 | Dark Secret
Publication Date: February 15, 2001In the irresistible tradition of Eileen Goudge, Dark Secret is a compelling page-turner that tests the family bond between two very different sisters--and exposes a lifetime of deception.Karen Bradley has not seen her sister in years, not since Sharlene ran off to New York to escape the poverty and shame she felt living as a mixed race child in the slums of Detroit. Karen, a devoted daughter, is horrified to learn that her mother is dying of a rare illness -- and only Sharlene can save her.Now calling herself "Camille" -- and passing as a white woman orphan...
 |  | The Wild One
Publication Date: November 1, 2000Since her husband's untimely death, Rachel Weston has had little time to think about anything except the needs of her two young children and her growing landscaping business. But for reasons she could never understand, she sometimes thought of Quinn Farrelly...A survivor from the wrong side of the tracks, the roguish Quinn had reveled in the role of the town's lovable black sheep. Until that day 12 years ago when she was sentenced to prison for a tragedy she may, or may not, have caused.Released on parole, Quinn needs a job - and Rachel needs a hired hand. R...
|  | Culture Shock! Vietnam
Publication Date: November 30, 2002| Series: Culture Shock A look at the customs, etiquette, culture and traditions of Vietnam for those visiting the country. A new title from the CULTURE SHOCK! series. ...
|  | Success
Publication Date: January 1, 2000Poetry. In writing SUCCESS, Norman Fischer set for himself the task of composing 28 lines, every day, for a year. What results is a moving portrait of a heart and mind in the world. This selection from the full text includes Fischer's important essay Do You Want to Make Something Out of It? Zen Meditation and the artistic impulse. ...
|  | Booked to Die:A Mystery Introducing Cliff Janeway
Release Date: January 23, 1992Denver homicide detective Cliff Janeway may not always play by the book, but he is an avid collector of rare and first editions. After a local bookscout is killed on his turf, Janeway would like nothing better than to rearrange the suspect's spine. But the suspect, local lowlife Jackie Newton, is a master at eluding the law, and Janeway's wrathful brand of off-duty justice costs him his badge.Turning to his lifelong passion, Janeway opens a small bookshop -- all the while searching for evidence to put Newton away. But when prized volumes in a highly sought-aft...
|  | Men in Wonderland: The Lost Girlhood of the Victorian Gentleman.
Publication Date: May 1, 2001Fascination with little girls pervaded Victorian culture. For many, girls represented the true essence of childhood or bygone times of innocence; but for middle-class men, especially writers, the interest ran much deeper. In Men in Wonderland, Catherine Robson explores the ways in which various nineteenth-century British male authors constructed girlhood, and analyzes the nature of their investment in the figure of the girl. In so doing, she reveals the link between the idealization of little girls and a widespread fantasy of male development--a myth suggesting t...
|  | A Notorious Love (Swanlea Spinsters, Book 2)
Release Date: September 4, 2001Helena Laverick is at her wits end! The only man who can help find her eloping young sister is that scoundrel Daniel Brennan : the man who played with her emotions last year and then left. And he used to be a smuggler! Although Mrs. Nunley′s Guide to Etiquette for Young Ladies would never approve, Helena forced to go after the runaway in Daniel′s company. But something about being with him feels oddly freeing , and a delicious tingle warns Helena that more than her reputation may be in danger...Daniel finds most of the prim and proper love...
|  | The Invaders: Brotherband Chronicles, Book 2
Release Date: May 1, 2012| Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up...
|  | Wookiee Pies, Clone Scones, and Other Galactic Goodies (Star Wars Cookbook)
Publication Date: May 23, 2012| Grade Level: P and up...
|  | Snowy, Blowy Winter
Release Date: September 1, 2008| Grade Level: P and up No matter how you feel about winter, you are sure to enjoy Bob Raczka's tribute to the season's activities, tastes, and sounds. The simple rhymes using "y" words will encourage children to come up with their own words to describe the season. ...
|  | Cooking with Cereals and Grains (Cooking Healthy)
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|  | Gadget Girl: The Art of Being Invisible
Publication Date: May 17, 2013Aiko Cassidy is fourteen and lives with her sculptor mother in a small Midwestern town. For most of her young life Aiko, who has cerebral palsy, has been her mother's muse. But now, she no longer wants to pose for the sculptures that have made her mother famous ?and have put food on the table. Aiko works hard on her own dream of becoming a great manga artist with a secret identity. When Aiko's mother invites her to Paris for a major exhibition of her work, Aiko at first resists. She'd much rather go to Japan, Manga Capital of the World, where she might be able t...
|  | That's Dangerous!
