In July 2007, Zimbabwe's worsening economy saw inflation skyrocket to 7,634 per cent, deepening the already chronic food shortages in a country where only one in five of the adult population is in employment.Months later, on 20 November 2007, Ian Smith, the former Prime Minister of Rhodesia died, leaving behind him a lifetime of resistance to black majority rule and the dangers that he believed it would bring to his country.Ian Smith was a man with the ability to excite powerful emotions i...

In over 30 years of BDSM writing, Ian Smith has created many memorable female characters. In "The Slaves of Ian Smith", he revisits some of these characters in new stories and fresh adventures and challenges for them. Characters including Ali, Selina, Nicky, Barbara and recent newcomer Leah all finds themselves in new situations with new issues to cope with and often endure.In the author's own words, writing about girls being coerced into slave acts makes for good dramatic tension,...

On Renewal Night, the North will begin to die.It is nearing Renewal Night, where Arna, supreme god of the Northlands, renews the rule of his empire.Tyr is seventeen and lives in a village, so he usually pays little attention to such things. This changes when he receives startling visions of the sacred past and witnesses a joyful spirit of fire dancing amongst the revellers at a feast. The priests of Arna are left baffled by Tyr’s experiences, summoning him in their hour of ...

Good assessment focuses mainly on improvement and is used to support progress. It helps learners to know how well they have learned and provides feedback on how they can do better; it encourages learners to support and help each other; it builds self-motivation, self-confidence and self-reliance. Sound familiar? These are the principles of formative assessment. They're at the heart of the national Assessment for Learning initiative and they form the core of the "Assessment & Learning Pocke...

In Setting the Captives Free Marion Carson sets out to answer the question, what does the Bible say about human trafficking? Aimed at Christian anti-trafficking activists and church groups, the book offers an overview of the biblical material on slavery and the sex trade. Acknowledging that there is a difference between the biblical worldview and most Christians today with regard to slavery, it suggests that we can learn much from the Abolitionists of the eighteenth and nineteenth centurie...

Listed as one of the five worst international selections ever, and described in a book about Scottish rugby as 'a full back slower than your average prop', Ian Smith cheerfully won eight caps for Scotland in a career that saw him score every point for his team on his debut in an historic victory over South Africa (and in so doing became the first Scottish full back to score a Test try) and defeated a star-studded England team to lift the Calcutta Cup at Murrayfield in the 1970 Five Nations...

With the Second World War in Europe at an end, Britain was faced with the immediate responsibility to play her part in the occupation of a defeated Germany. As a near bankrupt country, the UK was hard pressed to maintain such a significant military presence on the continent and manage other commitments in the Mediterranean and Far East.As the immediate post-war years came to pass, Britain and other western powers found themselves reviewing their relationship with the key victor in ...

This book is a true story from my heart. As my life unfolds before you, I hope you will see the truth for yourself and discover an inner meaning for your life.My life has touched many lives, but as you will see, has not left a good impression of my past.If I could have changed anything, at the time it would have been to listen to those who loved me. In my own way, by telling this story, it's perhaps a way of saying I am sorry for all the pe...

A rainy night . . . A stranded motorist . . . A Good Samaritan passerby … a Nobel Prize–winning professor . . . The setup for a shocking murder designed to cover up an even more sinister crime . . .The Blackbird Papers marks the debut of Ian Smith, a major new talent in crime fiction, and of Sterling Bledsoe, his smart and occasionally combative sleuth.World-renowned Dartmouth professor Wilson Bledsoe is returning from a party celebrating his latest honor when he e...

If Only I Knew Then is the fourth and final novel in the series that began with Nursery Rhymes, They Never Saw It Coming, and Vengeance Is Mine. Shean O'Brien is on a relentless path of vengeance, driven by the tragic deaths of his younger twin brothers, who were shot while trying to run a roadblock in Northern Ireland by the British Army. Adding to his fury is the torture he endured at the hands of the police after being arrested twice. Using his cunning, O'Brien has managed to escape the...

Ever wondered how to overcome sin? Do you feel like giving up Christianity? You need not despair. There is hope. In fact, the Bible offers you the answer to all of life's problems. One of the greatest questions ever asked is, "how does a man gain the victory over every sin and how can man be perfect in God's eyes? There is no need to panic. The way to and of salvation has been made plain in the Word of God.There are many who conclude that it is impossible to live a righteous and hol...

Founded on 1 April 1918, the Royal Air Force has forged a distinguished operational record. As the first independent air force, the service also had to fight initial scepticism from the Army and Navy.The first CAS, Lord Trenchard, courted public support through a field of endeavour, which the RAF was perfectly placed to present: the air display. The first event was held at Hendon in north London in 1920. With the facilities to accommodate large audiences, essentially an airfield, a...