Alasdair: 165 books
Life Changing
Learning from the Past; Fixing the Future
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2013
In Life Changing, Alasdair Thompson outlines the events surrounding his sacking as chief executive of the Employers and Manufacturers Association, New Zealands largest business membership organisation, after twelve years of reorganisation and rebuilding the Association.
He reveals his upbringing,...
The Guardian
Eleven Science Fiction Short Stories
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2017
Guardians are defenders, carers and guides. Some look after individual people, others whole planets or universes, but all share a strong belief in their responsibility to protect their charges.
The Guardian is an anthology of eleven science fiction short stories by writers from across the globe....
The Renegade
Eleven science fiction short stories
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2018
Some renegades are born rebels, some forced into it to survive, while others make the choice on principle.
The Renegade is an anthology of eleven science fiction short stories by writers from across the globe. It is part of the Newcomer series of scifi anthologies.
The stories are:-
Conscience...
The Officer
Eleven science fiction short stories
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2017
Being an officer means balancing many conflicting demands. Making the wrong decision can have serious consequences. It takes a special kind of person to cope with the responsibility.
The Officer is an anthology of eleven science fiction short stories by writers from across the globe. It is part of...
HELL
Dante's Divine Trilogy Part One. Decorated and Englished in Prosaic Verse by Alasdair Gray
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2018
One of the masterpieces of world literature, completed in 1320, Dante’s La Divina Commedia describes his journey through Hell, Purgatory and his eventual arrival in Heaven. In this new version of Dante’s masterpiece, Alasdair Gray offers an original translation in prosaic English rhyme. Accessible,...
PURGATORY
Dante's Divine Trilogy Part Two. Decorated and Englished in Prosaic Verse by Alasdair Gray
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2019
In part two of La Divina Commedia, one of the masterpieces of world literature, Dante and his guide, the poet Virgil, must enter and traverse Purgatory and the seven deadly sins in their quest to reach Heaven. In this sublime version of Dante’s masterpiece, Alasdair Gray offers an original translation...
Autonomy, Informed Consent and Medical Law
A Relational Challenge
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2009
Alasdair Maclean analyses the ethical basis for consent to medical treatment, providing both an extensive reconsideration of the ethical issues and a detailed examination of English law. Importantly, the analysis is given a context by situating consent at the centre of the healthcare professional-patient...
by Alasdair Gray
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
The first sixteen tales in this collection were published by Canongate in 1983 with the title Unlikely Stories, Mostly. This collection also has fifty-seven tales from later books, plus sixteen new ones written for the hardback publication of this collection. This last section, Tales Droll and Plausible,...
by alasdair gilchrist
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2017
GDPR - the laws, controls and measurments that result in compliance with the focus on DevOps
by Alasdair Shaw
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2018
Struggling with newfound sentience and desperately trying to repair itself, The Indescribable Joy of Destruction is a ship trying to find a new home. In a galaxy torn apart by generations of civil war, that isn't an easy task. Tired of being used as a killing machine, it has a huge decision to make:...
by Alasdair Shaw
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2015
In the aftermath of a battle a ship drifts helplessly in space. Is the strange new warship they were fighting still out there? Will it come back for them? Commander Johnson faces a desperate race to get her destroyer back into action and save her crew.
"This is an incredible work ... suspense,...
by alasdair gilchrist
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2014
Red Herring
James Cartwright a British businessman posted missing for months is discovered alone, disorientated and confused living in a simple apartment in a run down part of Udon Thani in the Northeast of Thailand. A case for celebration perhaps... it should be. The snag is the Police find him when...
The Newcomer
Twelve Sci-fi Short Stories
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2016
From a young couple struggling to look after their baby to a new captain's reluctance to take command of her ship, and from a sun-addled stranger's appearance in town to the emergence of a sentient AI, the twelve tales presented here explore the central theme of an arrival by someone or something new.
There's even an alien puppy.
by Alasdair Shaw
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
Flight Decurion Seivers is stranded on a frozen moon, far from the Legion. The Perception of Prejudice is barely functioning and Percy is offline. Seivers' future is measured in days.
Captain Lusimi searches for enemy survivors. By the order of the Protectors, the Sidexan Fleet is to avenge...