Publication Date: February 1, 2004| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up This audacious little book for children ages three and up is a catalog of "don'ts" sure to make kids squirm and squeal with delight--and parents laugh out loud. Jumping down the stairs, sticking your fingers in a fan, swallowing thumbtacks...That's Dangerous! ...
|  | Gcse Chemistry: Making a Success of Your Coursework, Revision and Exams
Publication Date: December 2001| ISBN-10: 1842850083 | ISBN-13: 978-1842850084Do you need to get a good grade in GCSE Chemistry? If so this Studymate is for you. Instead of trying to make you remember masses of detail, this title gets you to understand the key principles of the subject. This way you should learn far more effectively, save many hours of revision time, and tackle coursework and exams with much greater confidence. The book has been carefully structured to meet the needs of candidates in all the Examining Groups, together with Nuffield and Salters. Studymates promote effecti...
|  | Candy Apple #10: Making Waves
Publication Date: June 1, 2008| Age Level: 8 and up...
|  | The World Class Project Manager: A Professional Development Guide
Publication Date: February 15, 2001| ISBN-10: 0738202371 | ISBN-13: 978-0738202372Effective project management is becoming a critical mission skill for individuals and organizations in every industry. Faster product life cycles, the widespread adoption of cross-functional teams, and the increasing demands of customers are all contributing to the growing need for professional managers who know how to marshal resources, make decisions, and ensure the smooth flow of projects from idea to launch. In The World Class Project Manager, Robert Wysocki and James Lewis offer a highly practical hand...
|  | Managing New Industry Creation: Global Knowledge Formation and Entrepreneurship in High Technology
Publication Date: November 1, 2002| Series: Stanford Business Books This book concerns industry creation as knowledge creation. The authors argue that a new class of global, knowledge-driven manufacturing industries has emerged in which learning, continuity, and speed define competition. In these new industries, access to knowledge creation processes matters more than ownership of physical assets. Location matters only insofar as it confers learning advantages and market access. Companies need strategies that can mobilize their organizations' country-specific strengths and freely leverage th...
|  | International Human Resource Management: Managing People in a Multinational Context
Publication Date: December 28, 2007| ISBN-10: 0324580347 | ISBN-13: 978-0324580341| Edition: 5 When the first edition of this breakthrough text was published in 1990, transnational corporations and their foreign affiliates accounted for 24 million workers. That figure has since skyrocketed to 62 million workers worldwide. The critical role of human resource management in sustaining this increase in international business activity is a central theme of the exciting new edition of INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT: MANAGING PEOPLE IN A MULTINATIONAL CONTEXT. Offering an even stronger...
|  | Setting Standards for Financial Reporting: FASB and the Struggle for Control of a Critical Process
Publication Date: July 21, 1994| ISBN-10: 0899309070 | ISBN-13: 978-0899309071The book begins with an overview of how and why the present self-regulatory arrangement for setting standards for financial reporting in the private sector came about in 1973. A brief description of the new structure is followed by a discussion of the essential elements of meaningful self-regulation. A schism emerged between advocates of neutrality and objectivity in standard setting and those who think the primary concern should be for possible economic and social consequences. Early clashes between traditiona...
|  | Night Came to the Farms of the Great Plains
Publication Date: June 1, 1991This book is a preview of what is being created from almost six decades of Washington s tinkering with the foodbelt. This is the story of debt, agency mendacity and violations of the law by land banks and Farmers Home Administration so blatant they beggar the imagination. The human dramas detailed are more than an indictment, they are a crime, and a sorrow on the land. Documents with personal stories the plight of the American farmer. Everyone concerned about agriculture should read and understand the message of this book. ...
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