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100 Questions (SAGE 100 Questions and Answers)
by Lisa M. GivenExploring 100 key questions (and answers) on the nature and practice of qualitative inquiry, this unique book addresses the practical decisions that researchers must make in their work, from the design of the study, through ethics approval, implementation, and writing. The book’s quick-scan, question-and-answer format make it ideal as a supplementary text or as a ready reference for graduate students preparing for comprehensive exams and writing research proposals, undergraduates in affiliated programs who will not be taking a primary course in qualitative research methods, and researchers working across disciplines in academic or practice environments.
10-Step Evaluation for Training and Performance Improvement
by Seung Youn ChyungWritten with a learning-by-doing approach in mind, 10-Step Evaluation for Training and Performance Improvement gives students actionable instruction for identifying, planning, and implementing a client-based program evaluation. The book introduces readers to multiple evaluation frameworks and uses problem-based learning to guide them through a 10-step evaluation process. As students read the chapters, they produce specific deliverables that culminate in a completed evaluation project.
Unleashing Student Superpowers: Practical Teaching Strategies for 21st Century Students
by Kristen N. Swanson Hadley J. FergusonTurn students into learning superheroes! Like we see in the movies, no two superheroes learn to use their powers in the exact same way. Each of your students has superpowers hidden inside, and you hold the keys to unlock them. With this cutting-edge handbook, you’ll turn your classroom into a place where students don’t just receive an education—they use their powers to create it. Discover specific, ready-to-use instructional journeys designed to foster an inquiry-based, student-driven learning environment. Each research-based journey Supports one of the six student superpowers: Wondering, Curating, Designing, Digital Inking, Gaming, and Connecting Encourages students to think deeply; as required by the CCSS and NGSS Includes step-by-step lesson frameworks, aligned with the Common Core, that fit into your regular day Tear through the obstacles of achievement and show your students that anything is possible! "Ferguson and Swanson explain why tapping into student competencies is imperative and show the road-map for matching engaging activities to specific standards. So many books on the market explain why a shift is needed; this one gives you the tools to do it." —Erin Klein, Teacher Michigan Reading Association, Bloomfield Hills "Unleashing Student Superpowers is an amazing resource for the creation and enhancement of student-centered classroom environments that focus on high-level questioning, inquiry, and passion-based learning. Each Superpower theme provides linkages to the Common Core and flexible lesson plans that promote relevant skills for students’ learning." —Victoria Olson, Teacher West Langley Elementary School, Canada
Leading Project Teams: The Basics of Project Management and Team Leadership
by Anthony T. CobbThis practical book provides entry-level project tools and skills for newcomers to project management. It helps student teams become more effective at doing course projects by learning and applying project management tools and techniques. It also provides invaluable skills that students can utilize when they enter the workplace. Chapters focusing on project initiation and planning are followed by coverage of the human resource issues involved in project leadership and how to write up project reports. Appendices introduce the use of earned value analysis and show how critical paths are calculated.
Leading Project Teams: The Basics of Project Management and Team Leadership
by Anthony T. CobbThis practical book provides entry-level project tools and skills for newcomers to project management. It helps student teams become more effective at doing course projects by learning and applying project management tools and techniques. It also provides invaluable skills that students can utilize when they enter the workplace. Chapters focusing on project initiation and planning are followed by coverage of the human resource issues involved in project leadership and how to write up project reports. Appendices introduce the use of earned value analysis and show how critical paths are calculated.
Your Undergraduate Degree in Psychology: From College to Career
by R. Eric Landrum Paul I. HettichInnovative strategies for psychology majors to survive and thrive in the workforceNearly 100,000 students graduate each year with a bachelor′s degree in psychology, and a majority of these students will enter the workforce instead of pursuing a graduate degree. Many will find themselves tentatively deciding their next steps amid a complex and changing economic and job environment.In this text, authors and professors Paul I. Hettich and R. Eric Landrum provide innovative strategies and tools for succeeding after college with an undergraduate degree in psychology. Drawing on current research data, applied theory, and both academic and workplace experiences, they help stimulate self-reflection and improve decision making as students approach their careers. The text covers key topics in the college-to-career transition, including career planning and development, identifying and transferring marketable skills, building and sustaining strong networks, understanding what employers want and don′t want, coping with personal life changes, becoming a valued employee, and more.
