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Book The Trawlerman

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  • Author : William Shaw
  • Publisher : Hachette UK
  • Release : 2021-05-13
  • ISBN : 1529401844
  • Pages : 301 pages

Download or read book The Trawlerman written by William Shaw and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2021-05-13 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A SHOTS MAG BOOK OF THE YEAR THE STUNNING FOURTH BOOK IN THE DS ALEXANDRA CUPIDI INVESTIGATIONS FROM ONE OF CRIME FICTION'S FINEST WRITERS A DOUBLE MURDER The naked corpses of Aylmer and Mary Younis are discovered in their home. The only clues are a note written in blood and an eerie report of two spectral figures departing the crime scene. Officer Jill Ferriter is charged with investigating the murders while her colleague Alex Cupidi is on leave, recovering from post-traumatic stress. AN ELABORATE SCAM The dead couple had made investments in a green reforestry scheme in Guatemala, resulting in the loss of all their savings. What is more disturbing is that Cupidi and Ferriter's disgraced former colleague and friend Bill South is also on the list of investors and the Younis's were not the only losers. AN UNLIKELY KILLER Despite being in counselling and receiving official warnings to stay away from police work Cupidi finds herself dragged into the case and begins to trawl among the secrets and lies that are held in the fishing community of Folkestone. Desperate to exonerate South she finds herself murderously compromised when personal relationships cloud her judgement. Pacey, intense and riddled with surprising twists, The Trawlerman shows that deceit can be found in the most unlikely places. The brooding waters of the Kent coastline offer an ominous backdrop for this lively page-turner of corruption, mental health and the complexities of human connection.

Book Put together in haste

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  • Author : Great Britain: Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman
  • Publisher : The Stationery Office
  • Release : 2007-02-22
  • ISBN : 0102944474
  • Pages : 88 pages

Download or read book Put together in haste written by Great Britain: Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2007-02-22 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report by the Ombudsman contains results of the investigation conducted following a number of complaints that were received about the administration of the ex gratia compensation scheme for Icelandic water trawlermen which was operated by the Department of Trade and Industry between October 2000 and October 2002. The loss of the Icelandic water fishing industry in the aftermath of the resolution of the `Cod Wars' of the 1970s had a profound effect on whole communities. The scheme to provide compensation for the livelihoods that were lost as a result was a welcomed initiative by the Government to remedy the effects of the collapse of the industry. The operation of the scheme though led to many complaints as a result of perceived administrative shortcomings in the way that the scheme had been devised and announced and as to the way that application for compensation was handled. This report sets out a number of findings and recommendations, with the Government's response to them. The Ombudsman's findings, include: that the scheme had been devised overly quickly, which led to a lack of clarity about eligibility for compensation; that the announcement of the scheme had been unclear and imprecise; that when problems arose, no review took place on the impact of new eligibility criteria for applicants whose cases had already been decided; that applicants had not been given sufficient information when new eligibility rules were enforced. The Ombudsman has set out a number of recommendations, which include: that ex gratia compensation schemes should be devised with due regard to the need to give proper examination to all relevant issues; any changes to such schemes, should be properly publicised and explained; and where any complaints occur regarding such schemes, it would be good administrative practice to initiate a review. Furthermore, that scheme rules should be clearly articulated.

Book Too Many Cooks

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  • Author : Marina Pascoe
  • Publisher : Accent Press Ltd
  • Release : 2015-01-12
  • ISBN : 178375480X
  • Pages : 157 pages

Download or read book Too Many Cooks written by Marina Pascoe and published by Accent Press Ltd. This book was released on 2015-01-12 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1923. When a young Cockney woman appears in Falmouth, Inspector George Bartlett and Constable Archibald Boase think she’s harmless enough – until they're caught up in a cycle of mayhem and deceit. Unsure exactly how this woman fits into their enquiries, at various turns they are investigating her, searching for her, and worrying about her safety – and still can’t decide if she is all she seems. With death on their doorstep, strange visitors to the town, and a killer still on the loose, Bartlett and Boase have little time left to prevent further murders as their superintendent looms large in the background, waiting to take them off the case...

