As if the fact that her mother is marrying her algebra teacher isn't bad enough, Mia then manages to announce the engagement on live television. Mia's grandmother immediately starts making arrangements for a grand state wedding — greatly upsetting Mia's mother. Then Mia's mother and her fiance go missing... To add to her problems, Mia finds herself falling in love with her best friend's brother Michael.

From DNA profiling to consideration of the accused's previous conduct, the law of evidence is a fascinating amalgam of logic, common sense, philosophy and tactics. Evidence explains the fundamentals and looks at the principles behind it. It is aimed at satisfying the needs of undergraduates, LPC and BVC students.

Новое издание учебно-методического комплекта Brilliant, предназначенное для учащихся 2–4 классов, разработано специально для общеобразовательных учреждений РФ и соответствует Государственному стандарту начального общего образования по иностранному языку. Основные характеристики УМК: — соответствие требованиям Государственного стандарта начального общего образования по иностранному языку; — интегрированный подход к обучению языковым навыкам и речевым умениям; — знакомство учащихся с реалиями и бытом разных стран («Мир вокруг нас»); — формирование у учащихся навыков самостоятельного чтения («Читаем с удовольствием!»); — формирование у учащихся навыков оценки своих успехов в изучении языка («Мой языковой портфель»); — обучающие игры и проектные работы, стимулирующие интерес учащихся к изучению английского языка. Отличительные черты нового издания: — дизайн и художественное оформление, выполненные российскими специалистами; — в первом и втором уровне УМК задания даны на русском языке; — англо-русский словарь с транскрипцией в конце Книги для учащегося; — новая рубрика «Читаем с удовольствием!» с текстами разных жанров для самостоятельного чтения, записанными на аудиодиск; — «Мой языковой портфель» в Рабочей тетради; — IWB disk.

Новое издание учебно-методического комплекта Brilliant, предназначенное для учащихся 2–4 классов, разработано специально для общеобразовательных учреждений РФ и соответствует Государственному стандарту начального общего образования по иностранному языку. Основные характеристики УМК: — соответствие требованиям Государственного стандарта начального общего образования по иностранному языку; — интегрированный подход к обучению языковым навыкам и речевым умениям; — знакомство учащихся с реалиями и бытом разных стран («Мир вокруг нас»); — формирование у учащихся навыков самостоятельного чтения («Читаем с удовольствием!»); — формирование у учащихся навыков оценки своих успехов в изучении языка («Мой языковой портфель»); — обучающие игры и проектные работы, стимулирующие интерес учащихся к изучению английского языка. Отличительные черты нового издания: — дизайн и художественное оформление, выполненные российскими специалистами; — в первом и втором уровне УМК задания даны на русском языке; — англо-русский словарь с транскрипцией в конце Книги для учащегося; — новая рубрика «Читаем с удовольствием!» с текстами разных жанров для самостоятельного чтения, записанными на аудиодиск; — «Мой языковой портфель» в Рабочей тетради; — IWB disk.

Новое издание учебно-методического комплекта Brilliant, предназначенное для учащихся 2–4 классов, разработано специально для общеобразовательных учреждений РФ и соответствует Государственному стандарту начального общего образования по иностранному языку. Основные характеристики УМК: — соответствие требованиям Государственного стандарта начального общего образования по иностранному языку; — интегрированный подход к обучению языковым навыкам и речевым умениям; — знакомство учащихся с реалиями и бытом разных стран («Мир вокруг нас»); — формирование у учащихся навыков самостоятельного чтения («Читаем с удовольствием!»); — формирование у учащихся навыков оценки своих успехов в изучении языка («Мой языковой портфель»); — обучающие игры и проектные работы, стимулирующие интерес учащихся к изучению английского языка. Отличительные черты нового издания: — дизайн и художественное оформление, выполненные российскими специалистами; — в первом и втором уровне УМК задания даны на русском языке; — англо-русский словарь с транскрипцией в конце Книги для учащегося; — новая рубрика «Читаем с удовольствием!» с текстами разных жанров для самостоятельного чтения, записанными на аудиодиск; — «Мой языковой портфель» в Рабочей тетради; — IWB disk.

The #1 blockbuster phenomenon continues in the 13th book in Evanovich's beloved series. New secrets, old flames, and hidden agendas are about to send bounty hunter Stephanie Plum on her most outrageous adventure yet.

