What price betrayal? The bloody saga of revolution and republicanism reaches its climax in the final instalment of the Tom Neave trilogy. 1659. Tom Neave, now Lord Stonehouse and feared spymaster for the republic, must do what he can to maintain the reins of power. With Oliver Cromwell dead, a ruthl[...]
Two exciting short stories set in the engrossing world of The Demon Cycle from bestselling fantasy author Peter V. Brett. Humanity has been brought to the brink of extinction. Each night, the world is overrun by demons - bloodthirsty creatures of nightmare that have been hunting and killing humanity[...]
A brand new novella set in the engrossing world of The Demon Cycle from bestselling fantasy author Peter V. Brett.[...]
Peter Watson's virtuoso sweep through modern German thought and culture, from 1750 to the present day, will challenge and confound both the stereotypes the world has of Germany and those that Germany has of itself.From the end of the Baroque era and the death of Bach to the rise of Hitler in 1933, G[...]
From the end of the Baroque era and the death of Bach to the rise of Hitler, Germany was transformed from a poor relation among Western nations into a dominant intellectual and cultural force. By 1933, Germans had won more Nobel Prizes than the British and Americans combined. Yet this remarkable gen[...]
For sixty years Jewish refugees and their descendants have prospered in the Federal District of Sitka, a temporary safe haven created in the wake of the Holocaust and the shocking 1948 collapse of the fledgling state of Israel. The Jews of the Sitka District have created their own little world in th[...]
An American journalist living in Beijing offers an intriguing odyssey through twenty-first-century China as seen through the eyes of a handful of ordinary people, including Polat, a member of an ethnic minority seeking freedom in the U.S.; Anne, a migrant factory worker; and Chen Mengjia, a scholar [...]
They were the NFL's ultimate outlaws, black-clad iconoclasts who, with a peculiar mix of machismo and brotherhood, of postgrad degrees and firearms, merrily defied pro football corporatism. The Oakland Raiders of the 1970s were some of the most outrageous, beloved, and violent football teams ever to[...]
In 1810, John Jacob Astor sent out two advance parties to settle the wild, unclaimed western coast of North America. More than half of his men died violent deaths. The others survived starvation, madness, and greed to shape the destiny of a continent.At a time when the edge of American settlement ba[...]
In 1810, John Jacob Astor sent out two advance parties to settle the wild, unclaimed western coast of North America. More than half of his men died violent deaths. The others survived starvation, madness, and greed to shape the destiny of a continent. Unfolding from 1810 to 1813, Astoria is a tale o[...]
Lead your organization into the 21st century with the help of this groundbreaking book that is already creating a stir in corporate boardrooms across America! In a book that does for managers what his mega-bestseller, "The Team Handbook", did for teams, Peter Scholtes, who is widely acknowledged as [...]
"Brukner and Khan's Clinical Sports Medicine" is the bible of sports medicine. The text explores all aspects of diagnosis and management of sports-related injuries and physical activity such as the fundamental principles of sports medicine, diagnosis and treatment of sports injuries, enhancement of [...]
Bank Management and Financial Services, now in its ninth edition, is designed primarily for students interested in pursuing careers in or learning more about the financial services industry. It explores the services that banks and their principal competitors (including savings and loans, credit unio[...]
This title is an implementation blueprint for Six Sigma! ""The Six Sigma Way" demystifies Six Sigma with a real-world 'how-to 'guide. A good investment for any business planning to launch Six Sigma." - John Biedry, VP Quality and Compliance, Sears Home Services. Cost reduction ...productivity improv[...]
This is a hands-on implementation guide to the bestselling "The Six Sigma Way". Six Sigma is today's most talked-about, and successful, business improvement initiative. "The Six Sigma Way Team Fieldbook" goes beyond theory to explain the tools and procedures a project leader or team needs to impleme[...]
This is the first Six Sigma primer written especially for employees. Six Sigma has gained an avid following among executives and managers for its ability to reduce cycle time, eliminate product defects, and dramatically increase customer involvement and satisfaction. But Six Sigma can't work without[...]
This is the breakthrough trader's guide on how to spot - and profit from - news-driven market swings. The hardcover edition of "If It's Raining in Brazil, Buy Starbucks" first introduced Professor Peter Navarro's authoritative "macrotrading" system to traders around the world. Now let this paperback[...]
This is the definitive work on six sigma-revised and fully updated. Upon its publication in 2000, The Six Sigma Way was among the very first books to clearly explain the impressive benefits of Six Sigma's improvement-driven and customer-centric approach to business leaders and managers. It revealed [...]
Everything you need for success on the EMT-Basic exam in one complete streamlined review! Includes online question bank If you want to the highest score possible on the EMT-Basic exam, there's no better study partner than McGraw-Hill's Basic review book. This indispensable study guide helps you thin[...]
Helps you to address the longevity of your enterprise beyond your ownership of it - one of the important issues for any business owner thinking about management and ownership transition. The author offers the wisdom that he has gleaned from hundreds of transactions over 30 years, exemplifying the be[...]
Suitable for students interested in pursuing careers in or learning more about the financial services industry, this title explores the services that banks and their principal competitors (including savings and loans, credit unions, security and investment firms) offer in an increasingly competitive[...]
This is a compendium of practical advice and pointers - a unique masterclass in practical product design that bridges the gap between theory and implementation. It is an invaluable companion for circuit designers and practicing electronics engineers - gives best practices, design guidelines and engi[...]
Mrs Bradley, renowned psychologist and private detective, is summoned to the convent school of St Peter's Finger, where a girl's body has been found in a bathtub - did Ursula kill herself, or, as the nuns fear, is a murderer at large in the school?[...]
Addresses the features of VHDL-2008. This book presents a structured guide to the modeling facilities offered by VHDL. It shows how VHDL functions to help design digital systems. It also includes case studies and source code used to develop testbenches and case study examples.[...]
Author Peter Pacheco uses a tutorial approach to show students how to develop effective parallel programs with MPI, Pthreads, and OpenMP. The first undergraduate text to directly address compiling and running parallel programs on the new multi-core and cluster architecture, An Introduction to Parall[...]