Justice is twisted out of shape and anyone will do anything in their thirst for power. When the beautiful young Kathleen Talbot is assigned her first important case as a circuit court judge, she must confront more than her trial at hand. The case on the docket – a controversial “mercy killing” of a brain-dead victim by a vengeful officer – is a painful reminder of her own decision to have her terminally ill father’s life-support system cut off. At first, Kathleen’s sense of honor impels her to proceed, regardless of the consequences. But as the case progresses and the pressure mounts, she soon realizes that she, instead, has been put on trial. Meanwhile, with the position of executive judge up for grabs, political favours and backroom deals sweep through the courtroom, as judges are out to score the most votes. And Jane Whitehall, an ambitious and ruthless journalist, is determined to uncover a juicy, controversial story for the local paper. When Kathleen finds herself irresistibly attracted to Jeremiah Mitchell, the handsome, charismatic attorney for the defence, things become even more complicated. Despite her efforts to keep the relentless politics of the court from defeating her, the case suddenly explodes into hideously accusing headlines… And to what extent, will Kathleen’s honor protect her? Her Honor is a stunning legal drama and the very human story of a woman judge’s struggle to balance pride, passion, love and honor. Praise for Her Honor “ Her Honor is fascinating, a crackling and insightful book. I loved it” — Robert B. Parker, author of the Spenser Series “Combines a compelling insider’s knowledge with a powerful storyline. If you want to learn about the way it really is inside a courtroom and also be royally entertained, read this book …William Coughlin is habit-forming.” — James B. Patterson, Edgar Award-winning author of The Thomas Berryman Number “Enjoyable, informative … a well-written page-turner that gives insight into backroom judicial politics.” — Stanley Shapiro, producer and author of A Time To Remember “A humdinger! An irresistible story … and an exciting tapestry of the day-to-day running of criminal court … William Coughlin really knows his stuff!” — William J. Caunitz, author of One Police Plaza William J. Coughlin has combined a career as a United States administrative judge in Detroit with that of a best-selling novelist. His four previous highly acclaimed and successful novels are The Twelve Apostles, His Father’s Daughter, In the Presence of Enemies and Shadow of a Doubt.

    Editor L.G. Parkhurst has taken Murray's classic, The Secret of the Abiding Presence, and added the insights of Brother Lawrence's bestseller, The Practice of the Presence of God, updating them for today's reader.Murray's and Lawrence's burden was to give the believer a tool to expand his prayer life beyond the limits of merely verbalizing needs to actually practicing the presence of Christ on a moment-by-moment basis.The thirty-one devotionals are comprised of chapters from Murray's original book summarized and given practical application by the writings of Brother Lawrence. Each devotional begins with comments on a specific topic by Murray, then Lawrence's commentary on the subject concludes the devotional.A unique devotional handbook that deserves a wide audience in this newly edited format.

    Illustrated with 10 unique illustrations:Alarms and Discursions 1910All Things Considered 1908The Appetite of Tyranny 1915Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens 1911The Ballad of the White Horse 1911The Ball and The Cross 1909The Barbarism of Berlin 1914The Club of Queer Trades 1905The Crimes of England 1915The Defendant 1901Eugenics and Other Evils 1922George Bernard Shaw 1909Heretics 1905The Innocence of Father Brown 1911Lord Kitchener 1917Magic, A Fantastic Comedy 1913Manalive 1912The Man Who Knew Too Much 1922The Man Who Was Thursday 1908A Miscellany of Men 1912The Napoleon of Notting Hill 1904The New Jerusalem 1920Orthodoxy 1908Robert Browning 1903A Short History of England 1917Tremendous Trifles 1909Twelve Types 1902Utopia of Usurers and other Essays 1917Varied Types 1903The Victorian Age in Literature 1913What I Saw in America 1922What's Wrong With The World 1910The Wild Knight and Other Poems 1900The Wisdom of Father Brown 1914

    novel... It's 1977 and veteran L.A.P.D. cop Calico Jack Walker and his rookie partner, Tina Tamiko, are planning to make Calico's last shift on the job something special - but plans, as they do, come apart because Walker and Tamiko are good cops no matter what the cost . . . even if they're L.A. cops, in uniform, in their patrol car, on duty, and way out of their jurisdiction on the Las Vegas Strip...When a major crime is going down, good cops never hesitate...