Book The Kingdoms

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  • Author : Natasha Pulley
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
  • Release : 2021-05-27
  • ISBN : 1526644398
  • Pages : 448 pages

Download or read book The Kingdoms written by Natasha Pulley and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-05-27 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LONGLISTED FOR THE BRITISH SCIENCE FICTION ASSOCIATION 2021 BEST NOVEL For fans of Matt Haig, Stuart Turton and Bridget Collins comes a sweeping historical adventure from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Watchmaker of Filigree Street 'Original, joyous and horrifying, The Kingdoms is an awe-inspiring feat of imagination and passion which had me in tears by the end' - Catriona Ward Come home, if you remember The postcard has been held at the sorting office for ninety-one years, waiting to be delivered to Joe Tournier. On the front is a lighthouse – Eilean Mor, in the Outer Hebrides. Joe has never left England, never even left London. He is a British slave, one of thousands throughout the French Empire. He has a job, a wife, a baby daughter. But he also has flashes of a life he cannot remember and of a world that never existed – a world where English is spoken in England, and not French. And now he has a postcard of a lighthouse built just six months ago, that was first written nearly one hundred years ago, by a stranger who seems to know him very well. Joe's journey to unravel the truth will take him from French-occupied London to a remote Scottish island, and back through time itself as he battles for his life – and for a very different future.

Book The Case of the Vanishing Painting

Download or read book The Case of the Vanishing Painting written by Brian Gallagher and published by The O'Brien Press Ltd. This book was released on 2024-02-19 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A valuable painting leaves the train station in Galway in a guarded carriage. When the train arrives in Dublin, the painting is gone. Suspicion immediately falls on Mr Kavanagh, the train's guard. Twins Deirdre and Tim know their father isn't the thief, and they're determined to find out who is. Along with their friend Joe, they race against time to track down the painting ... but as they close in on the thief they find themselves up against powerful enemies. Soon the children are battling not just to clear Mr Kavanagh's name – but for their very lives!

Book Paloma Azul

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  • Author : Richard Gill
  • Publisher : Lulu.com
  • Release : 2010
  • ISBN : 1445771020
  • Pages : 423 pages

Download or read book Paloma Azul written by Richard Gill and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Cases in Organisational Behaviour  RLE  Organizations

Download or read book Cases in Organisational Behaviour RLE Organizations written by Roy McLennan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-29 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a comprehensive, systematic casebook which demonstrates the contribution of research to the formulation and resolution of organisational problems actually faced by managers. The cases are presented in clusters which centre on a particular aspect of organisational behaviour: motivation, groups, technology, leadership, structure, change and development. Each cluster is introduced by comments on the cases and references to the theoretical literature. The introduction reviews the case method and provides suggestions for using it.

Book   ICSE Class X  Physics Application Sample Paper Book   12  1 Sample Paper   According to the latest syllabus prescribed by CISCE

Download or read book ICSE Class X Physics Application Sample Paper Book 12 1 Sample Paper According to the latest syllabus prescribed by CISCE written by Shivam Tiwari and published by EduGorilla. This book was released on 2022-11-01 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: • Best Selling Book in English Edition for Class 10 Physics Sample Papers as per the latest syllabus given by the CISCE. • Class 10 Physics Sample Papers Preparation Kit comes with 13 Tests (3 SQP-based Sample Papers + 7 SQP-based Self Analysis + 3 Previous Year Paper) with the best quality content. • Class 10 Physics Sample Papers Prep Kit includes 2 Most Expected Sample Question Papers (For The Upcoming Exam). • Get high grades in your exam with the help of this book.

