Bøger af Alan Parks

After six years of living in the olive groves of Andalucia, Alan and Lorna should have adjusted to Spanish life, but things never seem to run smoothly. When Lily the alpaca falls pregnant, they are in for an anxious few months as they battle against the odds to keep themselves afloat. In Seriously Mum, How Many Cats? there is concern that the cats are going to take over the farm. There are cats in the barn, cats in the garden and even a cat invasion in the bedroom one night. Exploding tyres, flamenco dancing, religious parades and, of course, all your favourite animals return once again to entertain you in the latest story about these much loved expats.

From the winner of the MWA Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original Mystery, Alan Parks, comes a new, gripping installment in the gritty Glasgow-based Harry McCoy series.A woman enters a Glasgow police station to report her son missing, but no record can be found of the boy. When Detective Harry McCoy, who is on temporary transfer from a station across town, discovers the family is part of the cultish Church of Christ's Suffering, he suspects there is more to the boy's disappearance than meets the eye.Meanwhile reports arrive of a string of poisonings of down-and-outs across the city. The dead are men who few barely notice, let alone care about--but, as McCoy is painfully aware, among this desperate community is his own father.Even as McCoy searches for the missing boy, he must conceal from his colleagues the real reason for his presence--to investigate corruption in the station. Some people pray for justice, but Detective Harry McCoy hasn't got time to wait for God's divine intervention.

Could you give up everything you have worked for and do something completely different?Would you give up and go home if it all went wrong? 'Seriously Mum, What's an Alpaca?' is the frank and charming story of a brave couple who move to Spain to breed alpacas. Their intention is to make a living, but first they must negotiate their way through the Spanish property market, local characters, rogue builders and the worst weather Andalucía has seen for 100 years. Alan and Lorna experience the joy, but also the heartbreak of alpaca breeding, picking up an assortment of stray animals on the way. Will they succeed, or will the challenges prove too much to bear? Some review snippets..."an enchanting read""regularly laughed out loud""I would recommend this book to anyone"

Ten years in the Spanish wilderness has done nothing to dampen the spirit of Alan and Lorna. In fact, each setback they experience just seems to immerse the deeper into a life they have totally fallen in love with. 'Seriously Mum, Who's that Chicken?' is the latest installment of their adventures as they continue to seize the day, living off-grid and loving every minute of it.

In January 2015 Alan Parks was looking for a challenge. Overweight and in need of adventure an exciting opportunity presented itself and he grabbed it. Alan was going to jump out of an aeroplane to raise money for donkeys that had been mistreated or abandoned. After signing up for the skydive, it became apparent that as things stood Alan would be unable to take part in the jump and he was over the weight limit allowed, so a new regiment of exercise and eating had to come into play. This book is Alan's story. Full of pictures and stories about the donkeys that he is trying to help, at least 1 from every sale or download of this book will be donated to El Refugio del Burrito in Andalucia, Spain.

"Seriously Mum, Where's that Donkey?" is Alan Parks' follow-up book to "Seriously Mum, What's an Alpaca?" This book continues the story of Alan and Lorna's induction into Andalucian life and fills in some of the blanks. In this book, Alan and Lorna discover that their local town is not quite as sleepy as they had first imagined and that the local ladies will stand by you once their friendship is won. Alan and Lorna make some great new friends and have a few more unexpected adventures along the way. Add an appearance on Canadian TV into the mix, plus the trials and tribulations of alpaca farming, and this sequel will bring you bang up to date with the lives of two British expats in rural Spain.

Advanced undergraduate text in linear, convex, and non-linear optimization. Includes chapters on linear algebra, convex sets and functions, and multivariate analysis that support the major theorems and techniques. Simplex algorithm, Kuhn-Tucker Conditions. Many application problems and corridors to general application types.

An introduction to applied mathematics, including calculus, for students of the social and life sciences. Exact and numerical calculation on a variety of mathematical models. Recursion, equilibria, differentiation, integration, linear algebra, linear and non-linear optimization. Separate online problems document available.