    They’re bound for Halifax, Nova Scotia, seeking much-needed supplies — armour, ammunition, foodstuffs — as well as Canadian troops to reinforce the battle-weary British army. Leading the convoy is Commodore John Mason Kemp, mobilized from the liners for war service with the Royal Navy. The commodore has weathered countless journeys at sea, but this is war. Decisions often have to be made split-second and can mean lives saved or lost. Amid sudden tempests and the constant threat of German U-boat attacks, Kemp also faces the challenges of an unlikely assortment of people aboard a war-time ship: His young assistant, eager to prove himself but with a lot to learn. The ship’s doctor, often too drunk to attend to the wounded. The second steward, whose questionable morals harm more than just himself. As the convoy picks its way through submarine-infested waters, this journey will prove to be the commodore’s most difficult yet. Convoy of War is a page-turning naval thriller, and a rich depiction of war at sea. Praise for Philip McCutchan: “McCutchan is to be congratulated...” — Houston Post "The military-series genre hasn't a finer craftsman than McCutchan." — Publishers Weekly "His character conflicts are well organised." — Daily Telegraph 'A gripping page-turner.' - Tom Kasey, best-selling author of 'Trade-Off.' Philip McCutchan grew up in the naval atmosphere of Portsmouth Dockyard and developed a lifetime's interest in the sea. Military history was an early interest of his, resulting in several fiction books about the British Army and its campaigns, especially in the last 150 years. He served throughout WW II in a variety of ships, including the cruiser Vindictive, the ocean boarding vessel Largs, and the escort carrier Ravager, ending the war as a lieutenant, RNVR. Endeavour Press is the UK's leading independent publisher of digital books.

    Fully revised and updated, the volume covers a broad range of topics in forensic mental health, including insanity, child abuse, sentencing, personal injury claims, and civil commitment. Less traditional subjects such as federal antidiscrimination and entitlement laws, competency to testify, workers' compensation, and a new section on the clinical evaluation of witness credibility have also been added. Throughout, the authors summarize and analyze legal issues, offer suggestions for evaluation procedures, and review appropriate research on both clinical opinions and the legal process.New to the Second EditionCompletely updated to reflect current research and practice, the volume contains four entirely new chapters and has been revised throughout to include analyses of new case law and clinical techniques; important research on competency and dangerousness from the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Mental Health and Law; and new ethical rules developed by the American Psychological Assocation and the American Psychiatric Association. Also new to this edition are exercises and case studies for students in each chapter (see below).

    These are stories of real people and stirring historic events in England through the 18th and 19th centuries. Society leaders, university dons, famous preachers, celebrated sportsmen, powerful politicians, highwaymen and rogues… Stories told often in their own words as they direct—and are changed by—events of the day. “Exhaustively researched…Crow’s series is done with great dignity and feeling.” John Mort, Booklist “A fine novel…Of course, you must have this book!” Librarian’s World “Engrossing reading.” Library Journal Special bonus: The boxed set includes Where Love Triumphs Donna Fletcher Crow’s endearing first novel of the brilliant, but lame Brandley Hilliard whose encounters with the charming Elinor Silbert and the eminent theologian Charles Simeon show him a life beyond any his academic pursuits have taught him. Where Love Triumphs is available only in the boxed set.

    The resulting volume reflects the significant and exciting advances that have been made in these fields since the editors' acclaimed volume, General Relativity: An Einstein Centenary Survey (CUP 1979). Newton's immense contribution to the physical sciences is assessed, and its relevance to today's physics made clear. The international group of contributors then chart the major developments in the study of gravitation, from Newtonian gravity to black hole physics. In the fields of galaxy formation, inflationary and quantum cosmology, and superstring unification, the book provides important overviews written by workers involved in the many advances described. By shaping such a wide-ranging and scholarly series of articles into a cohesive whole, the editors have created a fitting and lasting memorial to the man who continues to inspire scientists the world over.

