Maybe a phrase a line a hint somewhere would reveal a reason any reason for the elderly couple's disappearance. They'd saved everything.. .there was even a copy of the 'certificate of living existence' that nadir of bureaucratic imbecility.. . What was the 'protocol' to use a word dear to government offices? Did one simply write on a sheet of paper something like: 'I the undersigned Salvo Montalbano hereby declare myself to be in existence' sign it & turn it in to the appointed clerk? A young Don Juan is found murdered in front of his apartment building early one morning & an elderly couple is reported missing after an excursion to the ancient site of Tindari -- two seemingly unrelated cases for Inspector Montalbano to solve amid the daily complications of life at Vigata police headquarters. But when Montalbano discovers that the couple & the murdered young man lived in the same building his investigation stumbles onto Sicily's brutal ' New Mafia' which leads him down a path more evil & more far-reaching than any he has been down before. Praise for Andrea Camilleri: 'A joy to read' The Times ' This savagely funny police procedural proves that sardonic laughter is a sound that translates ever so smoothly into English' New York Times ...

On the shocking discovery of a passengers body on the Great Western Railway excursion train Detective Inspector Robert Colbeck & his assistant Sergeant Victor Leeming are dispatched to the scene. Faced with what initially appears to be a motiveless murder Colbeck is intrigued by the murder weapon
- a noose. When it emerges that the victim had worked as a public executioner Colbeck realises that this must be intrinsically linked to the killers choice of weapon. However the further he delves into the case the more mysterious it becomes. & when a second man is strangled by a noose on a train Colbeck knows that he must act quickly. Can he catch the murderer before more lives are lost? Set in Victorian England & rich in historical detail The Excursion Train" will hold you captivated from the beginning to the end of its journey."
...

We all know how strong our emotions can be
- but do we really appreciate that they can actually help us to achieve what we want?
...

Excuse my French! arose out of a culture clash between a Frenchman & an English woman. Life together in a bi-lingual relationship for Rachel & Jean-Christophe created many miscomprehensions amusing mistranslations & often sheer bewilderment. This book offers a way out of the conversational confusion & comprises of 700 expressions in English & in French divided into 13 chapters which cover all the essential topics in life
- including food & drink money business work & sex. Excuse my French! teaches the essential idioms & metaphors of the other language in a fresh light-hearted way that wont feel like youre back in a classroom. Packed with quizzes glossaries & interesting detail on the historical contexts for how phrases were coined & illustrated with line drawings it will improve language skills & promote the Entente Cordiale between tourists students & business associates as well as encourage relationships to blossom between les Gaulois et les Rosbifs all over the world!
...

Most people will admit to telling the odd white lie in order to wangle a day off work but only a master excuse-maker could conceive of alibis including milking a walrus contracting osmosis & FOHP (Fear of Having Peaked)
- all of which & more are presented in this surreal & off -the-wall book! CAUTION: Not recommended for use in actual workplace scenarios.
...

People are forever using excuses & defending those excuse patterns as if they were actually true. Such statements as It would be very difficult for me to change
- If I changed it would create family dramas
- Im too old/young to change
- & Ive always been this way
- are all excuses that are used regularly without challenging the truth of these thinking habits. When you eliminate excuses that explain your shortcomings or failures youll awaken to your infinite possibilities. In this groundbreaking work Wayne Dyer presents a compendium of conscious & subconscious excuses employed by virtually everyone along with a revolutionary concept that guides you to put those excuses to rest once & for all. Youll learn to apply specific questions to any excuse & then proceed through the steps of the Excuses Begone!" paradigm."



...

Exe to Otter Through Time is a celebration of the glorious countryside & coastline from the River Exe to the River Otter inspired by a map from the 1875 Exmouth guidebook entitled Exmouth & its Neighbourhood. Part of East Devons Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty & the beginning of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Jurassic Coast this area has a timeless beauty but has also seen much change over the last 150 years. The book focuses on some of the changes comparing images from yesteryear with modern photographs & takes you through Exmouth & Budleigh Salterton where changes are distinct to the more preserved villages & hamlets of Exton Lympstone Knowle East Budleigh Otterton Colaton Raleigh Yettington & Woodbury. Explore the East Devon of the past today with Exe to Otter Through Time. ...

When Execution" was first published in 2002 it changed the way we did our jobs. By analysing the discipline of getting things done it helped thousands of business people to make the final leap to success. Now Larry Bossidy & Ram Charan reframe their empowering message for a world in which the old rules have been shattered & radical change is becoming routine. For the foreseeable future: Growth will be slower. But the company that executes well will have the confidence speed & resources to move fast as new opportunities emerge. Competition will be fiercer with companies searching for any possible advantage in every area. Governments will take on new roles in their national economies. & companies that execute well will be more attractive as partners & suppliers & better prepared to adapt to new waves of regulation. Risk management will become a top priority for every leader & every company will be looking for the edge in detecting new internal & external threats. Forget formulating a vision then leaving others to carry it out: " Execution" shows you how to link together people strategy & operations
- the three core elements of every organisation
- & create a business based on dialogue intellectual honesty & realism. With case histories from the real world
- including such recent examples such as the diverging paths taken by Jamie Dimon at JPMorgan Chase & Charles Prince at Citigroup
- " Execution" provides the realistic & hard-nosed approach to business success that could only come from authors as accomplished & insightful as Bossidy & Charan."



...

Inside a Los Angeles church on the altar steps lies the blood-soaked decapitated body of a priest. Carefully positioned legs stretched out arms crossed over the chest the most horrifying thing of all is that the priests head has been replaced by that of a dog. Later the forensic team discover that on the victims chest the figure 3 has been scrawled in blood. At first Detective Robert Hunter believes that this is a ritualistic killing. But as more bodies surface he is forced to reassess. All the victims died in the way they feared the most. Their worst nightmares have literally come true. But how could the killer have known? & what links these apparently random victims? Hunter finds himself on the trail of an elusive & sadistic killer somone who apparently has the power to read his victims minds. Someone who can sense what scares his victims the most. Someone who will stop at nothing to achieve his twisted aim. ...

Inside a Los Angeles church on the altar steps lies the blood-soaked decapitated body of a priest. Carefully positioned legs stretched out arms crossed over the chest the most horrifying thing of all is that the priest's head has been replaced by that of a dog. Later the forensic team discover that on the victim's chest the figure 3 has been scrawled in blood. At first Detective Robert Hunter believes that this is a ritualistic killing. But as more bodies surface he is forced to reassess. All the victims died in the way they feared the most. Their worst nightmares have literally come true. But how could the killer have known? & what links these apparently random victims? Hunter finds himself on the trail of an elusive & sadistic killer somone who apparently has the power to read his victims' minds. Someone who can sense what scares his victims the most. Someone who will stop at nothing to achieve his twisted aim. ...