Text for an upper level undergraduate course in abstract algebra: review of group theory with solvable groups, rings, ideals, quotient rings, polynomial rings, factorization into irreducibles and primes, field extensions, algebraic elements, Galois theory involving subgroups and normal subgroups. Solution of many problems of historical importance in polynomial equations, geometry, number theory.

Elementary number theory and group theory as the basis for a first course in formal mathematics. Begins with the rudiments of logic. Group theory to the Sylow existence theorem. Beginning theory of domains, ideals, and homomorphisms. Formal constructions of the integers and rational numbers.

Sophomore level course in real analysis (one-variable advanced calculus). Prerequisite: a course introducing proofs and the notation and basic facts concerning sets and functions. Topics: completeness, sequences, continuity, differentiation, integration, Taylor series.

A post-calculus course in differential equations and linear algebra with an emphasis on standard problems and solution techniques. Introduces many areas of application in the natural and social sciences. Reflects the close relationship between differential equations and linear algebra. Brief introduction to partial differential equations.

A woman enters a Glasgow police station to report her son missing, but no record can be found of the boy. When Detective Harry McCoy, seconded from the cop shop across town, discovers the family is part of the cultish Church of Christ's Suffering, he suspects there is more to Michael's disappearance than meets the eye.Meanwhile reports arrive of a string of poisonings of down-and-outs across the city. The dead are men who few barely notice, let alone care about - but, as McCoy is painfully aware, among this desperate community is his own father.Even as McCoy searches for the missing boy, he must conceal from his colleagues the real reason for his presence - to investigate corruption in the station. Some folk pray for justice. Detective Harry McCoy hasn't got time to wait.

A woman enters a Glasgow police station to report her son missing, but no record can be found of the boy. When Detective Harry McCoy, seconded from the cop shop across town, discovers the family is part of the cultish Church of Christ's Suffering, he suspects there is more to Michael's disappearance than meets the eye.Meanwhile reports arrive of a string of poisonings of down-and-outs across the city. The dead are men who few barely notice, let alone care about - but, as McCoy is painfully aware, among this desperate community is his own father.Even as McCoy searches for the missing boy, he must conceal from his colleagues the real reason for his presence - to investigate corruption in the station. Some folk pray for justice. Detective Harry McCoy hasn't got time to wait.

Chief Detective Inspector Harry McCoy follows the scarce clues to search for the perpetrators of a bombing campaign in Glasgow and its surrounding towns in a strike for independence in April 1974, as well as a missing American sailor from the base at Holy Loch.

A man hangs himself in a neighborhood chapel. Bodies of young girls are being found in canals and rivers across the city with high levels of Mandrax in their bloodstream. McCoy is asked to watch over a colleague's niece, who has left home young and is running with a bad crowd in Glasgow. DS Wattie is attempting to become a sergeant. Drugs in Glasgow have got darker and more dangerous. Glasgow, its music and its inhabitants all have rough edges in this hard city fought over by gangs, organized crime, the forces of law and order, and ordinary people trying to get by.

Originally published: Edinburgh, Scotland: Canongate Books Ltd., 2017.

"July 1973. The Glasgow drugs trade is booming and Bobby March, the city's own rock-star hero, has just ODed in a central hotel. Alice Kelly is twelve years old, lonely. And missing. Meanwhile the niece of McCoy's boss has fallen in with a bad crowd. When she goes AWOL, McCoy is asked--off the books--to find her. McCoy has a hunch. But does he have enough time?"--

McCoy has twenty-four hours to find two kidnapped boys before they turn up dead in Glasgow's city centre, in this fifth dark and gritty Harry McCoy thriller

McCoy must contend with a bombing spree across his home city in this fourth dark and gritty Harry McCoy thriller

The third dark and gripping Harry McCoy thriller from the most exciting new voice in Scottish noir

The second dark and grimy Harry McCoy thriller from the most exciting new voice in Scottish noir

The first in a new series of crime novels from debut author Alan Parks, the next dark and exciting voice in Scottish noir