New Releases by Neil Smith

On the night of August 5, 1927, someone shot and killed Coleman Osborn, a store owner in Chatsworth, Georgia, in his place of business. Police and neighbors found only circumstantial traces of the murderer: tire tracks, boot prints, shell casings, and five dollars in cash near Osborn’s body. That day, three individuals—James Hugh Moss, a black family man locally renowned for his baseball skills; Clifford Thompson, Moss’s white friend who grew up in the Smoky Mountains; and Eula Mae Thompson, Clifford’s wife and a woman with a troubling history of failed marriages and minor run-ins with the law—left Etowah, Tennessee, unknowingly on a collision course with Deep South justice. In chilling detail, Robert N. Smith examines the circumstantial evidence and deeply flawed judicial process that led to death sentences for Moss and the Thompsons. Moving hastily in the wake of the crime, investigators determined from the outset that the Tennessee trio, well known as bootleggers, were the culprits. Moss and Clifford Thompson were tried and convicted within a month of the murder. Eula Mae was tried separately from the other two defendants in February 1928, and her sentence brought her notoriety and celebrity status. On the night of her husband’s execution, she recanted her original story and would change it repeatedly in the following years. As reporters from Atlanta and across Georgia descended on Murray County to cover the trials and convictions, the public perception of Eula Mae changed from that of cold-blooded murderer to victim—one worthy of certain benefits that suited her status as a white woman. Eula Mae Thompson’s death sentence was commuted in 1928, thanks in part to numerous press interviews and staged photos. She was released in 1936 but would not stay out of trouble for long. An Evil Day in Georgia exposes the historic deficiencies in death penalty implementation and questions, through its case study of the Osborn murder, whether justice can ever be truly unbiased when capital punishment is inextricably linked to personal and political ambition and to social and cultural values.

Every day, seemingly intelligent and successful companies make headline news for poor decisions that can cause their business to stumble and make many of us scratch our heads in wonder. Why would such a successful business make "that" strategic decision? Neil Smith, with more than 20 years of experience leading large-scale performance improvements, reveals the hidden barriers that limit excellent companies from reaching their potential, and cause even the smartest managers and leaders to falter. During his experience transforming some of the top global businesses, Smith has identified 8 barriers that exist in every organization and prevent them from implementing literally thousands of ideas to improve the way they work: Avoiding Controversy Poor Use of Time Reluctance to Change Organizational Silos Management Blockers Incorrect Information and Bad Assumptions Size Matters Existing Processes Rich with anecdotes and case studies, Smith identifies the ways in each of these barriers interrupt your own business. He then outlines a fast and proven process in which 12 principles of business transformation can break down the processes that hold companies back. What Smith offers his readers is the same thing he offers every day to the major companies he works with, A PROMISE that by following his insights, the company will be able to increase communication, simplicity, and profit to levels never before attainable. Throughout the book, Dr. Richard Levak has contributed personality and organizational insights that shed light on why an individual or an organization behaves in contrary ways giving you a better sense of why these internal walls exist and how to be aware of your actions in your day to day life.

Cowboy Jamboree Press is pleased to bring you a new collection of stories from the inimitable Anthony Neil Smith. Praise for Anthony Neil Smith & The Ticks Will Eat You Whole "Anthony Neil Smith is a short story virtuoso, and The Ticks Will Eat You Whole is the most vibrant and visceral collection I''ve read in the past year. If I could write like this, I''d compose love letters to the world." -Sheldon Lee Compton, author of Oblivion Angels "You know when you pick up anything by Anthony Neil Smith you''re going to get some of the best hard-hitting prose produced today. The Ticks Will Eat You Whole is a stellar addition to an oeuvre already filled with an embarrassment of riches. Smith''s writing can be alternately muscular and subtle, he can hit you with a jab, a roundhouse, or dance around and back you into the corner of the ropes silently, inevitably. The stories in this collection grab from the first words of the first sentence and refuse to let go, suffused all the while by a deep intelligence that is Smith''s calling card. It''s as if Frank Bill''s Crimes in Southern Indiana had had a moment to think things through...and went on with its desperate attempts to figure shit out. Five stars from me, a great read filled with stories that reward the reader with each reading." -Ted Flanagan, author of Every Hidden Thing "Anthony Neil Smith is a massive talent. One of the best crime writers I''ve ever read." -Allan Guthrie, author of Kiss Her Goodbye Cowboy Jamboree Press good grit lit.

