Matthew Hall
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Language
English
Description
Written with a genuine passion for the game, 'The Away Game' gets beyond the usual stories and takes us to the should of Australians plying their trade overseas as professional footballers from the English Premier League to the Bundesliga, and from Serie A to Wollongong. Hall travelled around the world for more than a year meeting everyone from players whose names are not known struggling in little known competitions, through to multimillion dollar...
2) If I Started to Cry, I Wouldn't Stop': What I Talk About When I Talked About Football and Australia
Author
Language
English
Description
“If I started to cry, I wouldn't stop” a quote taken from former Australian football captain, Lucas Neill, is a snapshot in time - of the glorious, problematic, and cursed path of football in Australia (yes, all those things), starting with Mark Bosnich in Sydney in 1996 and ending with Harry Kewell in Istanbul in 2009 - and many things in between.
Author
Language
English
Description
Examines the role of plants in botanical mythology, from Aboriginal Australia to Zoroastrian Persia.
Plants have a remarkable mythology dating back thousands of years. From the ancient Greeks to contemporary Indigenous cultures, human beings have told colorful and enriching stories that have presented plants as sensitive, communicative, and intelligent. This book explores the myriad of plant tales from around the world and the groundbreaking ideas...
4) The coroner
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Series
Jenny Cooper ; 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
When lawyer, Jenny Cooper, is appointed Severn Vale District Coroner, she's hoping for a quiet life and space to recover from a traumatic divorce, but the office she inherits from the recently deceased Harry Marshall contains neglected files hiding dark secrets and a trail of buried evidence.
5) The burning
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Series
Language
English
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Description
In the icy, languid days following Christmas, a dense fog has settled over the Wye Valley. Local Coroner Jenny Cooper, still reeling after being abandoned by her partner for the festivities, is called to the scene of a dreadful tragedy: a house has been burned to the ground, revealing its terrible secrets. Before the fire began, a man, Ed Morgan, shot his two stepdaughters dead, before turning the gun on himself. His infant son is still missing.
6) The flight
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Series
Language
English
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Description
Coroner Jenny Cooper returns in her most explosive journey yet... When Flight 189 plunges into the Severn Estuary, Coroner Jenny Cooper finds herself handling the case of a lone sailor whose boat appears to have been sunk by the stricken plane, and drawn into the mysterious fate of a ten-year-old girl, Amy Patterson, a passenger on 189, whose largely unmarked body is washed up alongside his. While a massive and highly secretive operation is launched...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
An urban environmentalist goes on a killing spree against developers spoiling New York City with ugly projects. When he is captured and hospitalized a nurse helps him escape, for which she is fired. So he adds her director to his hit list. As the toll mounts, the FBI asks the nurse's help to capture him, placing her in a quandary. By the author of Nightmare Logic.
8) Kavanagh Q.C
Publisher
BFS Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
In A sense of loss, Kavanagh struggles to defend a troubled youth who refuses to co-operate on his own behalf after he is accused of killing a policewoman.
In A stranger in the family, Kavanagh uncovers a web of lies, deceit and blackmail when working on a personal injury case.
In Job satisfaction, tragedy, harassment and grief hound Kavanagh as he defends a young woman, who along with her brother, is accused of murdering their father and stepmother....
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
In a cutthroat legal world where truth and justice fight a constant battle. Jack Roper is used to relying on his wits to win cases. But when he turns down a lucrative job offer from his mentor to strike out on his own, he not only risks their friendship but also his career.
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Eighteen months ago, mother-of-three Faith had her cozy life thrown into chaos after the disappearance of her husband, Evan. Still striving to keep her family together, Faith must fulfill Evan's debt to a vicious crime family even as she fights her attraction to a former client. Then a local farmer is found dead, and his wife, Madlen, is arrested for his murder. --
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Accused of fabricating a defense for his client, Manchester lawyer, Jack Roper throws his life and the lives of his legal team into turmoil after his single-minded pursuit of the truth puts his career in jeopardy. Tensions run high between Jack's chambers and those of the prosecution, headed by his one-time mentor, Laurence Scammel, much to the annoyance of Laurence's daughter, Laura. Relations become more complex between Charlie Darling and his wife,...
Author
Series
Keeping Faith ; 3
Language
English
Description
Faith warns against letting Madlen testify, but when Faith is called away for a family emergency, Cerys is forced to put Madlen on the stand. As the trial climaxes, Faith tries to keep it together while DI Breeze continues his campaign against them.
Author
Series
Keeping Faith ; 5
Language
English
Description
As Steve's daughter recovers in the hospital, Gael ramps up the pressure on Faith to close the deal with Corran Energy. Evan tries to adjust to life at home, but DI Breeze insists that Evan wear a wire to his next meeting with Gael.
Author
Series
Keeping Faith ; 1
Language
English
Description
Eighteen months after Evan's sudden return, Faith is still in debt to criminal kingpin Gael Reardon, while Evan languishes in prison. When the body of local farmer William Vaughan is found shot in the chest, Faith rushes to help his wife, Madlen, who has been arrested for his murder.
Author
Series
Keeping Faith ; 2
Language
English
Description
Despite never having worked on a homicide before, Faith and Cerys take over Madlen's case and end up on a collision course with Tom. Meanwhile, DI Breeze pressures Evan for information about Faith.
Author
Series
Keeping Faith ; 4
Language
English
Description
After Madlen's sentencing, Faith vows to find William's killer, but first she must contend with the other crises in her life. Evan's approaching early release brings conflicting emotions for the family, and DI Williams shares shocking new evidence with Faith.
Author
Series
Keeping Faith ; 6
Language
English
Description
Gael manages to turn the tables on the Corran Energy deal, but she refuses to release Faith from her debt. Faith gets closer to identifying the mysterious woman in the photograph, but what she finds may change her relationship with Evan forever.
Author
Series
Keeping Faith ; 4
Language
English
Description
After receiving a threatening letter, Faith takes the kids to stay at a hotel, where Steve tells her that Evan may have had ties to the Glynns, a notorious criminal family. While Faith follows the new lead, the police search for a body but find other evidence instead.
Author
Series
Keeping Faith ; 6
Language
English
Description
When the police find Evan's car by the docks, a known suicide spot, Williams brings Faith back into the station and locks her in a cell overnight. The next morning, Cerys represents Faith as Williams grills Faith about her relationship with Steve.