The Human Resources Program-Evaluation Handbook
by John C. Scott Nambury S. Raju Jack E. EdwardsTechnological advances and rapid changes in workforce demographics pose extensive challenges to human resources program evaluators. But little has been done to document successful human resources program assessment and implementation strategies. The Human Resources Program-Evaluation Handbook is the first book to present state-of-the-art procedures for evaluating and improving human resources programs. Editors Jack E. Edwards, John C. Scott, and Nambury S. Raju provide a user-friendly yet scientifically rigorous "how to" guide to organizational program-evaluation. Integrating perspectives from a variety of human resources and organizational behavior programs, a wide array of contributing professors, consultants, and governmental personnel successfully link scientific information to practical application. Offering authoritative guidance to both novice and experienced program evaluators, this unique guidebook includes New perspectives on organizational program-evaluation Methods to assess the efficiency of human resources programs Identification of potential pitfalls Real-life examples Additional references for program-evaluation best practices The Human Resources Program-Evaluation Handbook provide program-evaluation teams with content-specific guidance. Supplying useful and accurate evaluation techniques, the editors present a manual for enhancing the effectiveness and efficiency of most major types of human resources programs. Designed for academics and graduate students in industrial-organizational psychology, human resources management, and business, the handbook is also an essential resource for human resources professionals, consultants, and policy makers.
100 Questions (SAGE 100 Questions and Answers #5)
by Emily E. Anderson Amy L. Corneli100 Questions (and Answers) About Research Ethics is an essential guide for graduate students and researchers in the social and behavioral sciences. It identifies ethical issues that individuals must consider when planning research studies as well as provides guidance on how to address ethical issues that might arise during research implementation. Questions such as assessing risks, to protecting privacy and vulnerable populations, obtaining informed consent, using technology including social media, negotiating the IRB process, and handling data ethically are covered. Acting as a resource for students developing their thesis and dissertation proposals and for junior faculty designing research, this book reflects the latest U.S. federal research regulations to take effect mostly in January 2018.
10 Critical Components for Success in the Special Education Classroom: Gargiulo: Special Education In A Contemporary Society 5e + Rohrer: 10 Critical Components For Success In The Special Education Classroom
by Marcia W. Rohrer Nannette M. SamsonYour blueprint for building structure, consistency, and accountability year-round! Often teachers of all experience levels struggle to effectively manage special education classrooms. In this must-have guide, Rohrer and Sampson provide a solid, workable action plan to ensure measurable success for even your most challenging student. Discover a variety of research-based instructional strategies to: Support all students, including those with autism and severe learning disabilities Organize your classroom, materials, and staff and student schedules for optimal teaching and learning Execute well-planned standards-based lessons, annual IEP’s, PLAALP’s, behavioral interventions, and visual supports Develop communication and social skills within a language-rich environment Foster parent communication and staff collaboration Packed with real-world examples, free tools to use and share, a list of resources and a helpful glossary, this dynamic resource will inspire you, develop your teacher toolbox, and ensure your students are on the path to achievement! "10 Critical Components for Success in the Special Education Classroom offers practical and easy-to-use ideas for organizing your physical classroom space, materials, student and staff schedules. Readers will also receive well thought out strategies that will definitely aid in the ultimate end result—student success!" —Avis Canty, Special Education Teacher Tanglewood Middle School, Greenville, SC "The path to success for students with autism and intellectual disabilities starts here, when their teachers implement the essential critical components outlined in this book." —Renee Bernhardt, Learning Support for Special Education and RTI Cherokee County School District, Canton, GA
100 Brain-Friendly Lessons for Unforgettable Teaching and Learning (K-8)
by Marcia L. TateUse research- and brain-based teaching to engage students and maximize learning Lessons should be memorable and engaging. When they are, student achievement increases, behavior problems decrease, and teaching and learning are fun! In 100 Brain-Friendly Lessons for Unforgettable Teaching and Learning K-8, best-selling author and renowned educator and consultant Marcia Tate takes her bestselling Worksheets Don’t Grow Dendrites one step further by providing teachers with ready-to-use lesson plans that take advantage of the way that students really learn. Readers will find 100 cross-curricular sample lessons from each of the four major content areas: English/language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies. Plans designed around the most frequently taught objectives found in national and international curricula. Lessons educators can immediately replicate in their own classrooms or use to develop their own. 20 brain-compatible, research-based instructional strategies that work for all learners. Five questions that teachers should ask and answer when planning brain-compatible lessons and an in-depth explanation of each of the questions. Guidance on building relationships with students that enable them to learn at optimal levels. It is a wonderful time to be a teacher! This hands-on resource will show you how to use what we know about educational neuroscience to transform your classroom into a place where success if accessible for all.
