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Return to the Lion's Den
When eighteen-year-old Daniel MacRae escaped his father’s alcoholic abuse in 1981, he left his Indiana hometown, uncertain he would ever return. In the years that followed, he pursued an education and embarked on a very successful career in broadcast journalism. In April 2005, as Daniel is settling into his new role as a senior network news executive, he receives a desperate plea from his estranged mother to come home and help deal with the affairs of his dying father, Jerome. Despite his reluctance, he returns for a difficult and emotional reunion. While pursuing his new assignment, Daniel resolves to forge a new bond with his father and rebuild his broken family. However, before he can do so, he must first unearth the truth about an unspeakable event from Jerome’s past.
The Man with the Missing Jaw
Move along, please. Nothing weird here! Fleeing Earth with the Sentinels in hot pursuit, Tim, Coral and their friends face more perils and fiendish plots when they travel to Eltheria. But what should be a triumphant homecoming turns into a cat-and-mouse battle with new, sinister forces ranged against them. Meanwhile, an older, darker, more powerful enemy begins to stir... Tim and Coral’s heart-stopping, adrenaline-filled adventure continues with The Man with the Missing Jaw. Don’t miss it! Buy The Man with the Missing Jaw, or you won’t know what Welis is trying to tell you.
Examining State and Evil: Authoritarian Slips, Past and Present
This volume was first published by Inter-Disciplinary Press in 2013. The critical turn of the neoliberal capitalism in 2000s, 9/11 events and its after-effects, worldly and regional economic crises during the first decade of the 21st century and the repositioning of governments against crises... . The state has become one of the most burning questions of our times regarding its apparently rising power all over the world and it deserves even more attention today than any time. The needed attention should awaken philosophical questionings as well: ‘Putting the state in its place’ cannot be considered out of ethics and oscillating discussions around the state between good and evil. This book aims to be a contribution to the debates as the volume gathers a number of contributions by scholars from around the world who discuss the state in this axis through various examples from different geographies and historical periods.
Dead Men’s Shoes
Banking can be dull ... and deadly! Jane Child’s career is going nowhere. Stuck in the headquarters of a large London bank, she’s in the slow lane heading towards a middle-management dead end when her boss becomes a basket case. Suddenly thrust into the limelight, Jane is now Acting Divisional Manager of International Business – a demanding role she's not sure she even wants. The new job comes with an new computer, a laptop that contains something more than official, bank-authorised software. With the help of her new friend Pri, Jane cracks the computer, discovers her boss’s tawdry secret, and stumbles on an unexpected and intriguing relationship along the way. But there are secrets ...
Payback
The third-largest criminal enterprise in the world. One woman plans to stop it. Solikha Duong, a carefree village girl in northern Cambodia, has her world torn apart by "truck men" from the south. But Solikha is tough, resourceful, and won't give up without a fight. Alice Kwann, on vacation in northern Nevada, is attacked by thugs. But Alice too is tough, resourceful, and won't give up without a fight. What binds these women is a shocking secret and a desire for revenge. What readers are saying: "Payback is a genuine up all night got to see what happens next thriller that grabs you from the first page and doesn't let go until the last." "Days after finishing Payback, I am still blown away." "Terrific read. One of the best books from this past year." "Palmer is such a bloody good writer! I highly recommend this book." "You will be hard pressed to lay this book down once you start." "Author is superb in holding the reader's interest. Main character is a SUPERSTAR! Do not miss this book!" Buy Payback today. Because sometimes your past won't let you go.
Private Nightmares
From award-winning author Geoff Palmer comes a page-turning thriller about a missing scientist, vile secrets, and deadly weapons. MI5 have a problem. Chief weapons scientist Terence Araton is missing and they’d like him found, quickly, quietly, and without a fuss. The perfect job for private detectives Jane Child and Matt Healy of Bluebelle Investigations. But there’s more to this mysterious case than meets the eye. Shocking family secrets lurk beneath Araton’s slick English facade, and Jane and Matt aren’t the only ones desperate to find him. A pair of hapless crooks and some foreign intelligence agencies are using them as bait, tracking every move they make with murderous intent. The baffling case reopens old wounds, and soon Matt is battling demons of his past – as well as the ruthless villains chasing them. Then Jane makes a chilling discovery, forcing her to face her own worst nightmare: an impossible life or death, hair-trigger situation where she must make a snap decision and, just possibly, save the world. Prepare to be nailed to your seat by another heart-pounding, hair-raising, high-octane thriller in the best Bluebelle Investigations tradition.
Africa in Scotland, Scotland in Africa
Africa in Scotland, Scotland in Africa provides scholarly, interdisciplinary analysis of the historical and contemporary relationships, links and networks between Scotland, Africa and the African diaspora. The book interrogates these links from a variety of perspectives – historical, political, economic, religious, diplomatic, and cultural – and assesses the mutual implications for past, present and future relationships. The socio-historical connection between Scotland and Africa is illuminated by the many who have shaped the history of African nationalism, education, health, and art in respective contexts of Africa, Britain, the Caribbean and the USA. The book contributes to the empiric...
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John Horner and the Communist Party
John Horner and the Communist Party is a biography of a leading trade unionist and activist who became disillusioned with the Communist Party. Known for creating the modern Fire Brigades Union during the Second World War, John Horner (1911-1997) resigned from the Communist Party in 1956. Formerly one of the Party’s leading members, he afterwards refused to speak or write about his communist past. Horner’s silence left him forgotten, but Horner’s daughter, Rosalind Eyben, has remedied this through her engrossing account of how and why John Horner and Pat, his wife, became communist, and the events that led them to resign from the Party. She pieces the story together from a wide range of...
