Richard Phillips

As Jack Mayhew’s life begins to unravel and memories of his tumultuous past resurface, all seems lost. In a moment of despair, he collapses into the sea off Amalfi, surrendering to his fate. During his early years, Jack's self-doubt fuels both his ambition and his weakness for women. By adulthood, he has suffered at the hands of three people. As his business crumbles, driven by anger, Jack embarks on a journey of revenge and redemption. Success in the corporate world follows, but so does tragedy... Three Down is a thought-provoking tale of love, loss, ambition and revenge.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.

A step-by-step introduction to successful fieldwork, this guide will help you to plan, design, conduct and share your research. Packed with practical tools and real-world examples, it includes: · Field-tested checklists for each stage of your research · A glossary with key, highlighted terms · Postcards from fieldwork experts providing global case studies · Further reading that expands social theory into applied research · Advice on effective virtual research within digital and hybrid settings as well face-to face fieldwork. Clear, pragmatic, and multidisciplinary, this is the perfect book to open your eyes, ears, and minds to the world of fieldwork.

A step-by-step introduction to successful fieldwork, this guide will help you to plan, design, conduct and share your research. Packed with practical tools and real-world examples, it includes: · Field-tested checklists for each stage of your research · A glossary with key, highlighted terms · Postcards from fieldwork experts providing global case studies · Further reading that expands social theory into applied research · Advice on effective virtual research within digital and hybrid settings as well face-to face fieldwork. Clear, pragmatic, and multidisciplinary, this is the perfect book to open your eyes, ears, and minds to the world of fieldwork.

Storying Relationships explores the sexual lives of young British Muslims in their own words and through their own stories. It finds engaging and surprising stories in a variety of settings: when young people are chatting with their friends; conversing more formally within families and communities; scribbling in their diaries; and writing blogs, poems and books to share or publish.These stories challenge stereotypes about Muslims, who are frequently portrayed as unhappy in love and sexually different. The young people who emerge in this book, contradicting racist and Islamophobic stereotypes, are assertive and creative, finding and making their own ways in matters of the body and the heart.Their stories – about single life, meeting and dating, pressure and expectations, sex, love, marriage and dreams – are at once specific to the young British Muslims who tell them, and resonant reflections of human experience.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1871.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1871.

This is a fast-paced thriller which centres around a British cash-in-transit (armoured car) company whose Slough operation becomes the target of a group of skilled, violent and merciless criminals manipulated by an "invisible" psychopath, who pull off one of the most daring robberies of our time. The cash-in-transit industry plays an integral role in the nation's economy as it distributes and secures hundreds of millions in high value currency and other assets on fleets of armoured vehicles out of high security hubs across the land. The responsibility for the criminal investigation lands in the lap of the Slough police. The chief investigating officer and his team pursue numerous leads through a series of sub plots, with the assistance of Interpol and Samantha Kelly, an attractive, wily insurance investigator assigned to the task by a Lloyds insurance syndicate in London. The magnitude of the loss places enormous pressure on the insurance syndicate and Sam embarks on a journey of extreme personal danger in an effort to recover as much of the loss as possible from locations in the United Kingdom, Europe and South America.

Storying Relationships explores the sexual lives of young British Muslims in their own words and through their own stories. It finds engaging and surprising stories in a variety of settings: when young people are chatting with their friends; conversing more formally within families and communities; scribbling in their diaries; and writing blogs, poems and books to share or publish.These stories challenge stereotypes about Muslims, who are frequently portrayed as unhappy in love and sexually different. The young people who emerge in this book, contradicting racist and Islamophobic stereotypes, are assertive and creative, finding and making their own ways in matters of the body and the heart.Their stories – about single life, meeting and dating, pressure and expectations, sex, love, marriage and dreams – are at once specific to the young British Muslims who tell them, and resonant reflections of human experience.

This groundbreaking book brings creative writing to social research. Its innovative format includes creatively written contributions by researchers from a range of disciplines, modelling the techniques outlined by the authors. The book is user-friendly and shows readers: * How to write creatively as a social researcher; * How creative writing can help researchers to work with participants and generate data; * How researchers can use creative writing to analyse data and communicate findings. Inviting beginners and more experienced researchers to explore new ways of writing, this book introduces readers to creatively written research in a variety of formats including plays and poems, videos and comics. It not only gives social researchers permission, but also shows them how, to write creatively.

This groundbreaking book brings creative writing to social research. Its innovative format includes creatively written contributions by researchers from a range of disciplines, modelling the techniques outlined by the authors. The book is user-friendly and shows readers: * How to write creatively as a social researcher; * How creative writing can help researchers to work with participants and generate data; * How researchers can use creative writing to analyse data and communicate findings. Inviting beginners and more experienced researchers to explore new ways of writing, this book introduces readers to creatively written research in a variety of formats including plays and poems, videos and comics. It not only gives social researchers permission, but also shows them how, to write creatively.

A mage’s ungodly goal: rule among the dead. A noblewoman’s destiny: deliver the kingdom of Endar from evil. The final battle is at hand.Kragan, wielder of malignant magic, is nearing his ultimate goal. Lorness Carol Rafel is pursuing her millennia-old destiny as well. It has been prophesized that the noble sorceress will destroy Kragan before he lays waste to the kingdom of Endar and reigns as an unholy god.In Kragan’s favor is the mighty Dread Lord, bound to Kragan’s will, and an army of the resurrected dead that far outnumbers the Forsworn followers at Carol’s side. But Carol has the edge. She and her seer husband, Arn, possess the last remaining pieces of a magical puzzle. In the shards of a shattered trident lies the very key to Kragan’s dark dreams. If Carol and Arn can unleash its undiscovered powers in time to intercept Kragan’s horde. The end is at hand.The final battle on the besieged fortress is upon them. And Arn’s visions of its outcome are terrifying. As Carol draws on her own increasing forces of magic, more is at stake than she imagines in an endgame in the land of the dead that no one could have foreseen.

Mr Book With No Story wants his pages uncluttered by pictures and plot lines but images, questions and ideas keep invading the unruly pages, ignoring his efforts to chase them away. It turns out that Mr Book’s fear is having nothing to say but in this fun tribute to the creative process, he needn’t have worried.