On 27 December 1973 the nightmare began: late that night German businessman Thomas Niedermayer was kidnapped from his home in Belfast. Never seen alive again by his friends or family, he became one of the 'disappeared' and it seemed that no one knew what had happened to him.His wife, Ingeborg, and his daughters, Renate and Gabriele, spent the next seven years not knowing if Thomas were alive or dead. In 1980, an IRA informant led police to recover his body. But the trauma for Thoma...

An Alphabet of Embers is an anthology of unclassifiables – lyrical, surreal, magical, experimental pieces that straddle the border between poetry and prose. It lives in a place between darkness and sound, between roads and breaths, its pages taut with starlight; between its covers, words talk to each other, and have an occasional cup of tea.Edited by Rose Lemberg, featuring work by:Alvaro Zinos-AmaroAmal El-MohtarArkady MartineCeleste Rita Baker...

There are nine breeds of dog that are native to Ireland: four terriers, three gun dogs, and two hounds. In The Curious History of Irish Dogs, David Blake Knox tells the remarkable stories of each of the nine breeds, and reveals how they have become inextricably linked to the human beings with whom they share the island. Irish Wolfhounds stalked through ancient Celtic mythology, while Kerry Beagles were among the victims of the Land War in the 1880s. Charles Stewart Parnell insisted that hi...

Hitler's Irish Slaves tells the shocking story of 32 merchant seamen from Ireland who were held in conditions of great hardship in an SS slave labour camp from 1943 to 1945. Mercilessly punished for their refusal to join the German war effort, and ignored by their own government, they became part of a slave workforce that was used to construct an immense bunker. The Nazis believed that they could build a 'miracle boat' in this bunker: a new type of U-boat that could win the war for Germany...

Broadland is the first in a chilling series of serial killer books, which will rapidly convert followers of Faith Martin, Joy Ellis and Damien Boyd into David Blake devotees.When a girl’s body is found strangled, raped, and horrifically mutilated by a boat’s propeller, deep in the heart of the Norfolk Broads, newly arrived Detective Inspector John Tanner is asked to assist with the investigation. At first, all the evidence points to a man who had a multi-million-pound reason to kill...

Boundaries, borders and margins are related concepts and realities, and each of these can be conceptualized and organized in closed or open ways—with degrees of closure or openness. The logics of stasis and closure, as well as cults of exclusivist and exclusionary sovereignty, are reflected and embodied in the closed xenophobic conceptualization and organization of boundaries, borders and margins. But, an open conceptualization of the borderlands, where mixing and hybridity take place at a...

First published in 1992, this book explains how pension funds work in order to highlight their impact on the economy as a whole. David Blake explores the different systems in operation at the time of writing, both state run and private sector, and describes policy initiatives such as personal pension schemes. Longer life-expectancy, overseas investment, equal opportunities and short-termism in capital markets are among the issues discussed as David Blake assesses how pension funds typicall...

Be one of the thousand investors that are making money from cryptocurrency!There is no doubt that Bitcoin has taken the world by storm. The new coin has ushered in a whole new way to view currency and our economy. However, with the price of the Bitcoin reaching all time highs, it is already soaring out of reach for many people.In this book, we give you 20 different alternatives that may be your way to get started with this whole ne...

The book recalls aspects of the lives of the authors and guest contributors from the 1950s onwards. The mixture of tall tales, autobiographical short stories and poems invoke the spirit of their lives and the places in which they have lived and travelled. The English county of Nothamptonshire features significantly. As seven decades pass in the book, you will see how the world has changed, in term of expectations and daily life, and also how people change. By turns funny, thoughtful, poeti...

Be one of the thousand investors that are making money from Bitcoin!Cryptocurrency: How to Make Money with Bitcoin is your one-stop guide to everything that you need to know about the number one cryptocurrency in the world; Bitcoin. This handy manual will teach you the ins and outs of Bitcoin, as well as how you can turn it into a goldmine.Bitcoin has been growing in popularity. It’s new, advanced, and a breakthrough that is alread...

Be one of the thousand investors that are making money from Ethereum!Have you ever wanted to invest in cryptocurrencies but could not find one that would provide you with the advances that you were looking for?Look no further because Ethereum is the blockchain application that you will want to invest with. Ethereum developers are working hard every day to make Ethereum the platform that surpasses Bitcoin in every aspect.In this book, you wil...

First published in 1992, this title conducts an in-depth examination of the investment behaviour of pension funds, presenting the first econometric model in this area. Using the well-established framework of modern portfolio theory, David Blake derives a model of optimal portfolio behaviour that explains pension fund asset holdings in terms of the most important macroeconomic and cyclical indicators. He shows how factors such as industry profitability, the balance of payments and the monet...