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Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing
Burleigh Dodds Subliscience Publishing was established in 2015 by former staff at the award-winning Woodhead Publishing. Our vision is to help solve one of the world’s greatest challenges: to feed the world’s growing population. There is an urgent need for a more climate-smart agriculture able to feed a growing population whilst, at the same time, adapting to (and not exacerbating) climate change. Our goal is to build collections of research on key topics in agricultural science so that researchers can build on existing work and collaborate more effectively. We are achieving this by using ’smart-publishing’ to help achieve ’climate-smart’ agriculture.
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Religious & spiritual fictionJuly 2015A Dead Man Out of Mind
by Kate Charles
Dolly Topping, head of the national organisation 'Ladies Opposed to Women Priests' and wife of one of the churchwardens, feels that strongly about it. It is unfortunate, therefore, that Father Julian, the well-loved curate of the Pimlico church, should have been killed in a burglary gone wrong. And doubly unfortunate that the Vicar, upwardly-aspiring William Keble Smythe, should choose to appoint a woman to replace him. From the moment that Rachel Nightingale enters the serene Anglo-Catholic world of St Margaret's, tempers and emotions run high; Christian charity is not much in evidence, even among those who espouse it loudly. Then another accidental death unites the parishioners in new heights of hypocrisy, and leaves some crying murder. But David Middleton-Brown is sceptical until he learns about Father Julian's death. With the encouragement of the Archdeacon, David and Lucy Kingsley embark on a search for the truth about the 'dead man out of mind', and discover more than they ever wanted to know about greed, hypocrisy, ambition and the cost of love.
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Classic crimeMarch 2020The horse killer
A strange story from Mecklenburg
by Siegfried Stang
A series of cruel horse murders in the Mecklenburg Lake District is causing disgust and horror nationwide. However, the police are initially groping in the dark and are coming under increasing pressure. This is also felt by Chief Inspector Tim Asfeld, the investigator in charge. And suddenly it is no longer just about the horses. People are also in acute danger of their lives. The young theology student Pia, who lives alone in a deserted bungalow settlement in the fall, is increasingly drawn into the maelstrom of events. She is exposed to strange, aggressive actions, the reason for which she puzzles and who is responsible. Then the events come thick and fast. And several people die. Author Siegfried Stang has incorporated his decades of experience as a criminalist into an exciting and only gradually understandable story. Thus the novel can convince with a realistic representation. Similarities with living or already deceased persons would be however nevertheless purely coincidental. The author of the book succeeds in describing the psychological background of the crimes in a plausible and comprehensible way. The criminologists and the reader only learn bit by bit why everything happens the way it did - seemingly inevitably.
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Sentencing & punishmentSentence of the Court
A Handbook for Magistrates
by Michael Watkins (Author), Winston Gordon (Author)
Featuring developments in relation to domestic burglary following R v McInerney, this book also deals with racial and religious aggravation, confiscation orders under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 and similar changes - as well as anticipating key jurisdictional and sentencing changes which are likely to result from 2004 onwards.
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Children's & young adult fiction & true storiesMay 2021The Misadventures of Nicholas Nabb
by Jenny Moore
Nicholas Nabb is your friendly neighbourhood sewer scamp, trying to scrape by on the dingy Victorian streets. When a bread roll burglary goes wrong and Nick is chased by the police, he is saved by a mysterious veiled widow called Annie and what he thought he knew about his past spirals out of control. Only Annie vanishes before Nick can get any sort of answers from her and he's left riddled with questions: why does she have a locket with a baby photo of him inside? And, most importantly, where is she now? Nick is determined to find out.
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April 2019Neuroforensics
Exploring the Legal Implications of Emerging Neurotechnologies: Proceedings of a Workshop
by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Policy and Global Affairs, Health and Medicine Division, Committee on Science, Technology, and Law, Forum on Neuroscience and Nervous System Disorders, Clare Stroud, Sheena M. Posey Norris, Noam I. Keren, Lisa Bain
Discussions around the intersection between neuroscience and the law began decades ago. Originally used mostly in death penalty cases, the role of neuroscience has extended to cases involving drugs, assault, burglary, child abuse, rape, fraud, theft, and kidnapping. Neuroscience has also begun to play an increasingly important role in making policy, particularly where the law is unclear or ambiguous. In March 2018, the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine organized a workshop in order to explore the current uses of neuroscience and bring stakeholders from neuroscience and legal societies together in both the United Kingdom and the United States. Participants worked together to advance an understanding of neurotechnologies that could impact the legal system and the state of readiness to consider these technologies and where appropriate, to integrate them into the legal system. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.
