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The dead woman is an enigma -- a local lass who emigrated to America some years back, now perched atop a seven-hundred-foot cliff high above the pounding Irish surf . . . with two passports, a pistol, and $27, 000 U.S. dollars in her coat pocket. The brutality of May Quirk's murder -- along with the accompanying death of her unborn child -- haunts Chief Superintendent Peter McGarr of the Special Crimes Unit. What was it that brought her home t...

Princess Amelia Mignonette Grimaldi Thermopolis Renaldo, aka Mia, reveals everything she's learned about being a princess in this informative and hilarious companion to Meg Cabot's "The Princess Diaries" series.

Das Buch behandelt die Wechselbeziehungen zwischen Sport, Gesundheit und Public Health. Dabei geht es vor allem um drei Fragen: Welche Wirkungen hat körperliche Aktivität auf die private und öffentliche Gesundheit? Von welchen psychologischen und strukturellen Determinanten hängt das Ausmaß des Sport- und Bewegungsverhaltens ab? Und mit welchen Interventionen lässt sich das Niveau der köperlich-sportlichen Aktivität in der Bevölkerung erhöhen?...

A Vintage Contemporaries OriginalIncludes:Jim Shepard's "Tedford and the Megalodon"Glen David Gold's "The Tears of Squonk, and What Happened Thereafter"Dan Chaon's "The Bees"Kelly Link's "Catskin"Elmore Leonard's "How Carlos Webster Changed His Name to Carl and Became a Famous Oklahoma Lawman"Carol Emshwiller's "The General"Neil Gaiman's "Closing Time"Nick Hornby's "Otherwise Pandemonium"Stephen King's "The Tale of Gray Dick"Michael Crichton's...

Distressed by their offsprings' lack of interest in marriage, the formidable matriarchs of the "ton" take matters into their own hands and form The Ladies' Society for the Betterment of the Future of Britain. Their first challenge: the Earl of Pennington. Original.

By addressing, through empirical research, the many facets of racial dynamics in higher education, this timely book offers not only strong arguments for the necessity of affirmative action policies, but also ways of building a research agenda that tests notions of fairness, merit, and the benefits of diversity.

What was to be a grand adventure for Melissa MacGregor -- an escape from the wilds of her Scottish home into the whirl of the London social scene -- seems to pale before the promise in the passionate gaze of Lincoln Ross Burnett. Though they exchange but a few words before parting after a chance encounter on her grandfather's lands, Melissa instantly knows this bold stranger is her destiny, while Lincoln realizes his heart has been claimed for...

Historic sites are visited by millions of people every year, but most of these places perpetuate the public notion that men have been the primary agents of historical change. This book reveals that historic sites and buildings have much to tell us about women's history. It documents women's contributions to the historic preservation movement at places such as Mount Vernon and explores women's history at several existing landmarks such as histo...

As youngsters beg to be kissed, the mommies in this book are happy to oblige with kisses in all the right places. A loving rhyme and tender full-color illustrations of animal mothers and their babies demonstrate the best way to say "I love you.

From the creator of the Heritage trilogy comes an all-new series featuring Earth's Interstellar Marine Expeditionary Unit, which embarks on a ten-year voyage to a hostile world to face a vicious alien race determined to enslave humankind. Original.

The "remarkable" (The New Yorker) debut story collection by the author of The Orphan Master's Son (winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize) and the story collection Fortune Smiles (winner of the 2015 National Book Award) An ATF raid, a moonshot gone wrong, a busload of female cancer victims determined to live life to the fullest-these are the compelling terrains Adam Johnson explores in his electrifying debut collection. A lovesick teenage Cajun gir...

Be it ever so humble, there's nothing quite like cornbread--America's unofficial official bread. Filled with humorous, little-known lore, "The Cornbread Book" offers 50 original recipes for both classics and new treats.

The bestselling author of "Walking the Bible" renders "a stunning collective portrait of an ingrown community with its own history, hierarchy, and traditions" ("The New Yorker").

Untold wealth and a global business empire. An American family, fiercely proud of its Ulster-Scots Presbyterian pedigree and its founder's part in the American Revolution. How could the Mackinnons go wrong? What more could Fiona Mackinnon, the steely head of this family, possibly want in her life? The answer is continued, unchallenged power and influence. And that's why conflict erupts when her feisty, strong-willed, stunning daughter, Kati...

Two popular books are now together as one in this unique flip board book that features baby animals with their parents. Full color.

Joe Morgan thought he had done his time. A New York cop for forty years, he was going to take it easy from now on. But it's hard to ignore a serial killer on your own doorstep. Harder still, if you suspect that person to be someone who should represent the epitome of righteousness, and not the depravity of pure evil. A sultry summer in Queens, and a maniac is on the loose. Joe, driven by his own demons, is determined to catch him. What h...

Protein transport events occurring at the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) of eukaryotic cells and the cytoplasmic membrane of prokaryotic organisms share many similarities. Resident proteins of both membranes span the lipid bilayer once or several times by a-helical stretches and their integration is usually mediated by uncleaved signal-anchor sequences. Proteins that are translocated across either membrane, collectively also termed secretory prote...

An introductory manual for Ion Assisted Deposition (IAD) procedures of thin films. Addressed to researchers, post-graduates and even engineers with little or no experience, the book reviews the basic concepts related to the interaction of low energy ion beams with materials.

Cutting-edge coverage of the seismic-resistant technologies used in concrete structures Seismic Design of Reinforced and Precast Concrete Buildings explores a comprehensive body of experimentally developed conclusions, extending this base to design-relevant relationships and limit states that are reduced to usable forms. Focus throughout the book is given to developing a potent integration of knowledge and imagination to create the highest qu...

A one-stop resource on every dimension of international exporting "Frank Reynolds gives the reader a tour de force of international trade issues-a treatise presented in a lucid yet highly analytical manner that both the novice and experienced business person will find informative and useful in their daily operations. Mr. Reynolds is more than a highly respected author. He is an international trader with over thirty years of experience and suc...