While staying at her uncle's ranch, Messina is told of a plot concerning the Dredgetown Dam that could endanger many lives. She and her gang of five boys and a dog resolve to save the day but discover that things are not always what they appear to be.

Revenge at the Spy-Catcher's Picnic

West, Anna

Children's Books

Olympic Marketing Corp

Beyond the Comfort Zone, set in Yunnan province, China, and in Thailand, concludes the Laney and Cade Trilogy, Journeys Through Scenic Chaos. Convinced by their longtime friend, Evelyn Mc Duff, to join a tour through minority villages near Lijiang, Laney and Cade soon find themselves on separate paths. Laney stays in Lijiang to give moral support to the aunt of a young tour guide who has gone missing. Once again, Laney's helpful nature puts her in danger. Cade and a friend pursue a man they suspect of having bilked them out of the money they have invested to promote his small hotels. An American expatriate, a former scholar now propelled by greed and a desire for vengeance against a former lover, links Laney and Cade and their associates to a scheme that attracts the attention of a government agent and causes Cade to face arrest unless he helps to apprehend the perpetrator of the "best sleazy business of the day."

Beyond the Comfort Zone: Book Three of Journeys Through Scenic Chaos: The Laney and Cade Trilogy

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

iUniverse, Inc.

Thomas Hardy and Animals

Thomas Hardy and Animals examines the human and nonhuman animals who walk and crawl and fly across and around the pages of Hardy's novels. Animals abound in his writings, yet little scholarly attention has been paid to them so far. This book fills this gap in Hardy studies, bringing an important author within range of a new and developing area of critical inquiry. It considers the way Hardy's representations of animals challenged ideas of human-animal boundaries debated by the Victorian scientific and philosophical communities. In moments of encounter between humans and animals, Hardy questions boundaries based on ideas of moral sense or moral agency, language and reason, the possession of a face, and the capacity to suffer and perceive pain. Through an emphasis on embodied encounters, his writings call for an extension of empathy to others, human or nonhuman. In this accessible book Anna West offers a new approach to Hardy criticism.

British & Irish

Cambridge University Press

Cooking for Kids

D&S Publishing

Detailed attention to compliance with labour and employment laws is crucial for success in setting up business in a foreign country. This book-one of a series derived from Kluwer's matchless publication International Labour and Employment Compliance Handbook-focuses on the relevant laws and regulations in the United Kingdom. It is thoroughly practical in orientation. Employers and their counsel can be assured that it fulfills the need for accurate and detailed knowledge of laws in the United Kingdom on all aspects of employment, from recruiting to termination, working conditions, compensation and benefits to collective bargaining. The volume proceeds in a logical sequence through such topics as the following: <ul> <li>written and oral contracts</li> <li>interviewing and screening</li> <li>evaluations and warnings</li> <li>severance pay</li> <li>reductions in force</li> <li>temporary workers</li> <li>trade union rights</li> <li>wage and hour laws</li> <li>employee benefits</li> <li>workers' compensation</li> <li>safety and environmental regulations</li> <li>immigration law compliance</li> <li>restrictive covenants</li> <li>anti-discrimination laws</li> <li>employee privacy rights</li> <li>dispute resolution</li> <li>recordkeeping requirements</li> </ul> A wealth of practical features such as checklists of do's and don'ts, step-by-step compliance measures, applicable fines and penalties, and much more contribute to the book's day-to-day usefulness. Easy to understand for lawyers and non-lawyers alike, this book is sure to be welcomed by business executives and human resources professionals, as well as by corporate counsel and business lawyers.

Labour and Employment Compliance in the United Kingdom

Mills, Ed

Murray, Ailie

Walls, Gareth

Ellison, Emmie

Foreign & International Law

Kluwer Law Intl

Detailed attention to compliance with labour and employment laws is crucial for success in setting up business in a foreign country. This book - one of a series derived from Kluwer''s matchless publication International Labour and Employment Compliance Handbook - focuses on the relevant laws and regulations in Spain. It is thoroughly practical in orientation. Employers and their counsel can be assured that it fulfills the need for accurate and detailed knowledge of laws in Spain on all aspects of employment, from recruiting to termination, working conditions, compensation and benefits to collective bargaining. &nbsp; The volume proceeds in a logical sequence through such topics as the following: &nbsp; ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; written and oral contracts ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; interviewing and screening ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; evaluations and warnings ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; severance pay ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; reductions in force ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; temporary workers ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; trade union rights ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; wage and hour laws ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; employee benefits ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; workers'' compensation ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; safety and environmental regulations ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; immigration law compliance ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; restrictive covenants ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; anti-discrimination laws ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; employee privacy rights ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; dispute resolution ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; recordkeeping requirements &nbsp; A wealth of practical features such as checklists of do''s and don''ts, step-by-step compliance measures, applicable fines and penalties, and much more contribute to the book''s day-to-day usefulness. Easy to understand for lawyers and non-lawyers alike, this book is sure to be welcomed by business executives and human resources professionals, as well as by corporate counsel and business lawyers.

English, Elliot

Wolters Kluwer

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