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False Impressions

A Megan Scott/Michael Elliott Mystery

By: Sandra Nikolai

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False Impressions

A Megan Scott/Michael Elliott Mystery

By: Sandra Nikolai

Her cheating husband was murdered and she's the prime suspect. Proving her innocence is one thing; evading a killer who wants her dead is something else. BETRAYAL. JEALOUSY. REVENGE. Montreal ghostwriter Megan Scott falls under police suspicion when her husband and a female friend are found murdered. In what a Quebec detective calls a crime passionnel, startling evidence surfaces to implicate Michael Elliott, a young investigative reporter who'd rather rub elbows with scumbags than live the posh lifestyle he inherited. Clutched out of her comfort zone, Megan is flung into Michael's dark world of criminal investigation. As they make a last-ditch attempt to prove their innocence, an elusive enemy closes in and threatens their lives. Who wants them out of the way and why? Their only path to freedom is to catch the twisted killer before they become the next victims. But not knowing who to trust or where to turn can have consequences that are just as lethal... Reviews: "Psychological twists and turns make this a heart-pounding read!" "A stunning debut; this deserves a much wider publication." "Fast-paced, plot-driven action with sharp, realistic dialogue." "A skillfully crafted story. Makes a great movie." Books by Sandra Nikolai in the Megan Scott/Michael Elliott Mystery series: (Each book can be read as a standalone) False Impressions (Book 1) Fatal Whispers (Book 2) Timely Escape (Short story prequel to Book 3) Icy Silence (Book 3) Dark Deeds (Book 4) Broken Trust (Book 5) Cold Revenge: A Psychological Thriller (Book 6) Box Set: Books 1 - 3 Box Set: Books 4 - 6 Keywords: crime, crime of passion, mystery, mysteries, mystery books, mystery novels, mystery thriller, mystery series, murder mystery, international mystery, general mystery, bookclub, cosmopolitan city, cosy, cozy mystery, clean thriller, crime drama, books, eBooks, series, first in a series, whodunit, cliffhanger, female sleuth, female protagonist, private investigator, murder investigation, crime reporter, news coverage, investigative reporter, autopsy, forensics, medical examiner, gold digger, media, pathologist, ghostwriter, police detective, police procedural, police investigation, police surveillance, videotape, record, interrogation, justice, legal, paralegal, lawyer, inheritance, money, poison, cyanide, murder, crime thriller, thriller, thrillers, hero, heroine, suspense, betrayal, jealousy, revenge, action, adventure, stalker, secrets, stalking, liar, lies, psychopath, white collar crime, cheating husband, technological thriller, trespasser, witness, suspect, contemporary, romance, psychological suspense, romantic suspense, light romance, noir, film noir, infidelity, broken marriage, women's fiction, popular mystery books, best seller, bestsellers, witness, mystery author, Sandra, Nikolai, Agatha Christie, David Baldacci, Diane Capri, Donna Leon, Janice Frost, Jeffrey Archer, Linwood Barclay, Chris Collett, Deborah Hawkins, Gregg Bell, Charlaine Harris, Lisa Jackson, Lisa Scottoline, Leighann Dobbs, j d robb, Fiona Barton, Kathy Reichs, Louise Penny, Tana French, M A Comley, j a jance, Joy Fielding, Kendra Elliot, Lee Child, Sue Grafton, Harlan Coben, Iris Johansen, Mary Higgins Clark, Melinda Leigh, Nora Roberts, Renee Pawlish, Robert Bryndza, Sarah Wray, Tess Gerritsen, Teresa Driscoll, Jana Deleon, Canada, Canadian authors, Canadian mystery writer, Montreal, Old Montreal, Quebec.

