Prof. Cassie (Cassandra) Thornton’s mother left the family when her daughter was just eight years old to return to the Gypsy life in Europe. In this first book of the series, Cassie is starting her second year in a teaching position at New York University, trying to live a quiet academic life in a new city. She has secrets, but she is innocent of the murder she stumbles upon in the opening scene.Cassie is funny and fresh—imagine Janet Evanovich's bail bondswoman Stephanie Plum with...

Book Three of the Cassie Thornton Mystery Series begins with a bang, and Cassie’s conflict with her former mother-in-law Merina, the “High Priestess,” ramps up.What does Merina want from her? How will Cassie’s boyfriend, Detective Ty Friday, manage the conflict between his job and their romance? As the threats escalate, Cassie turns to New Age tools to fight the ancient curses of the Gypsies.

Biomechanics applies the principles and rigor of engineering to the mechanical properties of living systems. This book integrates the classic fields of mechanics--statics, dynamics, and strength of materials--using examples from biology and medicine. Fundamentals of Biomechanics is excellent for teaching either undergraduates in biomedical engineering programs or health care professionals studying biomechanics at the graduate level. Extensively revised from a successful first edition, the ...

This textbook integrates the classic fields of mechanics—statics, dynamics, and strength of materials—using examples from biology and medicine. The book is excellent for teaching either undergraduates in biomedical engineering programs or health care professionals studying biomechanics at the graduate level. Extensively revised from a successful third edition, Fundamentals of Biomechanics features a wealth of clear illustrations, numerous worked examples, and many problem sets. Th...

The second book in the Cassie Thornton mystery series finds Cassie helping her friend Michael unravel an old family secret in his mother's attic, while her own past continues to encroach on the new life she's trying to establish in New York City.The presence of Cassie's "husband" complicates her growing relationship with Detective Ty Friday as the Gypsies come to town, and Cassie reaches for her deck of Tarot cards for guidance when life gets complicated. Magician takes re...

Winner of the Women’s Prize and featured on Elin Hilderbrand’s New York Times ballot for Best Books of the CenturyHarold Silver has spent a lifetime watching his younger brother, George, a taller, smarter, and more successful high-flying TV executive, acquire a covetable wife, two kids, and a beautiful home in the suburbs of New York City. But Harry, a historian and Nixon scholar, also knows George has a murderous temper, and when George loses control the ...

The spellbinding Orphans series concludes in this thrilling new novel from V.C. Andrews."All for one and one for all" was the girls' motto. In the grim foster home for orphans run by Louise and Gordon Tooey, at least Brooke, Crystal, Raven, and Butterfly had each other. Calling themselves "sisters," together they could forget the past and dream of a new chance...a real home. Then they discovered a secret even more haunting than Gordon's heavy boots pounding on the ...

Sadie Novak is blessed with the gift of second sight. More of a curse, really, when you’re the owner of a crime scene cleanup company and can’t get through a job without the ghost of a murder victim or two popping in for a chat.Sadie and her sexy partner Zack find themselves knee-deep in trouble on their latest job when they stumble over evidence of a chilling cult ritual in an abandoned meth lab where Sadie comes face to face with an evil spirit unlike any she's e...

The easy way to shed light on OpticsIn general terms, optics is the science of light. More specifically, optics is a branch of physics that describes the behavior and properties of light?including visible, infrared, and ultraviolet?and the interaction of light with matter.Optics For Dummies gives you an approachable introduction to optical science, methods, and applications. You'll get plain-English explanations of the nature of light and optical e...

The fun, easy way to get up to speed on biophysics concepts, principles, and practicesOne of the most diverse of modern scientific disciplines, biophysics applies methods and technologies from physics to the study of biological systems and phenomena, from the human nervous system to soil erosion to global warming. What are the best options for satisfying the world's growing energy demands? How can we feed the world's growing population? How can we contain, or rever...

From “the master of the international thriller” (The New York Times) and the bestselling author of Tatiana and Gorky Park, Martin Cruz Smith’s first mystery novel—a classic crime whodunit with a shocking twist.One girl was dead, one girl was threatened, one girl was possessed.One girl was found horribly mutilated, the victim of a rite that no sane person believed could take place in the modern world. One girl lay tremblin...

Fluid mechanics, the study of how fluids behave and interact under various forces and in various applied situations—whether in the liquid or gaseous state or both—is introduced and comprehensively covered in this widely adopted text. Revised and updated by Dr. David Dowling, Fluid Mechanics, 5e is suitable for both a first or second course in fluid mechanics at the graduate or advanced undergraduate level. - Along with more than 100 new figures, the text has been reorganized and consolidat...