Action thriller set in the murky world of underground fighting. Former wrestling champion Steve Austin stars as John Brickner, a man recently paroled from prison who becomes drawn into the illegal world of bare-knuckle fighting. With the help of promoter Reno (Walton Goggins) & his beautiful assistant Frankie (Laura Vandervoort), Brickner is soon ascending the ranks as a skillful
- & highly profitable
- fighter. As the stakes grow higher, Brickner must finally face the ultimate challenge: a fight to the death.

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A collection of works such as: " Jonah", a Brechtian musical reinvention of Louis Stone's novel of the same name; " Top End", a political drama set in Darwin during the Indonesian invasion of East Timor, & " Lost Weekend" which takes a class-based look at ' Australianess'. ...

This book reviews recent research on fracture properties & behavior of the composites, & their damage & cracking process under both quasi-static & impact loading conditions. Covers theory, experimental investigation, numerical simulation & more. ...

Rescue specialist Jonathan Grave doesn't believe in ultimatums. For him & his elite team at Security Solutions, it's all about protecting the innocent. Now Grave must face the chilling possibility that someone within the US government has a deadly secret to protect
- one that could jeopardize national security like never before.
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Exploring one of the most influential heavy metal bands of all time, this book presents a study of a range of topics that intersect in the music & cultural influence of Metallica. It engages with larger questions of the politics of culture, American history, musical analysis & the character of musical discourses in the context of commerce. ...

This book resulted from a series of lecture notes presented in CISM, Udine in July 2008. It explores recent advances in continuum damage mechanics for both metals & metal matrix composites as well as the micromechanics of localization in inelastic solids. ...

NEW YORK IS A MESS. Sea-levels have swamped the coastal regions & the walls are failing. Detective Peter Shah serves with the NYPD as a Memory Association Specialist
- reading the last memories of murder victims. When he's accused of killing a glamorous woman in a bar, he must find the killer, save himself... & the city.
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