A soldier is sent into No Man’s Land and meets the one being he never wanted to face. Alone, they talk not of war, but of fear, fate, and the price of living and the price of dying.

The rise and stall—and rise again—of corporate Canada’s least well-known spectacular successEven those who have heard of Prem Watsa and Fairfax Financial probably don’t understand them. The company sprawls across more than 100 countries and is known for its complex finances—so complex, they once attracted a who’s-who of Wall Street short sellers who misread the company as the next Enron and decided it could be profitably pushed into an open grave. The hedg...

“One of the most significant books in my life.” –Obie Fernandez, Author, The Rails Way“Twenty years ago, the first edition of The Pragmatic Programmer completely changed the trajectory of my career. This new edition could do the same for yours.” –Mike Cohn, Author of Succeeding with Agile , Agile Estimating and Planning , and User Stories Applied“. . . filled with practical advice, both technical and professional, that will s...

Surrounded by evil, how long can one man's good intentions last?February 1941, Berlin: A murderer is on a killing spree. The Murder Squad is in the midst of the biggest manhunt the city has ever seen.Georg Heuser is the idealistic, brilliant young detective set to crack the case.July 1959, West Germany: Lawyers Max Kraus and Paula Siebert are investigating war crimes of unimaginable magnitude committed near the Russian Front, the em...

**OVER 100,000 COPIES SOLDAbout those meltdowns, blowups, and one-word answers . . .**Some say that's just how boys are--prone to outbursts or sullenness. But what's behind these and other issues?Drawing from twenty-five years of counseling boys and working with parents, David Thomas sheds light on common emotional struggles, including anger, anxiety, and depression, and shares practical ways you can help your son be● Resourceful

"How well do you know your wife, Mr Crookham?"Peter Crookham arrives home late from work to a bloodbath: his journalist brother, Andy, is dead - covered in knife wounds - and his beautiful young wife, Mariana, is bathed in his blood.Convinced his wife is incapable of murder, Peter vows to clear her name. Yet he is forced to question his conviction when he discovers the subject of Andy's final investigation - Mariana's past.This past, Peter will discover, is inextric...

Portraits are timeless and enthralling, and a discipline to which many artists aspire. Experienced artist David Thomas demonstrates how to use watercolour, pencil and charcoal to produce rewarding results in your portrait work. This book will show you how to fill your paintings with life and character, and explain clearly how to build your sketches up into more developed drawn artwork, and from there to inspiring watercolour portraits.Learn to use watercolour, pencil and charcoal t...

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A story exploring identity and what it truly means to be human, this is a tale following a woman as she navigates the complexities of emotion, desire, and self-discovery.

writers note. As a child I was told of a haunted woods deep in the Welsh Valleys. This is my take on it.

Hannah has a gift for seeing the dead.This is her story.

High in the frozen mountains, far from any king's road and beyond the reach of mercy, stands a fortress abandoned by history and feared by every village that still remembers its name.When a weary mercenary company takes shelter inside the ruined castle during a savage winter campaign, they believe they have found protection from the storm, the enemy, and the dead men left behind on the battlefield. But the fortress is not empty. Its halls shift in the dark. Its doors open onto room...