Finding Your Leather Tribe: A Practical Guide to Gay Leather & Kink Communities Around the WorldFeel confident walking into your first leather bar, and know exactly where to find your people, at home or abroad."Authentic tales of that second coming-out... perfect for travel adventures and quiet reflection alike."- Jack Fritscher, Editor Emeritus, Drummer MagazineMore than fifty years ago, Larry Town...

REVIEWS"A wonderful book, depicting the 1950s to the 1970s, that many will identify with, a fascinating insight, a valuable piece of social history............""A really good story, told with heart-warming honesty.""If you loved the music from these times and grew up on a council estate, with all the fun, happiness, love, warmth and sometimes sadness, then this is a book to read""A great insight into growing up in a suburban village in the 1950s/60s, excelle...

Pruning is the number one anxiety of aspiring gardeners who want to train and stimulate their plants but fear they might kill them. Pruning now joins the hugely successful Collins Practical Gardener series to give you the best tips and techniques for pruning your entire garden, from roses and fruit trees to hedges and topiary plants.Pruning retains a plant's shape, improves flowering and fruiting, and keeps foliage and stems healthy. This books guides you through the vast range of ...

When a series of art thefts sweeps across their home region, three people are drawn together in an unfolding mystery that creates new possibilities for each of them. In one tumultuous year, bereaved GP Andrew Carlyle Stuart, work-obsessed academic Michael Gilmour and struggling musician Anne-Marie Maxwell go on a journey of surprise and discovery. Set in the beautiful landscape and changing seasons of South West Scotland, Epiphanies and Robberies is a feel-good story interwoven with bigger...

This book is for artists, teachers, and those who prepare teachers. In the field of art and design education there are many theoretical strands that contribute to the practices of teaching and learning in the visual arts. The problem for artist teachers and those who prepare teaching artists is how to frame the diverse methodologies of art and art education in a way that affords divergent practices as well as deep understanding of issues and trends in the field. Teachers need a field guide...

This book shares research and practice on current trends in digital technology for agricultural and rural development in the Global South. Growth of research in this field has been slower than the pace of change for practitioners, particularly in bringing socio-technical views of information technology and agricultural development perspectives together. The contents are therefore structured around three main themes: sharing information and knowledge for agricultural development, informatio...

The way in which products and services are delivered to consumers, through branches and retail outlets, or more generally through a network of distribution channels, remains fundamentally important for maintaining a competitive advantage for a very wide range of businesses. This is true within domestic markets, but especially so for increasingly global corporations, as shareholder pressure for continued growth drives businesses into ever more widespread geographical markets.Arguing...

GIS and the Social Sciences offers a uniquely social science approach on the theory and application of GIS with a range of modern examples. It explores how human geography can engage with a variety of important policy issues through linking together GIS and spatial analysis, and demonstrates the importance of applied GIS and spatial analysis for solving real-world problems in both the public and private sector.The book introduces basic theoretical material from a social sc...

The British archaeologist Grahame Clark was a seminal figure in European and world archaeology for more than half of the twentieth century, but, at the same time, one whose reputation has been outshone by other, more visible luminaries. His works were never aimed at a wide general public, nor did he become a television or radio personality. Clark was, above all, a scholar, whose contributions to world archaeology were enormous. He was also convinced that the study of prehistory was importa...

A Warhammer 40,000 OmnibusA selection of titles featuring the towering Titans and Knights of the Adeptus Titanicus curated in one edition for the first time.READ IT BECAUSELeap into the pilot's seat (or mind impulse unit) of the mightiest war machines to walk the worlds of the Imperium, with an omnibus of tales featuring Knights, Titans, and the mortal souls who harness them for battle.THE STORYThe T...

Nowhereville: Weird Is Other People is an anthology of urban weird fiction. These are stories of the city, of people interacting with the complexities that are other people. These 19 short stories explore the genre of weird fiction, tales not quite fantasy and not quite science fiction, tales blurring the lines between genres. These are the strange stories of the strange decisions we make and the strange ways the city affects us.And there's an amazing cast of authors:...

It is the 41st millennium and humanity teeters on the brink of destruction. Yet out of the darkness comes a cold hope. The Adeptus Mechanicus are logical, remote beings of cybernetic construction. Their armour is a work of mechanical art, their weapons unparalleled in intelligent design.One of the most hostile fighting forces of the Imperium, the Priesthood of Mars serves justice upon their enemies with forbidding momentum. Though nominally allied with mankind, it is in the name of ...