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Megan Scott/Michael Elliott Mystery Series Box Set: Books 4-6

By: Sandra Nikolai

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Megan Scott/Michael Elliott Mystery Series Box Set: Books 4-6

By: Sandra Nikolai

Megan Scott/Michael Elliott Mystery Series Box Set - Books 4-6: Dark Deeds (Book 4) Broken Trust (Book 5) Cold Revenge: A Psychological Thriller (Book 6) You'll want to add these three thrilling mysteries by award-winning author Sandra Nikolai to your reading list! Dark Deeds – Book 4 Where evil lurks, no one is safe. The suspicious fire that destroyed the shed exposes a surprise corpse—not what ghostwriter Megan Scott and investigative reporter Michael Elliott expected when they reserved a cabin at their friends’ lakeside resort in rural Ontario. Fear overshadows their visit like a looming storm. Their friends are receiving anonymous threatening letters. An elderly resident is reported missing. Locals are wary. They aren’t used to outsiders snooping around town, asking questions. When Michael makes a connection to a cold case, evidence points to an ex-convict looking for revenge. He’s had reconstructive surgery. He could be anyone. Terror blankets the town as the body count mounts. The killer is playing dangerous mind games with everyone—especially with Megan. If she doesn’t find him first, she could well become his next victim. “Extremely well-plotted and punctuated with shocks… delivers great twists and turns.” — Reviewer “A solid, well-written taut mystery.” — Reviewer Broken Trust – Book 5 Hotel rooms often come with perks. A corpse isn’t one of them. Ghostwriter Megan Scott and investigative reporter Michael Elliott are stunned to discover the body of a young woman in their hotel room. She’s wearing a black lace teddy. A carafe of red wine and two glasses sit on a table. Her purse contains thousands of dollars, three business cards, and a supply of pills — opioids. With Michael researching the recent opioid crisis for the media, this revelation hits close to home. Who is this woman and how did she get into their hotel room? As Megan and Michael dig deeper, elusive conspirators up the stakes and threaten to block their efforts at any cost. Is their trust in each other enough to save them on a perilous quest for a cold-blooded killer? “An exciting murder mystery, a brainteaser with intriguing twists and turns.” — Reviewer “Captivating reading…surprising twists!” — Reviewer Cold Revenge: A Psychological Thriller – Book 6 The message is one simple word: Vengeance. Anonymous threats aren’t unusual for a crime reporter. Even direct threats face to face are common, most never amounting to more than words. Michael Elliot has assisted the police with putting enough criminals behind bars to have earned his fair share. But when Megan Scott, the love of his life and frequent investigative partner, goes missing, Michael realizes this threat is real. He has a list of five potential kidnappers, each more cold-blooded than the last, for the police to investigate. Michael’s instincts often steer him in the right direction, but he can’t wait for the police to find Megan. Someone is out for revenge, and now they’ve given him just forty-eight hours to find her or she dies. How is he going to beat the killer at their sick game? “A hair-raising read…a hot page-turner.” — Reviewer “Great twists and turns. Grab it and read it!” — Reviewer Keywords: mystery, mysteries, mystery novel, thrillers, suspense, international mystery, ghostwriter, crime reporter, investigative reporter, journalist, murder investigation, police procedural, interrogation, justice, legal, lawyer, inheritance, money, police detective, contemporary, clean thriller, bookclub, cosy mystery, cozy mystery, adventure, news, small town, dead body, political, fraud, drugs, organized crime, diploma mill, theft, gold, gold bullion, robbery, identity, kidnap, kidnapping, real estate, historian, cabin in the woods, convict, prison, medical examiner, autopsy, betrayal, Agatha Christie, female sleuth, amateur sleuth, stalker, secrets, hero, heroine, psychopath, psychological suspense, domestic thriller, romantic suspense, women's fiction, jealousy, envy, revenge, vengeance, white collar crime, Sandra Nikolai, Celina Grace, A J Finn, David Baldacci, Diane Capri, Kendra Elliott, Rachel Abbott, Linwood Barclay, Lisa Scottoline, Leighann Dobbs, L A Dobbs, Louise Penny, M A Comley, Canadian authors, RCMP, provincial police, Montreal, Quebec, Ottawa, Ontario.

