Bøger af Michael Davies

A collection of short stories, some odd memories and mental meanderings, a couple of stories by old geezers and some stories written by young people who are the future writers.

It begins with a series of brutal killings in Sydney, all committed in the same way against similar victims. A serial killer is at work. Another series, different victims, different "modus operandi" occurs in North Sydney, then a third is discovered in Melbourne. The Sydney Homicide Squad is baffled and frustrated as the killings continue with not a single clue being discovered to indicate the killers. Finally, the Squad leader, Detective Inspector David Hunter is able to bring his old friend and colleague out of retirement to work with him. Jack Savage, the best criminal profiler in the country had retreated to grow alpaca and grandchildren in his rural property, but when David's sister is the next victim of one of the killers, he comes down to Sydney. It gets worse. David discovers that similar serial killings are occurring in Canada, the USA, the UK and Europe, possibly more. And then he gets the break that tells him what's going on. The only way he can get to the heart of this horror is to go undercover and begin a deadly game, not knowing if he is hunter or prey or whether he will live to see the next day.

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"From the hosts of the popular NBC Sports show Men in Blazers and one of the biggest soccer podcasts in the world, Roger Bennett and Michael Davies will profile the greatest male and female soccer players of all time. With the same signature humor as they brought to their New York Times Bestseller Encyclopedia Blazertannica, Bennett and Davis will feature a mini biography, fun facts and an illustrated or photographic portrait of both new and legendary soccer players, from Pelâe, Maradona, and Messi to Mia Hamm, Marta, and Megan Rapinoe. In their one-of-a-kind laugh out loud style and schtick, the guys will tell the stories of triumph, skill, and tenacity, experienced by household names like David Beckham and Alex Morgan, along with lesser-known icons such as Garrincha, the Brazilian star of the 1960's who was born with one leg six inches shorter than the other and Briana Scurry, who trail-blazed a path for young, black, soccer-playing women. Collectively, these stories will create a comprehensive history of soccer-its evolution and growth-as told by the lives of the legends of the game and the way their play transformed the world of soccer itself"--

A series of murders is happening in a small town in New South Wales. At first, some are not even recognised as murders but appear to be accidents and a suicide. But in all cases, there is not a single clue as to the perpetrators. The Detective in charge of the case is baffled. And why are the killings all occurring on the ninth of the month? As she begins to identify the deaths as murders, she is faced with a crisis that could threaten her sanity and even her life.

Jiangan co-ordinates slow diaphragmatic breathing with graduated stretching and strengthening exercises to promote circulation and stimulate the cardiovascular system. This book offers a concise practical guide to Jiangan exercises, providing detailed instructions and illustrations while also exploring the Chinese philosophy behind the art.

Individually and collectively, this title features essays that establish a new direction for scholarship that examines the crucial activities of reading and writing about literature and how they relate to 'authenticity'. It also includes a note on Professor Vincent Newey with a bibliography of his critical writings.

Prior to Vatican II, 80% of young people leaving Catholic schools practised the faith, today, 3% do. The much vaunted New Pentecost is seemingly no quite so awesome as the first. This catastrophic collapse is primarily the result of the heresy of Modernism, which has seeped into the Church's blood stream like AIDs, sapping her vitality and reducing her to a shadow of her former self. Since Vatican II, with one or two honourable exceptions, Western sees have been filled by Rome with dreary, vacuous, bog-standard Modernists. Under the leadership of these men, Christ Body in the British Isles, and elsewhere, has simply haemorrhaged away? It is also no coincidence that the horribly sex-abuse scandals, mostly perpetrated by predatory sodomites, occurred on their watch. To cure a disease, one must first understand it. In this booklet, Michael Davies uses his scholarship to lucidly expose the nature of this deadly virus in terms that all can understand. By Graham Moorhouse Chairman, PEEP

Grappling with the characters of "Hamlet" - how they are formed, how they function in the play, and how we read them - is crucial to understanding both its complexity and its critical history. This study includes an overview of "Hamlet", and addresses the character of Hamlet within a range of contexts including, dramatic and generic.

Garry Barton is an Australian business consultant working for a Chicago-based accounting firm. He reviews his firm's computer technology and advises the partnership that they are severely at risk because of their outdated systems. This so enrages the partners that they fire him. Garry joins a small, advanced accounting group and builds up their consulting business, much of it by taking away clients from his old firm. They begin to panic and try threats of violence against him. This doesn't work and the partners become more and more panicked as they see their firm decline and eventually the try and have Garry killed.

A new, vast spiritual force is approaching Earth. As it nears, the influence becomes extraordinary as people's spiritual awareness grows dramatically. Some remember past lives, others develop new abilities. The Infinite Soul is coming for a purpose - to cure Humanity of a sickness that threatens the survival of the entire Universe. There are one million species in the Universe, of which Humanity is one. As they near the end of the spiritual cycle of growth, they will eventually merge to form the supreme entity we have called God. But this cannot happen while Humanity is sick. The approaching Infinite Soul must complete its mission. But therre are evil forces in the Universe, committed to the destruction of the entire Universe. The final battle between Good and Evil must be won or all of Creation will be lost.

