In the June heat of the Costa Del Sol, a small-time criminal is out of his element. A muscle-bound, blunt instrument from Newcastle with a missing nasal tip and a hair-trigger temper, he's been hired for a simple hit at the Navy Club. But in the World of the Alhuarin mob, nothing goes according to plan.A botched getaway, a birthday party no one will ever forget, the 100 Euro pistol is about to prove you really do get what you pay for.

This controversial study takes the provocative line that the French monarchy was a complete success. James turns the idea of royal absolutism on its head by redefining the French monarchys success from 1598 - 1661.The Origins of French Absolutism, 1598-1661 maintains that building blocks were not being laid by the so-called architects of absolutism, but that by satisfying long-established, traditional ambitions, cardinal ministers Richelieu and Mazarin undoubtedly made the...

These are the adventures of Pik & Pok, two worms that live at the bottom of Mrs Bakewell's garden in rural Wiltshire.

This monograph examines how higher education(HE) institutions construct ‘professional identities’ in the classroom, specifically how dominant discourses in institutions frame the social role, requisite skills and character required to practice a profession, and how students navigate these along their academic trajectories. This book is based on a longitudinal case study of a prestigious HE institution specialising in training professional interpreters.Adopting an innovative researc...

These are the true stories of cases involving Indiana's Conservation Officers, told from their point of view. From poaching and rescues to stopping syndicated crime and body recovery, ICOs are the green line that stands tirelessly against those that would destroy historical sites or eradicate wild game. Based upon direct interviews with the officers involved, each story takes you behind the badge and shows the human side of being a conservation officer. Laugh and cry with them as they rela...

When magicians gather, strange things happen. The P. Howard Lyons Ring of the International Brotherhood of Magicians, sometimes known as Ring 99, meets at a location known only as "The Usual Place and Time." This motley crew of magicians, mentalists, psychics, comedians, university students, philosophers and general dilettantes work together to achieve the clubs objectives, being vaguely defined as something between "advancing the art of magic" and "perfe...

When magicians gather, strange things happen. This is the second volume of collected reports from the P. Howard Lyons Ring of the International Brotherhood of Magicians - sometimes known as Ring 99. This motley crew of magicians, mentalists, psychics, comedians, university students, philosophers and general dilettantes meets to achieve its goals of advancing the art of magic and perfecting esoteric techniques for the vanishment and disappearance of foodstuffs. The meetings, which...

In this "crackerjack novel" from the author of Vigilant, a band of misfits on a suicide mission face a war-torn planet (Robert J. Sawyer).In the fourth volume of the League of Peoples series, Alexander York is one of the High Council's most iron-fisted admirals. When his children, Samantha and Edward, were born, he paid top dollar to have their DNA altered to insure they grew up perfect physical and mental specimens. But when Edward ended up with a faulty b...

To fight android assassins, a young woman channels her father's heroism—and faces a troubled past—in this "enjoyable, fast-moving, off-planet adventure" (SFSite).In the twenty-fifth century, under the leadership of the League of Peoples, war and crime are things of the past and life is held sacred. That is, as long as you are healthy and beautiful. But those who are deformed or flawed, or who appear to be misfits in any way, are destined—or is "doomed" a better word...

Left to languish on the planet of no return, an alien teams up with a professional smuggler to save her people in this sci-fi adventure.Four years after Festina Ramos left Melaquin, the "planet of no return," Uclodda Unorr arrives. Unorr is a hired smuggler tasked with gathering evidence of misconduct of the Technocracy's Outward Fleet. Much to his surprise he discovers that Oar, a resident of the planet and last of her kind, is still alive. Though Oar's glass-like ...

Three "riveting" novels of space adventure set in a dystopian future from a Hugo and Nebula Award–nominated author and "brilliant" voice (David Feintuch).In the twenty-fifth century, sentient races are ruled by the League of Peoples. War has been eliminated and killing is forbidden, but insidious secrets are concealed in the dark corners of this would-be utopia, in these three action-packed novels.Expendable: Festina Ramos serves in the Explorer Cor...

In this "riveting" series from "a brilliant new voice," gender in the twenty-fifth century is a matter of personal choice—until you reach the Commitment Hour (David Feintuch).After most of Earth's population has left for other planets, life is simple in the isolated village of Tober Cove. Fullin, a twenty-year-old musician, lives well off of his craft. But soon he must make a life-changing decision that all residents of Tober Cove must make. Up until their ...