The past few years have seen an unexpected resurgence of street-level protest movements around the world, from the uprisings of the Arab Spring to the rise of the anti-austerity Indignados in Spain and Greece to the global spread of the Occupy movement. This collection is designed to offer a comparative analysis of these movements, setting them in international, socio-economic, and cross-cultural perspective in order to help us understand why movements emerge, what they do, how they spread...

After he fends off an alien invasion, Thomas Bruin goes from a nobody security guard to Earth's greatest hero! He's got a supercharged launchpad and no ceiling. Bruin rises from celebrity to congress, then to the head of the planet's first orbital security force. He's married into one of the country's most powerful political families, he's surfing a wave of endorsements, and he's the very symbol of human resilience. So why is Bruin nervous? Because only he knows his great victory is a lie....

Hair Analysis in Clinical and Forensic Toxicology is an essential reference for toxicologists working with, and researching, hair analysis. The text presents a review of the most up-to-date analytical methods in toxicological hair analysis, along with state-of-the-art developments in the areas of hair physiology, sampling, and pre-treatments, as well as discussions of fundamental issues, applications, and results interpretation. Topics addressed include the diagnosis of chronic excessive a...

It's July, 1975 and an overworked Chicago police force receives a call that an 85-year-old white man has been attacked by a gang of black youths on the lakefront in Burnham Park. Amid public outrage, contentious Mayor Richard J. Daley commands his police to find the killers fast and make the bucolic park safe again. Uncommonly but fortunately for the police, twelve-year-old James Overstreet steps forward and identifies five of the six assailants and arrests are made. But detectives and cou...

It’s father versus son on Earth’s war-torn streets as Thomas Bruin faces the Oort Worldkiller and his invading army. With no better choice, Bruin suits up for a final stand, fully aware he may not survive—and maybe not wanting to. Victory means confronting a lifetime of lies and betrayals; failure means planetary extinction. For once, Bruin stops thinking about his reputation and focuses solely on saving Earth, no matter the cost. And if he’s lucky, he might finally die the hero he spent y...

The Oorts have returned, launching an invasion more devastating than before—and Thomas Bruin always knew this day would come, even if he lied to the world about it. Their first strike is personal: the Oort Worldkiller, a hybrid general claiming to be Bruin’s own son, incinerates his childhood home. Bruin and the Worldkiller clash in the streets as cameras capture every blow, but the public is focused on the scandal, not the war. Is Bruin truly the father of this alien destroyer? Did he bet...

The Bear sits before a jury of his peers, but for Thomas Bruin, that means betrayal at every turn. When your whole life is a lie, who can you trust to stand as a witness? Even if Bruin survives his fraud trial, the Sword of Damocles still hangs above him. Decades ago, he cut a deal to save his world from alien invaders—and now the terms have come due. As questions rise about Bruin’s loyalties, a new Oort Commander arrives with a shocking revelation: not only is Bruin’s past catching up wit...

When the aliens return to Earth, stronger than ever, Thomas Bruin, a nobody security guard turned Earth's greatest hero, has no choice but to be the hero he's fooled the whole world into thinking he is...or die trying.

What if Pandora’s Box opened and no one cared? Thomas Bruin is celebrated as Earth’s greatest hero after stopping an alien invasion—but Norton Matthews isn’t buying it. For years, he’s claimed Bruin is a fraud, only to be ignored and dismissed. Now, with Bruin unveiling an orbital security service and a museum to his “victory,” Matthews decides it’s time to act. If the truth he’s uncovered won’t sway the world, he’ll create a new one that does. The battle for Earth’s greatest legacy isn’t ...

Hair analysis is a reliable and widely used tool to evaluate drug exposure in many fields, including workplace testing, drug abuse history and withdrawal control, post-mortem toxicology, doping control, therapeutic drug monitoring of pharmaceuticals and even environmental exposure to toxic agents. Compounds incorporated into the hair structure resist hair growth and regular washing for several months, leading to a potential chronological trace of exposure, with farther periods correspondin...

The Bear is still watching—long after the Oorts have ravaged the planet—and this time the world is watching Thomas Bruin just as closely. Rumors swirl about whether he fathered the Oort Worldkiller; believers and doubters battle louder than the invaders themselves. But once Bruin crawls out of his self-pity, he realizes the truth doesn’t matter—only his next move does. With Earth suffocating under the Oort assault, he reports for duty one last time, prepared to lead humanity in every arena...

“If you like Harlan Coben, you’ll love Linwood Barclay.” —Peter Robinson, author of Bad BoyGlen Garber, a contractor, has seen his business shaken by the housing crisis, and now his wife, Sheila, is taking a business course at night to increase her chances of landing a good-paying job. But she should have been home by now. With their eight-yearold daughter sleeping soundly, Glen soon finds his worst fears confirmed: Sheila and two others have been killed i...