Best Selling Books by Michael Grant

It’s 1945. The war is over and Matt McCartan is mustered out of the army just in time to attend his father’s funeral. Matt and his father always had an estranged relationship and because of that Matt knows almost nothing about his father’s life and childhood. While going through his father’s papers he discovers a single clue that might shed light on who his father was: a faded envelope with a return address of Ballyturan, Ireland. Seeking further information, he composes a letter to the village priest asking if he, or someone in the village, knew his father. The priest doesn’t respond, but a young woman does and her shocking letter sets Matt off on a journey of discovery to find out not only who his father was, but who he is. He arrives at Ballyturan, a small village on the Dingle Peninsula, only to learn that there is more to this sleepy village than meets the eye. Why does the village priest lie to him? Why does the richest man in Dingle threaten him? And what secrets are the village butcher and a local farmer keeping from him? The only one in Ballyturan who seems to have any answers is a man whom everyone in the village thinks is mad. But to Matt, he’s the only one in Ballyturan who makes sense. Eventually, Matt peels away layer upon layer of secrecy and mendacity and treachery to uncover the shocking and unhappy sad truth about his father.

"The Greek and Roman myths and legends are an indispensable part of our cultural heritage -- drawn upon by painters adn writers through the centuries, told and retold all over the world. Together they add up to one of the greatest imaginative achievements in the history of civilization; and yet the narratives of the myths themselves, today, are often only half-remembered. This scholarly and comprehensive book presents, in alphabetical order, clear and concise accounts of all the characters around whom the myths of Greece and Rome were woven." --from publisher''s notes.

Night is falling in the FAYZ. It has been nearly a year since everyone over the age of fifteen disappeared. And even though everything changed, the sun continued to shine on those left in Perdido Beach. But now the gaiaphage has blotted out the sun and plunged the FAYZ into perpetual gloom. Divided and dispirited, the survivors face their greatest enemy yet - the darkness of their own minds.

The most breathtaking and exhilarating ride you can’t imagine. It’s The Matrix meets Inner Space in a futuristic battle for survival and the first in an incredible new action thriller series from Michael Grant, author of GONE. These are no ordinary soldiers. This is no ordinary war. Welcome to the nano, where the only battle is for sanity. Losing is not an option when a world of madness is at stake. Time is running out for the good guys. But what happens when you don’t know who the good guys really are? It’s BZRK. Noah and Sadie: newly initiated to an underground cell so covert that they don’t even know each other’s names. Here they will learn what it means to fight on a nano level. Soon they will become the deadliest warriors the world has ever seen. Vincent: feels nothing, cares for no one; fighting his own personal battle with Bug Man, the greatest nano warrior alive. The Armstrong Twins: wealthy, privileged, fanatical. Are they the saviours of mankind or authors of the darkest conspiracy the world has ever seen? The nano is uncharted territory. A terrifying world of discovery. And everything is to play for . . . The coolest author of books for teens writing today is back with yet another mind-blowing Young Adult series. Warning: BZRK contains some scenes of violence. Praise for Gone: ‘. . . exciting, high-tension story told in a driving, torrential narrative that never lets up. This is great fiction. I love these books.’ Stephen King, bestselling author.

"A continuation of the events exposed in BZRK"--

In this 1968 study, Michael Grant examines the varied ways in which Rome used currency to inform direct or deceive public opinion and also considers results of this exploitation. Cunning historians can read in the coins matters of art politics, religion, economics - even personalities not to be found in surviving books: or if found, can set what the books say against what the coins say. Professor Grant astutely masters his difficult and complex subject matter, producing a brief exposition of it in words which the general reader and specialist alike can understand and profit from. Complemented by a series of half-tone plates, Professor Grant''s book is an excellent introduction for students of history to the value of coins as evidence for their subject.

A gripping police thriller from the highly praised author of Line of Duty. When the U.S. pushes the Columbian government to extradite drug dealers to the States, the drug cartel responds with a deadly new initiative: the formation of a terrorist group that begins assassinating New York City police officers.

Sometimes one hero isn''t enough – sometimes you need a full dozen. Mack’s search for his dazzling dozen continues in the fourth instalment of this funny, action-packed fantasy series by the New York Times bestselling author of GONE.

Om den klassiske arkæologis landvindinger 1960-1990

Grey McLure, having turned to science after his wife was diagnosed with lung cancer, realizes it is too late to save her life and the nanotechnology he has created has given birth to a war on humanity''s free will.

This paper explores legal and economic issues related to a fascinating new technology called the blockchain protocol. The most popular and important blockchain commodity is currently bitcoin (Part I). Bitcoin is intuitively understood as a “virtual currency.” However, it is possible that bitcoin fails to meet an economist''s definition of money (Part II). In Part III, I survey the academic literature and conduct an empirical study of my own that compares bitcoin prices and other assets from July 12, 2013 until December 16, 2014. Ultimately, I conclude that bitcoin is not money and does not behave like money. Later, I analyze two potential legal questions connected to the question of whether bitcoin is money: how will bitcoin derivatives be regulated? (Part IV), and whether transferred bitcoins are free of security interests under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code (Part V).