The environmental field and its regulations have evolved significantly since Congress passed the first environmental law in 1970, and the Environmental Law Handbook, published just three years later, has been indispensable to students and professionals ever since. The authors provide clear and accessible explanations, expert legal insight into new and evolving regulations, and reliable compliance and management guidance.The Environmental Law Handbook continues to provide individual...

From the award-winning, bestselling author of Snow Falling on Cedars—a moving father-son story that is also a taut courtroom drama and a bold examination of privilege, power, and how to live a meaningful life."Ultimately, the mystery at the center of The Final Case is not about innocence or guilt, but about how one family’s profound attachments can stand alongside breathtaking cruelty in another.” —Scott Turow, The New York Times Book ...

Everything a groomsman needs to know to handle even the most outrageous crisis, all in one hilarious pocket-sized gift book from the best-selling Worst-Case Scenario series.Weddings are the ultimate wingman moment. A lot can go wrong and it’s your job to keep cool. Learn:How to make an emergency cummerbundHow to revive a guest who has faintedHow to stop a bad toast. . . and more survival strategies that fit in your s...

The doomsday clock is seconds from midnight. Extinction-level dangers draw closer with every tick. But fear not! Here is an indispensable guide to preparing for and surviving the ultimate in worst-case scenarios, with humor to lighten the load. You can’t panic if you’re laughing.Dozens of survival experts provide illustrated, step-by-step instructions on:How to Pack a Go Bag in Thirty MinutesHow to Make Your Bunker Feel Like HomeHow to Survive an A...

David, a young man heir to millions is missing. David has been confined in a mental institution since the age of ten, confined because he shot and killed his father, supposedly to protect his mother. Now he is missing and his mother has hired quirky detective, Francis Connor to find him. The trail takes Francis through some dark and violent events, but also some romance. It is a tale of greed, of guilt and redemption, and of self discovery. It is told at times with a sense of irony and eve...

Getting into a car is the most dangerous thing most of us do every day. Learn expert advice for handling scary scenarios behind the wheel:How to drive down a flight of stairsHow to pee in the car while stuck in trafficHow to bail out of a car at high speeds. . . and more survival strategies that fit in your glove compartment.

Everything a bridesmaid needs to know to handle even the most outrageous crisis, all in one hilarious pocket-sized gift book from the best-selling Worst-Case Scenario series.Weddings are stressful! Endless details and high emotions, just about anything can go awry—and it’s your job to hold it all together. Learn expert advice for averting day-of disasters:How to revive a guest who has faintedHow to stop a bad toastHow to repair a d...

David Jones's "Making the Case: Intentional Father Engagement" offers a compelling and timely resource for professionals working in family services. Drawing from both research and real-world examples from the Fathers' First and Bronx Fatherhood Programs in New York City, Jones demonstrates why father engagement initiatives deserve greater priority in family support services.This work is pragmatic in its approach. Rather than merely theorizing, Jones provides concrete, evidence-base...

Once a year, Corso Bramard receives a message from the man who destroyed his life.He left the police after a serial killer he was tracking murdered his wife and daughter, but fifteen years later he is still taunted by his old adversary. Mocking letters arrive at his home outside Turin, always from a different country, always typed on the same 1972 Olivetti.But this time the killer may have gone too far. A hair left in the envelope of his latest letter provides a vital clue....

Una novel·la monumental sobre la guerra i la memòria.Vet aquí la història de la descomposició total d'una família, de la deshumanització d'un poble, de la desintegració d'un territori i d'una península de cases buides.La història d'un soldat que s'esquinça la pell per deixar sortir la cendra acumulada, d'un poeta que cus l'ombra d'una nena després d'un bombardeig, i d'un mestre que ensenya als seus alumnes a fer-se els morts; d'un general que dorm al costat...

THE GRIPPING DAVID RAKER SHORT STORY COLLECTION FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR . . .'The mystery behind the stories had my imagination running wild' 5***** READER REVIEW'Draws you in right from the start . . . Full of suspense' 5***** READER REVIEW'Each story is intriguing, compelling and addictive. Brilliant' 5***** READER REVIEW________FOUR MYSTERIES

In his first book since the Pulitzer Prize-winning Polio: An American Story, renowned historian David Oshinsky takes a new and closer look at the Supreme Court’s controversial and much-debated stances on capital punishment-in the landmark case of Furman v. Georgia.Career criminal William Furman shot and killed a homeowner during a 1967 burglary in Savannah, Georgia. Because it was a “black-on-white” crime in the racially troubled South, it also was an open-and-shu...