Following hot on the heels of his last adventure, everyone''s favourite one-armed vengeance machine Micah ''Slow Bear'' Cross makes his way to the Californian wine-country of the San Bernardino valley. As you might expect, Slow Bear isn''t there to take in the sunshine or enjoy a nice glass or two of red - he''s got other things on his mind. Messier things. Bloodier things. First on Micah''s list is to pay a visit to a predatory child-trafficker he''s tracked down to the Golden State and to extract some information to help in his continuing search for Lady (the kidnapped & trafficked long-lost love of his life). Bloody chaos inevitably ensues, but has Slow Bear bitten off more than even he can chew this time? Pulp-Noir legend Anthony Neil Smith has done it again, this latest instalment of the Slow Bear Series is another nailed on classic of the genre.

From the award-winning author of Bang Crunch and Boo, Jones is the harrowing, funny, utterly unforgettable story of a pair of siblings attempting to survive the horror show of their family. Abi and Eli Jones have a special bond. Eli looks up to his sister Abi, two years older, who knows how to inhabit the souls of animals, and sometimes even the soul of her brother. They share jokes, codes, and an obsession with impressive feats of word power—such are the survival tricks for growing up Jones. Pal, their alcoholic father, is haunted by demons from the Korean War, and their less-than-nurturing mother Joy hasn’t got the courage to leave him. Always moving to where Pal gets work, the Joneses go from Montreal to Boston, Salt Lake City, Chicago, and back to Montreal. No matter where they go, though, they can never get away from Jones Town. And then, on Eli’s twelfth birthday, the darkness deepens when he stumbles on something he doesn’t understand—an episode that represents the beginning of Abi’s unraveling, although no one knows it yet. Over the years, Eli and Abi lurch towards and into adulthood on separate paths that sometimes cross, negotiating the world through sexual experimentation, drugs and alcohol, art and language. Searing, affecting and often darkly funny, Jones explores the treacherous intersection between love and violence, and the extreme measures a sister and brother must take to escape the legacy of a toxic inheritance.

Micah "Slow Bear" Cross returns in another breathless slice of pitch-perfect pulp from noir legend Anthony Neil Smith. After successfully faking his own death, we catch up with Micah "Slow Bear" Cross standing in a field in Nebraska with his boot on the neck of a Ukranian human trafficker. So far, so Slow Bear. After handing out some of his trademark summary justice, Micah finds himself the temporary custodian of two very young, and very scared victims of trafficking. Along with his latest one-night stand Abeline, Slow Bear and the girls launch themselves into a desperate fight for survival as they do all they can to escape the clutches of the ruthless trafficking gang who are out for revenge and restitution. What follows will absolutely delight fans of Anthony Neil Smith and pulp-noir lovers everywhere...

An illustrated history of the Premier Line from the Victorian Era to the early twentieth century. In this volume, author and British Railway veteran Neil Smith presents a wonderful miscellany of the London & North Western Railway drawn from the Railway Magazine archives. Charting the line''s evolution from the close of the Victorian Era into the start of the twentieth century, The London & North Western Railway explores a wide variety of subjects through original articles and personal interviews. Plus, numerous historic illustrations and photos bring the story to life. The twenty-seven chapters cover topics including: · Notable Stations such as Birmingham New Street, Carlisle Citadel, and Manchester London Road · Wolverton Carriage Works and Earlestown Wagon Works · Engine Drivers and Their Duties by C.J. Bowen-Cooke · The Irish Mail and the ''American Special'' Trains · Webb Precedent and Compound Locomotives · Royal Saloons The Opening and Early Years of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway, the Grand Junction Railway and the London & Birmingham Railway

L''agent du FBI Franklin Rome a juré la perte de Billy Lafitte, ex-shérif adjoint dans le Minnesota. A n''importe quel prix. Il est vrai que, pour un homme de loi, l''existence de Billy ressemble à une insulte perpétuelle. Celui-ci a en effet à peu près tous les vices imaginables. Aussi, après quelques tracas avec sa hiérarchie, Billy a-t-il quitté les forces de l''ordre pour entrer dans un groupe de bikers, comme on entre en religion. Là, sous les ordres de l''impitoyable Steel God, il peut enfin mener une existence à peu près tranquille. Mais s''il pense avoir tiré un trait sur son passé, celui-ci le rattrape lorsque l''agent Rome décide de s''en prendre à son ex-femme et à ses enfants. Tragique erreur : il ne fait pas bon chercher Billy Lafitte. Et l''affrontement entre les deux hommes promet d''être impitoyable.

