An old soldier haunted by, of all things, the terrible stench of putrefaction, is compelled to seek help. Is it madness that is stalking him - or something entirely different?A dress-maker, dying in prison, asks to speak in confidence, to a complete stranger. With no hope or wish for absolution, what is her dreadful and saddest of stories that she insists on telling to just one other person?A dear friend, lost for twenty years, returns bearing shattering news, and an astoni...

What do you do when your future is in the hands of someone you hate?Dawn is a dynamic young woman. As a single mother and sous-chef in a trendy New Orleans restaurant, she has to push herself every day to keep up. Especially as the chef she works with turns out to be the father of her daughter and is threatening to take sole custody of her. She's got to stay on her toes!So, when Dawn gets caught up in her own problems, she collides with another moto...

Four exciting novelisations in which the Doctor is on trial for his life.In The Mysterious Planet, the Doctor is brought before the court of his fellow Time Lords. If the Valeyard can prove him guilty, the Doctor must sacrifice his remaning regenerations.In Mindwarp, the second piece of evidence against the Doctor is presented to the court. One thing is certain: on the evidence of the Matrix, the Doctor is guilty as charged!In Terror of the Vervoids, the Matrix rela...

The first book on transgender in a prison setting looks at the entire HM Prison Service regime for such people. Ranging from hard information about rules and regulations, the transition process and how to access it to practical suggestions about clothing, wigs and hairpieces, make-up and coming out, the book also deals with such matters as change of name, gender identity clinics, hormones, medication and use of prison showers and toilets.

Do your legs tremble when you stand in place? Do you find yourself needing to sit down, so you wont fall? Then you have as many questions as I do. What is wrong with me? How do I cope with this? Is there medicine to help? What about physical therapy? What is this new brain surgery known as deep brain stimulation? Will it help me? Am I the only one to have this problem?In my twenty-two-year trek with orthostatic tremor, I have found some of the answers. A rare neurological movement ...

Nicola Bryant reads this classic novelisation of a Sixth Doctor TV adventure.En route to Kew Gardens, the Doctor and Peri arrive in Northern England at the time of the Luddite uprisings. Unknown to them, the TARDIS has been dragged of course by the Master, who plans to pervert the course of history and destroy his arch enemy once and for all. But also present is the Rani, another exile from Gallifrey, who is conducting her own evil experiments on the humans of the 19th Century. Soo...

Bonnie Langford reads this thrilling novelisation of the debut TV adventure for the Seventh Doctor.Assailed by violent bolts of energy, the TARDIS is blasted off-course and forced to land on the barren planet of Lakertya. The turbulence triggers the Doctor's sixth regeneration - but that is the least of his worries.Why has the Rani, that ruthless renegade Time Lady, brought the Doctor to Lakertya? What are the hideous Tetrap guards? Who are the eleven geniuses she has impri...

A collection of four classic TV novelisations featuring Time Lords who fled life on Gallifrey.In The Time Meddler, the turbulent English coastline in 1066 is the scene of a troubled encounter between the Meddling Monk and the First Doctor, Steven and Vicki.In The Deadly Assassin, the Fourth Doctor returns to Gallifrey and is framed for presidential murder - but his old enemy the Master is waiting in the wings.In Shada, the...

Apples Never Fall meets Maine in this captivating novel of family secrets, summer celebrations, and putting things back together again after they’ve all fallen apart— from the acclaimed author of The Hidden Life of Cecily Larson.Lindy has the summer of a lifetime planned at her family’s beloved cottage in Summerland Cove, Maine, where she’s spent summers all her life and where she and her husband David met as teenagers. She’s slated big e...

Through analyzing dress in detective fiction, Fear and Clothing reveals a cultural history of identity affected by the social upheaval caused by war. In-depth analysis of interwar publications by a comprehensive range of writers reveals readers' anxieties and fears about class, gender and race and how these changed over the period. Although read and written by both men and women, detective fiction was deemed at the time to be a masculine and high-status entertainment. However the ...

Pedro Gomez of ESPN was a beloved figure in baseball. His death from sudden cardiac arrest on Feb. 7, 2021, unleashed an outpouring of heartfelt tributes. He was 58, both a hard-nosed reporter and a smiling ambassador of the sport. These 62 personal essays soar beyond sports to delve into life lessons.Pedro, a proud Cuban American, was known for his dramatic reporting from Havana. Fully and fluidly bilingual, he did as much as anyone to bridge the wide gap that had...

Using Quality Benchmarks for Assessing and Developing Undergraduate ProgramsUsing Quality Benchmarks for Assessing and Developing Undergraduate Programs introduces selected performance criteria-benchmarks-to assist undergraduate programs in defining their educational goals and documenting their effectiveness.The book explores the attributes of undergraduate programs by focusing on educationally related activities in eight ...