Using primary and secondary source material and numerous photographs and illustrations, "The American Record" presents history through a broad perspective. Blending the traditional approach to American history (centered on politics, economics, diplomacy, and war) with the modern approach (including histories of women and children, people of color, ...
A very successful book for two decades, the fourth edition continues its tradition of excellence. Using primary and secondary source material and numerous photographs and illustrations, this book seeks to present history through a broad perspective. Incorporating the traditional approach, centered on politics, economics, diplomacy, and war with ...
A treasury of great quotations on how to become successful as a leader with quotes from Abraham Lincoln, Henry Ford, Dale Carnegie, Winston Churchill, and others.
Written by three top consultants and trainers, "Applied Strategic Planning" shows managers and CEOs a clear, totally effective way to identify and implement strategic objectives. It surpasses other strategic planning models in many key areas, including its emphasis on organizational culture, the integration of business and functional plans, the ...
Chief Inspector Harry Feiffer and his team of crack detectives keep very busy on a series of cases, including the Hong Kong bank where nine dead bodies are found, seemingly untouched.
In Hong Kong, Detective Inspector Harry Feiffer is on the case of a murderer so horrifying to look at, that the criminal's victims have ripped out their very own eyes.
The Yellowthread Street cops take on black magic, murder, and Chinese communists in the 16th hilarious novel from the award-winning author of "Nightmare Syndrome".
In the seamy Hong Kong bay district, crimes of every shape, size and kind are commonplace. But not letter bombs. And when Detective Inspector Spencer narrowly escapes becoming the third victim, the Yellowthread Street cops are grimly determined to track down the culprit.
Copan in modern Honduras was one of the great cities of the Classic Maya. Explorers found ruined temples, plazas, and more hieroglyphic inscriptions and sculpted monuments than in any other site in the New World. But the stones were silent, the script undeciphered. At last, an international team of scholars is solving the puzzle of Copan and the ...
The second ingenious entry in the series The New York Times calls "boisterous historical melodrama". The death of a prostitute on the Lower East Side leads City Detective Virgil Tilman and his stolid partner into a complex and terrifying conspiracy.
This new book from the Center for Nonproliferation Studies assesses the motivations and capabilities of terrorist organizations to acquire and use nuclear weapons. It covers their activities to fabricate and detonate crude nuclear explosives, to strike nuclear power plants and other nuclear facilities, and to build and employ radiological weapons ...
A Zapotec village chief named One Earthquake is murdered by his enemies, who then carve the gruesome image of his death on a huge stone slab and place it in their temple as a warning to others. An Inca official selects young village girls to be raised in the distant House of the Chosen Women, where they will spend the rest of their childhoods ...
The September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States brought the issue of terrorism to the forefront of American attention and controversy. To determine how to prevent further destruction, it is necessary to understand the shadowy phenomenon that causes it. Who are the terrorists? What are their motives? What are the roots of this form of ...
The Yellowthread Street cops are back in a darkly humorous caper that involves a van-load of dead people, a larcenous Dalmatian, and a small homeless boy with a loaded Luger. "If you like your stories mixed in a single pot on a fast burner, Out of Nowhere is your cup of tea".--San Diego Union.
Chief Inspector Harry Feiffer of the Hong Kong police seeks the common denominator in a string of gruesomely dismembered bodies that begin turning up--each with a different part missing--around Hong Kong. Another zany Yellowthread Street mystery sure to enthrall Marshall's many fans.
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A Forest of Kings: The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya
