Palgrave Macmillan

Christiana Gregoriou's book, now available in paperback, attempts to redefine the boundaries of an endlessly fascinating genre by exploring three aspects of deviance that contemporary crime fiction manipulates: linguistic, social, and generic. It includes detailed case studies on James Patterson, Michael Connelly and Patricia Cornwell....

This book provides a comprehensive review of the prospects for financial markets in the face of rapid technological development and international integration. It looks at the prospects for improving efficiency in securities markets, payments and settlement systems, and the custody of securities. It offers a revolutionary new approach, which uses...

Part 2 deals with the relations with communist parties in the leading capitalist nations. ...

This is the second volume of Peter Ackroyd's masterful history of England: the "Tudors". Rich in detail and atmosphere and told in vivid prose, "Tudors" recounts the transformation of England from a settled Catholic country to a Protestant superpower. It is the story of Henry VIII's cataclysmic break with Rome, and his relentless pursuit of both...

Debates about the causes and impacts of global environmental degradation go to the heart of economic and political systems and raise fundamental questions about power and inequity in a globalized world. The comprehensively revised 2nd edition of this popular text provides wide-ranging coverage of the international negotiations and on assessment of...

Vair, the brave young pine marten, and his companions have made their way to Eaglesmount. The silver horn is theirs - and the Lord Owl has retreated. But their request is not over. Two truths are to revealed - why the eagle kings fell from the skies, and who will be their heir. ...