The Macau Economy provides an in-depth and comprehensive analysis of the economy of Macau, the second Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China. It reviews all major areas of Mac
The original title is Interrogativas em Português e em Chinês: Descrição, Confronto e Aplicação Didáctica. The contrastive analysis between interrogative sentences, in Portuguese and in Chinese, is co
New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly sets his novels of suspense against a world divided by race, politics, money, and the media. Here he thrusts Detective Harry Bosch on a harrowing jo
Build a business presentation from the outline on up with PowerPoint 2000's flexible features. Grab your audience's attention and hold it when you add graphics or sound, or host your presentation on t
Nine-year-old Aldo discovers the pleasures of doing volunteer work to help the older citizens of the community and the satisfactions of earning his first money on his own for unselfish reasons.
From the woman who brought us Scruples, Dazzle, and Spring Collection comes a provocative new novel, a deeply moving mother-daughter tale set amid the elegance of a famed New York auction house and th
Read Fannie Flagg in Large PrintWelcome to the World, Baby Girl! is the funny, serious, and compelling new novel by Fannie Flagg, author of the beloved Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe (a
From July 1942 until August 1944, a young girl named Anne Frank kept a diary. Keeping a diary isn't unusual. Lots of girls do. But Anne's diary was unique. It chronicled the two years she and her fami
"When you open a book by Claire Delacroix, you open a treasure chest of words, rare and exquisite!"--Rendezvous"I seek a bride, the wealthiest heiress in Ireland."No woman can resist the charms of Row
The good news is that anxiety, guilt, pessimism, procrastination, low self–esteem, and other "black holes" of depression can be cured without drugs. In Feeling Good, eminent psychiatrist, David D. Bur
One of Shakespeare's romantic comedies, this play is set in the seaport town of Messina, in Sicily. The drama concerns "the battle of the sexes" and focuses on the barbed wits and intrigues that two s
This is the final book in the best-selling Flambards series. The First World War is over and Christina marries Dick, who was once the groom at Flambards. The local gentry refuse to accept the couple s
Authoritative. Concise. Easy-to-Use.Schaum's Easy Outlines are streamlined versions of best-selling Schaum's titles. We've shortened the text, broadened the visual appeal, and introduced study techniq
"Why do birds fly south?""Because it is too far to walk."Riddles and More Riddles! contains funny, laugh-out-loud riddles that kids will love to read and retell over and over again!
An introduction to life in a desert Pueblo village explores the traditional way of life and the history of the Hopi Indians through a series of questions and answers
His heart could be captured--but his passion could never be tamed....From the acclaimed author of Prince of Shadows and Body and Soul comes the first novel in a powerful new trilogy, the story of a no
Just in time for election season, Dan Gutman's hugely popular sequal to THE KID WHO RAN FOR PRESIDENT is back. Humor, adventure, and excitement will draw kids into the world of white house politics.Ju
It's November 2044, an election year, and the state of the Union is a farce. The government is broke, the cities are privately owned, and the military is shaking down citizens in the streets. Washingt
In a time of accusations, treachery and lies, some secrets were heartbreaking....Others were deadly.Once, Nick Kotlar tried to save his father. From the angry questions. From the accusations. From a p
Bebe's paid her dues. Now it's time to light a little fire . . . . Bebe's got a brand-new tight-fitting money-green dress. Isaac has three dollars in his wallet and fifty out on loan. Bebe's wearing h
Set in the 1930s at the Cold Mountain Penitentiary’s death-row facility, The Green Mile is the riveting and tragic story of John Coffey, a giant, preternaturally gentle inmate condemned to death for t
This collection of poems includes the themes of domestic tension, law and order, submerged and exploding violence, and the anarchic strain in the human psyche. Simon Armitage is the author of "Zoom!".
KILL THE COMPETITIONEmma Lord, editor and publisher of The Alpine Advocate, has never faced such cruel competition--especially not the fierce personal attacks mounted by Alpine's radical new publicati
This is an updated edition with a new four-color cover and updated text in various places in the book that mention correlated material. The music and songs are the same. The time-honored First Divisio
Long ago in Germany, a storyteller's story and an apprentice clockwork-maker's nightmare meet in a menacing, lifelike figure created by the strange Dr. Kalmenius.
A delightful picture book captures the warmth of family tradition as Emma and her family celebrate two holidays--Hanukkah, a time to light the menorah and play dreidl games, and Christmas, a time to s
A question-and-answer format story details the traditional life, customs, and everyday world of the Iroquois--one of the strongest and most significant Native American nations. Original.
When Scooby and the gang attend a Halloween costume party at a swanky hotel, one frightfully real phantom scares all the guests away, and Scooby and his pals must solve the mystery of the scary specte
In a books that is at once laugh-out-loud funny and all-too-true to life, comedy-talent-turned-television-star Ray Romano goes home again, revealing that the source of his inspiration is heritage, hea
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts comes an exciting tale that takes readers to the depths of the Caribbean…and the heights of passion and suspense. Marine archeologist Tate Beaum
There are some who say that the Lady Fortune has a wheel, and all men are fixed upon it. The wheel turns, and the men rise, or fall, with the turning of the wheel. Birle has agreed to be wed to the h
A scholarly, shy member of the rabbit-like Montmers, Perloo is content sipping myrtle tea and reading his history books in his warm burrow. Until the day Perloo's quiet life is interrupted by a myste
The determined Amanda K. Woods sets out to change the things she can in order to become a proud, strong, and confident twelve-year-old in rural Wisconsin in the 1950s. Reprint. 1998 National Book Awar
A pickpocket plying her trade on the streets of Charlestown, Massachusetts, Darcy O'Keefe is caught in the act by would-be victim Aiden Terrell and finds herself blackmailed into assisting him on a qu
Although he didn't believe the rumors about the monstrous creatures who live in the woods, Doug and his sister unfortunately discover that they are true and so must find a way to put the Beastie famil
Who would want to harm Discworld's most beloved icon? Very few things are held sacred in this twisted, corrupt, heartless -- and oddly familiar -- universe, but the Hogfather is one of them. Yet here
Into thin air...Three little girls, one by one, had vanished from the farming village of Dendale. And Superintendent Andy Dalziel, a young detective in those days, never found their bodies--or the per
Yellow for friendship.Pink for passion. But . . . Red Roses Mean Love.She dreamed of roses....Orphaned and abandoned by her fiance, Hayley Albright is determined to care for her younger siblings even
