The NUMBER ONE New York Times Bestseller' Full of twists & turns Wonderfully satisfying' (Kate Mosse) Shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger 2014A DETECTIVEAs a fierce unrelenting winter grips Quebec shadows are closing in on Chief Inspector Armand Gamache Most of his best agents have left the Homicide Department & hostile forces are lining up against him A DISAPPEARANCEWhen Gamache receives a message about a mysterious case in Three Pines he is compelled to investigate -- a woman who was once one of the most famous people in the world has vanished A DEADLY CONCLUSIONAs he begins to shed light on the investigation he is drawn into a web of murder lies & unimaginable corruption at the heart of the city Facing his most challenging & personal case to date can Gamache save the reputation of the Surete those he holds dear & himself? Evocative gripping & atmospheric this magnificent work of crime fiction from international bestselling author Louise Penny will stay with you long after you turn the final page ...

A Neverwhere short story from one of the brightest most brilliant writers of our generation
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Decline can be avoided Decline can be detected Decline can be reversed Amidst the desolate landscape of fallen great companies Jim Collins began to wonder How do the mighty fall? Can decline be detected early & avoided? How far can a company fall before the path toward doom becomes inevitable & unshakable? How can companies reverse course? In How the Mighty Fall Collins confronts these questions offering leaders the well-founded hope that they can learn how to stave off decline & if they find themselves falling reverse their course Collins' research project-more than four years in duration-uncovered five step-wise stages of decline Stage 1 Hubris Born of Success Stage 2 Undisciplined Pursuit of More Stage 3 Denial of Risk & Peril Stage 4 Grasping for Salvation Stage 5 Capitulation to Irrelevance or Death By understanding these stages of decline leaders can substantially reduce their chances of falling all the way to the bottom Great companies can stumble badly & recover Every institution no matter how great is vulnerable to decline There is no law of nature that the most powerful will inevitably remain at the top Anyone can fall & most eventually do But as Collins' research emphasizes some companies do indeed recover-in some cases coming back even stronger-even after having crashed into the depths of Stage 4 Decline it turns out is largely self-inflicted & the path to recovery lies largely within our own hands We are not imprisoned by our circumstances our history or even our staggering defeats along the way As long as we never get entirely knocked out of the game hope always remains The mighty can fall but they can often rise again ...

In the late nineteenth & early twentieth centuries working-class Americans had eating habits that were distinctly shaped by jobs families neighborhoods & the tools utilities & size of their kitchens--along with their cultural heritage How the Other Half Ate is a deep exploration by historian & lecturer Katherine Turner that delivers an unprecedented & thoroughly researched study of the changing food landscape in American working-class families from industrialization through the 1950s Relevant to readers across a range of disciplines--history economics sociology urban studies women's studies & food studies--this work fills an important gap in historical literature by illustrating how families experienced food & cooking during the so-called age of abundance Turner delivers an engaging portrait that shows how America's working class in a multitude of ways has shaped the foods we eat today ...

How Police Generate False Confessions explores the research on & controversy around false confessions & helps the reader understand what really happens in the interrogation room 328 pages 2 Tables unspecified Trainum James L ...

Once at the centre of the American conservative movement bestselling author & radio host Charles Sykes is a fierce opponent of Donald Trump & the right-wing media that enabled his rise Sykes presents an impassioned regretful & deeply thoughtful account of how the American conservative movement came to lose its values How did a movement that was defined by its belief in limited government individual liberty free markets traditional values & civility find itself embracing bigotry political intransigence demagoguery & outright falsehood? How the Right Lost its Mind addresses key issues that face American conservatives under a Trump presidency It asks why so many voters are apparently credulous & immune to factual information reported by responsible media & why did conservatives decide to overlook even embrace so many of Trump's outrages gaffes conspiracy theories falsehoods & smears? Can conservatives govern or are they content merely to rage? & central to Sykes's discourse is the question of how can the right recover its traditional values & persuade a new generation of their worth ...

Since the very first publication of The Secret a decade ago Rhonda Byrne's bestselling book has brought forth an explosion of real people sharing real stories of how their lives have miraculously changed for the better How The Secret Changed My Life presents a selection of the most heartwarming & moving stories in one inspirational volume Each story provides an authentic real-life illustration of the pathway that leads to success in every area of life money health relationships love family & career The people in How The Secret Changed My Life show time & again that no one is excluded from living the life of their dreams ...

With an eye for capturing small moments of shared experience Bob Graham illuminates the natural wonder that comes with every new day Bob Graham encourages readers to reflect on & reach out to the world around them Guardian From prolific & multi-award winning writer & illustrator Bob Graham comes an enchanting story about the sun & how it makes its journey from the far side of the world to the home of one small girl While Coco sleeps far away the sun rises up behind a snowy peak & casts its mellow dawn light for the wandering polar bears It skims across the icy water touching a fisherman's hat & catching for a moment in the eye of a whale The sun races through the countryside greeting snow cats & bears High over a desert it meets the rain in a halo of colours The sun leaps whole countries chasing the night before bursting at last in a fanfare of warm golden light through Coco's window! ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Every Christmas Eve Granny Rose (Mary Tyler Moore) helps Santa deliver toys to little girls & boys Except this year Granny Rose gets sick & asks Mr Grimm (Tony Randall) to take over this most important job When the toys overhear his plans to wait until morning & sell them to the highest bidder the toys decide to deliver themselves! But there&s danger & surprises around every corner as they try to find the children they&re meant to be with -- without getting caught by Mr Grimm! A magical holiday adventure HOW THE TOYS SAVED CHRISTMAS is a delightfully toy-riffic movie children of all ages will want to watch again & again ...

Hollywood's most celebrated luminaries--behind the camera as well as in front of it--combined talents to present this epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the end of the century as seen through the eyes of one pioneer family The film divided into three chapters--' The Civil War' (directed by John Ford) ' The Railroad' (directed by George Marshall) & ' The River the Plains the Outlaws' (directed by Henry Hathaway)--tells the story of the Prescotts a spirited group of easterners who make a declaration to migrate west When their parents are lost in a tragic river accident Eve (Carroll Baker) & Lilith (Debbie Reynolds) go their separate ways Eve remains on the land that took her parents settling down with the well-intentioned Linus Rawlings (James Stewart) while Lilith becomes a singer who is courted by the conniving Cleve Van Valen (Gregory Peck) when he learns that she has inherited a fortune in California As time passes & the Civil War takes the life of Linus the newest generation of Prescott offspring struggles with even greater danger & loss in the form of fierce Indians as well as family archrivals Top-notch production values & an endless string of solid performances have earned HOW THE WEST WAS WON the well-deserved label as one of Hollywood's most revered classics ...