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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
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keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
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London, 1968: The body of a teenage girl is found just steps away
from the Beatles' Abbey Road recording studio.
The police are called to a residential street in St John's Wood
where an unidentified young woman has been strangled. Detective
Sergeant Cathal Breen believes she may be one of the many Beatles
fans who regularly camp outside Abbey Road Studios. With his
reputation tarnished by an inexplicable act of cowardice, this is
Breen's last chance to prove he's up to the job.
Breen is of the generation for whom reaching adulthood meant
turning into one's parents and accepting one's place in the world.
But the world around him is changing beyond recognition. Nothing
illustrates the shift more than Helen Tozer, a brazen and
rambunctious young policewoman assisting him with the case.
Together they navigate a world on edge, where conservative
tradition gives way to frightening new freedoms--and troubling new
crimes.
'William Shaw is one of the great rising talents of UK crime
fiction. This is his best book to date' Peter James 'Taut,
terrifying and timely' Val McDermid 'William Shaw is a superb
storyteller' Peter May SHE ALWAYS WENT TOO FAR DS Alexandra Cupidi
has done it again. She should have learnt to keep her big mouth
shut, after the scandal that sent her packing - resentful teenager
in tow - from the London Met to the lonely Kent coastline. Murder
is different here, among the fens and stark beaches. SHE WAS THE
ONE WHO FOUND THE KILLERS The man drowned in the slurry pit had
been herded there like an animal. He was North African, like many
of the fruit pickers that work the fields. The more Cupidi
discovers, the more she wants to ask - but these people are
suspicious of questions. AND NOW IT WAS KILLING HER It will take an
understanding of this strange place - its old ways and new crimes -
to uncover the dark conspiracy behind the murder. Cupidi is not
afraid to travel that road. But she should be. She should, by now,
have learnt. Salt Lane is the first in the new DS Alexandra Cupidi
series. With his trademark characterisation and flair for social
commentary, William Shaw has crafted a crime novel for our time
that grips you, mind and heart.
Combining engaging discussions and stimulating case studies,
BUSINESS ETHICS: A TEXTBOOK WITH CASES, International Edition
brings you a comprehensive survey of business ethics that will
guide you toward becoming an ethical professional, even if you have
never studied philosophy before. Rich with real-world examples,
BUSINESS ETHICS: A TEXTBOOK WITH CASES, International Edition
invites you to critically analyze and apply a broad range of
philosophical concepts and principles to today's most important
issues in business and beyond.
This book offers a detailed utilitarian analysis of the ethical
issues involved in war. Utilitarianism and the Ethics of War
addresses the two basic ethical questions posed by war: when, if
ever, are we morally justified in waging war, and if recourse to
arms is warranted, how are we permitted to fight the wars we wage?
In addition, it deals with the challenge that realism and
relativism raise for the ethical discussion of war, and with the
duties of military personnel and the moral challenges they can
face. In tackling these matters, the book covers a wide range of
topics-from pacifism to armed humanitarian intervention, from the
right of national defense to pre-emptive or preventive war, from
civilian immunity to the tenets of just war theory and the moral
underpinnings of the rules of war. But, what is distinctive about
this book is that it provides a consistent and thorough-going
utilitarian or consequentialist treatment of the fundamental
normative issues that war occasions. Although it goes against the
tide of recent work in the field, a utilitarian approach to the
ethics of war illuminates old questions in new ways by showing how
a concern for well-being and the consequences of our actions and
policies shape the moral constraints to which states and other
actors must adhere. This book will be of much interest to students
of the ethics of war, just war theory, moral philosophy, war and
conflict studies and IR.
This book offers a detailed utilitarian analysis of the ethical
issues involved in war. Utilitarianism and the Ethics of War
addresses the two basic ethical questions posed by war: when, if
ever, are we morally justified in waging war, and if recourse to
arms is warranted, how are we permitted to fight the wars we wage?
In addition, it deals with the challenge that realism and
relativism raise for the ethical discussion of war, and with the
duties of military personnel and the moral challenges they can
face. In tackling these matters, the book covers a wide range of
topics-from pacifism to armed humanitarian intervention, from the
right of national defense to pre-emptive or preventive war, from
civilian immunity to the tenets of just war theory and the moral
underpinnings of the rules of war. But, what is distinctive about
this book is that it provides a consistent and thorough-going
utilitarian or consequentialist treatment of the fundamental
normative issues that war occasions. Although it goes against the
tide of recent work in the field, a utilitarian approach to the
ethics of war illuminates old questions in new ways by showing how
a concern for well-being and the consequences of our actions and
policies shape the moral constraints to which states and other
actors must adhere. This book will be of much interest to students
of the ethics of war, just war theory, moral philosophy, war and
conflict studies and IR.
