This best-selling text owes its success to its conceptual approach to problem solving, high-quality end-of-chapter problems, and student-friendly writing style. A robust technology package accompanies the Sixth Edition and includes access to online tutoring and a dynamic online homework system. "Chemistry emphasizes the qualitative understanding ...
Originally published in "The Miami Herald", this comic novel of suspense was penned serially by 13 writers associated with Florida. The authors, including Elmore Leonard, Dave Barry, and Edna Buchanan, each added a chapter before passing along the manuscript to the next in line.
Offering a comprehensive and accessible guide to the most important judicial body in America, "The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States" is an indispensable resource for understanding the workings of American law. This new edition is the first substantial revision to the best-selling work first published back in 1992. The ...
Thorn, the hero of "Under Cover of Daylight," returns to the Florida Keys, a perfect setting for crazed drug smugglers and lost lovers. Here Thorn discovers a new love, a dead friend, and a renewed faith in an old principle: when you don't give a damn, you can be damn near indestructible.
The mutineers' tale is told in this conclusion to the "Bounty Trilogy". After fleeing to the island, Fletcher Christian and his men work together to establish what they envisage as the perfect society, but the community is ultimately shattered by human weakness, conflict and jealousy.
In the jungles of Borneo, twin psychopathic killers trafficking in endangered species have killed conservationist Allison Farleigh's daughter in cold blood. Driven by rage and guilt, Allison reaches out to the only man she knows can help: Thorn, a Florida beach bum who understands the savagery of the human heart. Together Allison and Thorn are ...
To celebrate the 200th anniversary of the mutiny on the Bounty, this is a reissue of Nordhoff's and Hall's classic Bounty Trilogy in one volume. It is a story of drunkenness, betrayal, murder and vengeance - a saga that will be remembered as long as men sail the sea.
Now in a new, second edition, James Hall's classic text of subject and theme in Western art has become the definitive work by which others are compared.The understanding and enjoyment of a work of art depends as much on the story it depicts as on the artist's execution of it. But what were once biblical or classical common-places are not so ...
Provides an up-to-date coverage of accounting information systems and related technologies. It features an early presentation of transaction cycles and emphasises on ethics, fraud, and the modern manufacturing environment.
Thorn sets out to solve the murder of a long-lost relative, the wealthy Abigail Bates, but he soon discovers that being a member of the Bates family comes with a deadly price. Martin's Press.
Keeping pace with current issues and professional requirements, such as standards and teacher certification, this classic text offers solid coverage of the foundations of education. This best-selling text by respected authorities in their fields continues to develop successful teachers by providing a broad introduction to the foundations of ...
For sophomore-level courses in Differential Equations and Linear Algebra. Extensively rewritten throughout, the Second Edition of this flexible text features a seamless integration of linear algebra into the discipline of differential equations. Abundant computer graphics, IDE interactive illustration software, and well-thought-out problem sets ...
Passion and intrigue heat up the Florida Keys as Thorn and Alexandra Rafferty--returning from the highly acclaimed "Blackwater Sound"--face down a brutal killer bent on destroying everything they hold dear. "Wonderfully disturbing."--"Miami Herald." Martin's Press.
Crippled by a brutal beating while investigating the torture killings of dolphins, Hall's dark hero, Thorn, suffers excruciating pain. After checking into a leading pain clinic for Army veterans, he discovers that the patients are being ill-used as test cases, and that his paralysis was the deliberate product of a sick and ruthless mind.
Thrill seeker, adventurer, and tough-guy Thorn is called upon by his buddy, Sugarman, to help him out once again. Sugarman has taken a position as head of security for a Florida cruise ship line, which has a big problem: someone is stealing $50,000 a month from the gambling boat, M.S. Eclipse, and they suspect the same person is also the one ...
Revised and expanded in this third edition, American Legal History now features a new co-author, James Ely, who is a specialist on property rights. This highly acclaimed text provides a comprehensive selection of the most important documents in the field, which integrate the history of public and private law from America's colonial origins to the ...
A brother and sister get ready for Halloween early by planting their own pumpkin patch. Readers will discover the simple joys of gardening and enjoy watching the exciting transformation from pumpkin seed to jack-o'-lantern. Color illustrations throughout.
IS AUDITING is an innovative and cutting edge product, which provides students anunderstanding of how to audit accounting information systems, including such new and expandedcoverage of enterprise systems, fraud and fraud detection topics as continuous onlineauditing. Its organization and its integration of ACL software within the package ensure ...
Walker uses an integrated "suite" of tools, worked Examples, Active Examples, and Conceptual Checkpoints, to make conceptual understanding an integral part of solving quantitative problems. The pedagogy and approach are based on over 20 years of teaching and reflect the results of physics education research.
To coincide with the 200th anniversary of the infamous 1788-1789 journey of the HMS Bounty and a major exhibition at the National Maritime Museum, this is a reissue of the story of Fletcher Christian's mutiny against Captain Bligh, as told by Midshipman Roger Byam.
This text is intended for schools that want a single text covering the standard topics from Beginning and Intermediate Algebra. Topics are organized by using the principles of the AMATYC standards as a guide, giving strong support to teachers using the text. The book's organization and pedagogy are designed to work for students with a variety of ...
Many Confederates believed that Abraham Lincoln himself was the sponsor of the Union army's heavy destruction of the South. With John Wilkes Booth as its agent, the Confederate Secret Service devised a plan of retribution--to seize President Lincoln, hold him hostage, and bring the war-weary North to capitulation. The code word for this stratagem ...
Alfonso Zamora is an aging, Mexican, senior tour player who discovers he's going blind. Rita Shaugnessy is a lusty, hard-drinking, down-on-her-luck golfer on the women's pro tour. Billy Sprague is a country club pro with the most beautiful golf swing -- except when there's money on the line. All three receive an invitation from Phillip Bates, the ...
This Companion offers a one-volume, alphabetically arranged, encyclopedia introducing the main lines of American law, from the institutions, people, events, and cases to the doctrines and concepts. Produced under the editorship of a board of five noted scholars, headed by Kermit L. Hall, it comprises of approximately 500 entries, each written by ...
Like the film "Chinatown, Magic City" evokes a time in the nations history when powerful men had been willing to do whatever they thought necessary to achieve their goals. This character-driven thriller exposes decades-old secrets in the place Hall knows best--Miami. Martins Press.
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