Coroner Jenny Cooper investigates.. . Two missing students. One sinister cover-up. Two young British students Nazim Jamal & Rafi Hassan vanish without a trace. The police tell their parents that the boys had been under surveillance that it was likely they left the country to pursue their dangerous new ideals. Seven years later Nazim's grief-stricken mother is still unconvinced. Jenny Cooper is her last hope. Jenny is finally beginning to settle into her role as Coroner for the Severn Valley; the ghosts of her past that threatened to topple her banished to the sidelines once more. But as the inquest into Nazim's disappearance gets underway the stink of corruption & conspiracy becomes clear.. . As the pressure from above increases a code of silence is imposed on the inquest & events begin to spiral out of all control pushing Jenny to breaking point. For how could she have known that by unravelling the mysteries of the disappeared she would begin to unearth her own buried secrets? ...

From her parents' 1970s tenement council flat ten-year-old Robyn soon becomes so skilled at shoplifting her reputation spreads. She takes her punishment at school but is much more scared of the vicious threats of her father; & as frightened for her mother's safety as for her own. Her fun-loving grandmother offers her comfort wisdom & hope that Robyn might be different from her parents. But as her father's random cruelty intensifies she has to seek refuge in her nan's flat & in the homes of friends even joining her mother in a women's shelter to escape her 'father'. All this time she is learning more about the unpredictable ways of the people around her & her own potential. She'll need all of this precocious wisdom & the assistance of Nan to face up once & for all to the twisted violence in her home & engineer a way out of this childhood to reach a place of safety & freedom. This moving story is told in a wonderfully vivid child's voice
- her resourcefulness & courage will break your heart""
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Palestine is fast disappearing
- fulfilling the objectives of Israel's founding fathers. Over many decades Israel has developed
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Why did Gandhi hate iodine (I 53)? Why did the Japanese kill Godzilla with missiles made from cadmium (Cd 48)? How did radium (Ra 88) nearly ruin Marie Curies reputation? & why did tellurium (Te 52) lead to the most bizarre gold rush in history? The periodic table is one of our crowning scientific achievements but its also a treasure trove of passion adventure betrayal & obsession. The fascinating tales in The Disappearing Spoon" follow carbon neon silicon gold & every single element on the table as they play out their parts in human history finance mythology conflict the arts medicine & the lives of the (frequently) mad scientists who discovered them. Why did a little lithium (Li 3) help cure poet Robert Lowell of his madness? & how did gallium (Ga 31) become the go-to element for laboratory pranksters? " The Disappearing Spoon" has the answers fusing science with the classic lore of invention investigation discovery & alchemy from the big bang through to the end of time." ...

How should you prepare for floods? What's the best way to react during an earthquake? How should you signal for help & what do you need in your supplies? This book gives you practical tips & advice to keep you prepared as far as possible to help protect yourself & your loved ones in the face of any eventuality. The Collins Gem Disaster Survival Guide provides advice on what to do in the event of a range of natural civil & terrorist disasters. This book not only covers personal safety but also explores how the safety of children seniors & the disabled can best be achieved in differing & difficult circumstances. As well as exploring physical problems the book also discusses the emotional reactions to a disaster & how best to cope
- including fear management techniques & how to treat someone suffering from shock. Natural disasters such as hurricanes volanoes avalanches & epidemics are featured as well as civil & terrorist disasters including fire chemical incidents & water shortage.
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Youve devoured The Fifty Shades Trilogy...now its time to embrace the forbidden pleasures of The Discipline. Young innocent nun Chloe Reynolds is collecting money for Brazilian orphans when she meets sophisticated playboy Carlos. When Carlos opens Chloes eyes to the corruption behind the charity she is working for she leaves the Church & heads home to England thoroughly disillusioned. Even an Ocean cant keep Carlos away from Chloe & she is equally desperate to again be in his dominating presence. Carloss new mission is to seduce Chloe & to teach her that submitting to his sexual desires will bring her untold pleasures. But is Chloe ready to become a slave to the discipline...? ...

Youve devoured The Fifty Shades Trilogy...now its time to embrace the forbidden pleasures of The Discipline. Young innocent nun Chloe Reynolds is collecting money for Brazilian orphans when she meets sophisticated playboy Carlos. When Carlos opens Chloes eyes to the corruption behind the charity she is working for she leaves the Church & heads home to England thoroughly disillusioned. Even an Ocean cant keep Carlos away from Chloe & she is equally desperate to again be in his dominating presence. Carloss new mission is to seduce Chloe & to teach her that submitting to his sexual desires will bring her untold pleasures. But is Chloe ready to become a slave to the discipline...? ...

With the number of grievances & tribunal claims rising sharply the cost of conflict in the workplace is increasing at an alarming rate. In the UK alone the annual cost is more than GBP20 billion. Grievances & disciplinary matters are immensely disruptive & time-consuming & most managers struggle to know how to deal with them. The Discipline & Grievance Pocketbook offers practical help. It stresses the importance of understanding the root causes of conflict & identifies the management practices that need to be in place in order to help prevent problems arising. The book first looks at how staff issues can be resolved informally through mediation & then goes on to describe the formal procedures for both grievance & disciplinary cases before finally dealing with the dismissal process. Informative case studies bring author Ruth Sangales advice sharply into focus. ...

In the Middle Ages there were gaols & dungeons but punishment was for the most part a spectacle. The economic changes & growing popular dissent of the 18th century made necessary a more systematic control over the individual members of society & this in effect meant a change from punishment which chastised the body to reform which touched the soul. Foucault shows the development of the Western system of prisons police organizations administrative & legal hierarchies for social control
- & the growth of disciplinary society as a whole. He also reveals that between school factories barracks & hospitals all share a common organization in which it is possible to control the use of an individuals time & space hour by hour.
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The thriller that opened a new chapter in the sex wars.. . Thomas Sanders world collapses in just 24 hours
- he is passed over
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