When two elderly lesbians are threatened after refusing to sell their home to the Millpond Company, the company director hires gay detective Don Strachey to find the culprits and absolve the corporation

On The Other Hand, Death

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Stevenson, Richard

Mystery

Penguin??Books

Detective Donald Strachey finds a dead body in his towed-away car and discovers that the victim is a member of a family whose dark history may hold the key to Albany's political future and Strachey's survival

Ice Blues: A Donald Starchey Mystery (A Donald Strachey Mystery)

Literature & Fiction

Flavour is arguably the most fascinating aspect of eating and drinking. It utilises a complex variety of senses and processes, that incredibly work together to generate a unified, and hopefully pleasurable, experience. The processes involved are not just those involved in tasting at the time of eating, but also memory and learning processes - we obviously shun those foods of which we have a negative memory, and favour those we enjoy. Our understanding of the science of flavour has improved in recent years, benefiting psychology, cuisine, food science, oenology, and dietetics. This book describes what is known about the psychology and biology of flavour. Written by an authority in the field, it is divided into two parts. The first explores what we know about the flavour system; including the role of learning and memory in flavour perception and hedonics; the way in which all the senses that contribute to flavour interact, and our ability to perceive flavour as a whole and as a series of parts. The later chapters examine a range of theoretical issues concerning the flavour system. This includes a look at multisensory processing, and the way in which the mind and brain bind information from discrete sensory systems. It also examines the broader implications of studying flavour for societal problems such as obesity. Written in an accessible style, that assumes little prior knowledge of the field, the book will be valuable for psychologists interested in perception, neuroscientists, food scientists, and dieticians.

The Psychology of Flavour

Medical Books

Medicine

Oxford University Press

There seem to be 'wars on drugs' everywhere but little sign that they are being won. Richard Stevenson of Liverpool University reviews the alternatives to prohibition which, he says, creates external costs in terms of gangsterism, corruption and law enforcement costs. He produces a detailed case for legalisation 'as a response to drug problems which offers substantial savings and deals directly and swiftly with criminality'. It would no longer be an offence to possess drugs, to use them or to trade them, but they would carry a health warning and sale to children would be illegal. The paper also contains commentaries by authors who strongly disagree with the case for legalisation which would, in their view, significantly increase drug consumption.

Winning the War on Drugs: To Legalise or Not? (Iea Hobart Paper Series : No. 124)

Business & Money

Economics

Institute Of Economic Affairs

Despite the fact that he was not fond of Queer Nation activist John Rutka, notorious for his self-righteous "outing" of Albany's closeted gays, gay private eye Don Strachey agrees to help out when Rutka is shot and his house is firebombed

Third Man Out: A Donald Strachey Mystery

United States

St Martins Pr

Third Man Out: A Donald Strachey Mystery (Stonewall Inn Mystery)

St. Martin's: Griffin

When the giant Millpond Company finds its plans for a mega-shopping mall stymied by the refusal of an elderly lesbian couple to sell their home, the ladies are subjected to ugly vandalism and frightening death threats. The powerful director of Millpond in turn hires Don Strachey, Albany's only gay detective, to protect the ladies, find the culprits, and clear the corporate name. Strachey accepts with misgivings that deepen rapidly as kidnapping, extortion, and murder darken the lives of Albany's gay community. Fast-paced, deftly plotted, and superbly written, this is one of the best Strachey novels yet.

On the Other Hand, Death: A Donald Strachey Mystery (Stonewall Inn Mysteries)

Shocked to discover the body of the grandson of the godfather of Albany's political machine in his car, P.I. Donald Strachey knows he is in for trouble. But when he learns that the murder victim left a $2.5 million legacy with instructions that it be used to destroy that machine, along with a personal letter to Strachey asking for his help, his suspicions are confirmed. Faced with power-brokers at all levels, Albany's only gay P.I. tries to fulfill the dead man's mission-with his own survival at stake.

Ice Blues: A Donald Strachey Mystery (Stonewall Inn Mystery)

Hired to investigate the death of Paul Haig, whom his mother believes was murdered by his lover, Larry, gay P.I. Donald Strachey learns that Larry also believes that Paul was murdered, but by a controversial psychiatrist.

A Shock to the System: A Donald Strachey Mystery

A brother and sister have both been attacked separately and, at the urging of an old lover, Donald Strachey investigates, only to find that the attacks are linked to the brother's and sister's desire to sell the family newspaper to a small liberal company rather than a larger conservative conglomerate.

Chain of Fools: A Donald Strachey Mystery

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