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In the turbulent Parisian summer of 1893,Victor Legris has vowed to give up the dangerous hobby of amateur sleuthing to concentrate on selling books. But a murderer is at large in Paris, intent on revenge for events that took place many years before during the Commune. And when a bookbinder friend of Victor's becomes the latest victim of the mysterious Leopard, the young bookseller feels impelled to resume his detective work and uncover the identity of the Batignolles predator.

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• Four books in one! • Omnibus editions provide opportunity for new readers to discover Garnier – an author much praised for his conciseness, but the slightness of the individual books may have been offputting to some readers • Striking cover design • Critically acclaimed author with high-profile fans including Ian Rankin, John Banville and A. L. Kennedy • Review coverage includes Marilyn Stasio in the New York Times, John Powers on NPR and literary blogs such as The Complete Review • Rising popularity of French classic and contemporary noir such as Frédéric Dard, Simenon and Manchette

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• Three books in one!
• Omnibus editions provide opportunity for new readers to discover Garnier – an author much praised for his conciseness, but the slightness of the individual books may have been offputting to some readers
• Striking cover design
• Critically acclaimed author with high-profile fans including Ian Rankin, John Banville and A. L. Kennedy
• Review coverage includes Marilyn Stasio in the New York Times, John Powers on NPR and literary blogs such as The Complete Review
• Rising popularity of French classic and contemporary noir such as Frédéric Dard, Simenon and Manchette

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SMART ESSENTIALS FOR BUYING A HOME shares everything you ever need to know to buy a home today…and skips the filler you don't need. We know your time is precious. in this SMART ESSENTIALS you'll find concise, practical, insider buying strategies to accomplish the six smart steps every home buyer must get right: Find the right TEAM of buyer's agent and mortgage pro to be on your side. Nail down a smart home-buying BUDGET, but not buy more home than you need. Make your MONEY work harder with the perfect loan for your financial situation. SHOP only homes that fit your budget and lifestyle to maximize your appreciation potential. NEGOTIATE counteroffers like a riverboat gambler to get the best contract. Avoid costly last-minute CLOSING mistakes that can kill your deal. In a nutshell: SMART ESSENTIALS makes you money buying the home of your dreams for the best price, saves you time buying the right home to fit your needs while keeping resale in mind, plus shows you how to avoid all-too-common mistakes that can cost you serious money. About The Author Amy J. Hausman is a freelancer and marketing professional with over 15 years experience writing and editing newsletters, blogs and books for real estate and mortgage professionals and home buying and selling consumers. Drawing on her experience as a homeowner and real estate investor, SMART ESSENTIALS FOR BUYING A HOME: How To Get The Best Price And The Lowest Payment is her first book. SMART ESSENTIALS FOR BUYING FORECLOSURES: Finding Hidden Bargains For Home Or Profit is her second title in the series. Both titles are available in paperback, hardcover and eBook editions at www.SmartEssentials.com. About The Series If you want to get smarter for less, then SMART ESSENTIAL guides are all you need. SMART ESSENTIALS are designed for readers that appreciate smart, useful, distilled information that goes straight to the point. Certainly, you can swim through the tides of endless online articles searching for useful information. Yes, you can slog through full-length how-to books trying to glean the chapters you really need hidden in the general filler. But SMART ESSENTIALS readers are too smart for that. If you want the information now; if you want it smartly presented; if you want it current for today’s market and mostly if you want your information short, concentrated and applicable to your situation – then you want SMART ESSENTIALS. Visit www.SmartEssentials.com for more how-to articles, in-depth Smarties’ Stories, smart discussions and more books.

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SMART ESSENTIALS FOR SELLING YOUR HOME is concise, cuts to the chase, and eliminates the fluff. At last, home sellers can learn everything they need to know that’s essential to selling smart. In less than 100 pages you’ll learn smart ways to: Create a ROADMAP that puts you in control of your selling timetable. Find a TEAM of professionals—especially a top-notch agent—to rely on. Turn all the MONEY details to your advantage in any market. Nail down the perfect ‘Goldilocks’ PRICE—not too high, not too low, just right. PREPARE your property to attract serious buyers. Avoid costly mistakes to make your home SHOW like a model. NEGOTIATE a win-win contract that pays you top dollar in the shortest time. Simply put: SMART ESSENTIALS makes you money by getting the best price for your home, saves you time with a fast sale on your moving timetable, and shows you how to avoid costly mistakes even smart sellers make. About The Author Deborah Rhoney is a professional real estate writer and editor with over 25 years' experience researching, writing, designing and editing periodicals, books and online content with a focus on homeownership and mortgage-financing topics. Having purchased and sold multiple homes over the years, she brings together her extensive professional and personal expertise in SMART ESSENTIALS FOR SELLING YOUR HOME: How To Get The Highest Price In The Shortest Time, available in paperback, hardcover and eBook editions at www.SmartEssentials.com. About The Series If you want to get smarter for less, then SMART ESSENTIAL guides are all you need. SMART ESSENTIALS are designed for readers that appreciate smart, useful, distilled information that goes straight to the point. Certainly, you can swim through the tides of endless online articles searching for useful information. Yes, you can slog through full-length how-to books trying to glean the chapters you really need hidden in the general filler. But SMART ESSENTIALS readers are too smart for that. If you want the information now; if you want it smartly presented; if you want it current for today’s market and mostly you want your information short, concentrated and applicable to your situation – then you want SMART ESSENTIALS. Visit www.SmartEssentials.com for how-to articles, in-depth Smarties’ Stories, smart discussions and more books.

