Moscow, 1936, Stalin’s Great Terror is beginning and, in a deconsecrated church, a young woman is found dead. Captain Alexei Korolev, finally beginning to enjoy the benefits of his success as a detective with the Moscow Militia, is asked to investigate. But when he discovers that the victim is an American citizen, the NKVD - the most feared organization in Russia - becomes involved. Soon, Korolev’s every step is under close scrutiny and one false move will mean exile to the frozen camps of...

Moscow, 1937. Captain Korolev, a police investigator, is enjoying a long-overdue visit from his young son Yuri when an eminent scientist is shot dead within sight of the Kremlin and Korolev is ordered to find the killer.It soon emerges that the victim, a man who it appears would stop at nothing to fulfil his ambitions, was engaged in research of great interest to those at the very top ranks of Soviet power. When another scientist is brutally murdered, and evidence of the professors...

PUBLISHED IN THE US AS "THE DARKENING FIELD".SHORTLISTED FOR THE IRISH CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEARFollowing his investigations in The Holy Thief, Captain Alexei Korolev is uneasy– his new-found knowledge is dangerous, and if some of his actions during the case come to light, he will face deportation to the froz...

How to Write is all about writing for publication, it concentrates on advice on how to construct, craft and draft novels across all genres, but the examples and details on what to consider when writing for any audience means it is relevant to writing in all its forms, including books for children and non-fiction.The advice and techniques suggested in this book have been tested in practice by author William Ryan, successful novelist, and creative writing tutor at City Unive...

Father Jean Pierre, a missionary priest from Brittany, France, answered a call to serve in sparsely populated Shreveport, where he chose to remain when a yellow fever epidemic struck in 1873. From a perspective told largely through his own words, Father Pierre provides the reader a glimpse of his "fearful steps strengthened by hope." His unique insights extend even to the secular history, framing the development of Shreveport and the surrounding region in the middle of the nineteenth centu...

Dakota "Dax" Maddox is content to fade into the shadows of the Oubliette. Among the cast-off and the lost, Dax is at home in the crumbling neighborhoods more commonly called the Hole. The world had turned, and Dakota had fallen back to where he had started. He had been there and done that, fighting the good fight for God and country. But his war is long over, his country fractured, and his God dead. Dakota believes that the darkness holds no more surprises.The light of a beautiful woman wi...

Channel coding lies at the heart of digital communication and data storage, and this detailed introduction describes the core theory as well as decoding algorithms, implementation details, and performance analyses. In this book, Professors Ryan and Lin provide clear information on modern channel codes, including turbo and low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes. They also present detailed coverage of BCH codes, Reed-Solomon codes, convolutional codes, finite geometry codes, and product codes...

The Oxford Handbook of Symbolic Interactionism features a diverse array of cutting-edge scholarship in symbolic interactionism (SI). Contributors present original research in various established and emerging areas of concern while outlining key theoretical and methodological foundations of this multifaceted and broadly relevant perspective in the field of sociology. The scholars featured in this volume present new and evolving outlooks on foundational SI themes including the self ...

Achieving Your Full Potential is a guide to personal growth and development growth mindset. It covers a variety of topics, such as purpose setting, cultivating a positive mindset, growing self-awareness, constructing self-discipline, enhancing verbal exchange and interpersonal skills, handling feelings and stress, and cultivating an experience of purpose. The book offers sensible recommendations and techniques for enhancing those skills and steering you toward a life stimulated and devoted...

The classic work that refutes the lies we tell ourselves about race, poverty and the poor.Here are three myths about poverty in America:– Minority children perform poorly in school because they are “culturally deprived.”– African-Americans are handicapped by a family structure that is typically unstable and matriarchal.– Poor people suffer from bad health because of ignorance and lack of interest in proper health care.Blaming the Victim...

In order to adapt to the ever-increasing demands of telecommunication needs, today’s network operators are implementing 100 Gb/s per dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) channel transmission. At those data rates, the performance of fiberoptic communication systems is degraded significantly due to intra- and inter-channel fiber nonlinearities, polarization-mode dispersion (PMD), and chromatic dispersion. In order to deal with those channel impairments, novel advanced techniques in ...

What'll I do if a Bully Bullies me is written in a rhyming style with creative illustrations that identify choices and feelings that a child might encounter if they are ever confronted by a bully. It is written for the child's enjoyment and education and can be used as an effective tool by parents and//or teachers for beginning a conversation with their children about the power a child possesses to make appropriate choices in their life and not let others control or affect their feelings a...