I thought: opera how hard can it be? Songs. Pretty girls dancing. Nice scenery. Lots of people handing over cash. Got to be better than the cut-throat world of yoghurt I thought. Now everwhere I go there's...' Death to be precise. & plenty of it. In unpleasant variations. This isn't real life. This isn't even cheesemongering. It's opera. Where the music matters & where an opera house is being terrorised by a man in evening dress with a white mask lurking in the shadows occasionally killing people & most worryingly sending little notes writing maniacal laughter with five exclamation marks. Opera can do that to a man. In such circumstances life has obviously reached that desperate point where the wrong thing to do has to be the right thing to do... ...

The show must go on as murder mayhem & music run riot in the night. The Opera House Ankh-Morpork...A huge rambling building where masked figures & hooded shadows do wicked deeds in the wings... Where dying the death on stage is a little bit more than a metaphor... Where innocent young sopranos are lured to their fateful destiny by an evil mastermind in a hideously deformed evening dress... Where... There's a couple of old ladies in pointy hats eating peanuts in the gods & looking up at the big chandelier & saying things like: ' There's an accident waiting to happen if ever I saw one.' Yes... Granny Weatherwax & Nanny Ogg the Discworld's greatest witches are back for an innocent night at the opera. So there's going to be trouble (but nevertheless a good evening's entertainment with murders you can really hum...) ...

This classic textbook has provided students of medical law & ethics with a framework for exploring this fascinating subject for over 25 years. Providing coverage of all of the topics found on medical law courses it gives an overview of the inter-relationship between ethical medical practice & the law. The authors both hugely experienced & influential in the field offer their own opinions on current debates & controversies & thereby encourage readers to formulate their own views & arguments. As a still-developing discipline medical law is significantly shaped by the courts & as such this book provides extensive coverage of recent judicial decisions as well as statutory developments. This edition continues to take a comparative approach with particular importance attached to the shift in influence from transatlantic jurisdictions to those of the EU. This book has continually evolved to reflect changes in the law & shifting ethical opinions
- this ninth edition continues to fulfil this remit & is essential reading for any serious medical law student or practitioner as well as being of interest to all those involved in the delivery & control of modern healthcare.
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Few people achieve success & notoriety in more than one field but Tony Mason has managed it! He joined a local car club before he even had a car eventually climbing to the top with rally wins in his native Lake District before joining the prestigious Ford works team & co-driving Britain's biggest rally star Roger Clark to win outright the RAC Rally
- Britain's toughest event of its kind. He started a successful car accessory business then ventured onto the stage for a short while before being signed by the BBC to appear on its popular Top Gear programme on which he was a main presenter for 15 years. His cheery presence became a popular part of the programme & he moved from rallying to driving all manner of vehicles from vintage Rolls-Royces Reliant Robins tanks fire engines & Eddie Stobart trucks. After he was famously bombarded with snowballs during a report on the Monte Carlo Rally he became even better known with the famous out-take being shown on programmes around the the world. Tony Mason's light-hearted jovial persona transfers from television to page in this autobiography taking readers on a trip from his early life in the seaside town of Morecambe through almost 100 countries with thrills spills ups-&-downs all vividly remembered & often shown in photographs.
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Compelling insightful often sombrely beautiful Sunday Telegraph Moving beyond travelogue The Masque of Africa considers the effects of belief (in indigenous animisms the foreign religions of Christianity & Islam the cults of leaders & mythical history) upon the progress of African civilization. Beginning in Uganda at the centre of the continent Naipauls journey takes in Ghana & Nigeria the Ivory Coast & Gabon & ends as the country does in South Africa. Focusing upon the theme of belief -- though sometimes the political or economical realities are so overwhelming that they have to be taken into account -- Naipaul examines the fragile but enduring quality of the old world of magic. To witness the ubiquity of such ancient ritual to be given some idea of its power was to be taken far back to the beginning of things. To reach that beginning was the purpose of this book. Naipaul travels he asks he listens attentively & above all else he notices often seeing what others do not or cannot. That acute gift has never left him.. .he is sustained by the old ideal of unadorned truth-telling New Statesman The quality of Naipauls writing -- simple concise engaging -- rarely varies... Above all Naipauls latest African journey is eyewitness reporting at its best Time ...

Preparations are under way for the ball of the century. But as any true Blue Blood knows it's the after-party that counts. & the cunning Mimi Force is getting ready to make sure her masquerade ball is the place to be for the Young Fabulous & Fanged. But Schuyler Van Alen has more on her mind than fancy dresses even if her crush Jack Force is sure to make an appearance. She's getting closer to finding out what's been preying on the young vamps
- & discovering the deadly secrets hiding under the masks... Rich with glamour attitude & vampire lore this second instalment in the Blue Bloods saga will leave readers thirsting for more.
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Robin & Prudence Merriot have been dissemblers since they were children. & in this age of slippery politics they need to be. So it is nothing for them to rescue a rich heiress from her abductor. But once committed to their masquerade they must see it through. ...

Mass Effect 3" lead writer Mac Walters returns to comics for the most revealing journey to date into the Mass Effect universe! The Illusive Man sits at the center of many of the galaxys greatest mysteries & is a key figure of Mass Effect 2 & beyond. Now for the first time anywhere the origin of the Illusive Man is revealed in a story exclusive to this graphic novel! Created by the " Mass Effect: Redemption" team of Walters John Jackson Miller (" Star Wars: Knight Errant"; & " The Invincible Iron Man") & Omar Francia (" Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2") this is comics sci-fi story of the year." ...

This novel continues the all-new completely original story begun in the first three MASS EFFECT stories. The heroine Gillian was once the subject of horrifying scientific experiments but now after her rescue she is beginning to master her amazing powers. But when she falls under the sway of a radical group who believes their powers make them superior to ordinary humans she finds herself faced with a choice between her destiny.. .and her humanity. ...

Mass Effect 2" lead writer Mac Walters reveals an essential moment in the life of Commander Shepard the galaxy's greatest hero only in " Mass Effect: Redemption"! The eagerly anticipated sequel to the blockbuster science-fiction epic IGN.com named the number 1 Xbox 360 game of all time " Mass Effect 2" begins with the disappearance of Commander Shepard. The story of what happens next
- exclusive to this graphic novel
- will have the commander's companion Dr. Liara T' Soni undertake a deadly mission of extraordinary importance in the Milky Way's lawless Terminus Systems."

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