Download or read book The Uses of Illicit Art written by Wendy Palmer and published by Winterbourne Publishing. This book was released on 2021-10-02 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Your ridiculous Art. It’s as twisty as you are, and that’s saying something.' It’s twenty years into the reign of Queen Victoria. The Agency for the Benefit of Registered Artisans has been established to help and protect magic-users and regulate their Artworks. The use of illicit Art is heavily punished. The coldly self-possessed Kit Whitely is an Artisan whose specialty is opening doors and locks. That makes him very popular with a certain type of criminal, so he’s hiding out in a remote Somerset village hoping for uninteresting times. He’s starting to feel safe for the first time in his life. Cheerful bounty hunter Alexander Locke has other ideas. He’s obliviously barging into Kit's peaceful new life to arrest him for the use of illicit Art and drag him back to London. But he's a man of divided loyalties and so he's also intending to use Kit for illicit purposes of his own. How much trouble could one pissant little thief give him, really? An enjoyable alt-history (pseudo-Victorian) fantasy fiction romance. C/W: References to past abuse.

Download or read book The Illicit Trade in Art and Antiquities written by Janet Ulph and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-10-05 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new text provides practical guidance on the modern law relating to cultural objects which have been stolen, looted or illegally exported. It explains how English criminal law principles, including money laundering measures, apply to those who deal in cultural objects in a domestic or international setting. It discusses the recovery of works of art and antiquities in the English courts where there are competing claims between private individuals, or between individuals and the UK Government or a foreign State. Significantly, this text also provides an exposition of the law where a British law enforcement agency, or a foreign law enforcement agency, is involved in the course of criminal or civil proceedings in an English court. The growth of relevant international instruments, which include not only those devoted to the protection of mankind's cultural heritage but also those concerned with money laundering and serious organised crime, provide a backdrop to this discussion. The UK's ratification of the UNESCO Convention on Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property 1970 in 2002 is considered. The problems posed in attempting to curb trafficking in art and antiquities are explored and the effectiveness of the current law is analysed.

Download or read book Visions of protest Graffiti written by The Open University and published by The Open University. This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 8-hour free course examined the contrasting perceptions of graffiti (vandalism vs. art), drawing on a broad selection of samples for the purpose.

Download or read book Brain Personality and Addicitive Behaviours written by Radha Venga and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2005 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book takes a fresh and unique look at the links between neuroscience, psychology, psychoanalysis and society.

Download or read book Mosaic Garden written by Wendy Palmer and published by Winterbourne Publishing. This book was released on 2021-10-26 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection of six short stories set in Aspermonde, the world of Bastard's Grace and Six Feet of Ridiculous (the Mosaic Virus Duology). Features some new points of view, and both new and recurring characters. They can work as standalone as a taste of the world, or they can be read in conjunction with the books. The Mosaic Auction: Augusta goes to buy her family a Mosaic. Things take a turn. The Prince's Run (also appears in Bastard's Grace): Simon takes on a challenge to save his brothers. Count the Failures: Hal muses on the past in a dying man's sickroom. The Eastern Trade Mission: Alia deals with a traitor and the world's most blatant assassin. The Button Game: It's a quiet camp and the soldiers are entertaining themselves. Tactical Error: Hal makes several increasingly poor decisions in regards to his nemesis Prince Tristan. Content warning: the last story contains explicit m/m sex scenes with forced/dubious consent. Easy to skip if not to your taste.

Download or read book Lost Child written by Wendy Palmer and published by Winterbourne Publishing. This book was released on 2023-05-05 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stolen baby. A frozen heart. A couple at war... A dire fairytale Imperative has fallen upon Queen Anura's baby. The princess has been stolen away, a changeling left in her place. Grieving and coldly furious, Anura puts all the blame on Jannin, the Lord Protector of the Domain, in control of the Imperatives—and yet refusing to interfere. To rescue the baby princess, Rana must choose between her beloved cousin and her infuriating paramour. Her choice will plunge her back into the twisting Imperatives of the Domain. Rated PG (mild content).

