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Homeless on Aucklands streets, Max Grimes fights to survive when someone starts killing the citys forgotten. Pulled into a dark past, he must stop the killer or be next. The gripping second instalment in a breathtaking series, from New Zealands queen of crime.`Brutal, raw and utterly realistic Trevor Wood`Pacy, twisty, relentlessly unpredictable journey through the dark side of New Zealands biggest city, where a man battling his own demons must confront a far deadlier one working in the shadows Michael Bennett`Absorbing and addictive. Once youve started you wont be able to put it down until the end. A truly gripping thriller Michael Wood___The City looks away but someone is watchingA killer is hunting Aucklands homeless. No one cares. No one but Max. These are his people.Max Grimes is homeless, living on the streets of Auckland among the forgotten, the invisible. But now someone is hunting the homeless, killing them one by one. No one cares. Except Max.Trying to put his shattered life back together, Max is pulled into a deadly game when a face from his past reappears, reopening wounds he thought were long buried.As whispers of a Grim Reaper spread terror through the city, Max must race against time not only to find the killer, but to outrun the ghosts chasing him.Because if he fails, hell be next._______The setting is vivid in these dark but hopeful crime thrillers. It took three years for Max to return but it was worth the wait this is socially aware fiction with gripping story-telling. SuperbPaul Burke, CrimeTimePraise for Vanda Symon`Tauter and tougher than Symons delightful Dunedin procedurals superb The Times`Completely gripping a poignant study of how our society shapes unlikely saints and monsters Eve Smith`From the opening pages, this story left me gasping for breath Michael Robotham`New Zealands modern Queen of Crime Val McDermid`A one-sitting read Ann Cleeves`Fast, furious and intense Helen Fields`Astonishingly good compelling, horrifying, intriguing and entertaining. One of the best thrillers Ive read this year Liz Nugent`Edgy, thrilling and terrifyingly realistic Lisa Hall`Atmospheric, emotional and gripping Foreword Reviews`Fans of The Dry will love Vanda Symon Red Magazine`If you like taut, pacey thrillers with a wonderful sense of place, this is the book for you Liam McIlvanney`A portrait of the underbelly of society, this is a deeply involving novel and a damn good thriller Paul Burke, NB Magazine`Fast-moving New Zealand procedural ... the Edinburgh of the south has never been more deadly Ian Rankin`A sassy heroine, fabulous sense of place, and rip-roaring stories with a twist. Perfect curl-up-on-the-sofa reading Kate Mosse`A plot that grabs the readers attention with a heart-stopping opening and doesnt let go Sunday Times`Reads like the polished effort of a genre veteran. More, please Booklist

The fourth book in this action-packed adventure series from Blue Peter Award-winning author Kieran Larwood and Waterstones Childrens Book Prize winner Joe Todd Stanton. Young readers will love discovering the world of the Dungeon Runners!"A funny and exciting fantasy adventure story" - Frank Cottrell-Boyce, The TimesON YOUR MARKS, GET SET, BITE! Kit and his trusty teammates, Sandy and Thorn, are heading to land of the vampires for their most fearsome test yet.In a dungeon that is deadlier than anything theyve faced before, theyll take on monsters, hunt for treasure and crack codes. But can they make it to the finish, or will this be game over?DANGER! CHAMPIONS ONLY! "Highly illustrated, humorous and immediately enthralling, this first volume in a new series will appeal to 7+ D&D fans in particular" - The GuardianFollow Triple Troubles other adventures in the Bottom Feeder League:Dungeon Runners: Hero Trial, The Week Junior Childrens Book of the Year, Younger Fiction 2025 Dungeon Runners: Sky BattlesDungeon Runners: Ocean Chase

