It's the summer of AD 79 & Flavia Gemina & her friends Jonathan Nubia & Lupus set sail for the Bay of Naples where they are going to stay with Flavia's uncle near Pompeii. Once they arrive they are soon absorbed in a quest to solve a riddle that may lead to treasure. But then tragedy strikes: Mount Vesuvius erupts & the friends must flee for their lives! Not just a mystery
- this is an absolutely thrilling action adventure that brings history to life!
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This title is from the number 1 bestselling author of The Lost Daughter". Nineteen-year-old Maggie Lockwood spent a year in prison for her part in a fire that cost three lives. The scars carried by the surviving victims
- inside & out
- are still raw & Maggie's release from jail does nothing to free her from the guilt. Returning home Maggie hides herself away too afraid to see Keith the boy she grew up with played with as a child
- & recently learnt is her half-brother. Keith nearly lost his life in the fire & the emotional & physical wounds he carries have changed him forever. With childhood innocence gone Maggie & Keith must learn to come to terms with their new lives but trying to move forward will have deadly consequences."


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Draw amazingly accurate portraits starting today! Even if youre an absolute beginner you can render strikingly realistic faces & self-portraits! Instructor & FBI-trained artist Carrie Stuart Parks makes it simple with foolproof step-by-step instructions that are fun & easy to follow. Youll quickly begin to: Master proportions & map facial features accurately Study shapes within a composition & draw them realistically Use value light & shading to add life & depth to any portrait Render tricky details including eyes noses mouths & hair Proven hands-on exercises & before-&-after examples from Parks students ensure instant success! Its all the guidance & inspiration you need to draw realistic faces with precision confidence & style! ...

Is this the right book for me? The Secrets to Writing Great Comedy will reveal to both beginners & experienced writers the distinctive features that mark out comedy from other forms of creative writing. Having identified these it will help you then to unlock your inner anarchist & explore the different elements of comedy using a combination of practical exercises insight & creative inspiration. Whatever your preferred comic genre you will find guidance on everything from wordplay & visual humour to plots comedy characters & different styles. A section on performance will help you to hone st&-up skills while chapters on stage & screen will give techniques & tips on how to craft a sitcom or create a sketch show. Finally there is a uniquely frank but useful section on the realities of the markets & the process of submission with even a guide to how to work successfully with other people
- the downfall of many a budding comedy writer. The Secrets to Writing Great Comedy
Includes:: Part one
- Writing Chapter 1: Comedy basics Chapter 2: Comedy writing mindset Chapter 3: Getting started Chapter 4: Language Chapter 5: Jokes Chapter 6: St&-up Chapter 7: Simple characters & situations Chapter 8: Sketches & quickies Chapter 9: More complex characters Chapter 10: More complex situations & plots Chapter 11: Sitcoms Chapter 12: Character development & deeper plotting Chapter 13: Editing polishing & unblocking Part two
- Information Chapter 14: Comedy formats Chapter 15: Figures of speech Chapter 16: Comedy styles & genres Chapter 17: Writing for different media Chapter 18: Other types of comedy work Chapter 19: Practicalities of placing your work Chapter 20: Doing it yourself Learn effortlessly with a new easy-to-read page design & interactive

Features: Not got much time? One five & ten-minute introductions to key principles to get you started. Author insights Lots of instant help with common problems & quick tips for success based on the author's many years of experience. Test yourself Tests in the book & online to keep track of your progress. Extend your knowledge Extra online articles to give you a richer understanding of the subject. Five things to remember Quick refreshers to help you remember the key facts. Try this Innovative exercises illustrate what you've learnt & how to use it.





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Rose waits for her family to arrive at their villa in Tuscany when a casual glance at her husband's phone tips her world upside down. The text reads simply: ' Miss you. Love you. Come back soon.' Daniel has always been popular with women she knows that. But until this moment she has had no cause for worry. Has something shifted within their marriage without her realising? As the family gathers for the summer break Rose's faith in Daniel is shaken. How well does she really know him? She fears that after decades of marriage & children the man who lies beside her at night is lying in other ways too. Then events take a tragic turn. Wise wry & richly entertaining The Secrets Women Keep celebrates the passionate emotional lives women lead as wives mothers & grandmothers. ...

