecotourism projects, there is generally an uncritical take on the ideological basis of the projects. This book offers a timely critique of key assumptions underlying ecotourism''s status as sustainable development, arguing that ecotourism as development strategy ties the fate of some of the poorest people on the planet to localized environmental imperatives.

Summer knight: Despondent over the loss of his vampire girlfriend, private detective and wizard-for-hire Harry Dresden undertakes a mission for the Winter Queen of Faerie to find out who murdered the Summer Queen''s right-hand man, the Summer Knight, and clear the Winter Queen of the crime.

Collecting three classic fan-favorite Spider-Man novels together for the first time in a brand-new omnibus edition. THE DARKEST HOUR IS JUST BEFORE THE DAWN... Collecting three fan-favorite Spider-Man novels in a brand-new omnibus featuring The Darkest Hours, Down These Mean Streets, and Drowned in Thunder. In The Darkest Hours, Rhino’s rampage through the city is just a distraction. The real threat comes from a group of Ancients seeking revenge on Spider- Man. Spidey must rely on Black Cat if there’s any hope of stopping them from stealing his life force. Down These Mean Streets sees Spider-Man team up with a police force that hates him to find the source behind a lethal new drug that gives users super-powers. Drowned in Thunder takes J. Jonah Jameson’s vendetta against Spider-Man to a whole new level when JJJ exploits several mysterious attacks on Manhattan island in his propaganda war against the web-slinger.

Supernatural investigator Harry Dresden has his hands full when Chicago''s underworld and the police think he''s a mobster''s enforcer and he must track down a pack of werewolves stalking the city.

The star of Jim Butcher''s New York Times bestselling novel series, The Dresden Files, Harry Dresden is a private investigator whose clients require a detective with supernatural expertise - in other words, he''s a wizard for hire. The Windy City has been hit with an outbreak of savage werewolf attacks - a case made even more chaotic and challenging by the fact that Harry''s uncovered no less than three lycanthropic groups, each seemingly in conflict with one another. On top of that, Harry''s lost the faith of his one friend and ally among the Chicago Police Department, Karrin Murphy. Now she, along with werewolves and hostile FBI Agents, hunts Harry while he races against the rise of the next full moon to discover who - or what - is behind the string of murders!

From #1 "New York Times" bestselling author Jim Butcher of the Dresden Files The fourth, fifth, and sixth novels of the Dresden Files-available together in one boxed set. Includes 1 each of "Summer Knight, Death Masks," and "Blood Rites"

Harry Dresden is the only consulting wizard in the Chicago phone book, and you know the case is bad if the cops have to call on him. Harry has thumped the heart of darkness so often that it''s left a mark: a fallen angel has moved into his head, forcing him to fight temptation ... as if fighting vampires and other supernatural baddies weren''t enough. If the White Council of wizards finds out he''s hosting a demon, heaven only knows what they''ll do. But when the Council is left shorthanded, Harry is asked to join. Now, as a Warden - a kind of cross between avenging angel and bogeyman - he has to make sure wizards don''t use their power in violation of the Laws of magic. Which, as you''d expect, makes him even less popular with the supernatural community that he was before.

It has been several months since Chicago''s only wizard for hire, Harry Blacksone Copperfield Dresden, barely survived a case involving several packs of werewolves. And while he ultimately was able to prevent the Windy City from being completely engulfed in a bloodbath, it was no triumphant victory. The case began with the murder of his protege, saw Detective Ron Carmichael torn apart before his eyes, and ended with Harry estranged from Lt. Karrin Murphy, his best friend. But Harry has no time to lick his wounds, There are still things going bump in the night, and millions of innocents who are unknowingly threatened by denizens of the Nevernever. It''s his job to protect them, no matter how alone he sometimes feels. And now, he''s about to be drawn away from his home turf ...

"A bizarre double murder draws the interest of Chicago''s only wizard-for-hire. But as Harry Dresden begins his investigation, the clues lead to troubling conclusions about the possible perpetrator, and set him on a path that will place him in the middle of a conflict between the city''s three most powerful factions"--

Fantasy-roman.

When criminal investigations take a weird turn, the officers of the Chicago Police Department call in Harry Dresden! A wizard and private investigator with formidable yet unrefined skills, the young Dresden is more than capable of tracking down and facing the perps, whether they be black magic practitioners, blood-hungry werewolves, or worse! This first volume of The Dresden Files Omnibus collects three complete comic book story arcs, including the exclusive-for-comics tale, "Welcome to the Jungle", the adaptations of the universe-defining "Storm Front" and "Fool Moon" novels, plus additional content set within official continuity of Jim Butcher''s beloved magic noir universe.