John Boland – författare

A Dramatic Society is assembling on the stage of a church hall to rehearse a production of a mystery-thriller under its somewhat dictatorial director Philip Stephens. Events and strains within the company, however, more than equal those in the play they are to present. Philip's wife is friendlier than is wise with a young man of the company, a "prowler" is in the neighbourhood and attacks one of the girls, an unpleasant caretaker tries a little blackmail and one of the women seems to know him from the past.4 women, 4 men

Elementary, My Dear is a farce for three men and three women. At Tiller Towers, a decaying old country-house, James Tiller runs his School for the Training of Private Detectives-together with some less reputable activities on the side. His pupils are a strange collection - a lean young man with great enthusiasm and a liking for dressing up as Sherlock Holmes, a fifteen-year old schoolgirl straight out of St Trinian's, and an extremely sexy blonde. An expected visitor, Soaker the thief, makes a brief appearance dressed as a nun, and very soon everyone is involved in real-life crime concerning stolen jewels.A hectic day of plots and counter-plots culminates in a climatic fury of twists and double twists and the master finally, to his horror, finds he has a lot to learn from his pupils.

Environmental issues continue to burden governments and economies throughout the post-communist countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the newly-independent states of the former Soviet Union. Severe environmental degradation is endemic to the region, the existing environmental infrastructure is often inadequate, significant new investment is perhaps decades away, and there is little knowledge of advanced techniques for impact assessment, project evaluation and project financing. The first two papers in this collection survey available cost-effective technology for solid-waste treatment and air-pollution control, providing guidance for possible incremental additions to the existing infrastructure. There is also a discussion of transferable pollution credits as an instrument in regulating air quality. The treatment of economic incentives embraces user fees and other pollution-control instruments. A range of methods are presented for the evaluation and comparison of alternative projects where data is poor or scarce.The Canadian experience with specific capital-budgeting techniques is given detailed attention, and debt-financing strategies are addressed in the context of present-day Ukraine. Finally, an outline is given of a general framework for making decisions about environmental projects, including the use of 4nvironmental-impact assessments.

90+2: Last-Minute Moments that Changed Football History is a thrilling, exhilarating and rousing journey through some of the most dramatic sporting events of the last 40 years.The book takes the reader on an unforgettable trip through the late twists that defined some of football’s biggest matches, with late goals of great consequence that deserve a lasting place in history. There are the title races brought to stunning conclusions, the roller coaster of emotions that come via last-gasp goals in relegation battles and incredible cup final finishes that left one side elated and another in despair. There are the scarcely believable second-leg recoveries and some epic international tournament showdowns.90+2 is a glorious look at some of the craziest conclusions that football has ever seen. The board going up to signal the amount of added time marks the very moment the chaos begins. This is football at its most intense!