In 50,000 acres of remote Scottish mountains and moor sits Dorcha Hall: a former hunting lodge nestling amongst ancient forests, on the shores of the enigmatic Black Loch. At night, lights glow from within, smoke curls from its chimneys, and in the forgiving murk of the gloaming, it looks magical. In daylight, its mouldering plasterwork and failing plumbing present a less romantic reality.Dr Ava Dickens has come to Dorcha to visit her godson, Alastair a young man whose parents sudden death has taken him from a quiet life in academia to owning Loch Dorcha. He and his very new wife are convinced the only way to make the estate work is to run the Hall as a hotel. But Ava is a rigorous scientist, her specialty animal behaviour, and she is by no means certain that the evidence is indicative of a successful outcome.When one of the hotel guests is found dead in his bed, having gulped down poisonous insect repellant rather than the whisky sitting next to it, Avas knowledge of the female Culicoides impunctatus aka the Highland midge leads her to doubt that it was an accident. And worse is to come

The cuisine of Gaza is a vibrant reflection of its rich heritage, blending bold flavours, fresh ingredients and time-honoured techniques. Spicy stews, tangy dips, fragrant fish dishes and honey-soaked desserts embody a culinary tradition shaped by history and sustained through adversity. Each dish tells the story of a people whose connection to their land and culture endures despite immense challenges, showcasing the power of food as a cultural anchor.The Gaza Kitchen brings new life to this cuisine with more than one hundred recipes collected first-hand by Laila El-Haddad and Maggie Schmitt. It offers an intimate portrait of Gazan life through hundreds of photographs of Gazan cooks, farmers and fresh-produce merchants at work, and in-kitchen interviews in which these women and men tell the stories of their food, their heritage and their families.This new edition of this much loved, award-winning cookbook stands as both a celebration of Palestinian cultural identity and a powerful testament to the resilience of the Gaza community.

"Sou um homem doente... sou um homem mau." Assim começa Memórias do subsolo, uma das obras mais provocadoras e influentes da literatura moderna. Neste monólogo febril e fragmentado, Dostoiévski dá voz a um narrador anonimo, o "homem do subsolo", que rejeita a logica, a razo e os ideais iluministas em nome da liberdade absoluta e da contradiço humana. Publicado em 1864, o livro antecipa temas que marcaro o existencialismo do seculo XX: a angustia, o absurdo, o livre-arbitrio e a recusa da normatividade. Com estilo acido e introspectivo, Dostoievski desmonta as certezas do progresso e da racionalidade, expondo as profundezas da alma humana em sua forma mais crua e inquietante.

A Tecnologia da Informação passou a ocupar um papel estratégico nas organizações, exigindo processos bem estruturados de gestão e governança. A partir dessa perspectiva, esta obra apresenta fundament

Gossamer House is heaving with ghosts but thats not all its hidingLeslie Sanstrom gets a creepy vibe when she arrives at Gossamer House for the Castillo dart summer program. The spiky roof gables, looming clock tower and deathly-grey exterior make her spine tingle.The strangeness doesnt end there. She finds a hidden room full of famous paintings, missing since WWII, and overhears the camp manager plotting to steal the entire collection.When she teams up with fellow camper Nick and resident ghosts to thwart the devious heist, things take a dangerous turn. Leslie discovers Gossamers secrets are more sinister than she had ever imagined.

What does Jan prefer? Weeding or playing with his girlfriend Anna? Feeding the calves or going to Annas birthday party? But what are the consequences if he doesnt keep his promises? Jan wants to see the end result of the harvest, but doesnt want to invest any time. He wants to learn to read and write, but is afraid of school. Unlike all the other children, he hasnt finished making his lantern for the lantern parade, and Jan spontaneously decides he doesnt want to draw a picture for his grandfathers birthday after all.What do these situations say about him? How will he feel in the long run? Will he be happy with this behavior at the end of the day? How can he motivate himself? Your children should find answers to these questions and apply them to their own everyday situations.

