While probing the murder of an elderly woman torched to death in her bed, Seattle homicide detective J.P. Beaumont finds himself distracted by the domestic problems of his new partner, Sue Danielson, until a series of terrifying events threatens to shatter their investigation.
The ideal dictionary for advanced EFL/ESL learners. Clear definitions and prominent guidewords help you find the meaning you want quickly and easily. Hundreds of new words ensure your English is up to date and 'Word partner' boxes show you how to use words in the most natural way.
The man they were to kidnap in Brazil had not always been called Silva. As a lawyer, Patrick S. Lanigan, his previous life had ended in a car crash in 1992. But six weeks after his death, $90 million disappeared from his law firm. It was then that his partners knew he was still alive. An unputdownable thriller by the current master of the genre, John Grisham.
In the realm of larceny, there's no one quite like Bernie Rhodenbarr. A gentleman, a bookseller, and a thief, Bernie steals with style. But now Lawrence Block's beloved criminal has discovered one of the abiding truths about the burglary business: Two's company. Three is definitely a crowd. The second burglars were Bernie and his dog grooming partner, Carolyn. They came to rob the Colcannons' West Side brownstone while the couple was out of town having their own personal burglar alarm - a Bouvier named Astrid - bred.
Game theory--the study of how people make choices while interacting with others--is one of the most popular technical approaches in social science today. But as Michael Chwe reveals in his insightful new book, Jane Austen explored game theory's core ideas in her six novels roughly two hundred years ago. The book shows how this beloved writer theorized choice and preferences, prized strategic thinking, argued that jointly strategizing with a partner is the surest foundation for intimacy, and analyzed why superiors are often strategically clueless about inferiors.This book illustrates the wide relevance of game theory and how, fundamentally, we are all strategic thinkers.
