The \"fascinating\" true story behind the HBO Max and Hulu series about Texas housewife Candy Montgomery and the bizarre murder that shocked a community (Los Angeles Times Book Review). Candy Montgomery and Betty Gore had a lot in common: They sang together in the Methodist church choir, their daughters were best friends, and their husbands had good jobs working for technology companies in the north

A Terror Eight title: dark reads for hot summer

A sweeping work of historical fiction from the New York Times-bestselling author Dominic Smith, The Electric Hotel is a spellbinding story of art and love.For more than thirty years, Claude Ballard has been living at the Hollywood Knickerbocker Hotel. A French pioneer of silent films who started out as a concession agent for the Lumi re brothers, the inventors of cinema, Claude now spends his days

Plucky young Daisy, now the court\'s witch, is back for another fact-based adventure alongside Queen Elizabeth. As a young witch, Daisy Sparrow, gets used to her role as Queen Elizabeth I\'s right-hand witch, providing spells and cures at her beck and call. But things aren\'t completely merry in the castle. The constant pressure from the Queen\'s advisors for her to marry and turn over her power to

Microprocessors play a dominant role in computer technology and have contributed uniquely in the development of many new concepts and design techniques for modem industrial systems. This contribution is excessively high in the area of robotic and manufacturing systems. However, it is the editor\'s feeling that a reference book describing this contribution in a cohesive way and covering the major hardware

The Melancholy Science is Gillian Rose\'s investigation into Theodor Adorno\'s work and legacy. Rose uncovers the unity discernable among the many fragments of Adorno\'s oeuvre, and argues that his influence has been to turn Marxism into a search for style. The attempts of Adorno, Luk cs and Benjamin to develop a Marxist theory of culture centred on the concept of reification are contrasted, and the

Classic / British English After the death of his beautiful wife Rebecca, Maxim de Winter goes to Monte Carlo to forget the past. There he meets and marries a quiet young woman and takes her back to Manderley, his family home in Cornwall. But will the memory of Rebecca destroy the new

An eye-opening journey through the magical, yet surprisingly little-understood, human emotion that is wonder. From the first tickle of curiosity to an unexpected shift in how we perceive the world, there isn\'t a person who hasn\'t felt wonder, and yet the why and how of this profoundly beneficial emotion is only just beginning to be scientifically defined and explored. This inspiring book from thought

This revised textbook motivates and illustrates the techniques of applied probability by applications in electrical engineering and computer science (EECS). The author presents information processing and communication systems that use algorithms based on probabilistic models and techniques, including web searches, digital links, speech recognition, GPS, route planning, recommendation systems, classification,

In the 1950s there were still train services to most parts of the country, and steam was everywhere. Many of the locomotive types used in Scotland never ventured south of the border. So from 1952 Brian Morrison set out to record every locomotive class that existed there. This was eventually completed in 1958 when one of the post-Grouping developments of the Caledonian Railway\'s 439 class 0-4-4Ts was

In an age of consumer choice, decentralization, and deregulation in education, policymakers often demonstrate surprisingly little awareness of how popular reforms impact teaching and teacher education. This raises a number of questions: To what extent has the push for privatization and marketization of education shaped how we recruit and train the next generation of teachers? What are they taught and

Letter to a Priest encapsulates the sharp wit and questioning nature of Simone Weil. Regarded by Susan Sontag as \'one of the most uncompromising and troubling witnesses to the modern travail of the spirit\', Weil grips the moral imagination as few others before or since. She was only thirty four when she died in 1943, yet despite her short life she left behind an incredible body of literature. Letter

D.W. Winnicott, a psychoanalyst of extraordinary grace and originality, left a body of work distinguished by fierce independence of mind, profound playfulness and technique, and passionate intelligence. Holding and Interpretation, a verbatim record of his sessions with a psychotic patient, vividly illustrates his enormous contribution to psychoanalytic theory and technique, his skill at holding the

In his daydreams, Jensen is the biggest hero that ever was, saving the world and his friends on a daily basis. But his middle school reality is VERY different--math is hard, getting along with friends is hard...Even finding a partner for the class project is a huge problem when you always get picked last. And the pressure\'s on even more once the school newspaper\'s dynamic duo, Jenny and Akilah, draw

Help make errand time a fun, cooperative time. Get ready, get set, go get into coats . . . out the door . . . into the car. With On-the-Go Time/ A salir!, shopping and running errands with children really can mean fewer hassles and more fun for everyone! Toddlers learn simple tools and encouragement to keep moving, cope with the changing scenes, and be super helpers in the car, at the store or library,

It has all the hallmarks of a best-selling fictional thriller: espionage, conspiracy, a struggle against evil powers, undercover work by dark of night... but it\'s all true. The Scarlet and the Black tells the astonishing and heroic true story of Monsignor Hugh O\'Flaherty, the man dubbed \"The Scarlet Pimpernel of the Vatican\" during World War II. Born in Killarney, Ireland, Hugh O\'Flaherty was

\'Jennifer\'s knowledge, honesty, integrity and sheer giddy passion for skincare make hers an important voice in beauty\' Sali Hughes \'In a world where skincare chat can feel overwhelming, Jennifer Rock tells you what you need to know\' Louise McSharry From the author of No.1 bestseller The Skin Nerd: Your straight-talking guide to feeding, protecting and respecting your skin The Skin Nerd founder