Creating Content With Your Tablet
by Susan J. Brooks-YoungTransform students from content consumers to content creators! This comprehensive guide gets to the heart of effective mobile technology use in today’s classroom. Internationally recognized education expert Susan Brooks-Young provides manageable, research-based strategies to help teachers and administrators: Confidently plan and manage mobile technology activities across grade levels Explore new uses and applications for multiple devices Use rubrics and checklists to evaluate appropriate, cross-platform educational apps Manage content-specific tablet use in learning centers or small groups Tap student ingenuity and improve critical thinking skills Time-saving tips cover a wide range of apps to help busy teachers easily incorporate tablets into daily classroom use. Includes step-by-step instructions across content areas for digital photography, video, ePublishing, QR codes and more. Transform students from content consumers to content creators with this must-have resource! "Creating Content With Your Tablet provides educators with simple, easy steps to implement tablet technology with the Common Core Standards. I am encouraged to try the apps in this book. It makes the connection between modern technology and what teachers are already doing in the classroom seem seamless." —Michelle Strom, Language Arts Teacher Fort Riley Middle School, KS "Very practical. The discussion questions at the end of each chapter are excellent for a book study or district that is moving towards tablet implementation." —David Fife, Vice Principal Tweedsmuir Public School, London, Ontario, Canada
Gumshuda: गुमशुदा
by Santosh Pathakस्नेहलता यादव की गुमशुदगी का मामूली सा दिखाई देने वाला केस अचानक ही मेरे जी का जंजाल बन गया। हालात, जिनपर मेरा कोई काबू नहीं था, यूं बिगड़ते चले गये कि लड़की का पता लगाने की बजाये मुझे खुद को जेल जाने से बचाने की कवायद में जुटना पड़ा। पुलिस की निगाहों में मैं रेपिस्ट था, खूनी था, और वह बात साबित हो जाना महज वक्त की बात थी, क्योंकि मेरे खिलाफ सबूतों का अंबार लगा हुआ था, और सबूत भी ऐसे जो चींख चींखकर कह रहे थे कि अपराधी मैं ही था। सबसे ज्यादा डैमेजिंग बात मेरे लिए ये थी कि केस की इंवेस्टिगेशन ऑफिसर इंस्पेक्टर गरिमा देशपांडे मेरे खिलाफ थी, इतना खिलाफ कि उसका वश चलता तो अदालत में गुनाह साबित होने से पहले ही मुझे फांसी के फंदे पर लटका देती। ऐसे मुश्किल हालात में सच्चाई की तह तक पहुंच पाना कोई आसान काम नहीं था। मगर पहुंचना फिर भी जरूरी था, क्योंकि बलि का बकरा बनने का मेरा कोई इरादा नहीं था।
Devshakti Adbhut Divyastra: देवशक्ति अद्भुत दिव्यास्त्र
by Shivendra Suryavanshiशक्ति- एक ऐसा शब्द जिसे प्राप्त करने के लिये, मनुष्य, देवता, दैत्य ही नहीं अपितु अंतरिक्ष के जीव भी सदैव लालायित रहते हैं। शक्ति का पर्याय स्वामित्व से जुड़ता है, इसलिये ब्रह्मांड के सभी जीव शक्ति को प्राप्त कर, स्वयं को श्रेष्ठ दिखाना चाहते हैं। वन में मौजूद एक सिंह भी, अन्य वन्य प्राणियों के समक्ष अपनी शक्ति का प्रदर्शन करने से नहीं चूकता। ठीक उसी प्रकार कुछ देवता भी मनुष्यों के समक्ष, अपना शक्ति प्रदर्शन कर, उनमें भय की भावना उत्पन्न करते रहते हैं। जैसे देवराज इंद्र के द्वारा जलप्रलय लाना या सूर्यदेव के द्वारा सूखे की स्थिति उत्पन्न कर देना। यह सब भी शक्ति प्रदर्शन के अद्वितीय उदाहरण हैं। दैत्यों ने हमेशा त्रिदेवों से ही शक्ति प्राप्त कर, उनका प्रयोग देवताओं के ही विरुद्ध किया है। इन शक्तियों को प्राप्त करने के लिये, मनुष्यों ने भी घोर तप किये हैं। कुछ ऐसी ही देवशक्तियों को, पृथ्वी की सुरक्षा के लिये, देवताओं ने पृथ्वी के अलग-अलग भागों में छिपा दिया, जिससे समय आने पर कुछ दिव्य मानव, उन देव शक्तियों को धारण कर, पृथ्वी की सुरक्षा का भार उठा सकें। ऐसे ही देवशक्ति धारक कुछ विलक्षण मनुष्य बाद में ब्रह्मांड रक्षक कहलाये।
Kabila: कबीला
by Kasim Ansariउस व्यक्ति ने जब उस पेंटिंग मे बनी हुई उन बिल्लियों की काउंटिंग की, और इस सोसायटी के लोगो कि तस्वीरों की गिनती की, तो वो और ज़्यादा हैरत मे पढ़ गया उस ने देखा दोनों कि तादाद (गिनती) बिलकुल एक ही थी… उस ने देखा जो लोग झुण्ड कि तरह खडे हुए नीचे ज़मीन को देख रहे थे। उस ज़मीन पर एक सर्कल बना हुआ था जिस पर अजीब सी भाषा मे कुछ लिखा हुआ था और उस ज़मीन पर एक 8 या 9 साल का बच्चा आँखें बंद किये हुए लेटा हुआ था जो बेहोश था उस के गले मे एक लॉकेट था ये बिलकुल वैसा ही लॉकेट था।और उस लॉकेट मे एक प्रकाश निकल रहा था और वो प्रकाश ठीक उन बिल्लियों के चेहरे पर पड़ रहा था और ठीक उस बच्चे के बगल मे एक 7 या 8 फ़ीट कि चमगादड़ नुमा एक शख्स खड़ा हुआ उस बच्चे को खा जाने वाली आँखों से देख रहा था।
Jahnavi: जाह्नवी
by Bharti Gaur‘ख्वाहिशों और सपनों में फर्क’, ‘धर्म और अध्यात्म में फर्क’, ‘प्रेम में होने और प्रेम के होने में फर्क’ की बात करता यह उपन्यास, ये सोचने पर मजबूर करता है कि जीवन जीते-जीते कब हम मरना सीख जाते हैं और जीवन से दूर होते चले जाते हैं। यह उपन्यास हमें बताता है कि वापस लौटकर आने के लिए हमें खुद के अन्दर झाँकने के अलावा और कोई विकल्प नहीं तलाशना चाहिए, सब कुछ इन्सान के अंतर्मन में ही है, वहीं मिलेगा। हमारी मदद हम खुद कर सकते हैं और अगर इस काबिल हैं तो दूसरों को भी रास्ता दिखाया जा सकता है। तलाकशुदा से प्रेम, बाल वैधव्य, बुज़ुर्गों की वर्तमान दशा-दिशा, स्वयं के ख़्वाबों का बिखराव, उनका खो जाना। व्यक्तित्व, जिसे निखारने का वादा इंसान को स्वयं से करना चाहिए, किन्तु जब यही सब बातें आरोप-प्रत्यारोप के रूप में जाह्नवी पर ही भारी पड़ने लगती हैं, तब उसका खुद से जूझना और इन सब से पार पाने का स़फर ही उपन्यास की आत्मा है। इंसान का दोहरा व्यवहार जब आइने के रूप में उसके सामने आकर उस पर लानत भेजता है, तब उसे क्या करना चाहिए?
