In the last two decades, lesbian and gay studies have transformed literary studies. The Cambridge Companion to Gay and Lesbian Writing introduces readers to important concepts, methods and cultural and…

Henry James and Sexuality offers a bold new interpretation of James’s fiction. Hugh Stevens argues that James’s writing contains daring and radical representations of transgressive desires and marginalized sexual identities…

The real Hugh Hefner-the extraordinary inside story of an American icon

Riveting… Watts packs in plenty of gasp-inducing passages. -Newark Star Ledger

Like it or not, Hugh Hefner has affected…

The burgeoning popularity of double guns (both over/unders and side-by-sides) in the United States is no secret, and few gunmakers know more about them than Steven Dodd Hughes, who has…

This book provides a meticulous examination of the ideology, structure, and functions of papal police as they operated in the city and province of Bologna in the period before Italian…

This book will expand your ability to deliver meaningful, performant solutions to your organization. You’ll learn how to use an analytical engine for decision making and business analytics. With the…

Argues that an inclusive vision of God lies at the heart of Christian theology. This book also looks at the need of Liberal theology to stake a claim for the…

A delightfully creepy collection of tales about everything from a Jekyll/Hyde homeroom teacher to a boiler-room ghoul to a kid's wobbly "baby eye," woven between excerpts from a central story…