AlekI play in the NHL and I'm good, but there's an asterisk by my name - my parents left Canada ten years ago with money they'd stolen in a Ponzi scheme. Being traded from LA to Toronto is the last thing I wanted, since I know that history is going to be revived again. My first night in the city, before the trade is announced, I have an anonymous hookup with an interesting woman - except she's not who I thought she was.JessOur lives blew up when my parents lost all ...

RemyFor the last twenty years, hockey has been my life. As a thirty-two-year-old backup goalie, on what could be my final contract, I need to game time if I hope to get an offer next year. Problem? The goalie coach is a former rival, and he’s not happy I’m living next door to his ex-wife. My career is in his hands, so the smart play is to keep her at arms length.It would be easier if she wasn’t so kind, to me and my rescue dog. She’s the most amazing woman I’ve met, but thi...

The last few years have seen a Scottish independence referendum, a couple of General Elections and a vote on whether or not we should remain in the European Union. Throw in two uncompromising Labour leadership battles at UK level and a couple in Scotland, and it would be true to say that nothing less than a political whirlwind has swept through the corridors of the Scottish Parliament since it 'reconvened' in 1999.Following the turbulent six years for which Neil Findlay ha...

From innocent criminals to radical revolutionaries, feisty feminists to manly pioneers, egalitarian settlers to violent invaders, Caught on Screen shows how over successive generations the shape-shifting convict emerged on screen as a potent historical symbol.Convicts loom large in Australian history.As transported criminals and the first European settlers, they have shackled the nation to a curious and contested origin story. Historians were largely silen...

One breezy, blowy sort of day, a Cuddle Monster comes to play …The Cuddle Monster visits his friends, Giggle, Messy and Grumpy, looking for a hug, but he soon finds that everyone has other things to do.This is a story about realising you are never too old or too busy for a cuddle and makes for the perfect bedtime story to help children unwind.The Cuddle Monster is the first book in a new series from Rhiannon Findlay, the best-selling author of the

Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) have proliferated in East Asia as regional economies rush to catch up with the rest of the world — but what difference do they make? This book answers that question by providing an up-to-date assessment of the quality and impact of FTAs in the region. Featuring a collection of papers originally written for the prestigious Research Institute for Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) in Tokyo, it presents contemporary analysis and insights into the evolution of rec...

Focusing on the information economy, free trade exploitation, and confronting terrorist violence, Mark Findlay critiques law's regulatory commodification. Conventional legal regulatory modes such as theft and intellectual property are being challenged by waves of property access and use, which demand the rethinking of property 'rights' and their relationships with the law.Law's Regulatory Relevance? theorises how the law should reposition itself in order to help rather tha...

Mark Findlay's treatment of regulatory sociability charts the anticipated and even inevitable transition to mutual interest which is the essence of taking communities from shared risk to shared fate. In the context of today's global crises, he explains that for the sake of sustainability, human diversity can bond in different ways to achieve fate.

The definitive guide to seeing all the wonders of Scotland under paddle power.Scotland is one of the most appealing destinations for kayakers, canoeists and paddleboarders from all over the world. That's because if there is one country best seen from the water, it is Scotland. Loch Ness contains more water than all of the rivers and lakes in England and Wales combined – and there are 27,000 other lochs to explore as well. What's more, with 125,000km of rivers and 8...

Can YOU help her find the missing puppy?Tiptoe over, under, round and through the book, just . . . don't disturb the PIRATE!Fans of Ten Minutes to Bed, Little Unicorn will love joining in the quest in this immersive, interactive adventure with a wind-down-to-bedtime ending!A brilliantly interactive rhyming read-aloud adventure before bedtime from the bestselling author of the Ten Minutes to Bed series.

Alistair Findlay has written the first ever memoir of a career in Scottish social work. He reflects on the changing landscape of the profession since he entered it in 1970 in a memoir that is thoughtful, progressive, humane – and funny. He conveys how he and his fellow workers shared friendship and banter in work that can be hard and thankless but also hugely rewarding and worthwhile.

A perfect picture book for children wanting to discover the magic of the Nutcracker.Marie awoke to the sound of the clock striking midnight. She looked up at the Christmas tree. It seemed to be growing taller and taller...Follow Marie on her magical Christmas Eve adventure in this wonderful retelling of E.T.A Hoffman's original tale. Romina Galotta's artwork brings this classic adaptation to life, creating a sumptuous tale of sugarplum fairies, spa...