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It is said that the sins of the fathers will haunt their children for generations.In the closing days of World War II, British magician Aleister Magus is captured by the Nazis and imprisoned at the Dachau concentration camp. Desperate for power, the Nazis and their vampire ally Mitchell Bannister perform occult experiments on the prisoners.Seventy years later, the evil begun in Dachau returns when Calvin Bannister discovers his undead father Mitchell selling a viciously addictive drug made from the ashes of dead vampires.Mitchell is in league with the secretive Caliban cartel, which has found Tom Caliban in the care of Aleister's son, Sir Arthur Magus.As Magus struggles against the Black 23 agency, and his son Jacob prepares to become the new Merlyn, Tom goes alone to face the Calibans. He must acknowledge his legacy - tied to the Magus family by tragedy and betrayal - or kneel in service to a dark power.SINS OF THE FATHERS is the third novel in The Caliban Cycle by author Tony Simmons.

Featuring the winning works in the inaugural short story contest conducted as part of a living art project, "The Space Between Words" marks the first anthology from Floriopolis, the arts and cultural metropolis in the historic St. Andrews community of Panama City, Florida. Contributors include Craig Bush, G.L. Dearman, Dr. Dan Finley, Linda Morgan, Samantha Neeley, D.A. Robin, Tony Simmons, Amy Topol, and Julie Werner. You may have become adept at reading between the lines, but understanding and confusion come from the same place: The Space Between Words.

The second anthology from FLORIOPOLIS, the arts and cultural metropolis of historic St. Andrews in Panama City, Florida. For those who wander but are not lost, and those who find themselves seeking, and those who have lost themselves. You are found. You are here. Featuring short stories exploring the concepts of being lost - by writers Ashley McGlothren, Ann Malia Buescher, Katie M. Clark, Tony Simmons, Amy Dodge, and Bruce Ballister.

Revitalizing the Classics is a lively introductory text that relates classical social theories to contemporary social events. This updated definition of “the classics” avoids the Eurocentrism and androcentrism of many textbooks of social theory by including both non-European and women social thinkers. Besides highlighting the work of Ibn Khaldun and first wave feminist scholars, this book utilizes interactive figures, original source sidebars and current illustrative examples to provide a critical alternative to the standard texts in the field. In the process, Tony Simmons shows just how relevant classical social theories are in our present world, offering us analysis and clarification of a range of issues, from war, poverty and environmental destruction, to the sensory overload experienced in the digital age and even our personal relationships and interactions. Social theories are helpful – even necessary – to help us understand and, most importantly, be critical of the issues, systems and institutions in our world today.Revitalizing the Classics introduces students to a wide range of classical theorists and applies their theories to present-day examples: thus Durkheim’s ideas are invoked to explore “anomie” in the digital world as well as the “altruistic” elements of suicide bombings in contemporary combat zones. Similarly, Ibn Khaldun’s concept of “asabiyya” is used to explain the tribal code of the Taliban; Marx is summoned to explain the ever-widening gap between the rich and poor in Canada and around the world; and Pareto is enlisted to describe the “circulation of elites” in post-communist and post-colonial societies. Other sections explore and analyze the global war on terrorism and the Arab Spring. The book also includes a glossary of key concepts, giving readers an instant explanation of major terms and ideas used in each chapter. The combination of accessible writing and contemporary analysis provides a text that will empower readers to theorize and analyze many current events for themselves.

When the skies cleared over the Florida Panhandle on Oct. 10, 2018, the strongest storm ever to strike the state had left thousands devastated, and dozens dead. The survivors struggled without power, clean water or working sewer, literally digging their homes and businesses out of rubble, or from underneath fallen trees.In that raw moment, artists and writers and photographers began to process the pain. The Syndicate Studio, a Panama City-based cooperative, reached out and asked for their poems, essays, short stories, drawings, paintings and photographs created in the wake and wreckage of Hurricane Michael. The idea was to gather that pain and turn it into something positive - a compendium to be used to raise funds for local hurricane relief efforts.While the wounds were still open and raw. Before we managed distance or perspective. As we climbed out of the darkness. We wanted to understand what this world-changing, life-changing event means in the moment. To the survivors, their loved ones and friends.We were walking out of the wilderness together. Taking those first steps. This is what the first steps of the journey showed us.

How do we make sense of the rise of political strongmen like Trump and Erdogan, or the increase in hate crimes and terrorism? How can we understand Brexit and xenophobic, anti-immigrant sentiments and policies? More importantly, what can we do to make it all stop? In Restless Ideas, Tony Simmons illustrates how social theory provides us with the skills for more informed observation, analysis and empathic understanding of social behaviour and social interaction. Social theory deepens our understanding of the world around us by empowering us to become practical theorists in our own lives. Simmons traces the roots of contemporary social theory back to the works of the early structural functionalists, systems theorists, conflict theorists, symbolic interactionists, ethnomethodologists and sociobiologists — and incorporates contemporary social thinkers theorizing from the margins who are redefining the canon. Later chapters focus on the current influence of structuration theory, third wave critical theory, sociobiology and evolutionary psychology, postmodernism and poststructuralism, postcolonialism, liquid and late modernity theories and globalization theories. The politics of sexual, racial, Indigenous and ethnic minorities are analyzed through the prism of theoretical perspectives such as queer theory, standpoint and intersectional theory, postcolonial and Indigenous theory and critical race theory, while the ongoing struggles for gender equality and justice are examined through the generational perspectives of feminist theories.