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The thrilling second installment in New York Times bestselling author Ian Douglas’s Galaxy Raiders series.As war rages on against the formidable Galactic Authority, Admiral Alexandra Morrigan leads a daring expeditionary fleet into the galactic frontier, searching for unlikely allies in the stars. For if humankind has any hope of survival, it will need them.After three years of deep-space combat, Earth has been devastated by the toll of war. A crushing attack by the Galactics has triggered a new ice age, killing billions and driving survivors to the brink, and now the world’s nations are breaking into factions. Some want peace, some want resistance, and a select few have joined forces with the Galactics outright.As allies become enemies, Admiral Morrigan faces threats from within and without. While Earth’s leaders consider surrender, she must choose between obedience and rebellion, retreat and resistance, to seize whatever sliver of hope humanity has left.

'Bold, vital and urgent . . . Blows the old parochial Western accounts clean away' SUZANNAH LIPSCOMB'Refreshing and astutely judged . . . immensely enjoyable' JONATHAN PHILLIPSA spectacular new panoramic history of the Crusades.From their foundation in 1097 to Saladin's conquest of Jerusalem almost a century later, the Crusader States transformed the Middle Eastern world. In an era shaped by many conflicts, this was not simply a war between Christianity and Islam, but an epic contest among multiple rival empires, dynasties and cultures.The Crusader Storm unfolds through a kaleidoscope of perspectives: a Byzantine renegade, a crusader princess, a Turkish matriarch, a young Arab nobleman, a Syriac archbishop, Saladin's leading commander and the vizier of Egypt. Between them, information, technologies and ideas - as well as weapons - crossed borders at astonishing speed as their societies fought, allied and traded. Their entangled fates reshaped not only the Middle East, but the medieval world itself.Drawing on sources from Arabic, Greek, Syriac, Armenian, Latin and Hebrew traditions, Nicholas Morton's enthralling panorama transforms our understanding of the Crusades - revealing them not as a single clash of faiths, but as a dynamic era of war, commerce, innovation and exchange that defined the course of history.

Det offentliga sociala arbetet befinner sig i dag i ett tillstånd som innebär att det relationellt mänskliga, strukturella, förebyggande och lokalt förankrade sociala arbetet inte ges tid eller plats. Ett sådant offentligt socialt arbete får svårt att bidra till social förändring. Bokens författare, både forskare och praktiker, värnar ett visionärt socialt arbete som bygger på värderingar om social rättvisa och mänskliga rättigheter snarare än en organisering som bygger på värderingar om effektivisering, ekonomisering, individualisering och svenskhet. Socialt arbete - rörelse, motstånd, förändring diskuterar, ur olika perspektiv, hur viktigt det är med ett kritiskt socialt arbete i ett sammanhang där människor i stor utsträckning görs till utgiftsposter, mätvärden eller invandrare. Ett annat socialt arbete är möjligt! Boken är lämplig för studenter i socialt arbete, verksamma socialarbetare, politiker och andra som intresserar sig för möjligheten att genom socialt arbete åstadkomma hållbar förändring.

A wild night in Vegas leads to a fake marriage between two best friends in this friends-to-lovers, ice-hockey romance from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Blakely.--My plan when I win a date in Vegas with my brother’s hockey star best friend? Poker and go to sleep early. Instead, I wake up with a ring on my finger and the sexy athlete naked in my bed.Asher’s my best friend too so we’ll get this annulled and laugh about this secret for years.Trouble is our wedding pics went viral overnight. And for the sake of our careers we need to look like we meant to tie the knot.We’ll claim we’ve been secretly in love, while staying in separate rooms for the rest of the hockey season.The last thing we want is to ruin a decade-long friendship by falling into bed again.Except, the more he calls me his wife, the more I start to wonder if Asher was ever pretending?And if my heart is ready to take the biggest risk of all. Tropes:ice hockey romancebrother’s best friendfriends to loversmarriage of conveniencemarriage pacthe’s been secretly in love with her for yearsforced proximitymy wifepro hockey --Readers LOVE The Proposal Play:'Lauren Blakely has NAILED this series. . . If you love friends-to-lovers stories that make you laugh, swoon, and believe in love, this one’s an absolute must-read!' ***** Reader Review 'This friends-to-lovers romance was pure magic, and Asher and Maeve completely stole my heart!' ***** Reader Review'I know when I have a Lauren Blakely book to read I am in for an entertaining steamy read and she did not disappoint with this one' ***** Reader Review'Lauren Blakely has the fantastic ability to create stories that are both heartwarming and hot' ***** Reader Review

