The new competitive challenge from Chinese businesses is like nothing seen by Western companies since the Japanese arrived twenty years ago with their cars and consumer electronics. To fend off these fierce competitors, managers must forget yesterday's image of Chinese companies as producers of chea[...]

A new beginning . . . When Stefan Salvatore's first love turned him into a vampire, his world--and his soul--were destroyed. Now he and his brother, Damon, must flee their hometown, where they risk being discovered . . . and killed.The brothers head to New Orleans, looking for safe haven. But the ci[...]

Haunted by the past . . .The year is 1888, and the scent of blood lingers heavy in the London air. Stefan Salvatore thought he could escape his violent origins by settling in the peaceful countryside of England, but when a heinous murderer named Jack the Ripper surfaces, Stefan fears darkness will a[...]

Control or be controlled . . .Stefan and Damon thought they knew evil. But nothing compares to Samuel, the ruthless vampire hell-bent on avenging Katherine's death by destroying the Salvatore brothers.Reeling from Samuel's latest attack, Stefan and Damon find help in the most unlikely of places--a s[...]

"Prior to this book project I wrote for the Indianapolis Star. I traveled throughout Indiana writing about people and situations I found interesting. On my long drives through the state, I'd pass old homes along country roads or around courthouse squares and wonder who lived in them, and why? Who ha[...]

This is a superb collection of short stories by some of horror's finest writers, gloriously illustrated in a graphic novel format. "The Masques" series of anthologies, published from 1984 to 2006 and edited by J. N. Williamson, gathered together the best short story work by established and emerging [...]