Everyone has secrets. Some of them may kill you. When a Delaware real estate mogul is murdered, newspaper journalist Brian Wilder wants the scoop on the killing, including the meaning behind the mysterious loaf of bread left with the corpse. Reverend Candice Miller, called to minister to the grieving family, quickly realizes that the killer has adopted the symbolism of sin eating, a Victorian-era religious ritual, as a calling card. Is it the work of a religious fanatic set to punish people for their missteps, or something even more sinister? As more victims fall, Brian and Candice follow a trail of deceit and blackmail, hoping to discover the identity of the killer—and praying that their own sins won't catch the killer's attention.

In these highly competitive times, there is little room for firms that are content to remain as they've always been. Global competition, commoditisation, legal outsourcing and pressure from clients to cut costs have created a sense of urgency within law firms to better understand their own businesses. This has implications for the way law firms view and use their resources, expertise and human capital. A commitment to innovation opens doors for law firms to better align themselves with client needs and encourages the development of new tools and service offerings to assist with on-going business needs. But what does innovation really mean in a law firm context? In what ways can an undeniably traditional industry demonstrate innovation? How do individual law firms show what innovation means to them? Law Firm Innovation: Insights and Practice not only answers these questions, but provides an overview of innovation options and practices in a changing legal marketplace. This guide offers practical advice for firms that are looking to become more innovative in the way they work, and it provides first-hand examples of innovation in practice within the legal industry. This guide will enable you to: Gain insight into innovation in the legal market from experts and practitioners from around the world. Review several practical frameworks, designed to help law firms introduce innovation as a core business activity. Learn from case studies on some of the most innovative legal service providers and the ground-breaking approaches already being taken. You can use these to benchmark your innovative approaches. Hear from these authors: Richard Hinwood, Strategy and Governance Director Executive (Withers LLP) John Knox, Managing Director, Asia (AdventBalance) Mark Gould, Founder (Mark Gould Consulting) Adam Billing, Partner (Moller PSF Group Cambridge), Founder (Treehouse) Abigail Hunt, Associate (Moller PSF Group Cambridge), Senior Associate (Treehouse) Markus Hartung, Director (Bucerius Center on the Legal Profession, Hamburg) Arne Ga rtner, Research Assistant (Bucerius Center on the Legal Profession, Hamburg) Michael Bradley, Managing Partner (Marque Lawyers) Darryl Cooke, Founder (gunnercooke) Karl Chapman, Chief Executive (Riverview Law)

VOYA Voice of Youth Advocates: Essential Books for Professionals Who Serve Teens A little resilience goes a long way.... Peel back the cheerful facade that parents present, and you'll find that many are worried about their teens. Mood swings, impulsiveness, poor judgment, and other problems peak in these years. Add stressors such as screen addiction, cyberbullying, increasing academic demands, and time-consuming athletic commitments . . . and it's no surprise that today's teenagers rank as the most anxious in 50 years. Parents long to help, but how? Based on a career counseling kids and their parents, psychologist Michael Bradley locates the most powerful protective trait: resilience. Teens with this crucial quality know how to handle difficulty, overcome obstacles, and bounce back from setbacks. Packed with insights from neuroscience and psychology, real-life case studies, and a dose of humor, Crazy-Stressed sheds light on the teen brain and offers a wealth of resiliency-boosting strategies. In it, Dr. Bradley reveals: What kids these days are really going through * Ways to strengthen the seven skills every teen needs to survive and thrive * What-to-do-when suggestions for common behavior, school, and social issues * Tactics for coping with conflict, teaching consequences, improving communication, staying connected, and more It's not easy being a teen-and it's certainly not easy parenting one. Always frank and often funny, Crazy-Stressed will become your go-to guide . . . and your kids may even thank you for it.

Michael Bradley, best-selling author of over 20 critically acclaimed books and a Holy Grail expert who served as a researcher for "The Da Vinci Code" and National Treasure' movies is in fine form with "Scripture". He slowly, masterfully builds tension to the breaking point as he takes us deep into a clandestine world where nothing is as it seems, a world controlled by dark forces determined to keep the true origins of the world's major religions forever concealed from prying eyes. The story: Still nursing wounds from his last great adventure, Marc Rennsalaer finds his dreams of a peaceful life are again swept aside as he becomes drawn into a deadly game pitting his wits, survivalist gadgetry and trusty Walther PPK against a determined and organised assault. This novel continues the compelling exploration into secretive religious organisations and hidden truths that began with "The Magdalene Mandala".

