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"It's late autumn in Edinburgh and late autumn in the career of Detective Inspector John Rebus. As he tries to tie up some loose ends before retirement, a murder case intrudes. A dissident Russian poet has been found dead in what looks like a mugging gone wrong. By apparent coincidence a high-level delegation of Russian businessmen is in town, keen to bring business to Scotland. The politicians and bankers who run Edinburgh are determined that the case should be closed quickly and clinically." "But the further they dig, the more Rebus and his colleague DS Siobhan Clarke become convinced that they are dealing with something more than a random attack - especially after a particularly nasty second killing. Meantime, a brutal and premeditated assault on a local gangster sees Rebus in the frame. Has the Inspector taken a step too far in tying up those loose ends? Only a few days shy of the end to his long, inglorious career, will Rebus even make it that far?"--BOOK JACKET.

Richard Heinberg doorziet de crisis. Begrijpen we de huidige crisis? Hebben de internationale instellingen er wel een oplossing voor? Als je Einde aan de groei leest, begrijp je wat er schort aan de opvattingen van de leidende economen. De diagnose van dit boek is diepgaand. De crisis is niet louter financieel. De goedkope olie is op. Prijzen van voedsel en grondstoffen zullen blijven stijgen. Particulieren en staten hebben geprobeerd zich hier uit te lenen, maar nu valt de realiteit niet langer te ontkennen. De wereldeconomie staat voor een keerpunt. Heinberg beschrijft gedetailleerd waarom groei niet door kán gaan, gegeven de uitputting van grondstoffen, de aantasting van natuur en milieu en de torenhoge schulden. Hij gaat uitvoerig in op het vraagstuk van peak-oil en grondstoffentekorten, de beperkte mogelijkheden van innovatie en de kwetsbaarheid van het Chinese groei-wonder. Het boek vertelt ook wat overheden, buurten en individuen kunnen doen om een economie op te zetten die wel binnen het aardse budget blijft. Geïnspireerd door bewegingen als Transition Towns en Urgenda adviseert Heinberg om lokaal het weerstandsvermogen tegen economische schokken te vergroten. We kúnnen bloeien in transitie als we het menselijk welzijn en een duurzame samenleving vooropstellen.

'Mustn't complain' - but people always do¿ Nobody likes The Complaints - they're the cops who investigate other cops. Complaints and Conduct Department, to give them their full title, but known colloquially as 'The Dark Side', or simply 'The Complaints'. It's where Malcolm Fox works. He's just had a result, and should be feeling good about himself. But he's a man with problems of his own. He has an increasingly frail father in a care home and a sister who persists in an abusive relationship - something which Malcolm cannot seem to do anything about. But, in the midst of an aggressive Edinburgh winter, the reluctant Fox is given a new task. There's a cop called Jamie Breck, and he's dirty. The problem is, no one can prove it. But as Fox takes on the job, he learns that there's more to Breck than anyone thinks. This knowledge will prove dangerous, especially when a vicious murder intervenes far too close to home for Fox's liking.

In the 21st Century, the landscape of war and espionage has dramatically changed. With the CIA struggling and military resources stretched thin, the U.S. government increasingly relies on private corporations to fulfill special operations needs. Firms like Blackwater USA and Triple Canopy now deploy over 50,000 private soldiers and spies for missions once reserved for military and intelligence agencies. This outsourcing of national security has led to new dynamics in counterterrorism. Camille Black, a former CIA counterterrorism officer, establishes Black Management, a private corporation that provides ex-Special Forces operators and CIA agents for covert operations. Active in the volatile Middle East, her company competes fiercely in the counterterrorism arena. When the CIA enlists Camille to track down her ex-fiancé, Hunter Stone—a Pentagon spy accused of selling arms to terrorists—she grapples with lingering feelings while driven by his betrayal. As she navigates the dangers of the War on Terror, Camille finds herself entangled in a web of deceit between the Pentagon and the CIA, where moral lines blur and trust is a commodity. This gripping narrative offers a rare, well-researched glimpse into the operations of private corporations in the multi-billion dollar War on Terror, delivering an exhilarating thriller that resonates with contemporary issues.