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Jenny Penny is eight years old. She loves animals and she has a very vivd imagination. One day she finds a real elephant in the yard behind her house. How did he get there and where does he belong?

Terror grips the city. In a series of brutal murders, three young women have been killed on or around the subway, and panic spreads through the transit system. To make matters worse, one of the investigating detectives is a suspect. Detective Inspector Ian McBriar and his team need to track down the real killer before more lives are lost. The one thread that links the deaths together is a thin one, and the only thing the murders have in common...

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You are lying in the gutter, shot by a desperate fugitive, a ruthless killer, and your life is slowly slipping away. Travel alongside Ian McBriar, a police detective, whose last thoughts before losing consciousness are of the lives he hasn't saved and of the woman he loves. Haunted by the crimes he has witnessed, the lives he has seen destroyed, he struggled with the past that makes him who he is. This last case has hit too close to home. His ...

Death Works at Night is the second in the Ian McBriar murder mystery series. A phone call in the middle of the night sends a police officer on one of the most perplexing cases of his career. Detective Sergeant Ian McBriar is called to investigate a death that seems to have no motive and an obvious suspect that has no alibi. The deeper he goes, the darker the trail of death becomes. Set against the backdrop of 1974 Toronto, Ian must also pr...

The thrilling conclusion to the Ian McBriar Murder Mystery series. "Dead End" takes the reader through a web of lies and deceit. A body disappears from a morgue, only to turn up at the wheel of a car later on. A mysterious woman with a twin sister who may be guilty of more than the police suspect. And finally, a question that was asked in the very first Ian McBriar book is answered, "Why?

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Translation memory systems are software applications that provide computer-assisted translation support to human translators. Due to their commercial success, these applications now play a key role in the translation industry. This book looks at how well such systems deal with placeable and localizable elements, the portions of a document that remain unchanged or are adapted according to specific conventions in the target language. Based on co...

This paper investigates a technical approach toward eliminating Air Force dependence on foreign petroleum, a challenge the author believes must be addressed to secure U.S. preeminence across the spectrum of future operations. The author presents one path toward energy security that embraces high-tech concepts which lead to unprecedented aircraft fuel efficiency and incorporation of domestic alternative fuels. By 2030, a relatively low-risk com...

The United States Air Force's Center for Strategy and Technology was established atthe Air War College in 1996. Its purpose is to engage in long-term strategic thinkingabout technology and its implications for United States national security. The Center(CSAT) focuses on education, research, and publications that support the integrationof technology into national strategy and policy. This document is one of thesepublications.