Set in the 1960's and based on the many events in a true life story. Alex Cohen, out of the necessity to provide for his family, has learnt about business from a very early age. As he becomes increasingly overstretched in his business dealings, he enters into the dark world of criminality, to fund his ever increasing desire for the high life. He unwittingly finds himself linked to an East End gang, with the police trying to nail him for his involvement. But Alex has an ace up his sleeve, whether or not he can play it, remains to be seen.

Discover Gillian Godden's action-packed gangland thrillers! Diamond by name... Handsome, wealthy and successful, lawyer Nick Diamond is a man who commands and expects respect from everyone he meets. People think he is a man to be trusted. They are wrong. Deadly by nature. Because away from his glittering life in upper-class Chelsea, Nick is keeping a dark and dangerous secret. One that takes him to the slum estates of Glasgow and a very different world. Nick will do anything to keep his secret under wraps, because if it’s ever revealed it would be his downfall. Don't miss this brilliant new gangland story from Gillian Godden - guaranteed to keep you on the edge of your seat! Perfect for fans of Kimberley Chambers, Heather Atkinson and Caz Finlay. What people are saying about Gillian Godden! 'An edge of your seat read that will leave you breathless!' Bestselling author, Kerry Kaya. 'Characters were so real I'm still looking over my shoulder! Bestselling author Owen Mullen.

The complexity of media that now sees multiple channels accessed through multiple devices has created major challenges for today's marketing and advertising professionals. Consumer time is split between TVs, laptops, iPads, X-Boxes and smartphones, with traditional media, websites, videos, social networks and apps all competing for attention, meaning it's difficult for brands to decide how best to reach and engage their audiences. Paid, Owned, Earned defines the constituents of each area of 'paid', 'owned' and 'earned' media and shows how they are linked together. It proposes a blueprint for how to think and navigate across this space using a framework made up of key elements such as communities and content, social media optimisation, seeding and viral distribution, broadcast mass media, social performance media and measurement.

S. L. Huang's Null Set is the breakout sf thriller for fans of John Scalzi and Greg Rucka Math-genius mercenary Cas Russell has decided to Fight Crime(tm). After all, with her extraordinary mathematical ability, she can neuter bombs or out-shoot an army. And the recent outbreak of violence in the world’s cities is Cas’s fault—she’s the one who crushed the organization of telepaths keeping the world’s worst offenders under control. But Cas’s own power also has a history, one she can’t remember—or control. One that's creeping into her mind and fracturing her sanity...just when she’s gotten herself on the hit list of every crime lord on the West Coast. And her best, only, sociopathic friend. Cas won’t be able to save the world. She might not even be able to save herself. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Michael Zabinsky is an iconoclastic science teacher with a revolutionary zeal to enrich the lives of his pupils and create a better world. Driven by the idealism of youth as a volunteer in 1970s Botswana, he finds his dedication to teaching tested to destruction on returning to England. But Michael doesn't just teach - he thinks. He contemplates the human condition. He confronts racism and political correctness, and after 9/11, Islamism. He tries to juggle the demands of his job with those of his personal life. And there is a twist. At a reunion with Michael's fellow Botswana volunteers, it transpires that something unforeseen has happened to the village where they used to teach. What has become of their former pupils? Does Michael need to reevaluate his time in Africa?ÿ

1992. It's twenty years since Bobby Taylor died, but the shadow of tragedy still haunts the Taylor family, and when family matriarch Lizzie dies, all the skeletons come rattling out. At the heart of it are two mysteries - where is Bobby's son Georgie, and what does Georgie know about a haul of diamonds that Bobby stole just days before his death? Into this cauldron steps Mickey Taylor - widely known as "Dangerous," Mickey has just finished a fourteen year stretch for murder, and now he's back home and ready to take back his place as Dagenham's biggest gangster - if he can stay alive long enough. Diamond Geezer features all the main characters from Sandra Prior's first book, "Dangerous" - Lizzie Taylor, her daughters Terri and Sharon, and sons Mickey, Georgie and Martin - in a potent cocktail of sex and violence, secrets and lies, death and betrayal.