Joseph OLoughlin appears to have the perfect life
- a beautiful wife a loving daughter & a successful career as a clinical psychologist.
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The explosive new masterpiece of suspense from the 1 New York Times-bestselling author. LAPD cop Scott James is not doing so well. Eight months ago a shocking nighttime assault by unidentified men killed his partner Stephanie nearly killed him & left him enraged ashamed & ready to explode. He is unfit for duty--until he meets his new partner. Maggie is not doing so well either. A German shepherd who survived three tours in Iraq & Afghanistan sniffing explosives before losing her handler to an IED her PTSD is as bad as Scott's. They are each other's last chance. Shunned & shunted to the side they set out to investigate the one case that no one wants them to touch: the identity of the men who murdered Stephanie. What they begin to find is nothing like what Scott has been told & the journey will take them both through the darkest moments of their own personal hells. Whether they will make it out again no one can say. ...

This is the brilliant new standalone thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of the Elvis Cole & Joe Pike novels. LAPD cop Scott James is not doing so well. Eight months ago a shocking late-night assault by unidentified men killed his partner Stephanie nearly killed him & left him enraged ashamed & ready to explode. He is unfit for duty
- until he meets his new partner. Maggie is not doing so well either. A German shepherd who survived three tours in Iraq & Afghanistan sniffing out explosives before losing her handler to an IED. They are each other's last chance. Shunned & shunted to the side they set out to investigate the one case that no one wants them to touch: the identity of the men who murdered Stephanie. What they begin to find is nothing like what Scott has been told & the journey will take them both through the darkest moments of their own personal hells. Whether they will make it out again no one can say. Suspect is the explosive new masterpiece from the Sunday Times bestselling author". (Lee Child & Harlan Coben)."
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It is a summer's night in 1860. In an elegant detached Georgian house in the village of Road Wiltshire all is quiet. Behind shuttered windows the Kent family lies sound asleep. At some point after midnight a dog barks. The family wakes the next morning to a horrific discovery: an unimaginably gruesome murder has taken place in their home. The household reverberates with shock not least because the guilty party is surely still among them. Jack Whicher of Scotland Yard the most celebrated detective of his day reaches Road Hill House a fortnight later. He faces an unenviable task: to solve a case in which the grieving family are the suspects. The murder provokes national hysteria. The thought of what might be festering behind the closed doors of respectable middle-class homes
- scheming servants rebellious children insanity jealousy loneliness & loathing
- arouses fear & a kind of excitement. But when Whicher reaches his shocking conclusion there is uproar & bewilderment. A true story that inspired a generation of writers such as Wilkie Collins Charles Dickens & Arthur Conan Doyle this has all the hallmarks of the classic murder mystery
- a body; a detective; a country house steeped in secrets. In The Suspicions of Mr Whicher Kate Summerscale untangles the facts behind this notorious case bringing it back to vivid extraordinary life.