Book The compensation scheme for former Icelandic water trawlermen

Download or read book The compensation scheme for former Icelandic water trawlermen written by Great Britain: National Audit Office and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2007-06-29 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This particular NAO report examines the compensation scheme to former Icelandic water trawlermen, and follows an earlier report from the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration (HCP 313, session 2006-07, ISBN 9780102944471). The Commissioner's report had highlighted three areas of maladministration. This NAO report looks at the value for money issues. The background to both reports is that the UK Government made agreements in the 1970s to end the "Cod Wars" with Iceland. UK vessels could no longer fish in Icelandic waters, which led to the decline of distant water fishing. Trawlermen were not entitled to compensation according to the interpretation of employment law at that time, but this decision was challenged in 1993. In response, the Department of Employment set up an ex gratia scheme to compensate former trawlermen who had not sought redundancy at the time of their original dismissal. This scheme was further challenged by trawlermen, because it did not take account of the fact that many trawlermen often changed vessels and employers. In July 2000, the DTI announced a compensation scheme to compensate former UK-based trawlermen who had worked in Icelandic waters. By March 2007, the Department had paid just under £43 million in respect of 4,400 claims out of about 7,000 former trawlermen. The NAO's main findings and conclusions include: that the compensation scheme had significant shortcomings which inhibited efficient and effective delivery of the scheme objectives; the Department had not known enough about the fishing industry, particularly its structure and working practices to draw up workable scheme rules; the scheme required a clear plan of implementation, with targets and risk assessment; the scheme cost £18 million more than the initial estimate of £25 million; some claims took a long time to process due to problems with quality and availability of evidence and the interpretation of the scheme rules, the Department did allocate extra resources to deal with this; out of a sample of 100 claims, 11 cases were found where former trawlermen were overpaid and underpaid, and such problems stemmed from the Department's lack of evidence when assessing whether claims were eligible for payment under the scheme rules.

Book Missio

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  • Author : Tim Roux
  • Publisher : Night Publishing
  • Release : 2010-04
  • ISBN : 1451566751
  • Pages : 216 pages

Download or read book Missio written by Tim Roux and published by Night Publishing. This book was released on 2010-04 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A magical journey that sparkles with wit and shimmers with intelligence', Genevieve Graham, author of 'Under The Same Sky' and 'Cold Hands'. Walking the rundown streets of his dockland neighbourhood searching for his cat, Stevie meets The Great Macaroni, a children's magician who spends his time trying to persuade his young audiences that his real magic is mere trickery. He teaches Stevie that nothing in this world is as it appears, that teaspoons can fly, and that the future is never set even if it has already happened. What he cannot tell him about are the two years of his life that Stevie will spend in absolute darkness.

Book Haunted Warrior

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  • Author : Allie Mackay
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 2012-01-03
  • ISBN : 1101559446
  • Pages : 336 pages

Download or read book Haunted Warrior written by Allie Mackay and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-01-03 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More information to be announced soon on this forthcoming title from Penguin USA

Book Dog Will Have His Day

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  • Author : Fred Vargas
  • Publisher : Random House
  • Release : 2014-04-17
  • ISBN : 1448190185
  • Pages : 259 pages

Download or read book Dog Will Have His Day written by Fred Vargas and published by Random House. This book was released on 2014-04-17 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shortlisted for the CWA International Dagger HOW DO YOU SOLVE A MURDER WITHOUT A BODY? Keeping watch under the windows of the Paris flat belonging to a politician's nephew, ex-special investigator Louis Kehlweiler catches sight of something odd on the pavement. A tiny piece of bone. Human bone, in fact. When Kehlweiler takes his find to the nearest police station, he faces ridicule. Obsessed by the fragment, he follows the trail to the tiny Breton fishing village of Port-Nicolas – in search of a dog. But when he recruits ‘evangelists’ Marc and Mathias to help, they find themselves facing even bigger game. A THREE EVANGELISTS NOVEL

Book The Annotated Old Four Legs  The story of the coelacanth

Download or read book The Annotated Old Four Legs The story of the coelacanth written by Mike Bruton and published by Penguin Random House South Africa. This book was released on 2017-11-01 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the famous South African fish scientist Professor JLB Smith published Old Fourlegs – The Story of the Coelacanth in 1956 he created an international sensation. After all, this 400-million-year-old fish, known only from fossil remains, was thought to have become extinct around 66 million years ago! JLB Smith’s dramatic account of the discovery of the first and second coelacanths in 1938 and 1952 turned him into a cult figure and put South African science on the world map. His book was eventually published in six English editions and translated into nine foreign languages. Mike Bruton’s The Annotated Old Fourlegs includes a facsimile reprint of the original book, to which he has added notes and images in the margins that provide an interesting and revealing commentary on Smith’s text, as well as new introductory and explanatory chapters that bring the coelacanth story up to date.

