Shortlisted for the CWA International Dagger How Do You Solve A Murder Without A Body? Keeping watch under the windows of the Paris flat belonging to a politician's nephew, ex-special investigator Louis Kehlweiler catches sight of something odd on the pavement. A tiny piece of bone. Human bone, in f[...]

Presents IT as a key enabler of the agile enterprise. This work demonstrates how the convergence of key technologies - including SOA, BPM and emerging enterprise and data models - can be harnessed to transform the enterprise.[...]

Solve the machinery failure problems costing you time and money with this classic, comprehensive guide to analysis and troubleshooting. This title provides detailed, complete and accurate information on anticipating risk of component failure and avoiding equipment downtime. It includes numerous phot[...]

The Linear Algebra Survival Guide offers a concise introduction to the difficult core topics of linear algebra, guiding you through the powerful graphic displays and visualization of Mathematica that make the most abstract theories seem simple - allowing you to tackle realistic problems using simple[...]

The world standard for plant propagation and horticulture for over 50 years, "Hartmann and Kester's Plant Propagation" continues to be the field's most complete, up-to-date text on plant propagation. It now contains color figures throughout, promoting learning and making it an even more useful worki[...]

Proven tactics and techniques from a leading New York vocal coach on how to "act" a song, choose the right material, handle a callback, what to wear, how to use eye contact, select a voice teacher and vocal coach, and more. Includes 130 excellent yet unusual audition songs for all types of situation[...]

The beloved host of PBS's Mister Rogers' Neighborhood offers warm words of advice and encouragement on such subjects as relationships, childhood, parenthood, and communication, along with reflections on his own childhood. Reprint. National ad/promo.[...]

Looking for a good joke? Searching for an ice-breaker for that after-dinner speech? Or are you just in need of a few laughs? Then stop! Your search is over. This book is the finest, funniest collection of gags, rib-ticklers and plain silly one-liners ever to find themselves squeezed inside the cover[...]

A detailed history of colonial America examines how the French and Indian War of the mid-eighteenth century had a definitive impact on history, tracing how it served to overturn the balance of power on two continents and laid the groundwork for the American Revolution. Reprint. 40,000 first printing[...]

On the outskirts of Paris, two men have been found with their throats cut, and despite the common assumption that the crime is a drug-related incident, Commissaire Adamsberg becomes convinced that the deaths are the work of a serial killer with split personalities and enlists the assistance of patho[...]

From the #1 bestselling French author and three-time winner of the Crime Writers' Association's International Dagger Award. When Commissaire Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg, the chief of police in Paris's seventh arrondissement, is called to the scene of a ghastly and highly unusual murder, he thinks it can[...]