Jadu Bhari Ladki: जादू भरी लड़की
by Kishore Chaudharyजादू भरी लड़की, ये नौ कहानियों का संकलन है। शीर्षक कहानी एक लड़की के अटूट धैर्य और सादगी का बयान है। जीवन के कठोर पठार पर जीते जाना ही असल में लड़की का जादू से भरा होना है। किशोर चौधरी की कहानियों की भाषा शालीनता से भरी होती है और जीवन की विद्रूपता को सरल बिंबों के माध्यम से कहना इनकी कहानियों की विशेषता है। इन कहानियों का कथ्य अवास्तविक जीवन और कल्पना की उड़ान नहीं भरता है। इस संग्रह में शामिल कहानियाँ स्त्री केन्द्रित न होते हुए भी उनके आस पास के दुरूह जीवन को चित्रित करती हैं। इन कहानियों में सरल प्रेम का जटिल पक्ष मुखरित है। इस संग्रह में शामिल नौ कहानियाँ अपने-आप से अलग हैं। ये कहानियाँ महानगरीय जीवन के अकेलेपन से लेकर कस्बाई तन्हाई को चित्रित करती हुई हैं। इन कहानियों को पढ़ते हुए पाठक अपने संसार और अतीत से खुद को जोड़ पाता है, ऐसा लगता है कि कहानीकार की जगह पाठक खुद को पढ़ रहा है।
Jaipur diaries: जयपुर डायरीज़
by Aryan Upadhyayयह मोहब्बत की ऐसी कहानी है जिसके साकार होने की तमन्ना हर दिल में हमेशा जवाँ रहती है, फिर वह नौजवान हो या बु़जुर्ग। यह प्यार का ऐसा स़फर है जिस पर अमूमन हर कोई चलना चाहेगा। किशोरवय और यौवन के बीच खड़े किरदारों की यह कहानी स़ख्त दिलों को भी छू लेने की क्षमता रखती है। इसमें एक प्रेम-त्रिकोण है; एक नायक और दो नायिकाएँ। आम कहानियों के उलट, इस अलहदा कहानी में दोनों ही नायिकाएँ अपने नायक को पा लेती हैं और अंत में आकाश, सिया और नव्या ‘साथ-साथ' रहने लगते हैं। कैसे? यही तो इस प्रेम कहानी की ख़ूबसूरती है और इसका रहस्य भी। मुख्य कथानक के साथ ही समांतर रूप में चलने वाली अन्य दिलचस्प उपकथाएँ भी हैं। सहज भाषा-शैली में रचा गया यह उपन्यास पाठक को अंत तक बाँधे रखता है और अंतत: उसके मन में सुखद एहसास के साथ एक मीठी-सी कसक भी छोड़ जाता है। इसमें प्यार है, रोमांस है, चुहल है, कॉलेज की मस्ती है, लड़कपन की शरारतें हैं, दोस्ती के रंग हैं, साज़िशें भी हैं, और वह सबकुछ है जो आपको गुदगुदाएँगा, हँसाएगा, रुलाएगा, सपने दिखाएगा और रोमांचित करेगा। हकीक़त और कल्पना के मेल से रची गई ऐसी कथा जिस पर हर दिल सौ फ़ीसद यक़ीन करना चाहेगा।
STEWdio: The Naphic Grovel Artrilogy Of Chuck D
by Chuck DChuck D (Public Enemy, Prophets of Rage, etc.) brings his personal insights and social critiques to the page in fierce, passionate, and evocative visual art and prose "The Public Enemy mastermind combines art and hip-hop rhymes to provide his compelling, personal views on the chaotic years between 2020 and 2022. Though they often feel like diary entries, each installment has an overarching storyline and theme . . . In an engaging, distinctly hip-hop style, Chuck D reveal important lessons from the early pandemic years." —Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review Legendary hip-hop artist and social activist Chuck D has used every opportunity in his groundbreaking career to stand up for civil rights. His rap group Public Enemy is widely regarded as a revolutionary act both in terms of its impact on hip-hop and its use of music to impart a message of race and class equality. The band emerged from the late 1970s/early '80s coalescence of rap, punk, and street art into hip-hop music culture on the East Coast. At the time, Chuck D had completed his BFA in graphic design, and while his music career exploded, his passion for visual art never left his heart. In