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Five children meet on the first day of kindergarten. In the years that follow, they become friends and more than friends. Together, they will find strength, meet challenges, face life's adventures, endure loss, face stark realities, and open their hearts. In this movi[...]

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Paris, L.A., and the world of ready to wear fashion provide rich backdrops for Danielle Steel's deeply involving story of a gifted designer whose talent and drive have brought her everything--except the ability to erase her past and trust relationships.
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Why did Eurasians conquer, displace, or decimate Native Americans, Australians, and Africans, instead of the reverse? In this groundbreaking book, evolutionary biologist Jared Diamond stunningly dismantles racially based theories of human history by revealing the environmental factors actually respo[...]

With China being the world's largest producer and consumer of the steel industry, this book charts its development in the industry since the late 1980s. It explores: the complex interplay of corporate governance reform; industrial policy implementation; and competitiveness build-up of large state-ow[...]

Steel and composite steel-concrete structures are widely used in modern bridges, buildings, sport stadia, towers, and offshore structures. Analysis and Design of Steel and Composite Structures offers a comprehensive introduction to the analysis and design of both steel and composite structures. It d[...]

Many old riveted railway bridges are replaced too soon due to a general lack of knowledge about the expected life span. This indicates the need for more information on fatigue and brittle fracture of riveted bridges. This book unveils extensive research and literature results on riveted bridges' fat[...]

This book is a state-of-the-art report on the ductility of steel structures, containing a comprehensive review of the technical literature available, and presenting the results of the authors' own extensive research activities in this area. Analytical and numerical methods are described, and a wealt[...]

Return to the gritty, alluring world of steampunk with the "New York Times" bestselling author of "The Iron Duke." Growing up in the dangerous world of the Iron Seas, the mercenary captain of the airship "Lady Corsair," Yasmeen, has learned to keep her heart hard as steel. Ruthless and cunning, her [...]

" Alastair] Reynolds's depth of imagination, adeptness with creating multi-dimensional characters, and brisk pacing are again in evidence" ("Publishers Weekly") as the author of "Blue Remembered Earth "continues his Poseidon's Children saga...
Chiku Akinya, great granddaughter of the legendary s[...]

"Lucifer and his army triumphed at Armageddon, leaving humans and demons living in uncertain peace based on sacrifice and strict laws. It is up to those with mixed demon and human blood, the Host, to prevent society from falling into anarchy."
Noon Onyx is the first female Host in memory to wie[...]

Top TV anchorwoman Melanie Adams had given up on love after a failed marriage and an unhappy affair. With her two teenage children and her television news career, she had no room in her life for a man. Then she met famous heart surgeon Peter Hallam, a widower with three children of his own. Sud[...]

Through forty years -- from Hollywood's golden days in World War II to the present -- Faye Price would create first a career as a legendary actress, then a family, and finally she would realize her dream of becoming one of Hollywood's first woman directors. But nothing was more precious to Faye[...]