Los Angeles Noir, edited by Denise HamiltonBrand new stories Michael Connelly, Janet Fitch, Susan Straight, Hector Tobar, Patt Morrison, Robert Ferrigno, Gary Phillips, Christopher Rice, Naomi Hirahara, Jim Pascoe, Scott Phillips, Diana Wagman, Lienna Silver, Brian Ascalon Roley, and Denise Hamilton. Denise Hamilton writes the Eve Diamond series. Her books have been shortlisted for the Edgar, Macavity, Anthony, and Willa Cather awards. The Los Angeles Times named Last Lullaby a Best Book of

Alan and David battle their way to shore

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' The China Quarterly

Gallup unveiled the results of a landmark 30-year research project that ignited a global conversation on the topic of strengths

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Proving once again that Backman is “a master of writing delightful

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going to church without having to be born again

Errors in early editions--one declared that "thou shalt commit adultery"--and Puritan preferences for the Geneva Bible initially hampered acceptance of the King James

and by listening very closely to the words of his master

she was stunned by the cultural differences she found toward how people think about effective parenting--in particular