Edinburgh is about to become the home of the first Scottish parliament in 300 years. As political passions run high DI John Rebus is charged with liaison thanks to the new parliament being resident in Queensbury House bang in the middle of his patch. But Queensbury House has its own dark past. Legend has it that a young man was roasted there on a spit by a madman. When the fireplace where the youth died is uncovered another more recent murder victim is found. Days later in the gardens outside there is another body & Rebus is under pressure to find instant answers. As the case proceeds the Inspector finds himself face to face with one of Edinburghs most notorious criminals... ...

Recovering from the tragic death of his wife Tony Sheridan goes to stay with his sister-in-law Lucy & her husb&. Their home is a bizarre moated house deep in the Rutland countryside known as Otherways. Disturbed by memories of his wife & a growing attraction to Lucy Sheridan is also troubled by weird & vivid dreams. Soon he learns that Otherways is a house steeped in a history of murder & wartime treason. & it seems that these crimes hold an eerie influence over the present inhabitants. ...

Shay Phillips knows her way around Dark Canyon. Shes handy with a gun & can track a wild animal with the best of them. Its humans who usually give her the most trouble. & with a hormonally charged teenage brother to raise
- & her own admitted weakness for the wrong kind of man
- theyre giving her plenty of trouble these days. Then theres the matter of murder. As an expert on mountain lions Shay is skeptical when a local prostitute turns up mauled without a drop of blood near the body. Now together with the towns newly arrived sheriff Luke Meza
- a Las Vegas city boy with his own dark secrets
- Shay must navigate a dangerous valley filled with angry ex-lovers unfaithful spouses & poisonous snakes in a desperate search for the killer.



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Fourteen years ago scientist William Fox implanted four babies with the Medusa gene
- a gene for psychic abilities. But Fox died
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Framed for murder. Three days to clear his name. New York City
- present day. Mike Byrne wants to know who framed him for murder.
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Let us turn our faces towards Asia exhorted Lenin when the long-awaited revolution in Europe failed to materialize. The East will help us conquer the West. Peter Hopkirks book tells for the first time the story of the Bolshevik attempt to set the East ablaze with the heady new gospel of Marxism. Lenins dream was to liberate the whole of Asia but his starting point was British India. A shadowy undeclared war followed. Among the players in this new Great Game were British spies Communist revolutionaries Muslim visionaries & Chinese warlords
- as well as a White Russian baron who roasted his Bolshevik captives alive. Here is an extraordinary tale of intrigue & treachery barbarism & civil war whose violent repercussions continue to be felt in Central Asia today.
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Those who have been bereaved are in need of support & group work is an effective way in which people can come together & support each other in a trusted environment. This book provides a practical introduction to setting up & facilitating bereavement support groups giving facilitators the confidence to run a group. It guides the reader through all the stages of setting up a group & examines different types of facilitation & the skills needed. Case studies illustrate different types of group such as closed time-limited groups & open groups & the potential of online groups is discussed. Chapters also cover group dynamics handling challenging situations & overcoming problems that may arise. This accessible book will help to make groups successful for both participants & facilitators & will be a valued source of information & guidance to anyone either running or considering running a bereavement support group. ...

This practical handbook now in a throughly revised & updated 5th edition with a new chapter on completing your application will help you understand the mechanics of running a limited company. Whether you have already started your business or are just embarking on it you will find vital advice on the benefits & obligations of forming a limited compnay & how to set one up & run it. There are deatailed explanations of the procedures involved together with essential advice on dealing with statutory information banking PAYE auditing & accounting.
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Includes:: UPDATED SAMPLE FORMS & CHECKLISTS
- COVERS BEST PRACTICE & STATUTORY REGULATIONS



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Ardittis approachable work covers the all the details of design siting & construction
- once a basic type has been decided upon.
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Severiano Ballesteros is perhaps the most naturally gifted golfer ever to have walked a fairway. From the moment his brother Manuel gave him his first club
- a 3 iron
- he was unstoppable; he played shots others could only dream of. A few weeks before his seventeenth birthday he turned pro. Five years later he won the Open. A year after that he became the first European ever to win the Masters. A genius had arrived. For the best part of two decades Seve dominated the golfing landscape. With 94 wins to date as a professional (including 5 Majors) 6 European Order of Merit titles & the No. 1 position in the Official World Golf Rankings he became a sporting phenomenon an athlete who transcended
- & still transcends
- his sport. But Seve stands for more than simple excellence. Almost single-handedly Seve gave European golf credibility; almost single-handedly he made the Ryder Cup one of the greatest contests in world sport. & when as captain he finally lifted the trophy on home soil in 1997 a whole continent rejoiced. His pride & passion have inspired millions & we have taken him to our hearts. Now for the first time Seve tells his story. From his humble beginnings right up to the present day here at last is the man behind the magic in his own words. Like its author Seve is utterly entertaining blazingly charismatic & unique; & like its author it wears its heart on its sleeve. But Seve is more than Seve the golfing magician Seve the proud family man & Seve the fierce patriot. It is simply ' Seve'.



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