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Sean Platt, David W. Wright

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Yesterday's Gone

From the bestselling authors of Yesterday's Gone, Karma Police, WhiteSpace, and more comes a new tense post-apocalyptic thriller that will leave you guessing until the very end.On October 15, Elizabeth Coombs wakes up from one nightmare to find herself in another ...Her husband and son have gone on a midnight fishing trip and the world outside has changed in subtle but unmistakable ways.There's a freak storm, strange lights in the s...

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David Wright

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Biographies of Disease

For 150 years, Down's Syndrome has constituted the archetypal mental disability, easily recognisable by distinct facial anomalies and physical stigmata. In a narrow medical sense, Down's syndrome is a common disorder caused by the presence of all or part of an extra 21st chromosome. It is named after John Langdon Down, the British asylum medical superintendent who described the syndrome as Mongolism in a series of lectures in 1866. In 1959, the disorder was identified as a chromosome 21 tr...

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Sean Platt, David W. Wright

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Available Darkness

From the bestselling authors of Yesterday's Gone, No Justice, and The Karma Police series comes Available Darkness, a character-driven reinvention of the vampire story.Darkness is AwakeningA man wakes in a coffin with no memory of the past. The only clue to his identity is a note: "Avoid the sunlight and don't touch anybody."Just hours later, he's questioning more than just his name as he stands o...

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David Wright

This fascinating book is aimed at all those modellers who wish to create a model railway set in an urban landscape. It covers the selection and the construction of a wide range of urban buildings, and presents many detailed photographs of real buildings from which the modeller can gain ideas, identify specific features and draw inspiration. Special attention is paid to modelling architectural details and to the effects of weathering. Scratch-building techniques and materials, as well as re...

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David W. Wright, Sean Platt

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHORS OF YESTERDAY'S GONE AND WHITESPACE COMES A NEW THRILLER — 12.At 6 p.m. on a Wednesday in October, a gunman will enter Goldman's Diner and commit one of the worst massacres the small coastal town of Palm Isles, Florida has ever seen.Twelve hours earlier: twelve lives are on borrowed time, unaware that death is coming, or that their paths will collide in one tragic moment.A young waitress and mot...

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David Wright

A model railway layout is greatly enhanced by a good back scene. If a modeller is prepared to go to great lengths to achieve realism in the locomotives, rolling stock and buildings, this should be carried through to the scenics. This book is a comprehensive guide for both railway and diorama modellers to create convincing back scenes. It covers choosing the right materials; rural and urban back scenes; traditional painted back scenes; producing back scenes with camera and/or computer; the ...

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David Wright

"An amazing book." – Dan Lepard"The rich and fascinating story of bread." – Lily Vanilli"A brilliant, timely and important book full of compassion." – Olia Hercules"A fascinating exploration of our universal love of bread. David traces the past, present, and future of bread through his personal lens as a third generation baker." – Edd KimberDiscove...

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David Wright

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Elements in Historical Theory and Practice

This Element's contribution explores the historiography of madness in the Modern era, including landmark publications in the overlapping fields of the history of psychiatry and the history of lunatic asylums. As this examination of almost 200 academic works will demonstrate, the field is vast and highly contested, with researchers sometimes disagreeing about the basic terms of analysis. Nevertheless, from Foucault to Fanon, from Goffman to Gilman, these debates about social and medical res...

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David Wright

Have you ever felt like a quiet forest trail existing in a world of noisy highways? You're not alone. In Introverts Hate Small Talk, David M. Wright unpacks the introverted experience with depth, humor, and unapologetic honesty. This book is not just a guide—it’s a celebration of the quiet strengths that introverts bring to relationships, workplaces, and society.Discover the science behind introversion, explore how cultural norms shape personality dynamics, and gain practical tips ...

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David Wright, Anthony DiComo

A memoir from one of the most admired players in baseball, the captain of the New York Mets, David WrightDavid Wright played his entire Major League Baseball career for one team, the team he dreamed of playing for as a kid: the New York Mets.A quick fan favorite from Virginia who then earned his stripes in New York, Wright came back time and again from injury and demonstrated the power of hard work, total commitment, and an infinite love of the game.

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David Wright

Natural toxins are commonly used to subdue or incapacitate potential prey organisms but may also act as a defence against predators or parasites. Additionally, these compounds may act to give their producers an advantage when competing for food and other natural resources. Competing organisms may also deploy their own counteractive chemical measures in a form of biological warfare.Because of their enormous range of bioactive properties, many natural toxins have been isolated and re...

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David Wright

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Routledge Advances in Corpus Linguistics

This book is the first of its kind to bridge the gap between corpus linguistics and forensic linguistics, illustrating the value of applying corpus linguistic data, tools, and methods in the analysis of language in the law, evidence, crime, and justice.The volume begins by taking stock of the use of corpus linguistics in the field of forensic and legal linguistics over its roughly thirty-year history as a foundation for critically reflecting on the current state-of play within the ...