Hired to find the missing son of retired political activist Moira Doherty, Dan Starkey knows his new case is going to be challenging. Billy 'the Bear' Doherty isn't an easy man to find - a criminal with a nasty drug habit, his mum is convinced he's been murdered. But when Moira herself is killed, he[...]
Nathan Jones - scarred for life by one night of horror in his Northern Irish past. And also by having the same name as a Supremes song. Hoping for a fresh start, Nathan moves to New York but when his girlfriend leaves him, he only has his new job for company - that of a security guard at the Empire[...]
Meet Harry McKee - a sleazy local chat show host. Once a loving husband, he's become a drunken unfaithful slob. His wife is divorcing him and taking him to the cleaners. Even his kids won't speak to him. On his last night as a married man he winds up drunk and is beaten up. When he keels over the ne[...]
When the Marines destroy a terrorist training camp in the Libyan desert, they also kill both the parents of a ten-year-old boy, Mohammed Maguire. Brought back to Ireland, the land of his mother's birth, young Mohammed is treated as a public relations commodity by both sides of an argument that he do[...]
(Creative Concepts Publishing). Easy arrangements of 49 familiar classics, including: Blue Danube Waltz * Canon in D * Chopsticks * Evening Star * Hungarian Rhapsody * Minute Waltz * Musette * Ode to Joy * Sabre Dance * Unfinished Symphony * The Young Prince * more.[...]
As computer games become more and more like Hollywood productions, the need for good story lines increases. Research shows that stories are highly valued by game players, so today's studios and developers need good writers. Creating narrative - a traditionally static form - for games is a major chal[...]
Written for anyone who wants to learn how to create better video games, this book is a series of essays by industry experts aimed at helping readers improve their game design skills. Covering game design, marketing, and theory, the book deals with the full spectrum of issues related to how and why p[...]
Mentalizing - the fundamental human capacity to understand behavior in relation to mental states such as thoughts and feelings - is the basis of healthy relationships and self-awareness. "Mentalizing in Clinical Practice" distills the burgeoning literature on mentalizing for clinicians of diverse pr[...]
Mentalization-based therapy is a specific type of psychotherapy designed to help people consider their own thoughts and feelings and differentiate them from the perspectives of others. The editors are the foremost experts on mentalizing, having published two previous books and a multitude of scholar[...]
Beadweaving on a loom creates beautiful graphic designs as wide or as narrow as you want - and mixed-media artist Sharon Bateman captures the many ways this traditional craft has risen to new creative heights. See how to set up a loom, follow graphed patterns, create edgings and fringes and even bui[...]
Jump into the wonderful world of felted wool applique with these 11 elegant and charming traditional-style projects. How can something so elegant be so easy? Experience the joys of using wool applique to add depth and texture to your quilts and other projects. There are no edges to turn under - and [...]
In "post-terrorist" Belfast, the old hatreds continue to fester, and the politics remain deeply personal. Anyone, at any moment, may decide the war's not yet over. When his wife catches Belfast journalist Dan Starkey wrapped in the arms of a woman he hardly knows, his troubles are only beginning. Wi[...]
Journalist Dan Starkey, hero of Divorcing Jack, is back, a few Guinnesses past sober, but quick as ever with the sarcastic rejoinder and this time his knack for adventure, and misadventure, takes him to the unsuspecting streets of New York City.Starkey has signed on to cover the heavyweight title fi[...]
Experience Christmas on the historical American Great Plains as retold by nine different multi-published authors, including Tracie Peterson and Deborah Raney. Follow pioneers, immigrants, and orphans through their adventures, heartaches, challenges, victories, and romances. You are sure to find more[...]
Savor this delightful collection packed with brothers and brides. The Chance brothers enjoy ranch life in California and are not searching for brides - until brides come to them like damsels in distress, pulling at their tender heartstrings. Will any of the rough-around-the-edges brothers stand a ch[...]
Symbols play an integral role in branding programs. This book explores the visual language of symbols according to their most basic element: form. Over 1,300 symbols from all over the world are here categorized by visual type. Divested of all agendas, meanings and messages that might be associated w[...]
Rudyard Kipling loved Bateman's. It was his personal paradise, where he wrote some of his most famous works and enjoyed quiet family life free from the demands of fame. The atmospheric 17th-century house has changed little since his time and nestles modestly in the wooded landscape of the Sussex Wea[...]
Can games be art? When film critic Roger Ebert claimed in 2010 that videogames could never be art it was seen as a snub by many gamers. But from the perspective of philosophy of art this question was topsy turvey, since according to one of the most influential theories of representation all art is a[...]
Over the last thirty years or so, microfinance has risen to become one of the most high-profile policies to address poverty and under-development. in developing and transition countries. It is beloved of rock stars, royalty, movie stars, high profile politicians and 'trouble-shooting' economists, su[...]
Most professionals working in health or social care are required to act as advocates as part of their work. A social worker may want to obtain extra money or a particular service for a client; a housing official may need to help a tenant whose benefit has been delayed by a local authority; a volunta[...]
Symbols play an integral role in branding programs. More often than not, symbols are used alongside logotypes, the two working in tandem to illustrate the values and qualities of a brand to its audience. However, symbols can be hugely effective on their own, providing organizations and brands with '[...]