The story takes place in Hollywood FL. and begins with four friends that have grown up together and are now in their late twenty's. Dave Foley has become a homicide detective, Danny has become a Paramedic. Rafe is a drug smuggler that has become a power boat racer, and Wes is a successful developer with ties to the underworld. Danny seems to lead a straight and simple life, but is brutally murdered by having his throat slashed while at home. The mystery deepens when drugs are found at the crime scene. Foley gets the case and finds himself having to team up with his old friend Wes. The cop wants justice but the drug dealer wants revenge. They find themselves at odds with each other as they work to solve the crime. What they don't know is that Danny was mixed up with dirty cops who are raiding the homes of drug dealers and ripping them off. The Leader has become paranoid and goes on a rampage killing everyone in the crew beginning with Danny. After killing the girlfriend of one of the crew members, the Leader discovers he enjoys strangling women. A beautiful reporter from the local news show is following the story and eventually catches the attention of the Leader who becomes infatuated with her. She is also from South FL. and went to high school with Wes. When her life becomes endangered he finds himself still caring about her. Things become complicated when Rafe is suspected of being involved with the dirty cops and Wes must confront him. The murders escalate ending with a dramatic fight in the Everglades and another one of the friends gets killed.

An eclectic collection of original verse filled with fantastical heroes and dastardly villians; visionary hallucinations and empirical perspectives; inflammatory opinions and intimate confessions; metaphysical mysteries, and secrets revealed. More novel and entertaining than anything currently in print in contemporary American verse. This is NOT your grandmother's poetry!

Refreshed and updated, the fifth edition of this core textbook offers a clear and engaging introduction to the building blocks of the English language, namely its words, sounds and sentences. Assuming no prior knowledge, it combines accessibility with depth, offering detailed explanations of key topics and theories, including variation in vocabularies, the International Phonetic Alphabet and relevance theory in relation to pragmatics. Packed full of exercises to help consolidate learning, and equipped with examples and illustrations throughout, this book is essential reading for undergraduate students of English language and linguistics and a valuable resource for students and teachers of English as a second or foreign language. This new edition features: - An enhanced text design - Updated examples - Refreshed illustrations - New and improved exercises - Revised further reading lists. Divided into three Parts, succinct overviews and clearly-defined learning outcomes are provided at the start of each section, followed by glossaries of technical terms at the end. The book is also accompanied by a wealth of online resources, including downloadable PowerPoints, MP3 audio files, MP4 video lectures, and quizzes, further supporting readers in achieving their goals.

A monumentalizing portrayal of a peasant bowed over by brutal toil, "Man with a Hoe" (ca. 1860–62) by Jean-François Millet (1814–1875) is arguably the most art historically significant painting in the J. Paul Getty Museum’s collection of nineteenth-century European art. This volume situates the painting in the arc of Millet’s career and traces its fascinating and contentious reception, from its scandalous debut at the 1863 Paris Salon to the years following its acquisition by American collectors in the 1890s. The essays examine the painting’s tumultuous public life, beginning in France, where critics attacked it on aesthetic and political grounds as a radical realist provocation; through its transformative movement in the art market during the remaining years of the artist’s life and following his death; to its highly publicized arrival in California as a celebrated masterpiece. In the United States it was enlisted to serve philanthropic interests, became the subject of a popular poem, and once again became embroiled in controversy, in this case one that was strongly inflected by American racial politics. This is the first publication dedicated to the work since its acquisition by the Getty Museum in 1985

"I am convinced that the true collector does not acquire objects of art for himself alone. His is no selfish drive or desire to have and hold a painting, a sculpture, or a fine example of antique furniture so that only he may see and enjoy it. Appreciating the beauty of the object, he is willing and even eager to have others share his pleasure." -J. Paul Getty, The Joys of Collecting, 1965 Rooted in a passion for the Italian Renaissance as well as Dutch and Flemish Baroque works, the original collection of J. Paul Getty (1892-1976) has been transformed over four decades to include seminal pieces by celebrated masters such as Masaccio, Titian, Parmigianino, Cranach, El Greco, Rubens, van Dyck, Rembrandt, Poussin, Canaletto, Fragonard, Turner, Manet, Degas, Renoir, Monet, van Gogh, Cezanne, and Ensor. Masterpiece Paintings in the J. Paul Getty Museum surveys more than one hundred of the most exquisite and significant paintings displayed in the museum's famed, daylight-suffused galleries. Vibrant full-colour illustrations and engaging descriptions of these masterworks reveal their fascinating histories and cultural, social, and religious meanings. Sure to enchant and edify all art lovers, this book is a spellbinding tour through the history of Western painting.