David M. James

When Joan awakens from a nightmare to find a Fallen Angel in her room, she finds out that the nightmare has just begun... One of her own, a Wingless, Heavenly Angels stripped of most of their power hasn't just gone missing, its like she's been removed from existence. Joan's search across the ends of the Earth leads her to a plot far older and more dangerous than one misplaced angel. Can Joan save her Wingless family, and the world they love from destruction?

When Joan, the leader of a group of fallen Heavenly Angels stripped of most of their power and now known as the Wingless, wakes from a nightmare to find a Fallen Angel in her room and one of her own people missing, she begins a search that ends up discovering a plot far older and more dangerous than just one misplaced Angel.Joan soon realises that the threat is more than just an attack on her Wingless family and unless they can join forces to prevent it, the world they love could be utterly destroyed.About the Author: When he isn't teaching the next generation of computer game programmers, David James is an avid gamer, and has been writing role-playing games for gaming conventions in Australia since 1985. He currently helps run the Phenomenon Gaming Convention held in Canberra every year. His debut novel, Wingless, explores the concepts of free will, family and friendship through the stories of Angels, Fallen, and the beginning of the next Great War.

Earlier studies of subsidized housing assume that segregation is a manifestation of white prejudice, and that the Fair Housing Act of 1968 would significantly remedy inequalities in housing and, in the process, narrow the socioeconomic gap between racial groups. This book argues, on the contrary, that segregation by race and income has been an integral part of federal housing policy from its inception and that white prejudice merely obscures the federal government's role in maintaining segregation. Despite formal claims of providing decent, safe, and sanitary housing for the poor, the authors show how federal low-income housing programs have been used as instruments of urban renewal while doing little to realize their formal goals. The authors use a historical and statistical review of federally subsidized low-rent housing to demonstrate their thesis.

A study of past and prospective business development around rail transit stations in the Washington DC area. Washington has one of the very few new and extensive rail transit systems in America, although expectations of transit system-induced revitalization in this area have not uniformly been met. This book develops an econometric model of local development (LOCDEV) around major public investments, applies it to the existing Washington transit system, and uses it to forecast future development levels around new stations. The book includes a user's guide to the LOCDEV model and concludes with reflections on modelling and forecasting.