Putting the Genie Back

Putting the Genie Back
Author: David Hone
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2017-06-20
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1787144488

Climate change is one of the most pervasive yet least understood issues of our generation. This book explores the climate issue from its very beginnings through to the end of the 21st Century, looking in depth at the transition challenge we collectively face.

Popularity Genie in a Bottle

Popularity Genie in a Bottle
Author: Donatella Fragiale
Publisher: Outskirts Press
Total Pages: 217
Release: 2010-09-13
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1432761102

A teenage girl who wants to be popular gets to meet characters from Biblical legends, thanks to a genie, and discuss the issue with them.

Investment Arbitration and State-Driven Reform

Investment Arbitration and State-Driven Reform
Author: Wolfgang Alschner
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2022-06-21
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0197644384

"A textbook summary of how international investment law developed over the past fifty years may go something like this. States signed thousands of largely similar international investment agreements (IIAs) to protect the property of their investors abroad. Most of these IIAs allowed foreign investors to sue host states via investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) for treaty breaches. ISDS was barely used until the late 1990s. When ISDS claims finally surged, states realized that their treaties offered greater investment protection than intended. States reacted by narrowing the commitments offered in newly concluded agreements. This backlash against investment arbitration resulted in a "new generation" of IIAs that rebalanced investment protection and host state regulatory autonomy"--

Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms

Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms
Author: John Ayto
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 419
Release: 2010-07-08
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 019954378X

Offers entries for over six thousand idioms, including seven hundred new to this edition, and provides background information, additional cross-references, and national variants.

Southend Made Me

Southend Made Me
Author: C. Webster
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2011-06-25
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1471091996

Growing up has never been so much fun! Join the writer on an exploration of his childhood in the Fifties and Sixties

Memory's Legion

Memory's Legion
Author: James S. A. Corey
Publisher: Orbit
Total Pages: 419
Release: 2022-03-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0316669148

From Leviathan Wakes to Leviathan Falls, James S. A. Corey's Hugo Award-winning Expanse series has redefined modern space opera. Now, available in print for the first time comes the complete collection of short fiction set in the Expanse universe, including both a brand-new novella set after the events of Leviathan Falls and author’s notes on each story. On Mars, a scientist experiments with a new engine that will one day become the drive that fuels humanity's journey into the stars. On an asteroid station, a group of prisoners are oblivious to the catastrophe that awaits them. On a future Earth beset by overpopulation, pollution, and poverty, a crime boss desperately seeks to find a way off planet. On an alien world, a human family struggles to establish a colony and make a new home. All these stories and more are featured in this unmissable collection of short fiction set in the hardscrabble world of The Expanse. Contents: The Expanse Short Fiction Drive The Butcher of Anderson Station The Churn Gods of Risk The Vital Abyss Strange Dogs Auberon The Sins of our Fathers --- For more from James S. A. Corey, check out: The Expanse Leviathan Wakes Caliban's War Abaddon's Gate Cibola Burn Nemesis Games Babylon's Ashes Persepolis Rising Tiamat's Wrath Leviathan Falls

Harlequin Desire November 2020 - Box Set 1 of 2

Harlequin Desire November 2020 - Box Set 1 of 2
Author: Maisey Yates
Publisher: Harlequin
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2020-11-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1488063540

Do you love stories with sexy, romantic heroes who have it all—wealth, status, and incredibly good looks? Harlequin® Desire brings you all this and more with these three new full-length titles in one collection! This box set includes: Claiming the Rancher’s Heir Gold Valley Vineyards By New York Times bestselling author Maisey Yates It’s Christmas and rancher Creed Cooper must work with his rival, Wren Maxfield—and tempers flare! But animosity becomes passion and, now, Wren is pregnant. Creed wants a marriage in name only. But as desire takes over, this may be a vow neither can keep… Vows in Name Only Billionaires of Boston By USA TODAY bestselling author Naima Simone When CEO Cain Farrell is blackmailed into marrying his enemy’s daughter, he vows it will be a marriage on paper only. But one sizzling kiss with Devon Cole changes everything. Can he look past her father’s sins to build a real future together? The Sinner’s Secret Bad Billionaires By Kira Sinclair Wrongly convicted billionaire Gray Lockwood will stop at nothing to prove his innocence, including working with the woman who put him behind bars, accountant Blakely Whittaker. But now this billionaire realizes he doesn’t just want justice, he wants her… For more stories filled with scandal and powerful heroes, look for Harlequin® Desire’s November 2020 Box set 2 of 2.