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(Published in Association with the Westport Library, Westport, Connecticut)Written by an intimate participant in the turbulent civil rights movement in Mississippi, Nobody Said Amen tells the stories of two families’ lives, one white, one black, as they navigate the challenging, tilting landscape created by the coming of “outside agitators” and social change to the Mississippi Delta in the 1960s.Owner of a great plantation, Luke Claybourne is a product of Southern attitudes, a decent man who feels responsible for the black families who make his plantation run, but who is loathe to accept the changes necessary for its survival. When he loses his plantation, his entire world is shattered. Led by his wife, Willy, and their friendship with a Northern journalist, Luke is forced to come to terms with a new way of life in the post–Civil Rights era South.Meanwhile, Jimmy Mack, a young black Mississippian leading a group of students who have come to Shiloh to help blacks gain the right to vote, has become a target of the Klan—savagely beaten while in jail and threatened with a burning cross. His love affair with Eula, a Claybourne employee, highlights the tensions and hazards of trying to love in the shadow of a racist world.Rich with a colorful roster of the people in Shiloh, Nobody Said Amen tells a triumphant American tale.

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No one knows this better than Eric Dezenhall and John Weber, who help companies, politicians, and celebrities get out of various kinds of trouble. In this brutally honest and eye-opening guide, they take you behind the scenes of some of the biggest public relations successes—and debacles—of modern business, politics, and entertainment.You’ll discover:• Why the 1982 Tylenol cyanide-poisoning case is always cited as the best model for damage control, when in fact it has no relevance to the typical corporate crisis.• Why Audi never fully recovered from driver accusations of “sudden acceleration”—despite evidence that nothing was wrong with their cars.• What the crises faced by George W. Bush, Jim McGreevey, Sammy Sosa, Lance Armstrong, Martha Stewart, Coca-Cola, and the Catholic Church have in common . . . and what they don’t.This new revised edition includes an additional chapter «Our Permanent Leakocracy» including information about WikiLeaks and what that notorious case means for business.

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A picaresque novel of the American West in 1803. An historical comedy about two bumbling botanists sent into the southern wilderness by Thomas Jefferson to look for something that isn't there. A novel in the spirit of Lewis and Clark (who make cameo appearences). Replete with wild Indians, river pirates, the kidnapped son of King Louis XVI, the lost colony of Roanoke, and much more. A non-stop romp full of life and humor and the sensibility of early America.

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Captain Sylvestre de Greybagges is your typical seventeenth-century Cambridge-educated lawyer turned Caribbean pirate, as comfortable debating the virtues of William Shakespeare, Isaac Newton, and compound interest as he is wielding a cutlass, needling archrival Henry Morgan, and parsing rum-soaked gossip for his next target. When a pepper monger's loose tongue lets out a rumor about a fleet loaded with silver, the Captain sets sail only to find himself in a close encounter of a very different kind.After escaping with his sanity barely intact and his beard transformed an alarming bright green, Greybagges rallies The Ark de Triomphe crew for a revenge-fueled adventure to the ends of the earth and beyond.Destined to become a cult favorite, this frolicsome tale of skullduggery, jiggery-pokery, and chicanery upon Ye High Seas is brimming with hilarious puns, masterful historical allusions, and nonstop literary hijinks. Including sly references to Thomas Pynchon, Treasure Island, 1940s cinema, and notable historical figures, this mélange of delights will captivate readers with its rollicking adventure, rich descriptions of food and fashion, and learned asides into scientific, philosophical, and colonial history.Richard James Bentley, who happens to look the part of a salty English sea captain, has trodden many paths and worn many hats. From his early work as a dealer in dodgy motorcars, he progressed to being a design engineer on a zeppelin project. Computers then caught his attention and he authored a number of incomprehensible technical manuals before turning to fiction. He has lived in Switzerland and the Netherlands and now spins yarns in the north of England. Greenbeard is his first novel.

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• The Real Jerk restaurant is Toronto's premier Caribbean restaurant, and has consistently topped «best of» lists since opening in 1984 • this is the first Caribbean cookbook to hit the market in the past five years • this cookbook includes eight full-color pages y • the “new” in the subtitle refers to a blending of traditional and contemporary ingredients and techniques; as such, these recipes are easily replicated in any North American kitchen • we’ll be producing color recipe cards for advance promotion and at BEA

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