A geologist turns sleuth in this "engrossing and beautifully written suspense novel" set in Greece by the author of the Booker Prize shortlisted Europa ( The New York Times).A New York Times Notable BookIn the hallucinatory light and heat of a Mediterranean island, London geologist Peter Nicholson arrives to inspect a granite quarry where a worker has died under suspicious circumstances. Hired to write as damning a report ...

An English geologist working on a Mediterranean island becomes embroiled in a nightmare web of deceit, corruption, lust and tragedy in Tim Parks' mesmeric story of a man whose life will be shattered like the fatal fragment of stone that obsesses him.

This book contains the proceedings of a symposium held at the College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, USA, 16-20 June 1986. The seed for this symposium arose from a group of physiologists , soU scientists and biochemists that met in Leningrad, USSR in July 1975 at the 12th Botanical Conference in a Session organized by Professor B.B. Vartepetian. This group and others later conspired to contribute to a book entitled Plant Life in Anaerobic Environments (eds. D. D. Hook and R. M....

They might claim they're not vampires, but they certainly act like vampires, and Viyana Sephri has no idea what the deadly impact of a romance with the charming Cory Griffin will be. Her ignorance won't protect her, and neither will his secrets.When Viyana Sephri pulls off a complicated party for her company, she didn't expect to get a promotion that has her running part of a partnership. She also didn't expect the other company to pair her with Cory Griffin, with his distracting l...

Death haunts me. Bloody, violent death.My name is Kaidance Monroe, and I'm cursed with the gift of sight.Snatched from obscurity by a figure shrouded in mystery, I've been sculpted into an instrument of vengeance, my visions sharpened like blades to serve his dark vendetta. Yet, within the walls of my sanctuary-turned-prison, secrets as dark as the night whispered of betrayals too deep, forcing me to flee. Now, I'm ensnared in a web spun from the...

A daring investigation into how women are recruited by the far right online.As the far right has gained popularity and acceptance around the world, its ranks have swelled with an unlikely category of members: women.Women play significant roles in far-right movements, acting as propagandists, prizes to be won and mother-warriors of the nation. But up to now their activities have been largely overlooked. In Pink-pilled, journalist Lois Shearing inter...

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A small town cop's murder investigation turns deadly when she uncovers a web of politics and drugs linked to an outlaw motorcycle gang in this gripping debut suspense novel for fans of Winter's Bone, Frozen River, Breaking Bad, and Sons of Anarchy.As a cop on the night shift in Hopewell Falls, New York, June Lyons drives drunks home and picks up the donuts. A former FBI agent, she ditched the Bureau when her husband died, and now she and her young daughter are bac...

Welcome to the Clancy of the Outback series.Eleven-year-old Clancy has been thrust into life out woop-woop. These are the stories of his outback adventures at his uncle's sheep station, Overflow Station.In this book, Big Bill decides to bring the shearing forward and Mum and Little Bill and Clancy clean the shearers' quarters. Big Bill is keen to see if Mum will do the cooking for the gang but in the end a cook arrives with the shearers. Little Bill shows Clancy how to thro...

The latest novel in a crafting cozy series featuring talented sleuthing seamstress Abbey Chandler, the members of a small-town California sewing studio—and murder.Abbey’s life in Hideaway Grove is comfortable, and she’s grateful for her small sewing studio in the back room of her aunt’s bakery, but she’s feeling stuck. Her plan to expand her custom tote bag business by selling to a chain of gift shops has hit a snag. Making enough totes to distribute to all the sto...

THE LEADING FORECAST ON THE GLOBAL IMPACT OF US TRADE TARIFFS'An exceptionally sensible, clear-headed and original thinker' The Financial Times'A very timely book on the new, fractured world'***** The Sunday Times'The best book on the future of the global economy'***** The International EconomyThe tectonic plates of the global order are shifting, creating new pressur...

A venticinque anni, Hank possiede un piccolo appezzamento di terreno nel sud-ovest dell’Australia rurale dove integra il reddito della sua proprietà con la tosatura stagionale delle pecore. Hank è un "shearing gun", un asso in grado di tosare un gran numero di pecore in un solo giorno. Suo padre l’ha sbattuto fuori di casa dopo che lui si era dichiarato omosessuale e, dal momento che nessuno assumerebbe mai un tosatore gay, Hank è rimasto ben nascosto da allora.Elliot è il nuovo me...