En ny medryckande bladvändare av mästaren Lee Child.I en namnlös stad krigar två rivaliserande gäng. Men de har inte räknat med att Jack Reacher ska dyka upp.Reacher sitter på en långdistansbuss. Han ser en äldre man somna några säten bort. Ett tjockt kuvert fullproppat med pengar är på väg att ramla ur hans ficka. Reacher ser också en annan passagerare iaktta mannen, uppenbarligen någon som hoppas på att snart bli rik. Samtidigt som tjuven ska ta tillfället i akt, ger sig ...

International trade in services is emerging as an important area of study. Governments are becoming increasingly aware of the significance of services in both trade and investmnet relationships. This book is based om researh carred out as part of the ASEAN- Australia Joint Rsearch Project, Its is of relevance internationally as well as to the Paficic Rim countries for its consideration of both theoretical and policy aspects. Case studies are presented for each country of the origonal ASEAN...

Aid instruments need to adjust to new challenges and priorities. Global pandemics, climate change, increased inequality, low economic growth, and conflict have made it increasingly difficult for developing countries to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Retooling Development Aid in the 21st Century: The Importance of Budget Support examines the critical role of budget support by both multilateral and bilateral aid agencies to address the 21st century's development goals of...

Louisiana Women: Their Lives and Times, volume 2, highlights the significant historical contributions of some of Louisiana’s most noteworthy and also overlooked women from the eighteenth century to the present. This volume underscores the cultural, social, and political distinctiveness of the state as well as showcases the actions and activities of women who greatly affected the history of Louisiana in profound and interesting ways.These essays on women at the forefront of...

Maclay School's Journal of Creative WritingOn our title: We take the title of this journal from a novella of the same name by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. The novella is an existential piece, written before Dostoyevsky's greatest works and before Existentialism had really taken root in literature. The unnamed narrator is frequently named an anti-hero and is described by the note on the back of the Dover edition as a "profoundly alienated individual in whose brooding self-an...