Police Corruption in the NYPD: From Knapp to Mollen explores how the New York Police Department experienced two major investigations within a quarter of a century. It compares the states of corruption within the NYPD during the Knapp and Mollen commissions, examining why corruption continued and why the revealed ethical breaches became more serious

**SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2026 WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE‘****Vivid, poignant, hilarious and tragic: the most rewarding and beautiful novel I've read in ages’ BARBARA TRAPIDO'A family saga like no other. Gloriously off-beat, darkly comedic and totally bewitching. A bravura performance' SARAH WINMAN**‘We shall be forgotten.’ he said. ‘We shall be lost. They will scrub us away like a set of dirty fingerprints on a plastic kettle.’The crumbling Gothic...

Brought to you by Penguin.‘We shall be forgotten.’ he said. ‘We shall be lost. They will scrub us away like a set of dirty fingerprints on a plastic kettle.’The crumbling Gothic mansion of Thornwalk, long-term home of the Gilbert family, is being handed over to a chain of luxury ‘historic’ hotels. Millions will be spent in its restoration. But for every ‘improvement’, what will be lost? What value can there possibly be in a threadbare carpet, a tar...

New and updated material in Book 1.Book 1Looking for a different twist to the Apocalypse?In eighth grade she knew one thing……science was awesome.Would her future self change the world?At 24, Paulette's got a dream, but it's going to take a lot of money. The best solution is to start her own bionics company and then she can fund her real vision.When she confides in a friend, h...

The town of Wheatland lies along the west bank of the Genesee River in the southwest corner of Monroe County. In 1786, the adventurous frontiersman Ebenezer �Indian� Allan built a log cabin near the river. The Allan family soon moved on, but the settlement of the entire area west of the Genesee River had begun. The name given to the town in 1821 recognized the successful wheat crops already yielded by its fertile soil. Oatka Creek, which winds its way across town to the river, once powered...

Artist Toolbox: Surfaces & Supports explores a wide range of drawing and painting surfaces and the unique effects they have on a variety of media.The surface you draw or paint on impacts everything in your artwork, from its texture and brightness to color and durability. Artist Toolbox: Surfaces & Supports covers the drawing and painting surfaces and supports that all artists should know. With this art book, you'll learn the basic...

The Equality Act 2010 in Mental Health provides a critical guide to the Act: what it means for mental health services and how it should be implemented.It addresses each of the nine characteristics protected by the Act in turn, examining the research and practice issue associated with each and offering positive guidance. Contributors also highlight the broader issues associated with achieving equality in mental health, including conflicts between different forms of discrimination, t...

As the Ice Age ends and the glaciers release their hold on North America, a brave band of people make their way into the new continent. The climate is changing and the game is scarce. A hostile tribe pursues them, driving them ever southward. In their midst rises a young shaman, who receives a Dream from the spirit of the Wolf, a vision of paradise on the other side of the impenetrable ice. An older, more powerful Dreamer teaches the young man how to find the path to the new land, but they...

Paulette is now a prisoner of the City of Technology.They want her program so they can use their time pod to go back and change the past. Paulette doesn't want to give it to them and has to figure out a way to stop them.With her and Thomas's life in danger, she embarks on a dangerous mission to prove that changing the past won't work.She must devise a way to not only save the future, but also find a way back home to her friends.Will she be able to st...

This book helps kids from the ages one to four learn the alphabet and animals and where they live. This book is a great way to get kids excited about learning.

Women and Comedy: History, Theory, Practice presents the most current international scholarship on the complexity and subversive potential of women’s comedic speech, literature, and performance. Earlier comedy theorists such as Freud and Bergson did not envision women as either the agents or audiences of comedy, only as its targets. Only more recently have scholarly studies of comedy begun to recognize and historicize women’s contributions to—and political uses of—comedy. The essays collec...

In der September/Oktober-Ausgabe von Spot on Audio geht es auf Entdeckungstour in Kalifornien. Was macht das typische Lebensgefühl aus? Wie lebt es sich in Los Angeles? Welche Songs prägen das Bild von Kalifornien? Außerdem: Star-Interview mit der Sängerin Adele aus London; der haarsträubende Kampfruf des Neuseeländischen Rugby-Teams; Abgefahrenes rund um Australiens Kängurus; pünktlich zu Halloween klassischer Horror von Edgar Allan Poe, Witze, Sketche und vieles, vieles mehr. Hören und V...