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1989011071

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The Missing Slipper

By: Sandra Nikolai

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The Missing Slipper

By: Sandra Nikolai

Amber McNeil has a psychic gift, and a secret... When Amber McNeil accepts a job as psychic consultant in the new cold case unit of the Montreal Police Service, she is immediately drawn to the Cinderella case. The similarities between a five-year-old girl’s abduction and her own experience twenty years ago unnerves her. Amber’s parents were killed while preventing her abduction, and she’ll never stop blaming herself for their deaths. As she secretly investigates their murders along with the Cinderella case, she notices eerie parallels with a fairy-tale inference. Is it her imagination, or are the cases connected? Survivor’s guilt, coupled with empathic sensitivities, overwhelm Amber as she delves further into both cold cases. The amethyst crystal tucked in her pocket calms her, though she wishes she didn’t have to rely on it. But her greatest challenge yet is her partner. The handsome detective sergeant has no idea of her traumatic past. As a criminal profiler, he also views Amber’s special ability as a non-starter when it comes to digging up solid evidence. Ultimately, Amber must decide if she will risk her life to snag the killer and prove her value. To accomplish that, she needs her partner’s help. How can she persuade him to trust her insights when only she can perceive them?

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False Impressions

A Megan Scott/Michael Elliott Mystery

By: Sandra Nikolai

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A Megan Scott/Michael Elliott Mystery

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Return to Turand

Legends from Turand: Echo Sonata

By: Sandra Valencia

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Return to Turand

Legends from Turand: Echo Sonata

By: Sandra Valencia

Nearly two decades have passed since occupation and war ended in Turand. Through faith and hard work, its people have recaptured vitality and prosperity that once characterized their nation. However, new questions assail them and the leaders who once guided them to victory. Their High Priestess Valkana has mysteriously disappeared and only the Valkana's presence allows Turand to thrive in spiritual harmony. Through lapses into the wealth of memories, King Gregor and Lord Victor Garogan seek strength to face a painful present. Neither makes any effort to conceal his love for Alexa while mourning the loss of the woman each loves more than life itself. At the same time, they search for reasons behind her unexplained, heartbreaking absence.

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0595319416

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The Stories Were Not Told

Canada’s First World War Internment Camps

By: Sandra Semchuk

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The Stories Were Not Told

Canada’s First World War Internment Camps

By: Sandra Semchuk

From 1914 to 1920, thousands of men who had immigrated to Canada from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Germany, and the Ottoman Empire were unjustly imprisoned as “enemy aliens,” some with their families. Many communities in Canada where internees originated do not know these stories of Ukrainians, Germans, Bulgarians, Croatians, Czechs, Hungarians, Italians, Jews, Alevi Kurds, Armenians, Ottoman Turks, Poles, Romanians, Russians, Serbians, Slovaks, and Slovenes, amongst others. While most internees were Ukrainians, almost all were civilians. The Stories Were Not Told presents this largely unrecognized event through photography, cultural theory, and personal testimony, including stories told at last by internees and their descendants. Semchuk describes how lives and society have been shaped by acts of legislated discrimination and how to move toward greater reconciliation, remembrance, and healing. This is necessary reading for anyone seeking to understand the cross-cultural and intergenerational consequences of Canada’s first national internment operations.

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University of Alberta

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1772127094

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Song Of Turand

Legend From Turand: Opening Aria

By: Sandra Valencia

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Song Of Turand

Legend From Turand: Opening Aria

By: Sandra Valencia

Turand. A nation abounding in natural beauty. Turandans. A people struggling with the loss of essential connections to their God, their faith and the mystic spirits that long ago inspired them to greatness. Turand now suffers beneath the yoke of enemy occupation by invaders from the distant Sifiq Kingdom. Gregor, known to his subjects as the “Dark King of Turand”, lives in the nation’s opulent palace, lavishly entertaining enemy officers while his people endure hunger, deprivation and torture. Alexa, a young priestess, is the only member of the once revered Order of Val to have escaped violent persecution and death by the Sifiq. Her courage flows from unyielding faith. When Alexa mysteriously appears in the king’s court to plead for the life of her condemned fiancé, Lord Victor Garogan, Gregor is stunned by the power of her presence and her unwavering devotion to his prisoner. Are the legends regarding Valiria priestesses true? Can he possibly risk releasing a prisoner as dangerous as Lord Garogan? More importantly, can he ever escape the bewildering effect of Alexa’s haunting, emerald eyes? Merely fantasy? Or, are you one of precious few who will perceive deeper truth?

