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A Visual History of Walking Sticks and Canes
A comprehensive study of walking canes from around the world, dating from the distant past to the modern-day. The book presents a historical context on both practical and ceremonial usage. At the same time, specially shot pictures showcase the celebrated A&D Collection of canes, while enlightening prose demonstrates the cane's enduring relevance to society. More than just a mobility aid, the cane has held numerous offices of significance. From the staff of the legendary Monkey King in the classic Chinese Journey to the West, or the stylised crosiers carried by high-ranking prelates from the Roman Catholic church, to the truncheon wielded by Mr Punch in puppet shows, canes are embedded in the...
Absolute Greed
Name-calling and mudslinging permeate the election campaign for Great Britain's office of prime minister. Two leading candidates, Howard Spencer and Adam Baldwin, both covet the powerful position and will do anything to get it. Spencer can taste victory, but he knows one thing that will guarantee it. He asks his ex-girlfriend, Baldwin's spoiled and selfish wife, Angela, to drag Baldwin into a scandal so horrific that his political career will be ruined forever. With the promise of five million pounds and a future as Mrs. Prime Minister, Angela agrees, ruthlessly using her own eleven-year-old daughter to entrap Baldwin in an unspeakable crime. When the scandal hits the news, Baldwin loses his political standing-and his reputation. Now, desperate for the truth, Baldwin searches for answers and uncovers a maelstrom of lies, deceit, and murder. From the halls of Parliament to the streets of London, Absolute Greed explores the secret, and sometimes deadly, lives of politicians.
Five Times
Raised in a household with nine siblings love is divided equally but as you grow up you look for the love that is only yours. I married five different men with their own definition of love in mind. Finally true love approaches you and you do not recognize it until you have suffered enough to see clearly in front of you. The fifth marriage turns out to be the love you let escape.
Bobby Bowden
Bobby Bowden is a coaching treasure and legend. Across six decades at Howard College, West Virginia University, and Florida State University, Coach Bowden has won a total of 332 games and touched the lives of all those around him. With style and grace he has accumulated his victories, which during one stretch resulted in the unfathomable accomplishment of at least 10 wins a season for 15 consecutive years. Inside the pages of this book, readers will discover how Bowden won and what players he used to secure each of his coaching victories. From his first unnoticed conquest in 1959 through the last triumph attended by tens of thousands and covered by a media throng, this is the account of how he did it, win by win.
Goddess Of Justice
A series of seemingly unrelated deaths have occurred around the city. When one is an obvious homicide, Detective Brad Coulter gets the case. Coulter has barely started investigating when more murders take place. It is clear that the killer not only understands Crime Scene Unit protocols but also has special forces military skills—or training in some sort of Tactical Unit. During the investigation, Detective Coulter realizes he has a connection to some of the victims. Then the Crime Scene Unit discovers evidence that points to Coulter as the murderer. Now hunted by his own police service, he has to clear his name. But the killer has other plans.
Don’t tell a Soul
It is the year 1983 and a Nottingham estate agent is missing. With the police showing little interest in finding her husband, the estate agent’s wife hires private detective Matt Crawford to search for him. Matt Crawford is an ex-CID officer whose glittering police career was shattered when he was the victim of a knife attack. Still suffering from the trauma, Matt, with the help of his assistant, an ex-reporter who covered the story of his stabbing, begins to unravel the truth behind the missing estate agent. With his three great loves, his ginger cat Desmond, his old Volkswagen Beetle and his assistant Kate, can Matt find out what really happened or will his trauma and the hurt from a failed relationship prevent him from discovering the truth?
