Between 1976 and 1982, Attila Balogh and his Odyssey Guitars Limited made around 2,000 mysterious, unique instruments in a small factory in Vancouver, B.C. Most were identified only by a small brass disc on their headstock, glimpsed onstage with some of the world's biggest bands, and then, like a dream, they slipped into mist and myth and were gone, along with the tragic young genius who created them. Today, some swear Balogh's instruments are the most beautiful and best-playing electric g...

So, in this book, you will learn:• How foraging came to be• Benefits of foraging and why you should also be doing it• Hazards of foraging so that you do not harm yourself or your loved ones• Safety precautions to take so that you know what you are getting into• Warning signs of poisonous plants so you know what not to eat• And much more!If you are someone who wants to learn about Foraging in the Wild and don’t know where to start, or in nee...

When Irene Rutledge, a brilliant and beautiful young graduate student, meets the mysterious and fascinating Frank Mattison, the two soon fall in love and marry, despite the warnings of Irene's family and friends. But after their marriage, dark secrets from Frank's past begin to emerge to threaten their happiness, secrets that will lead to murder - and a shocking and horrific conclusion ...Craig Jones's critically acclaimed first novel, the Edgar Award-nominated Blood Secrets

Celebrates the inspiring stories of LGBTQ veterans whose careers in the British Armed Forces were impacted by the "gay ban." In January 2000, the ban on LGBTQ servicemen and women being in the British Armed Forces was finally lifted after a fierce battle at the European Court of Human Rights, by veterans who won freedoms for others that they were themselves denied.. To mark the event's 25th anniversary, this book shares the stories of LGBTQ Armed Forces veterans who have lived remarkable l...

So, in this book, you will learn:• How foraging came to be• Benefits of foraging and why you should also be doing it• Hazards of foraging so that you do not harm yourself or your loved ones• Safety precautions to take so that you know what you are getting into• Warning signs of poisonous plants so you know what not to eat• And much more!If you are someone who wants to learn about Foraging in the Wild and don’t know where to start, or in need of a new adventure while trying to ident...

LGBTQ+ personnel who served in the British military despite the gay ban tell their stories in a moving testament to their patriotism and courage.On January 12th, 2000, the British Armed Forces took a major step toward greater equality by ending its restriction against members of the LGBTQ+ community. To honor that historic event, this volume presents the personal reflections of ten LGBTQ+ personnel who had served under the ban since the Second World War. All of them...

Over the last 20 years the world's most advanced militaries have invited a small number of military legal professionals into the heart of their targeting operations, spaces which had previously been exclusively for generals and commanders. These professionals, trained and hired to give legal advice on an array of military operations, have become known as war lawyers. The War Lawyers examines the laws of war as applied by military lawyers to aerial targeting operations carried out ...

For thirty years, lawyers, pundits, professors, and politicians had said that section 293 of the Criminal Code of Canadathe criminal prohibition of polygamywas unconstitutional, a Victorian anachronism that, in a modern rights-based democracy, deserved to be swept aside in the name of individual liberty and religious freedom. Polygamy per se, it was argued, was harmless. Beginning in 2009 in Vancouver, a small team of lawyers from the federal and provincial governments, along with a handf...

Over fifteen years ago, in the early days of social media, I noticed that a lot of what appeared on the main platform at the time, Facebook, was largely trivial and inconsequential (some might argue nothing has changed since then!). It seemed to me that it might be helpful to start posting something that was more uplifting and encouraging, especially to the many contacts I had at the time who were fellow believers in the Lord Jesus. So I started posting a 'verse for the day', taken from my...

So, in this book, you will learn: • How foraging came to be • Benefits of foraging and why you should also be doing it • Hazards of foraging so that you do not harm yourself or your loved ones • Safety precautions to take so that you know what you are getting into • Warning signs of poisonous plants so you know what not to eat • And much more!If you are someone who wants to learn about Foraging in the Wild and don’t know where to start, or in need of a new adventure while trying to...

Oil and water, and the science and technology used to harness them, have long been at the heart of political authority in Saudi Arabia. Oil’s abundance, and the fantastic wealth it generated, has been a keystone in the political primacy of the kingdom’s ruling family. The other bedrock element was water, whose importance was measured by its dearth. Over much of the twentieth century, it was through efforts to control and manage oil and water that the modern state of Saudi Arabia emerged.

Uncover the strategic and symbolic significance of native Welsh castles in Gwynedd. While the Edwardian castles of Conwy, Beaumaris, Harlech, and Caernarfon are celebrated, the castles of the Welsh princes remain enigmatic. Craig Owen Jones challenges misconceptions about Welsh castle design, revealing their strategic brilliance and cultural importance.This insightful study delves into the topographical settings and defensive strategies of nearly a dozen castles, of...