Kaiden and Hazel meet at school and soon discover they have an extraordinary connection. They soon discover that they are twins, separated at birth and adopted by two different couples. As they research their origins, they find that they were the result of extraordinary medical experimentation that at the time was illegal. These experimenta have given them some super-human abilities. Together, they can travel into the past and find themselves in Victorian England and Prohibition-era Chicago, they create a magical fantasy world and then go to a future Sydney. They must learn to control these powers in order to live normal lives.

The rightful heir to the throne of the Galactic Empire has been kidnapped and with it, the Star, the sentient crystal that has guided the Yshan Dynasty for several thousand years. Kyle and Sophie, the twin children of the Emperor have come to Earth to seek out the Prince and the Star and they are joined by Josh, Charlie and Henry, but they must overcome treason and great dangers before teh rightful heir to the throne is found and rescued.

Geneticists had dicovered that our DNA holds a visual and aural records of our lives and those of our direct ancestors. It becomes possible to look back through time. New historical facts are discovered, old one revised and the whole meaning of what it isd to be human starts to change. The biggest change occurs when it is found that the basis of the world's great religions is quite different from what been believed and everything must change, often with violent consequences. But as new discoveries are made about the ancient world, a new renaissance in the arts, science, medicine, justice and diplomacy arises and the world changes just as it had done before. But a critical question arises - why do we have this ability? Where does it come from?

Alex finds a beautiful recorder hidden in his house and when he plays it, a door to another world opens. He and his friend Kate travel in a strange world, meeting monsters and people who have been there for many years. Some of the adventures are sad, meeting a squad of Australian soldiers who have been for some years but they don't know who the enemy is or how they got there. Some are frightening and they also find there is a mystery about their own parents that they can now resolve.

Daniel (11) and his next door neighbours, Olive (11) and April (6) find a portal into another world in the forest. As they explore they encounter strange forces, some dangerous and hostile, some friendly. When they return, there are new revalations about their families and their origins. The three children must venture back through the portal to try and save the nation there from a wicked Empress and restore peace and safety.

When Gilbert discovers the amazing powers of his farts, he embarks on a series of adventures. he flies into orbit, saves a house from burglars, tries to help his footie team win a game, rescues a man trapped on the roof of a burning building, gets rid of a plague of rats at the market and saves the Sydney Hobart Yacht Race from being becalmed in zero winds.

A series of serial killings begins in Sydney, spreads around Australia and then is found to be happening around the world. Detective Inspector David Hunter, leading the Homicide Squad goes under cover to investigate the killings and puts himself at great risk of his life as he finds out the appalling truth behind the murders.

Julie Malloy and her friends make a school visit to the museum. On leaving and reclaiming her bag from the checkout, she is given the wrong one. Nobody claims it and her own is still there. When they are able to open the bag, they find a map indicating something hidden. As they unravel the mystery, they find themselves in a dangerous situation with a gang of criminals who export Australian wildlife overseas. They must draw on all their courage and intelligence to solve the mystery and keep themselves safe.

A little girl is kidnapped off a school bus, but almost immediately released. Then a second child is taken from the school and demands are issued for her locket. Australian Military Police are involved because the child is the daughter of the officer in charge of the case and there is a mystery that involves international crime. The locket is believed to hold the location of a cache of jewels once owned by the eldest daughter of the last Russian Czar and the criminals holding the hostage are a major European crime gang. An elaborate plot is devised to save the child and snare the criminals.

Time travel is impossible, but a team of well-funded geneticists discovers that human DNA contains a full visual and aural record of every second of our lives and this can be retrieved and displayed. Then they discover that the DNA also holds a similar record of every one of our direct ancestors and this allows us to look back in time through the eyes of previous generations. Amazing discoveries are made, some old beliefs shattered, new historical truths discovered. Massive changes start to appear in what it means to be human and all of society will change irrevocably.

On retiring as a pilot from the Royal Air Force, Scott Mcintyre is invited to join a British group of agents known as the Mongoose Section. This group is tasked with protecting VIPs from international assassins and to hunt down these killers. One such killer, Mustapha al Yaffi had murdered Scott's parents and sister in a botched operation in Spain and Scott is eager to join Mongoose Section. But on hunting for al Yaffi all over the world. Scott finds that everything he learns about his target, his family and even himself is nothing that he could ever have expected.

Two soldiers returned from the wreckage of World War II and made themselves the richest men in America. They founded and have led a group of some of the most powerful men in the USA who plan a coup to take over the country and run it as a dictatorship for their own ends. A specialist group of highly secret and dedicated agents discovers the plot and starts trying to uncover the full scope of what is being planned and who is behind it all. But nobody, not the agents, nor even the members of the "New America Society" know the real details of the old men's plan and just how destructive it could be. As the day of the coup draws near, the members of "Task Force Five" must work frantically to prevent the catastrophe.

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