Lee Ellis

In the spring of 1646 after four years of fierce conflict, the English Civil War draws to a close. Captain Matthew Fletcher, invalided out of the war two years before has gained a well earned reputation as a successful investigator of mysterious happenings and crimes. He has come to Nottinghamshire, a county riven apart by the competing forces of King and Parliament in search of a lost love, but on arrival he is asked to examine the unexplained death of a local landowner. The enquiry quickly develops into a major investigation and Matthew is aided by old comrades from the army and a travelling fortune telling healer. With another murder and the disappearance of key witnesses they are caught up in the maelstrom of family and political feuds, the murky underworld of the city and the tensions of an occupying army. A people hardened and wearied by the privations of the national struggle are too ready to explain away mysterious events by malign powers beyond their understanding. The investigators themselves come under suspicion and are forced into hiding in the doubtful refuge along the river. Spoils of War is a tense story of detection, intrigue and mystery set in the atmospheric Trent valley in the final throes of the Civil War.

What is the secret of "Dougie's Document?" Returning to London after a long absence, Brian Stander meets up with his old friend, John Harmon and is invited to his new apartment in the Lann Park development to share "something different." For Brian, it's an awkward visit for Lann Park was once Lannbridge, a Georgian psychiatric hospital, where he worked 20 years before. It's not just a place of memories, pleasant and not so pleasant. John has discovered a battered old exercise book written by a former patient. John says Brian can now write the history of the hospital he "was always meant to do," but after the "discovery" appears in the local press, John's apartment is burgled. Why are others so keen to see what secrets lie within? Unravelling "Dougie's Document" means Brian pitching himself and old friends and colleagues into great danger for only by unearthing his own lost memories can a long unsolved crime be resolved. Throughout this tense and exciting thriller the brooding presence of the old "asylum" looms over the new development.

Social role theory and evolutionary neuroandrogenic (ENA) theory are compared regarding how well they can explain 15 cognitive and behavioral sex differences that appear to be present in all human cultures. In essence, social role theory argues that, except for males being larger and more muscular and only females being able to bear children, cognitive and behavioral differences between the sexes result from sociocultural training and expectations. On the other hand, ENA theory attributes sex differences in cognition and behavior to evolved differential exposure of male and female brains to sex hormones, especially testosterone. The existence of 15 nearly certain universal sex differences in cognitive and behavioral traits was documented in a recently published book based on findings from over 40,000 empirical studies. This Element documents that, while both theories have explanatory power, ENA theory surpasses social role theory in explaining the universality of most of the 15 traits.

Social role theory and evolutionary neuroandrogenic (ENA) theory are compared regarding how well they can explain 15 cognitive and behavioral sex differences that appear to be present in all human cultures. In essence, social role theory argues that, except for males being larger and more muscular and only females being able to bear children, cognitive and behavioral differences between the sexes result from sociocultural training and expectations. On the other hand, ENA theory attributes sex differences in cognition and behavior to evolved differential exposure of male and female brains to sex hormones, especially testosterone. The existence of 15 nearly certain universal sex differences in cognitive and behavioral traits was documented in a recently published book based on findings from over 40,000 empirical studies. This Element documents that, while both theories have explanatory power, ENA theory surpasses social role theory in explaining the universality of most of the 15 traits.

The Handbook of Sex Differences is a four-volume reference work assembled and written to assess sex differences in human traits (although findings regarding other species are also included). Based on the authors’ highly influential 2008 book Sex Differences, these volumes highlight important new research findings from the last decade and a half alongside earlier findings. Conclusions reached by meta-analyses are also included.This, the work’s second volume, summarizes results from thousands of studies pertaining to cognition, broadly defined. Variables related to perceptual and motor skills, emotions, intellectual abilities, and mental disorders are among those examined. Even sex differences in attitudes, beliefs, preferences, and interests are documented in this volume. The seven chapters comprising Volume II are as follows:9. Perceptual Abilities and Motor Functioning10. Emotional Factors11. Cognitive, Academic, and Intellectual Factors12. Learning, Memory, Knowledge, and Cognitive States13. Self-Assessments and States Of Mind14. Mental Health and Illness15. Attitudes, Beliefs, Interests, and PreferencesThe Handbook of Sex Differences is of importance for any researcher, student, or professional who requires a comprehensive resource on sex differences.

