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Missing Persons
Martin Temple goes missing with the four million pounds embezzled by his wife Lucy. Using the passport of a recently deceased client, he flees to Palm Springs, USA, while Lucy goes to prison for eight years. Michelle Webb, a nurse, goes missing after waking up one morning to find that she no longer wants to live with her husband and children. She lands a position as nurse/companion to a wealthy invalid, Helen Cotter, with houses in England, Portugal and USA, and she enters a world of wealth and privilege. Martin and Helen's paths overlap in Palm Springs and they become neighbours. Martin has an affair with a vacationing housewife Melanie Benton. Her husband finds out and in the intervening melee both Bentons are killed. Michelle and Helen have returned to live in Portugal. Martin flees USA and relocates near them. Things do not go as planned for Martin and developments necessitate Michelle becoming involved in his schemes. Meanwhile the police on two continents are closing in.
Tunnel Visions
"A detailed and engaging account of the development of the superconducting supercollider, one of the largest scientific undertakings in the United States." — Journal of American History Starting in the 1950s, US physicists dominated the search for elementary particles; aided by the association of this research with national security, they held this position for decades. In an effort to maintain their hegemony and track down the elusive Higgs boson, they convinced President Reagan and Congress to support construction of the multibillion-dollar Superconducting Super Collider project in Texas—the largest basic-science project ever attempted. But after the Cold War ended and the estimated SS...
Foreign Exchange
Michelle Fox, emigrates to New Zealand, while Martin Temple, the man from whom she purloined diamonds, is standing trial for murder in the USA. Five years later she is Michelle Elmore, the owner of an exclusive nursing home, and married to Alan Elmore, the director of the National Art Gallery. She accompanys her husband and his team to Italy to purchase paintings and statues from the Renaissance period. An American freelance art historian residing in Venice, is hired to assist in the venture. She has a reputation in the world of fine art of possessing an uncanny ability to detect liars and cheats. An ability the police sometimes call upon. Gavin Benton, finds himself between entanglements. Robin Harvey, meets Carlo Paci in a nightclub. Before changing his name by deed pole, Robin was Lewis Temple, the estranged son of Martin Temple. Carlo Paci is murdered. Overshadowing it all is the malign influence of Martin Temple.
A Field Guide for Science Writers
This is the official text for the National Association of Science Writers. In the eight years since the publication of the first edition of A Field Guide for Science Writing, much about the world has changed. Some of the leading issues in today's political marketplace - embryonic stem cell research, global warming, health care reform, space exploration, genetic privacy, germ warfare - are informed by scientific ideas. Never has it been more crucial for the lay public to be scientifically literate. That's where science writers come in. And that's why it's time for an update to the Field Guide, already a staple of science writing graduate programs across the country. The academic community has...
Public Policy in Asia
In this text, experts in Asian economics, public management, law and the sciences explore critical issues that will have a role in future policy debates. Topics include growth, income security and fiscal reform; governance and public management; and technological innovation and the environment.
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Beyond the Green Revolution
After 20 years, the "green revolution" is generally referred to as a milestone in the international agricultural movement. The introduction of new varieties of wheat and rice, along with fertilizers, pesticides, and mechanized farm equipment has produced a dramatic increase in world food production. This paper assesses the successes of the green revolution in light of its effect upon third world countries. It cautions that the revolutionary gains in agricultural production have not been distributed evenly. This uneven distribution of productivity is discussed in the first chapter, "Productivity Reconsidered." The second chapter, "Beyond the Green Revolution," considers the need for new crop ...
Academy; a Weekly Review of Literature, Learning, Science and Art
The Poetical gazette; the official organ of the Poetry society and a review of poetical affairs, nos. 4-7 issued as supplements to the Academy, v. 79, Oct. 15, Nov. 5, Dec. 3 and 31, 1910
