Malcolm: 1208 books

When I heard of her Beauty had been a stray dog for almost two years. Many rescues had tried to bring her in and failed, unable to get close to her. Through requests of a friend I was reluctantly drawn onto the dance floor, into a dance with Beauty. A commitment to feed her for four weeks became a...

Evans War is the sweeping tale of a young coalminer whose life takes a dramatic turn when he joins the army at the onset of the First World War and is sent to fight the Turks at Gallipoli. The book traces the saga of Evan Morgan from childhood in a small coalmining town in the Rhondda Valley of South...

Eva is a young girl whose special powers allow her to travel back in time. She embarks on a mission with John and a young terrified policewomen, returning to the 17th century in order to reunite a young Valentine with his mother. They become embroiled in the events of 1605, a very dangerous and unpredictable time to be in the City of London.

After the death of his father, John is seeking answers. A trip down memory lane results in a chance meeting with Eva, a young girl with very special powers. They embark on a mission of compassion which results in them being catapulted back over three centuries into the English Civil War, where they...

Roy Weston was born into a wealthy family and raised in a big stone house on a hill overlooking the poor, coal-mining village of Brexley in North Yorkshire, England. Having nearly died of meningitis at the age of three years old, he is bullied by the kids at school until his mother pulls him out of...

Harmonic maps and the related theory of minimal surfaces are variational problems of long standing in differential geometry. Many important advances have been made in understanding harmonic maps of Riemann surfaces into symmetric spaces. In particular, ""twistor methods"" construct...

Découvrez les fondements historiques de l'Islam, les pratiques religieuses et la culture musulmane Qui est le prophète Mahomet ? Quels sont les grands courants de l'islam ? Qu'est-ce que le ramadan, le soufisme, la circoncision? Qu'appelle-t-on les Cinq Piliers de l'islam ? Quelles relations l'islam...

When Lieutenant Morris arrived in Japan in 1945 he was not seeking the position of manager of the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo. He came simply to run it as a billet for senior officers of the Allied Occupation Forces. But hotels, it seemed, were already in his blood, and when he was demobilized in 1946...

Units are the foundation for all measurement of the natural world, and from which standard, our understanding develops. This book, stemming from a conference on the history of units organised by the editors, provides a comprehensive and discursive introduction to the history of units within physics,...

Why would I even think to write a book with a title like this? I have come to a point in my life where I dont just want to hear what people say, I want to see what they do. Why do I smile and say hello to so many people I meet every day, because I might be the only person who has smiled at that person...

Social work education has developed internationally over the past 50 years as part of wider processes of economic and cultural globalization. Diverse political and social events across the world have shaped social work and its education, leading to aims and methods that are shared and contested. This...

Contracts of Carriage by Air, Second Edition contains annotated analysis of the provisions of the international conventions governing the carriage of goods and passengers by air. This book provides you with practical advice and brings you: • An overall view of the two liability regimes,...

This important and informative new book outlines and discusses details of the basic principles and methods that are central to any study of fish condition, from a fish ecology and fisheries biology perspective. Condition and Health Indicators of Exploited Marine Fishes describes the potential capacities...

Since the inception of the Scottish Parliament in 1999, mental health law, policy, practice and ethos have changed dramatically in Scotland. This book provides a thorough grounding in the key issues in mental health and presents a clear picture of the current Scottish mental health scene. By highlighting...