December 1944. For the besieged American defenders of Bastogne, time was running out....
Hitler's forces had pressed in on the small Belgian town in a desperate offensive designed to push back the Allies, starting the Battle of the Bulge. So far the U.S. soldiers had managed to repel waves of a[...]
"Intellectual Disability Psychiatry" is a comprehensive and accessible guide to the management of mental health problems in people with intellectual disabilities. A clear and user-friendly handbook, it will help busy healthcare professionals develop their understanding of the mental health problems [...]
This expansive volume--published in conjunction with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's exhibition, "Made in California: Art, Image, and Identity, 1900-2000"--features a series of essays charting the dynamic relationship between the arts and popular conceptions of California over the past 100 ye[...]
This study focuses on the role of institutions and organisations in the historical development of corporate finance. The book provides an overview of the evolution of practice in this field from the Italian merchant banks of the Renaissance through the formation of conglomerates and leveraged-buy-ou[...]
Three years after news of her scandalous husband's death, Adelaide Fiske is at the altar again, her groom a soldier on the Marquis of Wellington's staff. The prospects seem bright for one of the most notorious women in Kent--until Jane Austen discovers a corpse on the ancient Pilgrim's Way that runs[...]
For everyone who loves Jane Austen...the second tantalizing mystery in a new series that transforms the beloved author into a dazzling sleuth!
Jane and her family are looking forward to a peaceful holiday in the seaside village of Lyme Regis. Yet on the outskirts of town an overturned ca[...]
For everyone who loves Jane Austen...a marvelously entertaining new series that turns the incomparable author into an extraordinary sleuth!
On a visit to the estate of her friend, the young and beautiful Isobel Payne, Countess of Scargrave, Jane bears witness to a tragedy. Isobel's husban[...]
As Christmas of 1804 approaches, Jane Austen finds herself "insupportably bored with Bath, and the littleness of a town." It is with relief that she accepts a peculiar commission from her Gentleman Rogue, Lord Harold Trowbridge--to shadow his niece, Lady Desdemona, who has fled to Bath to avoid the [...]
Jane Austen is enjoying August, 1806, among Derbyshire's craggy peaks, sparkling streams, and cavernous gorges. That is, until she discovers the corpse of a young gentleman whose blond curls and delicate features suggest the face of an angel.
More shocking still is the coroner's revelati[...]
For everyone who loves Jane Austen...The fourth engaging mystery in the series that recasts the well-loved author as a sleuth!
In the waning days of summer, Jane Austen is off to the Canterbury Races, where the rich and fashionable gamble away their fortunes. It is an atmosphere ripe for[...]
When Regency novelist and amateur sleuth Jane Austen is sent by Lord Trowbridge to Netley Abbey to retrieve secretly a parcel hidden among the ruins, she gets more than she had bargained for when she also stumbles upon a dying man. By the author of Jane and the Prisoner of Wool House. Reprint.[...]
In July 1809, novelist-turned-sleuth Jane Austen finds solace in her grief over her lost love, Lord Harold Trowbridge, in a new cottage in Chawton, Hampshire, but her newfound peace of mind is fleeting when the strangled corpse of a murder victim is found in the cellar, a case that could be linked t[...]
Deciding where and how to invest money can be as hard as earning it. That's why thousands of investors have benefited from the first edition of Barron's Guide to Making Investment Decisions. The new edition makes use of recent economic, market, and investment events to help readers devise a lifetime[...]
The Low-Water No-Water Garden: Gardening for Drought and Heat the Mediterranean Way. How to create a low-maintenance Mediterranean-style garden, wherever you live. A practical guide with 500 stunning colour photographs[...]
Provides equivalents in the Spanish spoken in both Spain and Latin America for a hundred thousand words and expressions in American English, along with numerals, symbols, abbreviations, cultural tips, and guides to Spanish and English grammar.[...]
Barron's is now taking a comprehensive approach to foreign-language reference volumes. This definitive German-English dictionary features 100, 000 entries with translations, and makes an ideal reference book for schools, libraries, businesses, and the home bookshelf. Yet its manageable size and reas[...]
Barron's "E-Z" books are self-help manuals focused to improve students' grades in a wide variety of academic and practical subjects. For most subjects, the level of difficulty ranges between high school and college - 101 standards. Although primarily designed as self-teaching manuals, these books ar[...]