'Bold, vital and urgent . . . Blows the old parochial Western accounts clean away' SUZANNAH LIPSCOMB'Refreshing and astutely judged . . . immensely enjoyable' JONATHAN PHILLIPSA spectacular new panoramic history of the Crusades.From their foundation in 1097 to Saladin's conquest of Jerusalem almost a century later, the Crusader States transformed the Middle Eastern world. In an era shaped by many conflicts, this was not simply a war between Christianity and Islam, but an epic contest among multiple rival empires, dynasties and cultures.The Crusader Storm unfolds through a kaleidoscope of perspectives: a Byzantine renegade, a crusader princess, a Turkish matriarch, a young Arab nobleman, a Syriac archbishop, Saladin's leading commander and the vizier of Egypt. Between them, information, technologies and ideas - as well as weapons - crossed borders at astonishing speed as their societies fought, allied and traded. Their entangled fates reshaped not only the Middle East, but the medieval world itself.Drawing on sources from Arabic, Greek, Syriac, Armenian, Latin and Hebrew traditions, Nicholas Morton's enthralling panorama transforms our understanding of the Crusades - revealing them not as a single clash of faiths, but as a dynamic era of war, commerce, innovation and exchange that defined the course of history.

Klarar ditt hem en storm eller översvämning? Idag möter Sverige väderfenomen som för bara 50 år sedan var mycket ovanliga. Återkommande extremväder som torka, översvämningar och stormar drar in över landet och vattenflödet varierar konstant. Hur ska man förhålla sig till det? Det här är en handbok som ger dig som fastighets- och markägare konkreta tips på hur du kan öka beredskapen inför klimatförändringarna och rusta det du värdesätter inför olika väderfenomen. Kapitlen tar upp stora frågor om forskning och skillnaden på väder och klimat, men också hur vi personligen kan planera långsiktigt. Det kan till exempel gälla var du ska, och inte ska, bygga ditt hus eller plantera träd. Och vad kan du förvänta dig av elbolagen när strömmen går och hur behöver du utforma din försäkring framöver?

Dive into the world of awesome tarantulas and discover what they do all day! Impressive full-colour photographs showcase the science behind these powerful creatures in a fascinating way, bringing to life key topics including life cycles, adaptation and the food chain. Discover all sorts of fascinating facts including what makes these creatures such amazing predators, which huge tarantula eats snakes, how these massive creatures make delicate silk and much more! Through fascinating bite-size facts, this book uncovers the secret lives of tarantulas as you’ve never seen them before. It’s perfect for budding bug detectives.

Ebner-Eschenbach, Heyse, Raabe, Storm, Meyer, and Hauptmann

A wild storm. A forgotten tragedy. A long hidden secret.When a violent nor'wester hits Grand Cayman, a cargo ship is caught in the maelstrom, and several containers are lost to the ocean floor… unless AJ Bailey and Reg Moore can recover the precious contents belonging to Reg's wife, Pearl.Eighty years in the past, at the height of World War II, an Air Transport Auxiliary pilot ferrying planes to RAF airfields in the southern coast of England, becomes the victim of a bold lie in a story missing from the history books. In present day, AJ and Reg search the dangerous depths, unaware that the clues to the long silenced coverup are held in the clutches of one of the containers… along with a more modern and immediate peril.Drama in the skies of war torn England and a hazardous salvage operation in the Caribbean Sea come crashing together in another action packed AJ Bailey adventure tale.Can be read in series order or as standalone.

Some of the best writings on issues involving local government can be found in journals published by the American Society for Public Administration or journals with which ASPA is associated. This volume includes 30 of the most outstanding articles that have been published.

Some of the best writings on issues involving local government can be found in journals published by the American Society for Public Administration or journals with which ASPA is associated. This volume includes 30 of the most outstanding articles that have been published.

