Paul Torday

Paul

Late one summer evening, Wilberforce - rich, young, and work-obsessed - makes a detour on his way home and unwittingly takes the first step on a journey that will change his life. His uncharacteristically impulsive act leads him to the vast undercroft of Caerlyon Hall, and the domain of Francis Black, a place where wine, hospitality and affection flow freely. Through Francis, Wilberforce is initiated into a life rich in the promise of friendship and adventure, where, through his new set of friends, the possibility of finding acceptance, and even falling in love, seems finally to be within his reach. Wilberforce becomes a willing pupil to Francis, and in the cellars of Caerlyon he nurtures a new-found passion for wine. But even the finest wine can leave a bitter aftertaste, and Wilberforce will learn the undercroft's unpalatable secrets, and that passion comes at a price. The Irresistible Inheritance of Wilberforce is a dazzling, haunting story of obsession and addiction, of loyalty and betrayal.

The Irresistible Inheritance Of Wilberforce

Meredith

With ... Paul & Meredith; Doin' the Dog in Taos

Chamisa Road

In Power versus Prudence Paul develops a prudential-realist model, arguing that a nation's national nuclear choices depend on specific regional security contexts: the non-great power states most likely to forgo nuclear weapons are those in zones of low and moderate conflict, while nations likely to acquire such capability tend to be in zones of high conflict and engaged in protracted conflicts and enduring rivalries. He demonstrates that the choice to forbear acquiring nuclear weapons is also a function of the extent of security interdependence that states experience with other states, both allies and adversaries. He applies the comparative case study method to pairs of states with similar characteristics - Germany/Japan, Canada/Australia, Sweden/Switzerland, Argentina/Brazil - in addition to analysing the nuclear choices of South Africa, Ukraine, South Korea, India, Pakistan, and Israel. Paul concludes by questioning some of the prevailing supply side approaches to non-proliferation, offering an explication of the security variable by linking nuclear proliferation with protracted conflicts and enduring rivalries. Power versus Prudence will be of interest to students of international relations, policy-makers, policy analysts, and the informed public concerned with the questions of nuclear weapons, non-proliferation, and disarmament.

Why Nations Forgo Nuclear Weapons

Power versus Prudence

Frank

Blum

Lander

Zimmerman

McNerney

Connable

Posard

Castillo

Madden

Fernandes

Seol

Parasiliti

In this report, RAND researchers explore the factors, contexts, and mechanisms that shape a national government’s decision to continue or end military and other operations during a conflict (i.e., national will to fight). To help U.S. leaders better understand and influence will to fight, the researchers propose an exploratory model of 15 variables that can be tailored and applied to a wide set of conflict scenarios.

Why Some States Keep Fighting and Others Don’t

National Will to Fight

concernant l'histoire naturelle et la botanique, la physique expérimentale et la chymie, la médecine et l'anatomie ; tome neuviéme de la partie étrangere, contenant les Mémories abrégés de l'Academie Royale de Prusse

Collection académique composée des mémoires, actes ou journaux des plus célébres académies [et] sociétés littéraires, des extraits des meilleurs ouvrages périodiques, des traités particuliers [et] des piéces fugitives les plus rares

The Tyne Bridge, opened in 1928 by King George V, is one of Britain’s most iconic structures, a Grade II* listed building. Linking Newcastle and Gateshead, this symbol of Tyneside and the region is also a monument to the Tyne’s industrial past. Paul Brown’s popular history explores what the bridge means to the people of North-East England, and its deep connection with their heritage. Brown recounts the story of the bridge’s predecessors, from the Roman Pons Aelius–the first crossing over the Tyne–to the Victorian era. He then brings to life the individuals who built the modern bridge: Ralph Freeman, the structural engineer who also designed the Sydney Harbour Bridge; Dorothy Buchanan, the first female member of the Institution of Civil Engineers, who produced drawings and calculations; John Carr, the boatman who bravely rescued workers from the Tyne on dozens of occasions; and the scaffolder Nathaniel Collins, the only man not to survive construction of the arch, who fell from the bridge just weeks before its completion. This richly illustrated book charts the Tyne Bridge’s story right to the present, exploring how it remains a North-Eastern cultural emblem, in a region that has changed almost unrecognisably since its heyday in the late 1920s.

Icon of North-East England

The Tyne Bridge

Paul Bloom

In How Pleasure Works, the internationally acclaimed psychologist Paul Bloom explores one of the most fascinating and fundamental engines of human behaviour. We are natural-born essentialists when it comes to pleasure, nothing is ever merely skin-deep. We are attracted, whether we know it or not, to the hidden aspects of things and people.

The New Science of why We Like what We Like

How Pleasure Works

Imagine a new kind of business model: one where caring for people is your capital investment and the returns redefine your bottom line. REVVED! is the story of Katie Adams, an up-and-coming manager who's struggling to rekindle the enthusiasm and support of her team at work. When she's passed over for a long-awaited promotion, the message from her boss is clear: turn things around or get out.But how? How do you inspire people to work harder, reach higher, and achieve more? How do you get them to support you and go above and beyond in everything they do? How do you get them to care? You show that you care about them. From the coauthor of FISH!, the bestselling book that put fun and passion back into the workplace, comes REVVED!-an incredible three-step program that helps you to maximize the returns that come from caring about your most important asset: your people.

Revved!

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Kev1000

Saavik

Full.of

Zmetek

tom90

Kostya

TROYAT

TomDog

Leckdo

Doublemo

Po úspěchu prvního sborníku jsme tentokrát, na den přesně po půl roce, sestavili sborník tématicky. Inu, Vayredova malba není na obálce náhodou – vydáme se k základům všeho, návrat k přírodě. Ono to má hodně co do sebe. Léto klukům přeje. Klukům bez rozdílu věku, zaměření, tělesné stavby i povahy. A jak už tušíte, i v tomto svazku najdete celou paletu borečků, týpků, romantických duší i drsných chlapů, jenom tentokrát se příběhy budou odehrávat mimo ruch sídlišť a šedý panel bytů a zamíříme k vodě s letní teplotou cca 25°C, do lesů s vůní borovice a nošeného trička, na venkov a k řece, k exotickému moři o vhodné slanosti, nebo se seznámit do nepříliš strmých velehor. Přesvěčte se sami, že ta změna prostředí klukům udělala jen dobře.

Sborník gay erotických povídek

Kluci v přírodě

Gregory S. Paul

This lavishly-illustrated volume is the first authoritative dinosaur book in the style of a field guide. It covers the true dinosaurs - the Tetrapoda - the great Mesozoic animals which gave rise to today's living dinosaurs, the birds. Incorporating the new discoveries and research that are radically transforming what we know about dinosaurs, this book is distinguished both by its scientific accuracy and the quality and quantity of its illustrations.

A Field Guide

Dinosaurs

The 3rd book in The Peck Chronicles... The odds are stacked heavily against James Peck and the wizard-goldfish Mendel. One year on from their extraordinary Denthan adventure, the zany villagers of Drumfintley find themselves the last line of defence against an invasion of Earth. The scale of the threat becomes clear when a whole new array of monsters and dark magic begins to emerge from Loch Echty's murky waters. Mendel suspects his oldest and greatest adversary - the Tyrant. Beneath the Loch, Mendel and James discover the submerged village of Fintley. Can its presence explain what is happening? They may not be around long enough to find out, as they are targeted by assassins. With the survival of humanity at stake, family ties and friendships are about to be tested to the limit in this epic new setting. So fast-paced that your heart will pound long after you turn the final page.

Tyrant

Paul

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