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1469770458

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In the Name of Plants

From Attenborough to Washington, the People behind Plant Names

By: Sandra Knapp

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In the Name of Plants

From Attenborough to Washington, the People behind Plant Names

By: Sandra Knapp

A vividly illustrated meeting with thirty plants and their inspiring namesakes Shakespeare famously asserted that “a rose by any other name would smell as sweet,” and that’s as true for common garden roses as it is for the Megacorax, a genus of evening primroses. Though it may not sound like it, the Megacorax was actually christened in honor of famed American botanist Peter Raven, its name a play on the Latin words for “great raven.” In this lush and lively book, celebrated botanist Sandra Knapp explores the people whose names have been immortalized in plant genera, presenting little-known stories about both the featured plants and their eponyms alongside photographs and botanical drawings from the collections of London’s Natural History Museum. Readers will see familiar plants in a new light after learning the tales of heroism, inspiration, and notoriety that led to their naming. Take, for example, nineteenth-century American botanist Alice Eastwood, after whom the yellow aster—Eastwoodia elegans—is named. Eastwood was a pioneering plant collector who also singlehandedly saved irreplaceable specimens from the California Academy of Sciences during the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Or more recently, the fern genus Gaga, named for the pop star and actress Lady Gaga, whose verdant heart-shaped ensemble at the 2010 Grammy Awards bore a striking resemblance to a giant fern gametophyte. Knapp’s subjects range from Charles Darwin’s grandfather, Erasmus Darwin (Darwinia), and legendary French botanist Pierre Magnol—who lends his name to the magnolia tree—to US founding figures like George Washington (Washingtonia) and Benjamin Franklin (Franklinia). Including granular details on the taxonomy and habitats for thirty plants alongside its vibrant illustrations, this book is sure to entertain and enlighten any plant fan.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226824314

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War and Social Change in Modern Europe

The Great Transformation Revisited

By: Sandra Halperin

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War and Social Change in Modern Europe

The Great Transformation Revisited

By: Sandra Halperin

Halperin traces the persistence of traditional class structures during the development of industrial capitalism in Europe, and the way in which these structures shaped states and state behavior and generated conflict. She documents European conflicts between 1789 and 1914, including small and medium scale conflicts often ignored by researchers and links these conflicts to structures characteristic of industrial capitalist development in Europe before 1945. This book revisits the historical terrain of Karl Polanyi's The Great Transformation (1944), however, it argues that Polanyi's analysis is, in important ways, inaccurate and misleading. Ultimately, the book shows how and why the conflicts both culminated in the world wars and brought about a 'great transformation' in Europe. Its account of this period challenges not only Polanyi's analysis, but a variety of influential perspectives on nationalism, development, conflict, international systems change, and globalization.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521540151

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Letters From Home

The Elizabeth and Heinrich Thiessen Story

By: Sandra Froese Callahan

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Letters From Home

The Elizabeth and Heinrich Thiessen Story

By: Sandra Froese Callahan

War, revolution, and the consolidation of Soviet power during the 1920s prompted 21,000 Mennonites to leave the Soviet Union for Canada. Among them were Isaac and John Thiessen. Left behind was their beloved family: three siblings and parents, Elizabeth and Heinrich, who were tortured and starved under Stalin’s rule. Letters from Home provides a rare, intimate portrait of the Russian Mennonite experience during the Holodomor, documenting in detail this horrific and much-debated period of human history. Between 1925 and 1934, Elizabeth and Heinrich wrote letters from Molotschna Mennonite Colony in Russia to Isaac and his wife, Anna, in Leamington, Canada. Serendipitously, these letters were rescued from extinction by Anna, painstakingly transcribed by Marie Hildebrandt Huebert, and translated into English by grandson Otto Tiessen. They were then gathered into this vital historical manuscript by Otto’s wife Faye and by Sandra Froese Callahan, Elizabeth and Heinrich’s great-granddaughter. Beyond historical documentation, beyond politics, dogma, and deliberation, these letters profoundly express the private, heartbreaking realities of one family’s struggle to survive, characterized by familial love, religious faith, and the descent, day by day, into desperation and starvation.

