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When Commissario Brunetti is visited by a young bureaucrat concerned to investigate the lack of official approval for the building of his apartment years before, his first reaction, like any other Venetian, even a cop, is to think of whom he knows who might bring pressure to bear on the relevant local government department. But when the bureaucrat...

When Mr Croc reads a detective story, he decides to be the next Sherlock Holmes! He is desperate to play the part of the great detective in the local play, but no one seems to recognise his talent. Then Mr Croc discovers that there is a real-life mystery to solve - a jewel thief is targeting the theatre. Mr Croc steps up and offers to...

Every so often, a startling book emerges that gives voice to a new or previously unexamined societal trend. Alan M. Dershowitz's provocative new work, "Preemption", is just such a book, chronicling a paradigm shift in America's approach to controlling destructive conduct. As he reveals, America is moving - whether in its manner of fighting crime or...

quot;It was sometimes called the echo cave, and if you shouted your question loud enough in the right direction, you got an answer instead of an echo...quot;Clare and David--divided as children by a rigid social code that branded her as shanty Irish and him as gentry...brought together as adults by a desire that knew no class, no barriers, only the...

Full colour, pull out sheetmap; Illustrated highlights cover Notre Dame, the Louvre, Versailles, Monte Carlo Casino, Marseilles Vieux Port, Mont St Michel; The planning section features the following: This is France, France's Top Experiences, Top Itineraries, Month by month, What's New, Get Inspired, Need to Know;...

This is a book on the artwork produced by 'insiders' i.e. prisoners and ex-inmates of Her Majesty's Prison Service. The book is laid out as an art catalogue. It starts with an essay on the whole principle of teaching art in prisons, and about how it can help with rehabilitation. It profiles (in words and images) many of the prisoners or ex-inmates...