A Discovery of Witches, Shadow of Night, and The Book of Life, now available in a beautiful boxed set With more than two million copies sold in the United States, the novels of the number one New York Times–bestselling All Souls Trilogy have landed on all the major bestseller lists, garnered rave reviews, and spellbound […]
This book would not have been nearly as good—it might not even have been finished—without the support of a great many people. My wife, George, for her critique, her reassurance, and for putting up with my crap. Sam and the other folks at JABberwocky Literary Agency—and Cath, Natalie, and the other folks at Titan Books—for […]
We grow an array of robust vegetables on our farm that take up plenty of space, like the pumpkins that send out thick runner stems, or the alien-looking kohlrabi, with their heavy globes snugged into the ground. By comparison, the section we have allocated for medicinal plants seems like a little fairy garden. The delicate […]
Forty Words for Sorrow (#1) When the decomposed body of 13-year-old Katie Pine is found in an abandoned mine shaft, Detective John Cardinal is vindicated. He’d kept the Pine case open, and was demoted for his zeal. But Katie isn’t the only youngster to disappear in the Canadian town of Algonquin Bay. Cardinal is allowed […]
Readership The book is primarily aimed at university and college students taking introductoryand advanced courses in software and systems engineering. Software engineers inthe industry may find the book useful as general reading and as a means of updatingtheir knowledge on topics such as software reuse, architectural design, dependabilityand security, and process improvement. I assume that […]
This book is an introduction to computer graphics with an emphasis on applications programming. The first edition, which was published in 1997, was somewhat revolutionary in using OpenGL and a top-down approach. Over the succeeding 16 years and 6 editions, this approach has been adopted by most introductory classes in computer graphics and by virtually […]
Archaeology today has become a truly international undertaking, and it has done so by employing what has become a new and universal language. The record of the human past is a material one, recorded in the earth, in the buried remains of vanished civilizations and in the material traces which past communities have left behind. […]
Welcome to the rewarding world of auto body repair! Whether you simply want to make minor repairs on your own car or to become an ASE-certified collision repair technician, you will find this book a valuable resource. Auto Body Repair Technology details how to properly restore a damaged vehicle to a “like new†condition from […]
We are honored to present the Tenth Edition of Campbell BIOLOGY. For the last quarter century, Campbell BIOLOGY has been the leading college text in the biological sciences. It has been translated into more than a dozen languages and has provided millions of students with a solid foundation in college-level biology. This success is a […]
Economics is a study of mankind in the ordinary business of life.†So wrote Alfred Marshall, the great 19th-century economist, in his textbook, Principles of Economics. Although we have learned much about the economy since Marshall’s time, this definition of economics is as true today as it was in 1890, when the first edition of […]
Within every picture is a hidden language that conveys a message, whether it is intended or not. This language is based on the ways people perceive and process visual information. By understanding visual language as the interface between a graphic and a viewer, designers and illustrators can learn to inform with accuracy and power. In […]
“Greed . . . is good,†Michael Douglas’s character, Gordon Gekko, famously proclaimed in the 1987 movie, Wall Street. Certainly, profit is a critical element in our free enterprise system but the most prominent business headlines of the new millennium suggest that unbounded greed has become the paramount motivator in business (Karl Marx must be […]