A whistling butcher is probably not anything particularly abnormal, she told herself. After all there are plenty of singing butchers, butchers who tell you jokes, butchers who tell you their life stories. But this one, with his little striped apron and his long legs in very short shorts, big feet with footy socks, blue singlet under the apron to match the blue denim shorts, the muscular arms and legs shining, hairless, olive skinned.

A pair of blonde headed twins is attacked by a band of drug dealers. They travel the world to find the man who wants them dead. But the man is always one step ahead of them. . Even the help of a detective who travels with them cant free them from the constant threat.A story about young men and their approach to life, sex and bodies. Not a book for refined ladies to read, it speaks in the language of young men, crude, rude and probably lude. And full of action as only young men imag...

Ten year old Edward lives with a group of boys in welfare housing that is badly supervised. He is attacked, abused and is only saved from a certain life of crime by a teacher who adopts him and takes him under his wing.But the community doesnt accept a man adopting a boy and they are both hounded until they make a run for freedom. An adventure story that explores the relationship between males and the fight for the right to a normal life by a little boy and his grown up mentor.

An RAAF photographer survives an explosion in the Korean War and wake up with an Argentine Pilot. They become firm friends but the Aussie has to learn the hard way the true meaning of Machismo. A generation later, their sons fight different sides of another war and discover too late that Machismo has a better side. A tragic story of war, love, and friendship.

The voyage of the 'coffin ship' Ajax, from Dublin to Grosse Île, the Canadian quarantine station as described in the contemporary diary of one of the passengers, Robert Whyte. Whyte was a Protestant gentleman of education and position, as well as being a professional writer who intended to publish his diary. The diary appeared in 1848. It is signed in the author's own handwriting and features vivid descriptions of the spectacular scenery along the way and the striking delineations of the p...

Australians have a love–hate relationship with spiders. Some spiders, such as the Redback and the Sydney Funnelweb, inspire fear. Yet Peacock Spiders, with their colourful fan-spreading courtship dances, have won rapturous appreciation worldwide.A Field Guide to Spiders of Australia uses photographs of living animals to help people identify many of the spiders they encounter. Featuring over 1300 colour photographs, it is the most comprehensive account of Australian spiders...

Cet ouvrage d’une ambition exceptionnelle présente sous une forme accessible à un large public une histoire inédite de l’esclavage depuis la Préhistoire jusqu’au présent. Il paraît vingt ans après le vote de la loi Taubira, alors que la prise de conscience du passé esclavagiste est chaque jour plus aiguisée au sein de la société française. L’histoire de l’esclavage, trop longtemps tenue pour une forme de passé subalterne, est ici replacée au coeur de l’histoire mondiale. Le livre renouvell...

Twenty ghostly tales from the supernatural masters of the Victorian age. Wimbourne Books presents the fourth in a series of rare or out-of-print ghost stories from Victorian authors. With an introduction by author Alastair Gunn, Volume 4 in the series spans the years 1835 to 1869 and includes stories from a wide range of male authors; English, Irish, Scottish and American. Includes tales by Charles Dickens, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Washington Irving. Readers new to this genre will discover ...

The acclaimed author of The Forest Laird delivers "a bold, brash tribute to . . . one of medieval Scotland's fiercest warriors and its most revered king" ( Booklist).Robert I, or as he is known to a grateful Scottish nation, Robert the Bruce, was one of Scotland's greatest kings, as well as one of the most famous warriors of his generation. He led the valiant Scots in the Wars of Scottish Independence against the Kingdom of England. His reign saw t...

Friis and Crease capture Postphenomenology, a new field that has attracted attention among scholars engaged in technology studies. Contributors to this edited collection seek to analyze, clarify, and develop postphenomenological language and concepts, expand the work of Don Ihde, the field's founder, and scout into fields that Ihde never tackled.Many of the contributors to this collection had especially close ties to Ihde and have benefited from close work with him. This combined w...

UN MAPA ESENCIAL PARA EXPLORAR Y COMPRENDER TU VERDADERO SEREl eneagrama es un campo de conocimiento muy útil para abordar una pregunta que los seres humanos llevamos haciéndonos desde hace milenios: ¿quiénes somos realmente? A partir de su propia experiencia vital y sus estudios en este campo, Roberto Whyte nos revela los nueve patrones esenciales para descubrir nuestro verdadero «yo» y despojarnos de las máscaras que nos atrapan.A través de un viaje perso...

Esta obra plantea un viaje para comprender los cimientos sobre los que construimos nuestros acuerdos, reflexionar sobre ellos y poder decidir si queremos cambiarlos. Negociador 365 es un relato práctico que toma como referencia campos de conocimiento como el eneagrama, el coaching y la meditación, así como los cuatro invitados presentes en toda negociación: el miedo, el rol, las creencias y la identidad instintiva. Tras una radiografía exhaustiva de cada tipo de negociador, el autor nos su...