In an 18th-Century England of wit womanising & powdered wigs provincial Philip Jettan runs the risk of irreproachability. Cleone Charteris stands in no such danger. The golden-haired headstrong despair of men she seeks a husband who can duel & dice with the best of them. So Philip leaves for Paris where his father's hopes & his lover's ideals are realised but with unforeseen consequences for them both.. .A peerlessly successful & prolific romantic novelist Georgette Heyer shows in Powder & Patch what won her a wide devoted readership that continues to this day. ...

Sam is desperate to leave his sleepy Norfolk village & see the world. He seizes the chance to join a merchant ship but soon discovers that a life at sea is harsh & often short especially when his ship is attacked by a French privateer. About to be boarded they fear all is lost but the privateers are driven off by the appearance of a Royal Navy ship. Sams relief is short-lived. Soon after another Navy ship sends over a press gang & he is forced to join the frigate Miranda. War with France & Spain is raging & Sam is caught in the middle with a dangerous job as a powder monkey in the company of a brutal crew. This is an amazingly well-researched adventure giving a glimpse of one boys incredible life at sea. ...

Gangster Paul Grimes was a one-man crimewave with a breathtaking capacity to steal. Any villains who got in his way were made to pay
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You are meant to have an amazing life! This is the handbook to the greatest power in the Universe
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Steven Lukes Power: A Radical View is a seminal work still widely used some 30 years after publication. The second edition



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Drawing on a body of empirical qualitative work spanning three decades this unique text traces the significance of critical social research & critical analyses in understanding some of the most significant & controversial issues in contemporary society. Focusing on central debates in the UK & Ireland
- prison protests; inner-city uprisings; deaths in custody; womens imprisonment; transition in the north of Ireland; the crisis in childhood; the Hillsborough & Dunblane tragedies; & the war on terror
- Phil Scraton argues that marginalisation & criminalisation are social forces central to the application of state power & authority. Each case study demonstrates how structural relations of power authority & legitimacy establish the determining contexts of everyday life social interaction & individual opportunity. This book explores the politics & ethics of critical social research making a persuasive case for the application of critical theory to analysing the rule of law its enforcement & the administration of criminal justice. It is indispensable for students in the fields of criminology criminal justice & socio-legal studies social policy & social work.

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The Durbars were occasions marking the formal coronations of English monarchs as empress & emperors of India: Victoria in 1877 Edward VII in 1903 & George V in 1911. Instituted by the Viceroys of India -- Lytton Curzon & Hardinge -- the Durbars were the first examples of the inscription of the Raj in a celebratory history that served to legitimate colonial presence. Lasting several weeks each lavish occasion was imaged & described in photographs (cartes-de-viste as well as private popular & commissioned photos) paintings press illustrations illustrated souvenirs memoirs photo albumns & films. ...

John Paul II & the dark heart of the Catholic Church... In 1984 David Yallops In Gods Name" changed the way that the world looked at the Vatican. In " The Power & The Glory" David Yallop returns to Rome with another explosive story: the true history of the papacy of John Paul II. From the first moment of his papacy Karol Wojtyla sought political influence & a role on the world stage. At the dawn of the twenty-first century he was a leader to millions of Catholics at a time of tremendous change. Promising a renewed church he was the first media Pope & travelled around the world to preach his message. It is said that he was central in the fall of Soviet Eastern Europe in particular within his own homeland of Pol&. Now as the second anniversary of his death the demands for John Pauls beatification & subsequent canonisation continue unabated. But has the real truth of this Papacy been revealed? This title explores the continued financial scandal involving the Vatican bank the mafia Freemasonry illegal money laundering & arms sales. It exposes the true extent of the Popes failure to control the child abuse scandal. It contains explosive revelations from the CIA the KGB the Polish secret service & the most secretive place on earth the Vatican itself. It tells for the first time John Paul IIs real involvement in the fall of the Iron Curtain & the liberation of Pol&. It uncovers the myth of the Holy Alliance between Reagans America & the Vatican." ...

ONE OF FIVE NEW VINTAGE FUTURE CLASSIC READING GUIDE EDITIONS. During a vicious persecution of the clergy in Mexico a worldly priest the whisky priest is on the run. With the police closing in his routes of escape are being shut off his chances getting fewer. But compassion & humanity force him along the road to his destiny reluctant to abandon those who need him & those he cares for. ...