Most Popular Books by Mark Roberts

THE STORY: Country music star Justin Spears is young, handsome, hugely famous, hugely wealthy, and has an ego at the top of the charts. On the eve of Justin’s wedding day, his ruthless managers, Paul and Chuck, try in vain to keep an unruly entourage under control. Enter Ollie, the star-struck hotel bellboy with a cockeyed view of fame; Sharon, Justin’s vigilante, scorned ex-girlfriend; and dirty old pig-farming Uncle Jim who arrives with inflatable lady, Wanda June Whitmore. So how does this raucous rodeo go so wrong…so fast? Welcome to the NEW COUNTRY, where the hits just keep on comin’.

One of the greatest challenges facing Christians and pastors is how to communicate the Gospel in relevant and understandable ways. For most people, God seems distant and so difficult to understand and explain. Understanding the nature of God is relatively simple, and using easy, relevant examples from everyday life and history can aid believers facing difficult challenges and nonbelievers who are curious about God. It can make the process of sharing the Gospel an interesting and thought-provoking experience. What could the Mona Lisa, Mozart, and Michelangelo tell you about the nature of God and how he feels about us? How do we explain why God allowed Auschwitz or war? How and why should we forgive and let go, and what is Gods will? Does Beethovens sonatas tell us anything of how desperately God has been searching for us? This book covers a myriad of topics, touching on questions asked by believers and nonbelievers alike. It will no doubt bring a comfort and hope to believers and, hopefully, a yearning to those who do not. Every pastor and Christian street worker should read this book and utilize its many examples to help carry over the message of the Gospel in easy, simple, and relevant ways.

Heme Inc. is a book that weaves biblical text about the creation of the world with sword and fantasy. It is a shadow world built into the fiber of the real world. Vampires, elves, dwarves and werewolves are all in abeyance to the highest, until one tribe chose to join Lucifer in his quest to make the almighty fall. In the middle of this is Remy Robon. Deep within his genes is a secret to a prophecy—a prophecy so old it has been forgotten by many. Part of that secret is the creation of humankind and what they were bred for. Remy has no idea of the path a chance meeting has placed him on. His genes sing out to the first tribes in the world—the tribes following the path of God faithfully and the one tribe that has denounced him completely, a path filled with intrigue and lies and a truth that will result in war and blood. All Remy requires is a little blood to begin his quest and his thirst. This book speaks of the beginning of that quest and his soon-to-be never-ending thirst. Remy’s life has been a training ground for what is to come. Fighting and healing on several continents were his personal education. Protected from the truth most of his life, he is now thrust into the fray following a near-death event that resulted in being given life by another. This is the first volume in a story that spans centuries but will come to begin in earnest today.

There is a significant problem in our schools: too many boys are struggling. The list of things to concern teachers is long. Disappointing academic results, a lack of interest in studying, higher exclusion rates, increasing mental health issues, sexist attitudes, an inability to express emotions.... Traditional ideas about masculinity are having a negative impact, not only on males, but females too. In this ground-breaking book, Matt Pinkett and Mark Roberts argue that schools must rethink their efforts to get boys back on track. Boys Don’t Try? examines the research around key topics such as anxiety and achievement, behaviour and bullying, schoolwork and self-esteem. It encourages the reader to reflect on how they define masculinity and consider what we want for boys in our schools. Offering practical quick wins, as well as long-term strategies to help boys become happier and achieve greater academic success, the book: offers ways to avoid problematic behaviour by boys and tips to help teachers address poor behaviour when it happens highlights key areas of pastoral care that need to be recognised by schools exposes how popular approaches to "engaging" boys are actually misguided and damaging details how issues like disadvantage, relationships, violence, peer pressure, and pornography affect boys’ perceptions of masculinity and how teachers can challenge these. With an easy-to-navigate three-part structure for each chapter, setting out the stories, key research, and practical solutions, this is essential reading for all classroom teachers and school leaders who are keen to ensure male students enjoy the same success as girls.

True tales of life and death as told by those who fought in the briny depths. From the undersea warfare of World War II through the Cold War stand-offs in the deep to the cutting-edge technology of the modern U.S. Navy, submarines have evolved into the front line of our nation''s defense at sea. And the men who sail them have become heroes above and below the waves. These are their stories. Compiled from interviews and recollections from submarine veterans and accompanied by detailed photos and illustrations of both man and machine at work, Sub is a gripping chronicle of undersea warfare as told by those who know firsthand what it means to drop through the hull of a boat, to sink into the dark, freezing waters of the deep-and to have death never more than one torpedo away.

