When the networks called the 2020 presidential election for Joe Biden on Saturday, November 7, 2020, people from coast to coast exhaled—and danced in the streets. This quick-turnaround volume, a collection of 38 personal essays from writers all over the country—“many of America’s most thoughtful voices,” as Jon Meacham puts it on the back cover—captures the week Trump was voted out, a unique juncture in American life, and helps point toward a way forward to a nation less divided.

Roj Blake and the President of the Terran Federation stand face to face. Two men with polar opposite political views, meeting for the first and last time. The long crusade is at an end. And Blake stands to lose everything that matters in his life...

This book provides a critical study of environmental regulation and its enforcement in New Zealand, situated within green criminology. It seeks to address the question of whether the offences in the Resource Management Act 1991 are 'working', by drawing on a range of sources including: central government data, local government policies and reports on enforcement, information requests of councils, studies of local authority enforcement behaviour and case law to. Through highly layered and r...

You picked up this book for one of three specific reasons. You genuinely hate your job with a deep and persistent passion that has been quietly building for months or years. You do not necessarily hate your job but you know deep down that you want more from your life than a cubicle wall, a steady paycheck, and the vague promise of a comfortable retirement. Or you have already started building something of your own on the side but feel stuck at a plateau. Whatever brought you here, you shar...

Deep in the Osirian desert stands the blank-faced monument known as the Sightless Sphinx. In search of the stolen mummy of Chisisek - the architect of the flying tomb of the Sky Pharaoh Hakotep I - Ezren, Harsk, Merisiel and Valeros track the cult of the Forgotten Pharaoh to its secret headquarters inside the sphinx.There they confront monstrous mercenaries and servants of the demon lord Areshkagal before finally confronting the masked cultists and their leader, the Forgotten Phara...

Three brand new adventures for glamorous bounty hunter Vienna Salvatori.Dead Drop by Mark WrightDwarfed by the burning star of the Hyspero system, two devastating battle fleets face each other across the stars. On one side, the Dyarid Primary Vanguard, commanded by Admiral Salaron aboard the starship Custodian. On the other, a Chtzin battle cluster. Bounty hunter Vienna Salvatori’s latest assignment brings her aboard the Custodian – but completing her mission and ea...

Ezren, Merisiel, Harsk and Valeros discover that Karzoug, an ancient wizard from the long-dead empire of Thassilon, has returned to life. The secret to defeating him before he can enslave the region lies hidden in a deadly dungeon called Runeforge.

Short stories of Holiday Horrors to brighten and frighten your Christmas spirit.

Perfect for pupils with a low reading age of 8 to 9, but a high interest age of 12 to 15, our Teen Reads will have readers on the edge of their seats. Just the right level of challenging vocabulary and plot-lines make these books highly accessible, drawing readers into exciting worlds whilst simultaneously developing their reading skills. The sleepy English village of Dewbank is the perfect place to spend a summer holiday - at least, that's what Tamsin, Paul and Chase think when they arriv...

Mina Anwar reads an exciting original adventure for the Ninth Doctor and Rose, as played on TV by Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper.High on the summit of a bleak Yorkshire moor, the Scar Hill Hotel is used to bad weather. Yet, on a dark afternoon in January, the ferocious snowstorm that engulfs the hotel surprises even its managers, Mike and Jess.Also caught off guard are the handful of paying guests, all now stranded until rescue teams can get through. When Mike doesn...

Three brand new adventures for glamorous bounty hunter Vienna Salvatori.Dead Drop by Mark WrightDwarfed by the burning star of the Hyspero system, two devastating battle fleets face each other across the stars. On one side, the Dyarid Primary Vanguard, commanded by Admiral Salaron aboard the starship Custodian. On the other, a Chtzin battle cluster.Bounty hunter Vienna Salvatori’s latest assignment brings her aboard the Custodian – but completing her mission and earni...

Feel great, look good and live well with this simple home fitness and healthy eating plan.In GET FIT, GET HEALTHY. GET HAPPY, TV presenter, footballer and fitness coach Mark Wright introduces the Train Wright philosophy – a simple formula for a healthy lifestyle: live well, eat healthily and train smart. Mark is a big fan of the home workout and firmly believes you can lose weight, keep fit and build strength without going to the gym. Healthy habit...