***The bestselling William Shaw returns with a thrilling
investigation in the unmissable new series*** 'One of the great
rising talents of UK crime fiction' PETER JAMES 'If you're not a
fan yet, why not?' VAL MCDERMID 'A superb storyteller' PETER MAY
YOU CAN RUN The two boys never fitted in. Seventeen, the worst age,
nothing to do but smoke weed; at least they have each other. The
day they speed off on a moped with a stolen mobile, they're ready
to celebrate their luck at last. Until their victim comes looking
for what's his - and ready to kill for it. YOU CAN HIDE On the
other side of Kent's wealth divide, DS Alexandra Cupidi faces the
strangest murder investigation of her career. A severed limb,
hidden inside a modern sculpture in Margate's Turner Contemporary.
No one takes it seriously - not even the artwork's owners,
celebrity dealers who act like they're above the law. YOU CAN DIE
But as Cupidi's case becomes ever more sinister, as she wrangles
with police politics and personal dilemmas, she can't help worrying
about those runaway boys. Seventeen, the same age as her own
headstrong daughter. Alone, on the marshes, they're pawns in
someone else's game. Two worlds are about to collide. Kent and its
social divisions are brilliantly captured in Deadland, a crime
thriller that's as ingeniously unguessable as it is moving and
powerful.
A SHOTS MAG BOOK OF THE YEAR THE STUNNING FOURTH BOOK IN THE DS
ALEXANDRA CUPIDI INVESTIGATIONS FROM ONE OF CRIME FICTION'S FINEST
WRITERS A DOUBLE MURDER The naked corpses of Aylmer and Mary Younis
are discovered in their home. The only clues are a note written in
blood and an eerie report of two spectral figures departing the
crime scene. Officer Jill Ferriter is charged with investigating
the murders while her colleague Alex Cupidi is on leave, recovering
from post-traumatic stress. AN ELABORATE SCAM The dead couple had
made investments in a green reforestry scheme in Guatemala,
resulting in the loss of all their savings. What is more disturbing
is that Cupidi and Ferriter's disgraced former colleague and friend
Bill South is also on the list of investors and the Younis's were
not the only losers. AN UNLIKELY KILLER Despite being in
counselling and receiving official warnings to stay away from
police work Cupidi finds herself dragged into the case and begins
to trawl among the secrets and lies that are held in the fishing
community of Folkestone. Desperate to exonerate South she finds
herself murderously compromised when personal relationships cloud
her judgement. Pacey, intense and riddled with surprising twists,
The Trawlerman shows that deceit can be found in the most unlikely
places. The brooding waters of the Kent coastline offer an ominous
backdrop for this lively page-turner of corruption, mental health
and the complexities of human connection.
'If you're not a fan yet, why not?' VAL MCDERMID 'A superb
storyteller' PETER MAY A BIZARRE DISCOVERY An unidentified corpse
is found in a freezer in the garage of an unoccupied house. DS
Alexandra Cupidi is handed a case that is made even colder by
no-one seeming to know or care whose body it is. A HISTORIC CRIME
It becomes clear there is a connection between the crime and a
skeleton uncovered underneath a housing development of Trevor Grey,
a boy who went missing twenty five years earlier. A BURIED LIFE
Digging deep into secrets that have long been concealed brings
Cupidi to face a deadly conspiracy to hide these crimes. Her
investigation is complicated by a secret liaison, a political
cover-up and the underground life of Trevor Grey's only friend.
With meticulously realised characters and a brooding setting,
Grave's End confronts the crisis in housing, environmentalism,
historic cases of abuse and the protection given to badgers by the
law. The third book in the DS Alexandra Cupidi series confirms
William Shaw as one of our finest writers of crime fiction
WHAT DRIVES GOOD MEN TO MURDER? 'If you're not a fan yet, why not?'
Val McDermid 'The most gripping book I've read in years. William
Shaw is, quite simply, an outstanding storyteller' Peter May 'Grips
the reader by the throat and never lets go' Independent Sergeant
William South has always avoided investigating murder. A passionate
birdwatcher and quiet man, he has few relationships and prefers it
that way. But when his only friend is found brutally beaten,
South's detachment is tested. Not only is he bereft - it seems that
there's a connection between the suspect and himself. For South has
a secret. He knows the kind of rage that killed his friend. He
knows the kind of man who could do it. He knows, because Sergeant
William South himself is a murderer. Moving from the storm-lashed,
bird-wheeling skies of the Kent Coast to the wordless war of the
Troubles, The Birdwatcher is a crime novel of suspense,
intelligence and powerful humanity about fathers and sons, grief
and guilt and facing the darkness within.
MORAL ISSUES IN BUSINESS, 13E examines the moral dilemmas that are
common to today's business climate and gives readers the analytical
tools to resolve those issues. Using a combination of true stories,
interesting reading selections, and a conversational writing style,
this edition prepares readers for the moral quandaries awaiting
them in the professional world. Featured topics include: the nature
of morality, individual integrity and responsibility, economic
justice, pitfalls of capitalism, and corporations' responsibilities
to consumers and the environment. Plus, this edition also discusses
situation-specific concepts such as downsizing, whistle blowing,
sexual harassment, job discrimination, animal abuse, and drug
testing.
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