The theft of the diamond necklace and the antique pistols might all be explained, but the body in the lake - that was a puzzle. "Don't expect me to solve anything," Inspector Wilkens announced modestly when he arrived to sort out the unpleasantness. ...

Understandably, Lord Burford had some misgivings about hosting another house party at Alderley, his beautiful country mansion. After all, the previous two could at best be described as disastrous. But with family members travelling down for a relative's funeral, the Earl really had no choice but to ...

Après l'hypnotique Desert Home, James Anderson livre un deuxième roman noir d'une étrangeté fascinante, un road novel magnétique, dans le décor envoûtant et apocalyptique du désert de l'Utah. La neige et la glace ont envahi la route 117. Au milieu de ce décor lunaire, Ben, chauffeur routier, s'accr...

QUANTUM CONTRE WOODY ! Eric doit pouvoir faire confiance à Woody. Ça signifie qu'il faut qu'il trouve un travail, qu'il ouvre un compte bancaire, qu'il prenne une carte de bibliothèque, bref, tout ce qu'un adulte responsable doit faire. Mais lorsque Woody rencontre u...

Un roman noir où brillent des fulgurances littéraires. Desert Home a quelque chose d'un mirage. Et, à la fin, comme des visions chimériques dans la chaleur du désert, tout apparaît : une remarquable histoire, formidablement écrite, drôle, audacieuse, intelligente et profondément touchante. Colu...

The Earl of Burford can't believe his luck; Rex Ransom, his favourite star from the 'talkies', and his producer, Haggermeir, want to film their next feature at Alderley, the family's 17th-century country estate. Somewhat less enthusiastic is the Countess, who suddenly finds herself hosting an improm...

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As the last Stuart monarch, Queen Anne (1665-1714) received the education thought proper for a princess, reading plays and poetry in English and French while learning dancing, singing, acting, drawing, and instrumental music. As an adult, she played the guitar and the harpsichord, danced regularly, ...

This book is a study of the literary strategies which the first professional philosophers used to market their respective disciplines. Philosophers of fourth-century BCE Athens developed the emerging genre of the "protreptic" (literally, "turning" or "converting"). Simply put, protreptic discourse u...

This book is a study of the literary strategies which the first professional philosophers used to market their respective disciplines. Philosophers of fourth-century BCE Athens developed the emerging genre of the protreptic (literally, turning or converting). Simply put, protreptic discourse uses a ...

A singularly compelling debut novel, about a desert where people go to escape their past, and a truck driver who finds himself at risk when he falls in love with a mysterious woman. Ben Jones lives a quiet, hardscrabble life, working as a trucker on Route 117, a little-travelled road in a remote re...

Winter has come to Route 117, a remote road through the high desert of Utah trafficked only by eccentrics, fugitives, and those looking to escape the world. Local truck driver Ben Jones, still in mourning over a heartbreaking loss, is just trying to get through another season of treacherous roads an...

Evaluating the Organizational Impact of Health Care Information Systems, Second Edition, is heavily updated and revised from its First Edition, which is entitled Evaluating Health Care Information Systems: Methods and Applications. The much-needed Second Edition is a guide for evaluating the organiz...

New industries are emerging; others are disrupted; old barriers are crumbling, while new ones are rising. This book seeks to better understand the challenges facing industries, networks, businesses and management during periods of industry structuring and restructuring. Comprising a series of contri...

?Plant dormancy involves synchronization of environmental cues with developmental processes to ensure plant survival; however, negative impacts of plant dormancy include pre-harvest sprouting, non-uniform germination of crop and weed seeds, and fruit loss due to inappropriate bud break. Thus, our co...

Wetlands serve many important functions and provide numerous ecological services such as clean water, wildlife habitat, nutrient reduction, and flood control. Wetland science is a relatively young discipline but is a rapidly growing field due to an enhanced understanding of the importance of wetland...

International Partnership in Russia provides a unique insight into the joint ventures formed by international oil companies in Russia during the post-Soviet era. It outlines the highs and lows in their fortunes and analyses the reasons for their successes and failures....

Type 2 diabetes is a growing problem for the developed and developing countries and it is a burden on healthcare systems as well as individuals. Nutraceuticals, Glycemic Health and Type 2 Diabetes primarily focuses on the nutraceuticals that assist in preventing and managing prediabetes and type 2 d...

The third edition of the landmark book on power system stability and control, revised and updated with new material  The revised third edition of Power System Control and Stability continues to offer a comprehensive text on the fundamental principles and concepts of power system stability and contro...

A concise introduction to structural dynamics and earthquake engineering Basic Structural Dynamics serves as a fundamental introduction to the topic of structural dynamics. Covering single and multiple-degree-of-freedom systems while providing an introduction to earthquake engineering, the book keep...