The Mongols have long been viewed in the West as violent barbarians who plundered and wrecked the societiesthey invaded. But in fact the Mongol Empire was highly sophisticated, and through their conquests they built a new world order. Within the space of a single generation, they swept across the Middle East, tied Europe and Asia together through trade, and completely reshaped global geopolitics.The Mongol Storm tells the story of the Mongols and the empires they conquered. Drawing on years of deep archival research, historian Nicholas Morton traces the rise of the Mongols in the 13th century through their rapid invasions of eight different Middle Eastern societies. As Mongol armies advanced upon the Middle East, Morton shows, longstanding powers such as the Khwarazmian Empire, the Kingdom of Jerusalem, and the Abbasid Caliphate collapsed, while waves of refugees broke across borders and upset the region's delicate religious and social hierarchies. Amidst the chaos arose aggressive new empires including the Mamluks and the Ottomans, who would ultimately challenge the Mongol Empire's authority and dominate the Middle East for centuries. Even as the Mongols' power declined, the diplomatic and economic ties their conquests had established between once-disparate societies endured, and they left a much more connected Eurasia in their wake, permanently reconfiguring the balance of medieval world power.The Mongol Storm is an epic account of violent conflict unfolding against the vibrant backdrop of the Seljuk Turks' magnificent garden palaces, mighty Crusader fortresses, Egyptian pyramids, Damascus' sprawling markets, and the vast Mongol wagon cities. Vividly written and vast in scope, it completely revises our understanding of the Mongols and the world of the Middle Ages.

'Brain-stretching . . . pulsating . . . irresistable' The Sunday Times'Deeply researched and elegantly written - essential reading' Dan Jones'Erudite, often thrilling and much-needed' Daily TelegraphHow the Mongol invasions of the Near East reshaped the balance of world power in the Middle Ages.For centuries, the Crusades have been central to the story of the medieval Near East, but these religious wars are only part of the region's complex history. As The Mongol Storm reveals, during the same era the Near East was utterly remade by another series of wars: the Mongol invasions. In a single generation, the Mongols conquered vast swaths of the Near East and upended the region's geopolitics. Amid the chaos of the Mongol onslaught, long-standing powers such as the Byzantines, the Seljuk Turks, and the crusaders struggled to survive, while new players such as the Ottomans arose to fight back. The Mongol conquests forever transformed the region, while forging closer ties among societies spread across Eurasia.This is the definitive history of the Mongol assault on the Near East and its enduring global consequences.

'Bold, vital and urgent . . . Blows the old parochial Western accounts clean away' SUZANNAH LIPSCOMB'Refreshing and astutely judged . . . immensely enjoyable' JONATHAN PHILLIPSA spectacular new panoramic history of the Crusades.From their foundation in 1097 to Saladin's conquest of Jerusalem almost a century later, the Crusader States transformed the Middle Eastern world. In an era shaped by many conflicts, this was not simply a war between Christianity and Islam, but an epic contest among multiple rival empires, dynasties and cultures.The Crusader Storm unfolds through a kaleidoscope of perspectives: a Byzantine renegade, a crusader princess, a Turkish matriarch, a young Arab nobleman, a Syriac archbishop, Saladin's leading commander and the vizier of Egypt. Between them, information, technologies and ideas - as well as weapons - crossed borders at astonishing speed as their societies fought, allied and traded. Their entangled fates reshaped not only the Middle East, but the medieval world itself.Drawing on sources from Arabic, Greek, Syriac, Armenian, Latin and Hebrew traditions, Nicholas Morton's enthralling panorama transforms our understanding of the Crusades - revealing them not as a single clash of faiths, but as a dynamic era of war, commerce, innovation and exchange that defined the course of history.

But weather isn't the only threat to P.I. Maggie Skerritt. Maggie's got her hands full when a nationally syndicated columnist enlists Pelican Bay Investigations to protect her from a stalker and a mysterious stranger with amnesia poses a threat to some dear neighbors. But when her partner-turned-fiance Bill Malcolm's brokenhearted ex-wife reappears after twenty-odd years, well, the calm seas suddenly become as rocky as their once-peaceful relationship.Now, with the eye of a category-five hurricane closing in, will Bill and Maggie be able to reclaim their premarital bliss before the storms flood their sunshine state?