WHO IS TO BLAME WHEN NO ONE IS INNOCENT? The papers want blood. The force wants results. The law must be served, whatever the cost. August 1973. The Glasgow drugs trade is booming and Bobby March, the city's own rock-star hero, has just OD'ed in a central hotel. Alice Winters is twelve years old, lonely. And missing. Meanwhile the niece of McCoy's boss has fallen in with a bad crowd and when she goes AWOL, McCoy is asked - off the books - to find her. McCoy has a hunch. But does he have enough time?

Bobby March Will Live Forever (Harry McCoy, 3)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Parks, Alan

Thrillers & Suspense

Bolinda Audio

Could you give up everything you have worked for and do something completely different?Would you give up and go home if it all went wrong? 'Seriously Mum, What's an Alpaca?' is the frank and charming story of a brave couple who move to Spain to breed alpacas. Their intention is to make a living, but first they must negotiate their way through the Spanish property market, local characters, rogue builders and the worst weather Andalucía has seen for 100 years. Alan and Lorna experience the joy, but also the heartbreak of alpaca breeding, picking up an assortment of stray animals on the way. Will they succeed, or will the challenges prove too much to bear? Some review snippets..."an enchanting read""regularly laughed out loud""I would recommend this book to anyone"

Seriously Mum, What's an Alpaca?: An Adventure in the Frying Pan of Spain

Biographies & Memoirs

Memoirs

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

What did Alan and Lorna do next? How did Santa get on? Have they survived Andalucian life?  "Seriously Mum, Where's that Donkey?" is Alan Parks' follow-up book to "Seriously Mum, What's an Alpaca?" This book continues the story of Alan and Lorna's induction into Andalucian life and fills in some of the blanks. In this book, Alan and Lorna discover that their local town is not quite as sleepy as they had first imagined and that the local ladies will stand by you once their friendship is won. Alan and Lorna make some great new friends and have a few more unexpected adventures along the way. Add an appearance on Canadian TV into the mix, plus the trials and tribulations of alpaca farming, and this sequel will bring you bang up to date with the lives of two British expats in rural Spain. "I love this book (and Alan's first book too). My partner has been muttering about me becoming Alpaca obsessed!""There are definitely ups and downs for the couple and their menagerie but humour shines through and I laughed and cried with them all. You must read it!"

Seriously Mum, Where's that Donkey?

Advanced undergraduate text in linear, convex, and non-linear optimization. Includes chapters on linear algebra, convex sets and functions, and multivariate analysis that support the major theorems and techniques. Simplex algorithm, Kuhn-Tucker Conditions. Many application problems and corridors to general application types.

Introduction to Optimization: Second Edition

Science & Math

Mathematics

A text for a first course in applications of discrete mathematics (recursive sequences) and calculus. Includes recursion, equilibria, derivatives, optimization, integration, linear algebra, partial derivatives. Numerical techniques used extensively. Edition 3B for 2017.

Introduction to Applied Mathematics: Third Edition

It's Christmas Eve and Santa has run into a problem. The sleigh is unable to fly and he needs an urgent solution. Out of the blue, an unexpected hero emerges to save the day. Rafa the alpaca.

The Alpaca That Saved Christmas (The Alpaca - Children's Books)

Children's Books

Animals

Independently published

A Glasgow detective goes up against a wealthy family whose corruption runs deep in this gritty noir series debut set in 1970s Scotland. Glasgow, 1973. As poverty and crime drag the city deeper into a heroin epidemic, fighting in the streets has become depressingly mundane. But when an eighteen-year-old boy shoots a young woman dead in broad daylight and then commits suicide, Det. Harry McCoy knows it can’t be a simple act of random violence. With a newbie partner in tow, McCoy hunts down leads through the underworld, all of which lead to a secret society run by Glasgow’s wealthiest family, the Dunlops. Among their inner circle, every nefarious predilection is catered to at the expense of society’s most vulnerable―including McCoy’s best friend from reformatory school, drug-tsar Stevie Cooper, and his on-off girlfriend, a prostitute named Janey. But with McCoy’s boss calling off the hounds, and his boss’ boss unleashing their own, the Dunlops seem to be untouchable. McCoy has other ideas. “Parks’ debut novel has an in-your-face immediacy that matches its protagonist. Compelling portraits of minor characters tucked into several scenes add texture and interest.”―Kirkus Reviews

Bloody January (Harry McCoy, 1)

Mystery

World Noir

The second thrilling installment in the Harry McCoy series.
“McCoy is so noir he makes most other Scottish cops seem light grey.”―The Times
A man hangs himself in a neighborhood chapel. Bodies of young girls are being found in canals and rivers across the city with high levels of Mandrax in their bloodstream. McCoy is asked to watch over a colleague’s niece, who has left home young and is running with a bad crowd in Glasgow. DS Wattie is attempting to become a sergeant. Drugs in Glasgow have got darker and more dangerous.
Glasgow, its music and its inhabitants all have rough edges in this hard city fought over by gangs, organized crime, the forces of law and order, and ordinary people trying to get by.

February's Son (Harry McCoy, 2)

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

The third dark and gripping Harry McCoy thriller from the most exciting new voice in Scottish noir. July 1973. The Glasgow drug trade is booming and Bobby March, the city's own rock-star hero, has just overdosed in a central hotel. Alice Kelly is thirteen years old, lonely. And missing. Meanwhile the niece of McCoy's boss has fallen in with a bad crowd and when she goes missing, McCoy is asked--off the books--to find her. McCoy has a hunch that there's a connection between these events. But time to prove it is running out, the papers are out for blood, and the department wants results fast. Justice must be served. A beautifully written and pitch-perfect depiction of both the dark underbelly of 1970s Glasgow--its music, hard men, political infighting, class divisions, and the moral questions at its heart--and of the city's perfect fallen angel, Harry McCoy.

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Bobby March Will Live Forever (Harry McCoy, 3)

Bobby March Will Live Forever (Harry McCoy, 3)

Seriously Mum, What's an Alpaca?: An Adventure in the Frying Pan of Spain

Seriously Mum, Where's that Donkey?

Introduction to Optimization: Second Edition

Introduction to Applied Mathematics: Third Edition

The Alpaca That Saved Christmas (The Alpaca - Children's Books)

Bloody January (Harry McCoy, 1)

February's Son (Harry McCoy, 2)

Bobby March Will Live Forever (Harry McCoy, 3)