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Award-winning author Deborah Crombie has elevated the modern mystery novel to new heights of human drama and multilayered suspense with her critically acclaimed tales of intrigue featuring Scotland Yard Detective Superintendent Duncan Kincaid and Sergeant Gemma James. In their latest outing, Kincaid and his former partner--and soon-to-be roommate--follow a twisting trail of rage and retribution whose buried roots are about to exact a deadly to...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The first comprehensive account of the epoch-making Six-Day War, from the author of Ally-now featuring a fiftieth-anniversary retrospective Though it lasted for only six tense days in June, the 1967 Arab-Israeli war never really ended. Every crisis that has ripped through this region in the ensuing decades, from the Yom Kippur War of 1973 to the ongoing intifada, is a direct consequence of those six days of fighting...

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For this authoritative English-language edition, D. J. Enright has revised the late Terence Kilmartin's acclaimed reworking of C. K. Scott Moncrieff's translation to take into account the new definitive French editions of A la recherche du temps perdu (the final volume of these new editions was published by the Bibliotheque de la Pleiade in 1989).

Chronicling the turbulent life of Hall of Fame pitcher Sandy Koufax, this biography will reacquaint fans with a legendary player from their youth and introduce a new generation to one of baseball's greatest pitchers. 18 photos.

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Unlike dry history books, What Makes America Great? is written in a breezy, personal style. It makes history come alive with humanizing stories about the men and women who made America great. ·Chapter 1 provides objective proof of America's greatness, using a lot of statistics. ·Chapters 2 and 3 cover the early history of America and explain why we revolted. ·Chapter 4 explains our victory over England in the American Revolution, a tremendous ...

How did the Chicago Teamsters Local 705, once notorious for corruption and despotism, become an organization that the Wall Street Journal hailed as "a model of reform"? In this compelling narrative, Bruno tells of the often violent, always contentious struggle to reform one of the nation's most powerful and independent union locals. During the worst years, Chicago Teamsters operated under thinly veiled threats and settled differences by fistfi...

Written to equip students in the mathematical siences to understand and model the epidemiological and experimental data encountered in genetics research. This second edition expands the original edition by over 100 pages and includes new material. Sprinkled throughout the chapters are many new problems.

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Many readers are aware of Alfred Tennyson's treatment of legendary battles in such poems as "Boadicea, " "The Revenge, " "Battle of Brunanburh, " and "Achilles over the Trench." Yet among Tennyson's most neglected works are his first battle poems, pieces that reflect the poet's immersion in the literature of the heroic age. J. Timothy Lovelace argues that Tennyson's war poems reflect image patterns of the "Illiad" and "Aeneid, " and reinvigora...

In a series of conversations Manuel Castells, one of the world's best known social scientists, explains and expands his work. He builds on his earlier thinking, opening it to new audiences and taking it into new areas in a highly accessible way. Manuel Castells explains and expands his work in a series of conversations with British journalist Martin Ince. Castells builds on his earlier work, opening it to new audiences, and taking it into new ...

Die dritte Violinsonate Edvard Griegs gehört zu seinen wichtigsten Kompositionen und zählt, zusammen mit den Sonaten von Johannes Brahms und César Franck, zu den bedeutendsten Werken der Gattung aus dem letzten Viertel des 19. Jahrhunderts. Ihre Weltgeltung lässt sich unter anderem an der Tatsache ablesen, dass sie in Thomas Manns Roman "Doktor Faustus" Erwähnung findet. Die Sonate erfreut sich seit ihrer Entstehung anhaltend großer Beliebthei...

Ken Follett has done it once more . . . goes down with the ease and impact of a well-prepared martini." -New York Times Book ReviewHis name was Feliks. He came to London to commit a murder that would change history. A master manipulator, he had many weapons at his command, but against him were ranged the whole of the English police, a brilliant and powerful lord, and the young Winston Churchill himself. These odds would have stopped any man in...

Intuitive Astrology is simply wonderful. I've used and studied astrology for many years, and this is one of the most accessible and practical guides ever written."-- Christiane Northrup, M.D.Author of "Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdsom and "The Wisdom of Menopause "A user-friendly gift of intelligence, accessibility, and depth." --ELIZABETH LESSER Co-founder of Omega Institute and author of "The Seeker's Guide Is astrology destiny? Of course not...

In this companion workbook to "Chosen to Be God's Prophet, " Blackaby leads readers through the life of Samuel.

A new critical model drawing on the ideas of Wittgenstein and Cavell and focusing on the role of the ordinary and the familiar in the experience of writing and reading

Martin Stallworth is a black man trying to make it on Wall Street. As a junk bond salesman with the investment bank Whorman Skeller & Co., he has a chance to prove his worth when the firm plans to launch a major high yield bond deal for a satellite communications company called Lodestar. Because Lodestar has important connections to the US Department of Defense, Martin and the other junk bond salespersons know their jobs are on the line if the...

The acclaimed author of Shooting at Midnight has penned a thriller like no other ... the no-holds-barred story of a bodyguard with the ultimate assignment: protecting a woman who also happens to be the most hunted killer in the world...Code-named Drama, she is a lightning-fast death machine — a hitwoman sought by intelligence agencies around the world. Drama kills as easily as she breathes ... and the last time she and Atticus Kodiak met, they...

This reference book makes the 3284 administrative and economic Ur III texts accessible to Sumerologists and scholars from related fields.