Earths Hidden Angels shows how Post-Traumatic Stress DisorderPTSDgradually creeps up on a civilian who has experienced traumatic events in her life. This book also shows how PTSD symptoms began for a military sergeant, and it explains how he is able to deal with his illness.

The emergence of open unemployment is an unavoidable consequence of postcommunist transition. Some countries-notably in the former Soviet Union-initially slowed economic contraction. But in the longer run slower reformers have generally sustained deeper and more prolonged recessions than faster reforming central European countries. Moreover, the initially low unemployment rates in the former Soviet Union are now rising, and may stabilise at higher post-transition equilibrium rates than in ...

Klarissa Dreams Redux is an anthology of stories and poetry by a myriad of authors, set against the paintings of Klarissa Kocsis and produced by her daughter, author, Shebat Legion.Klarissa Kocsis has contributed to the Toronto, Ontario, Canada art scene for over twenty years, regularly exhibiting within the city where she has won numerous juried competitions. She is a painter who specializes in egg tempera, and has earned a reputation for portraiture and nudes.Shebat Legio...

Meet Jane Bell. After her husband dies she leaves her job as a teacher to volunteer as a special constable with the police. On her very first shift Jane is called to the scene of a murder. A young man has dragged himself to the top of Greestone Stairs to die. Following her instincts, Jane finds herself becoming very involved in the case … For Detective Steph Warwick, specials have no place in a murder investigation — and this upstart rookie is meddling where she doesn't belong. The victim ...

At a busy crossing in Lincoln city centre a motorbike skids to a halt. A man in leathers jumps off the bike and grabs a young girl waiting at the lights. He pushes her roughly aside, remounts the bike, and roars away. The girl falls to the ground. She's been stabbed. Special Constable Jane Bell witnesses the whole thing. She cradles the dying girl and hears the last word on her lips: the name of a missing local boy, a twelve-year-old called Nate Price. DI Steph Warwick is also looking for ...

As disaster bears down on a rural California county, sordid truths about century-old crimes threaten a community in crisis . . .This audiobook is narrated using advanced digital voice technology for clear, natural-sounding storytelling.Like much of rural California in 1985, Piñon County is on the brink of ecological and economic disaster. The forests are overgrown and frighteningly dry, the mill at the center of the community is closing, and rea...

This issue, we have an eclectic mix of mystery, science fiction, and fantasy. For our mystery novel, we have a Fergus Hume classic, a bestselling Victorian mystery novel, and one which set the stage for many detectives that followed (including Sherlock Holmes!). We also have original mysteries from John M. Floyd, Terena Elizabeth Bell, and Janice Law (a new Holmes Impersonator story).On the fantasy and science fiction side of things, we have originals from Teel James Glenn, Keira R...

Hope, magic, and temptation under the mistletoeChristmas has come early for Dr. McKenzie Sanders and her colleague Lance Spencer. Both, averse to commitment, agree to indulge in a sizzling festive fling that will absolutely not end in wedded bliss. But even the best-laid plans can go awry…Dr. Ellen Cox goes to South America to break the shackles of her confined life. But she never imagined replacing them with bonds of desire for her new hotshot bos...

Lincoln, England. En motorcykel standser med hvinende bremser i et trafikeret lyskryds. En mand i lædertøj springer af og griber fat i en ung pige, der står og venter på grønt lys. Han skubber hende hårdt til side, springer op på motorcyklen igen og forsvinder med brølende motor. Pigen falder om på jorden. Hun er blevet stukket ned. Reservebetjent Jane Bell er vidne til det hele. Hun tager den unge pige i sine arme og hører hendes sidste ord: navnet på en savnet dreng fra lokalområdet, den...

Må vi præsentere Jane Bell. Efter sin mands død forlader hun sit job som lærer for at melde sig frivilligt som reservebetjent ved politiet. På sin allerførste vagt bliver Jane kaldt ud til gerningsstedet for et mord. En ung mand har slæbt sig op til øverste trin på Greestone Stairs for at dø. Jane handler instinktivt og er pludselig dybt involveret i sagen … Set fra politiinspektør Steph Warwicks stol har reservebetjente ikke noget at gøre i en mordefterforskning. Hun mener, at den uerfarn...

Wendy the Wish Fairy is a pixie and much more. She grants wishes! She lives in the Fairy Kingdom with all the other fairiessome nice and some not so nice. Come and visit this land on little people with big stories. Go ahead and make a wish.

How do planetary scientists analyze and interpret data from laboratory, telescopic, and spacecraft observations of planetary surfaces? What elements, minerals, and volatiles are found on the surfaces of our Solar System's planets, moons, asteroids, and comets? This comprehensive volume answers these topical questions by providing an overview of the theory and techniques of remote compositional analysis of planetary surfaces. Bringing together eminent researchers in Solar System exploration...