Die beiden Ex-Cops Manny und Joel sollen Senator Andrew Marquette dabei helfen, seine Wahl zum Gouverneur zu gewinnen. Die Chancen stehen gut, Marquette kann sich auf eine breite Unterstützung aus allen politischen Lagern verlassen. Doch als einer seiner engsten Berater verschwindet, wendet sich das Blatt. Manny und Joel ermitteln auf eigene Faust und stoßen auf unerwartet heftige Widerstände. Steckt mehr hinter dem Verschwinden des Beraters als vermutet? Ihre Untersuchungen führen sie auf eine verstörende Reise durch die abgelegensten Regionen Minnesotas, die finstersten Nebenstraßen der Twin Cities und die Untiefen des Dark Web. Hier zahlen Menschen mit sehr viel Geld und sehr wenig Moral Unsummen dafür, um ihre abgründigsten Phantasien ausleben zu können. Werden Manny und Joel sich aus diesem dunklen Netz wieder befreien können - oder sind sie am Ende nur Teil eines perfiden Spiels? Nordic crime - American style LESER-STIMMEN "Als Schriftsteller kennt Anthony Neil Smith keine Grenzen (...) Wenn Sie Bücher wollen, die Sie an der Kehle packen und nicht mehr loslassen, sind seine Bücher genau das Richtige!" (James Mowry, Amazon.com) "Bei Anthony Neil Smiths Bücher weiß man genau, es wird irgendwo eine Wendung geben - ein Charakter, ein Ereignis oder ein Ort - die uns von dem Gewöhnlichen wegführt und uns in die Welt der Spannung, des Streits, der Action und der Überraschung versetzt." (Mathew Tavendale, Amazon.com) "Der Krimi ließ mich bis zur Enthüllung raten und Joel und Manny sind beide herrlich durcheinander." (CT, Amazon.com) eBooks von beTHRILLED - mörderisch gute Unterhaltung!

The American Civil War claimed and destroyed lives, stealing fathers and sons from those they loved. The horror caused many returning to cry out for death. They carried the festering scars of battle and were unable to overcome the torment of their souls. This is the story of Thomas Wilson, a soldier who returns home haunted by the destruction and devastation he both witnessed and caused. Although his regiment respects and reveres him as a sharpshooter, each man he has killed condemns him to a life of terrifying dreams and troubled days where forgiveness can never be obtained. Neither the love of his family nor the affection of a woman with sparkling dark eyes and soft black hair can chase his war demons away, for he is beyond mercy. Includes Readers Guide.

Duluth, Minnesota, ist im Sommer ein Ferienparadies - doch im Winter einer der kältesten Orte der USA. Als der Cop Manny Jahnke zu einem Einsatz auf dem zugefrorenen Lake Superior gerufen wird, macht er eine ungewöhnliche Entdeckung: Die junge Frau, die sein Kollege gerade tot aus dem Wasser fischt, ist in Wirklichkeit ein Mann. Bevor Manny mehr erkennen kann, rutscht die Leiche wieder in den See und zieht seinen Partner mit sich in ihr eisiges Grab. Wie besessen macht Manny Jahnke sich daran, das Rätsel um die Frau im Eis zu lösen, aber seine Arbeit bleibt nicht unbemerkt. Und ein paar sehr mächtige Leute haben offensichtlich etwas dagegen, dass er in ihren Angelegenheiten herumschnüffelt. Doch Manny lässt sich davon nicht abhalten. Und eines ist sicher: Wenn er diesen Fall überlebt, wird er nie wieder derselbe Mann sein wie zuvor. Nordic crime - American style LESER-STIMMEN "Als Schriftsteller kennt Anthony Neil Smith keine Grenzen (...) Wenn Sie Bücher wollen, die Sie an der Kehle packen und nicht mehr loslassen, sind seine Bücher genau das Richtige!" (James Mowry, Amazon.com) "Bei Anthony Neil Smiths Bücher weiß man genau, es wird irgendwo eine Wendung geben - ein Charakter, ein Ereignis oder ein Ort - die uns von dem Gewöhnlichen wegführt und uns in die Welt der Spannung, des Streits, der Action und der Überraschung versetzt." (Mathew Tavendale, Amazon.com) "Der Krimi ließ mich bis zur Enthüllung raten und Joel und Manny sind beide herrlich durcheinander." (CT, Amazon.com) eBooks von beTHRILLED - mörderisch gute Unterhaltung!

