Joan Francis: 7 books

Never in the history of our inspired experiment in self-government has our nation been in greater danger.If we value our freedom and democracy, we must understand how the Germans lost theirs in 1933.Could it happen in the USA?

Aboard the cruise ship, Roaming Dreamer, Diana Hunter, is about to encounter a level of adventure and danger far beyond anything described in a luxury cruise ship brochure. In 1949 her uncle, Bennett Hunter, escaped pursuit by boarding a freighter departing from Los Angeles Harbor and he took with...

When private investigator Diana Hunter inherits her Uncle Bennett’s hidden fortune, she also gets his stash of secret files and his enemies. Branded a terrorist suspect under Patriot Act rules and pursued by a shadow organization, Diana is legally defenseless. She realizes she can only save herself...

Hired by corporate titan Maude McCollvoy, PI Diana Hunter finds herself in world where Corporate power trumps the law and Corporatocracy Rules. Though she uncovers crimes of secret foreign investment, hidden money and tax fraud she can find no legal remedy. With her life on the line, she and associate Nelson Langly must take extraordinary measures to find justice.

When environmentalist Evelyn Lilac is murdered, Private investigator Diana Hunter begins a dangerous journey from California to New Mexico and finally to the Costa Rican rain forest. Her investigation turns up secrets regarding global warming, corporate greed, and a deadly alternative fuel which could make the Earth as dry and lifeless as Mars.

This beautifully illustrated anthology celebrates eighty years of history and intellectual inquiry at the Institute for Advanced Study, one of the world's leading centers for theoretical research. Featuring essays by current and former faculty and members along with photographs by Serge J-F. Levy,...

An anthology of traditional and contemporary western short stories where the characters are lain bare. Feel the pain of a young Japanese girl who comes home from an internment camp after World War II and learns it’s easier to go with the flow than to fight the current. Struggle with...