Book Beyond Trawlertown

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  • Author : Jo Byrne
  • Publisher : Liverpool University Press
  • Release : 2021-12-14
  • ISBN : 1800855613
  • Pages : 272 pages

Download or read book Beyond Trawlertown written by Jo Byrne and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2021-12-14 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beyond Trawlertown takes a journey through the British distant-water fishery and its port-city connections in an era of disruption. In 1976, defeat in the Anglo-Icelandic Cod Wars saw the British trawling fleet excluded from their traditional hunting grounds. Combining with wider global factors, the move brought an end to long-established trawling practices, with profound social, economic and cultural repercussions. Through a case study of the port of Hull, oral history and archival research explore the challenges, responses and legacy of rapid change. Although the emphasis is on Hull, this is far from a local history. Hull’s position among the world leading distant-water pioneers gives the story international significance. Focusing on memory, lived experience and place, the book goes beyond established narratives. Personal acts of remembering offer cultural perspectives on how global events and marine policy impact upon the seafaring communities that live with the consequences. The Cod Wars signaled an end, yet amid the disruption there were also new beginnings. And in the wake of an active fishery, the rhythms of the past continue to resonate in the negotiation of fishing heritage within the contemporary city. Through the convergence of time, place and memory, this holistic narrative of interweaving stories reveals the intricacies of our human interaction with the marine environment and the aftermath when its threads are broken.

Book Trawler

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  • Author : Redmond O'Hanlon
  • Publisher : Vintage
  • Release : 2010-05-12
  • ISBN : 0307548252
  • Pages : 368 pages

Download or read book Trawler written by Redmond O'Hanlon and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2010-05-12 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Having survived Borneo, Amazonia, and the Congo, the indefatigable Redmond O’Hanlon sets off on his next adventure: his own perfect storm, in the wild waters off the northern tip of Scotland. Equipped with a fancy Nikon, an excessive supply of socks, and no seamanship whatsoever, O’Hanlon joins the commercial fishing crew of the Norlantean, a deep-sea trawler, to stock a bottomless hull with their catch, even as a hurricane roars around them. Rich in oceanography, marine biology, and uproarious humor, Trawler is Redmond O’Hanlon at his finest.

Book Norfolk Folk Tales

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  • Author : Hugh Lupton
  • Publisher : The History Press
  • Release : 2013-05-13
  • ISBN : 0752492713
  • Pages : 225 pages

Download or read book Norfolk Folk Tales written by Hugh Lupton and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2013-05-13 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Norfolk is steeped in story. Whether we are treading fields, fens, beaches or streets, the landscape is pregnant with secret histories. The collective imagination of countless generations has populated the county with ghosts, saints, witches, pharisees, giants and supernatural beasts. Stories have evolved around historical characters, with Horatio Nelson, Oliver Cromwell, Anne Boleyn, Tom Paine and King Edmund becoming larger than life in folk-memory. This book is a celebration of the deep connection between a place and its people.

Book Task Force

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  • Author : John Parker
  • Publisher : Headline
  • Release : 2013-02-28
  • ISBN : 1472202589
  • Pages : 260 pages

Download or read book Task Force written by John Parker and published by Headline. This book was released on 2013-02-28 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Royal Navy at the start of the twenty-first century had undergone the most remarkable transformation. The Fleet is today the smallest since the start of the Napoleonic wars as surface vessels are no longer viable as a principal line of defence. That preserve is now in the hands of Britain's nuclear-armed submarine fleet, well chronicled in THE SILENT SERVICE and the Air Force, as outlined in STRIKE COMMAND. This book will complete the triangle of our essential military might, telling the story of today's sea-going ultra-mobile, rapid reaction, missile- and aircraft-carrying task force. John Parker includes personal interviews from the men and women who have served in the Senior Service to bring his story vividly to life.