This book is an investigation into the economic policy formulation and practice of neoliberalism in Britain from the 1950s through to the financial crisis and economic downturn that began in 2007-8. It demonstrates that influential economists, such as F.A. Hayek and Milton Friedman, authors at key British think tanks such as the Institute of Economic Affairs and the Centre for Policy Studies, and important political figures of the Thatcher and New Labour governments shared a similar concep...

A Beginner's Guide to Special Makeup Effects: Monsters, Maniacs and More is an introduction to special effects makeup using cost-effective tools and materials that can be found in local stores.The book is divided into three sections – Simple Makeup, Advanced Materials and Techniques and Advanced Makeup – and features tutorials to create characters such as a pirate, vampire, ghost, robot, burn victim, witch, zombie and goblin. Each character is introduced with a full-page p...

Christopher Payne retired from General Practice in 2004 after twenty four years at the Bermondsey and Lansdowne Medical Mission. He and his wife, Paddy, were previously with the Church Mission Society at the Christian Hospital, Shiraz, until the Revolution ended their seven years service as Mission partners in Iran. They have four daughters and nine grand-children.

People who believe there is no God tend to think that those who do believe in God are emotional and lack reason. They claim to believe in science, not wishful fantasy. But what if science actually supports the concept of God more than no God?In an intriguing collection of thoughts, Chris Payne invites believers and nonbelievers to contemplate scientific facts and logic that may prove to be inconvenient to atheists, agnostics, and those with faith in God. He examines what it takes t...

Aesthetic rejuvenation now encompasses so many topics that practitioners in one area may feel out of touch with developments in other areas in the same field. With over 70 chapters, over 1200 figures (many in full color), over 80 tables, and over 20 videos, from an international list of contributors, under an eminent team of editors, Cosmetic Medicine & Surgery is a comprehensive and authoritative resource. It covers a wide spectrum of topics including the fundame...

Relationship Marketing: Creating Stakeholder Value extends the analysis of the change in the marketing rationale from a crude concern for increased market share to a strategy aimed at creating long-term profitable relationships with targeted customers.Offering a cutting edge vision of relationship marketing, Relationship Marketing: Creating Stakeholder Value is a seminal text for all students and managers in the field. With new up-to-date case mate...

Elmer's birthday is coming up! He decides to organize a party and invites 10 of his fellow elephant friends. Turns out, it's difficult to fit 10 elephants into a tiny tent. In this counting book, you'll have the opportunity to count from one to 10 and then back down again.

From his home in the quaint town of Hug Harbor, Wing, the swiftest sailboat on the high seas, regularly sails off the coast of the north Atlantic. In this gentle bedtime story about focus and friendship reminiscent of "The Velveteen Rabbit," Wing gains a new perspective on his life after he experiences an unexpected adventure out on the open ocean.

‘So pacy and addictive. Just brilliant!’ – Claire Douglas, author of The Couple at No.9The House Hunt is a heart-pounding, claustrophobic thriller from C. M. Ewan, acclaimed author of The Interview, A Window Breaks and the half-a-million-copy bestseller Safe House.Your estate agent calls.She’s running late and needs you to show a man around your home.You let him i...

Once she was Adrienne Satti. An orphan of Davillon, she had somehow escaped destitution and climbed to the ranks of the city's aristocracy in a rags-to-riches story straight from an ancient fairy tale. Until one horrid night, when a conspiracy of forces--human and other--stole it all away in a flurry of blood and murder. Today she is Widdershins, a thief making her way through Davillon's underbelly with a sharp blade, a sharper wit, and the mystical aid of Olgun, a foreign god with no othe...

IT LURKSDeep beneath the ice of the Arctic Circle, something has awakened. A primordial creature frozen in time, it is the oldest, largest, most efficient predator that nature has ever produced. And it is ravenously hungry…IT HUNTSThirty-five miles off the Massachussetts coast, a small research ship is attacked. All but one of its crew is killed by the massive serpentine horror that rises from the sea. The creature likes this human prey. The chewy outer hide. The tend...

Playing Gods is a new action packed cosmic fantasy, filled with humor, modern relevance and amazing new alien worlds and cultures. Isolation is Book One of a series.Xriah and Vylis, two avatars, both empowered with differing superhuman abilities, are repeatedly thrust into wildly varying worlds to do battle on behalf of their respective deities. Though the nature of their deities is shrouded in mystery, both avatars' faith in their purpose is strong and unwavering.On each s...