Investigative consultant Sherry Moore is blind and stunningly beautiful, with the extraordinary ability to see the deceased's last eighteen seconds of memory by touching the corpse. At age five, she was found near death on the steps of a city hospital. A head injury had left her without sight and prevented ... more »

  More than 750 brand-new words that make bling-bling sound so five minutes ago For readers who want to be on the cutting edge of the English lexicon or for dedicated word geeks, The Official Dictionary of Unofficial English presents more than 750 words that have unofficially joined the English ... more »

  Communicate with your Spanish-speaking students and parents as easy as uno, dos, tres A working knowledge of the Spanish language is an indispensable part of an educator's skill set. McGraw-Hill's Spanish for Educators gives you more than 3,000 Spanish words and phrases and the basic grammar needed ... more »

In the tradition of W.E.B. Griffin, Warning Of War is James Brady's latest Marine Corps novel. Set in China at the onset of U.S. involvement in World War II, a young Marine Captain named Billy Port must undertake a daring rescue mission to save his fellow marines from Japanese forces. Together with his ... more »

In an effort to boost ratings, the new management of station KVGO in Dallas has created a walking, talking image of Elvis and given him his own talk show. An instant sensation, Elvis can make the money pour in. Even the President's ratings shoot up when he appears on The Elvis Show. Eventually, in order ... more »

Reed Arvin's previous novel, The Last Goodbye , was the best thing a thriller can be: suspenseful, intelligent, and well written (Harlan Coben), and had the critics raving: People magazine stated, You'll be hooked, and the New York Times declared it sultry, devious, adrenaline-boosting suspense. Now ... more »

Chapter 1 My name is Vincent, and I'm an herbaholic. Recovering, that is. And this means, among other things, that I am honor-bound to the principles of sobriety and propriety, both of which are well-established stumbling blocks in the life of a private investigator. I have always believed that the truth ... more »

We may as well begin with the ride home. It is Christmas night, 1998. The ending of a day that was not unseasonable, except in its failure to fulfill the sentimental wish for spur-of-the moment snow. The sky: gray; the air: cold, with a high of 33 degrees Fahrenheit. Palpable winter but not winter at ... more »

Embrace the Roman muse! As a learner of Latin, you want to experience the Roman world by reading its writers in their original language. But you may be unsure where to begin in the classical canon or you may worry that your Latin skills are insufficient to tackle authentic texts. Requiring only a grounding ... more »

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There is no easier, faster, or more practical way to learn the really tough subjects SQL Demystified explains how to use SQL (Structured Query Language)--the ubiquitous programming language for databases. Readers will learn to create database objects, add and retrieve data from a database, and modify ... more »

No one blends humor and heartbreak like Rita Ciresi, whose award-winning novels are lauded as much for their generous wit as for their unflinching honesty. Ciresi's crowd-pleasing novel Pink Slip captivated readers and critics alike, introducing two utterly unforgettable characters and a love story both ... more »