The Mary Celeste is the most famous ghost ship in history—a vessel found drifting in the Atlantic, fully seaworthy, yet mysteriously abandoned, with its crew and passengers never seen again. This meticulously researched book explores the story in unparalleled detail, from the ship's construction and transatlantic voyages to the events surrounding its discovery and the perplexing disappearance of Captain Benjamin Briggs, his family, and crew.Through twenty in-depth chapters, readers...

This practical guide offers everything you need to know - what needs to be done, by whom, and by when. With a straight-forward approach it proves that getting through revalidation is a simple task, as long as you understand the key requirements and avoid potential pitfalls along the way. It explains the process and encourages you to explore possibilities for your own personal and professional development.

Sherlock Holmes, the world’s greatest consulting detective, is on trial for his life!Trapped in a nightmarish court room and charged with endangering the public and his friends, Holmes is forced to relive some of his most bizarre cases with only Doctor Watson to aid his defense.Gasp at the Adventure of the Lizard’s Hands! Work your brain into a frenzy of confusion as our heroes uncover the mystery of a dead man found in the middle of Regent Street! Steady your nerves as you...

This book combines practical guidance and theoretical background for analysts using empirical techniques in competition and antitrust investigations. Peter Davis and Eliana Garcés show how to integrate empirical methods, economic theory, and broad evidence about industry in order to provide high-quality, robust empirical work that is tailored to the nature and quality of data available and that can withstand expert and judicial scrutiny. Davis and Garcés describe the toolbox of empirical t...

This provocative and non-polemic study explores the value system of the National Front movement in France, and explains the way in which the movement's ideology has been formulated and articulated in the 1980s and 1990s. Also discussing the crucial role of Le Pen, this book provides a fascinating enquiry into the most controversial political party in contemporary France.

Which type of education should we pay for?How much education should we pay for?Can we buy knowledge about how to improve education?Uniquely presenting a general overview of economic principles applicable to all sectors of education, Paying for Education makes key economic ideas accessible to non-economists, whilst drawing on insights from other social science disciplines. It examines the implications of its analysis, especially for two important areas of po...

The Pendle Witches offers a meticulously detailed account of one of England's most infamous witchcraft cases. Drawing on historical records, court depositions, and contemporary reports, Peter Davies presents a factual narrative of the Pendle witch trials of 1612, revealing the lives, accusations, and fates of those accused.From the initial suspicions in the mist-shrouded villages of Lancashire to the confessions, the role of the Devil, and the punishments meted out, every aspect of...

Curses are not just legends or fairy tales—they are real, persistent, and terrifying forces that can haunt people, families, objects, and even entire communities. From the shadowed roads where travelers vanish without explanation, to bridges and railways steeped in tragedy, from cursed heirlooms that bring misfortune to each new owner, to family bloodlines marked by generations of unexplained death and disaster, this book explores the dark and hidden side of human history.Drawing o...

The Nazi regime in Germany was terrible enough without even accounting for the policy of collaboration. So what extra does collaboration say about Hitler and his plans for Europe? Peter Davies explores the mindset and political attitudes of Hitler and also many other controversial pro-Nazi leaders in Western Europe, Scandanavia, Central and Eastern Europe, and also beyond. Delving into four different "types" of collaboration: political, financial, the Holocaust, and collaboration at a soci...

Barnabee the Service Dog is a book about a puppy that grows up into a service dog. It is not only a fun story about the life of a dog, but it is also written to be educational. The book teaches children what service dogs are, what kind of work they do, and why it is important not to interact with or distract a service dog. This is all done through the eyes of Barnabee as he grows up and learns what it means to be a service dog.

This book reports on the largest empirical study of male homosexual behaviour in the UK for thirty years. Important new theories about sexuality are developed, which expose unhelpful stereotypes and challenge outdated assumptions about AIDS.

This book arises out of a long series of conversations about one of the most intriguing, but still under-researched, aspects of testimony: how the remembering and telling of an individual Holocaust survivor changes through time, through shifting contexts and with increasing age. It comes at this issue from an interdisciplinary perspective, not with the intention to develop a synthetic method but to explore how different perspectives overlap, conflict with or complement each other. It sets ...