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Think of Sussex Buses & almost automatically that means Southdown: think of locations & that means Brighton. Well you will find plenty of pictures of both within these pages but there is much more besides. Although Southdown was far & away the biggest cheese in Sussex three other BET concerns Aldershot & District Maidstone & District & East Kent worked into the county as did London Transport. Trams operated beside the seaside in Brighton & Hastings their systems & the little four-wheel cars which operated them being replaced by almost silent streamlined (well perhaps not the early Hastings ones) trolleybuses in the 1930s. Eastbourne was the worlds first municipality to operate motorbuses
- applause please. Brighton ah Brighton deserves a new chapter. Not only did Brighton Corporation operate trams then trolleybuses & motor buses but the town was also served by Thomas Tillings Brighton & Hove & District which was eventually swallowed up by Southdown. In NBC days the Corporation misguidedly adopted a pale blue livery which like the NBC green did not wear very well. Privatisation saw the emergence of the Brighton Hove Bus & Coach Company which would by the mid first decade of the 21st century become the jewel in the crown that Southdown had once assumed. With routes spreading far beyond the City of Brighton & Hove some of them once operated by Southdown notably to Lewes Tunbridge Wells & Eastbourne a livery of basically red & pale cream & thus recalling days gone by but designed by Ray Stennings Best Impressions & thus totally of the 21st century buses named after notable Brighton inhabitants ranging from world famous statesmen & stars of stage screen & radio to good men & women who have enhanced in various ways the lives of their fellow citizens all part of an imaginative publicity drive which has seen the graph of the growth of bus travel in the city climb steadily & reap a number of well deserved awards.
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These lively & entertaining folk tales from one of Britain's most ancient counties are vividly retold by local storyteller Mike O' Leary. Their origins lost in the oral tradition these stories from Sussex reflect the wisdom (and eccentricities) of the county & its people. Sussex has a rich & diverse collection of tales from dragons lurking in bottomless pits & screaming demons hiding under hills to legends of witches wise women & ghosts. These stories illustrated with twenty-five line drawings bring alive the landscape of the county's rolling hills & dramatic coast. Mike O' Leary is a professional storyteller who has been travelling the country retelling traditional folk tales for almost twenty years. ...

The East Sussex" volume of " The Buildings of England" covers an area ranging from the High Weald in the north of the county to the massive ridge of the South Downs & the resort towns & ancient ports of the coast. Its coastal resorts are particularly distinguished none more so than Brighton & Hove where John Nash's oriental Pavilion for the Prince Regent sets the tone. Elsewhere castles at Camber Bodiam & fortified town walls at Rye & Winchelsea attest to its military past & Battle Abbey to its medieval endowments. The towns & villages are especially rich in timber-framed brick & tile houses for which the county is famous. The twentieth century makes its mark in the exhilarating De La Warr Pavilion at Bexhill & the uncompromising forms of the 1960s University of Sussex campus." ...

Construction is one of the biggest industries in the world providing necessary facilities for human prosperity ranging from the homes in which we live to the highways we drive the power plants that provide energy for our daily activities & the very infrastructure on which human society is built. The construction sector including the building sector has among the largest potential of any industry to contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. This ambitious & comprehensive textbook covers the concept of embedding sustainability across all construction activities. It is aimed at students taking courses in construction management & the built environment. Written in a lively & engaging style the book sets out the practical requirements of making the transition to a sustainable construction industry by 2020. Case studies are included throughout making the book both a core reference & a practical guide. ...

Addressing the sustainable energy crisis in an objective manner this enlightening book analyzes the relevant numbers & organizes a plan for change on both a personal level & an international scale--for Europe the United States & the world. In case study format this informative reference answers questions surrounding nuclear energy the potential of sustainable fossil fuels & the possibilities of sharing renewable power with foreign countries. While underlining the difficulty of minimizing consumption the tone remains positive as it debunks misinformation & clearly explains the calculations of expenditure per person to encourage people to make individual changes that will benefit the world at large. ...

This ambitious book is set to become the definitive reference on all aspects of eco-fashion. Packed with authoritative features & facts & inspiring images & ideas it is dramatically more in-depth & comprehensive than any previous single publication on the subject. The book is divided into five thematic chapters covering every aspect of contemporary fashion from fashion cultures (from high street to blogosphere to couture) to the eco-footprint of the current resource-hungry & wasteful system to the fashion business employer of up to 40 million people worldwide. Each chapter presents an array of illustrated articles including essays by leading writers & thinkers statements from designers such as Stella Mc Cartney EDUN founder Ali Hewson Vivienne Westwood Yohji Yamamoto Issey Miyake interviews with such designers as Katharine Hamnett Hussein Chalayan Dries van Noten Lorrie Vogel (Nike) as well as presenting future scenarios which set out how things could be if we do or dont succeed in enacting radical change. Finally a resources section provides comprehensive listings of leading organizations involved in campaigning advising certifying footprinting & promoting sustainability worldwide. The Sustainable Fashion Handbook" will take its place as the Bible of the subject." ...