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Mystery2013Granny Hooks a Crook
A Fuchsia Minnesota Mystery
by Julie Seedorf
Granny leads a secret life in the small, unique community of Fuschia, Minnesota. It’s not just her all junk food diet, multiplying pets, or her shocking bedtime attire that makes Granny one in a million. No, Granny is an undercover cop, charged by “the Big Guy” (the town’s police chief) of preventing theft in local stores. Granny takes her job seriously and daily foils many shoplifters using her trusty spiked umbrella and amazing acting skills. When some startlingly brazen burglaries begin to occur that Granny can’t solve, along with mysteriously appearing bad guys, disappearing clerks, and misplaced Corvettes, Granny begins to wonder if she isn’t ready for the wrinkle farm. Maybe, it’s fortuitous when she accidentally-on-purpose falls in the lap of an attractive older gentleman who is soon roped into her wild adventures, as they try to figure out what’s happening in their little town.
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November 2013Supercell
by H.W. "Buzz" Bernard
They’ll pay him a fortune to find a killer tornado for their movie. He knows the risks all too well, but he never imagined just how dangerous the perfect storm could be. Chuck Rittenburg was one of the most intrepid storm chasers in the country until a bad decision resulted in the death of a young couple who’d paid to ride along. A decade later—broke, divorced, and estranged from his college-age children—he’s got nothing left to lose. When a film producer offers Chuck one-million dollars to help find and photograph a deadly tornado in Oklahoma, Chuck sees a chance to earn his kids’ respect again—and maybe his own. The situation quickly becomes about more than tracking a monster tornado for Hollywood. FBI Agent Gabi Medeiros insists on riding along. A burglary ring is targeting tornado-ravaged neighborhoods, and their tactics now include murder. With the stage set for a major heist, a deadly supercell, and a confrontation between Man and Nature on an epic scale, Chuck and his crew will be lucky to escape in one piece.
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Trusted Partner
February 2023The Pirate Queen's Daughter
by William Frank
A reclusive Boston widow sends her alluring daughter, Aoife O’Malley, to the Santa Fe office of veteran art-crime detective Tom McNaul. The job: to recover a Monet water lilies painting that was stolen from their family twenty years ago in a murder/burglary in Northern Ireland. Tom accepts the challenge but soon finds himself pursued by lethal elements of Boston’s Irish mob. Outgunned and stymied by the murder of his only suspect, Tom joins forces with his older brother, Willie, and agent Kate Bacon, his former partner on the FBI Art Crime Team.When the three fly to Ireland, hoping to trace the painting from the original crime scene, they are swept into a world of violent political intrigue. Their whirlwind circuit of the Emerald Isle soon turns deadly as agents of unknown organizations pursue them. Tom fears that radical elements of both the IRA and Orange paramilitaries want the painting to finance terrorism―perhaps even to reignite the Troubles. As the dangers increase, he finds himself unable to trust anyone in his struggle to fulfill his quest and untangle his complex relationships with Aoife, Kate, and the pirate queen.
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FictionBloodfire
by Helen Harper
Mackenzie Smith has always known that she was different. Growing up as the only human in a pack of rural shapeshifters will do that to you, but then couple it with some mean fighting skills and a fiery temper and you end up with a woman that few will dare to cross. However, when the only father figure in her life is brutally murdered, and the dangerous Brethren with their predatory Lord Alpha come to investigate, Mack has to not only ensure the physical safety of her adopted family by hiding her apparent humanity, she also has to seek the blood-soaked vengeance that she craves.
