Set against the vibrant and volatile backdrop of Sydney's Mardi Gras, The Mardi Gras Murders follows Detective Sergeant Helen Wheeler — "Hell on Wheels" to her squad — and her young partner, Detective Constable Rick Cooper, a rising star with secrets of his own. When a street kid turns up battered and terrified, the pair uncover a network of exploitation and violence that stretches from Darlinghurst's neon-lit alleys to the city's corridors of power. But as the city prepares for i...

The new kid in town was quite the looker, but for seventeen-year-old Tim Patterson - gay and single - he didn't think he'd stand a chance - even with his best mate, Ben Walker, doing his best to interfere!What he didn't count on, however, was that the new kid in town had a secret of his own, and that the two of them were more alike than anyone could realise.And so it begins. Boy meets boy... and everything that they both hoped for looked like it was falling into place, despit...

Ethics by Committee was developed for the tens of thousands of people across the United States serve on hospital and other healthcare ethics committees (HECs). Experts in bioethics, clinical consultation, health law, and social psychology from across the country have contributed chapters on ethics consultation, education, and policy development. The chapters discuss important considerations for HEC members such as promoting just and ethical organizations, developing cultural and s...

Leaving home for the first time and heading out into the big, wide world can be a daunting experience for anyone - unless you have your closest friends right there beside you, sharing every high and low along the way.When Matt and Luke move to the small coastal town of Thompsonville, they leave behind troubled pasts and uncertain futures in the hope of building a new life together. Joining friends Tim, Guy, Ben and Samantha in a ramshackle old house near a hidden beach, the group so...

GaWaNi Pony Boy's unique approach to horses is captured in these five books from BowTie Press. GaWaNi Pony Boy is the founder and president of lyuptala University (lyuptala means "one-with" in Lakota), and online college that allows horse lovers to expand their knowledge of these magnificent animals. He regularly writes for equine publications throughout the United States and Europe.

Best friends, Luke and Matt, have been inseparable since primary school and now, after twelve long years of schooling, the end of those school years are finally within sight. All that is left to do now is make it through the night of the school formal, before starting their final exams.So what will the night bring for the boys and their group of friends? What secrets are about to be exposed? How will they, their families and their friends all react to the events that are about to u...

Becoming Adaptable provides insights on why adaptability enables better performance in personal and professional life. It details many insightful and practical facilitation activities to develop deeper understanding of people, relationships and culture. It explains how behavioural impacts what people perceive in context and what this means for how they interact with each other in learning and social interactions. The book explores how facilitation works best in practice, and what this mean...

For successful young author Tony Scott, coming home to Thompsonville is a daunting prospect.It has been five years since he left the sleepy seaside town behind to chase his dreams. Five years since he walked away from the only place that ever truly felt like home, the only people he ever considered family, and the only man he has ever loved.When plans begin for an anniversary celebration bringing old friends back together, Tony realises it may be the opportunity he has been...

"My grand-father always used to say that everything that happens to us in life happens for a reason. And when we look back on our lives there are some moments that just seem to stick in our minds forever and I can now see what he meant by that."For Scott Fraser there was one such moment that he remembers well. It was the time when, as a teenager, he saved the life of a young boy who was about to be swept out to sea.What he couldn't have prepared himself for, however, was wh...

My name is Jake Althaus, and for the most part, I seem to have it all. A loving partner, a devoted dog, a promising future in nursing school. The only problem is: I've been plagued with persistent headaches, and though I'm loathe to admit that anything is wrong, a routine checkup with my general practitioner, and the subsequent MRI that follows, delivers a devastating truth.I have brain cancer.It isn't terminal, but that doesn't change the dread that festers in my heart, in...