As an amateur jockey Roland Britten was lucky; as an accountant he was zealous. He knew he was on the hate list of several fraudsters but never thought pen-pushers got kidnapped
- not from a racecourse. Not after winning the Cheltenham Gold Cup. The identity of the kidnappers unknown the reason behind Britten's abduction is a mystery. Then with the help of old school headmistress Hilary Pinlock he escapes & begins to use his accountant's logic to track his abductors down. But they have other ideas.. .' Dick Francis holds his form like a top-class chaser' The Times Literary Supplement
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Lead your troops. Take a Risk. Rule The World.

Enter a world of gutsy adventure a world where every decision every move every

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As there is a need for careful analysis in a world where threats are growing more complex & serious you need the tools to ensure that sensible methods are employed & correlated directly to risk. Counter threats such as terrorism fraud natural disasters & information theft with the Fourth Edition of Risk Analysis & the Security Survey". Broder & Tucker guide you through analysis to implementation to provide you with the know-how to implement rigorous accurate & cost-effective security policies & designs. This book builds on the legacy of its predecessors by updating & covering new content. Understand the most fundamental theories surrounding risk control design & implementation by reviewing topics such as cost/benefit analysis crime prediction response planning & business impact analysis
- all updated to match todays current standards. This book will show you how to develop & maintain current business contingency & disaster recovery plans to ensure your enterprises are able to sustain loss are able to recover & protect your assets be it your business your information or yourself from threats. It offers powerful techniques for weighing & managing the risks that face your organization. It gives insights into universal principles that can be adapted to specific situations & threats. It covers topics needed by homeland security professionals as well as IT & physical security managers."
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This title provides an integrated risk management framework for Islamic banks. This guide shows students & professionals how to identify measure & mitigate risk in Shariah-compliant banks. Covering the key areas
- credit or default risk liquidity risk market risk operational risk Shariah risk & displaced commercial risk
- it explains risk analysis & mitigation on both the contract & the overall bank level. Using financial statements from a simulated Islamic bank Salem demonstrates how this integrated risk-management process would work in practice & investigates how risk regulatory insights have implications for banking policy. Simulated financial statements include the balance sheet income statement & profit distribution model. It provides a risk coding system that facilitates risk management & reporting systems. It

Includes:: a glossary of key Arabic terms & abbreviations for students & professionals who are not familiar with Islamic finance.



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Simon Serrailler's story began in The Various Haunts of Men" (about a serial killer) & continued with " The Pure in Heart" (about a kidnapped schoolboy). Susan Hill is not afraid to tackle difficult issues nor to face up to the realities of stress in an ordinary English police station. Her third crime novel " The Risk of Darkness" even more compulsive & convincing follows up the child abduction & explores the crazy grief of a widowed husband a derangement which turns to obsession & threats violence & terror. Meanwhile handsome introverted Simon Serrailler whose cool reserve has broken the hearts of several women finds his own heart troubled by the newest recruit to the Cathedral staff: a feisty female Anglican priest with red hair..." The Risk of Darkness" is packed with action & adventure. Like " Various Haunts" it hinges on a terrific twist which comes as a complete surprise to the reader; & like " The Pure in Heart" it deals in depth with complex daily problems." ...

This book introduces the reader to the relationship between the Italian national movement achieved by the Risorgimento & the Italian unification in 1860. These themes are discussed in detail & related to the broader European theatre. Covering the literary cultural religious & political history of the period Beales & Biagini show Italy struggled towards nation state status on all fronts. The new edition has been thoroughly rewritten. It also contains a number of new documents. In addition all the most up to date research of the last 20 years has been incorporated. The Risorgimento & the Unification of Italy remains the major text on nineteenth century Italy. The long introduction & useful footnotes will be of real assistance to those interested in Italian unification. ...

One of the seminal works of the 20th century & a milestone in the history of music The Rite of Spring" famously caused a riot at its first performance in Paris in 1913. Since then this revolutionary masterpiece has found its place as one of the most performed & admired scores of the 20th century. Now published in The Masterworks Library. 20th century works from the Boosey & Hawkes catalogue available for the first time in full score format at pocket score prices with introductory notes illustrations & photographs. Ideal for students conductors performers libraries CD collectors & general music enthusiasts." ...

In the cabin of an ancient stinking warship bound for Australia a man writes a journal to entertain his godfather back in Engl&. With wit & disdain he records mounting tensions on board as an obsequious clergyman attracts the animosity of the tyrannical captain & surly crew. ...

A killer is on the loose... Joel is fascinated by the art of Rithmatics
- with its lines of power & ability to bring chalk drawings
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Just after lunch on a Tuesday in April nine feet under water police diver Flea Marley closes her gloved fingers around a human h&. The fact that there's no body attached is disturbing enough. Yet more disturbing is the discovery a day later of the matching h&. Both have been recently amputated & the indications are that the victim was still alive when they were removed. DI Jack Caffery has been newly seconded to the Major Crime Investigation Unit in Bristol. He & Flea soon establish that the hands belong to a boy who has recently disappeared. Their search for him
- & for his abductor
- lead them into the darkest recesses of Bristol's underworld where drug addiction is rife where street-kids sell themselves for a hit & where an ancient evil lurks; an evil that feeds off the blood
- & flesh
- of others.. .



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