    Everything necessary to assure success-rain or shine-is clearly explained. Over 75 full-color photographs show techniques-and the irresistible results. All of your favorites are here-luscious caramels, tender brittles, marshmallows, divinity, lollipops, caramel corn, toffees, cherry cordials, truffles and fudges. This is a must-have for anyone who wants to be a sweets success!

    

    I have referred in the novels to 'singing' the Ballad, but I think of it as declaimed rhythmically, to a background of minor arpeggios on a harp. -- Marion Zimmer Bradley

     One bitter winter day an exhausted man arrives on his doorstep. He has travelled from Nairobi to bring Mark a message. Mark’s father, Neil Shaw – a buccaneering figure, big game hunter, best selling novelist and womaniser – has been arrested for murder. Mark had been brought up in Spain after his mother had been killed on their remote estate in Kenya. Now he returns, to discover a dangerous situation on the lonely Plateau which both sets of his grandparents, together with one other family, the Donaldsons, had colonised in the 1920s. A feud has existed between the two families for many years and it is Neil’s contemporary, Martin Donaldson, who has been killed. Mark is urged by his father’s lawyer to find out exactly what happened that day. In doing so he uncovers Neil’s life, the hidden life of which his son knew almost nothing. It is a journey back in time. Paralleling this search is the story of Neil’s wish to turn the clock back in Africa; of the game sanctuary he creates and his obsession with freedom, symbolised by four lions with which he identifies. But the old Africa has gone and he cannot come to terms with the new. Finally there is the question of a murder thought to have been solved a long time ago. In seeking answers to all these questions the story moves from London to Kenya to southern Spain in the 1950s, to New York and back to Kenya. Alan Scholefield, who knows Africa well, is a masterly storyteller, whose gripping and convincing novels are unfailingly entertaining. Alan Scholefield was born in Cape Town in 1931 and was educated at Queen’s College, Queenstown, and the University of Cape Town. He now lives with his Australian wife, the novelist Anthea Goddard, in the south of England. They have three daughters. Most famous for his Macrae and Silver series, Scholefield has also written other novels, including Venom, which was made into a film in 1981.

    Surely the Mississippi steamboat era is among the most colorful and romantic in our history. But what was it really like, beyond our secondhand notions of stalwart river pilots, wayward boys and runaway slaves, of gamblers in tall hats and ladies in hoopskirts, of cotton, cakewalks, and carpetbaggers.This extraordinary book of recently discovered photographs, taken by a father and son who were professional photographers in Natchez, Mississippi, brings us for the first time a stunning array of images of steamboat life as it really was — from its glory days in the post-Civil War era to its demise in the years immediately following World War I.The photographers are Henry Norman and his son Earl. With boundless enthusiasm and curiosity, and the consummate skills of pictorial artists, they captured the beauties and rigors of a half-century of life on the Mississippi. Their priceless legacy has been preserved by Joan and Thomas Gandy, who recently acquired the extremely rare and valuable negatives and here present a collection of 170 of the most spectacular and arresting photographs of steamboat life.Together with an extremely informative text, replete with detailed information and fascinating anecdotes, the photographs make up a splendid account of the major steamboats that plied the great waterway and their essential social and economic role in river life. Vivid, beautifully composed images of stately ships, luxurious interiors, shipboard life, picturesque river towns, busy landings, paddle wheelers laden with cotton and other cargoes, and the disasters that claimed so many of these proud craft, comprise a stunning firsthand account of a long-lost — but now accurately, lovingly recaptured — way of American life.

    With telepaths, like Rohana Aillard and Gabriel Ardais, the joining may be deeper still. But if husband and wife become one mind, what happens to the survivor when one of them dies?This story was originally published in the Darkover anthology OTHER SIDE OF THE MIRROR, 1987.