Analytical Transport Planning

Engineering & Transportation

Lane, Robert

Transportation

John Wiley&Sons

Gold Medal winner of the Independent Book Publisher's Association 2015 Benjamin Franklin Award for Best New Voice: Fiction
"Jake Travis is one of the best leading men to take the thriller fiction stage in years." Florida Weekly
Jake Travis is contracted by his ex-Army colonel to retrieve a missing fifty year-old Cold War letter. He quickly finds himself entwined in a world where the line between good and evil becomes increasingly blurred. The letter, written in 1961 by a CIA operative who met a mysterious demise, has ended up in the possession of Raydel Escobar, an engaging nightclub owner.
As Jake relentlessly pursues the enigmatic Escobar, he soon discovers that Escobar is involved in far more than simply blackmailing the IRS in exchange for the letter. 
Assisted by his partner Garrett and neighbor Morgan, Jake turns up the heat on Escobar. Fascinated with the letter's origins and the fate of those who first touched the document, Jake will stop at no end to complete his assigned task. Set on the west coast of Florida, The Second Letter's plot twists, richly-drawn characters, and sharp, witty dialogue forge a gripping and entertaining read. Jake discovers that only by risking everything can he define himself, secure his relationship with the woman he loves, and discover the message of the second letter.
"...a standout sleuth...a worthy new entry into the suspense genre." Foreword Clarion Reviews, Five Stars

The Second Letter (Jake Travis)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Mason Alley Publishing

"Entertaining and enjoyable." Scene Sarasota
Jenny Spencer is missing after a violent encounter on a beach. Her aunt, Susan Blake, knows the 18-year old would never leave her cell phone behind. But Jenny had run before, and the police do not mount a serious effort to find her. Susan asks wisecracking PI Jake Travis to intervene. Susan and Jake spent only one dinner together and both felt an instant attraction. Jake walked away. He was, and is, committed to Kathleen.
As Jake and his partner, Garrett Demarcus, close the circle on finding Jenny, they discover that Kathleen's past ties to organized crime and Jenny's life are strangely entwined. They fight a two-front battle to find Jenny and to protect Kathleen.
By protecting Kathleen, will Jake become the type of man that she could never love? Does he have a choice? Robert Lane's second stand-alone Jake Travis novel delivers a tour de force of suspense, intrigue, and humor, deftly wrapped in Lane's trademark literary overtones.
"Lane delivers a confident, engaging Florida tale with a cast of intriguing characters. A solid, entertaining mystery." Kirkus Reviews

Cooler Than Blood (Jake Travis)

"A cinematic tale...the prose is confident and clear, and the pacing smooth and compelling...another entertaining mystery from Lane." Kirkus Reviews
"This brilliantly calibrated thriller bests the leading sellers in its genre." Foreword Clarion Reviews
While concluding a European vacation with his girlfriend, Kathleen, Jake Travis is given an assignment. Kill an international assassin who targets the loved ones of Special Ops personnel. The assassin is known to dress as a cardinal and take contemplative strolls in Kensington Gardens. Jake completes his task and he and Kathleen return to Florida where she learns that he "clipped the wrong bird."Jake had murdered a popular and progressive cardinal.
Upon his confession of his fateful act, Kathleen recoils from their relationship. He wonders if he's lost her for good. Jake must track down a woman who can lead him to the real killer before he strikes again. Obsessed with his struggle to answer the central question--why did the cardinal use Jake to end his life?
Jake is unaware that he and Kathleen are next on the assassin's list.
"An exciting reading experience. A sophisticated exploration in which the killing power of words vies with the powerful finality of the assassin's rifle." Florida Weekly

The Cardinal's Sin (Jake Travis)

"The plot crackles with energy and suspense. The writing is crisp...clever. A consistently entertaining crime thriller." Kirkus Reviews
Jake Travis goes undercover for the FBI to expose a corrupt Miami art dealer. Phillip Agatha. Aboard the luxury yacht, the Gail Force, Jake succumbs to Agatha's charm, and falls for his alluring assistant, Christina.
Jake unknowingly initiates actions that may cause a young woman to die. As he battles to save the woman he unearths a rogue FBI agent. Thrown overboard off of Key West, he is rescued by migrants in a raft. But time is running out to save the young woman. Yet Jake's greatest challenge is to stay loyal to Kathleen. To withstand the Gail Force.
"Charm and humor permeate the pages of this surprising thriller. There's little chance that anyone will turn the last page before developing a craving for the next installment." Foreword Clarion Reviews, Five Stars

The Gail Force (Jake Travis)

"A psychologically engrossing thriller." Kirkus Reviews
Jake Travis searches for the man who abducted and killed his sister and only sibling over 30 years ago, while on a family vacation in Florida. She went to their motel room to get the book "Matilda." She was never seen again.
The man who was once the primary suspect has washed up on a beach nears Jake's home. He penned a confession just days before his mysterious death, admitting to killing the young girl. Jake suspects that the confession was forced and that DNA was tainted.
Jake's vengeful quest tangles him in a web of murky and powerful figures. They have a vested interest in keeping him from learning of his sister's fate. As Jake forges ahead, seeking both justice for his sister and personal closure, he questions if he will ever spring free of his past, or whether the past will shackle him in its chains.
In Naked We Came Jake learns that the longest road leads to the beginning.
"This heart racing thriller is dripping with style." Florida Weekly

Naked We Came (Jake Travis)

