Gherrit is a lowly clerk in a bank, calculating interest and exchange rates for a meagre wage. When he is offered a trip, all expenses paid, he is told he is just a messenger. Just delver documents, witness signatures. All routine. No mention of kidnapping, evil mazes, buried secrets, financial skullduggery and, worst of all 'assurance specialists'.

A hunt across the world and through the Wild, with more at stake than the hunters realise.Jayas Zrei's last throw of the dice lost him everything. Everything except his wits, his skills and one companion in adversity. What else to do but try again, double or nothing, death or fortune? Surely luck will favour him this time. The big score has to be out there somewhere.Tol Henze finds people who do not want to be found, and someone will pay her a lot to find Jayas Zrei. The tr...

Without early detection, oral cancer is deadly. Protect your patients by applying the latest clinical interventions.Rates of new oral cancer cases continue to increase and mortality rates remain alarmingly high. Oralcancer may be preceded by clinically identifiable precancerous changes in the oral mucosa, which offer a therapeutic window of opportunity to intervene and halt disease progression to carcinoma development.Written and edited by p...

"Encompassing the history, tradition, and images of the great links, this book is a worthy travelling companion, and guide, on your golfing journey." —Ian Baker-Finch, Australian professional golfer and sports commentatorOn the short list for the 2000 USGA International Book Award for "outstanding golf book of the year," Links Golf: The Inside Story describes the beautiful land on which the links courses are built. Daley explains the term "links" and discu...

As I walked into my new office, on that cold Monday morning, I realised there was only a tiny corner where I wasn’t visible, through the internal windows, to everyone else in the main open-plan office. I shut the office door and manoeuvred myself so I couldn’t be seen. Taking deep breaths to try to stop my heart leaping out of my chest, I asked myself … “Oh God, what have I done?”At that moment I knew I wasn’t prepared … I wasn’t ready and I wasn’t experienced enough to be doing th...

Now available in its Third Edition, Asthma: Basic Mechanisms and Clinical Management has become the reference text in asthma. This highly successful text sheds new light on the basic physiological and molecular mechanisms of asthma, how current treatments work, and how best to apply the latest knowledge to control this important disease. The Third Edition has undergone radical revision and includes several new chapters. It retains the virtues of the previous volumes by bringing together al...

Boldly claiming a space in which people with disabilities can be seen and heard as they are—not as others perceive them—About Us captures the voices of a community that has for too long been stereotyped and misrepresented. Speaking not only to those with disabilities, but also to their families, coworkers, and support networks, the authors in About Us offer intimate stories of how they navigate a world not built for them.Since its 2016 debut, the popular New Y...

The only anthology available on material constitution, this book collects important recent work on well known puzzles in metaphysics and philosophy of mind. The extensive, clearly written introduction helps to make the essays accessible to a wide audience.

Siberia's Lake Baikal is one of nature's most magnificent creations, the largest and deepest body of fresh water in the world. And yet it is nearly unknown outside of Russia. In Sacred Sea--the first major journalistic examination of Baikal in English--veteran environmental writer Peter Thomson and his younger brother undertake a kind of pilgrimage, journeying 25,000 miles by land and sea to reach this extraordinary lake. At Baikal they find a place of sublime beauty, deep history...

"Unlock Your True Earnings: The Essential Blueprint Every Skilled Professional Needs"Do you consistently deliver unmatched value, yet find your income doesn't mirror your expertise? You're not alone in feeling the sting of undervaluation. The annoyance of seeing others, perhaps less skilled, out-earning you can be frustrating.You're not alone.But what if the issue isn't ‘what you do’, but how you position it?What if you could...Command the income that tru...

Lawyers, knives and money. And a bit of magic. Izuli wants none of the Wild. She's an ambitious lawyer, on her way to a new position. Alas, things don't go as planned. A robber baron needs tax advice, and who misses a lawyer? Meanwhile, a band of rogues are on the trail of the big score. Is the pen mightier than the sword?The Servant's Story tells what happens when greed collides with legal cunning. A story of friendship and treachery, set in the magical world of the Wild, where th...

Amazon #1 Bestseller!Time Management is Dead! – The Breakthrough Guide to Doubling Your Output Without Working More HoursTraditional time management is broken. Colour-coded calendars, endless to-do lists, and productivity hacks don’t fix the real problem.In Time Management is Dead, Peter Thomson lays out the system that elite entrepreneurs, consultants, and professionals are already using to:• Produce twice the results in half the time• Escape the ch...