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As an agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, William Queen must tackle a number of challenging cases. In the winter of 1985, he faces his toughest mission to date: He must apprehend Mark Stephens, a notorious narcotics trafficker who has been terrorizing the communities around Los Angeles with frequent rampages involving machine guns and hand grenades. A recluse living in the treacherous backwoods outside the city, Stephens is...

Dem Strukturwandel in der deutschen Bauwirtschaft sind am stärksten mittelständische Bauunternehmen unterworfen. Für die Existenzsicherung dieser Unternehmen kommt dem Unternehmenscontrolling eine entscheidende Rolle zu. Christian Keidel ermittelt den Verbreitungsgrad und Entwicklungsstand des Unternehmenscontrolling in mittelständischen Bauunternehmen. Er bestimmt ein typisches Erscheinungsbild und entwickelt auf Basis der wertschöpfungsorien...

From the celebrated imagination of Dean Koontz comes a powerful reworking of one of the classic stories of all time. If you think you know the legend, you know only half the truth. Now the mesmerizing saga concludes. . . .As a devastating hurricane approaches, as the benighted creations of Victor Helios begin to spin out of control, as New Orleans descends into chaos and the future of humanity hangs in the balance, the only hope rests with Vic...

Young Carmen Dula and her family are about to embark on the adventure of a lifetime--they're going to Mars, in this novel from the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of "The Accidental Time Machine" and "Old Twentieth.

Publizistische Konflikte sind Weichenstellungen in der Entwicklung von Unternehmen, Parteien, Verbänden und Individuen. Auf der Grundlage von begrifflichen Unterscheidungen und theoretischen Überlegungen werden die Unterschiede zwischen publizistischen Konflikten und Skandalen herausgearbeitet, die Eigendynamik ihrer Entwicklung dargestellt und die Chancen der Betroffenen analysiert. Anhand von empirischen Untersuchungen werden die Sichtweisen...

The Story of Boogie-Woogie presents a comprehensive history of boogie-woogie from the early 20th century to the present, describing the style's appearance and development, its offshoots, and the pianists who made it famous, and studying its impact on rhythm and blues, urban blues, and big band swing, leading to the eventual revival of _classical_ boogie-woogie in concerts and festivals.

Written by an internationally renowned mathematician, "General Linear Methods for Ordinary Differential Equations" provides comprehensive and up-to-date coverage on the discussed numerical methods. This book focuses on general linear methods for ordinary differential equations, and there is currently no book on the market that deals specifically with this topic. The book compiles and organizes the recent advances and developments in the theory...

Management ist kein Zauberwerk sondern erlernbar. In der vorliegenden Studie wird das Handwerk „Management“ umfassend beschrieben. Grundlage der empirischen Arbeit sind Erfahrungsberichte erfolgreicher Führungskräfte der deutschen Wirtschaft. Auf Basis aktueller neurowissenschaftlicher und organisationswissenschaftlicher Erkenntnisse ermittelt Marc Schmidt sowohl Grundlagen erfolgreicher Unternehmensführung als auch das Rüstzeug für persönlic...

Durch digitale Bewegtbild-Medien eröffnen sich für die Interne Unternehmenskommunikation und Mitarbeiterführung neue Möglichkeiten. Ihr Einsatz erfolgt bisher jedoch meist ziellos und ohne konzeptionelle Grundlage. Bernadette Bürgi beschäftigt sich mit Corporate Television der zweiten Generation bzw. Corporate Television 2.0 (CTV). Sie erarbeitet ein theoretisches Konzept und führt eine praktische Standortbestimmung für CTV durch. Gestaltungs...

Masterfully written and beautifully told, Gudenkauf's debut is a stunning novel of family devotion, honesty, and regret that's sure to linger long after the last page is turned--a story of two families tied by the question of what had happened to their children. Original.

Patronizing the Public is the first detailed and comprehensive examination of how American philanthropy has transformed culture, communication, and the humanities. Drawing on an impressive range of archival and secondary sources, the chapters in the volume shed light on philanthropic foundations have shaped numerous fields, including film, television, radio, journalism, drama, local history, museums, as well as art and the humanities in general.

Alternative techniques and tools for analyzing biomolecular networks With the recent rapid advances in molecular biology, high-throughput experimental methods have resulted in enormous amounts of data that can be used to study biomolecular networks in living organisms. With this development has come recognition of the fact that a complicated living organism cannot be fully understood by merely analyzing individual components. Rather, it is th...

A modern presentation of integral methods in low-frequency electromagnetics This book provides state-of-the-art knowledge on integral methods in low-frequency electromagnetics. Blending theory with numerous examples, it introduces key aspects of the integral methods used in engineering as a powerful alternative to PDE-based models. Readers will get complete coverage of: * The electromagnetic field and its basic characteristics * An overview o...

This book recalls, for nonscientific readers, the history of quantum mechanics, the main points of its interpretation, and Einstein's objections to it, together with the responses engendered by his arguments. Most popular discussions on the strange aspects of quantum mechanics ignore the fundamental fact that Einstein was correct in his insistence that the theory does not directly describe reality. While that fact does not remove the theory's ...

Significantly updated with revisions to nearly all 200-plus details, this second edition of Architect's Handbook of Construction Detailing provides architects, engineers, interior designers, contractors, and other building professionals with all of the common construction details, materials information, and detailing concepts used throughout the industry. The information can be used as is or modified to fit individual project designs. Each of ...

From the author of the New York Times bestsellers Holding Up the Universe and All the Bright Places (soon to be a major motion picture starring Elle Fanning), a spellbinding coming-of-age debut about ill-fated love during the Great Depression-and what it means to be a woman with ambition.Velva Jean's mother urged her to "live out there in the great wide world, " and growing up in Appalachia in the years before World War II, Velva Jean dreams o...

For the 150th anniversary of its first publication, a new edition of the pioneering African-American classic, reflecting groundbreaking discoveries about its author's life First published in 1859, Our Nig is an autobiographical narrative that stands as one of the most important accounts of the life of a black woman in the antebellum North. In the story of Frado, a spirited black girl who is abused and overworked as the indentured servant to a ...

Written by the award-winning author of "Perfection Salad, " this biography portrays one of the most beloved figures in 20th-century American culture: Julia Child, the buoyant chef who has taught millions of Americans to cook with confidence and eat with pleasure.

At a time when religious conflict and violence seem to dominate the media, distinguished religion journalist Gustav Niebuhr set off across America to find people who are building, not burning, the bridges between faiths. As he travels across the country-from Queens and Baltimore to Louisville and Los Angeles-he finds Buddhists, Catholics, Jews, Baptists, Muslims, and Episcopalians reaching out to one another to find common ground between their...

McLarty pens a funny and heartwarming novel about a down-on-his-luck writer who finally finds success and love.