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Dieser Mörder hat sich den falschen Mann zum Feind gemacht … Auch ein Gangster hat einen wunden Punkt – und ist gnadenlos, wenn die, die ihm am nächsten stehen, angegriffen werden … Das wird Polizistin Kate Burrows klar, als sie den Unterweltboss Patrick Kelly befragt. Nicht als Täter, sondern als den Angehörigen eines Opfers: Denn seine über alles geliebte Tochter wurde von einem eiskalten Serienkiller vergewaltigt und halbtot geprügelt. Patricks Lage weckt Kates Mitgefühl. Entschlossen, den Mörder schnell zu finden lässt sie sie sich auf eine Zusammenarbeit mit dem Mann ein, der eigentlich ihr Gegner sein müsste. Doch als sie das Netz um den Täter enger ziehen, zeigt sich, dass sie unterschiedliche Ziele haben: Kate will den Killer festnehmen – Patrick will ihn selbst zur Rechenschaft ziehen, so langsam und schmerzhaft, wie es nur geht … »Martina Cole ist die Königin des harten Frauenthrillers.« Sunday Express Fesselnde Spannung der britischen Bestsellerautorin, die Fans von Sandra Brown, Lisa Jackson und Louise Jensen begeistern wird. »Ich konnte diesen fesselnden, einmaligen Thriller nicht aus der Hand legen.« Amazon-Leserin

From the 1870s to the 1960s, circuses crisscrossed the nation providing entertainment. A unique workforce of human and animal laborers from around the world put on the show. They also formed the backbone of a tented entertainment industry that raised new questions about what constituted work and who counted as a worker. Andrea Ringer examines the industry-wide circus world--the collection of shows that traveled by rail, wagon, steamboat, and car--and the traditional and nontraditional laborers who created it. Performers and their onstage labor played an integral part in the popularity of the circus. But behind the scenes, other laborers performed the endless menial tasks that kept the show on the road. Circus operators regulated employee behavior both inside and outside the tent even as the employees themselves blurred the line between leisure and labor until, in all parts of the show, the workers could not escape their work. Illuminating and vivid, Circus World delves into the gender, class, and even species concerns within an extinct way of life.

The Making of a Marxist Philosopher is a revealing and beautifully written memoir and family history from renowned Marxist philosopher Sean Sayers.His father was the son of a Jewish-Irish businessman who was a friend of Michael Collins and other leaders in the Irish struggle for independence. He became a writer who was given his first job by T. S. Eliot, shared a flat with George Orwell, went to America and was blacklisted under McCarthyism. Sean's mother was the American-born daughter of a world famous Italian American anarchist. She became a communist and lived and worked in China. Sean was born in New York and grew up in London. He studied philosophy in Cambridge and Oxford Universities in the 1960s and has become an internationally known Marxist philosopher. As one of the founders of the journal Radical Philosophy and the creator of the Marx and Philosophy Review of Books, Sayers has been at the centre of the development of philosophy on the left in the English-speaking world during the past fifty years.Reflecting on the fate of Marxism in an engaging, thoughtful way, The Making of a Marxist Philosopher is filled with revealing family photographs which Sayers uses to craft an original must-read on left-wing thought and politics.

Drawing upon oral traditions, historical documents, and accounts by observers and scholars made over a four-hundred-year period, the author recaptures the culture, society, and history of the varied Indian peoples of the southeast. “Hudson...has brought everything together in such a manner that the Indian tribes of this region finally will be accorded the recognition that their achievements deserve.”–Choice The Indians of the Southeastern United States enjoyed the richest and most advanced level of culture of any native people north of Mexico. Hardly any of their achievements are remembered today, however, and more than any of the aboriginal Americans, the Southeastern Indians have been ignored by both the historian and the general public. The Southeastern Indians brilliantly recaptures the culture, society, prehistory, and history of these native American people. Drawing upon oral traditions, historical documents, and accounts by observers and scholars made over a four-hundred-year period, Charles Hudson boldly and vividly brings to life the world of these Indians by presenting their culture in all its aspects. Here is social and cultural history at its best—a masterful book with unprecedented authenticity and fullness.

The relatively new movement of Experimental Philosophy applies different systematic experimental methods to further illuminate classical philosophical issues. This book brings together experts from the field to give the reader a compact yet extensive overview, offering a ready at hand introduction to the state of the art.