Mason Alley Publishing, Saint Pete Beach, FL

In this study of Edmund Spenser's 1579 poem The Shepheardes Calender, Robert Lane uncovers hidden dimensions of Spenser's earliest important work by embedding it in the historical context of Queen Elizabeth's reign and showing how thoroughly it engages the fundamentally sociopolitical issues that confronted English society of the time. Rejecting earlier formalist and new historicist readings that viewed Elizabethan culture as fundamentally aristocratic, Lane reveals this poem's thoroughgoing identification with the nonelite of Spenser's society. By including such popular forms as fables, proverbs and woodcuts and by drawing on the vernacular literary tradition of Piers Plowman and Skelton's "Collyn Clout," Lane argues, the Calender valorizes the voice and culture of the subordinate classes in the highly stratified Elizabethan social order. The perspective of those who were politically and culturally disenfranchised is integral to the poem's critique of the Elizabethan institutions: the Crown and church, the social hierarchy, the practice of patronage, and the economic system. As Lane notes, discussion of such issues in Spenser's society was dangerous because the Crown claimed a prerogative to govern public speech. Lane describes how Spenser, while challenging this prerogative, used strategies that protected him from official retaliation. Important among these was the inclusion of voices within the text that seem to present an orthodox position but are in fact critically scrutinized. Lane goes on to show that by taking up controversial social and political issues, the Calender also raises the question of poetry's social role. Whereas most modern scholarship reads the poem as a monovocal treatise on aesthetics that is firmly aligned with the Court, Lane demonstrates that contained within the Calender's poetic discussion is a debate that actually interrogates the social status and function of courtly poetry and begins to outline an alternative conception consonant with it own practice.

Shepheards Devises: Edmund Spenser's Shepheardes Calender and the Institutions of Elizabethan Society

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

Univ of Georgia Pr

'It is a great pleasure to welcome the new edition of the book written by Prof. Edward and Prof. Lane, which carries on the success of the earlier ones. This new edition contains a comprehensive and critical study of the European Union legal order, which explores in great detail the changes brought about by the Treaty of Lisbon. Bearing in mind the quality of its authors, it does not come as a surprise that this book is an outstanding piece of academic work. It is a classic which should belong to the library of all persons who are interested in EU law.'- Koen Lenaerts, Vice-President of the Court of Justice of the European Union, LuxembourgKey features of the book include:- Authoritative authorship combining the analysis of a senior academic with the experience of a former judge.- Comprehensive and wide-ranging in scope.- Structured specifically to reflect the Treaty of Lisbon reorientation and immediate post-Lisbon developments.- Extensive reference to primary sources (Treaties, legislation, case law) and to issues of national adaptation.A fully updated and expanded new edition of a classic text, this authoritative and wide-ranging volume provides expert analysis on the key issues across all areas of European Union law - including its constitutional, procedural and substantive aspects. In particular, coverage of the constitutional and procedural elements includes: historical background and development of the European Union; constitutional structure of the Union; the Treaties: interrelationship and fundamental (constitutional) rules; the institutional framework; jurisdiction of, and actions before, the Court of Justice; sources, principles and methods of Union law.Comprehensive coverage of the substantive law includes: basic rules; citizenship of the Union; the internal market; the four freedoms; competition; economic and monetary policy; social policy; environmental policy; commercial policy.Precise and rich in references to the primary materials of the Treaties, the principal legislation and the key case law of the Court of Justice, this highly detailed and comprehensive book will be an indispensable resource for all legal practitioners whose practice must take account of EU Law.Contents: Part I: The Origins and Development of the European Union 1. The History 2. The European Union: Structure and Basic Rules Part II: The Institutional Framework 3. The Political Institutions and Procedures 4. Other Bodies 5. The Court of Justice Part III: The Sources, Nature and Methods of European Union Law 6. Sources of Union Law Part IV: Substantive Law 7. The Principles 8. Non-Discrimination and Citizenship of the Union 9. Union Policies and Internal Actions: Introduction 10. The Free Movement of Goods 11. The Free Movement of Persons and Services 12. The Free Movement of Capital 13. Competition 14. Other Policies

Edward and Lane on European Union Law

Edward, David

Foreign & International Law

Edward Elgar Publishing

Peirce on Realism and Idealism

This book offers a new interpretation of the metaphysics of Charles Peirce (1839–1914), the founder of pragmatism and one of America's greatest philosophers. Robert Lane begins by examining Peirce's basic realism, his belief in a world that is independent of how anyone believes it to be. Lane argues that this realism is the basis for Peirce's account of truth, according to which a true belief is one that would be settled by investigation and that also represents the real world. He then explores Peirce's application of his Pragmatic Maxim to clarify the idea of reality, his two forms of idealism, and his realism about generality and vagueness. This rich study will provide readers with a clear understanding of Peirce's thoughts on reality and truth and how they intersect, and of his views on the relation between the mind and the external world.

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

Cambridge University Press

This book offers a new interpretation of the metaphysics of Charles Peirce (1839-1914), the founder of pragmatism and one of America's greatest philosophers. Robert Lane begins by examining Peirce's basic realism, his belief in a world that is independent of how anyone believes it to be. Lane argues that this realism is the basis for Peirce's account of truth, according to which a true belief is one that would be settled by investigation and that also represents the real world. He then explores Peirce's application of his Pragmatic Maxim to clarify the idea of reality, his two forms of idealism, and his realism about generality and vagueness. This rich study will provide readers with a clear understanding of Peirce's thoughts on reality and truth and how they intersect, and of his views on the relation between the mind and the external world.

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Analytical Transport Planning

The Second Letter (Jake Travis)

Cooler Than Blood (Jake Travis)

The Cardinal's Sin (Jake Travis)

The Gail Force (Jake Travis)

Naked We Came (Jake Travis)

Shepheards Devises: Edmund Spenser's Shepheardes Calender and the Institutions of Elizabethan Society

Edward and Lane on European Union Law

Peirce on Realism and Idealism

Peirce on Realism and Idealism