All is not well at Buckshaw, home of Flavia de Luce...With the family finances in a parlous state, Flavia's father has, with deep misgivings, rented Buckshaw to a film company for a location shooting. Naturally enough, director, crew and stars do nothing to endear themselves to the household - espec[...]
The White Witch, Aslan, fauns and talking beasts, centaurs and epic battles between good and evil -- all these have become a part of our collective imagination through the classic volumes of The Chronicles of Narnia. Over the past half century, children everywhere have escaped into this world and de[...]
Master C++ "The Qt Way" with Modern Design Patterns and Efficient Reuse This fully updated, classroom-tested book teaches C++ "The Qt Way," emphasizing design patterns and efficient reuse. Readers will master both the C++ language and Qt libraries, as they learn to develop maintainable software with[...]
The C Puzzle Book is an excellent choice for all programmers who want to expand on their basic knowledge of the C programming language. Completely compliant with ANSI C, this book has been designed to help readers gain a more thorough understanding of the C syntax and semantics through interesting p[...]
A Short History of Jewish Ethics traces the development of Jewish moral concepts and ethical reflection from its Biblical roots to the present day.[...]
A Short History of Jewish Ethics traces the development of Jewish moral concepts and ethical reflection from its Biblical roots to the present day.[...]
Bibliophiles, grab your glasses Here is a compendium of interesting--and often scandalous--facts and quips about the literary world. Featuring authors and tomes of yesteryear and yesterday, from Tolkien's Middle- earth to Jeffrey Eugenides's Middlesex, you'll sections such as:
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Great campsites across Europe where your dog is always welcome. With thousands of campsites across Europe, choosing one can be a bewildering task. This guide aims to make life easier, providing a realistic, digestible number of great campsites while ensuring you find a great holiday destination, whe[...]
A practical, accessible guide for using SPSS in doing data analysis. Designed to work across disciplines, the authors have provided a number of SPSS "step-by-step" examples in most chapters showing the user how to plan a study, prepare data for analysis , perform the analysis and interpret the out[...]
Macroeconomic research on human capital - the stock of human capabilities and knowledge - has been extensively published but to date the literature has lacked a comprehensive analysis of human capital within the organization. The Oxford Handbook of Human Capital has been designed to fill that gap, p[...]
This book revisits classic studies in Developmental Psychology with a view to showing not only how they shaped the field, but also how the field has itself moved on through engagement with the issues these studies raise. It engages critically with the studies in order to reveal new ways of thinking[...]
This practical, informative, and thoughtful volume is designed to help anyone suffering from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia understand their illness, and provide a number of proven coping strategies to improve quality of life.Some of the issues covered in "Hope and Help for Chronic Fatigu[...]
Prepared by Matthew Will, University of Indianapolis, this guide contains a list of activities for the student, including an introduction to the chapter, sources of business information, key concepts and terms, sample problems with solutions, integrated PowerPoint slides, and related web links.[...]
"Fundamentals of Corporate Finance", by Brealey, Myers and Marcus, provides students with a solid framework of theory and application to use well after they complete the course. This author team is known for their outstanding research, teaching efforts, and world-renowned finance textbooks, so it's [...]
Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, by Brealey, Myers and Marcus, provides students with a solid framework of theory and application to use well after they complete the course. This author team is known for their outstanding research, teaching efforts, and world-renowned finance textbooks, so it's n[...]
Rabies is one of the oldest diseases known that remains a significant public health threat despite the efforts of many who have endeavored to control it in wildlife and domestic animals. This book discuses clinical features of rabies in humans and animals as well as basic science aspects, molecular [...]