A bouncer at a Utah bar takes on a killer far more frightening than his usual rowdy clientele…Jake Boulder, a tough transplanted Scotsman, makes his living throwing aggressive drunks out of a bar in Utah called the Joshua Tree. It may be a dangerous job sometimes, but it's nothing compared to what he's about to take on. His friend Alfonse—who also stands out a bit in this small Utah town, as a bookish, tech-savvy African-American PI—has asked for his help investiga...

**'A crucial, riveting polemic in support of one of the most precious things humanity has built - democracy itself' OWEN JONES'Graham Smith shows what fools our rotten constitution makes of us, with a monarch as emblem of a country beset by nepotism, backhanders, chumocracy and inherited privilege. Read and rebel!' POLLY TOYNBEE**We're constantly told the same things about the monarchy:But the monarchy is good for tourism..It...

During a terrorist attack at a Vermont ski lodge, a bartender may be the only hope for the hostages: "A new tough guy to root for." —Matt Hilton, bestselling author of the Joe Hunter novelsScottish transplant Jake Boulder is tending bar at an exclusive Vermont ski resort on New Year's Eve when armed terrorists hold up the lodge and take all the customers and guests hostage. Trapped with the others, Boulder watches in horror as the female terrorist leader disfigures ...

"A new tough guy to root for . . . a hero who is as sharp with his wits, and his tongue, as he is with his fists." —Matt Hilton, bestselling author of the Joe Hunter novelsAfter a family of four is crucified and burned alive, Jake Boulder is determined to help out his best friend and sometime-employer, a private detective related to the victims. But as Boulder tries to track the heinous killer, a young woman is abducted and found dead—and Boulder realizes these murd...

From a #1 bestselling author, a fast, furious thriller in which Jake Boulder takes on a personal mission—and a professional killer.Tasked with finding a beneficiary and revealing a dead woman's secret, Jake Boulder travels from Colorado to New York with his girlfriend Taylor. He also has a personal mission: to find his estranged father. The old man may not be good for much, but he could be source of a life-saving transfusion for an ailing family member.Once...

Brought to you by Penguin.We're constantly told the same things about the monarchy:But the monarchy is good for tourism..It isn't! Evidence points to some royal weddings actually having a negative impact on inbound tourism.But the monarchy makes a big difference to charity..Of the approx. 1,200 charities with a royal patron, 74% had no contact with the...

Three novels in the series starring "a hero who is as sharp with his wits, and his tongue, as he is with his fists." —Matt Hilton, bestselling author of the Joe Hunter novelsTransplanted Scotsman Jake Boulder earns his keep where he can find it—including the occasional job for his friend, a bookish African American PI named Alfonse. This three-in-one volume of action-packed crime thrillers by the #1 bestselling author includes:Watching the Bodie...

Our democracies repeatedly fail to safeguard the future. From pensions to pandemics, health and social care through to climate, biodiversity and emerging technologies, democracies have been unable to deliver robust policies for the long term.In this book, Graham Smith asks why. Exploring the drivers of short-termism, he considers ways of reshaping legislatures and constitutions and proposes strengthening independent offices whose overarching goals do not change at every election. M...

In May 1942, five months after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the first airplanes and crews of the newly formed Eighth U.S. Army Air Force arrived in Britain. Over the next two years their numbers swelled to a massive and powerful force of bombers and fighters described by one USAAF General as ‘the greatest striking force the world has ever known’.They occupied no less than 67 airfields in England and added a huge offensive capability to RAF Bomber Command. The Americans were dedicated to hi...

The collapse of the Soviet Union has engendered one of the most momentous and critical regional transformations of our tiomes through the formation and development of the post-Soviet states. This book explores the politics of post-Soviet transition and the problems which will continue to face these states well into the twenty-first century, as they struggle towards democracy, market reform, ethnic co-existance and integration into a new geoplolitical post-Cold War world order.Richl...

Contemporary democracies are frequently criticized for failing to respond adequately to environmental problems and our political institutions are often charged with misrepresenting environmental values in decision-making processes. In this innovative volume, Graham Smith argues that the enhancement and institutionalisation of democratic deliberation will improve reflection on the wide range of environmental values that citizens hold.Drawing on theories of deliberative democracy, Smi...

Can we design institutions that increase and deepen citizen participation in the political decision making process? At a time when there is growing disillusionment with the institutions of advanced industrial democracies, there is also increasing interest in new ways of involving citizens in the political decisions that affect their lives. This book draws together evidence from a variety of democratic innovations from around the world, including participatory budgeting in Brazil, Citizens'...