Download or read book Six Feet of Ridiculous written by Wendy Palmer and published by Winterbourne Publishing. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A virus has spread through the kingdom of Aspermonde, transforming women into alien creatures known as Mosaics. Once they were treated as collectible, but Captain Simon Cant broke the Mosaic trade and rescued them. Now, Simon and his loyal lieutenant, Hal Bracken, are escorting the last of the emancipated Mosaics to their new home. Simon's looking forward to seeing Augusta and having a lot of fun watching Medic Nathan Worth try and fail to seduce Hal. Nathan's six feet of pure ridiculous and all he wants is a little attention from Simon's straitlaced second-in-command. When war unexpectedly comes back to Aspermonde, the three veterans are faced with the nightmare of returning to Middledark, the battlefield that almost destroyed them ten years ago. Simon has one chance to stop the new war, but first he's got to deal with his sick lieutenant, his secret-keeping lover, a stroppy medic, a very angry Mosaic, and a young firebrand who wants him to lead a rebellion against the king. When did it get so hard to be a big damn hero? Sequel to Bastard's Grace, but can be read as a standalone. Contains mature m/f and m/m scenes.

Download or read book Domesticated Magic written by Wendy Palmer and published by Winterbourne Publishing. This book was released on 2024-05-04 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mateo Taurasi and his family fled their island home when their people turned to sorcery. Mateo’s own magic is tame but it’s still banned in the Vaeringan Empire...and his family still use it every day in their cosy teahouse. The last thing they need is an Imperial barging in to catch them at it. Luckily, Jonas just wants to offer them a trade deal too good to resist. As hard as he tries, Mateo begins to find the cheerfully charming Jonas too good to resist, too. But an unfairly attractive Imperial is not Mateo’s only problem. Rumours of sorcery loose in the city mean trouble for the Taurasi. With Jonas caught up in the mess, Mateo must investigate. His family already lost their world once. Mateo can’t let them lose again. Not even if it costs him the man he really wishes he didn't have feelings for. c/w: explicit transm/m sex scenes

Download or read book Fair Haven written by Wendy Palmer and published by Winterbourne Publishing. This book was released on 2023-11-04 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stronghold Fair Haven by the Sea is a beacon in a sometimes harsh world, open to all and deliberately, stubbornly kind. It also holds the honour and responsibility of hosting an atelier, a workshop for the rare and highly-prized magical engineers known as Mancers. Hazel lives a comfortable, contented life in Stronghold Haven as a member of the team of elite bodyguards protecting the resident Mancer. But when another Mancer comes knocking on Haven's door to plead for refuge from the stronghold zhey've just escaped from, zhey bring a growing threat of invasion in zheir wake. Ash is disruptive to Hazel's peaceful routine in more ways than just that: to his own astonishment, he's hopelessly attracted to the prickly, secretive Mancer. This might be the start of something precious...or the end of everything he holds dear. Explicit m/nb and m/m (different couple!) sex scenes

Download or read book Chasing Aphrodite written by Jason Felch and published by HMH. This book was released on 2011-05-24 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “thrilling, well-researched” account of years of scandal at the prestigious Getty Museum (Ulrich Boser, author of The Gardner Heist). In recent years, several of America’s leading art museums have voluntarily given up their finest pieces of classical art to the governments of Italy and Greece. Why would they be moved to such unheard-of generosity? The answer lies at the Getty, one of the world’s richest and most troubled museums, and scandalous revelations that it had been buying looted antiquities for decades. Drawing on a trove of confidential museum records and candid interviews, these two journalists give us a fly-on-the-wall account of the inner workings of a world-class museum, and tell a story of outlandish characters and bad behavior that could come straight from the pages of a thriller. “In an authoritative account, two reporters who led a Los Angeles Times investigation reveal the details of the Getty Museum’s illicit purchases, from smugglers and fences, of looted Greek and Roman antiquities. . . . The authors offer an excellent recap of the museum’s misdeeds, brimming with tasty details of the scandal that motivated several of America’s leading art museums to voluntarily return to Italy and Greece some 100 classical antiquities worth more than half a billion dollars.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review “An astonishing and penetrating look into a veiled world where beauty and art are in constant competition with greed and hypocrisy. This engaging book will cast a fresh light on many of those gleaming objects you see in art museums.” —Jonathan Harr, author of The Lost Painting

Download or read book Wild Imperative written by Wendy Palmer and published by Winterbourne Publishing. This book was released on 2022-07-21 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fairy tale princess. A missing prince. A fire-wielding wizard. In the land of fairy tales, Anura is a beautiful princess with a brand-new stepmother, and yet her prince will not come to save her. When a wizard appears instead and tries to kill her, her cousin Rana is the only thing standing in his way (irresistible force meets immovable object). Since the prince still doesn’t show up, Rana and Anura set out to rescue him instead. It’s a journey that will test their loyalties and their friendship and threaten the very Domain itself. Previously published as The Frog-Prince’s Daughters; lightly edited and expanded. Book 1 of a trilogy, but a complete story. Rated G (suitable for everyone; some mild themes including character death).