Between 1970 and 2021, the number of people living in cities increased from 1.19 billion to 4.46 billion, while the Earth''s surface temperature climbed by 1.19 degrees Celsius above its preindustrial levels. Because of the prosperity they helped generate, cities have been a major cause of this climate change. However, it is also in cities that many of the solutions to the climate crisis--in terms of both adaptation and mitigation--will be found, not least because by 2050, almost 70 percent of the world''s population will call cities home. As such, cities are the key to arguably the greatest public policy challenge of our times. To take stock of how green, how resilient, and how inclusive cities globally are today, ''Thriving: Making Cities Green, Resilient, and Inclusive in a Changing Climate'' defines a global typology of more than 10,000 cities. It finds that there is wide variation in how green, resilient, and inclusive cities are around the world. It asks how climate change impacts cities and, conversely, how cities affect climate. Vicious cycles in development could occur as cities become more vulnerable to extreme events and the challenges compound and cascade. Finally, this report provides a compass for policy makers on policies that can help cities not only survive but also thrive in the face of the perils of climate change. Policy makers can and must act now to chart a more sustainable trajectory.

The first title in a series of adventures centered around a small group of America''s most elite warriors--the U.S. Navy SEAL teams. While the stories are fictionalized accounts of true SEAL missions, the authors have teamed up to bring readers the most realistic and factually accurate action possible.

Dealing with poor behaviour is exhausting and stressful. But it doesn’t have to be! Some teachers keep their students in line with apparent ease. They defuse tricky situations with discreet words and almost imperceptible gestures. They extract work from the most reticent students. Yet even experienced teachers are not immune to the impact of bad behaviour on both the classroom environment and their own well-being. In this exciting new book, bestselling author Mark Roberts shares the secrets of how behaviour whispering can improve 100 common classroom problems, from the student who is always late to the class that is unsettled by a wasp. Divided into two sections, Part A features 80 common behaviour scenarios that teachers are likely to encounter. Roberts reframes ineffective responses to these scenarios by using language that helps students feel supported, and helps you succeed in regaining control of the situation. Part B introduces 20 non-verbal forms of communication that can be used in a variety of behaviour situations to manage the problem without singling out a troublesome or unfocused student. Each of the 100 scenarios featured in the book is accompanied by an illustration and an explanation of why this phrase or gesture works. Practical next steps follow at the end of every scenario, giving further suggestions on how to maintain good behaviour. Providing unrivalled insight into the importance of communication and the psychology that underpins it, the book breaks behaviour down to a granular level, offering tried and trusted responses to virtually every conceivable classroom behaviour scenario at primary and secondary levels.

The discovery of the remains of ''Boxgrove Man'', a ''Missing Link'' hominid half a million years old in chalk pits in Sussex made world headlines in May 1994. This was the most sensational archeological find in the UK since Piltdown Man - only this time it was not a hoax. Continuing excavation by site archeologist Mark Roberts has enabled him and his team to build up a picture of this, the first Englishman, and to open up a unique window on life in Britain before the Ice Age. Because these human remains, the artefacts surrounding them and the remains of the local flora and fauna - including elephants and rhinoceroses of an extinct species - are preserved in an unprecedented way, we now discover how our ancestors hunted, ate, manufactured the implements they needed to survive and interacted; these were neither the opportunist scavengers nor the mindless killers that they have previously been supposed to be. Boxgrove, therefore, represents a revolutionary view of the origins of mankind, and changes our understanding of what it means to be human.

THE STORY: From the writer and executive producer of Two and a Half Men comes a new play with four of the funniest, ugliest, heartbreakingly real characters ever, all crammed together in a grimy little world that makes the local Dairy Queen

Following on from the huge success of Boys Don’t Try? this essential new book answers nine key questions about how teachers and schools can best tackle boys’ academic underperformance. For decades schools have grappled with the most significant barriers to male academic success: a lack of motivation to succeed, poor attitudes to learning, lower literacy levels and a reluctance to read for pleasure or write at length. In this compelling book, Mark Roberts provides clear answers about how teachers can tackle ‘The Boy Question’. Each chapter answers a frequently asked question about how best to teach boys, outlining the issue and demonstrating what can be done about it. Informed by a wealth of research and the author’s personal experience of successfully teaching boys, this book offers an abundance of practical advice for the busy classroom teacher. It will shine a light on what makes boys tick and how we can design effective curriculums to ensure they can best acquire powerful knowledge. With practical advice and examples to help address anti-social attitudes and stem the cycle of boys’ underachievement, this is essential reading for all teachers and school leaders.

This important new text provides a broad-ranging introduction to the ''new'' institutional theories which have become increasingly influential in recent years and gives an assessment of their application and utility in political analysis.

