A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO STRUCTURAL GLASS FACADES FOR ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, AND BUILDERSOnce an experimental building form, structural glass facades have matured into a fully robust technology. Structural Glass Facades and Enclosures documents, defines, and categorizes the current state of the art in long-span glass facade design and construction, with a focus on structural systems, glass cladding options, and implementation strategies for innovative desi...

Do I focus on accomplishing the mission, or do I take care of my people? How do I do both?This is a practical guide for building dynamic and respectful workplace relationships, while also achieving the loftiest of organizational goals. It's about creating a culture where collaboration thrives, communication flows freely, and conflict is rare and brief. Each chapter provides practical tips that are supported by inspirational stories, personal anecdotes, and scholarl...

Jacob Riis was an esteemed reporter and documentary photographer in New York City. In his autobiography he movingly recounts his early life and unrelenting attempts at courtship in Denmark followed by his later experiences in the United States, first as a struggling itinerant immigrant and later as a journalist. He describes how he became a reporter and how his work in lower Manhattan’s teeming, squalid immigrant communities sparked his passion and activism for social reform. In his openin...

Tough-as-nails criminal defense attorney Jane Smith has a terminal diagnosis, so she'll have to work fast to get to the truth of a murder in this thrill ride from the world's #1 bestselling author.Jane Smith is hip-deep in the murder trial of the century. Actually, her charmless client might’ve committed several murders.But Jane doesn’t have much time. She’s just been informed she has twelve months to live—unless she’s murdered before her expiratio...

Instant New York Times Bestseller!World’s #1 bestselling author James Patterson and bestselling sportswriter Mike Lupica are the thriller dream team!Jenny Wolf’s murdered father leaves her in charge of a billion-dollar empire—and a family more ruthless than *Succession'*s Roys and Yellowstone’s Duttons.The Wolfs, the most powerful family in California, have a new head—thirty-six-year-old former high school teacher ...

Tenacious attorney Jane Smith has her work cut out for her when she goes up against a relentless killer in this exciting thriller from the world's #1 bestselling author.Attorney Jane Smith is mounting an impossible criminal defense. Her client, Rob Jacobson, is the unluckiest of the unlucky. No sooner is he accused of killing a family of three in the Hamptons that a second family is gunned down.It’s not double jeopardy. It’s not double murder. It’s double t...

In this #1 New York Times bestseller, undefeated criminal defense attorney Jane Smith—known as the Hamptons Lawyer—is ready to do whatever it takes to make her case.“Great book. Great series. Best yet.” —Morning JoeThe Hamptons on Long Island is known for its beautiful beaches, its luxury lifestyle—and its exclusive legal advice.When Jane Smith takes on a famous celebrity client, she’s armed and ready: with brillia...

Instant New York Times Bestseller!After a shocking accident, Silas Tucker’s legendary football career is suddenly over in this action-packed sports thriller powered by loyalty, competition, and family.**“Fascinating … deeply American … the story of a town that needs a different kind of hero. The plot is so propulsive, it blows you away. This is a great one.” ―**Morning Joe...

This unputdownable novel from the world's #1 bestselling author follows the complicated relationship between mother and daughter as they face off in the Olympics—and into a ride they can barely control."This is a hugely entertaining, riveting, page-turner of a book. A thrilling and thoughtful read.” ―Louise Penny, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Chief Inspector Gamache seriesMaggie Atwo...

They say it's lonely at the top. And it can be even lonelier when you are almost at the top. Church leaders who hold second-chair positions are under tremendous pressure. They are expected to do their jobs and provide leadership but to defer to the top leader too. It's a demanding balancing act. How can they lead effectively while serving under someone else's leadership?Leading from the Second Chair offers an invaluable resource to leaders who serve in second- (and third- and fourt...

In March 2006, the world’s richest men sipped champagne in an opulent New York hotel. They were preparing to compete in a poker tournament with million-dollar stakes. At the card table that night was Peter Muller, who managed a fabulously successful hedge fund called PDT. With him was Ken Griffin, who was the tough-as-nails head of Citadel Investment Group. There, too, were Cliff Asness, the sharp-tongued, mercurial founder of the hedge fund AQR Capital Management, and Boaz Weinstein, ches...

In March 2006, the world’s richest men sipped champagne in an opulent New York hotel. They were preparing to compete in a poker tournament with million-dollar stakes. At the card table that night was Peter Muller, who managed a fabulously successful hedge fund called PDT. With him was Ken Griffin, who was the tough-as-nails head of Citadel Investment Group. There, too, were Cliff Asness, the sharp-tongued, mercurial founder of the hedge fund AQR Capital Management, and Boaz Weinstein, ches...