Download or read book International Encyclopedia of Comparative Law written by B. A. Hepple and published by Brill Archive. This book was released on 1996 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Bastard s Grace written by Wendy Palmer and published by Winterbourne Publishing. This book was released on 2021-05-01 with total page 581 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An implacable virus spreads across the kingdom of Aspermonde, transforming women into beautiful creatures called Mosaics and stealing their minds, souls, and voices. Mosaics are alien, eerie – and collectable. Lieutenant Simon Cant collects Mosaics for the king. He is war-scarred and unpredictable, held steady only by his loyal sergeant, Hal. Their latest acquisition, Augusta, is proving difficult: she hasn’t yet lost her mind and willpower to the virus. Maybe it’s a miracle…and maybe it’s just a sackful of trouble for Simon. All he wants is to get back to Skysend and hand Augusta – and the problem she represents – over to his king. Meanwhile, rebels want to rescue her, a covetous merchant wants to collect her, her sister wants to castrate Simon, and Augusta herself has designs of her own… Lightly-edited second edition. Contains mature scenes & reference to child death.

Download or read book Optical Metrology for Arts and Multimedia written by Renzo Salimbeni and published by SPIE-International Society for Optical Engineering. This book was released on 2003 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book International Criminal Law written by Roger O'Keefe and published by Oxford International Law Libra. This book was released on 2015 with total page 689 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'International Criminal Law' presents a full and systematic overview of the field, placing it in the context of wider international law. It offers a high-level, analytical examination with particular reference to the concept of an international crime and the role of domestic courts in prosecuting international crimes.--

Download or read book Art and Crime written by Noah Charney and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2009-05-14 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through the use of case examples and careful examination, this book presents the first interdisciplinary essay collection on the study of art crime, and its effect on all aspects of the art world. Contributors discuss art crime subcategories, including vandalism, iconoclasm, forgery, fraud, peace-time theft, war looting, archaeological looting, smuggling, submarine looting, and ransom. The contributors offer insightful analyses coupled with specific practical suggestions to implement in the future to prevent and address art crime. This work is of critical importance to anyone involved in the art world, its trade, study, and security. Art crime has received relatively little attention from those who study art to those who prosecute crimes. Indeed, the general public is not well-aware of the various forms of art crime and its impact on society at large, to say nothing of museums, history, and cultural affairs. And yet it involves a multi-billion dollar legitimate industry, with a conservatively-estimated $6 billion annual criminal profit. Information about and analysis of art crime is critical to the wide variety of fields involved in the art trade and art preservation, from museums to academia, from auction houses to galleries, from insurance to art law, from policing to security. Since the Second World War, art crime has evolved from a relatively innocuous crime, into the third highest-grossing annual criminal trade worldwide, run primarily by organized crime syndicates, and therefore funding their other enterprises, from the drug and arms trades to terrorism. It is no longer merely the art that is at stake.

Download or read book Routledge Handbook of Maritime Regulation and Enforcement written by Robin Warner and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-08-27 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With advances in technology and maritime transport, human use of the ocean now extends beyond the traditional activities of navigation and fishing. Emerging activities such as bioprospecting, deep seabed mineral and hydrocarbon exploration and exploitation, offshore renewable energy developments and marine scientific probes of deep sea areas challenge the applicability of maritime law and policy in new ways. This handbook examines current regulatory and enforcement instruments and mechanisms for different sectors of maritime activity. Covering various jurisdictions, its specially commissioned chapters are authored by some of the world’s foremost authorities on maritime law, and offer unique perspectives on maritime law, policy and practice. This highly relevant collection is organised into four parts: • International Law Considerations in Maritime Regulation and Enforcement • Role of States and other International Actors in Maritime Regulation and Enforcement • Regulation and Enforcement in Different Maritime Sectors • Current Issues and Future Challenges This comprehensive reference work will be of interest to scholars and students of maritime law, practitioners and non-lawyers interested in the regulation of offshore areas, as well as policy-makers.