Twenty years was almost long enough for Joe Kennedy to forget why he left Glasgow in the first place... now he's back to bury his best friend, Father Paul Connolly.When Kennedy inherits a flash drive containing one of the Catholic church's darkest secrets, what begins as a final farewell turns into a lethal hunt through the city's rain soaked shadows.With the Vatican Bank on his tail and a trail of laundered cash leading from the Highlands to the Holy See, Kennedy turns to ...

Scotland 1698. A nation on its knees, crippled by famine, poverty and economic ruin. Desperate to reverse their fortunes, the Scots embark on an audacious plan to establish a colony on the untamed shores of the Darien Peninsula.Jamie Buchanan, a criminal lawyer fleeing Glasgow's underworld, reluctantly finds himself aboard the fleet of ships bound for Panama, alongside nine hundred other souls chasing the promise of a new beginning.What awaits is a world more savage than th...

Every fashionista worth her Louboutins cares as much about a book’s outfit as she does about its content. This purse-sized encyclopedia dons a cloth cover stamped with shimmering silver foil and a satin-ribbon page marker. Alongside vibrant illustrations, a team of fashion forecasters defines more than 285 terms from acid wash to zebra (“fatigues are really just exhausted clothes”) and answers sartorial quandaries (“What do I do when I’ve bought a genuine ‘Channel’ handbag in Hong Kong?”)....

How did Lin-Manuel Miranda become the preeminent musical storyteller of the 21st century?Daniel Pollack-Pelzner traces Miranda's path from a friendly but often isolated child to the winner of multiple Tonys and Grammys for his Broadway hits Hamilton and In the Heights and his songs in Disney's Moana and Encanto.Drawing on interviews with Miranda's family, friends and mentors - and many conversations with Miranda himself -...

The Complete Instant Pot Duo Crisp Air Fryer Cookbook600 Affordable and Delicious Air Fryer Recipes for Beginners with Tips & Tricks to Fry, Grill, Roast,and Bake

Crisis and Commonwealth: Marcuse, Marx, McLaren advances Marcuse scholarship by presenting four hitherto untranslated and unpublished manuscripts by Herbert Marcuse from the Frankfurt University Archive on themes of economic value theory, socialism, and humanism. Contributors to this edited collection, notably Peter Marcuse, Henry Giroux, Peter McLaren, Zvi Tauber, Arnold L. Farr and editor, Charles Reitz, are deeply engaged with the foundational theories of Marcuse and Marx with regard to...

A “valuable, comprehensive” (Quiara Alegría Hudes, Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright), captivating exploration of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s artistic journey, revealing how the creator of the Broadway musicals Hamilton and In the Heights found his unique voice through bold collaborations, redefining the world of musical theater.How did Lin-Manuel Miranda, the sweet, sensitive son of Puerto Rican parents from an immigrant neighborhood in Manhattan, rise ...

LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FINALIST'Essential reading' - THE INDEPENDENT'Vital and insightful' - OWL FISHERWhat does it mean to be non-binary in the 21st Century?Our gender identity is impacted by our personal histories; the cultures, communities and countries we are born into; and the places we go and the people we meet. But the representation of contemporary non-binary identities has been limit...

Practicing engineers will find this text helpful in getting up to date. Readers with some familiarity with this field will be able to follow the presentations with ease. Engineering students and those taking physics courses will find this book to be a useful source of examples of applications of the theory to commercially available materials as well as for uncomplicated explanations of physical properties. In many cases alternate explanations have been provided for clarity.An effort has be...

Practicing engineers will find this text helpful in getting up to date. Readers with some familiarity with this field will be able to follow the presentations with ease. Engineering students and those taking physics courses will find this book to be a useful source of examples of applications of the theory to commercially available materials as well as for uncomplicated explanations of physical properties. In many cases alternate explanations have been provided for clarity.An effort has be...

Physical Properties of Materials for Engineers, Second Edition introduces and explains modern theories of the properties of materials and devices for practical use by engineers. Introductory chapters discuss both classical mechanics and quantum mechanics to demonstrate the need for the quantum approach. Topics are presented in an uncomplicated manner; extensive cross-references are provided to emphasize the inter-relationships among the physical phenomena. Illustrations and problems based ...

When domestic abuse and children are involved, divorce and custody can be the epitome of high-stakes conflict and frustration and all too frequently protective parents lose custody of their child to a named abuser. Domestic Abuse, Child Custody, and Visitation helps mental health professionals, attorneys, and lay readers navigate the judicial process so that decisions are truly made in the best interest of children. The text reveals how all the puzzle pieces of the judicial proces...