Author: Patrick K. Bidelman
Publisher: Praeger
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 338

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Author: Matt Nixon
Publisher: Libri Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1909818860
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 216

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In the last few years repeated scandals have rocked their worlds of many industries. Stories which have hit the headlines recently have included news of - Deliberate cheating by car makers to evade emissions tests - LIBOR and FX manipulation by bankers - Falsification of drug testing results plus allegations of bribery and corruption in major pharmaceutical corporations - Unlawful tapping of phones of the famous by newspapers - Cover-ups over high death rates in hospitals. While it is not always obvious what has gone wrong, there is no disguising the widespread impact on many stakeholders, and the catastrophic loss of trust and sense of betrayal that results. Matt Nixon has had a privileged insider seat in several of the organizations which came to suffer major crises, crises which inspired deep emotional responses.

Author: J.R. Roberts
Publisher: Speaking Volumes
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 197

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NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED Madeline Gerard is a good woman, sheltering and feeding folks in need. But her neighbors shun her because her strays bring trouble—and violence—to their tiny Arizona town. Clint Adams has experienced his own tender loving care in Maddy's hands. So when one of her charges, a young woman named Lylah, is in need of protection from an outlaw, the Gunsmith decides to stop the thieving killer from distressing damsels permanently...

Author: Douglas Milewski
Publisher: Elemental Pea
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 297

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A family feud of galactic proportions threatens everyone. Windy has a chance to stop a galactic war. To prevent the Royalists from reviving the galactic throne, she volunteers to deliver a critical packet containing data that could revive the Empire. She fails. It’s not even close. Her own school roommate, Cherryh Pariah, betrays her by shoving her into an escape pod with nothing but coffee and donuts. At least the donuts are fresh. Drifting in deep space, her air running out, Windy must find a way to rescue herself, recover that packet, and strangle her roommate. Never trust a Pariah.

Author: Patrick O'Flaherty
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1442619880
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 328

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Scotland’s Pariah is the first book to examine the remarkable life of John Pinkerton: antiquarian, poet, forger, cartographer, historian, serial adulterer, bigamist, and religious skeptic. A pugnacious and persistent man of letters who knew and was admired by literary masters such as Edward Gibbon, Horace Walpole, and William Godwin, Pinkerton’s life was full of personal and professional misadventures. Patrick O’Flaherty’s biography presents an engrossing account of Pinkerton’s life and works from his early years in Scotland to his Parisian exile, covering his major editorial, antiquarian, and geographic works. Examining Pinkerton’s involvement in the London literary scene, his conflicted relationship with the rise of Celtic nationalism, and his response to early literary romanticism, Scotland’s Pariah is a shrewd and compassionate evaluation of an astonishing literary life.

Author: Catherine Gayle
Publisher: Bons Mots, Inc.
ISBN: 0988335441
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 233

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Author: James McMillan
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134589573
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 310

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France and Women, 1789-1914 is the first book to offer an authoritative account of women's history throughout the nineteenth century. James McMillan, author of the seminal work Housewife or Harlot, offers a major reinterpretation of the French past in relation to gender throughout these tumultuous decades of revolution and war. This book provides a challenging discussion of the factors which made French political culture so profoundly sexist and in particular, it shows that many of the myths about progress and emancipation associated with modernisation and the coming of mass politics do not stand up to close scrutiny. It also reveals the conservative nature of the republican left and of the ingrained belief throughout french society that women should remain within the domestic sphere. James McMillan considers the role played by French men and women in the politics, culture and society of their country throughout the 1800s.

Author: David Jackson
Publisher: Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.
ISBN: 1785761005
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 269

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WHAT IF THE BIGGEST THREAT TO THOSE YOU LOVE WAS YOURSELF? Introducing Detective Callum Doyle, in David Jackson's gripping and acclaimed debut novel Where can you turn when your very presence brings death to those around you? That's the question Detective Callum Doyle is about to face. It begins with the calculated murder of his partner on a vacant lot. But more death is to follow, and when the chilling anonymous messages arrive, Doyle is left in no doubt that this is about him. You cannot go near your friends, your colleagues, or even your family. Because if you do... they will be killed. To save others, Doyle is forced to cut himself off from society. But with the investigation getting nowhere and his isolation becoming unbearable, Doyle has to ask himself how much he's willing to sacrifice to get his life back. "Recalls Harlan Coben - though for my money Jackson is the better writer" --The Guardian

Author: Graham Masterton
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1446472302
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 450

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The quaint little seaside town of Granitehead seemed like a perfect place for John and Jane Trenton to start their life together. But disaster strikes and Jane and their unborn child are killed. John's grief is total, so when he starts to see the ghostly apparition of his wife he almost welcomes this supernatural phenomenon. Yet all is not what it seems, and this sinister spirit is not Jane, but something altogether evil and terrifying. In a bid to rid himself of this horrific spectre he soon finds that many more in the town have been victims of unwanted visitations. And when he discovers the body of a local busybody, impossibly impaled on a still hanging chandelier, he knows something must be done. But how do you kill the undead? As he searches for an explanation he uncovers a link to a mysterious ship, lost around the time of the nearby Salem witch trials. For three centuries the rotting wreck of the David Dark has lain beneath waves, but an awful secret is concealed in the chill waters...

Author: Lee Bond
Publisher: Lee Bond
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1366

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This is it. This is everything Garth Nickels has worked for since landing on Hospitalis. The Box is ... The Box is within his grasp at long last. Gametime, the penultimate showdown between champions looms in the distance. There's just a few problems. Of course there are problems. Naoko Kamagana has been kidnapped by Jordan Bishop and cannot be found. Chadsik al-Taryin has decided to forego all artistic sentiment in favor of murdering Garth Nickels so he can return to Ground Zero, his happy, twisted home of fiends and the fiendish. Kant Ingrams has landed on Hospitalis to discharge his duty to Trinity Itself and is ... is not right. Griffin Jones, Enforcer and Kin'kithal Warrior is desperate to free himself from Trinity's embrace and is willing to do anything to be the one at the top of the heap. Sa Gurant, last Game's victor is ... different. More. Deadlier and infinitely more dangerous than anything in the known Universe. Chairwoman Alyssa Doans has lost her mind and will do whatever it takes to ensure that Garth 'Nickels' N'Chalez doesn't make it out of the ring alive, up to and including dropping missiles on Port City. The beings seeking to attend to Garth Nickels arrive at Hospitalis, bringing with them myths and legends. But ... but that ain't a lot for a guy like Garth to handle, is it? There's just one problem. Garth is powerless. The events of The Museum and Bravo's interference have rendered him virtually human and our faithful hero takes steps to ensure that he survives to enter that most ancient vessel, to find out why he and his slept thirty thousand years. What answers lie inside Bravo? What reasons could push a man to catapult himself thirty thousand years into the future? Only time, perseverance and a whole lotta luck and help from long-missing friends will see Garth 'Nickels' N'Chalez through to the end!