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Children's & young adult fiction & true storiesJuly 2021Rainfish
by Andrew Paterson
A tender, heartfelt and funny middle-grade novel about a boy grappling with the rather large consequences of a minor misdeed, set against the backdrop of his mum’s new relationship and the lush landscape of tropical north Queensland. Aaron lives with his single mother and his bookish older brother Connor in a small town at the edge of a rainforest, home of the legendary rainfish. Wanting to make an impression on an older, cool kid, Aaron reluctantly takes part in a burglary that he immediately regrets. When the theft is reported in the local newspaper, Connor decides to try out some amateur sleuthing and the police begin an investigation. Aaron tries to cover his tracks, but when torrential rains and a fast-flowing flood lead to tragedy, Aaron he feels desperate guilt. His attempts to make amends take him on a journey that’s unexpected, humorous and ultimately redemptive. Rainfish is a delightfully engaging story that explores big feelings—joy, happiness, regret, guilt and fear— and the importance of knowing when to tell the truth, no matter how hard that might seem.
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OffendersThe Longest Injustice
The Strange Story of Alex Alexandrowicz
by Alex Alexandrowicz (Author), David Wilson (Author)
Alex Alexandrowicz spent 22 years in custody protesting his innocence. This book explains how something which began with a plea bargain in the belief that he would serve a 'short' sentence turned into a Kafkaesque nightmare. His 'Prison Chronicles' are placed in perspective by Professor David Wilson. The Longest Injustice contains the full story of Anthony Alexandrovich - known universally as 'Alex'. Principally, the book is about his 29-year fight against his conviction as a seventeen-year-old for aggravated burglary, wounding with intent, and assault occasioning actual bodily harm. Twenty-two of these years were spent in prison where Alex was a discretionary life sentenced prisoner, and where he steadfastly maintained his innocence. He continues to do so after release, and is taking his case through the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC), which was set up in 1995 to investigate alleged miscarriages of justice. Alex's own recollections are supplemented by analysis of the dilemma facing people in British prisons who are determined to maintain their innocence, and the book highlights the considerable disincentives and disadvantages to them of doing so. Authors Alex Alexandrowicz spent 22 years in some of Britain's most notorious gaols much of this time as a Category A high security prisoner. His Prison Chronicles are a first hand account in which he explains why he believes he was wrongly convicted (a matter currently with the Criminal Cases Review Commission) and vividly recreates his experiences of the early years following his arrest. Institutionalised by the system and apprehensive of the outside world he now lives alone in Milton Keynes where he continues the long fight to clear his name from a flat which has grown to resemble a prison cell. David Wilson is professor of criminology at the Centre for Criminal Justice Policy and Research at the University of Central England in Birmingham. A former prison governor, he is editor of the Howard Journal and a well-known author, broadcaster and presenter for TV and radio, including for the BBC, C4 and Sky Television. He has written three other books for Waterside Press: Prison(er) Education: Stories of Change and Transformation (with Ann Reuss) (2000) , Images of Incarceration: Representations of Prison in Film and Television Drama (with Sean O'Sullivan) (2004), and Serial Killers: Hunting Britons and Their Victims (2007).
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Uncle Nowrooz and the Forty Thieves
by Suroosh Chitsaz
The Shekarestan Book Collection is a written narrative of the attractive Shekarestan animation series, published by Soore-ye Mehr Publications. Each volume of the Shekarestan book is published in 24 pages and relates to an episode of the animated film, containing a story based on ancient Iranian fables, narratives, and legends. The collection will consist of 100 volumes, of which 30 volumes have been released so far. The characters play different roles in each episode based on the dramatic requirements of each story. The tales of this collection were selected based on the ancient Iranian / oriental stories, proverbs, fables and folklore and then, they were rewritten in a modern and up-to-date style. The titles of the published volumes of this collection are: “Half a Fistful of Salt”, “Anti-theft Spells”, “The Water Tap”, “The Magical Feather”, “Uncle Nowrooz and the Forty Thieves”, “The Lost Brother”, “The Treasure Chest”, “Donkey is Gone and Donkey is Gone”, “Consequences of Being Crafty”, “The Bohlol’s Flea”, “The White Ear, The Black Tail and the Others”, “The Wise Man and the Maniac”, “Smart and Smarter”, “The Broken Jug”, “The Foundling”, “The King’s Dream”, “A Rare Friend”, “The Great Horse Racing”, “The Ordinary Fortuneteller, The King’s Fortuneteller”, “Enchanted Chickens”, “The Friendly Policeman”, “The Mat Weaver and The Bandits”, “Happy Shoemaker”, “The Thief and Golensa”, “Cart Wheel Spokes”, “Ancestral Keepsake”, “Chickens and Floods”, “Pennilessness Patient”, “The Donkey Riding the Pharaoh”, and “The Unknown Illness”. In Shekarestan, everyone was happy by the arrival of spring and the Nowrooz (New Year), except for Zafar the Thief. He was unemployed and looked for a job before the beginning of the New Year. He went to The Forty Thieves Co. and asked to be hired, but because he had no record of grand theft in his file, they did not hire him. Zafar the Thief decided to commit an important burglary and plotted to kidnap Uncle Nowrooz. He went to the Nanny Cold and tied her arms and legs. As Uncle Nowrooz entered the Nanny Cold’s house, Zafar, the thief, caught and tied him with rope and took him to a cave. Everybody in Shekarestan was worried why Uncle Nowrooz had not arrived. Soon, the news of Uncle Nowrooz kidnapping spread in Spokesman. Zafar the Thief demanded a thousand coins from the people for the release of Uncle Nowrooz. The people who did not have much money were no longer concerned about Uncle Nowrooz and the arrival of spring. Zafar the Thief decided to sell Uncle Nowrooz to the forty thieves and so on and so forth . . .
