Zena traces snowflakes down the window of Scott's Detective Bureau. Far below, young boys vie for trinkets in bombed out houses. Why did her father call her?
A young girl, Flo, tries to be friendly with an old horse kept in the stables of her riding school. She learns that this horse, Augustus, was once a world champion show jumper but is now crippled and bitter.
The main character is an Elf from Scandanavia. He is traditionally dressed and well travelled. He arrives in the garden of a country house brought by a gust of wind - his normal method of transport.
The main protagonist, Q, a committed young artist, takes the reader on a riotous journey through the salaciousness of Soho, down into and far beneath the historic structures of Burlington House and the Royal Academy Schools, and thence into a netherworld of wildly disparate psychological, ethereal, and mystical realms.
See one, do one, teach one' was the basis of David Watkin's training as a surgeon in the 1960s - a hands-off approach that was typical of the time. He would witness an operation and be expected to replicate it.
A marriage of souls requires a meeting of minds, and for Caterina, a goose. Having spent two days contemplating the deep love she feels for her partner Barrett, Italian artisan dress designer, Caterina Mazzini, seduces a stranger in her own home.
Identical twins Clemmy and Helen, named after the beautiful heroines of Greek mythology, live in a dilapidated cottage in the woods, having little contact with the outside world. Abandoned at birth by their father, a painter, the girls are raised by their mother, who they ignore, existing only for each other.
Ciller Terzili, a young Turkish woman is thrown into the maelstrom of her father`s business when he falls into depression after most of her family are suddenly killed in a tragic accident.
This is a period piece relating the story of Jenny the daughter of an army officer living in India at the time of the Raj. Jenny desperately wants to be an actor and is very talented, touring the country with a company of players.
All too often, pain in ridden horses is labelled as 'bad' behaviour. The apparently âEUR¿soundâEUR(TM) horse is 'naughty', 'lazy', 'difficult', 'explosive', 'spooky', 'nappy', and more. These labels are wrong.Pain impacts all aspects of a horse's performance, including its partnership with the rider, and its potential to progress.
Set in Uganda in1972 the year of Idi AminâEUR(TM)s expulsion of the Asian community, it tells the story of Freya a newly married young English woman arrives in Uganda anxious to settle into expatriate life with her husband. When the house servant, Keziah becomes pregnant she suspects her husband may be the father.
Dangers, Toils and Snares charts the life and times of Jaroslav (Jiri/Jerry) Zellek, 1895-1963. Born in provincial Austria, synesthete, gifted musician and linguist, Jiri's experiences take him to Germany, London, the Isle of Wight and rural Hampshire, all offering him alternative paths in life with alternative partners.
Dieser hier vorliegende erste Band des dreiteiligen Standardwerks zur Energiegewinnung aus Biomasse widmet sich den verfügbaren Biomasseressourcen. Es beinhaltet eine systematische Darstellung der Ressourcen und beginnt mit Produktion der Energiepflanzen bzw. der Verfügbarmachung von Rückständen. Daran schließen sich die nächsten Schritte in der Versorgungs-/ Bereitstellungsketten an (Biomasseproduktion, Ernte und mechanische Aufbereitung) sow...
Octobers traces the four great tumults of the author's life, all of which originated in that jagged month of different years: The US invasion and occupation of her native Afghanistan, the death of her father, the sudden end of a love, and the birth of her daughter. The poems chart heartbreak along a helix, progressively and recursively, where 'echoes are inevitable.' Ultimately, the collection is concerned with language--as witness and buoy in...
This book covers the diverse complications noted in medical, radiation, surgical and pediatric oncology. The various chapters target the common complications that the clinicians encompass in the practice day in and day out. It assists in identifying/ stratification the patients at higher risk of complications so that they may be offered alternative options or get a de-intensified treatment. It also covers the determinants/predictors-clinical a...
The New Zealand Cricket Almanack is the cricket lover's bible and is regarded worldwide as one of the finest books of its kind. The 74th edition contains all the details of another full year of cricket at all levels. As usual, there is a detailed records section and a fascinating collection of the season's happenings.
An easily accessible, ready reference for the entire cardiac team, Grossman & Baim’s Handbook of Cardiac Catheterization, Angiography, and Intervention is an essential resource in today’s cardiac catheterization lab. This practical handbook, edited by Dr. Mauro Moscucci with contributions from associate editor, Marc D. Feldman, follows the bestselling text, Grossman & Baim's Cardiac Catheterization, Angiography, and Intervention, providing fas...