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Based on the author's 30-year study with over 50,000 plants, The Complete Book of Cacti and Succulents offers a photographic A-Z which profiles more than 300 plants, with practical advice for propagating and cultivating them and imaginative ideas for display. The expert advice, supported by step-by-step photographs, covers subjects ranging from handling spiky plants to identifying pests and diseases. Catering both to enthusiastic beginners and ardent cactophiles around the world, this should be a useful sourcebook of plant species advice, ideas and inspiration.
A young teenage boy combats eco-terrorists who have kidnapped his school friends. He discovers their dreadful dark plans. Adam is a young teenage boy expelled from school for a rebellious prank. A secretive and ancient Foundation comes to his rescue and offers him a place in their cadets. He exceeds their expectations and gains access to resources that he uses in his secret battle against the terrorists. Along the way he discovers treachery and is betrayed by people he should have been able to trust. At the crux of the story we discover a dark side to his character.
This book arose from an inaugural conference on Migration Law and Policy at the ANU College of Law. The conference brought together academics and practitioners from a diverse range of disciplines and practice. The book is based on a selection of the papers and presentations given during that conference. Each explores the unexpected, unwanted and sometimes tragic outcomes of migration law and policy, identifying ambiguities, uncertainties, and omissions affecting both temporary and permanent migrants. Together, the papers present a myriad of perspectives, providing a sense of urgency that focuses on the immediate and political consequences of an Australian migration milieu created without due consideration and exposing the daily reality under the migration program for individuals and for society as a whole.
For those who like satirical send-ups and the puncturing of pomposity. Alf King, a minor Gang Boss 'Thinks the Unthinkable' and plans to steal the Home Secretary's limousine. Harry Cuthbertson, despite other evidence is certain Alf did it. Alf gives it to Esmarelda and the Duke in Spain - and only then finds it has a Tracker fitted - but it can be switched off. So a trap is set for Tubby Grimshaw. Following a 'hot lead to grab Alf' found by Harry, he and DS Ford go undercover as villains with 'money to launder' to liaise with Grimshaw to get Alf. Wanting to 'get' Grimshaw Alf and the Duke plant the car (now with the Tracker switched on) on him as he is going to London to 'sort out' the delay in the hot money coming through. Harry, already enamoured of the beautiful Home Secretary Felicity Harbison, is alerted to the the return of the limo and roars off to grab Alf. He finds it's Grimshaw with a false Passport and arrests him. And finds he has more UK arrests Warrants. He's promoted - to Alf's fury.
Aimed at the popular market, this book will appeal to readers who do not want to be burdened by detail. It presents the authors conclusions based on facts and invites them to ponder the disturbing implications. Its succinct and readable style will appeal to those with busy lifestyles. An astonishing account of what it is like to die and experience a day in the Afterlife, during which the author was told how things really are! The author ventures into areas where few dare to tread. At last sober facts not speculation about the paranormal from an objective, unbiased researcher who tries to take a scientific viewpoint. Michael Lewis writing rings with truth and authenticity. It is a carefully s...
In this fascinating and very personal book, Jean McNiff, author of the successful Action Research: Principles and Practice, argues that educational knowledge is created by individual teachers as they attempt to express their own values in their professional lives. Working with case studies of actual practice, she looks again at the familiar action research paradigm of identifying a problem, imagining, implementing and evaluating a solution and modifying practice in the light of that evaluation. She gives practical advice on how working in this way can aid the professional development of action researcher and practitioner alike. She concludes that the best teaching is done by those who want to learn and who can show others how to be open to their own processes of self development.
Ollie North choreographed many of Terry Waite's movements in the Middle East.
Read the third novel in the Paddy Meehan series, from award-winning author Denise Mina. ‘One of the most original voices in crime fiction’ Daily Mail Paddy Meehan finally has it all: a flat of her own in Glasgow and a job as one of Scotland’s leading newspaper columnists. Then the police knock on her door. Her former lover Terry has been found in a ditch, shot through the head. Even though they had split up months before, Terry has left her everything, including a house in Ayrshire and boxes of notebooks. As Paddy digs deeper into his murder, it soon becomes clear that the secret he was about to expose is worth killing for. And that she is next in line.
The enormous popularity of Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy has raised awareness of other contemporary European authors of crime fiction. As a result, several of these novelists now reach a receptive American audience, eager for fresh perspectives in the genre. This critical text offers an introduction to current European crime writing by exploring ten of the best new crime nd mystery authors from Sweden (Stieg Larsson and Henning Mankell), Norway (Karin Fossum and Jo Nesbo), Iceland (Arnaldur Indridason), Italy (Andrea Camilleri), France (Fred Vargas), Scotland (Denise Mina and Philip Kerr), and Ireland (Ken Bruen), who are reshaping the landscape of the modern crime novel. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
When Terry first experiences death at the age of ten years old due to an unfortunate and horrific car accident that left his younger brother fighting for his life, his whole world is changed. The transition from childhood to adulthood is impossible to adjust under extreme circumstances of compulsive and impulsive behavior, puberty, and inappropriate acts of teenage defiance. He searches for an identity while finding himself abusing drugs, alcohol, and countless relationships with women who ultimately leads to the inevitable dark path to prison. However, it is almost this inexplicable journey where he finds his great escape to sobriety and peace. He begins tearing down all the walls he has previously constructed to keep people out, with hopes that burned bridges can be redesigned and reestablished with a firm foundation structured with family values and spiritual formation principles in alignment with thousands of years of philosophical ethics and theories.