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The essays presented in The Ian Willock Collection on Law and
Justice in the Twenty-First Century by those who knew Ian Willock
as well as those who have been inspired by his concerns represent
the wide compass of Ian’s interests. These range from a concern
with the development of legal regulation to the relationship
between social change and the justice system, as well as his
particularly interest in the limitations on the accessibility of
the justice system. This tribute provides a microcosm of the
changes and shifts which occurred in legal education and the legal
profession in the years between 1964 and the current century. The
profound impact of Ian Willock’s life work is evident through the
wide-ranging essays in this collection.
The original Welsh stories of these beloved characters and their
world for the first time in English The stories in Tales of Merlin,
Arthur, and the Magic Arts deal with well-known figures from
medieval Britain who will be familiar to many readers-though not
from the versions presented here. These freshly translated tales
emerge from the remarkable and enormous sixteenth-century Chronicle
of the Six Ages of the World by the Welshman Elis Gruffydd. Tales
of Merlin, Arthur, and the Magic Arts revives the original legends
of these Welsh heroes alongside stories of the continued survival
of the magical arts, from antiquity to the Renaissance, and the
broader cultural world of the Welsh. These stories provide a vivid
and faithful rendering of Merlin, Arthur, and the many original
folktales left out of the widespread accounts of their exploits.
The story is set in the United Kakedom, an island bigger than
Iceland and smaller than Greenland. It is a circular island
containing four countries of exactly the same size - like four
quarters of a cake. These countries are Eggland, Sconeland, Pieland
and Waffles. The people who live there are called crumbs. The
crumbs are ruled by a Queen and she is helped by her Prime
Minister. At the time of this story the Queen's name is Cranberry
and the Prime Minister's name is Mrs Cheese Sandwich. Cheese
Sandwich is married to Ham, a writer. They have two pugs called
Louie and Zucchie, adopted from a rescue home. Unknown to the
Sandwiches, prior to meeting the pugs Louie made a promise to a
lady pug; that he and Zucchie would give her the world's tastiest
bone. The world's tastiest bone belonged to the Ancient Egyptian
King, Pug Tootandfarten. It has been lent by the Egyptian Queen,
Juniper, to the Museum of Bones in Eggdon, the capital city of
Eggland. No pugs are allowed inside the museum, only labradors.
Louie decides to build a robot labrador to steal the bone. The
robbery is successful, but Queen Cranberry has ordered two hounds
from the Dog Police to catch the thieves. If the bone is not
returned to the Cairo Museum, Queen Juniper has threatened that
Egypt will not sell the United Kakedom any Bogtrax toilet paper.
The United Kakedom will be in the poop, as Egypt is the only
manufacturer of toilet paper in the world. If the pugs are caught
they face a trial, watched by the crumbs of the United Kakedom, and
a prison sentence. If the pugs are found guilty Cheese Sandwich
will lose her job, and the pugs will lose their home.
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Flesh (Paperback)
Patrick Ford
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R519
Discovery Miles 5 190
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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Two young lovers, separated by circumstance, find each other
despite distance and war. Jack fears he will never see Susan and
his child, but in the horror that is Vietnam, he comes across the
clue that will result in their reunion. A story of love war and the
strength of the human spirit. From Brisbane to Boston, Sydney to
Saigon, this story will tug at your heartstrings
Jack and Susan Riordan return to their farm. However, he retains
his commission in the army reserve. On an exercise in northern
Australia, he encounters pirates and frees a ship they had
captured. The pirate leader, a Muslim extremist, vows vengeance. He
pursues Jack to the USA, where his attempt at terrorism fails. Back
in Australia, Jack and Susan fight drought and falling markets
until they finally triumph and established a farming dynasty. But
danger still lurks in the form of two more terrorists who break out
of jail and seek to kill Jack and his family. Will they survive?
The story of Jack Riordan, who served in two wars, acquired a
sawmill and finally, the farmland he always craved. A fabulous
story of pioneering spirit, bravery, hard work and the support of a
loving family.
Occupied France is under the control of the Nazis, but there are
some who will not accept this state of affairs. Dominique is one of
these. She helps downed airmen escape into Spain, until she meets
Jack, an Australian bomber pilot. They fall in love but are
separated by the war. After the war, Dominique searches for Jack
without success. More than forty years later, Dominique's daughter
discovers what had happened to her father. Finally, she comes to
Australia to meet her relatives, who do not know of her existence,
and in the process, finds a true love of her own. Book 1 of the
Jack Riordan Trilogy
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Invisible (Paperback)
Patrick Ford
bundle available
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R456
Discovery Miles 4 560
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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Patrick and Michael ('young Jack') go on a hiking trip to Europe
with their girlfriends. They stumble upon a lost cache of WW2 gold
and set in motion a chase across Germany, where they uncover a
blackmail attempt on the USA by a former Stasi General. They are
captured and escape and help the CIA andf the Germans to avoid the
threat.
Hans is an old soldier, a refugee from post-war Germany. Patrick
Riordan befriends him and learns his story. When the old man is
arrested and charged with war crimes in the camps in Poland,
Patrick and his father Jack set off for Europe to find his missing
sister to prove his identity. Meanwhile, the real criminal has been
living in Florida. He flees after being recognised by a camp
survivor and goes to ground. In Europe, a group of old Nazis try to
stop Jack and Patrick finding the truth and exposing the real
criminal, They send men to kill them and the sister they find. They
have not bargained on a man like Jack Riordan, and their attempts
fail. Their activities bring them to the attention of the Israelis
who have hunted them since the war's end. Will they save their
friend, or will the real criminal be brought to justice?
When Peter Andrews is called to British Columbia to identifiy the
body of his brother, he finds himself embroiled in an international
plot to inflict great damage on the United States. It is a plot
that has been ten years in the making, the brain child of a Middle
Eastern madman. Peter meets Lucy, a member of the Royal Canadian
Mounted Police, the famed 'Mounties', and together they battle to
uncover and foil the plot. This is an explosive and erotic story,
filled with action, a story that will set your heart racing, a
story that shows how vulnerable we all are to the actions of any
dictator with an insane agenda. It reminds us once more that the
price of peace is eternal vigilance.
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Horses (Paperback)
Patrick Ford
bundle available
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R452
Discovery Miles 4 520
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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This is one man's story, a man whose skill with horses becomes
legendary. Through two World Wars, The Great Depression and into
the twilight of his years, he loses his sweetheart and his brothers
to the war, until, in later years, he finds a kind of love and
happiness. A story of the futility of war, but of the great bonds
between a man and his horses, bonds he valued more than the bonds
between man and woman.
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