The second volume of Lady Joker, by Kaoru Takamura, the Grand Dame of Japanese crime fiction, concludes the breathtaking

This fantastic range of fiction for Shared, Guided and Independent reading gives you stories your children will love to read over and over again. Gaelic and Scottish teaching support also accompanies this reading

Pharmaceutical Biotechnology in Drug Development summarizes key concepts and the latest developments of biotechnology applied to the development of biopharmaceuticals. Chapters present a comprehensive collection of introductory biotechnology technologies and their modern concepts and cover pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic behavior of biopharmaceuticals and modification techniques of amino acids

Jake was bored. He\'d had a dull day at school and was walking home. His dog, Jack, had just squeezed through a gap in the hedge and was barking for Jake to join him. Jake didn\'t want to but Jack just wouldn\'t stop barking. So Jake grumpily crawled through the hedge determined to grab Jack and go home for his tea. He went to grab Jack and as he did so saw something on the ground that changed his

Part of the bestselling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, Mae Jemison tells the inspiring story of the first Black woman to travel into

This book gives the reader a sound understanding of the practice of health promotion, and helps to develop the skills

This timely volume brings together an international team of leading scholars to explore the ways that women responded to situations of immense deprivation, need, and victimization under Hitler\'s dictatorship. Paying acute attention to the differences that gender made, Women Defying Hitler examines the forms of women\'s defiance, the impact these women had, and the moral and ethical dilemmas they faced.

A sweeping Hollywood biography of the passionate, turbulent marriage of Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh based on new research, including exclusive access to uncovered correspondence and

Public opinion polls have become increasingly prominent during elections, but how they affect voting behaviour remains uncertain. In this work, we estimate the effects of poll exposure using an experimental design in which we randomly assign the availability of polls to participants in simulated election campaigns. We draw upon results from ten independent experiments conducted across six countries

Abraham Pais\' \'Subtle is the Lord...\'--the award-winning biography of Albert Einstein--received high acclaim from The New York Times Book Review which hailed it as \"a monument to sound scholarship and graceful style,\" and from The Christian Science Monitor which called it \"an extraordinary biography of an extraordinary man.\" In his groundbreaking new book, Pais chronicles the history of the

\"I set myself the task of describing the \'humane, start with what you do now approach to change\' not as a productivity tool, but as a management method built around a strong framework of values-a way to help organizations work better for their people, their customers, and other stakeholders.\" - Mike Burrows, author Kanban from the Inside takes a distinctive approach to the Kanban Method-using a

The groundbreaking New York Times bestseller now available for the first time in trade paperback, with a new IntroductionWhen it was originally published in 1982, The G Spot was the first book to prove the existence and define the location of the Grafenberg spot, a patch of erectile tissue that can be felt through the front wall of the vagina, directly behind the pubic bone. In print continuously for

Learn about the science that revolutionized 20th century medicine from the founder himself!Andrew Taylor Still liberated his practice from traditional, then futile, medicine. Having prescribed drugs for years and found them of more harm than benefit, he resorted to engineering principles and treated the human body as one magnificent machine, founding the science of osteopathy and the first school of

The first book of its kind: a dazzling overview of the overlooked art of male jewelry, an increasingly popular requisite of the welldressed contemporary

Meet Babymouse--the spunky mouse beloved by young readers for more than a decade! Babymouse wants an invite to the hottest slumber party in town. But will she forget all about her plans with her best friend? This groundbreaking young graphic novel, full of humor and fun, is the first in the bestselling series that\'s sold more than three million copies! Move over, Superman, here comes Babymouse!--The

When theorizing about language, we tend to assume that speakers are cooperative, honest, helpful, and so on. This, of course, isn\'t remotely true of a lot of real-world language use. Bad Language is the first textbook to explore non-idealized language use, the linguistic behaviour of those who exploit language for malign purposes. Two eminent philosophers of language present a lively and accessible

Run little fingers along these chunky, die-cut shapes and guess what created the tracks! Lift the flap to find out if you are right! Develop observation and prediction skills by exploring tracks that can be found in a variety of settings. Did a tractor leave this trail? Or a duck? A rewarding and tactile experience, full of

This fascinating book tells the stories of five well-known Norfolk independent department stores and the remarkable people behind

A practical and comprehensive guide to the law and practice of structuring projects for the sale and transportation of gas and LNG, based on the author\'s own vast experience. The discussion is augmented by three precedent agreements which demonstrate the practical mechanics of putting the deal