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1039177360

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Change of State

Information, Policy, and Power

By: Sandra Braman

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Change of State

Information, Policy, and Power

By: Sandra Braman

How control over information creation, processing, flows, and use has become the most effective form of power: theoretical foundations and empirical examples of information policy in the U.S., an innovator informational state. As the informational state replaces the bureaucratic welfare state, control over information creation, processing, flows, and use has become the most effective form of power. In Change of State Sandra Braman examines the theoretical and practical ramifications of this "change of state." She looks at the ways in which governments are deliberate, explicit, and consistent in their use of information policy to exercise power, exploring not only such familiar topics as intellectual property rights and privacy but also areas in which policy is highly effective but little understood. Such lesser-known issues include hybrid citizenship, the use of "functionally equivalent borders" internally to allow exceptions to U.S. law, research funding, census methods, and network interconnection. Trends in information policy, argues Braman, both manifest and trigger change in the nature of governance itself.After laying the theoretical, conceptual, and historical foundations for understanding the informational state, Braman examines 20 information policy principles found in the U.S Constitution. She then explores the effects of U.S. information policy on the identity, structure, borders, and change processes of the state itself and on the individuals, communities, and organizations that make up the state. Looking across the breadth of the legal system, she presents current law as well as trends in and consequences of several information policy issues in each category affected. Change of State introduces information policy on two levels, coupling discussions of specific contemporary problems with more abstract analysis drawing on social theory and empirical research as well as law. Most important, the book provides a way of understanding how information policy brings about the fundamental social changes that come with the transformation to the informational state.

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MIT Press

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026226188X

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Mac's Angels: Sinner and Saint

A Loveswept Classic Romance

By: Sandra Chastain

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Mac's Angels: Sinner and Saint

A Loveswept Classic Romance

By: Sandra Chastain

Cherished author Sandra Chastain offers readers a searing story of love and promise, danger and desire. Dr. Nikolai Sandor has sworn off caring for patients. It’s all research, all the time for him now. But after taking a call he can’t ignore, Niko finds himself at the bedside of a woman who had attempted to take her own life . . . and now refuses to wake from her twilight state. Niko is drawn to the angelic woman, to her peaceful face. When he touches her hand and whispers to her of love and passion, he senses she is aware of his presence. He must wake her—even if it means believing in a romance that might never begin. Karen Miller doesn’t want to wake up. She wants to be alone with her pain, in the darkness of her deepest sleep. But she can’t ignore that voice, low and seductive. Who is this man, this tempter at her bedside? Is he real? His sensual whispering has penetrated Karen’s safe haven, creating an intimacy she’d never known before. But if she opens her eyes, will she ever be safe again? Includes a special message from the editor, as well as excerpts from these Loveswept titles: Flirting with Disaster, Taking Shots, and Long Simmering Spring.

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0345541650

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Diamond Dreams

By: Sandra Heath

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Diamond Dreams

By: Sandra Heath

Ellie Rutherford had lost both parents, and, through some skullduggery, the family fortune. She had only her uncle in Wales, who made pottery, with whom to live. Athan, Lord Griffin, had found Ellie in an inn yard, and because she so resembled the portrait in his home, he had kissed her, though he was engaged to another. His groom Gwilym had some magic about him. Regency Romance Paranormal by Sandra Heath; originally published by Signet Super Regency Romance

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Belgrave House

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1610849833

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Art Judgements: Art on Trial in Russia after Perestroika

By: Sandra Frimmel

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Art Judgements: Art on Trial in Russia after Perestroika