Michael Bradley joined his school friend's group in Derry, Northern Ireland in the summer of 1974. They had two guitars and no singer. Four years later the Undertones recorded 'Teenage Kicks', John Peel's favourite record, and became one of the most fondly remembered UK bands of the post punk era. Sticking to their punk rock principles, they signed terrible deals, made great records and had a wonderful time. They broke up in 1983 when they realised there was no pot of gold at the end of the rock and roll rainbow. His story is a bitter-sweet, heart-warming and occasionally droll tale of unlikely success, petty feuding and playful mischief during five years of growing up in the music industry. Wiser but not much richer, Michael became a bicycle courier in Soho after the Undertones split. "Sixty miles a day, fresh air, no responsibilities," he writes. "Sometimes I think it was the best job I ever had. It wasn't, of course."

Falmouth, situated on the beautiful River Fal, and with one of the finest natural harbours in the world, developed and prospered to become the base for the famous Packet Service between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries. It has a rich maritime history with many interesting buildings including Arwenack Manor, home to the infamous Killigrew family, who were responsible for the early growth of the town. With the arrival of the railway, the town soon developed a strong commercial interest with the Falmouth Docks, founded in 1859, closely followed by the growth of tourism that is still important to the town today. With excellent yachting facilities, safe bathing beaches and a wealth of attractions, the town offers a rich experience for its many visitors.

Six respected experts in the field of strength training and athlete development have come together to create this comprehensive and user-friendly guide to increasing female athletic performance. Appropriate for the weekend athlete as well as the elite, this book is free from the technical jargon that makes many serious training books unpalatable to the average reader, including an entire chapter that addresses the common questions that most women have when entering the weight room or beginning a new sport.

Bradley is back! Michael Bradley, author of the critically acclaimed 'Swords at Sunset' and other non-fiction books on the Holy Grail (he was a researcher for The Da Vinci Code movie), has now written his first novel since the 1970s, when 'Imprint' and 'The Mantouche Factor' together sold more than half-a-million copies. Now the long fiction drought is over with the release of a new novel: 'The Magdalene Mandala' draws on Bradley's enviable reputation as a Holy Grail expert to lend authenticity to a plot that twists and turns at a rapid pace, bringing together murder and intrigue, political cover-ups, the Grail...and Mary Magdalene. Added to this intoxicating literary mix are detailed descriptions of ingenious low-tech survivalist devices.

'Mowed them down wholesale!' With these words, a judge summed up the last great punitive massacre of Aboriginal people in Australia. Coniston, Central Australia, 1928: the murder of an itinerant prospector at this isolated station by local Warlpiri triggered a series of police-led expeditions that ranged over vast areas for two months, as the hunting parties shot down victims by the dozen. The official death toll, declared by the whitewash federal inquiry as being all in self-defence, was 31. The real number was certainly multiples of that. Coniston has never before been fully researched and recorded; with this book that absence in Australia's history is now filled. As the last great mass killing in our country's genocidal past but an event largely unremembered, it reminds us that, without truth, there can be no reconciliation.

How Toronto FC rescued itself from misery, carved out a niche, and became a true alternative franchise in North America's most crowded sports market. From Toronto FC's inception, the club and their fans did things their own way. When Danny Dichio scored the first goal in franchise history, fans at BMO Field threw their seat cushions onto the field in ecstasy. It looked as though TFC had a bright future ahead of it, but what followed instead was eight seasons of poor results, mismanagement, and misery. Still, TFC fans never wavered, building the most unique atmosphere in Toronto sports. When it seemed TFC was destined to become an afterthought in a city crowded with teams, the club carved out a niche by creating a winning culture unlike anything Toronto had ever seen, bringing a championship to the city in 2017. Come on You Reds takes fans behind the scenes, from the inception of TFC, through the team's lowest years, and finally, to the story of how management arguably built the best team in Major League Soccer history.

