The sensational debut of a crime novelist who will remind readers of how thrilling it was to read Carl Hiassen, Robert B. Parker, or Elmore Leonard for the first time. This novel features Mackin, a rogue and a professional thief who survives by being the very best--and by never breaking his own rules.

Wittgenstein is not generally thought of as a philosopher of education, yet his views on how we think, learn and teach have the potential to contribute significantly to our contemporary understanding of pedagogy. Wittgenstein himself was a lifelong learner whose method consisted of thinking intensely about a wide range of topics, including not only the philosophy of language, logic and mathematics but also architecture, music, ethics, religion, culture and psychoanalysis. He then shared hi...

Most people want to make a difference, but they feel inadequate. In Better Than You Can Imagine, Patrick Quinn shares four truths:You have a gift that only you can give.Someone has a need that only you can meet.Joy is the journey where the gift and the need collide.The journey will break you … but it will also make you.Through story and biblical insight, Quinn helps readers apply these truths to their lives. Whether it’s t...

In a world where parenting advice shifts faster than fashion trends, this “how not-to parent” resource takes a fresh look at how the Seven Deadly Sins are the root of most modern parenting problems.Through humorous stories and practical biblical wisdom, Patrick Quinn and Ken Roach show how well-meaning parents can ruin their children’s lives in seven easy steps (wrath, greed, envy, lust, sloth, gluttony, and pride). Quinn and Roach then offer a fresh counter-approach—laying a seven...

Will You Give Your Children a Legacy of Life?In a world where parenting advice shifts faster than fashion trends, this “how not to parent” resource takes a fresh look at how the seven deadly sins are the root of most modern parenting mistakes.Through humorous stories and practical biblical wisdom, Patrick M. Quinn and Ken Roach show how wellmeaning parents can ruin their children’s lives in seven easy steps (wrath, greed, envy, lust, sloth, gluttony, and pr...

When an NSA cryptographer, Nathaniel Marx, realizes that an alien artefact can imprint Artificial Intelligence onto computer hardware ... he disappears soon afterwards.Back in Ireland, his family are left with no answers, save for a couple of secret deliveries from beyond the grave. Jacob Marx is the son of the missing NSA scientist, who inherits an alien artefact left on Earth aeons ago.Now, with unseen forces in pursuit of the artefact, it falls to his son, Jacob, to decide the f...

Breakout author Patrick Kitson brings you thirteen tales of the macabre, the oft-satirical, the sublimely foreboding and the frequently inappropriate.Six air traffic control tower jockeys working at Denver International during a blizzard scramble to ascertain why planes keep disappearing from their radars. A young woman working a guard gate at Starwood Estates outside of Aspen gets a visit from a veritable parade of undead guests. Inside of a fire watchtower in the Colorado wildern...

Thin section petrography, geochemistry, scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction are key scientific methods used to investigate the raw materials, origins and production technology of archaeological pottery, ceramic building materials, ancient refractories and plaster. Using over 400 colour figures of a diverse range of artefact types and archaeological periods from 50 countries worldwide, this book outlines the mineralogical, chemical and microstructural composition of ancient c...

Thin section petrography, geochemistry, scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction are key scientific methods used to investigate the raw materials, origins and production technology of archaeological pottery, ceramic building materials, ancient refractories and plaster. Using over 400 colour figures of a diverse range of artefact types and archaeological periods from 50 countries worldwide, this book outlines the mineralogical, chemical and microstructural composition of ancient c...

This volume describes culture media and solutions used in human ART; how they have been developed for in vitro human pre-implantation embryo development, the function and importance of the various components in media and solutions and how they interact, and how the systems in which these are used can influence outcomes. Chapters discuss inorganic solutes, energy substrates, amino acids, macromolecules, cytokines, growth factors, buffers, pH, osmolality, and the interaction of these paramet...

A three-act play based in a Northern English pub in 1899. Penniless former sailor, William Applegarth, discovers he is soon to receive a windfall and is quickly befriended by a pair of murderous crooks. Pub landlord, George Nobleman, looks on, concerned about the company the sailor now keeps. Applegarth, blissfully unaware that his life hangs in the balance, finds that his good luck continues but this fortune has untold consequences.

Smart and Flexible Digital-to-Analog Converters proposes new concepts and implementations for flexibility and self-correction of current-steering digital-to-analog converters (DACs) which allow the attainment of a wide range of functional and performance specifications, with a much reduced dependence on the fabrication process.DAC linearity is analysed with respect to the accuracy of the DAC unit elements. A classification is proposed of the many different current-steering...