Since 1789, when George Washington became the first president of the United States, forty-three men have held the nation's highest office. Four were killed by assassins, and serious attempts were made on the lives of eight others.Add to that list Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X, and it is reasonable to conclude that political prominence in the U.S. entails grave risks. In Defining Danger, James W. Clarke explores the cultural and psychological linkages that define assassinations and a new era of domestic terrorism in America.

Clarke notes an upsurge in political...

When convicted murderer Gary Tison broke out of an Arizona prison with the help of his sons in 1978, it was an embarrassment to the state. Then it became a nightmare. Tison and his gang murdered six people before they were stopped near the Mexican border. Clarke's story of that manhunt is a chilling account of both cold-blooded murder and astonishing corruption within the state penal system. Last Rampage is a tale of criminal ruthlessness that has been called the In Cold Blood of the American West. Twenty years later, overtaxed law enforcement and overcrowded prisons can...

Th e twelve thought-provoking essays comprising What's News review recent trends and events that have serious implications for both print and broadcast media in America. Th ese timely studies examine the modern American media in its social, economic, and political context and address issues of current concern regarding the media's approach to and treatment of news. What's News focuses on the growth of the news business as big business and considers the rights of readers and viewers, the accountability of the media to their audience, and recent court decisions on First Amendment cases

Backcountry: A Novel is a story of love, murder, and high adventure set in Montana's Glacier National Park. Beth Blanchard, a recently divorced, burnt-out former prosecutor from Tucson, Arizona has quit the law, under extenuating circumstances, and has moved to West Glacier, Montana to get away from things, relax and write a book. At first the getaway works as she meets Harry Dawkins, a retired Marine officer who introduces her to the beauty and adventure found in Glacier Nationa Park. But that changes when the body of a young Indian woman is found, reminding her of the unsolved murders of...

A hilarious comedy which will ensure you never see Scotland in quite the same way again The Sons of the Stuarts are on the warpath for a regal and independant Scotland. They intend to start their revolution on Wetlund, at the oil terminal there, using its destruction as a lever over the English in order to take Scotland out of the United Kingdom and reinstate the line of Stuart kings - the heir to which just happens to be the Lord Lieutenant and leader of the revolt. And there on Wetlund the Lord Lieutenant and his supporters meet the terminal insanity of Wetlund with chaotic consequences