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Stuart B. Martin

This book intends to establish, against his numerous modern critics, that the ancient philosopher Parmenides was a mystic. Instead of arriving at his conclusions by cold reason, Parmenides found the unity of Being, which he called “the Truth,” by turning to a life of meditation. His use of reason throughout his poem was not intended to discover the Truth, but to undermine those who would disallow the Truth which had been revealed to him: the Truth as living and intelligent that is, some On...

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Stuart Martin

In a prison run with cold, mechanical precision, a governor who believes every criminal is undone by one fatal mistake finds his orderly world shattered by a midnight visitor at gunpoint. Calm, intelligent, and armed with a forged reprieve, the intruder forces a deadly negotiation, then turns the governor's own routines into tools for a daring rescue plan. As the two men test each other's nerve, they veer into a fierce debate about crime, punishment, and the psychology of criminals. From t...

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Stuart Martin

As night falls on the prison, the Governor prepares for another execution—just another day of routine. But when a visitor arrives with a forged reprieve and a silenced revolver, the Governor finds himself held hostage in his own office. The intruder, a cunning criminal mastermind, demands the immediate release of his partner in crime, a condemned murderer scheduled to hang at dawn.Refusing to surrender to panic, the Governor stalls for time by recounting the stories of fourteen new...

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Martin Stewart-Weeks, Simon Cooper

Digital transformation across the public sector has stalled. After over 25 years of considerable time, money, and effort at national, state, and local levels, we’re still not 'there' yet. The reason is that successive waves of investment in digital transformation have focused largely on improving the transactional functions and activities of government. They have failed to embrace a bigger challenge - the need for governing and government to rethink a new 'theory of the business' - which t...

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Stuart Martin

On a snowbound Christmas Eve, the exclusive Clue Club gathers to discuss murder, justice, and the dark puzzles of crime. Its members—lawyers, doctors, actors, politicians, novelists, and a clergyman—debate notorious cases under the stern eye of a Criminal Court judge, while the club's regular waiter, an ex-prisoner, silently reminds them of the world they dissect so glibly. But the evening turns sinister when his replacement steps forward: calm, observant, and far more formidable than he s...

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Helene Tursten, Mick Herron, Cara Black, Peter Lovesey, Stephanie Barron, James R. Benn, Henry Chang, Gary Corby, Colin Cotterill, Tod Goldberg, Timothy Hallinan, Mette Ivie Harrison, Lene Kaaberbøl, Agnete Friis, Ed Lin, Sujata Massey, Stuart Neville, Martin Limón

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Jonathan Yen, John Keating, Barbara Caruso, Luis Moreno, Elizabeth Sastre, Carine Montbertrand, Ali Ahn, Brian Hutchison

Eighteen delightful holiday stories by a colorful lineup of your favorite Soho Crime authorsThis captivating collection, which features bestselling and award-winning authors, contains laughs aplenty, the most hardboiled of holiday noir, and heartwarming reminders of the spirit of the season.Nine mall Santas must find the imposter among them. An elderly lady seeks peace from her murderously loud neighbors at Christmastime. A young woman receives a mysterious invitation to Ch...

This volume arose out of a deep concern to assist people in their struggle to lead a flourishing life. Fractured, stressed, relationally broken and spiritually empty people may instinctively reach for the supposed panacea of happiness. But happiness is often a transitory state. More stable and worthwhile than the pursuit of happiness is leading a flourishing life. But what is flourishing? Is spirituality necessary for human flourishing and, if so, in what ways might spirituality provide a ...

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Martin Stewart

Stolen whisky, drug dealers, bent cops, social influencers and yakuza mobsters. And Robbie Gould is caught in the middle. 1964. A hoard of the finest Scotch whisky ever made – the legendary Dalziel Double Proof – goes missing. 2023. Albie, youngest son of the wealthy Dalziel family, vanishes. His desperate mother turns to Robbie Gould, a disgraced reporter with a reputation as a 'psychic crimebuster'. Broke and unemployed, Gould is in no position to turn down the job. He throws himself int...

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Martin Stewart

Stolen whisky, drug dealers, bent cops, social influencers and yakuza mobsters. And Robbie Gould is caught in the middle.1964. A hoard of the finest Scotch whisky ever made – the legendary Dalziel Double Proof – goes missing.2023. Albie, youngest son of the wealthy Dalziel family, vanishes. His desperate mother turns to Robbie Gould, a disgraced reporter with a reputation as a 'psychic crimebuster'.Broke and unemp...

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James Stewart Martin

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Forbidden Bookshelf

A scathing attack on Wall Street's illegal ties to Nazi Germany before WWII—and the postwar whitewashing of Nazi business leaders by the US governmentPrior to World War II, German industry was controlled by an elite group who had used their money and influence to help bring the Nazi Party to power. After the Allies had successfully occupied Germany and removed the Third Reich, the process of reconstructing the devastated nation's economy began under supervision of t...

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ABC of Multimorbidity is the first title to provide primary care practitioners with a practical approach to the complex issues of treating and managing patients with more than one morbidity.Ageing populations and earlier diagnosis of chronic conditions mean more people are living longer with multimorbidity. However, treatment guidelines are often designed for treatment in isolation of other morbidities. Multimorbidity management therefore requires a more patient centred ap...

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Martin Stuart-Fox

China, the world's most populous nation, has always exerted great influence on the traditional kingdoms and modern states of Southeast Asia. Today, history and culture continue to shape the modern relationship.In this concise volume, Martin Stuart-Fox charts the history of relations between China and Southeast Asia across two millennia, examining patterns of diplomacy, commercial networks, and migration, and explaining how these have varied over time. He shows how China's tradition...