Matthew Hall

Greed, corruption and the race to save an ancient homeland When Jessie Cunningham, a high-flying Toronto lawyer with a round-the-clock schedule, is deserted and betrayed by her jealous partner, she suffers a nervous collapse. To recuperate, she takes up an isolated charity assignment, mapping trees in the forest wilderness of British Columbia. As her guide to the rugged terrain, she engages Todd Samson, a taciturn First Nations man from the Three Valleys reserve, on the front line of the struggle to save his community from ruthless developers. Two people from vastly different worlds, they are slowly building a rapport when Todd is arrested and falsely accused of murder. Shocked by the police’s casual disregard for evidence, Jessie volunteers to assist a jaded local lawyer with Todd’s defence. But she is soon pitted against darker forces. Teaming up with the Chief of Three Valleys and a local shaman, she finds herself taking on greed and corruption in a race to save the reserve and its people from destruction and Todd from his own demons.

Education professionals are expected to use research evidence to inform and underpin their work, but using evidence well and developing cultures to support evidence use is not easy. Written for teachers, leaders and decision-makers across all stages of education, this book provides: background on the growth of evidence-based agendas within education and their critiques; a guide to the key skills and issues involved in accessing, evaluating and using different kinds of educational research evidence; and specific suggestions for enhancing the quality of evidence use amongst education professionals and their institutions.

Education professionals are expected to use research evidence to inform and underpin their work, but using evidence well and developing cultures to support evidence use is not easy. Written for teachers, leaders and decision-makers across all stages of education, this book provides: background on the growth of evidence-based agendas within education and their critiques; a guide to the key skills and issues involved in accessing, evaluating and using different kinds of educational research evidence; and specific suggestions for enhancing the quality of evidence use amongst education professionals and their institutions.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1871. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1871. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

This groundbreaking book argues that the fundamental issues around how victim-survivors of digital gender-sexual violations (DGSVs) are abused can be understood in terms of gender and sexual dynamics, constructions, positioning and logics. The book builds upon Hall and Hearn's previous work, Revenge Pornography, but has been substantially reworked to examine other forms of DGSV such as upskirting and sexual deepfakes, as well as the latest research and debates in the field. Facilitated by developments in internet and mobile technologies, the non-consensual posting of real or fake sexually explicit images of others for revenge, entertainment, homosocial status or political leverage has become a global phenomenon. Using discourse and thematic analytical approaches, this text examines digital, survey and interview data on gendered sexual violences, abuses, and violations. The words of both the perpetrators and victim-survivors are presented, showing the impact on victim-survivors and the complex ways in which phallocentric power relations and existing hegemonic masculinities are reinforced and invoked by perpetrators to position girls and women as gendered and sexualised commodities to be traded, admired, violated or abused for the needs of individual men or groups of men.Hall, Hearn and Lewis explore their research in a broader social and political context, evaluating and suggesting changes to existing legislative frameworks, education, victim support, and practical and policy interventions against DGSV, along with wider political considerations. This is a unique resource for students, academics and researchers as well as professionals dealing with issues around digital gender-sexual violations.

This groundbreaking book argues that the fundamental issues around how victim-survivors of digital gender-sexual violations (DGSVs) are abused can be understood in terms of gender and sexual dynamics, constructions, positioning and logics. The book builds upon Hall and Hearn's previous work, Revenge Pornography, but has been substantially reworked to examine other forms of DGSV such as upskirting and sexual deepfakes, as well as the latest research and debates in the field. Facilitated by developments in internet and mobile technologies, the non-consensual posting of real or fake sexually explicit images of others for revenge, entertainment, homosocial status or political leverage has become a global phenomenon. Using discourse and thematic analytical approaches, this text examines digital, survey and interview data on gendered sexual violences, abuses, and violations. The words of both the perpetrators and victim-survivors are presented, showing the impact on victim-survivors and the complex ways in which phallocentric power relations and existing hegemonic masculinities are reinforced and invoked by perpetrators to position girls and women as gendered and sexualised commodities to be traded, admired, violated or abused for the needs of individual men or groups of men.Hall, Hearn and Lewis explore their research in a broader social and political context, evaluating and suggesting changes to existing legislative frameworks, education, victim support, and practical and policy interventions against DGSV, along with wider political considerations. This is a unique resource for students, academics and researchers as well as professionals dealing with issues around digital gender-sexual violations.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1864.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1864.

THE ACTION-PACKED THRILLER THAT FUSES BRAWN AND BRAINS'A Bond-style thriller for the 21st century. . . Written with pace and great panache, it feels like a movie already' Daily Mail'Brilliant. Incredibly immersive' Tom Marcus_______'People sleep peacefully only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf . . .'For twenty years Leo Black was in the SAS. Now he lectures on violence instead of committing it, putting his soldiering days behind him in pursuit of a respectful academic life.But when a former comrade in arms is killed trying to prevent a scientist's abduction, Black is faced with an unexpected choice.Be the upright citizen the university demands . . .Or avenge the dead man to whom he owes his life._______'This intelligent thriller is his best work yet' Sun'A fast-paced global thriller' Mail on Sunday'Matthew Hall has crafted an action thriller with more texture than most' The Times'Hall probes how a real-life Jack Reacher figure might cope with years of taking lives for the greater good, and Black's inner conflict gives the firefights and betrayals erupting around him unusual depth' The TimesPraise for Matthew Hall'Breathlessly enjoyable' The Times'An edge-of-the-seat thriller . . . should come with a health warning' Irish Independent'Fasten your seatbelts for a quality thriller . . .' Independent on Sunday

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