Together with Leah Crawford, Angela Jenkins and Julie Sargent, Bob Cox has compiled this rich resource, complete with vivid illustrations by Victoria Cox, to help teachers enhance their learners'engagement with challenging texts and develop their writing skills as budding wordsmiths.Working in association with the Opening Doors network of schools, the authors address the vital concept of pitching high but including all pupils and how this approach can be delivered in practice. Opening Doors to Ambitious Primary Englishexplains and models top quality ways of thinking, planning and teaching. Theresources, case studies andauthors'innovative ideas on theorywill help you to make primary English vibrant, creative and challenging in your school. It alsoprovides frameworks and principlesfor any school wishing to be more ambitious in developing pupils'speaking, listening, reading, writing and thinking witha greater sense of curiosity and more originality. Opening Doors to Ambitious Primary Englishcontains chapter by chapter explanations of how English in primary schools can be developed in ambitious ways. Supported by research references, examples of pupils'work and illuminating case studies, the book provides teachers with a toolkit of strategies which schools can adapt and apply to their own contexts. The book is supported by the Opening Doors series of books which contain units of work based around selected texts. The authors hope this book will act as a starting block from which to develop an Opening Doors approach to English, and havesuggested key concepts around which the curriculum can be built, with the units providing examples to work from. Suitable for teachers and curriculum leads in primary settings.

PLUNKETT'S ALMANAC OF MIDDLE MARKET COMPANIES 2024 Key Findings: Plunkett's Almanac of Middle Market Companies provides competitive intelligence, market research and business analysis--everything needed to identify and develop strategies for dealing with or selling to middle market U.S.-based corporations (those with $100 million to $1 billion in annual revenues). Gain vital insights that can help shape strategy for business development, product development and investments.Key Features: Business analysisIn-depth industry company overviewsIndustry GlossaryIndustry Contacts list, including Professional Societies and Industry AssociationsProfiles of 500 industry-leading, U.S.-headquartered middle-market corporationsPublicly held, Private and Subsidiary CorporationsExecutive ContactsFinancial HistoriesDescriptions of BusinessPages: 624Companies Profiled: 500Geographic Focus: U.S.Price: $399.99Gather Key Insights, Such As: How is each industry evolving?How is business being shaped by new technologies?How is demand growing?What are the financial results of the leading companies?What are the names and titles of top executives?What are the top companies and what are their revenues?Plunkett's Almanac of Middle Market Companies and online Middle Market Industry Research Center are designed to be time-saving business development tools for professionals, marketers, sales directors, consultants, and strategists seeking to understand and reach middle market American companies. It will also be of great use to placement, recruiting and human resources professionals, as well as professionals working in economic development, lending, and media. This feature rich almanac includes: Important Contacts For Middle Market Analysis & MarketingAddresses, Telephone Numbers and Internet SitesTHE MIDDLE MARKET 500:Who They Are and How They Were ChosenIndex of Companies Within Industry GroupsAlphabetical IndexIndex of U.S. Headquarters Location by StateIndividual Profiles on each of THE MIDDLE MARKET 500Additional IndexesIndex of Firms Noted as Hot Spots for Advancement for Women/MinoritiesIndex of Subsidiaries, Brand Names and Selected AffiliationsGlossary of Useful Middle Market Terms The companies chosen to be listed in PLUNKETT'S ALMANAC OF MIDDLE MARKET COMPANIES comprise a unique list. THE MIDDLE MARKET 500 were chosen specifically to be top firms headquartered in the United States with revenues of between approximately $100 million and $1 billion. (We have intentionally included a few important companies with revenues above or below those amounts). The firms have been filtered from our extensive, proprietary corporate information database. The middle market companies chosen include both private and publicly held companies. They include most major industry sectors. The list is weighted towards fast-growing middle market sectors that we believe users will most want to analyze and/or market to: health products and services; biotech; energy; financial services including asset management, insurance and REITs; real estate development, construction and management; computer software; computer hardware and other electronics manufacturing; selected apparel firms; selected consulting, logistics and tr

A hard-hitting history of the U.S. airborne unit who made a name for themselves in the unforgiving jungles of South Vietnam.“It was easier killing than living.” Third Battalion 506th Airborne veteranDrawing on interviews with veterans, many of whom have never gone on the record before, Ian Gardner follows up his epic trilogy about the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment in World War II with the story of the unit's reactivation at the height of the Vietnam War. This is the dramatic history of a band of brothers who served together in Vietnam and who against the odds lived up to the reputation of their World War II forefathers.Brigadier General Salve Matheson's idea was to create an 800-strong battalion of airborne volunteers in the same legendary “Currahee” spirit that had defined the volunteers of 1942. The man he chose to lead them was John Geraci, who would mold this young brotherhood into a highly cohesive and motivated force. In December 1967, the battalion was sent into the Central Highlands of Lam Dong Province. Geraci and his men began their Search and Destroy patrols, which coincided with the North Vietnamese build-up to the Tet Offensive and was a brutal introduction to the reality of a dirty, bloody war. Gardner reveals how it was here that the tenacious volunteers made their mark, just like their predecessors had done in Normandy, and the battalion was ultimately awarded a Valorous Unit Citation. This book shows how and why this unit was deserving of that award, recounting their daily sanguinary struggle in the face of a hostile environment and a determined enemy.Through countless interviews and rare personal photographs, Sign Here for Sacrifice shows the action, leadership, humor and bravery displayed by these airborne warriors.