As the Hong Kong handover boom fizzles into the Asian economic bust, a young American couple's marriage and careers tumble into a maze of television news, betrayal, high finance, and cheap lingerie. TV news veteran Muhammad Cohen's engaging, ofte......
Filled with hundreds of tips, suggestions, and strategies, the Canadian edition of this best-selling guide offers practical medical solutions in clear language. It explains how to develop and maintain exercise and nutrition programs, manage sympto......
Marc Estrin follows another of his strange protagonists through a world troubled by what it knows and by how it applies that knowledge. From the first page, we are plunged into a global riot of paranoia, joy, and fear. But...
A comprehensive guide to Wagner's SIEGFRIED featuring STORY SYNOPSIS, PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS, STORY NARRATIVE with MUSIC HIGHLIGHT EXAMPLES, and insightful COMMENTARY and ANALYSIS about the opera and its composer.
Author: Fisher, Burton D.
Publishe......
A comprehensive guide to Wagner's TANNHAUSER featuring STORY SYNOPSIS, PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS, STORY NARRATIVE with MUSIC HIGHLIGHT EXAMPLES, and insightful COMMENTARY and ANALYSIS about the opera and its composer.
Author: Fisher, Burton D
Publishe......
In a southern Africa violently split during Apartheid, Koba is taken away from her Kalahari desert-tribe after witnessing her parents being murdered by a party of white hunters. She slowly learns to adapt and survive in a dangerous but beautiful...
It is late winter 1934 in Manhattan when DeeDee Carlson dies after falling from the balcony of her apartment at the Ansonia. Her boyfriend, Chip Stevenson, begs Honoria Barlow-his late mother's closest friend, and his, as well-to look into the...
There are the visible flaws and the not-so-visible flaws, but everyone has them -- or thinks they do. In the case of Caley Burrell, her flaws are very visible. Being sent face-first through the windshield of a car has left...
Daring women-those who were told not to have their babies due to perceived disabilities in themselves or their unborn children-tell their stories in this controversial book that looks critically at medical eugenics as a contemporary form of social......
Description Some 218,000 men and women with severe psychiatric disorders are incarcerated in an American prison or county jail. Most committed violent crimes -- sometimes murder -- while propelled by a crazed mind untreated with medications and t......
Fast track route to making innovation happen. Covers the key ingredients of cultures that actively stimulate and encourage innovation, from idea generation and evaluation to the five key motivators and the five key enablers that ensure that great ......
Fast track route to developing effective and profitable e-strategies for organizations. Covers all the key techniques for development of a coherent and effective e-strategy for an organization. Guidelines and roadmaps from some of the world's lea......
Fast track route to mastering and managing rapid growth. Covers the key drivers of hypergrowth, from focussing intensely on customers and constant innovation to ensuring resources are in place and making sure you stay on track. Examples and less......
The spirit of simplicity is a great magician. It softens asperities, bridges chasms, draws together hands and hearts. The forms which it takes in the world are infinite in number; but never does it seem to us more admirable than...
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, which Franklin himself called his Memoirs, is the unfinished record of his life written between 1771 and 1790. It has become one of the most well-known and influential autobiographies in history, and has bee......
Time for school! This book introduces readers to everything that makes up a typical school day, including school supplies, classroom activities, and the people who work at a school. Readers are also encouraged to demonstrate what they have learned......
This book introduces children to the various jobs held by people in a neighborhood. The role of each profession is explained in an age-appropriate manner and gives readers an understanding of how people and their jobs add up to a...
Combining dazzling speculation with a profoundly humanist vision, this astounding alternate history tale presents a dramatic encounter with destiny wrapped around a simple yet provocative premise: the terrifying question of what might have happene......
Have you ever wanted to take your sexual relationship with your partner to the next level and found yourself lost as to how to proceed? This book discusses sexuality within the context of Taoism and tantra to help you understand...
This book presents in simple and concise terms the biological functions of vitamins and minerals, what makes them essential to life and why they must be replenished daily from food. The best food sources for these micronutrients and the daily...