**THE INSPIRATION FOR THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE *DEVIL'S PEAK—*starring Billy Bob Thornton, Robin Wright, Hopper Penn, and Jackie Earle Haley!In the country-noir tradition of Winter's Bone meets Breaking Bad, a savage and beautiful story of a young man seeking redemption—a finalist for the Edgar Award for Best First Novel.**The area surrounding Cashiers, North Carolina, is home to people of all kinds, but the world that Jacob McNeely lives in is crueler tha...

Finn Keane is a novice investment banker who helps an aging Chairman try to buy his company back, while the ruthless Wall Street sharks who drove it into bankruptcy do all they can to stop them so the Wall Streeters can carve it up for themselves.Excerpts from Trojan Horse, Bull Street and Vaccine Nation, David Lender’s other thrillers, follow the text of The Gravy Train.

Providing the first book-length analysis of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), this volume asks how can it be ensured that the AfCFTA is effectively implemented to deliver inclusive trade in Africa.The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) will cover an African market of 1.2 billion people and GDP of over $2.5 trillion, across all 55 member States of the African Union. Yet, trade policy increasingly appreciates that free trade is not enough; trade must also be...

Some 30 years after Glasgow turned towards regeneration, indicators of its built environment, its health, its economic performance and its quality of life remain below UK averages. This interdisciplinary study examines the ongoing transformation of Glasgow as it transitioned from a de-industrial to a post-industrial city during the 20th and 21st centuries. Looking at the diverse issues of urban policy, regeneration and economic and social change, it considers the evolving lived experiences...

‘Baldacci is the master’ – Jeffrey ArcherThe start of a pulse-pounding original series from international number one bestselling author David Baldacci.* * * * *Walter Nash is a mild-mannered, happy and successful businessman with a loving family. He has never lifted a weight or fired a gun in anger, and he has no special physical or investigatory skills. The dark world is not a place he knows – until the FBI comes c...

**This audio edition is performed by a full cast.‘BALDACCI IS STILL PEERLESS’ – THE SUNDAY TIMES**REVENGE IS A DISH BEST SERVED COLD . . .After turning informant for the FBI against a global criminal empire, Walter Nash has lost everything he cherished to its ruthless leader, Victoria Steers. Once gentle and sensitive, Nash’s rigorous training has forged him into a figure of power and precision with a singular mission: to take down Steers.Defeating ...

‘A tour de force’ – S.A. Cosby‘An instant classic’ – Alex MichaelidesSet in the tumultuous year of 1968 in southern Virginia, a murder case sets a duo of Black and white lawyers against a deeply unfair system as they work to defend their wrongfully-accused Black defendants.Jack Lee is a white lawyer from Freeman County, Virginia, who has never done anything to push back against racism, until he decides to represent ...

A special edition of Shoreline of Infinity published in partnership with the Edinburgh International Science Festival in 2018 on the theme of sustainability.Featuring stories abd poems gathered together for the first time.Can SciFi Save Us? – Jane YolenA Cure for Homesickness – Anne CharnockWinter in the Vivarium – Tim MajorCharlie, A Projecting Prestidigitator – Megan NeumannCharlie's Ant – Adrian TchaikovskyPigeon – Guy StewartCan...

After only 3 years in existence Shoreline of Infinity Science Fiction Magazine won the British Fantasy Society Award 2018 for best magazine/periodical.To celebrate this occasion we decided to publish a selection of stories from the Issues 1-10 (including a special edition 8½). We could have chosen every story, of course, but for that you will have to read all the issues.These stories are chosen as together they are the ambassadors for the magazine; together...

This accessible, state-of-the-art review of Mayan hieroglyphics and cosmology also serves as a tribute to one of the field's most noted pioneers.The core of this book focuses on the current study of Mayan hieroglyphics as inspired by the recently deceased Mayanist Linda Schele. As author or coauthor of more than 200 books or articles on the Maya, Schele served as the chief disseminator of knowledge to the general public about this ancient Mesoamerican culture, simi...

mechanical circulatory support (MCS) device helps your heart function when it is not working at its best. It is an essentialpart of the management of cardiogenic shock and is commonly utilized as a bridge-to-decision, whether it is recovery,palliation, heart transplant or a durable mechanical circulatory support device.This book is a comprehensive overview of thepast, present and future development of mechanical circulatory and respiratory support devices. This book is written as auseful r...