By: Sandra Frimmel

An unusually large number of court cases against art, artists, and curators have taken place in Russia since the turn of the century. In reference to two of the most prominent, against the organizers of the exhibitions 'Caution, Religion!' and 'Forbidden Art 2006', the author examines the ways in which the meaning of art and its socio-political effects are argued in court: How do these trials attempt to establish a normative concept of art, and furthermore a binding juridical understanding of art? How is the discussion of what is permissible in art being framed in Russia today? Research into the post-Soviet art trials has been mainly journal-driven until today. Only the fairly recent trials of the Pussy Riot activists and Pyotr Pavlensky provoked lengthy publications, but these are mostly concerned with explicitly political and activist art rather than its particular discourse when on trial. This book, however, takes a scholarly approach towards (Russian) art on trial. It puts the cases in a national-historical context, which is compared from international perspectives, and particularly focuses on the way in which these proceedings have intensified juridical power over artistic freedom (of speech) in the production of art in Russia. This book will appeal to academics and students in the areas of art history, cultural science, sociology, and Slavic studies, as well as jurists, curators and museum specialists, researchers and employees in cultural institutions.

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Vernon Press

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1648893554

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Measuring Regional Authority

A Postfunctionalist Theory of Governance

By: Liesbet Hooghe,Gary Marks,Arjan H. Schakel,Sara Niedzwiecki,Sandra Chapman Osterkatz,Sarah Shair-Rosenfield

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Measuring Regional Authority

A Postfunctionalist Theory of Governance

By: Liesbet Hooghe,Gary Marks,Arjan H. Schakel,Sara Niedzwiecki,Sandra Chapman Osterkatz,Sarah Shair-Rosenfield

This is the first of five ambitious volumes theorizing the structure of governance above and below the central state. This book is written for those interested in the character, causes, and consequences of governance within the state and for social scientists who take measurement seriously. The book sets out a measure of regional authority for 81 countries in North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia, and the Pacific from 1950 to 2010. Subnational authority is exercised by individual regions, and this measure is the first that takes individual regions as the unit of analysis. On the premise that transparency is a fundamental virtue in measurement, the authors chart a new path in laying out their theoretical, conceptual, and scoring decisions before the reader. The book also provides summaries of regional governance in 81 countries for scholars and students alike. Transformations in Governance is a major new academic book series from Oxford University Press. It is designed to accommodate the impressive growth of research in comparative politics, international relations, public policy, federalism, environmental and urban studies concerned with the dispersion of authority from central states up to supranational institutions, down to subnational governments, and side-ways to public-private networks. It brings together work that significantly advances our understanding of the organization, causes, and consequences of multilevel and complex governance. The series is selective, containing annually a small number of books of exceptionally high quality by leading and emerging scholars. The series targets mainly single-authored or co-authored work, but it is pluralistic in terms of disciplinary specialization, research design, method, and geographical scope. Case studies as well as comparative studies, historical as well as contemporary studies, and studies with a national, regional, or international focus are all central to its aims. Authors use qualitative, quantitative, formal modeling, or mixed methods. A trade mark of the books is that they combine scholarly rigour with readable prose and an attractive production style. The series is edited by Liesbet Hooghe and Gary Marks of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and the VU Amsterdam, and Walter Mattli of the University of Oxford.

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0198728875

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Re-Envisioning Global Development

A Horizontal Perspective

By: Sandra Halperin

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Re-Envisioning Global Development

A Horizontal Perspective

By: Sandra Halperin

Re-Envisioning Global Development offers an original conceptualisation of capitalist development from its origins to the present day. Most approaches to understanding contemporary development assume that industrial capitalism was achieved through a process of nationally organised economic growth, and that in recent years its organisation has become increasingly trans-local or global. However, Halperin shows that nationally organised economic growth has rarely been the case – it has only recently come to characterise a few countries and for only a few decades. This innovative text elaborates an alternative ontology and way of thinking about global development during the last two centuries – one linked, not to nations and regions, but to a set of essentially trans-national relations and connections. It argues that capitalist development has, everywhere and from the start, involved—not whole nations or societies–but only sectors or geographical areas within states. By bringing this aspect of historically ‘normal’ capitalist development into clearer focus, the book clarifies the specific conditions and circumstances that enabled European economies to pursue a more broad-based development following World War II, and what prevented a similar outcome in the contemporary ‘third world’. It also clarifies the nature, spatial extent, and circumstances of current globalising trends. Wide-ranging and provocative, this book is required reading for advanced level students and scholars in development studies, development economics and political science.

