First produced by Philadelphia Theatre Company in Philadelphia, Pa., on March 19, 2010.

Japan and China are thrown close to the brink of war when a Japanese warship is attacked. Meanwhile top Covert-One operative Jon Smith is sent to recover mysterious material from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear reactor. Smith vanishes, and CIA agent Randi Russell goes on an unsanctioned mission to find him. She discovers that the missing samples may be evidence that Japan, led by Chief of Staff Masao Takahashi, has been developing next-generation weapons systems in preparation for a conflict with China. The Covert-One team must prevent Takahashi from sparking a war, or the world will be dragged into a battle certain to kill tens of millions of people and leave much of the planet uninhabitable.

''I have always said that if I didn t write with a Texas accent, I would have been lynched by now.'' This little gem is a collection of Molly's funniest, sharpest observations, gibes and nuggets. Molly Ivins was a Texas treasure: an irreverent populist who used plain speech to seek social justice and to crack a good joke. Since her death in 2007, her millions of fans, trying to parse the astonishing turns our country has taken, have wondered, ''What would Molly say?'' She left plenty of clues: books, hundreds of columns, media interviews and speeches. Twin sisters Allison Engel and Margaret Engel mined that legacy for their one-woman play Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins. Starring Kathleen Turner in productions in Philadelphia; Los Angeles; Washington, D.C.; Berkeley, Calif.; and Minneapolis, their play was the genesis of the 2019 film documentary Raise Hell: The Life and Times of Molly Ivins. Clearly, a great hunger still exists for Molly's wit and wisdom. For this book, the Engels have picked the funniest, most outrageous and most memorable utterances that defined this Texas legend.

View our feature on Kasey Mackenzie’s Red Hot Fury. Introducing a sizzling new urban fantasy series featuring Marissa Holloway, an immortal Fury who doesn't just get mad...she gets even. As a Fury, Marissa Holloway belongs to an Arcane race that has avenged wrongdoing since time immemorial. As Boston's chief magical investigator for the past five years, she's doing what she was born to do: solve supernatural crimes. But Riss's investigation into a dead sister Fury leads to her being inexplicably suspended from her job. And to uncover the truth behind this cover-up, she'll have to turn to her shape-shifting Warhound ex for help.

The American Revolution presented a series of unique tactical challenges to its competing factions. For Britain, the Army would be forced to re-learn many of the lessons from the Seven Years' War. After the debacle of Concord and Bunker Hill, the British implemented a range of changes throughout the Army, including the modification of accepted tactical doctrine. Additionally, the British formed alliances with various independent German states. The soldiers they provided thus answered to different armies. How much their tactics adapted during the war, therefore varied from state to state. The Continental Army was founded in 1775 and was initially heavily styled on its British opponents. That began to change in 1778 thanks to the efforts of Prussian officer Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben. Following their formal alliance with the colonies in 1778, France deployed military assets to North America. French officers also provided tactical advice to the Continental Army, and vice versa, particularly when they worked together successfully during the siege of Yorktown in 1781. Featuring specially commissioned artwork, this absorbing study investigates the various participants' battlefield tactics, casting light on how tactical theory and battlefield experience shaped the conduct of battle in the American Revolution.