Sophie Dempsey wants to help her sister film a video and then get out of Temptation, Ohio. Mayor Phin Tucker wants to play pool with the police chief and keep things peaceful. But when Sophie and Phin meet, they both get more than they want. Gossip, blackmail, adultery, murder, vehicular abuse of a corpse, and slightly perverse but excellent sex: all hell breaks loose in Temptation as Sophie and Phin fall deeper and deeper in trouble, and in love.

Weighed down by a divorce, Nell Dysart is sleepwalking her way through life until her best friend gets her a job at Gabe McKenna's floundering detective agency. Soon, Nell and Gabe square off over embezzlement, business cards, and ugly office furniture, all of which soon turn out to be the least of their problems. A series of murders begin, and shortly thereafter, these two start to fall in love. Martin's Press. When a down-on-her-luck divorcee meets a determined-to-dominate detective, they find out that falling in love can be murder... Nell Dysart's in trouble. Weighed down by an inexplicable divorce and a loss of appetite for everything, Nell is sleepwalking through life until her best friend finagles a job for her with a shabby little detective agency that has lots of potential and a boss who looks easy to manage. Gabe McKenna isn't doing too well, either. His detective agency is wasting time on a blackmail case, his partner has decided he hates watching cheating spouses for money, and his ex-wife has just dumped him...again. The only thing that's going his way is that his new secretary looks efficient, boring, and biddable. But looks can be deceiving and soon Nell and Gabe are squaring off over embezzlement, business cards, vandalism, dog-napping, blackmail, Chinese food, unprofessional sex, and really ugly office furniture, all of which turn out to be the least of their problems. Because soon, somebody starts killing people. And shortly after that, they start falling in love...

476 A.D. The Roman Empire, staggered by centuries of barbarian onslaughts and riddled with corruption, now faces its greatest challenge—not only to its power and prestige, but to its very existence… He reduced Concordia, Altinum, and Patavium to ashes, captured Verona and Milan. He was the most dangerous enemy Rome had ever known. The legacy of Attila the Hun, once thought destroyed on the battlefield, has re-emerged to defy the power of the Western World. Now it’s the sons of Attila’s chief military commanders who are waging battle with one another as the dramatic confrontation between the Emperor and Rome’s barbarian conqueror leads to the thrilling conclusion that becomes the end of the greatest civilization on earth.

It wasn’t just the power failure the night Jean Honeychurch was born that earned her the nickname Jinx: misfortune seems to follow her wherever she goes. Which is why she’s been shipped off to New York to stay with relatives – including her sophisticated cousin Tory – until the trouble she’s caused back in her small hometown dies down. Tory couldn’t care less about Jinx – until Jinx’s chronic bad luck starts wreaking havoc in Tory’s perfect world. Only then does Jinx learn that beneath Tory’s big-city glamour lies a world of hatred and revenge. And now Jean’s jinx could be the only thing that can save her life...

«Published to coincide with the eponymous blockbuster film, Roberto Saviano's groundbreaking and utterly compelling book is a major international bestseller and has to date sold 750,000 copies in Italy alone. Since publishing his searing expose of their criminal activities, the author has received so many death threats from the Camorra that he has been assigned police protection. Known by insiders as 'the System', the Camorra, an organized crime network with a global reach and large stakes in construction, high fashion, illicit drugs and toxic-waste disposal, exerts a malign grip on cities and villages along the Neapolitan coast is the deciding factor in why Campania has the highest murder rate in all of Europe and why cancer levels there have skyrocketed in recent years. In pursuit of his subject, Saviano worked as an assistant at a Chinese textile manufacturer and on a construction site, both controlled by 'the System', and as a waiter at a Camorra wedding. Born in Naples, he recalls seeing his first murder at the age of fourteen, and how his own father, a doctor, suffered a brutal beating for trying to help an eighteen-year-old victim, left for dead in the street. «Gomorrah» is both a bold and engrossing piece of investigative writing and one heroic young man's impassioned story of a place under the rule of a murderous organization.»

«Written by over 1500 eminent contributors, this new edition of «The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics» retains many classic essays of enduring importance and contains 1,872 articles. Published in eight print volumes and for the first time in online format, this is the definitive scholarly reference work for a new generation of economists.»