This is the final book in Michael Bradley's bestselling trilogy on Holy Grail adventures in North America from 1398 to 1571, completing the saga related in Holy Grail Across the Atlantic and Grail Knights of North America (the author's research skills were also put to good use in the movie The Da Vinci Code). In "Swords at Sunset", Bradley draws on evidence from The Book of Mormon, plus newly discovered artefacts from Lake Memphremagog and the Niagara region. Bradley offers a convincing argument that communities of Grail refugees -- who had fled the Inquisition in Europe -- were established in Niagara and Vermont before being defeated by Native tribes in 1571. "Swords at Sunset" also examines the origins of man and the concept of the Holy Grail, offering a new and different perspective of the Western religious history that has shaped so much of the entire world's history. The book presents a thought-provoking interpretation that will astonish and intrigue.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2006 im Fachbereich Germanistik - Altere Deutsche Literatur, Mediavistik, Note: 1,0, Bergische Universitat Wuppertal, Veranstaltung: Erich Auerbachs "Mimesis," 9 Quellen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Seit der Zeit der Kirchenvater wird der Zusammenhang zwischen Altem und Neuem Testament als Verhaltnis von Verheissung und Erfullung ausgelegt. Das Geschehen von Ereignissen und das Auftreten von Personen des NT sollen demnach bereits im AT angekundigt worden sein. Die Verheissung wird in der christlichen Terminologie mit Typus bezeichnet, die Erfullung des Angekundigten mit Antitypus. So ist z. B. Adam der Typus Christi: Adam hatte Teil am Sundenfall und am Ausgestossenwerden aus dem Paradies; Christus ist dann insofern der Antitypus des Adam dessen Leben die Geburt Christi verheissen soll und mit ihm die Erlosung von der menschlichen Erbsunde. Diese Form der Bibelexegese wird als typologische Interpretation oder auch als Figuraldeutung bezeichnet. Die figura als Auslegungsverfahren nimmt zwar ihren Ursprung in der Bibelausdeutung, ist aber nicht auf sie beschrankt. Gerade im Mittelalter pragte sie die Denkweise der Menschen. Und so ist sie auch in der profanen mittelalterlichen Literatur anzutreffen. Diese Arbeit untersucht die halbbiblische Verwendung der figura am Beispiel eines Philippspruches Walthers von der Vogelweide. In Kapitel 2 soll zunachst die figura exakt bestimmt und ein anschliessender Umriss ihrer Verwendungsweise gegeben werden (2.2). Dazu findet sich in 2.1 eine kurze etymologische Geschichte des Wortes figura sowie seines Bedeutungswandels hin zum Gegenstand christlich-mittelalterlicher Weltdeutung. Kapitel 3 beschaftigt sich mit dem Textmaterial und gibt eine geschichtliche Einfuhrung, die die das ausgewahlte Gedicht umrankenden historischen Hintergrunde darstellt (3.1). Im zweiten Teil des dritten Kapitels schliesslich wird das Gedicht interpretiert und aufgezeigt wie es sich durch den typologische

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2006 im Fachbereich Romanistik - Spanische Sprache, Literatur, Landeskunde, Note: 1,0, Bergische Universitat Wuppertal, Veranstaltung: Federico Garcia Lorca - Der Dichter als Mythos, 14 Quellen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Lorcas New Yorker Dichtung wurde in der Vergangenheit gemeinhin als typisch surrealistische Dichtung betrachtet. Diese Arbeit mochte der These nachgehen, dass der Gedichtszyklus Poeta en Nueva York zwar surrealistische Merkmale aufweist, aber daruber hinaus nicht mit dem Surrealismus in Verbindung gebracht werden kann. Dazu zeichnet Kapitel 1 die Entwicklung der spanischen Literatur aus dem Traditionalismus in die Avantgardebewegung nach. Ein besonderes Augenmerk gilt in 1.2 dem Surrealismus. Gerade aufgrund der surrealistischen Tendenzen in Poeta en Nueva York ist es wichtig Lorcas eigene Stilsuche zu betrachten (Kapitel 3), um aufzuzeigen, dass die Merkmale seiner Dichtung, die vielfach dafur verantwortlich sind sie unter den Surrealismus zu subsumieren, zwar Ahnlichkeiten aufweisen, doch generell unter einem anderen Gesichtspunkt zu analysieren sind. In Kapitel 4 wird ein Interpretationsansatz der Lyrik Lorcas vorgestellt. 4.1 gibt eine kurze Auslegung des Gedichtes Poema doble del lago Eden und in 4.2 erfolgt eine Analyse des Gedichtes in Hinsicht auf die Fragestellung, ob der Gedichtsband aus New York dem Surrealismus zuzurechnen ist. Seit Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts sind die literarischen Entwicklungen in Europa so vielgestaltig, dass eine Einteilung in Epochen kaum mehr sinnvoll erscheint. In Spanien erwachst aus diesem Nebeneinander der literarischen Prozesse der Generationsbegriff, mit dem eine Zuordnung der Autoren zu literarischen Stromungen zugunsten der Bundelung auf einen Zeitpunkt fallen gelassen wird. Die Darstellung einer koharenten Entwicklung der spanischen Literatur hin zur Offnung fur die zeitgenossischen europaischen Tendenzen der Avantgarde erscheint als Befreiungsversuch