This title features the former head of MI5 on freedom intelligence the rule of law torture & security. How do we balance our belief in human freedom with the need to defend ourselves against those who believe the use of terror can be justified? Can our handling of security risk & the laws we pass to deal with them distort our response to the threat of terrorism? In this sobering & remarkably frank analysis based on her 2011 Reith Lectures Eliza Manningham-Buller ex-Director General of MI5 the British Security Service talks about key events during her tenure
- from the threat of the IRA to al-Qaeda. She states that torture works but must never be used how intelligence is gathered & why surveillance is necessary to protect democracy the importance of the rule of law & why without security there can be no liberty.
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Written by Denny Cherry a Microsoft MVP for the SQL Server product a Microsoft Certified Master for SQL Server 2008 & one of the biggest names in SQL Server today Securing SQL Server Second Edition" explores the potential attack vectors someone can use to break into your SQL Server database as well as how to protect your database from these attacks. In this book you will learn how to properly secure your database from both internal & external threats using best practices & specific tricks the author uses in his role as an independent consultant while working on some of the largest & most complex SQL Server installations in the world. This edition

Includes:: new chapters on Analysis Services Reporting Services & Storage Area Network Security. It presents hands-on techniques for protecting your SQL Server database from intrusion & attack. I provides the most in-depth coverage of all aspects of SQL Server database security including a wealth of new material on Microsoft SQL Server 2012 (Denali). It explains how to set up your database securely how to determine when someone tries to break in what the intruder has accessed or damaged & how to respond & mitigate damage if an intrusion occurs."

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A road map for investing that I have now been following for 57 years." --From the Foreword by Warren E. Buffett First published in 1934 Security Analysis is one of the most influential financial books ever written. Selling more than one million copies through five editions it has provided generations of investors with the timeless value investing philosophy & techniques of Benjamin Graham & David L. Dodd. As relevant today as when they first appeared nearly 75 years ago the teachings of Benjamin Graham "the father of value investing " have withstood the test of time across a wide diversity of market conditions countries & asset classes. This new sixth edition based on the classic 1940 version is enhanced with 200 additional pages of commentary from some of today's leading Wall Street money managers. These masters of value investing explain why the principles & techniques of Graham & Dodd are still highly relevant even in today's vastly different markets. The contributor list
Includes:: Seth A. Klarman president of The Baupost Group L.L.C. & author of Margin of Safety James Grant founder of Grant's Interest Rate Observer general partner of Nippon Partners Jeffrey M. Laderman twenty-five year veteran of Business Week Roger Lowenstein author of Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist & When America Aged & Outside Director Sequoia Fund Howard S. Marks CFA Chairman & Co-Founder Oaktree Capital Management L.P. J. Ezra Merkin Managing Partner Gabriel Capital Group. Bruce Berkowitz Founder Fairholme Capital Management. Glenn H. Greenberg Co-Founder & Managing Director Chieftain Capital Management Bruce Greenwald Robert Heilbrunn Professor of Finance & Asset Management Columbia Business School David Abrams Managing Member Abrams Capital Featuring a foreword by Warren E. Buffett (in which he reveals that he has read the 1940 masterwork "at least four times") this new edition of Security Analysis will reacquaint you with the foundations of value investing-more relevant than ever in the tumultuous 21st century markets."
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Security Studies is the most comprehensive textbook available on security studies. Comprehensively revised for the new edition including new chapters on Polarity Culture Intelligence & the Academic & Policy Worlds it continues to give students a detailed overview of the major theoretical approaches key themes & most significant issues within security studies. Part 1 explores the main theoretical approaches currently used within the field from realism to international political sociology. Part 2 explains the central concepts underpinning contemporary debates from the security dilemma to terrorism. Part 3 presents an overview of the institutional security architecture currently influencing world politics using international regional & global levels of analysis. Part 4 examines some of the key contemporary challenges to global security from the arms trade to energy security. Part 5 discusses the future of security. Security Studies provides a valuable teaching tool for undergraduates & MA students by collecting these related strands of the field together into a single coherent textbook. Contributors: Richard J. Aldrich Deborah D. Avant Sita Bali Michael N. Barnett Alex J. Bellamy Didier Bigo Pinar Bilgin Ken Booth Barry Buzan Stuart Croft Simon Dalby John S. Duffield Colin Elman Louise Fawcett Lawrence Freedman James M. Goldgeier Fen Osler Hampson William D. Hartung Michael Jensen Adam Jones Danielle Zach Kalbacher Stuart J. Kaufman Michael T. Klare Peter Lawler Matt Mc Donald Colin Mc Innes Cornelia Navari Michael Pugh Paul R. Pillar Srinath Raghavan Paul Rogers Waheguru Pal Singh Sidhu Joanna Spear Caroline Thomas Thomas G. Weiss Nicholas J. Wheeler Sandra Whitworth Paul D. Williams Phil Williams & Frank C. Zagare. ...

Ideas & concepts in sedimentology are changing rapidly but fundamental field work & data collection remain the basis of the science. This book is intended as a guide to the recognition & description of sedimentary rocks in the field. It aims to help the geologist know what to observe & record & how best to interpret this data. The emphasis is on illustrating the principal types of sedimentary rocks & the book contains over 400 superb colour photos & drawings. The introductory chapter defines the main types of sedimentary rock & their initial recognition followed by a section highlighting safety in the field. The author goes on to describe the main field techniques & provides a comprehensive summary of the principal characteristics of sedimentary rocks. There is a chapter on each of the main rock types & on how to interpret facies & their features in terms of depositional environments & economic significance. This book is of value to students amateur enthusiasts & professional geologists. ...