It’s cold. The wells of power are weakening and the forces of Night grow strong. The gods are real, and still have some power, mostly to do harm. The Instrumentalities of the Night are the worst of these. Piper Hecht, born Else Tage, survived a battle with the Instrumentalities. Now he’s Captain-General of the armies fighting a crusade for Patriarch Sublime V. Intrigues swirl around the throne of the Grail Empire, as the imperial family’s enemy Anne of Menand raises money to help the perpetually indebted Patriarch finance his crusades. To reduce his own vulnerability, sickly young Emperor Lothar assigns his two half-sisters—his immediate heirs—to their own realms. Now Piper Hecht learns that the legendary sorcerer Cloven Februaren, referred to as the Ninth Unknown, is still alive, more than 100 years old, and on Piper’s side. As the dynastic politics of the Empire become even more convoluted, it’s clear that while the old gods may be fading, they’re determined to do everything they can to bend the doings of men to their own advantage. Sieges, explosions, betrayals, Anti-Patriarchs, and suspicious deaths will ensue as the great chess game plays itself out, with Piper Hecht at the center of it all…

«Searching for his long-lost father, Bransen Garibond is tricked into journeying across the Gulf of Corona to the wild lands of Vanguard, where he is pressed into service in a desperate war against the brutal Samhaist, Ancient Badden. On an Alpinadoran lake, just below his magical ice castle, several societies, caught in the web of their own conflicts, are oblivious to Ancient Badden's devastating plans to destroy them. Bransen becomes the link between the wars, and if he fails, all who live on the lake will perish, and all of northern Honce will fall under the shadow of the merciless and vengeful Samhaists. «The Ancient» is part of the Saga of the First King, a four-book series that chronicles the early days of Corona, the same world as Salvatore’s bestselling DemonWars saga.»

«An Erotic Ghost Story by the author of «Hell House» and «A Stir of Echoes». David and Ellen Cooper came to the lonely beachside cottage in hopes of rekindling their troubled marriage. Yet they are not alone on their second honeymoon. Marianna, a beautiful and enigmatic stranger, comes to visit David whenever Ellen is away. Who is Marianna, and where has she come from? Even as he succumbs to her seductive charms, David realizes that Marianna is far more than a threat to his marriage, for her secrets lie deep in the past and beyond the grave. And her unholy desires endanger the life and soul of everyone she touches.»

Inch by inch, day by day, Scott Carey is getting smaller. Once an unremarkable husband and father, Scott finds himself shrinking with no end in sight. His wife and family turn into unreachable giants, the family cat becomes a predatory menace, and Scott must struggle to survive in a world that seems to be growing ever larger and more perilous — until he faces the ultimate limits of fear and existence.

«In 1944, long before he wrote such classic novels as «I Am Legend» and «What Dreams May Come», author Richard Matheson served as an eighteen-year-old replacement in the 87th Division during the latter part of the war in Europe. His tour of duty there inspired this acclaimed novel about a group of equally young and inexperienced soldiers thrown into the fury of combat. «The Beardless Warriors» are a squad of teenage U.S. infantrymen fighting their way across Germany during the final weeks of the war. Under fire and in over their heads, the fresh-faced young men must grow up fast if they ever hope to see home again. Everett Hackermeyer is the latest soldier to join the squad, «Hack», a troubled youth from a hellish family background, faces a new kind of inferno on the front lines, only to discover hidden reserves he never knew he possessed. Ironically, he doesn't come to value his own life until he runs the very real chance of losing it.»

«Like «What Dreams May Come», which inspired the movie starring Robin Williams, «Somewhere in Time» is the powerful story of a love that transcends time and space, written by one of the Grand Masters of modern fantasy. Matheson's classic novel tells the moving, romantic story of a modern man whose love for a woman he has never met draws him back in time to a luxury hotel in San Diego in 1896, where he finds his soul mate in the form of a celebrated actress of the previous century. «Somewhere in Time» won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel, and the 1979 movie version, starring Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour, remains a cult classic.»

Kahlan has at last gained the one goal she had always thought was beyond her grasp ... love. Against all odds, the ancient bonds of secret oaths, and the dark talents of men long dead, Richard has won her heart. Amid sudden and disastrous events, Richard's life is called due to satisfy those treacherous oaths. To save his life, Kahlan must forsake Richard's love and cast him into the chains of slavery, knowing there could be no sin worse than such a betrayal. Richard is determined to unlock the secrets bound in the magic of ancient oaths and to again be free. Kahlan, alone with the terrible truth of what she has done, must set about altering the course of a world thrown into war. But even that may be easier than ever winning back the heart of the only man she will ever love.

This is the first book on the subject that combines contemporary marketing theory with analysis of operational marketing practice within the fashion industry. It contains the views of key practitioners and much original case study material from leading fashion organizations to provide unique insights into the reality of fashion marketing.