February 2020, he turned his gaze once again to the page, and began to fill three 5 x 8 journals with his written and drawn reflections of a world beginning to unravel. STEWdio: The Naphic Grovel ARTrilogy of Chuck D recreates format of his original art, combining three full-color paperback bound books into a beautiful box set. The box set is the inaugural offering from Enemy Books, the new Akashic Books imprinted curated by Chuck D. Spanning the onset of COVID-19 through the first year of the Joe "Bye-Don" administration, Chuck D lends his powerful artistic voice to one of the most tumultuous periods in American history, and puts it in a capsule. Like the neo-expressionist graffiti art of Jean-Michel Basquiat, Chuck D's energetic "Naphic Grovels" marry text with drawings, commenting on contemporary events with the same activist instinct that propelled Public Enemy's "music-with-a-message" reputation. His inventive, Amiri Baraka–esque language and accompanying art is also occasionally used as a tool for introspection, providing unparalleled insight into one of the most important cultural figures of our time. Each journal follows a distinct period in Chuck D's (and America's) life; There's a Poison Goin On chronicles the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, from February–April 2020; 45 Daze of REaD Octobot follow the days leading up to and the aftermath of the historic 2020 election; and Datamber Mindpaper, which focuses on the early days of the Biden administration. No song may be more reflective of 1980s America than Public Enemy's "Fight the Power;" no document may come to capture our COVID era like Chuck D's STEWdio.
Pearl
by Deirdre Purcell'Warm, poignant . . . in essence a jewel of a story' Sunday IndependentA broken heart. A long-held secret. A dream that never died . . .In 1920s rural Ireland, Pearl Somers lives happily with her family in the gate lodge of Kilnashone Castle, where her father is chauffeur to Lord and Lady Areton. But, one dreadful night, a series of dramatic events unfolds and the lives of all are changed for ever.Over forty years later, Pearl has become a successful writer. Yet there is one story she has never told, until her young cousin Catherine confesses a secret of her own that opens a door to Pearl's past - one she thought had been firmly sealed.When Catherine discovers Pearl's heart-breaking story, she determines to do her best to reconcile past and present. But is it too late for Pearl to find her own happy ending?
Teaching One-Pagers: Evidence-informed summaries for busy educational professionals
by Jamie ClarkAsk any teacher and they would say workload is one of the biggest blockers to their professional development. Simply put, most teachers are time-poor and too busy to engage with educational research to improve their classroom instruction. One-pagers are ultra-concise, A4-sized summaries that share important ideas about good teaching. In this practical volume, Jamie Clark presents more than 55 evidence-informed one-pagers that help educators reflect on their practice, build pedagogical knowledge, and prompt professional conversations with colleagues.
