Bøker av Robert Thomas

A small-time crook, who has suffered a lifetime of harassment due to an odd physical handicap, suddenly decides to take his anger out on something near and dear to the City's citizens. He becomes a serial killer of high-end booze, slaughtering hundreds of bottles at various liquor stores, and creating a citywide panic in the process.The Mayor and Police Chief, who had previously adopted a policy of being soft-on-crime, are outraged... mainly because they are both avid bourbon drinkers. They are determined to capture and punish this scofflaw, Albert "Third Finger" Welge. But Third Finger is clever and illusive. So the authorities must use all their skills and resources to track him down before he can extinguish every last bottle of great bourbon and relegate the public to drinking gin and tonics.Third Finger is a crime story, employing a touch of satire, sarcasm, irreverent humor, and political incorrectness in framing this kind of threat to a cornerstone of our culture... our booze. It's a fun read for anyone who loves bourbon... or even gin and tonic lovers, for that mater.

A person calling himself Joe Stalin suddenly appears in town with his family, and buys a nice little bungalow in the suburbs. Wow... the fellow certainly resembles his namesake, especially when donning the Red Army general's uniform when cruising around the neighborhood. Could this be the real guy? Could he have time travelled from the 1940's to today, and somehow plunked down in this obscure little town?Joe sets up a small business called the People's Forge Company, but soon realizes that his product lineup of swords, machetes, and battle axes are failing to capture the imagination of customers. He sees that there could be a market niche for a manufacturer of crummy golf clubs targeted at the millions of horribly pathetic golfers out there, and begins to redeploy his assets to attack this great business opportunity.Meanwhile, however, Joe's nasty, ornery, dictatorial personal traits begin to emerge, threatening to put an end to his dreams of living the good life in the 'burbs.

Mike finally decides to take a well-deserved, 10-day vacation in Wine Country. He is hoping that immersing himself in the lush green countryside and imbibing in the finest Cabernets, Malbecs, and Chardonnays will help cleanse his mind and restore some balance in his stressful life. After a couple days, it seems like it is working... having fun, meeting some new best friends for life. Then, right in the midst of all this bliss, he is confronted with a seemingly sensational opportunity that could change his life forever. But is this a "too good to be true" moment?Recorked is a fun, humorous story about the joy in wine. It takes the reader on a journey as the storyteller learns more about wines, winemaking, biodynamics in the vineyards, and the wine lovers you meet along the way.

People that use the Law of Attraction to get what they need are accountable for their lives. They don't wait around to see what life will throw at them. Maybe they comprehend what they accept and they take action to rule their destinies. Stopping briefly and stopping and believing will burn through your time.In this huge report, we will outfit you with 10 unique ways you can use the Law of Attraction to get anything you truly care about. The central thing is to acknowledge that the Law of Attraction works and will show you what you want.

A tale that hatches from disaster on a global scale. Mary is full of young love and dares to break away from her father's strict rules for a night. Only for it go so much worse than she could ever imagine. Earth is under attack and everyone flees the planet, but Mary gets left behind.This is only the beginning of her journey. This is only the start of her path to becoming a powerful force. A force she could never have dreamed she could be.

This book investigates and analyses how administrative law works in practice through a detailed case-study and evaluation of one of the UK's largest and most important administrative agencies, the immigration department. In doing so, the book broadens the conversation of administrative law beyond the courts to include how administrative agencies themselves make, apply, and enforce the law. Blending theoretical and empirical administrative-legal analysis, the book demonstrates why we need to pay closer attention to what government agencies actually do, how they do it, how they are organised, and held to account. Taking a contextual approach, the book provides a detailed analysis of how the immigration department performs its core functions of making policy and law, taking mass casework decisions, and enforcing immigration law. The book considers major recent episodes of immigration administration including the development of the hostile environment policy and the treatment of the Windrush generation. By examining a diverse range of material, the book presents a model of administrative law based upon the organisational competence and capacity of administration and its institutional design. Alongside diagnosing the immigration department's failings, the book advances positive proposals for its reform.

Bridge exposes a brilliant, furious mind treading the jagged terrain of mental illness, murder, and suicide in modern-day San Francisco.

This book analyses how the system of immigration judicial reviews works in practice, as an area which has, for decades, constituted the majority of judicial review cases and is politically controversial.

Focused on building confidence and decreasing anxiety from information overload this Little Quick Fix helps students build a manageable system that works for digging into and making sense of their individual data.

Outlining what a literature review is - and isn't - this is the Little Quick Fix for using the literature to construct a strong academic argument.

A Cistercian Retreat

The Art and Craft of the Blacksmith is a visually stunning introduction to the tools, techniques, and traditions every modern smith needs to know.

Thomas carefully examines the complexities of modern Serbian politics, largely in the words of the political players themselves. He illuminates the chronic factionalism that has frustrated any attempt to unseat Slobodan Milosevic from the presidency.