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This is the remarkable, true story of Australia's most notorious criminals. Brenden James Abbott became as famous for his ability to elude the authorities as he did for the daring bank raids he carried out--he escaped from custody three times and was on the run for a total of almost seven years. In this astounding and gripping book, he reveals how he pulled off two daring escapes from maximum-security prisons and executed some of Australia's m...

In these days of spiritual ignorance in the country and doctrinal laxity in the church, many Anglicans look back to former times with a certain degree of wistfulness. One date lingers in the collective Anglican memory as suggestive of a golden era: 1662. Yet 1662 was not a good year for those to whom the gospel and a good conscience were more precious than the institutional church. Hundreds of 'evangelical' puritan ministers were forced to lea...

Recounts University of Nevada, Las Vegas' phenomenal growth. This work covers the personalities who created and guided the school, from Maude Frazier, the visionary educator who fought to bring higher education to southern Nevada, to the professors, administrators, and other campus personalities who helped shape the institution and its traditions.

Supporters of neoliberalism claim that free markets lead to economic growth, and the establishment of democratically accountable governments. This book offers a view from Sumatra of the realities behind the debates during the final years of Suharto's New Order and the beginning of a transition to more democratic government.

It's twice the romance, double the sizzle in this special two-in-one edition from New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen. Here are a pair of classic contemporary novels that prove once and for all that when it comes to love, you can't get too much of a good thing.Stormy VowsFor a struggling actress, a private audition with a young Hollywood turk like Michael Donovan was the break of a lifetime. But Brenna Sloan refused to be intimidat...

Oliver P. Pearson's studies on mammalian biology remain standard reading for ecologists, physiologists, taxonomists, and biogeographers. Reflecting this, the papers gathered here continue to expand our understanding of the ecology and evolution of subterranean mammals, and of ecology, taxonomy, and biogeography of Neotropical mammals, a group that was central to the latter half of Pearson's career.

Examines the intersection of the Gothic and children's literature and the contemporary manifestations of the gothic impulse, revealing that Gothic elements can, in fact, be traced in children's literature for as long as children have been reading.

Explores the cultural marketplace of public representation, showing how American religionists have made use of visual media to instruct the public, to practice devotion and ritual, and to form converts. This book reveals the importance of visual media to the construction and practice of sectarian and national community in a nation of immigrants.

Explores the cultural marketplace of public representation, showing how American religionists have made use of visual media to instruct the public, to practice devotion and ritual, and to form converts. This book reveals the importance of visual media to the construction and practice of sectarian and national community in a nation of immigrants.

Researchers have identified a pivotal, upstream role for macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) in the innate immune response. This book describes this renaissance of knowledge in the biology of MIF. It also discusses the role of MIF as a therapeutic target.

In Encapsulation and Controlled Release Technologies in Food Systems, editor Lakkis has gathered a highly respected collection of expert contributors from industry and academia to highlight recent innovations in encapsulation and controlled release technologies in food systems.

Addresses different scenarios when finding complex relationships in spatiotemporal data by modeling them as graphs, giving readers a comprehensive synopsis on two successful partition-based algorithms designed by the authors.

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag comes this powerful novel of passion, heartbreak, and redemption—a story that celebrates our capacity to love one time, for all time, even in the face of adversity and change.They say that each of us becomes an entirely new person every seven years. But Rebecca Bradshaw doesn't feel any different when an old lover shows up severely injured at the hospital where she runs the physical therapy d...

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag comes a special edition featuring two of her romantic classics in one irresistible volume. This unforgettable pair of novels is sure to excite the lover and thrill the romantic in every reader.TempestuousAlexandra Gianni had come to Briarwood with her infant daughter, Isabella, to start over. Determined to rebuild her life and the ramshackle farm she'd purchased with the last of her money, Al...

In the past 15-20 years major discoveries have been concluded on potato biology and biotechnology. Important new tools have been developed in the area of molecular genetics, and our understanding of potato physiology has been revolutionized due to amenability of the potato to genetic transformation. This technology has impacted our understanding of the molecular basis of plant-pathogen interaction and has also opened new opportunities for the ...

The #1 bestselling creator of the Dirk Pitt adventures introduces an intriguing new action hero: the enigmatic captain of the "Oregon, " Juan Cabrillo. In his first feature-length adventure, it's up to Cabrillo to put Tibet back in the hands of the Dalai Lama by striking a deal with the Russians and the Chinese.

Tells the story of one of the most dazzling gravity-defying illusion ever performed on stage.

Psychologists know best, of course, and in the 1950s they warned parents about the dangers of too much love. Besides, what was "love" anyway? Just a convenient name for children seeking food and adults seeking sex. It took an outsider scientist to challenge it.

Set against the backdrop of one of the most virulent epidemics that America ever experienced-the 1918 flu epidemic-Thomas Mullen's powerful, sweeping first novel is a tale of morality in a time of upheaval.Deep in the mist-shrouded forests of the Pacific Northwest is a small mill town called Commonwealth, conceived as a haven for workers weary of exploitation. For Philip Worthy, the adopted son of the town's founder, it is a haven in another s...