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"When Johnny Silver's brother, Carlo, the head of an investment bank, disappears - along with ten million euros - Johnny, an ex-mercenary on the run, is persuaded to come out of hiding to track him down. The trail takes Johnny deep into the world of gambling, prostitution, drugs and human trafficking, leading to a crime that shocks the core of a man who had thought he had seen everything."--Publisher description.
An old warrior, too stubborn to die. A royal heir, hidden since birth. Can they save a realm on the brink of war? Tragedy tears his world apart, forcing him back into a warrior's life, until an act of self-sacrifice cuts him off from all he knows. Now he seeks a new purpose, for what is a warrior who has nothing left to fight for?
In a small town in Texas five ex-mercenaries reunite when one of their number, Red, half Comanche, half Texan, is threatened. Presidential candidate Senator O'Hara likes to keep his town whiter than snow and everybody firmly in their place and he's taken a dislike to Red. The town's sheriff won't risk his job by helping so it's down to Johnny Silver and his band of comrades to sort out the matter. The resultant attacks escalate from a simple poisoning of the ranch's water supply, through frightening off the workers, to a full-scale war with a fifty-strong gang of bikers. And pulling the strings is their most formidable foe yet--a professional assassin, the Killer in Black. Are Johnny's team still strong enough to take on the challenges posed by the unknown enemy? Or have they finally met their match?
"Introduction to Health Psychology in Australia 2nd edition provides comprehensive, up-to-date coverage of health psychology from an Australian and international perspective. The text covers all mainstream health psychology topics including risk behavious, stress and illness, family life and public health. Health promotion is discussed throughout."--Back cover.
A rot creeps through the Continent, threatening to destroy its very foundation After her victory in the south, Charlaine is summoned to the Antonine, where the Church rules supreme. Before she even arrives, an outcast confronts her with a mysterious warning, propelling her to question all she thought to be true. Armed with this knowledge, she must tread carefully in the politically charged courts of the north. Upon taking up the mantle of Temple Knight, the challenges she encounters reveal why she was tasked with this new command. Entrusted with the secret mission of creating a new Holy Fleet, she soon discovers a far-reaching conspiracy. Even with Danica by her side, she struggles to protec...
When a petrochemicals giant is set to become number one in the world there are no-holds-barred. The key factor is the launch of a product that seems like the answer to everyone's prayers—an enzyme which biodegrades plastic into fertilizer. But Kit Harper knows that when something sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Following the clues, he finds the answer. What was supposed to save the environment turns out to be something that would bring disastrous consequences for mankind. Blackmail, kidnapping, murder—there are some who will stop at nothing to prevent Kit from revealing the truth.
Freedom! Freelance Solicitors are those truly practicing on their own, without a law firm. Solicitors have significant new freedoms under Solicitors Regulation Authority rules from November 2019 about how they may practice. What are these opportunities? Is it the right model for you and your clients? What is the difference to being a sole practitioner? How this is radically different to the consultant model which some firms already use the term freelance to describe? In this practical guide these questions will be addressed to enable you to assess the impact of the new regime and assess the freedoms on offer. This book will help both potential freelance solicitors and law firms looking to un...
Over the last fifty years, Canada's public schools have been absorbed into a modern education system that functions much like Max Weber's infamous iron cage. Crying out for democratic school-level reform, the system is now a centralized, bureaucratic fortress that, every year, becomes softer on standards for students, less accessible to parents, further out of touch with communities, and surprisingly unresponsive to classroom teachers. Exploring the nature of the Canadian education order in all its dimensions, The State of the System explains how public schools came to be so bureaucratic, confronts the critical issues facing kindergarten to grade 12 public schools in all ten provinces, and a...
Bennett offers advice for those experiencing grief.