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Routledge

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1135928045

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LabOratory

Speaking of Science and Its Architecture

By: Sandra Kaji-O'Grady,Chris L. Smith

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LabOratory

Speaking of Science and Its Architecture

By: Sandra Kaji-O'Grady,Chris L. Smith

An illustrated examination of laboratory architecture and the work that it does to engage the public, recruit scientists, and attract funding. The laboratory building is as significant to the twenty-first century as the cathedral was to the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. The contemporary science laboratory is built at the grand scales of cathedrals and constitutes as significant an architectural statement. The laboratory is a serious investment in architectural expression in an attempt to persuade us of the value of the science that goes on inside. In this lavishly illustrated book, Sandra Kaji-O'Grady and Chris L. Smith explore the architecture of modern life science laboratories, and the work that it does to engage the public, recruit scientists, and attract funding. Looking at the varied designs of eleven important laboratories in North America, Europe, and Australia, all built between 2005 and 2019, Kaji-O'Grady and Smith examine the relationship between the design of contemporary laboratory buildings and the ideas and ideologies of science. Observing that every laboratory architect and client declares the same three aspirations—to eliminate boundaries, to communicate the benefits of its research programs, and to foster collaboration—Kaji-O'Grady and Smith organize their account according to the themes of boundaries, expression, and socialization. For instance, they point to the South Australian Health and Medical Institute's translucent envelope as the material equivalent of institutional accountability; the insistent animal imagery of the NavarraBioMed laboratory in Spain; and the Hillside Research Campus's mimicry of the picturesque fishing village that once occupied its site. Through these and their other examples, Kaji-O'Grady and Smith show how the architecture of the laboratory shapes the science that takes place within it.

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0262043327

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Elements of Ethics for Physical Scientists

By: Sandra C. Greer

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Elements of Ethics for Physical Scientists

By: Sandra C. Greer

A guide to the everyday decisions about right and wrong faced by physical scientists and research engineers. This book offers the first comprehensive guide to ethics for physical scientists and engineers who conduct research. Written by a distinguished professor of chemistry and chemical engineering, the book focuses on the everyday decisions about right and wrong faced by scientists as they do research, interact with other people, and work within society. The goal is to nurture readers' ethical intelligence so that they know an ethical issue when they see one, and to give them a way to think about ethical problems. After introductions to the philosophy of ethics and the philosophy of science, the book discusses research integrity, with a unique emphasis on how scientists make mistakes and how they can avoid them. It goes on to cover personal interactions among scientists, including authorship, collaborators, predecessors, reviewers, grantees, mentors, and whistle-blowers. It considers underrepresented groups in science as an ethical issue that matters not only to those groups but also to the development of science, and it examines human participants and animal subjects. Finally, the book examines scientifically relevant social issues, including public policy, weapons research, conflicts of interest, and intellectual property. Each chapter ends with discussion questions and case studies to encourage debate and further exploration of topics. The book can be used in classes and seminars in research ethics and will be an essential reference for scientists in academia, government, and industry.

