Layer Cake, a metaphor for the many murky layers of the criminal world, is set in modern day London and features smooth-talking and sophisticated drug dealer 'X' whose plan is to quietly bank-roll enough cash to retire young (early). Operating under the polished veneer of a legitimate businessman, h[...]
The authentic voice of British gangster fiction, J.J. Connolly, is back with his trademark razor-sharp dialogue and quick-fire violence. From the London underworld he portrayed brilliantly in Layer Cake, the plot of Viva la Madness goes international, with trans-Atlantic drug deals, money laundering[...]
Planning to retire on his thirtieth birthday, a drug dealer is given by his boss the opportunity of getting out of the business if he will track down the runaway daughter of his boss's old friend, but his search is complicated by the theft of a fortune in Ecstasy tablets, an angry mob of neo-Nazis, [...]
TECHNOLOGY STRATEGIES FOR THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY, 2/e examines technology strategies for the hospitality industry. Exceptionally practical in approach, this edition includes a new chapter on technology in the casino industry and a new chapter on technology for meetings and events. A separate chapt[...]
Throughout the world, indigenous rights have become increasingly prominent and controversial. The recent adoption by the United Nations General Assembly of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is the latest in a series of significant developments in the recognition of such rights acro[...]
'This is an impressive work...and will provide the advanced reader with a rich source of theory and evidence. There is a huge amount to be got from the book and I suspect it will become a key work' - J Gavin Bremner, Department of Psychology, Lancaster University The Handbook of Developmental Psycho[...]
I en tid med en rikholdig flora av forklaringsmodeller og ytringer om åndelighet har vi mer enn noen gang i vår religiøse søken behov for egne åndelige erfaringer vi kan ha tillitt til. Vi trenger veiledere som selv har erfaring fra å gå veien, som kan hindre åndelig forvirring og la våre e[...]
Focuses on applied space system engineering of crewed missions and systems. This process oriented book is intended to help you conceptually design end-to-end human space missions.[...]