The number of people in South Asia''s cities rose by 130 million between 2000 and 2011--more than the entire population of Japan. This was linked to an improvement in productivity and a reduction in the incidence of extreme poverty. But the region''s cities have struggled to cope with the pressure of population growth on land, housing, infrastructure, basic services, and the environment. As a result, urbanization in South Asia remains underleveraged in its ability to deliver widespread improvements in both prosperity and livability. Leveraging Urbanization in South Asia is about the state of South Asia''s urbanization and the market and policy failures that have taken the region’s urban areas to where they are today--and the hard policy actions needed if the region’s cities are to leverage urbanization better. This publication provides original empirical and diagnostic analysis of urbanization and related economic trends in the region. It also discusses in detail the key policy areas, the most fundamental being urban governance and finance, where actions must be taken to make cities more prosperous and livable.

Vor zehn Jahren hielt der Serienkiller Justin Truman Liverpool in Atem. Er folterte und ermordete Männer, die eines gemeinsam hatten: Sie waren polizeibekannte Pädophile. Truman wurde zwar gefasst, konnte aber bald fliehen und untertauchen. Bis heute existieren Websites, auf denen Fans ihn als Rächer der missbrauchten Kinder feiern. Als erneut Morde an Pädophilen begangen werden, muss sich DCI Eve Clay der Frage stellen, wer diesmal Selbstjustiz übt: Truman - oder etwa einer seiner Fans?

A workshop on Singularities, Bifuraction and Dynamics was held at Warwick in July 1989, as part of a year-long symposium on Singularity Theory and its applications. The proceedings fall into two halves: Volume I mainly on connections with algebraic geometry and volume II on connections with dynamical systems theory, bifurcation theory and applications in the sciences. The papers are original research, stimulated by the symposium and workshop: All have been refereed and none will appear elsewhere. The main topic of volume II is new methods for the study of bifurcations in nonlinear dynamical systems, and applications of these.

From a parking orbit observing Antares to the fi nal stand of a lone, battleweary Templar knight in A Cold Day, author Mark Roberts presents this primer that introduces his work in poetry and fi ction, the macabre and the supernatural. Roberts uses a full arsenal of toolspoetry, essays, short stories, novel excerptswhich he employs with ease and augments with heart-stopping horror and straightfor-the-throat humor to communicate his personal views on philosophy, metaphysics, religion, and politics. His Wiccan influences grant him a unique license which he readily abuses for a mischievous and brazen flirtation with irreverence. In Misunderstood Roberts demonstrates just how far beyond political satire, social commentary, and leftist politics hes willing to go. I still have the treasured mementos and timeless photographs, symbols of the golden friendships of youth. And I still listen to the magicking, vociferous music that was to be our own unique timbre, the guiding soundtrack on our mission to change the world. Werent we such inspired, uninhibited bohemians? In our most shining moments, propining, benevolent, umanitarian, visionary and romanticizing. At our worst, the Lady Caroline might have referred to us as mad, bad, and dangerous to know. Aimed at full-scale provocation, Roberts presents this eclectic collection that refl ects his Wiccan infl uences and his no-holds-barred sense of humor. A Primer of Darksome Intent is meant to be scary, funny, insightful, argumentative, and profound.

Many have tried and failed to come up with some sort of “system” to beat the odds at Roulette. And many have sold supposed “fool-proof” strategies “guaranteed: to make their customers rich, strategies that ultimately have proven to be foolhardy. The truth is that there is no guaranteed system that will ensure riches in the game of Roulette or any game of chance. But that doesn’t mean you can’t shift the odds in your favor. This strategy isn’t meant to give readers false hope that one day they’ll be jet-setting millionaires laughing about how they made their fortunes in the casinos. No. That’s just a fairy tale that charlatans use to sell you their latest scam.

A kidnapped child. A coded message. A burning car... A nine-year-old boy crawls from a burning car and is left fighting for his life. Young children go missing in the dead of night. Something sinister is at work on this London estate. Then DCI David Rosen and his team find a sinister eye carved into the site of the wreckage. Nearby, mysterious markings are etched onto the wall. Every second counts. Can Rosen and his team crack the code in time? Or will these children stay missing for ever? What people are saying about WHAT SHE SAW: ''Solidly believable world with intriguing and eyebrow raising characters'' ''Lots of twists and turns throughout, builds to a brilliant climax'' ''What a cunning, gripping story this is'' ''Read it in 2 sittings, couldn''t put it down''

Before night falls, someone will die... A young Czech girl, missing for eight days, is found in a deserted playground. Starving and terrified, she may be alive but the horrors she''s survived have left her mute. DCI Eve Clay is on her way to try and interview the girl, when another case is called in. Two Polish migrant workers have been found dead in their burnt out flat. But this is no normal house fire. The men''s bodies had been doused in petrol. Then Clay uncovers a sinister message at the scene: killing time is here, embrace it. It''s clear this is only the beginning, but how long does Eve have before another life is taken?

