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Discover the page-turning 1920s cozy crime murder mystery series from Michelle Salter! 'A joy to read! Such a well-researched mystery. I absolutely loved the unconventional heroine' Anita Davison ‘Death at Crookham Hall is a lovely, murder mystery by a gifted writer’ Helena Dixon This boxset contains books 1 - 4 in the Iris Woodmore Mystery series. Book 5, A Corpse in Christmas Close is out now. Death at Crookham Hall Murder at Waldenmere Lake The Body at Carnival Bridge A Killing at Smugglers Cove Death at Crookham Hall London, 1920. For the first time ever, two women are competing against each other to become an MP. Reporter Iris Woodmore has a big story on her hands when she accompani...
A behind-the-scenes account of the Cleveland Browns' move to Baltimore and an exposé of an NFL in which "big money and stadium economics have replaced fan allegiance and gridiron heroics."--Back cover.
Research in the discovery of metal supramolecular complexes, mainly formed by the self-assembly of inorganic metal compounds with either inorganic or organic molecules via coordination (or organometallic) bonds, is a rapidly developing and newly rising highlight interdisciplinary field. This Reseach Topic is aimed at providing representative examples of supramolecular metal-based entities for different biological and biomedical applications.
In The Gentrification of Nightlife and the Right to the City, Hae explores how nightlife in New York City, long associated with various subcultures of social dancing, has been recently transformed as the city has undergone the gentrification of its space and the post-industrialization of its economy and society. This book offers a detailed analysis of the conflicts emerging between newly transplanted middle-class populations and different sectors of nightlife actors, and how these conflicts have led the NYC government to enforce “Quality of Life” policing over nightlife businesses. In particular, it provides a deep investigation of the zoning regulations that the municipal government has...
As cities have gentrified, educated urbanites have come to prize what they regard as "authentic" urban life: aging buildings, art galleries, small boutiques, upscale food markets, neighborhood old-timers, funky ethnic restaurants, and old, family-owned shops. These signify a place's authenticity, in contrast to the bland standardization of the suburbs and exurbs. But as Sharon Zukin shows in Naked City, the rapid and pervasive demand for authenticity--evident in escalating real estate prices, expensive stores, and closely monitored urban streetscapes--has helped drive out the very people who first lent a neighborhood its authentic aura: immigrants, the working class, and artists. Zukin trace...
Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.
A murder shocks the small town of Walden. And it’s only the beginning... Hampshire, 1921. Local reporter Iris Woodmore is determined to save her beloved Waldenmere Lake from destruction. After a bloody and expensive war, the British Army can no longer afford to keep the lake – and a deadly battle for ownership begins. Sir Henry Ballard of London and South Western Railway has the deepest pockets and plans to build a lakeside hotel where General Cheverton’s historic mansion stands. When the popular General is found murdered in his home, the town of Walden is in turmoil. Little do the townsfolk know that far worse is to come. A desperate Iris tries to take on the might of the railway comp...