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One of Sidney Sheldon’s most popular and bestselling titles, repackaged and reissued for a new generation of fans.   Kate Blackwell is one of the richest and most powerful women in the world. She is an enigma, a woman surrounded by a thousand unanswered questions. Her father was a diamond ... More

Dilbert and the gang are back for this 26th collection, another take-off of office life that will appeal to cubicle dwellers across the globe.Dilbert and the gang are back for this 26th collection, Thriving on Vague Objectives. Adams has his finger on the pulse of cubicle dwellers across the globe. ... More

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Tips & Tools for Measuring the World and Beating the Odds Want to calculate the probability that an event will happen? Be able to spot fake data? Prove beyond doubt whether one thing causes another? Or learn to be a better gambler? You can do that and much mo... More

"Once I picked it up I did not put it down until I finished . . . What Schwed has done is capture fully-in deceptively clean language-the lunacy at the heart of the investment business."-From the Foreword by Michael Lewis, Bestselling author of Liar's Poker This hilarious portrait of everyday Wall ... More

An inspiring biography of one of the most influential and beloved figures of the 21st century, based on more than a thousand interviews. "I've read every book that has ever been written about Walt Disney, going back to some that were published in the 1930s. [How to Be Like Walt] is by far the most e... More

Java Gaming & Graphics Programming Although the number of commercial Java games is still small compared to those written in C or C++, the market is expanding rapidly. Recent updates to Java make it faster and easier to create powerful gaming applications-part... More

Marlene Dietrich once said, "I am not a myth." But by referencing the term, Dietrich only reinforces the fact more emphatically. For, using almost any common dictionary definition of that word, Dietrich is a myth. Her image was fashioned by director Josef von Sternberg in films like The Blue Angel, ... More

The governor of Gaul has always been a "creative" accountant. Now he's under investigation by Vexatius Sinusititis--or he was, until someone poisons the investigator. In order to heal Vexatius, Asterix and Obelix set off to locate a special flower that grows only in Helvetia.... More

Contains more than 600 alphabetically arranged articles, plus 11 essays on such topics as what constitutes "beauty" to a scientist, or the boundaries between physics and metaphysics. The book incorporates several dozen biographical entries, diagrams and black-and-white photos, a roster of... More

A useful reference providing current and accurate information on the subject for high school and college students. Comprehensive coverage includes significant discoveries in mathematics, in addition to definitions of basic terms, thought-provoking essays, and capsule biographies of notable scientist... More

This is an updated and expanded resource for young people who need to find the right word to express themselves but are daunted or overwhelmed by adult thesauruses. Expressly designed to meet their needs, the book includes listings for more than 7,000 of the most commonly used words in the English L... More

"America's irrepressible doyenne of domestic satire."THE BOSTON GLOBEMadcap, bittersweet humor in classic Erma Bombeck-style. You'll laugh until it hurts and love it! "Any mother with half a skull knows that when Daddy's little boy becomes Mommy's little boy, the kid is so wet, he's treading water. ... More

Just as "Book Lust" and "Music Lust" supplied thousands of new reading and listening recommendations, "Movie Lust" continues the Lust series tradition, offering 1,300 film recommendations for the discerning movie lover.... More

Humphrey Bogart is a legend and an icon whose magic has not dissipated with time. The wounded tough guy image Bogart molded over the decades of his career still resonates. There is a truth to this image; audiences sense that the world-weariness, the angst, and the vulnerability, which made him an ic... More

With the help of this game plan, readers learn how to crack into each market of the film industry (except acting) and then parlay an entry-level job into a show-business career.Looking for a career in the film business? Look no further. Making it in Hollywood is possible. But only if you have a work... More