The provision of an adequate means of escape from fire is fundamental to the design of new buildings and to the alteration, change of use or extension of existing buildings. It is essential that means of escape are considered at the earliest stage of a project as mistakes are very expensive to correct later in the design. There is a great deal of legislation on means of escape design and control, but this is scattered throughout a large number of statutes, regulations and guidance documents. Many buildings need to be licensed and/or registered, as well as requiring certification and Building Regulation compliance. This book provides an invaluable reference on the subject for architects, surveyors and building control officers. It: ? identifies the legislation which applies to any particular building use  ? describes the general principles of designing means of escape, together with a ten step approach for a range of residential and non-residential buildings  ? considers alternative design options based on fire safety engineering  ? outlines fire safety management in premises in use as an aid to employers, who have a statutory duty to undertake fire risk assessments.

Means of Escape from Fire

Ferguson, Anthony

Billington, M. J.

Copping, Alex

History

Wiley/Blackwell

This scholarly study of the centuries-long history of fornicatory dolls examines the enduring obsession with creating an idealized, silent female sexual object and the manifestations of this desire through the ages in mythology, literature, art, philosophy and science. This particular sexual impulse has been expressed in a great variety of forms such as statues, mannequins, sex dolls, and gynoids (robots). In particular this study focuses on the evolution of the sex doll through its original incarnation as a sack cloth effigy, through the marketing of inflatable dolls, to the current elaborate cyber-technology figures, in an attempt to discover the hidden drives and desires which fuel this ongoing fantasy of creating a perfect, powerless, silent partner.

The Sex Doll: A History

Americas

McFarland Company

Notorious, numerous and varied, serial murderers from Australia have an eclectic record of crimes, methods and trademarks. Scrutinizing these murderers at length, this book aims to identify characteristics exclusive to Australian serial killers, connecting the crimes with the continent's geography, culture and social structure. Featured are murderers like the "Granny Killer" John Wayne Glover, William "The Sydney Mutilator" McDonald and "Backpacker Killer" Ivan Milat. Also covered are well-known events like the Snowtown Murders and killer couples like David and Catherine Birnie. Unique in the true crime genre, this book studies fictional Australian murderer Mick Taylor to examine how pop culture portrayals develop the distinct psychology of killers from "down under.

Murder Down Under: Notorious Australian Serial Killers

Australia & Oceania

Exposit Books

To describe someone's emotions is one of the most difficult things a human being can do. While not technically difficult like calculating mathematics, to put thoughts and emotions into words that accurately describe them is simply beyond any person's normal ability. To illustrate bereavement, much less any kind of loss, is a herculean demand unfairly imposed on anyone in times of great loss. To illustrate someone's loss without their presence, however, goes far beyond the definition of herculean into the realm of ludicrously impossible. The very notion of speaking for someone else, a lifelong friend no less, would turn people away and rightfully so. The task alone is plenty difficult for the grieving individual. Most turning away from this is the expected and normal outcome. Yet for a select group of friends they must do that. A select few friends must retrace Michael Crawford's life journey for it has been lost to time. A life journey filled with calamity and loss unfair to any human being. Even the starting line the friends agree on is little more than a Prelude to Bereavement. A build up to a heartbreaking loss that will set Michael Crawford down the road to infamy.

Children of the Sun: Prelude to Bereavement

Teen & Young Adult

Literature & Fiction

Page Publishing, Inc.

A grieving gator-man enacts a terrible revenge on the killer who wronged him. A cab driver struggles to eke out a living in a post-apocalyptic world plagued by sex-crazed zombies. A serial killer's desires are impeded by his arachnophobia. A would-be thief encounters an unexpected obstacle in a very protective sex doll. A jilted lover finds that black magic ain't all it's cracked up to be. A middle-aged bachelor finds his aging mother mysteriously reinvigorated. A young soldier discovers horrors worse than the enemy in Vietnam. Rest in Pieces is the debut collection of short stories from Australian Shadows Award winner Anthony Ferguson. Spanning over fifteen years, this infernal showcase contains the best of Ferguson's published short fiction and four brand new tales.

Rest in Pieces: Short Stories

Genre Fiction

IFWG Publishing International

"In compiling this anthology, it was my intention to focus on stories of crime motivated by hate. Not racially, politically, or religiously motivated violence, even though these are labeled 'hate crimes' in contemporary media. Edgar Allan Poe's The Casque of Amontillado opens the anthology and The Interlopers by Saki (H.H. Munro) provides an appropriately hateful bookend as the final tale. In between these two classic stories you will find seven very imaginative and original creations by incredibly talented contemporary authors:Jennifer Trumbull gives us her take on what happens when a privileged young woman with everything going for her decides to kill someone in the aptly titled I Hate You. Randall Smith cautions Don't Be Stupid in his disturbing tale of an eleven-year-old boy who's not quite right. Psychopaths, Grieving and Timeslips is a most unusual novella from P.K. Kleypas. It deals with hate and the ensuing guilt it can arouse in 'normal' people forced to deal with psychopathic family members. SF by Steven Purselley is a coming-of-age tale of profound darkness. The Last Ray of Summer by Anthony Ferguson is another tale of family drama and the extreme measures required to end the acts of a sociopathic father. Che Trujillo offers an inside look at the initiatory practices of an urban gang and a glimpse into the mind of a victim turned killer in Cherry Boy.Crepuscular, my own contribution to this collection, tells of the lingering consequences crimes of hate can generate even decades after the fact.So, immerse yourself in the strange situations and states of consciousness we have conjured for your amusement. And, be cautioned against unleashing your own crimes of hate on the unsuspecting world."Bret McCormick

Crimes of Hate

McCormick, Bret

Smith, Randall

POE, EDGAR ALLAN

Trumbull, Jennifer

Kleypas, P.K.

Purselley, Steven

Trujillo, Che

(H.H. Munro), Saki

Hellbound Books Publishing

Black Sheep: Unique Tales of Terror and Wonder No. 9: March 2024

Schulman, Michael

Spitzer, Wayne Kyle

LaFountaine, Keith

Green, Christian

Brenza, Andrew

Ross, J. Paul

Honaker, Ryan

Cesarini, Paul

Independently published

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