The grandfathers of the 21st century surf the internet, keep themselves informed, and think a lot—not all grandparents, of course, but József Meyer certainly does."When Grandpas stories are no longer

Every generation looks around at its technology, its crises, and its culture, and quietly assumes one thing: we are the pinnacle of the human story. This intoxicating belief that the current era is the ultimate focal point of history is a cognitive bias deeply hardwired into our species.Chronocentrism blinds us to the cyclical nature of civilization. It makes us view ancient populations as primitive rather than differently optimized, and it convinces us that our modern geopolitical problems are entirely unprecedented. This chronological narcissism isolates us from the profound, repeating lessons of the past.By dissecting the psychological need to feel historically significant, this book reveals how our obsession with the "now" distorts our decision-making. From Victorian inventors who thought physics was entirely solved, to modern tech moguls preaching digital salvation, the mechanics of this bias remain identical.Shatter the illusion of modern supremacy and step outside the confines of your own century. Learn to leverage deep time, drastically improving how you analyze the future by respecting the monumental gravity of the past.

A universidade vai além de provas e notas. Ela é feita de pessoas, conversas, encontros e desafios invisíveis que podem marcar toda a sua trajetória.Se você sente insegurança ao falar em público, med

Have you ever walked into a massive shopping mall or a casino to buy one specific thing, only to wander aimlessly for an hour and leave with bags of unplanned purchases? You didnt lose your focus; the architecture actively stole it from you.Named after architect Victor Gruen, the Gruen Effect is a deliberate strategy of retail design. By eliminating windows and clocks, deploying confusing layouts, and bombarding the senses with specific lighting and muzak, stores intentionally induce a state of mild psychological disorientation. In this disoriented state, consumers abandon rational planning and succumb to impulsive, emotional buying.This deep dive exposes the manipulative blueprints behind the modern retail experience. It explains why milk is always at the back of the grocery store, why casinos use wildly patterned carpets to keep you looking at the machines, and how physical space dictates financial output.Stop letting drywall and lighting dictate your wallet. Recognize the spatial traps designed to confuse you, and learn how businesses architectually engineer an environment where resistance to buying is futile.

Right now, even with every light turned off and the house completely silent, your home is silently bleeding energy. Your television, your microwave, and the charging block you left plugged into the wall are continuously siphoning electricity from the grid. This invisible leakage is known in electrical engineering as "Phantom Load" or "Vampire Power."For the average household, this hidden standby power accounts for an astonishing 10% to 15% of total annual energy consumption. Modern appliances are never truly turned off; they sit in a perpetual state of electronic hypervigilance, waiting for a remote control signal or maintaining digital clocks. Cumulatively, across millions of homes, this requires multiple massive power plants to burn coal and gas entirely to power devices that are supposedly "off."This book uncovers the quiet inefficiency of modern consumer electronics. It translates the raw physics of alternating current and transformer logic into the tangible reality of your monthly utility bill.Unplug the hidden drain in your daily life. Grasp the massive scale of electronic waste generated by convenience, and learn to audit your own home to stop the invisible financial bleed.

For centuries, the most intense, vibrant red color in the world could not be synthesized in a laboratory or extracted from a plant. It came from the crushed bodies of a tiny, parasitic insect native to the Americas: the cochineal bug. The resulting pigment, carmine, was so breathtakingly vivid and colorfast that it became the third most valuable export from the New World, trailing only behind silver and gold.Crimson Monopoly tells the fascinating economic history of a bug that changed global trade. The Spanish Empire ruthlessly protected their monopoly on cochineal, executing smugglers and keeping the biological origin of the dye a strict state secret to manipulate global prices. Kings, cardinals, and artists paid astronomical sums for the crimson powder that built the wealth of empires.The book traces the dramatic espionage missions launched by rival nations desperate to steal the insects and break the monopoly. It also explores the modern resurgence of carmine dye in the 21st century, as the demand for natural food coloring in everything from lipsticks to strawberry yogurts has resurrected this ancient, labor-intensive industry.Uncover the violent and incredibly lucrative history hidden in the color red. This is a captivating exploration of how a microscopic insect dictated global economics and reshaped the aesthetics of the modern world.

