When Professor Alan Tunbridge is discovered in his office with his throat slashed, the suspects start queuing up. The brilliant but unpleasant microbiologist had a genius for making enemies. For Warren Jones, newly appointed Detective Chief Inspector to the Middlesbury force, a high-profile murder is the ideal opportunity. He\'s determined to run a thorough and professional investigation but political

Previous edition: 9780764552625 Entrepreneurship For Dummies is the essential guide for anyone looking to be their own boss and become a successful entrepreneur. Every step of the process is covered, from creating a business plan, to learning your customers\' needs, testing and protecting your product, and finally launching your business. In classic Dummies style, Entrepreneurship For Dummies is packed

\'When freedom is the only reality, you\'re no longer free.\'A man arrives in Berlin to take up an appointment as a visiting professor. At once a record of what it means to live in the moment and a fable, Sojourn is a response to history and what it means to encounter it in the new \'free\'

Nothing could have prepared me for what I was going to discover during my mother\'s funeral. The level of trepidation I felt as I drew closer to my destination was kept at bay by the mere thought of my only surviving sister Elizabeth being there with me, to keep me company, share the pain of bereavement with me. We had lost nine of our siblings, some as toddlers and others as grown women. My sister

Penrose, a cat with a knack for math, takes children on an adventurous tour of mathematical concepts from fractals to

Chapter 19 of Luke\'s Gospel tells the story of Jesus\'s meeting with Zacchaeus, the tax collector who had climbed a sycamore tree in Jericho to overcome his shortness and get a better look at Jesus. What Luke doesn\'t tell the reader is why Zacchaeus sought redemption and a meeting with Jesus. In Zacchaeus, the Crippled Tree-climber, a story of conflict, tyranny and love in the time of Jesus, Edward

Situated in the turbulent heart of Europe, the Czech Republic has suffered from significant discontinuity in its historical development, but its economic thinking has not until now been subject to a full analysis. This book offers a history of Czech economic thought from the late Middle Ages to the present day. It traces methodological developments and the relationship between economics and politics,

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This is the story of the 1983 mountain running championship. It looks at two very different athletes\' lives, Kenny Stuart and John Wild. The Championship in 1983 was much tougher than it is now, and after 15 races, the title was decided by just 20 seconds at the final race. With black and white

Tragedy: The Basics is an accessible and up-to-date introduction to dramatic tragedy. A comprehensive guide for anyone undertaking a study of the genre, it provides a chronological overview and history of tragic theory. Covering tragedy from the classics to the present day, it explains the contextual and theoretical issues which affect the interpretation of tragedy, examining popularly studied key

The Snail and the Ginger Beer tells the full story of the remarkable case of Donoghue v Stevenson which represents, perhaps, the greatest contribution made by English and Scottish lawyers to the development of the common law. It provides vivid biographical sketches of the protagonists and of the great lawyers who were involved in the

When Moomintroll finds a beautiful shiny pebble, Snorkmaiden thinks it might be a star - and if it is a star, then Moomin can make a wish! But wishes are difficult things to get right, and while Moomin worries about what his wish will be, the star\'s shine begins to

Pathological Demand Avoidance Syndrome (PDA) is a developmental disorder that is being increasingly recognised as part of the autism spectrum. The main characteristic is a continued resistance to the ordinary demands of life through strategies of social manipulation, which originates from an anxiety-driven need to be in control. This straightforward guide is written collaboratively by professionals

Welcome to The Borisaurus, a lexicon of the Prime Ministers funniest, wittiest, most interesting words and phrases compiled in one brilliant dictionary, with every entry accompanies by etymology, pronunciation, meaning and the intention of its

You are invited to join an intellectual adventure of the mind, a broad canvas review of the cognitive evolution of our civilization in politics, science, technology and the arts.Humanity is on a path of rising cognition and complexity, the world becomes increasingly our idea. After two horrific world wars, it seems that the great powers are rejecting the sword in favor of the pen.Technology is giving

Desperate for work, Nick Bishop takes a humbling job: writing a profile of a new mindfulness app. But when a song on the app gives him endless nightmares that start to permeate his waking life, he learns that he\'s the only one to have heard this and

A fresh look at the turbulent and dramatic life of Henry VIII\'s eldest

Packed with illustrations, this is a new history and analysis of how the Royal Navy\'s most important fleet operated and fought the German Navy in the crucial first years of World War II. Throughout its history, the Royal Navy\'s most powerful fleet has been the one guarding home waters. In this book, naval historian Angus Konstam explores the fighting power, the roles, and the battles of the Home