The Handbook of Sex Differences is a four-volume reference work written to assess sex differences, with a primary focus on the human species. Based on the authors’ highly influential 2008 book Sex Differences, these volumes highlight important new research findings from the last decade and a half alongside earlier findings.In this, the work’s fourth and last volume, two related questions are addressed: Are there universal sex differences (i.e., sex differences found in all societies)? And if the answer is yes, what are they and how can each one be theoretically explained? To answer the first of these two questions, this volume condenses much of the research findings amassed in the book’s first three volumes into summary tables. Then, to help identify likely universal sex differences, three versions of social role theory and two versions of evolutionary theory are examined relative to each possible universal sex difference. Consideration is even given to religious scriptures as a sixth type of explanation. In the concluding analyses, 308 likely universal sex differences are identified. No single theory was able to explain all these differences. Nevertheless, the two evolutionary theories were better in this regard than any of the three social role theories, including the recently proposed biosocial version of social role theory.The Handbook of Sex Differences is of importance for any researcher, student, or professional who requires a comprehensive resource on sex differences.

The Handbook of Sex Differences is a four-volume reference work assembled and written to assess sex differences in human traits (although findings regarding other species are also included). Based on the authors’ highly influential 2008 book Sex Differences, these volumes highlight important new research findings from the last decade and a half alongside earlier findings. Conclusions reached by meta-analyses are also included.In this, the work’s first volume, findings from thousands of studies are summarized regarding basic biology. Results having to do with sex ratios at birth and traits involving a wide range of bodily features are reported along with numerous complex aspects of biochemistry, neurology, and physical health. The eight chapters comprising Volume I are as follows:Reproduction, Development, and MorphologyAnatomical and Physiological FactorsBodily Fluids, Biochemicals, and Biochemical ReceptorsThe Brain: Structure and FunctioningPhysical Health and Illness FactorsResponses to Physical and Chemical Environmental FactorsResponses to Stress and to PainPrenatal FactorsThe Handbook of Sex Differences is of significant importance for any researcher, student, or professional who requires a comprehensive resource on sex differences.

As an unexploded World War 2 bomb is discovered, a strange a figure appears on the evening train from London to Nottingham and the carriage is transformed to the 1940s.Though easily dismissed as the foolish stories of overworked imaginations, he keeps appearing and the city is gripped by fear. Is he a ghost? A predator?Local journalist, Arlene Bates demands action from the police and, with an uncomfortable reputation for "peculiar" cases, a reluctant DCI Jenner is assigned to investigate.Then the direst predictions are confirmed when Karen Renshaw is viciously attacked on the train, remaining in a coma while the strange figure cannot be found. As Jenner probes Karen's background, old mysteries are opened up and the web of suspicion widens. Is this a lone attack or the first of many?Events in the past and present come together. Time is running out as a fearful deadline approaches.

The Red Queen has amassed the largest army since the rule of Kaleeshni, all of its military might bent on vengeance. A dark sorcerer poses as Dune Halzibar, spreading his empire across the void. Beyond the Weeping Sea, goblins fight for stake of a new planet colonized by mages. Thuzans pay tribute to a fallen monk, and with them come gospels of violence.Turmoil disrupts the Murai as the ronin urges for unity, and the Queen of Tuegal plays a deadly game with allies and enemies. Mercenaries strike in the night as war dissolves ancient boarders, an alchemist brews his masterpiece, and the Second Ridding begins.(Part I: The Woman in Black)

Finally united after centuries of war, the five Murai clans comprise the most lethal fighting force in the void. When their leader abandons them, the warring nation finds itself orphaned, lost in an unfamiliar peacetime.Queen Selina Perez travels to the Murai homeworld seeking favor and friendship among the clans. Queen Valentine Ryadin struggles with the reins of power and bonds of marriage. Kaleb strives to build a society free from tyranny while Navarra is besieged by a strange ailment, and Peyomet journeys to unknown lands in search of a better life for his people.When diplomacy fails, a disgraced ronin may be the void's only hope for peace.

Finally united after centuries of war, the five Murai clans comprise the most lethal fighting force in the void. When their leader abandons them, the warring nation finds itself orphaned, lost in an unfamiliar peacetime.Queen Selina Perez travels to the Murai homeworld seeking favor and friendship among the clans. Queen Valentine Ryadin struggles with the reins of power and bonds of marriage. Kaleb strives to build a society free from tyranny while Navarra is besieged by a strange ailment, and Peyomet journeys to unknown lands in search of a better life for his people.When diplomacy fails, a disgraced ronin may be the void's only hope for peace.