You have passed a boarded storefront or a cracked school sign and asked what happened here. Some streets emptied because the gold ran out. Others because a dam was built, a bomb fell, or a boardroom closed the only employer in town. This book follows that question to 100 places.100 Forgotten Towns With Strange Histories gathers true stories of ghost towns, vanished villages, and stranded communities from 6 continents and 6 centuries. Each entry stands alone, yet the pattern repeats...

Publishing is a long-established profession that constantly renews itself in order to remain relevant and profitable. But what characteristic does a publisher in the 21st century need to succeed? How does the industry work? What are the roles and the processes that sustain it day by day? Richard Charkin provides the answers to these questions in an essential text subtitled 'Lessons in publishing.'All Rights Reserved is Richard Charkin's follow-up to his internationally successful m...

Doctor Anne Griffin is only back in Oak Creek, Wyoming because she has no other options. Here, she was always the shy, stuttering girl, invisible to everyone.Except Zac Mackay. The very reason she left in the first place.Zac’s years in Special Forces taught him survival skills, and he’s created a company—Linear Tactical—to teach those skills to others so they never have to live in fear.Then why is Annie, the last person he’d ever want to hurt, afraid of him...

'I am proud to say that I knew Jock Stein as a football manager, as a colleague and as a friend . . . he was the greatest manager in British football . . . men like Jock will live forever in the memory' - Sir Alex FergusonDuring his long reign at Celtic, Jock Stein was a legendary figure in the world of football. He led a youthful Celtic side to a memorable European Cup triumph in Lisbon in 1967 and was in charge of the home-grown Celtic teams which won nine Scottish league champio...

James is exactly what you'd expect from one of London's most promising, young town planners. He's cautious, respected by colleagues and performs well in team meetings. But while James understands the glitter and grime of the city better than almost anyone, he hasn't actually experienced much of it. And, as he watches his university friends blossom bewilderingly into rich and successful adults, he has the nagging sense that he has somehow fallen by the wayside.That is, until he meet...

While Malcolm Hyde may look like your very own personal Jesus, he’s anything but a saint. Covered in tattoos and leather, he’s a smoking hot biker and nothing but trouble.As the president of the Dirty Aces MC, Malcolm is known for being cold and calculating. One bad decision – getting into business with the wrong person – is all it takes to bring down the entire MC. It’s happened before to his predecessor, which is why Malcolm refuses to let it happen again on his watch. He doesn’t...

Helen is 47, newly divorced, and knee-deep in a ruthless clear-out. The plan is to ditch the clutter, the memories and the people who have made her life so difficult. At least, that's what everyone tells her to do. Then fate throws a curveball in the shape of Leo - an old university friend she barely remembers, but who knows all too well what it's like to choose the wrong life partner.Helen and Leo were never close, yet suddenly they have a surprising amount in common. Regret. Free...

This book examines how disability is shaped by the transformation of modern society, using Zygmunt Bauman’s concepts of solid modernity and liquid modernity to understand the changing forms of power, exclusion and moral indifference that disabled people face. Drawing on key debates in disability studies, it offers a new social theory of disablement that centres the lived consequences of order-making, surveillance, moral distancing and time. It positions disablement as essential to the stud...

Since I started this book with some famous quotes from people, documents, books, and cartoon characters, I thought a quote from a famous person would be a good way to end it on the back cover. Since I have written two books, the words of Winston Churchill at the beginning of World War II seemed appropriate: "This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end, but perhaps, the end of the beginning."I know that I will continue to write my monthly poems to my beautiful bride...

Tom Campbell is well known for his distinctive contributions to legal and political philosophy over three decades. In emphasizing the moral and political importance of taking a positivist approach to law and rights, he has challenged current academic orthodoxies and made a powerful case for regaining and retaining democratic control over the content and development of human rights.This collection of his essays reaches back to his pioneering work on socialist rights in the 1980s and...

Adrenaline junky.Adventure traveler.Extreme sport sensation.They’re all labels Riley Harrison—known to the world as Phoenix—wears as easily as the tattoos covering his body.But it’s his role as undercover operative for LT’s kidnap and ransom unit that makes his blood sing. Riley uses his celebrity status to help infiltrate locations and situations nobody else can get into.In. Out. The fight is usually over before t...

Road rash and Jack meets handcuffs and street smarts.I am a wandering disaster.A hedonist, a lover, a son, and a rebel.My name is Yuma.I’m sober enough to see the need for redemption, but too blind to realize I already found it.I am an independent seeker.An overachiever, a friend, a misfit, and a cop.My name is Lissie.I’m determined enough to find acceptance, but too stubborn to see all I nee...