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Gav and Steve went to the same school. They weren't friends. Their paths diverged for a few years, but now they're working in the same pub. Gav is assistant manager, while Steve is a barman paying his way through a master’s degree. One night the streetwise Gav takes pity on the pseudo-intellectual...

THE OPTICAL EFFECTS OF LIGHTNING is a high-concept psychological thriller combining gothic traditions with modern science. In the unusual case of a missing person, a classic tale of vengeance and obsession unfolds.It has the feel of truth, but the resonance of a mad and desperate endeavour....

A young girl traces her mother’s steps all the way from London to Japan to search for the father she never knew. Hana arrives in Tokyo with only two words in her mind: The Teahouse. She’s a long way from home in East London and still fresh from the loss of her mother. But her grief has sent her...

This report provides background and guidance on the use of the structural hot spot stress approach to the fatigue design of welded components and structures. It complements the IIW recommendations for 'Fatigue Design of Welded Joints and Components' and extends the information provided in the IIW...

Il volume propone una selezione di voci che concorrono a tratteggiare la vicenda plurisecolare del palazzo dei Convertendi, dalla sua prima configurazione, plasmata inglobando l’edificio che fu la casa di Raffaello fino alla morte, ripercorrendo poi la demolizione e ricostruzione dell’edificio...

This is the third book a sequel to the first book 'the ghost of Anna', also ties in with the second book 'The darker side to Dr Carter'. Susan and her daughter Sarah move away to a flat, not too far from the family home, where the ghosts of Anna and her father Edward Carter had haunted the old house....

En l'an de grâce 1583, l'Angleterre tremble dans l'attente de la Grande Conjuration. Des bas-fonds de Londres jusqu'à la Cour, la prophétie qui prédit la mort de la reine Elisabeth et la chute du royaume cristallise les peurs et attise la haine des catholiques. De retour à l'ambassade française...

Lincoln College, Oxford, 22 mai 1583. Dans l'aube naissante, un hurlement déchire le silence. Le corps mutilé d'un homme est retrouvé gisant dans une mare de sang. Esprit visionnaire poursuivi par l'Inquisition, Giordano Bruno, comprend que son séjour ne sera pas de tout repos. Entre papistes...

Eighteen-year-old Yuka Tanaka is excited about spending her first ever year in America. She is going to get to attend her senior year at an American High School and spend the year with her host family, the Wilcox's. Even though she will be leaving Tokyo far behind, she knows it will be an experience...

Tanner Pennington is a middle-aged man that is both a player and a user. He has a gambling problem and has been mixed up with the Chinese Mafia of New York City. Several months ago he thought he found the solution to all his problems. That solution was Megan Fillmore. She is an adult webcam star whose...

The original inspiration of this book was a mix of some of my personal favorite movies; such as, the 'Star Wars' series, some of the 'James Bond' movies, and a television series called 'Jericho'. Simply put, this book would be for a reader that enjoys mystery's, murder, young romance, and just a bit of science fiction for a spice to whole story and the rest of the adventures that follow.

 The book, World Without End, was nearly finished with out a title. All choices had been discarded. While in her morning prayer, the author prayed the Glory Be prayer. A line in the prayer is...world without end. A light bulb turned on. The line fit with the character’s core belief and their...

When young FBI Special Agent Rachel O’Connor was handed her first undercover assignment, she underestimated just how much her life would change. Rachel’s gone undercover to try to catch an elusive drug dealer and club owner, Liam Karrelli, and she knows starting a new relationship with a dance...

Would a better understanding of the anatomy and improvement of the method make it possible to reduce the percentage of failures sufficiently to earn selective arteriography of bronchial and intercostal arteries a place among the accepted methods of selective arteriographic investigation? 2. Can indications...