Shadows in the Wind: Tenebris Ordior (Darkness Begins) is the haunting opening volume of Rob Steyn's sweeping espionage-political thriller saga.Britain, 1940. As the Blitz rains fire upon London, the government launches the CORB evacuation programme, sending thousands of children overseas to safety. For eleven-year-old William Braithwaite, the promise of refuge becomes the start of a far darker journey. Torn from his parents and separated from his...

Shadows in the Wind: Malitia Adolescit (Evil Grows Up) is the third volume of Rob Steyn's epic saga of power, love, and betrayal.The innocence of youth is gone. Jamie Soper and Julie Capriot-once dreamers among Oxford's spires-now find themselves caught in a tightening web of corruption and conflict. As they pursue their ideals of empathy, justice, and conservation, they collide with forces far more ruthless than they imagined.Behind them ...

In the second book of the Shadows in the Wind saga, the dreaming spires of Oxford, two young lives converge in a meeting that will alter the course of both their futures.Jamie Soper, burdened by the weight of family expectations, arrives to study politics, philosophy, and economics-the prescribed path of a Soper man. Julie Capriot, a French zoologist with a fierce passion for bonobos and their matriarchal societies, sees in him not just a student of systems, but a mind capable of r...

The shadows reach their darkest hour.Shadows in the Wind: Quisque moriatur ut vitam perseveret (All Die so that Life May Continue) is the searing final volume of Rob Steyn's epic saga of ambition, betrayal, and survival.Jamie Soper, bound by love and a vision of empathy in a brutal world, stands at the heart of the storm. The sanctuary in the Congo-a fragile symbol of conservation and hope-becomes the stage for betrayal and tragedy, as sta...

Shadows in the Wind: Corpus Quadripartitum...is the sweeping omnibus edition of Rob Steyn's acclaimed espionage-political thriller saga, collecting all four books of the series into one definitive volume.From the harrowing evacuation of children during World War II to the shadow wars of modern geopolitics, Shadows in the Wind traces the lives of men and women caught in the violent crosscurrents of history. At its heart lies William Braithwaite, a boy torn from th...

Longlisted for the 2017 Man Booker PrizeWinner of the Goldsmiths PrizeWinner of the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards Novel of the YearAn Irish Times Book Club Choice"With stylistic gusto, and in rare, spare, precise and poetic prose, Mike McCormack gets to the music of what is happening all around us. One of the best novels of the year." **—Colum McCann, author of Let the Great World Spin and TransAtlantic

Discover the secrets skills of persuasion taught to intelligence officers and learn how to apply them yourself.Every day, intelligence officers achieve the unimaginable. So, what does a spy do? She travels to far-flung, unfamiliar places, under a variety of covers. There, she identifies powerful and influential figures in politics, high-commerce and the military. Or active members of criminal or terrorist gangs. She befriends them and, over time, persuades them to support her count...

In 1998, Gideon Burrows left university with a degree in theology and no ambition to become a vicar.Instead, he became involved in the campaign against British arms sales to some of the world’s dodgiest regimes.It was a journey that took him onto the streets all around Europe, into arms fairs, into police cells, outside arms company dinners, getting thrown out of shareholder meetings and up in court facing two years for stopping a train full of arms dealers...

First published in 1995. This pocket guide is a cartoon book with a serious message -it explores the world of commercial transactions: selling products and services. It will take the salesperson through the course of the sales process in an informative and entertaining way. Selling Services and Products begins by establishing an understanding of customers' needs and moves through getting an appointment to meet them, to the moment when the sale is closed. It examines the differences between...

**A hilarious, action-packed look at the apocalypse that combines a touching tale of friendship, a thrilling war story, and an all out kung-fu infused mission to save the world.“A flat-out ferociously good novel.... Reads like a surrealist smashup of Pynchon and Pratchett, Vonnegut and Heller.” —Austin Chronicle**Gonzo Lubitch and his best friend have been inseparable since birth. They grew up together, they studied kung-fu together, they rebelled in college togeth...

Julie has been searching for a long time.Staying at a tiny guesthouse in Cornwall after the summer, she spends her days combing the beaches, looking for things to collect while hiding from her past.Then a storm breaks, and suddenly she's scared.Because you never know what might wash up on the beach…The Beachcomber forms part of the Case Files series of short crime stories from USA Today bestselling author Rachel Amphlett.

Get ALL THREE books in the riveting, thought-provoking, shockingly authentic The Forcing Trilogy from international bestselling author – and leading environmental scientist – Paul E. Hardisty in one GREAT VALUE set!In a world ravaged by climate collapse, power has fallen to the young and the generations blamed for the disaster are cast out. From exile and escape to a desperate search for the truth behind the catastrophe, and a teenage girl ...