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Crime & mysteryThe Cedar Face
DI Elizabeth Jewell Book 3
by Carole Pitt
When Keith Wilson, an art teacher at Grasmere Academy is murdered DI Elizabeth Jewell expects to lead the investigation. Within hours, her new boss DCI Liam Yeats takes over and excludes both her and Sergeant Patterson without giving a valid reason. However, Yeats's policy is short lived when he realises alienating Jewell and her team is counterproductive.Jacob Morven, a Canadian citizen from a remote area of North-Western British Columbia is the prime suspect. Although the evidence against him points to his guilt, DI Jewell has doubts. Keith Wilson, the victim, had boasted of a change in his fortune, implying he was about to receive a substantial amount of money. With this in mind, Jewell looks further afield for other suspects. As the mystery deepens, Jewell and Patterson look back almost three hundred years to the origins of a lost artefact.Amidst escalating dissent at Park Road HQ, Elizabeth tackles yet another problem. Where is their previous boss, DCS Daly? And is his unexpected disappearance connected to the current situation?
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Literature & Literary StudiesBad Stories: What the Hell Just Happened to Our Country
by Steve Almond
Bad Stories is Almond's effort to make sense of America's historical moment, to connect certain dots that go unconnected amid the deluge of hot takes and think pieces. The book argues that Trumpism is a bad outcome arising directly from the bad stories we tell ourselves. It is a lamentation aimed at providing clarity. Almond looks to literary voices to help explain the roots of our moral erosion as people.
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Business innovationMay 2015Livestock Entrepreneurship Management
by Devesh Thakur & Pranav Kumar
The present book covers major Livestock entrepreneurship skills in simple and lucid form. The first of the book focuses on concept of entrepreneurship, personal skills of entrepreneur such as innovation, risk taking, accepting challenges and responsibilities. The second of the book covers the different enterprising opportunities in livestock sector. In subsequent s forms of Livestock business, several factors to initiate a livestock business, bank support for entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial training, preparation of livestock entrepreneurial projects, project appraisals, financial management, sales and marketing communication, business acumen and communication have been covered. The textbook has been designed based on latest guidelines of Veterinary council of India and is extremely useful to graduates of veterinary science who otherwise have least exposure to principles of entrepreneurship. This book is also beneficial to undergraduate and postgraduate students of Veterinary Science, animal husbandry who wish to pursue livestock based entrepreneurship.
