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Je prosinec roku 1978. Patnáctiletý Rob Piest vyjde z lékárny, kde dělá brigádu. To je naposled, kdy ho někdo vidí živého. Hlavním podezřelým se brzy stává jistý John Wayne Gacy, který krátce před Robovým zmizením lékárnu navštívil. Když se na něj však policie zaměří, začnou postupně vycházet najevo další skutečnosti. Protože John Gacy je sériový vrah. A úkol vyšetřovatelů je jasný: zajistit, aby tento člověk už nikdy nikomu neublížil. Terry Sullivan, muž, který vedl stíhání Johna Gacyho, se v této knize vrací k nejslavnějšímu...

A Wine Lexicon: Increasing Your Knowledge is an enjoyable and easy-to-use guide to the unique wine vocabulary with anecdotes gleaned from 10 years of wine experiences. Discover what wine enthusiasts are referring to when they use particular wine words. Numerous wine stories are described.

Among many concepts, find out:

How wine is produced in a Georgian qvevri
How to expectorate (spit) wine like a pro
How to participate in a structured wine tasting
How to clean your wine glasses
How terroir affects wine
How to pair wine with chocolate...

In what James A. Baker III has called the "worst job in Washington," the chief of staff orchestrates the president's conduct of the U.S. government. He holds the unique responsibility to magnify the time, reach, and voice of the president of the United States. "You need a filter, a person that you have total confidence in who works so closely with you that in effect he is almost an alter ego," Gerald Ford has said. In this volume, resulting from the Washington Forum on the Role of the White House Chief of Staff held in 2000 in Washington, D.C., twelve of the fifteen men who have held the...

A primary mission of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is to prevent terrorist attacks within the United States. This book provides an overview of the DHS Intelligence Enterprise and how it is organised and examines the key departmental activities and issues involved in thwarting terrorism.

The Real Story Of John Wayne Gacy-- By The Man Who Helped Catch Him

He was a model citizen. A hospital volunteer. And one of the most sadistic serial killers of all time. But few people could see the cruel monster beneath the colorful clown makeup that John Gacy wore to entertain children in his Chicago suburb. Few could imagine what lay buried beneath his house of horrors--until a teenaged boy disappeared before Christmas in 1978, leading prosecutor Terry Sullivan on the greatest manhunt of his career.

Reconstructing the investigation--from records of violence in Gacy's past,...

Creative Arts Marketing 3rd edition is a long-awaited update of a classic and influential text. A ground-breaking book when first published, it covers the core concepts of marketing and management as they apply to the arts and heritage industries with a depth that is still unrivalled.

With an emphasis on global case studies, practical examples and discussion questions and an author team that draws from rich and varied experiences in the arts management sector, the book serves as a text for students as much as it is a practitioner's guide to industry best practice.

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Creative Arts Marketing 3rd edition is a long-awaited update of a classic and influential text. A ground-breaking book when first published, it covers the core concepts of marketing and management as they apply to the arts and heritage industries with a depth that is still unrivalled.

With an emphasis on global case studies, practical examples and discussion questions and an author team that draws from rich and varied experiences in the arts management sector, the book serves as a text for students as much as it is a practitioner's guide to industry best practice.

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Health Reform explores the challenges facing health care provision in the advanced economies. The book exposes the limitations of market-led health reform and demonstrates the indispensable role of a vibrant public authority in the renewal of modern health care systems. Issues covered include:
* cost-containment and privatisation strategies in an international perspective
* the role of business and the private sector in setting the agenda for health care reform
* the restructuring of Anglo-Saxon health systems and the shift in state/market boundaries in Canada, the USA,...

This qualitative case study explored the phenomenon of undergraduate and graduate women learners' persistence in online degree-completion programs at an open-enrollment college in the Northeast of the United States. Research questions asked why women learners persisted or failed to persist, how factors supporting or hindering persistence influenced learners, and whether barriers to persistence reached a crisis point at which learners interrupted their studies. Interviews with a purposeful sample of 20 participants revealed the complexity of variables affecting learners' persistence to...

American artist Terry Fox (1943-2008) shot to fame in the 1960s with his performances and installations while simultaneously making use of the body as a medium for experiences at the limits of mental and physical capacity. This catalogue connects his works in various mediums.

TERRY COX Professes not to be a writer but that of a story teller. In this book, he will take you through his remarkable journey that led him from early childhood to growing up in Los Angeles, CA in the fun loving innocence of the 50s and the turbulent times of the 60s. It was during this period that molded his character and took him down the three paths that would eventually become his destiny. His

Helps to bring the tastes, textures and traditions of this classic Chinese style of dining to your own home. This title features recipes such as Yam Cake, steamed Jicama Dumplings, crispy Sesame-coated Chicken, world-famous Roast Pork Dumplings or irresistible Deep-fried Wontons.