Narrato in prima persona, intriso di humour nero e cinismo, Yellow Medicine è già un classico assoluto del noir americano. Il vicesceriffo Billy Lafitte non è affatto estraneo alla legge: semplicemente preferisce farla rispettare, che adeguarsi a essa. Ma il suo approccio eticamente relativo alla giustizia – fatto di scorciatoie e bustarelle – gli è già costato l’espulsione dalle forze dell’ordine di Gulfport, in Mississippi, oltre al fallimento del suo felice matrimonio con figli. Gli viene offerta una seconda chance nelle desolate pianure ghiacciate del Minnesota, nella contea di Yellow Medicine. Ma per uno come lui quel posto è un vero purgatorio. Perché Billy è un uomo del Sud, tutto temperamento e testosterone. In un universo popolato da perdenti e ubriaconi, medici alcolizzati e guardie del corpo corrotte, Lafitte è considerato da tutti una mina vagante. E quando Drew, la ragazzina bassista di una band psychobilly che gli ha acceso il sangue, gli chiede di rintracciare il suo fidanzato, non se lo fa ripetere due volte… Il ragazzo è già sul libro nero di una gang che sta progettando di fare del Minnesota la nuova raffineria di metanfetamine degli States. E se è vero che ogni indagine ha un prezzo, ficcare il naso in questa costerà a Billy molto caro, trascinandolo in un convulso crescendo di teste mozzate e doppi giochi che metterà alla prova il suo personalissimo codice dell’onore e della lealtà.

From the early ballads that established his stories to the later additions of Little John, Friar Tuck, Maid Marian, and Alan-a-Dale, this book explores how the legend of Robin Hood grew. He robbed from the rich to give to the poor, or so the legend goes. But who was the outlaw known as Robin Hood? How did his legend develop and how has it changed over the passing centuries? This new book in the Osprey Myths and Legends series takes a detailed look at Britain''s most famous outlaw. It also enters the perilous world of Robin Hood scholarship with a critical review of the case for a ''historical'' Robin Hood and a review of the mostly likely candidates. A perfect primer for young and old, this book covers both the fact and the fiction of Robin Hood.

This book addresses the doctrinal reformation that is currently underway in the Classical Pentecostal movement.

Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.

Eigentlich ist Lando Calrissian kein uneigennütziger Mensch. Ganz im Gegenteil richtet er seine volle Konzentration darauf, möglichst leicht möglichst reich zu werden. Doch diesmal kann er nicht anders und beschließt, einer verfolgten, von der Auslöschung bedrohten Rasse zu helfen. Ist sein Einsatz diesmal zu groß?

Lando Calrissian ist ein Spieler, ein Schurke, und er hat immer die Augen offen nach einer Chance, an leicht verdientes Geld zu gelangen. Als er hört, dass ein Planet im Rafa-System beinahe in alten nicht-menschlichen Schätzen erstickt, startet er sofort mit dem Millennium Falken. Viel zu spät kommt ihm der Gedanke, dass jemand den Betrüger betrügen könnte ...

For the price of one, you get three Lando Calrissian novels: LANDO CALRISSSIAN AND THE MINDHARP OF SHARU, LANDO CLARISSIAN AND THE FLAMEWIND OF OSEON, and LANDO CALRISSIAN AND THE STARCAVE OF THONBOKA. You know him as a gambler, rogue, and con-artist; Lando''s always on the frontier scanning his sensors for easy credits and looking for action in galaxies near and far. Features a bonus section following the novel that includes a primer on the Star Wars expanded universe, and over half a dozen excerpts from some of the most popular Star Wars books of the last thirty years!

In Uneven Development, a classic in its field, Neil Smith offers the first full theory of uneven geographical development, entwining theories of space and nature with a critique of capitalist development. Featuring pathbreaking analyses of the production of nature and the politics of scale, Smith''s work anticipated many of the uneven contours that now mark neoliberal globalization. This third edition features an afterword updating the analysis for the present day.

Using detailed analyses of cross-generational case studies, Smith explains the acquisition of language phonology by children.

