The once-great city of Bohane on the west coast of Ireland is on its knees, infested by vice and split along tribal lines. There are still some posh parts of town, but it is in the slums and backstreets of Smoketown, the tower blocks of the Northside Rises and the eerie bogs of Big Nothin' that the [...]
Psychopath. No sooner is the word out than images of murderers, rapists, suicide bombers and gangsters flash across our minds. But unlike their box-office counterparts, not all psychopaths are violent, or even criminal. Far from it. In fact, they have a lot of good things going for them. Psychopaths[...]
PI John Craine is struggling to cope with the weight of his past. Sixteen years ago his wife, Stacy, was brutally murdered. Craine found her body in their bed. And since then, to escape the pain and the unanswered questions, he has buried himself in work by day, and whisky by night. But one phone ca[...]
PI John Craine has come to Hale Island to get away from it all - the memories and the guilt. But within hours he stumbles across the dead body of a young girl on the beach. When the police arrive the body has inexplicably disappeared. Someone has a dark secret to keep, and Craine is getting in the w[...]
PI John Craine, still struggling to cope with the weight of his past, is forced to finally confront it in his most personal and frightening case yet. Third in the series.PI John Craine is hired to investigate the brutal murder of a Somali youth called Jamaal Tan. The police are treating the murder a[...]
Offers a collection of unpredictable stories about love and cruelty, crimes, desperation, and hope from the man Irvine Welsh has described as 'the most arresting and original writer to emerge from these islands in years'.[...]
This indispensable guide gives concise yet comprehensive descriptions of the pulse sequences commonly used on modern MRI scanners. The book consists of a total of 65 self-contained sections, each focused on a single subject. Written primarily for scientists, engineers, radiologists, and graduate stu[...]
Over the past two centuries, many aspects of criminal behavior have been investigated. Finding this information and making sense of it all is difficult when many studies would appear to offer contradictory findings. This handbook collects the summary analysis of crime research worldwide.[...]
Provides key information on rapidly developing and growing areas of therapy. This book is designed to help play therapists develop specific treatment goals and focused treatment plans, as now required by many regulating agencies and third party payers.[...]
Offers a focused understanding of contemporary forest management issues through real life examples to engage students. This book explains the methodology for the development of quantitatively-derived forest management plans - from gathering information to the implementation of plans at the forest le[...]
Summarizes the several threats to global oceans. This book links environmental and economic aspects of ocean threats and provides an economic analysis of action versus inaction. It provides recommendations for stakeholders to help stimulate the development of policies that would help move toward sus[...]
""This book is the best way for beginning developers to learn wxWidgets programming in C++. It is a must-have for programmers thinking of using wxWidgets and those already using it."" -Mitch Kapor, founder of Lotus Software and the Open Source Applications Foundation Build advanced cross-platform [...]
For students, managers and senior executives studying Brand Management. Keller, Strategic Brand Management, 3e provides insights into how to create profitable brand strategies by building, measuring, and managing brand equity.[...]
Framework for Marketing Management is a concise adaptation of the gold standard marketing management textbook for professors who want authoritative coverage of current marketing management practice and theory, but the want the flexibility to add outside cases, simulations, or projects.[...]
For students, managers and senior executives studying Brand Management. Keller provides insights into how to create profitable brand strategies by building, measuring, and managing brand equity.[...]
This bundle inlcudes our bestselling NET+ Certification Guide, authorized by CompTIA ,along with Pearsons MyIT Certification Lab. What Is myITcertificationlabs? myITcertificationlabs is an easy-to-use exam preparation service that accesses student readiness and then provides a personalized study pla[...]
This book provides the blueprint for implementation, breaking down barriers, and the steps required to integrate sustainability successfully into any business. It is laid out in easily digestible chapters, with action steps backed up from interviews with sustainability thought leaders, case studies[...]
This is the official curriculum of the Apple Yosemite 101: OS X Support Essentials 10.10 course and preparation for Apple Certified Support Professional (ACSP) 10.10 certification-as well as a top-notch primer for anyone who needs to support, troubleshoot, or optimize OS X Yosemite. This guide provi[...]
Today, anyone in a scientific or technical discipline needs programming skills. Python is an ideal first programming language, and Introduction to Programming in Python is the best guide to learning it. Princeton University's Robert Sedgewick, Kevin Wayne, and Robert Dondero have crafted an accessib[...]
Uncovering the secrets behind the 1968 My Lai massacre in Vietnam, this is "a brutal, cautionary tale that serves as a painful reminder of the worst that can happen in war."--"Chicago Tribune."[...]
Like the tentacles of an octopus, the tracks of the railroad reached out across California, as if to grasp everything of value in the state Based on an actual, bloody dispute between wheat farmers and the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1880, "The Octopus" is a stunning novel of the waning days of the [...]
John Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize-winning epic of the Great Depression follows the western moevement of wone family and a nation in search of work and human dignity. This completely updated Viking Critical Library Edition of The Grapes of Wrath includes the full text of the novel, corrected in 1996, a[...]
Kevin Lewis grew up on a council estate in South London. Beaten and starved by his parents, ignored by the social services and bullied at school, he was offered a chance to escape this nightmare world and was put into care. Despite his best efforts to make things work out, his life spiralled out of [...]
The Wilson family was torn apart the night little Christopher was almost killed. Though the two year-old survives the brutal attack by his drunken father, his older sister Kaitlyn is convinced it's all her fault. Christopher is taken into care and never returns to the family home on the notorious Ro[...]