Why can''t she say what she saw? She watched her father die... A gripping serial killer thriller, perfect for fans of Angela Marsons. Leonard Lawson was a respected professor of medieval art. He lived a quiet life in a suburb of Liverpool with his grown-up daughter. He had no enemies. Louise Lawson witnessed her father''s murder. Before she blacked out, she saw his body mutilated and deformed, twisted into a parody of the artworks he loved. DCI Eve Clay must overcome her own demons to decode a message written in blood – before another life is taken.

''Dark, gripping and believable'' GRAHAM MASTERTON. Are you looking for an addictive serial killer thriller with a dark twist? EVERY NIGHT, A FAMILY DIES... While a blizzard rages through the streets of Liverpool, a family are slaughtered in their beds. Their mutilated bodies are dragged onto the landing to form a strange pattern. None of the neighbours hears a sound. EVERY NIGHT, SHE TRIES TO SAVE THEM... DCI Eve Clay and her Liverpool team can''t understand the secret rituals of this killer. Who would risk capture to arrange their victims so precisely? Somewhere in Eve''s mind, a long-buried memory flickers... But this is no time for hunches. She must find the killers before they strike again. TIME IS RUNNING OUT... First in the gripping, original and inventive Liverpool crime series introducing DCI Eve Clay. Reviews for Blood Mist: ''Intricate, fast-paced, with a sense of the macabre... A genuinely innovative crime writer'' DAILY MAIL. ''Dark, gripping and believable. Roberts'' intimate knowledge of Liverpool makes the city into a sinister character of itself'' GRAHAM MASTERTON. ''The book is fantastic! It grips hold of you right away... A hard hitting and disturbing tale. It leaves you chilled, exhausted and most definitely uncomfortable'' EUROCRIME. ''A fast-paced, chilling novel... Short chapters, crackling dialogue and action that never lets up for a single moment... Mark Roberts is what British crime fiction has been looking for'' CRIMESQUAD. ''This is one of the most thought-provoking, powerful serial killing murders I''ve ever read. It''s brutal, but I found that the plot was so deep, so twisted, intense and clever that there was no way I could put the book down until the final page'' BESTSELLING CRIME THRILLERS.

Six women. Six abductions. Six souls. The tabloids call him Herod. A barbaric serial killer who mutilates pregnant women and dumps their bodies in London streets. DCI Rosen calls him the Devil. A disturbed and twisted man who follows an ancient occult text said to be hell''s answer to the bible. Then a new victim is abducted. DCI Rosen knows that time is running out to save her. But if he enters the killer''s lair, he will find that there are far worse things than death... What people are saying about THE SIXTH SOUL: ''Of all the thriller/police books I have ever read, The Sixth Sense catapults right to the top spot!'' ''A real humdinger of a thriller'' ''An absolute triumph in crime drama literature'' ''From the first page it grabs you by the throat and won''t let you go until you''ve finished''

All they wanted was to find their happy-ever-after... Instead, they met their deaths. Three women have been killed in Liverpool. The MO points to a stranger, and now DCI Eve Clay is on the trail of a vicious man who preys on lonely women on dating sites. He signs off the same way with each message: "Kiss kiss, night night." His crimes are escalating – and Eve has to stop him before another girl dies. But first she needs to find him. And that means going undercover online, and posing as his perfect victim... REVIEWS FOR MARK ROBERTS: ''A fast-paced, chilling novel... Short chapters, crackling dialogue and action that never lets up for a single moment... Mark Roberts is what British crime fiction has been looking for'' CRIMESQUAD. ''Intricate, fast-paced, with a sense of the macabre... A genuinely innovative crime writer'' DAILY MAIL. ''Dark, gripping and believable. Roberts'' intimate knowledge of Liverpool makes the city into a sinister character of itself'' GRAHAM MASTERTON. ''This is one of the most thought-provoking, powerful serial killing murders I''ve ever read. It''s brutal, but I found that the plot was so deep, so twisted, intense and clever that there was no way I could put the book down until the final page'' BESTSELLING CRIME THRILLERS.

From the author of Annihilation, now a major motion picture Marvellously entertaining dip-in spoof guide to exotic fictional illnesses and afflictions, with over eighty entries contributed by fifty-eight writers, including the editors themselves and Steve Aylett, Neil Gaiman, David Langford, China Miéville, Michael Moorcock, Brian Stableford, etc. It is illustrated throughout with curious and humorously unenlightening sketches. ''An amazing book ... sure to delight the discerning (and slightly warped) reader'' Publishers Weekly

Textbook for college-level course in Adobe Photoshop software. For Graphic Design and Photography programs.