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The Red Hoodie

By: Sandra Nikolai

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The Red Hoodie

By: Sandra Nikolai

When psychic Amber McNeil receives a plea for help from a deceased little girl, she has no choice but to act... As psychic consultant to the Montreal Police Service, Amber perceives a flash of red from one file among hundreds stored in the cold case unit. It’s a sign that the victim in a decades-old case needs her help: eight-year-old Marie Troy. The little girl dropped off a jar of soup at her grandmother’s, then walked to school but she never got there. The red hoodie she wore that day was her favorite, but it—along with Marie—were never found. Amber can’t help but compare the details of Marie’s case to Little Red Riding Hood. Are investigators searching for yet another child abductor obsessed with fairy tales? Time is running out. Amber and her partner, Detective Sergeant Ryan Baxter, have a quota of cold cases to solve, or the unit will be shut down. Amber’s psychic gift is a closely held secret, but the disturbing insights she gets from the evidence makes it difficult to hide her reactions from other colleagues. Her attraction to Ryan is another secret she’s hiding from them. Can Amber keep her secrets hidden while she rushes to solve another cold case?

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1989011225

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Cold Revenge

A Megan Scott/Michael Elliott Mystery

By: Sandra Nikolai

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Cold Revenge

A Megan Scott/Michael Elliott Mystery

By: Sandra Nikolai

The message is one simple word: Vengeance. Anonymous threats aren’t unusual for a crime reporter. Even direct threats face to face are common, most never amounting to more than words. Michael Elliot has assisted the police with putting enough criminals behind bars to have earned his fair share. But when Megan Scott, the love of his life and frequent investigative partner, goes missing, Michael realizes this threat is real. He has a list of five potential kidnappers, each more cold-blooded than the last, for the police to investigate. Michael’s instincts often steer him in the right direction, but he can’t wait for the police to find Megan. Someone is out for revenge, and now they’ve given him just forty-eight hours to find her or she dies. How is he going to beat the killer at their sick game? "Suspense is high...great characters." — Reviewer "A hair-raising read. Brace yourself!" — Reviewer "Highly recommended." — Reviewer Books by Sandra Nikolai in the Megan Scott/Michael Elliott Mystery series: (Each book can be read as a standalone) False Impressions (Book 1) Fatal Whispers (Book 2) Timely Escape (Short story prequel to Book 3) Icy Silence (Book 3) Dark Deeds (Book 4) Broken Trust (Book 5) Cold Revenge: A Psychological Thriller (Book 6) Box Set: Books 1-3 Box Set: Books 4-6 Keywords: crime, mystery, mysteries, mystery books, mystery novels, mystery thriller, mystery series, murder mystery, international mystery, general mystery, cosy, cozy mystery, clean thriller, books, eBooks, bookclub, series, whodunit, cliffhanger, female sleuth, female protagonist, cabin, woods, private investigator, murder investigation, crime reporter, investigative reporter, investigative journalist, autopsy, forensics, medical examiner, media, pathologist, ghostwriter, police detective, police procedural, police investigation, police surveillance, interrogation, justice, legal, law, lawyer, inheritance, money, poison, addiction, drugs, drug trafficking, street drugs, street gangs, kidnapping, escaped convict, secret identity, murder, crime thriller, thriller, thrillers, hero, heroine, suspense, betrayal, jealousy, revenge, action, adventure, stalker, secrets, stalking, liar, lies, psychopath, white collar crime, Agatha Christie, trespasser, contemporary, romance, light romance, best seller, bestsellers, witness, video, record, women’s fiction, Sandra, Nikolai, David Baldacci, Diane Capri, Donna Leon, Janice Frost, Jeffrey Archer, Rachel Abbott, Faith Martin, Linwood Barclay, Chris Collett, Charlaine Harris, Deborah Hawkins, Gregg Bell, Lisa Jackson, Lisa Scottoline, Leighann Dobbs, j d robb, Fiona Barton, Kathy Reichs, Louise Penny, Tana French, M A Comley, j a jance, Joy Fielding, Kendra Elliot, Lee Child, Sue Grafton, Harlan Coben, Iris Johansen, Mary Higgins Clark, Melinda Leigh, Nora Roberts, Renee Pawlish, Robert Bryndza, Sarah Wray, Tess Gerritsen, Teresa Driscoll, Jana Deleon, Canada, Canadian authors, Canadian mystery writer, Quebec Provincial Police, Montreal, Quebec.

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