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Three middle-class sixth-form girls leave their independent boarding school in the summer of 1918, having been told by the headmistress that their marriage prospects have been weakened through military losses incurred during the Great War. Land for a Lost Generation follows their progress over the next two decades.

Robert is not your normal vicar. He sleeps in open graves, he eats deep-fried tarantulas, he's written Plague!, a musical about the Black Death.One night, a gargoyle in his church comes alive and makes a pass at him.Then things get really weird.Robert is challenged to rescue the world from pure Evil. To do so, he has to lie, cheat and murder his way through scenes of high comedy and terrifying darkness.He encounters Knights Templar and takes p...

Children are hungry - but not for their dinner. A man trapped inside the body of an android. Jack the Ripper's true identity finally revealed. How Burke and Hare started their grave-robbing business. The story of Oedipus, who killed his father and married his mother. A photographer who develops his skills in quite the wrong way. The tragic death of King Arthur at Camelot. A taxidermist who oversteps the mark. Death gives infamous executioners ...

Born in 1950s London, Frank Peters was brought up amid the chaos of East End crime and violence, surrounded by severely dysfunctional characters. Growing up, he cracks safes, commits burglary, beats people up and later deals in hard drugs and money laundering. He gets caught up in police and prison corruption, is a central figure in one of the most horrific murders of the last twenty years, has problems with long-term relationships, spends twe...

Recently there has been a major revival of interest in the connections between evolutionary theory, especially that of Darwin, and moral reasoning and action. This wide-ranging and clearly written book traces the history of evolutionary ethics and takes readers through the arguments involved.

This work investigated the suitability of automotive clearcoat as a nuclear weapon yield sensor, using the change in elastic modulus as the primary metric. The AFIT Xenon Thermal Simulator (AXTS) was used to simulate a nuclear thermal pulse. The elastic modulus of the clearcoat was measured using a nano indenter. During this research the power density of the AXTS beam was increased from 44.7 to 63.7 W/cm2. The morphological steps through which...

Vier spannende Rettungsaktionen mit den Wonder Pets!: Kommt mit in den Zirkus! Rettet das Rattentrio! - Rettet die Fiedel-Krabbe! Rettet das Gürteltier! - Rettet den Besucher! Rettet den Baum! - Rettet den Elefanten! Vier aufregende Abenteuer mit den Wonder Pets!: Rettet die Käfer! - Drei Wonder Pets und ein Baby! Rettet das Schaf! - Rettet den Einsiedlerkrebs! Rettet das Chamäleon! - Rettet das Schnabeltier! Rettet das Entchen! - R...

Charles Darwin is easily the most famous scientist of the modern age, and his theory of evolution is constantly referenced in many contexts by scientists and nonscientist alike. And yet, despite how frequently his ideas are evoked, there remains a surprising amount we don't know about the father of modern evolutionary thinking, his intellectual roots, and the science he produced. Debating Darwin seeks to change that, bringing together two lead...

This Companion commemorates the 150th anniversary of the publication of the Origin of Species and examines all of its main arguments.

Commemorates the 150th anniversary of the publication of "The Origin Of Species" and examines its main arguments.