Full Speed by Janet Evanovich & Charlotte Hughes
Dear reader: Welcome to the world of Jamie Swift and Max Holt! My good friend Charlotte and I have teamed up to create a series of books featuring these two characters, and they taken on a life of their own! These books are not set in the same world as my Stephanie plum novels, but what they have in common are lovable, dysfunctional characters, villains you love to hate, and a cross-eyed way of looking at life.
The second book in the successful Basics Illustration series looks at the history of illustration—from medieval manuscripts and hieroglyphics to today’s cutting-edge advertisements and books. Packed with great examples that spotlight emerging pop culture, Basics Illustration: Text & Image examines artists’ books, graphic novels, and posters, as well as typography, stencils, graffiti, and fonts designed by illustrators. Written by internationally acclaimed artist...
The Teacher´s Books provide step-by-step teaching notes, extra ideas for optional activities, a full key to the exercises in the Student´s Books and the Workbooks, photocopiable assessment tests and the tapescripts of the listening exercises in the Student´s Books.
The Test Booklets contain photocopiable assessment tests as well as a mid-year and exit test allowing teachers to assess students´ progress throughout the course.
The Listening Tests contain extra listening material for the Enterprise series.
Another in a great series of Sunset books that concentrates on mid century modern architectural and landscape design. Shows cabins and vacation homes with wonderful examples and many how-to do it yourself discussions. As with all these vintage Sunset books, the examples are works by the modernist architects of the period. Check out the cabin by Liddle and Jones. Especially cool is an example of building "an expandable core", which is a way to build the basics in a weekend!
When Susan's ex-husband, Brad, appears after a decades-long absence, nearly broke and the object of a sexual-harassment suit, Spenser reluctantly agrees to help. As he investigates the circumstances surrounding the suit, he discovers that fund-raiser Brad is swimming in very deep water: mobsters, who were using his fund-raising campaigns to launder money, have discovered he was cooking the already cooked books and aren't at all pleased. The deeper Spenser digs, the more bodies he uncovers and the more culpable Brad appears to be.
