Odell: 142 books

A complete overview of the art form, from the coauthors of Studio GhibliThis guide to anime offers an overview of the art form, looking at its development in Japan and its export to other cultures. It includes a history of Japanese animation from early examples to the relaunch of animation as a viable...

Fact is never more strange than fiction than when it comes to crime, and the crimes described here are so bizarre it's inconceivable that they could have been made up. In this all-new collection of truly unusual crimes, a sequel to the bestselling Mammoth Book of Bizarre Crimes, Odell and Donnelley...

Running for the wrong reason can still get you killed. Kelli Carpenter has changed her name, her appearance — her life — to avoid being connected to a crime she committed in self defense years ago. But just when she thinks she has nothing to fear, handsome stranger Blake Windsor shows up. He...

Criminologist Robin Odell has complied this gruesome gallery of cases from all over the world, revealing the growth in serial slayings, contract killings and middle-class murders and investigating what motivates people to commit the ultimate crime. As well as gangsters and ordinary felons, "Murder:...

Over the past twenty-five years Odell Henderson has written short articles for a weekly newspaper and church newsletters. His articles cover a wide variety of subjects with a Christian emphasis. They include bible knowledge, Christian fiction and non-fiction, Christmas and other holidays, church, family...

Our Social World: Introduction to Sociology, Condensed, inspires students to develop their sociological imaginations, to see the world and personal events from a new perspective, and to confront sociological issues on a day-to-day basis. The award-winning author team of Jeanne H. Ballantine, Keith...

Note: The cover was updated in July of 2018, but the book contents are the same. Behind the public façade of Blackthorne, Inc., a high-end private investigation company, lies a band of elite covert operatives, and they’re back doing what they do best. Foster (Fozzie) Mayhew, Blackthorne’s...

What does it take for a man to say, "I love you" out loud? Certainly the woman he loves can tell from his actions. And if she can tell, why must he initiate those words? Words explores new love first from his point of view, then hers. A sensual read, guaranteed to make you seek out that special someone in your life.

After escaping from the elves and the General, Claire is on the run again with the last person she'd thought she'd end up with— Farron. Shadowy forces are nipping at their heels, and soon they are attacked. But they have bigger worries. An old friend of Farron's shows up: a beautiful woman with...

Note: The cover was updated in July of 2018, but it's the same book. Where Danger Hides was first published in hard cover by Five Star/Gale/Cengage. It was voted the HOLT Medallion Best Romantic Suspense of 2012. Behind the public façade of a private investigation firm–Blackthorne,...

Note: The cover was updated in July of 2018. However, aside from minor changes, it's the same book. What do you do when your life turns upside down? Whatever it takes. When Elizabeth Parker arrives in Deer Ridge with her eight-year-old son, she's constantly looking over her shoulder,...

She trusts everyone. He trusts no one. In her job as a Sheriff’s Department Dispatcher, Cecily Cooper sees plenty of people who could use a second chance. She’s created a program to give the less advantaged a fresh start, and thinks her brother’s Colorado cattle ranch will be the perfect...

When there’s trouble, he has your back. For Tim Halloran, Army Ranger turned Colorado cowboy, a simple life on a cattle ranch with no strings is his idea of perfection. Maybe he’ll have a ranch of his own someday. Meanwhile, ranching lets him forget his haunting wartime experiences as an...

Who do you call when Uncle Sam can't help you? Blackthorne, Inc., of course. Behind the public façade of a high-end private investigation firm lies a band of elite covert operatives. Read the first three full-length novels, filled with action, adventure and romance. When Danger Calls: If someone...