An audacious New Face of Fiction debut: nine riveting stories that announce a major writer in the tradition of Yann Martel and Barbara Gowdy. Unexpected humour and tenderness intertwine with loneliness and hopefulness in this remarkable book from an already acclaimed writer. In nine richly varied stories, written in intense, clear-eyed prose, the reader is led into an exploration of the human need for connection, however tenuous or absurd, and at whatever cost. The stories operate with heartbreaking precision, drawing us past the surface of characters’ lives and into the moments of decision and recognition that shape these people irrevocably. Here are stories striking in the range of their shifting tone and the reach of their subjects. We are introduced to a support group for people who suspect their benign nature has caused benign tumours to grow inside them. The title story zeroes in on a girl with Fred Hoyle syndrome whose age expands and contracts like the universe. A recently widowed woman talks to her husband’s ashes, which are entombed in a hollowed-out curling stone. A store detective’s valiant act to save a pair of pink calfskin gloves is entwined with the unfortunate results of an unsuccessful space mission. Rendering grief, loneliness, hope, love and happiness with exquisite subtlety and intelligence, Neil Smith proves himself an able chronicler of the human condition. Bang Crunch constitutes a significant achievement by a powerful writer.

Sumario : ¿Ciudades después del neoliberalismo? / Neil Smith -- Madrid : explosión y crisis del modelo urbano / Observatorio Metropolitano -- Confinamiento o conflagración : metrópolis brasileñas al límite / Raquel Rolnik -- Shanghai en el límite / Andrew Ross -- ¿Quién construirá el Arca de Noé? : el imperativo utópico en la era de la catástrofe / Mike Davis.

With topics ranging from language death to sign language, Language, Frogs and Savants offers a glimpse into the fascinating world of linguistics. Written by one of the most senior figures in linguistics. Features fascinating topics ranging from language death to sign language. Includes an introduction to the current vision of linguistics most closely associated with Noam Chomsky. Contains a glossary of all technical terms and interpretations.

After the Civil War, a multitude of problems emerges from the rebellious and war-torn South and the now-freed slaves. John Wilson feels that he can make his dream of justice for all a reality.

A family that was among the first to enter east central Mississippi in the 1830s is forced into the Civil War. Many hardships in the unspoiled wilderness, their unusual friendship with the native Choctaws, and the extreme trials following the crushing events of the war are woven into this story.

Why have so many central and inner cities in Europe, North America and Australia been so radically revamped in the last three decades, converting urban decay into new chic? Will the process continue in the twenty-first century or has it ended? What does this mean for the people who live there? Can they do anything about it? This book challenges conventional wisdom, which holds gentrification to be the simple outcome of new middle-class tastes and a demand for urban living. It reveals gentrification as part of a much larger shift in the political economy and culture of the late twentieth century. Documenting in gritty detail the conflicts that gentrification brings to the new urban ''frontiers'', the author explores the interconnections of urban policy, patterns of investment, eviction, and homelessness. The failure of liberal urban policy and the end of the 1980s financial boom have made the end-of-the-century city a darker and more dangerous place. Public policy and the private market are conspiring against minorities, working people, the poor, and the homeless as never before. In the emerging revanchist city, gentrification has become part of this policy of revenge.

The recent American invasion of Iraq represents the endgame of America''s decades-old effort to impose its vision of globalization-a system dominated by multinational firms and buttressed by the liberalism of John Locke and Adam Smith. Whereas the war surely ended Saddam Hussein''s regime, the storm of countervailing forces it unleashed points to another end: that of America''s latest global project. This is not the first time that the US has tried to reshape the world in its own liberal image, but the third. The first effort stretched from the late nineteenth century to 1920, ending when America rejected entry into the League of Nations. The FDR administration engineered the second attempt in the 1940s, but it withered in the Cold War. The third moment-the era of globalization-began in the late 1960s, when the US transformed the Bretton Woods financial institutions and used its own economic power to enforce a worldwide neoliberal orthodoxy tied to an ideal of liberal democracy. But the effort is failing for the same reasons the preceding attempts failed. As Neil Smith shows, the Lockean liberalism that animates American globalism has always been undercut by a crippling nationalism that exposes the contradictions built into the ideal. In each instance, a hard-edged nationalism-evident in the rejection of the League of Nations, in the policies of the Cold War, and in the current Iraq war-always surfaces and drives US actions despite America''s self-perception as a champion of benign universal values. Moreover, it always generates opposition. Attuned to history, political economy, and geography, The Endgame of Globalization is a sweeping and powerful account of America''s century-long quest for global dominance and the nationalism within that invariably unravels the dream.

Their last mission . . . For a year Lando Calrissian & Vuffi Raa, his five-armed robot astrogator, had roamed space in the Millennium Falcon,Ó seeking or creating opportunities to turn an easy, but not too dishonest, credit. But now their partnership seemed doomed -- for Lando''s uncharacteristic impulse to help a race of persecuted aliens had suddenly made him & Vuffi vulnerable to several sets of their own enemies . . . not least of whom was the evil Rokur Gepta, the Sorcerer of Tund!