When Christian "Chris" Clark was a boy, he thought youth - along with the small town of Tingston in which he was growing up - would last forever. Tingston was nothing short of idyllic to Chris, seemingly frozen in a mid-20th-century suburban innocence. His big brother Dan was a legend, the star high school quarterback and prince of the town. Dan's girlfriend - Vickie - was the beautiful head cheerleader, who could do marathon back handsprings across almost the whole gridir...

The signs of a deep social and economic crisis are all too obvious: massive increases in prices of fuel, food, and electricity; homeless people on the streets; raw sewage fouling the coastlines; hospital waiting lists getting ever longer; crumbling roads; spreading wars. The ruling class has neither the will nor the means to solve these problems: meaningful relief from the rocketing fuel prices is dismissed as irresponsible, tax hikes and higher interest rates are shrugged off as unavoidab...

”Then, Samkiel, you will know this is how the world ends.”But it was not this world. No, it was mine.It was Dianna.The world quakes in fear as the last shred of Dianna’s humanity is ripped from her. As it should. Grief consumes Dianna, burning away any semblance of good within her and threatening the budding relationship between her and Liam. Now, Liam must pull her back from the brink of complete damnation before t...

Surfer Stories is an unrivaled collection of unique, revealing, and intimate stories about twelve of the world’s greatest surfers.From the monstrous walls of water at Teahupoo, to the reef-scraping barrels of Pipeline, to the endless peeling break of Jeffreys Bay, legendary surfers have made their mark on surf history, distinguished by the fearlessness, grace, and artistry displayed while riding the most exalted waves.Each surfer’s...

The book presents a problem-based, rational approach to the diagnosis of orthopaedic problems in children. It is divided into four sections based on the age at which specific problems may be encountered; the newborn and infant, the toddler and the pre-school child, the child in the school-going age and the adolescent. The authors outline a systematic approach to arrive at a tentative diagnosis by asking relevant questions related to the presenting symptom and then performing a thorough cli...

The Finale To The New York Times Bestselling Harbinger Series, Perfect For Fans Of Romantic Fantasy!Trinity Marrow has lost the battle and her beloved Protector. Even with both demons and Wardens on her side, Trin may not win the war against the Harbinger. Bringing Lucifer back to the world to fight the Harbinger is probably a really, really bad idea, but they’re out of options—and the world’s ultimate fallen angel is the only being powerful enough to impact the outcome. As Trin an...

Winner of the prize for New Edited Book at The Royal Society of Medicine & The Society of Authors' Medical Book Awards, this textbook for medical students covers orthopaedics, trauma and rheumatology in one volume. It offers both core information regarding what the student needs to know about these specialties and an extensive series of cases with questions and answers that illustrate the thinking behind common everyday practice. The book offers a standard approach to history taking and ph...

Can a boy and his family make it to Grandma's on time? They think they can!It's time to visit Grandma, but she lives on the other end of the subway line from a boy and his family. It's a long way to go, but his parents say they'll make it there on time, as long as there are no delays!Follow the boy's journey on the Little A Train in this zany, delightful, modern spin on the classic story. Set in the New York City subway and filled with everything from pizza...

The documentary film by Joshua Oppenheimer, The Act of Killing, released in 2012, provides a chillingly intimate portrait of some ageing thugs who, nearly fifty years ago, took part in one of the greatest acts of mass murder of the last century: the 1965-66 slaughter in Indonesia.The principal targets of this act of terror were the workers and peasants of Indonesia, especially those who supported the Partai Komunis Indonesia (PKI,) the Beijing-oriented Indonesian Communist Party. T...

Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders from New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Yarros.Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general—also known as her tough-as-talons mother—has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders.But when you’re smaller than everyone e...

"A world on the precipice of the apocalypse. A secret forged in the flames of war. A chance to start over.For John Sutton, only one of those three things matters.Retired from a decade of brutal war, he wants nothing more than a quiet pastoral life while he does his best to stem the steady increase of his Doom Points before they hit 100, signaling the start of the end.He’s been given a small farm on the outskirts of the empire as a thanks for his service, but no matt...

Shannon Parke has little to look forward to in his young life. The prisoner of a broken home, his childhood is marked by fear, hunger, and desperation. He forms a new family with his two best friends, Jamie and Luca, and they become his heroes and protectors. The three boys become the only real family each of them has ever known, and together they finally feel brave enough to face their turbulent world. But when the games of childhood are replaced by drugs and increasing violence, Shannon ...