When locum doctor Jess Miller starts a new post at a hospital, she never expects to be held at knifepoint by a man who mistakes her for Zoe Furniss, the consultant she's covering.Shaken but determined, Jess accepts an offer to stay with Zoe, a brilliant but enigmatic paediatrician whose past is linked to a tragic event at a previous hospital twenty years earlier.Inside the impressive home of Zoe and her husband Scott, Jess senses tension, mistrust and something dangerous lu...

Young doctor Edie Carter is bright, talented and ambitious. She is embarking onher dream career in anaesthetics and is engaged to a man who adores her. Theone thing she doesn’t have is a childhood. Suffering from traumatic repression,large parts of her past are blank spaces.When an unidentified patient arrives in her intensive care unit with her namecarved on his body, she realises that memories can refuse to stay buried. Theman is unknown to Edie...

Discusses research on factors affecting carcass composition and meat quality;Reviews advances in breeding such as the use of molecular markers;Summarises key developments in understanding and improving the health and welfare of sheep

In 2020, COVID-19 became a global pandemic devastating physical and mental health, social wellbeing, and the economic status of millions globally. Unforgettable images of death and the deep wounds inflicted on the livelihoods of employees and business owners were broadcast daily in the media. Less visible was the political fallout that threatened the rights of countless voters seeking to exercise their democratic rights under exceptional conditions. In the United States, the scourge of the...

Drawing on a wealth of primary and secondary sources, this book explores how far imperial culture penetrated antipodean city institutions. It argues that far from imperial saturation, the city 'Down Under' was remarkably untouched by the Empire.

In the wilderness, one false step can make the difference between a delightful respite and a brush with death.On a beautiful summer afternoon in 1998, Dan Stephens, a 22-year-old canoeist, was leading a trip deep into Ontario's Quetico Provincial Park. He stepped into a gap among cedar trees to look for the next portage—and did not return. More than four hours later, Dan awakened with a lump on his head from a fall and stumbled deeper into the woods, confused.Three years la...

August 18, 2020, marked the centennial of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. In 1920, women wearing yellow roses stood shoulder to shoulder in Tennessee, awaiting the roll call of men who would cast their votes for or against a woman’s right to a voice in government.Though this movement won rights for some women—an achievement to be acknowledged and celebrated—the struggle did not end there. Due to states’ laws and prohibitive policies, ...

Two dead bodies and too many coincidences to ignore—in this outdoors mystery, special agent Sam Rivers must stop a murderous conspiracy.As a special agent for the US Fish & Wildlife Service, Sam Rivers has researched and studied a variety of animals. He’s visiting sixth graders at Hopkins Elementary to share photographs of the Monarch butterfly—and he’s brought along his drug-sniffing wolfdog, Gray, to give students a demonstration of his partner’s remarkable skill...

"Writing in a style that reads like fiction, Griffith takes readers into heart-stopping action alongside caver John Ackerman, who found unexplored Goliath Cave in southeastern Minnesota." St. Paul Pioneer PressNarrow passages, twisting upward or dropping precipitously. Huge vaults filled with fantastic shapes. Tunnels twined in tangled mazes. Over centuries, underground rivers can carve holes and rooms in solid rock; drips of water build walls of stone. Natural caves shape another ...

When a personal vendetta leads to a savage prison escape, Special Agent Sam Rivers must outwit a deadly killer before his family becomes the next target.Sam Rivers expects a quiet few days at a law enforcement conference, held at Peterson’s Resort, deep in the forests of northeastern Minnesota. Joined by his wife and teenage stepdaughter, the special agent for the US Fish and Wildlife Service looks forward to a working vacation. But the wilderness offers no refuge ...

Written in the prophetic technological vein of Jules Verne and H.G. Wells, Griffith's epic masterpiece tells the story of a Great War which never was. Airship squadrons and steam fleets clash over the world's great kingdoms, leaving panic and devastation in their wake. What is the secret of the mysterious dark "Angel," Natasha? Can anyone stop the tyrannical ethernauts who pilot the stately war machines? Will the British Empire crumble and fall prey to the anarchists of the air?

Get to know your Lord Jesus Christ in a more personal way by going through a step by step study of his character and identity. Often we forget about the goodness of Jesus, but it is very important that we remember that His thoughts towards us are good. His wish is to bless, encourage, and inspire you on your pathway to the heavens. His desire is to embrace you with His compassion, enrich you with His wisdom and guide you with His eyes. May the Lord strengthen you as you move closer to Him....