Prosecutor Rayna Manchester takes on the most important case of her career when she is assigned to a high-profile hit & run case involving the sister & toddler niece of Tucson's popular mayor. But her well-ordered life is thrown into turmoil when she discovers the father of the 18-year-old defendent is an old friend. ...

When the author hooks & fights a record-size tarpon in the Gulf of Mexico for more than 8 hours, only to lose it at boatside, his competitive edge is triggered, & he sets out to start breaking as many IGFA line-class records as he can. This title shows how he has set 11 world records in one year. ...

The story of one Tendulkar fan's unlikely mission to bowl just one ball at his hero during India's 2011 tour of Engl&. Adam Carroll-Smith aims to achieve the unthinkable, fending off the attention of enthusiastic Indian fans & his meddling best friend
- not to mention the dozens of blazered officials stood between him & his hero.
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Portrait of musician & guitar designer Les Paul, known in the music world as the ' Architect of Rock 'n' Roll'. As a young man, Paul played guitar for Bing Crosby & other jazz greats. Throughout the 1940s & 50s he had a string of hits in partnership with his wife, Mary Ford. At the same time he was designing what would become one of the greatest of all rock icons: the Gibson Les Paul guitar. He also pioneered the art of multitrack recording & overdubbing, & was responsible for techniques that would be used in recording studios throughout the world for the next forty years. ...

In the knowledge economy, the companies employ the most talented performers to compete & succeed. Many firms try to buy stars by luring them away from competitors. This title shows what an uncertain & disastrous practice this can be. It states that star analysts who change firms suffer an immediate & lasting decline in performance. ...