When Walter Mosley burst onto the literary scene in 1990 with his first Easy Rawlins mystery, "Devil in a Blue Dress"--a combustible mixture of Raymond Chandler and Richard Wright--he captured the attention of hundreds of thousands of readers (including future president Bill Clinton). Eleven books l[...]
The UK's leading expert on circle time offers guidance through tick-sheets and lesson plans to explain effective ways of using this early years teaching method. This fun guide was developed to closely mirror a major module in the GNVQ in Childcare.[...]
Covering the last five hundred years of global history, The Environment in World History examines the processes that have transformed the Earth and put growing pressure on natural resources. Chapters and case studies explore a wide range of issues, including: the hunting of wildlife and the loss of [...]
In this innovative contribution to the field of environmental history, Stephen Mosley explores the devastating human and environmental costs of smoke pollution in the world's first industrial city.[...]
International demand for military crisis-management missions continues to grow and demand for troops continues to outstrip supply. Like other Western democracies, European Union member states, because of their wealth, relative military competence and commitment to human rights, bear a particular res[...]
Deliver the Curriculum for Excellence with confidence! Heinemann Active Maths is an activity-led maths programme created specifically for Scottish Primary schools, with the Curriculum for Excellence and Active Learning at its heart.[...]
Deliver the Curriculum for Excellence with confidence! Heinemann Active Maths is an activity-led maths programme created specifically for Scottish Primary schools, with the Curriculum for Excellence and Active Learning at its heart.[...]
Paris Minton is minding his own business-a small used-book store of which he is the proud proprietor-when a beautiful woman walks in and asks a few questions. Before he knows it, Paris has been beaten up, slept with, shot at, robbed, and his bookstore has been burned to the ground. He's in so much t[...]
Facing unprecedented financial troubles when his daughter requires a medical treatment, Easy Rawlins takes a job tracking down a missing attorney and legal assistant, but when the assignment proves more complicated than anticipated, Easy wonders about the integrity of his employer. By the author of [...]
The widely praised "New York Times" bestseller, and Mosley's first new series since his acclaimed Easy Rawlins novels...
Leonid McGill is an ex-boxer and a hard drinker looking to clean up his act. He's an old-school P.I. working a New York City that's gotten a little too fancy all around him. [...]
"The newest of the great fictional detectives" ("Boston Globe") from the "New York Times" bestselling author of the Easy Rawlins novels.
When New York private eye Leonid McGill is hired to check up on a vulnerable young woman, all he discovers is a bloody crime scene-and the woman gone missing.[...]
Leonid McGill can't say no to the beautiful woman who walks into his office with a stack of cash and a story. She's married to a rich art collector. Now she fears for her life. Leonid knows better than to believe her, but he can't afford to turn her away, even if he knows this woman's tale will brin[...]
Zella Grisham never denied shooting her boyfriend. That's not why she did eight years of hard time on a sixteen-year sentence. It's that the shooting inadvertently led to charges of grand theft. Talk about bad luck.
Leonid McGill has reasons to believe she's innocent. But reopening the case is [...]
Living in south central L. A. , Socrates Fortlow is a sixty-year-old ex-convict still strong enough to kill men with his bare hands. Filled with profound guilt about his own crimes and disheartened by the chaos of the streets, Socrates calls together local people of all races and social stations an[...]
Levels of 'employer brand awareness' are rising fast across Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific, as leading companies realise that skilled, motivated employees are as vital to their commercial success as profitable customers and apply the principles of branding to their own organization. Starting[...]
Discusses employer brand planning, employer brand definition, employer brand implementation and specific applications. This book shows you how employer brand thinking can strengthen HR strategy and reinforce HR's value to the business. It offers practical help in improving programs of recruitment an[...]
The path to becoming an effective supervisor begins with practical knowledge and skills. This title offers you the tools to develop your supervisory skills and management principles.[...]
A study of Diana Mosley, a member of the Mitford family, and wife of the most hated British politician of the 20th century. Diana Mosley risked her life of wealth and social position to follow fascism and its British leader Sir Oswald Mosely. A friend of Hitler and Goebbels, Diana Mosely was interre[...]
Soupspoon Wise is dying on the unforgiving streets of New York City, years and worlds away from the Mississippi delta, where he once jammed with blues legend Robert "RL" Johnson. It was an experience that burned indelibly into Soupspoon's soul -- never mind that they said RL's gift came from the Dev[...]