Lesley: 835 books

Strange Harvest illuminates the wondrous yet disquieting medical realm of organ transplantation by drawing on the voices of those most deeply involved: transplant recipients, clinical specialists, and the surviving kin of deceased organ donors. In this rich and deeply engaging ethnographic study,...

What kinds of moral challenges arise from encounters between species in laboratory science? Animal Ethos draws on ethnographic engagement with academic labs in which experimental research involving nonhuman species provokes difficult questions involving life and death, scientific progress, and other...

Londen, 1910. De vijftienjarige, beeldschone Belle is opgegroeid in een bordeel, zonder te weten wat zich in de kleine verboden kamertjes afspeelt. Maar de jaren van onschuld zijn in één klap voorbij wanneer ze getuige is van de moord op een van de dames. De moordenaar kidnapt Belle om haar de mond...

Na noite em que a mãe lhes foi arrancada, os gémeos Maisy e Duncan perceberam que só podiam contar um com o outro. Se até então a vida deles não fora fácil, a partir desse momento piora dramaticamente pois o pai decide enviá-los para casa da avó, a ríspida Violet. Os gémeos sentem-se mais...

Jon Trask is a moderately successful, middle aged, sculptor, living in a medium sized mid-western city. Divorced, Jon has been living alone for a decade, working every day at his art: crafting beautiful sculpture out of raw steel. But Jon has another interest-the weekly visits by his long-time, lovely,...

“A year ago, I willingly paid her to please me. Now I live to please her.” So a slave summarizes his new life. Addressed only as “slave” or “boy,” the narrator relates events that brought him to his current situation: that of being the personal slave of his Mistress. He is her houseboy,...

Set early in the 22nd century on Mars, a virtually lawless pioneer planet, Requiem Expiated is replete with serial killers, polyamorous relationships, BDSM, explicit sexual variations, and murder. Deputy Shelly Monroe pursues an elusive serial killer to the Tombstone-like mining town of Thoropolis...

Onoverwinnelijk van Lesley Livingston Het spannende vervolg op Onverschrokken Wees moedig, gladiatrix... En op je hoede. Zodra je de liefde van Caesar voor je gewonnen hebt, zul je je de haat van zijn vijanden op de hals halen. Fallon was gewaarschuwd. Nu ze het volk van Rome voor zich heeft...

Londres, 1910. Belle, de 15 anos, viveu em um bordel em Seven Dials por toda sua vida, sem saber o que acontecia nos quartos do andar de cima. Mas sua inocência é estilhaçada quando vê o assassinato de uma das garotas e, depois, pega das ruas pelo assassino para ser vendida em Paris. Sem poder...

Published in 2004, this book discusses whether the rhetoric of the market in higher education is matched by the realities of choice. In the first comprehensive study of higher education markets and sixth form choice, Lesley Pugsley argues that the annual burst of media-fuelled panic about university...

La restructuration néolibérale des institutions économiques et politiques entraîne une militarisation progressive des forces policières et de leurs tactiques de maintien de l’ordre. Surveillance, infiltration, brigades spéciales, armes sublétales, arrestations préventives... en Amérique...

This is a Young Adult Fantasy, set in the magical world of Ytir. Owain Brecca Morwenna is a young Tiraeg noble who has power over the element of Air. He has been captured by Turkic corsairs, and made to use his Talent in their service. Now he has the chance to escape, and return to his family - and...

THREE PATHS DIVERGE IN THE WOODS: the queen's, the hunter's, and the assassin's. Grudgingly obligated to help mortals prevent a prophesied war, Viper's torn between serving Queen Elizabeth II and satisfying her own revenge against Annys. Visions of the past reveal that the mysterious Atticus...

** BGS Gold Mark Awarded Book *** Oric returns from an early-morning foraging expedition to find his home, Dunburton Manor, sacked by a band of marauders. Alchemist Deveril, Oric's mentor and friend, lies fatally wounded. The old man thrusts a key into Oric's hand, saying that it will unlock...