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THE AMAZING JOURNEY continues after Billy Bones returns to the Enchantment and discovers that a powerful new leader, Bruno, has garnered the loyalty of a number of its inhabitants and started a third state, the North Woods.
In THE GHOST OF CASTLE ROCK, several of Bruno's extended pack, including Billy Bones, have left the North Woods because of Bruno's demand for unquestioned loyalty and his unrelenting ambition to rule more and more of the little world. Can Billy and his newfound friends find the courage to curtail Bruno's schemes, and what happens when a frightening creature from the outside world enters and throws The Enchantment into further chaos?

'THE GUY SUSPENSE WRITERS READ. I'M A BIG FAN' Stephen Coonts1945. A battle-hardened squadron of P-51 Mustangs vanishes over Greenland. Officially, the Second World War is over. But rumours swirl around the crack unit's disappearance. And about the mysterious cargo they were carrying...
Forty years later, Air Force veteran Luke Spence leads a hand-picked team on a perilous journey into a brutal Arctic hell on a mission to find the lost warbirds and uncover their secrets.
Their quest is already near impossible. But when the group is infected by treachery, greed and murder, their greatest challenge becomes not success – but survival.
Ghosts of Greenland is thriller writing of the highest order - edge-of-your seat flying sequences and breathless adventure set against the cruel and spectacular beauty of the frozen north, delivered with all the authority of an author who's had first hand experience of both...
'Jet-fuelled thriller writing' Rowland White
'Plenty of action… great flying sequences'… Read More

Clear, concise, integrated, and up-to-date, Give Me Liberty! is a proven success with teachers and students. Eric Foner pulls the pieces of the past together into a cohesive picture, using the theme of freedom throughout. The Fourth Edition features stronger coverage of American religion and a reinforced pedagogical program aimed at fostering effective reading and study skills. The Seagull Edition includes the full text of the regular edition in a compact volume, for an affordable price.

The world consists of three parallel realms; the Grey where Greyborn—preternatural creatures of legend live; the Ether which is the realm of Heaven and Hell; and the Absolute where humans make their home, blissfully unaware of the tripartite nature of their world. Formed by a group of enslaved men during Trinidad's British colonial occupation, The Order has maintained the delicate balance between the three realms for centuries, but not everyone believes these worlds should be separate. Some long for the days when fear ruled the earth, and The Order finds itself embattled by enemies outside and traitors within who conspire to unite the Absolute and the Grey. With the very essence of human existence under attack, Rohan, the last surviving member of the Stone Chapter of The Order, must act. Assisted by Katharine, a soucouyant who has lived on the outskirts of a Trinidad swamp for more than a century, Rohan takes up the Order's mantle, combining Kat's wits and his fighting prowess to risk torture,… Read More

The book presents a comprehensive view on Flow-Aware Networking. It starts with a brief overview of the known QoS architectures based on the concept of a flow. Then, the original FAN concept is presented, along with its variations proposed by the authors. The next chapter covers a very valuable feature of the FAN architecture, namely its ability to assure net neutrality. The chapters that follow will discuss, in detail, a variety of issues making the FAN concept implementable, including congestion control, fairness, resilience to failures, service differentiation and degradation. The final chapter presents the test implementation of the FAN router, including the environment used and performance tests. Chapters are supplemented with problems to solve, along with their solutions. The pedagogical character of the book is supported by a number of illustrative examples contained in most of the chapters. At the end of the book, a glossary of the key terms is included, along with a comprehensive… Read More