Considered one of the most important of the early German modernists, the painter Paula Modersoln-Becker (1876-1907) challenged traditional representations of the female body in art. She was the first modern woman artist to paint herself nude, as well as mothers and children nude. She also created th[...]
Beloved illustrator J.P. Miller's graphic, colorful farm animals seem to jump right off the page but they aren't jumping to help the Little Red Hen plant her wheat! Young children will learn a valuable lesson about teamwork from this funny, favorite folktale. A Little Golden Book Classic![...]
Everyone's favorite snowman with a magic hat, a button nose, and eyes made out of coal comes to life on Christmas every year. Based on the beloved 1969 television special, this Little Golden Book retells the whole magical story of "Frosty the Snowman" for boys and girls 2-5[...]
Raynella Dossett Leath said she came home one morning in 2003 and found her husband's body in bed--covered in blood, a Colt .38 by his side. But authorities were suspicious of Raynella's story. Why would her husband of ten years suddenly commit suicide? And if he had taken his own life, why did it a[...]
Describes the brutal murder of twenty-three-year-old, pregnant mother Bobbie Jo Stinnett, who had been strangled to death and had her baby cut from her womb, and the arrest of Elizabeth Montgomery, who had met the victim in an Internet chat room for dog breeders, for the killing. Original.[...]
Abby has just arrived in Summerville, Ohio, with her placid Newfoundland, Bowser. She's reluctantly inherited her grandmother's coffee shop, but it's not long before she's brewing up trouble in the form of magical baked goods and steaming up her life with an exasperating college professor. And then [...]
SLEEP MY DARLINGS
Diane FanningOn January 28, 2011, the Tampa Police Department received a phone call from a woman who was worried about her daughter, Julie Schenecker. A devoted Army wife and mother of two, Julie had sent her mother an email that could be described as "suicidal." When authoriti[...]
When Pastor Matthew Winkler was found dead at his Fourth Street Church of Christ parsonage in Selmer, Tennessee, both police investigators and parishioners were shaken and mystified: How could evil strike this cradle of faith? Meanwhile, Mrs. Winkler and her three daughters were still missing...A fr[...]
Describes the murderous cross-country odyssey of Tommy Lynn Sells, a one-time truck driver, carnival worker, and drifter, who slaughtered men, women, and children in a two-decade crime spree, until ten-year-old Krystal Surles survives his violent attack and is able to lead authorities to the perpetr[...]
Presents the personal life, scientific accomplishments, and career of Carl Sagan, astronomer, educator, and public television series host.[...]
"Jos Warmer's work has contributed greatly to the semantics of the UML. From that perspective, and in this book, he offers insight on how one can and can't use the UML to move to the next level of abstraction in building systems." -Grady Booch Experienced application developers often invest more ti[...]
If you're a print designer or other creative professional who needs to create digital documents for multiple devices, you will be thrilled with the powerful new tools in Adobe InDesign CS6. Now you just need to know what to do with them. Digital Publishing with Adobe InDesign CS6 examines not just t[...]
Presenting ultrasound pathology from a clinical perspective, this unique resource discusses various pathologies that may be related to a patient's symptoms and features illustrations with ultrasound scans that demonstrate each pathology. Organized into four major sections - abdomen, obstetrics, gyne[...]
In today's complex market, product advantage is fleeting. It is no longer what you sell, but how you sell it - meaning it is now vital to bridge the gap between sales and marketing. CUSTOMER MESSAGE MANAGEMENT does just that, eradicating the disconnect that for years has plagued the two departments [...]
In the outback of China, a political activist, arrested after the Tiananmen massacre, is judged to be a reformed character and released. But Lin is a changed man in more ways than one; haunted by memories of his time in prison, and the events (and people) that put him there, he heads for the country[...]
Helps students who wish to improve their writing skills. This book opens with an introductory quiz which gives an idea of the subject matter covered. The quiz is followed by sections on punctuation, spelling, grammar, style, references and bibliographies. Each section deals with basic difficulties a[...]
Suitable for pre-registration nursing students looking for an accessible guide to drug groups, this title examines the next logical set of drug groups that nurses need to know. It includes Cardiovascular drugs, Gastrointestinal drugs, Drugs used in cancer, Drugs used in nausea and vomiting, Anaesthe[...]