In 532 AD, the most powerful empire on earth was brought to its knees not by a foreign army, but by chariot racing hooligans. What began as a routine sporting event at the Hippodrome of Constantinople quickly escalated into a massacre that burned half the city to the ground.The Nika Riots reveal a startling truth about ancient societies: sports factions functioned exactly like modern political cartels. The Blues and the Greens were heavily armed street gangs that dictated public policy, extorted merchants, and eventually united to overthrow Emperor Justinian. It was the most violent sports-related riot in human history, resulting in 30,000 deaths.This narrative untangles the bizarre logistics of Byzantine entertainment. It exposes how chariot racing served as the ultimate pressure valve for a heavily taxed populace, and how the brilliant, ruthless Empress Theodora manipulated the chaos to cement her absolute rule.Step into the brutal arena of ancient Constantinople. Understand how the visceral mechanics of sports loyalty can morph into unchecked political violence, reshaping the trajectory of an entire civilization in a matter of days.

A Série Universitária foi desenvolvida pelo Senac São Paulo com o intuito de preparar profissionais para o mercado de trabalho. Os títulos abrangem diversas áreas, abordando desde conhecimentos teóri

The alarm rings, yet the body refuses to move. It feels less like waking up and more like trying to swim to the surface through a pool of wet cement. This overwhelming, physical inability to leave the bed is frequently mislabeled as laziness, but medical science has a precise term for it: Dysania.Far beyond standard grogginess, dysania is a chronic physiological barrier. It is driven by severe sleep inertia, where the brain fails to properly flush out adenosinethe chemical that induces sleep pressure. While the prefrontal cortex regains consciousness, the motor systems remain chemically paralyzed, creating a brutal tug-of-war between willpower and biology.This book breaks down the biochemical architecture of the morning routine. It exposes how artificial lighting, delayed melatonin production, and cortisol misfires collude to sabotage your waking hours, leaving you trapped under the duvet.Stop blaming your character and start hacking your biology. Discover the tangible, scientific protocols required to reset your circadian rhythm, flush out sleep hormones efficiently, and finally sever the invisible chains holding you down.

While donating blood is viewed as an act of selfless charity, supplying blood plasma is a massive, industrialized business. The United States is the undisputed OPEC of plasma, providing over 70% of the worlds supply. This golden fluid is the invisible raw material for life-saving pharmaceuticals, generating tens of billions of dollars annually.Behind the sterile clinics lies a ruthless logistical machine that targets vulnerable populations. Unlike other nations, the US legally allows companies to pay donors frequently, turning low-income neighborhoods into literal bodily fluid farms. The pharmaceutical giants spin this extracted plasma into expensive therapies, creating an astonishing markup on the human body itself.This expose strips away the medical veneer to reveal the harsh macroeconomics of the plasma trade. It details the intricate cold-chain logistics required to transport human proteins globally and the ethical grey zones of commodifying our own bloodstream.Understand the staggering financial value flowing through your veins. Confront the chilling reality of how global biopharma relies on the financial desperation of the working class to fuel an incredibly lucrative medical pipeline.

The iconic rose-red facades of Petra, carved directly into the sheer rock faces of a Jordanian canyon, are globally recognized. However, the true genius of the people who built itthe Nabataeanswas not their spectacular masonry, but their invisible mastery of a resource far more precious than stone: water.How did a thriving metropolis of 20,000 people survive in an unforgiving, arid desert that receives only inches of rain a year? The Nabataeans engineered an astonishingly sophisticated, hidden hydrological network. They carved hundreds of cisterns, dams, and miles of terracotta pipelines to capture and control flash floods, creating an artificial oasis that made Petra the wealthiest crossroads of the ancient spice trade.This book shifts the focus from Petras famous tombs to its buried plumbing. It explores how this nomadic tribe defied Roman conquest by retreating into a fortress of engineered water scarcity, weaponizing the desert environment to their absolute advantage.Uncover the wet secret of the desert city. Learn how ancient hydrological engineering built an empire of sandstone, and what modern society can learn from the ultimate masters of water conservation.