![]() ![]() I'd actually already worked for the University in around 2000/2001 for 6 months in the Security Services team. Gradually, I moved more into the management side of things, which I really enjoyed as there's a lot more involved, so I started to look for Facilities Management posts. I did a lot of work for the MOD as a civilian contractor, mostly the upkeep and installing of servers and looking after the avionic computers on transport aircraft on RAF bases that log flight times, wind speeds and plane faults. ![]() Due to my background as a builder, this lead on to shop fitting for customised cabinets and control rooms. I worked in IT for around 13 years, and that mainly involved installing and setting up servers and copper/fibre networks. ![]()
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Three British Lieutenants - David Stirling, Jock Lewes and Paddy Mayne - have an idea for a force that will operate behind enemy lines, attacking key installations - airfields, supply depots etc. British forces are on the retreat in North Africa and Rommel is heading for Egypt. ![]() ![]() He loves to travel and dine out with his partner of many years, Kit Silver, and can be seen at furry conventions in California, around the country, and abroad. ![]() He was not born in California, but now considers it his home. In 2011, he released Isolation Play, the sequel to Out of Position Weasel Presents, a collection of stories in Argaea In the Doghouse of Justice, a collection of superhero stories and Science Friction, a college sex farce. ![]() Other strange things he likes to write about include mystical decks of cards, superheroes, and sports his novel Out of Position takes place in the world of professional football. 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Keir doesn't know why someone wants him dead until fate reveals the secret of his mysterious past. One: don't fall in love with the dazzling Lady Merritt Sterling. They couldn't be more different, but their attraction is powerful, raw and irresistible.įrom the moment Keir MacRae arrives in London, he has two goals. But then she meets Keir MacRae, a rough-and-rugged Scottish whisky distiller, and all her sensible plans vanish like smoke. So far, she's been too smart to provide them with one. Lady Merritt Sterling, a strong-willed young widow who's running her late husband's shipping company, knows London society is dying to catch her in a scandal. The devil never tries to make people do the wrong thing by scaring them. New York Times bestseller Lisa Kleypas returns with an enthralling and steaming romance between a Scot with a mysterious past and strong-willed lady looking for adventure-and love. ![]() ![]() ![]() Get Heartbreaker at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, or Apple Books. 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He finds whales that communicate with other whales hundreds of miles away, sharks that swim in unerringly straight lines through pitch-black waters, and other strange phenomena. ![]() New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice įascinated by the sport of freediving-in which competitors descend great depths on a single breath-James Nestor embeds with a gang of oceangoing extreme athletes and renegade researchers. From the bestselling author of Breath, a "fascinating, informative, exhilarating" voyage from the ocean's surface to its darkest trenches (Wall Street Journal) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() These disputes have the potential to increase into the future as economic interests and concerns over food security intensify. Furthermore, the book looks at regional resource disputes which have a long history. ![]() Special attention is given to the role of navies and non-state actors. 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The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOSC) represents one of the most successful examples of multilateral treaty making in the modern era. ![]() ![]() ![]() And Juston Gordon-Montgomery has put together one of the most fascinating, ambitious and simply fun ideas for a children's animated series with Invincible Fight Girl, in which the group of underdog characters is absolutely irresistible ”.Īmy Friedman, Head of Kids & Family Programming, Warner Bros., added: “Cartoon Network has always been the home base for kids and families to discover out-of-the-box shows that have become iconic classics. “Victor Courtright has created an imaginative world in Driftwood that will transport audiences to a whole new universe. “Cartoon Network Studios is a creator-led studio, and these two projects underscore our commitment to being the home of artists to tell bold and original stories,” said Sam Register, President, Cartoon Network Studios and Warner Bros. HBO Max and Cartoon Network expanded their growing list of original animated shows today, announcing two new projects from Cartoon Network Studios: Driftwood, a 90-minute animated space adventure family film event from executive producer / creator Victor Courtright (Aquaman: King of Atlantis) and Invincible Fight Girl, a half-hour action comedy series from first executive producer and creator Juston Gordon-Montgomery (DC Super Hero Girls), one of Animation Magazine's Rising Stars of Animation 2022. ![]() ![]() His work was translated and published widely in the United States and in Europe. ![]() ![]() In 1961, he came to international attention when he received the first International Publishers' Prize Prix Formentor. In 1955, he was appointed director of the National Public Library (Biblioteca Nacional) and professor of Literature at the University of Buenos Aires. He was a target of political persecution during the Peron regime, and supported the military juntas that overthrew it.ĭue to a hereditary condition, Borges became blind in his late fifties. He also worked as a librarian and public lecturer. On his return to Argentina in 1921, Borges began publishing his poems and essays in Surrealist literary journals. ![]() In 1914, his family moved to Switzerland where he attended school and traveled to Spain. Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo, usually referred to as Jorge Luis Borges (Spanish pronunciation: ), was an Argentine writer and poet born in Buenos Aires. ![]() ![]() ![]() Seventeen-year-old Tolya Korolenko is half Ukrainian, half Polish, and he joined the Soviet Red Army to keep himself alive and fed. After the Soviet liberation of Lwów from Germany, the city remains a battleground between resistance fighters and insurgent armies, its loyalties torn between Poland and Ukraine. I think Tolya has left my heart a little damaged forever.” -Elizabeth Wein, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of Code Name Verity and The Enigma Game “Alive with detail and vivid with insight, Traitor is an effortlessly immersive account of a shocking and little-known moment in the turbulent history of Poland and Ukraine-and ironically, a piercing and bittersweet story of unflinching loyalty. ![]() ![]() Amanda McCrina's Traitor is a tightly woven YA thrill ride exploring political conflict, deep-seated prejudice, and the terror of living in a world where betrayal is a matter of life or death. ![]() |