Global political conspiracies were a myth, until Colonel Miguel Mejia - aka APOK - discovered a rebel organization named the Sons of Liberty. Tracking down its members, his investigation started succeeding until an explosion left him beaten, bloodied and broken. Drowning in pain, strung up in a hospital bed at a top secret military facility he volunteers for a radical new therapy.Forcing himself to recover, he struggles through the pain, growing frustrated watching highlights of th...

Colonel Miguel Mejia, a.k.a. APOK, is a man on the run, hunted relentlessly for kidnapping the leader of the world. Haunted by his past and with the future of humanity hanging in the balance, APOK must confront his deepest regrets while fighting to save the world he’s vowed to protect. As a shadowy global cabal seeks to consolidate their hold on power, APOK is forced into an uneasy alliance, which plunges him into a high-stakes battle to avert their plans. The world stands on the brink of ...

A student edition of this challenging and popular tragedy with notes and commentary.The most controversial of the Greek tragedians, Euripedes is alsothe most modern in his sympathies, a dramatist who handles the complexemotions of his characters with extraordinary depth and insight.Wronged and discarded by her husband, Medea gradually revealsher revenge in its increasing horror, while the audience is led tounders...

Fluctuating World Markets, Underhanded Political Agendas, Organized Crime, Social Uprisings, and Terrorist Attacks blur the line between right and wrong.Eight year police veteran Miguel Mejia aka APOK made a split second decision that affected a country and ruined his life. After two years in prison this former military special operative is visited by Carrie Warren. Taking the assignment this young zealous news reporter expects instant glory interviewing the ‘KILLER COP’. Before Car...

Something has happened which shouldn't be possible. A star was stolen. One minute it was there, the next it was gone. And Sara Hale, a mechanically augmented rocket officer, has the unenviable task of discovering how such a devastating phenomenon is possible - and who's to blame.Entangled somewhere in this mess is Sara's young friend, David Smith, a legendary war hero with amorous ties to their quarry. David has been tramping from star system to star system since the Yavi War ended...

A biography of Anthonius Margaritha, convert to Christianity and reporter on Jewish life and religious practices.Born in the 1490s, Anthonius Margaritha was the grandson, son, and brother of noted rabbis and was perhaps the best-known Jew of his generation in Germany to convert to Christianity. When he became a Christian in 1521, he began a series of writings that were built on his Jewish life and learning but were intended to reveal the defects of his former faith...

Questions of equity and inequality have moved to the center of debates on development and poverty reduction. This reflects growing awareness that even countries with high rates of growth can experience stagnating or increasing inequality, and that inequality can itself limit the poverty reducing effects of growth. Indeed, recent work indicates that, in addition to its intrinsic value, equity should be valued for its positive impacts on growth and the poverty-reducing effects of such growth...

Drama Classics: The World's Great Plays at a Great Little PriceA tragic tale of duty, retribution and fate.King Agamemnon, on returning from the Trojan Wars, is murdered by his wife, Clytemnestra, and her lover. Now, to avenge the crime, their daughter Electra must commit one even worse and face the inevitable consequences.This edition of Sophocles' play Electra, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series, is translated and intro...

A Student Edition of Euripides' play, which accessibly unpacks Greek tragedy in its social context, issues of translation and adaptation, and performance approaches over the centuries.Euripides' play Medea was first produced in 431BC and continues to be produced globally to this day. Its power and timeless appeal for audiences rests in its portrait of a woman driven to murder the new wife of the man who abandoned her and to murder her own children. In more...

Questions of equity and inequality have moved to the center of debates on development and poverty reduction. This reflects growing awareness that even countries with high rates of growth can experience stagnating or increasing inequality, and that inequality can itself limit the poverty reducing effects of growth. Indeed, recent work indicates that, in addition to its intrinsic value, equity should be valued for its positive impacts on growth and the poverty-reducing effects of such growth...

Disaster can strike at any time and most people are not prepared for it. Disaster preparedness is essential, but most find it unexciting. However, anyone who has watched a zombie movie has a plan in mind for how they would survive it, and those imaginary plans translate well to real-world disaster scenarios.Using the backdrop of some of the most well-known zombie properties (Night of the Living Dead, 28 Days Later, and The Walking Dead), this book is a guide for p...

In considering the practice and theory of translating Classical Greek plays into English from a theatrical perspective, Found in Translation, first published in 2006, also addresses the wider issues of transferring any piece of theatre from a source into a target language. The history of translating classical tragedy and comedy, here fully investigated, demonstrates how through the ages translators have, wittingly or unwittingly, appropriated Greek plays and made them reflect socio-politic...