Cambridge Primary World English Learner's Book Stage 2 (Hodder Cambridge Primary English as a Second Language)
by Gill BudgellThis title has been endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International EducationEngage and inspire learners with an international and interconnected approach developed by experienced teachers and language specialists. The series offers full coverage of the learning objectives for the Cambridge Primary English as a Second language curriculum framework (0057) and is mapped to the Common European Framework of Reference.- Stimulate learners with model texts and activities.- Clearly address the key objectives: reading, writing, speaking, listening and use of English.- Support activities and knowledge covered in the Learner's Book with the accompanying Workbook and Teacher's Guide with Boost subscription.- Audio files are available free at https://www.hoddereducation.co.uk/cambridgeextras
The Harry Bosch Novels Volume 4: The Narrows, The Closers And Echo Park
by Michael ConnellyThree great novels in one volume from the unstoppable international bestseller. THE NARROWS: Harry Bosch is adjusting to life in Las Vegas as a private investigator and a new father. Then he gets a call from the widow of a friend who died recently. A friend who worked on the famous case tracking the killer known as The Poet, which makes his death doubly suspicious. Now Bosch is heading straight into the path of the most ruthless and inventive murderer he has ever encountered… THE CLOSERS: Three years after leaving the LAPD, Harry is back, working with his former cop ally and partner, Kizmin Rider. Assigned to the LAPD's Open-Unsolved Unit, Harry and Kiz are immediately thrown into a politically sensitive and dangerous case when a DNA match connects a white supremacist to the 1988 murder of a mixed race sixteen-year-old girl. But there are some people who want the case to remain unsolved… ECHO PARK: In 1993, Harry Bosch was assigned the case of a missing person, Marie Gesto. The young woman was never found and the case has haunted Bosch ever since. Thirteen years later, a man accused of two heinous killings is willing to confess to several other murders, including that of Gesto. Bosch's whole being as a cop begins to crack when he comes to realise that he missed a clue that could have led him to the killer and prevented the nine murders that followed…
The Nelson DeMille Collection Volume 1: The Gold Coast, Spencerville, And By the Rivers of Babylon
by Nelson DeMilleA collection of three suspense novels by Nelson DeMille. THE GOLD COAST: The upmarket and salubrious area of Long Island is the stamping ground for a dying breed of America's super-rich. It is also the residence of John Sutter, lawyer - very top-drawer, old money, right clubs - and his sensual wife, Susan. Their lives are about to be turned dramatically upside down by their new 'next-door' neighbour - a certain Mr Frank Bellarosa, top Mafia don and master manipulator. It is he who will impress upon them a rule much older than the archaic etiquette of the old-money set: a favour accepted is a favour owed. SPENCERVILLE: After twenty-five years of working in the shadowy world of espionage Keith Landry is on his way home. Driving along the highway, humming a few bars of 'Homeward Bound', the twenty-five years' service he has given the US government are fast becoming a distant memory. He is safe. He is alone. And life has never felt sweeter as the signs for hometown Spencerville come into view. Keith Landry has promised himself no more violence, no more death. But a chance meeting with childhood sweetheart Annie Baxter makes it a promise he cannot keep. As passion is rekindled between them, jealousy flares. For Annie is married to a violent and sadistic bully: the man who runs Spencerville, Sheriff Baxter. And he won't tolerate any man near his wife. Especially Keith Landry. BY THE RIVERS OF BABYLON: They were forced to meet by the rivers of Babylon... In Israel, two Concorde jets take off for a UN conference that will finally bring peace to the Middle East. Covered by F-14 fighters, accompanied by security men, the planes carry warriors, pacifists, lovers, enemies, dignatories - and a bomb planted by a terrorist mastermind. Suddenly they're forced to crash-land at an ancient desert site. Here, with only a handful of weapons, the men and women of the peace mission must make a desperate stand against an army of crack Palestinian commandos - while the Israeli authorities desperately attempt a rescue bid. A story of compulsive excitement, rich in personal drama and political tension that must rank as one of the greatest of our times.
The October Plot
by Clive Egleton1944: the 20th July Plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler has failed, but Operation Leopard which aims to kill Deputy Führer Martin Bormann, might just succeed, leading to a collapse of the German Home Front and an early end to the war. A motley commando force of British and Germans is assembled and trained in England then infiltrated into Germany to link up with the anti-Nazi underground. Unknown to them, their mission is being compromised by a devious Gestapo officer in Berlin and betrayed by one of their own side in London.
Collision
by Jeff AbbottThe international bestseller returns with his most ambitious, multidimensional, and tightly crafted thriller yet, a breakout achievement featuring his hallmark blend of ordinary people in extraordinary danger. Collision is the story of two men living very different lives—Ben Forsberg, a successful corporate consultant who is mourning the murder of his new bride; the other, a former CIA agent known only as “Pilgrim,” whose current assignment for a fringer espionage agency is so treacherous he doesn’t trust even his own boss. When they are thrown together in a violent, unexpected event, Ben and Pilgrim realize that they’ve been framed in an elaborate setup. Unsure who to trust and who may just be trying to draw them into the open, the unlikely partners have no choice but to work together. But with everything at stake, Ben has no idea that Pilgrim is harboring some shocking secrets of his own—secrets that will soon force Ben to confront just how blurred the line has become between best friends and bitter enemies.