Bøger af Michael Cameron

22 Veterans a day commit suicide. For Troy he is on the path to being a part of that statistic, but when fate intervenes in the form of an abandoned child. Troy must find the strength to not only keep himself alive, but this child as well. Opportunity for Troy knocks twice when he is given a helping hand by a veteran police officer. He must find it in himself to battle his demons as others now rely on him to stay alive. He will find as he refuses to abandon them, they refuse to abandon him.

By almost universal consensus, driverless vehicles are coming and represent as big a disruption to the transport sector as the replacement of horses with the automobile over 100 years ago. The anticipated benefits are huge. Many hope that driverless vehicles will eliminate traffic accidents, end congestion, spark economic growth and provide cheap and convenient mobility for all. But countries that want to fully realise these benefits - and avoid the pitfalls - will need to ensure their legal houses are in order. This report explains the history and likely near future of driverless technology, analyses the issues and provides a suggested blueprint for the immediate reforms that are required. All of the key legal issues are covered, including: -inherent legality -ensuring safety -civil liability for personal injury and property damage -criminal liability -regulation of testing -cybersecurity -mandated connectivity -radio spectrum use -urban planning -use of special lanes -privacy -parking -ethics

OCD, anyone? Here, everyone is obsessed with something . . .Twisting in the excruciating abyss of adolescent self-rejection, Kristi Lou Jones was a freakishly tall seventh-grade girl. Agonizing insecurity compelled her to feel grossly unfeminine. Exacerbating her fear of height (her own) was the daily presence of her diminutive teacher who felt unmasculine because of his shortness and over whom she towered. Both viewed the contrast on display Monday through Friday as a cruel exhibition of genomic injustice: Why is he so squat? . . . She stole my genes!Now, she's 21 and ready to use her vertical surplus to her advantage. Deciding to take a hiatus from college, she turns to Downtown Secrets, a Detroit brothel operating under the guise of a blues music club. The blasphemous nightspot is pleased to employ all 6' 1" (she prefers 5'13") of Kristi Lou-including her 44-inch legs. While harvesting mounds of cold cash and meeting an array of odd personalities, she indulges her raison d'être: her obsessions.Soon, this impassioned heretic stumbles into a bizarre milieu of vehicle theft and vengeance-fueled, retaliatory savagery. Who are these mercenaries?Grappling with self-doubt about her venture into harlotry, extreme self-analysis, zealous dogmas about sexual unfairness perpetrated against men, and a near-maniacal zeal regarding atheism, Kristi Lou, whilst coming to recognize her oppressive loneliness, finds humor and warmth as she journeys through a hot August that delivers her to the threshold of answering her question: What am I supposed to be doing with myself?

But when he arrived at Artane, instead of receiving the care he so desperately needed, he entered into months of horrific sexual abuse at the hands of some of the brothersNow, for the first time, he feels able to tell his story - and reveal the devastating truth of what really happened in Ireland's industrial schools.