Emperor Justinian has ordered a halt to Belisarius's campaign against the Scots of Dalriada on the west coast of Caledonia, the homeland of the Caledonii, their new allies, although most Romans still refer to them as the Picts. Instead, the Romans must help the Caledonii defend the east coast against an invasion by Germania and Scandia. But when and where will their longships land? Belisarius's army, including the airships of the 4th Airborne Legion, must spread out along the threatened sh...

The Stittsville Creative Writing Group is a program of the Ottawa Public Library. The group meets every Thursday at the Stittsville branch for approximately an hour to read pieces they have written. Other OPL groups exist, often with different models, however SCWG has found its model has worked to the extent thatwe've been in "business" for several years. Also, despite increasing our membership to 25, the OPL still has to maintain a waiting list!We are: poets, scholars, rogu...

‘Another delightful collection of poems from John Egan. What graphic pictures he draws – one has a sense of actually being there. He is able to lead the reader into realms of imagination where the poem itself materialises into reality. I am always delighted with the Australian flavours that John can so easily summon up. He seems able to harness the atmosphere of his poetry and to grasp and record poignant events so accurately. One can feel the heat of summer, smell the wattle and see the s...

Marketing Communications is a highly popular textbook which introduces students to the different marketing communications tools, theories and strategies in an easy-to-read way.This fourth edition:Includes updates on how the Covid-19 pandemic has affected the marketing/advertising industriesFeatures new case studies from companies and brands such as Amazon, Burger King, Facebook and John LewisCovers timely topics such ...

Public Relations: contemporary issues and techniques offers a definitive guide to public relations management. It provides comprehensive analysis and explanation of a full range of modern PR techniques, spanning both inhouse and agency practice.The text has involved fundamental restructuring and updating of existing material and the incorporation of the new techniques and strategies, for instance:* The use of multimedia techniques in PR* Overseas med...

Emperor Justinian has sent Belisarius to Britannia to do what no one has ever done—conquer the Picts. The army that gathers at Hadrian's Wall includes an airship legion. One of those airships and its sagittarii, who fight as archers in the sky and as soldiers on the ground, are commanded by Cillian. His concerns about the campaign, his airship, and his destiny are about to be overtaken by a hidden past revealed. To reach the Picts, Belisarius's army must cross over the ruins of another wal...

James Butler and George Macdonald are on opposite sides of the War of 1812 and a family division that goes back to the War of Independence. James serves General Sir Isaac Brock and George serves General William Harrison. General Brock's army is stretched between General Harrison's and General Dearborn's. Before the summer campaigns start both sides must deal with what the spring of 1813 brings.

Despite the trauma of battles that haunt him and an estranged family he struggles to accept, James Butler tries to do what is right, find love, and make his own way in the world. By saving one life, James takes history down a different path from ours. By following his premonitions, he will shape the events of this war, the lives of millions, and the map of a continent as the winter edges into 1813.

Stung by his defeats at Dara and Satala last year, King Cavad sends an army to conquer Gothic Armenia. Emperor Justinian sends a Roman Army to help the Goths stop the Persians. Dux Bouzes is left behind with a small force to shield Roman Armenia from a possible, but unlikely Persian invasion. He has a few legions and a 'war flock' of airships. In that war flock is Cillian. With only a year's experience on airships he has a lot to learn about them and about being a tent group commander. Wha...

A dozen years ago, as the war in Sierra Leone was ending and their Small Girl Unit destroyed, Angel-of-Death and No-Mercy escaped from the rebels who had forced them to fight and commit atrocities. These former child-soldiers became Angel and Mercy, young women with careers, but without histories or families. Their hidden past and hopeful future begin to unravel when they are called upon to help contain the Ebola outbreak. As the Ebola Crisis deepens, Angel and Mercy will confront other th...

A collection of some of the best original science fiction and fantasy short fiction published on Tor.com in 2019.Includes stories by:Elizabeth BearSiobhan CarrollJohn ChuGreg EganKathleen Ann GoonanS. L. HuangCarole JohnstoneKJ KabzaErinn L. KemperMary Robinette KowalRich LarsonM. Evan MacGriogirSeanan McGuireLis MitchellMimi MondalAnnalee NewitzSi...

Justinian's Torch follows Cillian in his third summer in Caledonia at the northern end of Britannia with the army of Belisarius. Two years earlier, Emperor Justinian sent Belisarius to conquer the Caledonii [Picts], something no Roman had ever done. But as the army approached Caledonia, the Erunai [Irish] of Dalriada—an Eruain colony on Caledonia's west coast—attacked both the Caledonii and Romans. In response, the Romans and Caledonii allied and have pushed the Dalriadae back into their h...