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Biography & True StoriesMay 2011The Sex Slave Murders
The True Story of Serial Killers Gerald & Charlene Gallego
by R. Barri Flowers
The Sex Slave Murders is an international bestselling true crime book. A marriage made in hell... Barely five feet tall, sweet and innocent looking, Charlene Gallego used all of her charms to beguile pretty teenage girls and young women into the back of a van, where her lethal husband, Gerald, lay waiting. A killer couple bound together by secrets, lies, and sex slave fantasies... Married multiple times and still in his early thirties, Gerald Gallego found the perfect companion in Charlene. Over a grisly period of twenty-six months, their bloody and brutal rampage of kidnapping, rape, and murder spanned three states and claimed eleven lives. In this much more frightening than fiction tale of domination, depraved lust, substance abuse, violence, and murder, award winning, bestselling criminologist R. Barri Flowers tells the whole story of a couple's twisted relationship, their ghastly crimes and ability to elude the law, how they were finally captured, and the two riveting trials that ultimately pitted wife against husband with the stakes higher than either once imagined in their murderous bond. "Selected as one of Suspense Magazine's Best of 2011 books." -- John Raab, CEO/Publisher, Suspense Magazine "A gripping account of the murders committed by husband-and-wife serial killers Gerald and Charlene Gallego. Top true crime author and criminologist R. Barri Flowers provides his keen insight and expertise into what made these killing partners tick. Flowers knows his stuff. Compelling reading." -- Gary C. King, author of Blood Lust
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Crime & mysteryMay 2013The Wrong Game
by Marc Powell
When you have the chance to change your life would you take it, or die trying? When Mike Slater and Dan Sharpe set off on a dream football tour of Europe things could only get better. Mike would be free from living under his father’s shadow and Dan free from a father who only looked at him through the bottom of a vodka bottle. But from the onset their dream quickly turns into a nightmare. Unknowingly coerced into smuggling drugs they become pawns for Interpol, live bait to catch one of Europe’s biggest drug barons who will stop at nothing to retrieve what is his. Pursued by killers through Belgium, Holland, Germany and eventually Paris, they will run for their lives testing their courage to the limit. Only then will they learn the hard truth that misguided teenage actions lead to consequences that will turn boys into men and change their lives forever. Who would have thought playing football might get you killed. The Wrong Game is about the unfaltering friendship of two teenagers from the Northeast of England. Through the authors real life experiences Marc Powell takes them away from their two very different worlds. Dan, a trouble maker who is full of attitude, thinks only of himself and shows complete disregard and defiance to any authority. Mike is the exact opposite, sensible and grown up beyond his years and who is the calming influence that his troubled friend needs. Both share a common desire to become better than what society expects them to become. Through their love of football they are free to experience adulthood without fear of antagonising those around them who both love and use them in equal measure. The author shows that it only takes one wrong decision, even though that decision is taken with all good intent, your life and that of everyone you know and love will never be the same again. Courage can sometimes only be found when you look into the eyes of your friend and see the light of hope fading. Marc reflects this by sending the reader on a rollercoaster of emotions. He shows how teenage eyes are opened to a world of sex, drugs, bigotry, first love and finally fear and death. Marc Powell’s same love of football, his years in the military and later as Police officer combined with living and working in Europe gives credibility to a story that is full of real life events. Interspersed with humour and told at a pace that gathers momentum throughout, “The Wrong Game” is a book that will capture the imagination of both young teens and adults alike, irrespective of holding a passion towards the sport.
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Crime & mysteryJune 2014Death In the Gallatin Valley
by Jim Perkins
A woman and her young son are brutally murdered in a small farming community in Montana's bucolic Gallatin Valley. The woman's husband is suspected of being the killer but he commits suicide. So, did he commit the murders or did someone else? Thirty years later the families surviving daughter (who wasn't home that tragic night in 1972) enlists the aid of a local attorney turned farmer, to discover the truth. Did a fight over water rights or an unrequited love affair have anything to do with a once happy family being almost totally annihilated?
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FictionApril 2013Doyle's Casebook
by Ann Brady
A short story book about some of the cases of ex-cop Tommy Doyle now acting as a Private Investigator.
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Classic crimeFurther Exploits of Sherlock Holmes
by David Stuart Davies, Matthew Booth
This exciting anthology brings together the work of two much admired Sherlock Holmes writers. In these stories Holmes and Watson are engaged in daring exploits applying their razor-sharp intelligence in new cases. By David Stuart Davies The Reichenbach Secret The Adventure of the Brewer's Son The Secret of the Dead Murder at Tragere House Sherlock Holmes and the Ghost of Christmas Past #A Certain Notoriety # By Matthew Booth The Dragon of Lea Lane The Fairmont Confession The Mornington Scream The Riddle of Satan's Tooth The Tragedy of Saxon's Gate The Verse of Death # These two stories are available for translation rights but excluded from our published book
