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Larceny on 34th Street: An In-Depth Look at Professional Shoplifting in One of the World's Largest Stores – A MemoirBy: David ReyWhat is Organized Retail Crime? What are professional shoplifters? Do people really pay their bills and raise their families using the proceeds they earn from shoplifting? What causes someone to choose shoplifting as a profession? Answers to these questions and more make for a compelling memoir, a story that is yet to be told. Professional Shoplif...

In this volume, seven experts in logic and semantics examine reasons for using the intensional operator approach over the variable binding approach and vice versa.In logic and semantics there are two alternative tools that can be applied to many types of embedding phrases (modal, temporal, etc): the intensional operator approach and the variable binding approach. A rivalry between operators and quantifiers occurs in many areas of semantics: e.g. tense, modality, locational operator...

Graveyard Gothic is the first sustained consideration of the graveyard as a key Gothic locale. This volume examines various iterations of the Gothic graveyard (and other burial sites) from the eighteenth century to the twenty-first, as expressed in numerous forms of culture and media including poetry, fiction, TV, film and video games. The volume also extends its geographic scope beyond British traditions to accommodate multiple cultural perspectives, including those from the US, ...

'Fleshy, beautiful and obscene' Evening StandardAs she whiles away her summer days in a dull seaside town, a young woman finds herself strangely and increasingly drawn to the looming figure of her boss, the butcher.A controversial bestseller when first published 1988, Alina Reyes novella pairs here with her stories 'Lucie's Long Voyage' and 'The Fatal Bodice' to form a vision of female sensuality that is by turns dreamlike and nightmarish.‘...

This book presents the proceedings of the 1st EAI International Conference on Technology, Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Education (TIE 2017), which took place at Canterbury Christ Church University on September 11-12, 2017. The central theme of the conference is creativity and innovation, especially in relation to technology, business, education, social and political needs that make modern society flourish. The proceedings feature papers from a cross-disciplinary audience that explore t...

This book presents the proceedings of the 2nd EAI International Conference on Technology, Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Education (TIE' 2018), which took place at Ravensbourne University London, London, UK, on September 4, 2018. The central theme of the conference is emerging technologies in relation to business, education, social and political needs that make modern society flourish. The proceedings feature papers from a cross-disciplinary audience that explore the process of creativit...

Good solid advice and great strategies in preparing for and passing the Certified Workload Management Administrator exam, getting interviews and landing the Certified Workload Management Administrator job. If you have prepared for the Certified Workload Management Administrator exam - now is the moment to get this book and prepare for passing the exam and how to find and land a Certified Workload Management Administrator job, There is absolutely nothing that isn't thoroughly covered in the...

Delve into the rigorous world of Special Forces training and uncover an insightful critique aimed at enhancing its effectiveness. Drawing from my experience as a certified professional personal trainer accredited by the National Federation of Professional Trainers, I offer a nuanced perspective on how to optimize Special Forces training methods. Discover practical solutions to bridge the gap between traditional training education and the demands of elite military preparation. Unlock the po...

In Following the Elephant, Bruno Nettl edits articles drawn from fifty years of the pioneering journal Ethnomusicology. The roster of acclaimed scholars hail from across generations, using other works in the collection as launching points for dialogues on the history and accomplishments of the field. Nettl divides the collection into three sections. In the first, authors survey ethnomusicology from perspectives that include thoughts on defining and conceptualizing the field and it...

Fans of the ingenious little monkey will not be disappointed as he embarks on a wild series of adventures in a traveling circus.

Step into the spotlight with Lin-Manuel Miranda in this addition to the New York Times #1 Best-Selling series that explains how the Broadway legend got his start before Hamilton and Encanto!Born in New York to Puerto Rican parents, Lin-Manuel Miranda had a passion for the arts and creativity from a young age. He participated in theater as a child and wrote his first Broadway musical, In the Heights, while he was still in college....

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Take off on “an action-packed page-turner with heart” (Dav Pilkey, author of Dog Man) in this hilarious graphic novel series all about friendship, acceptance, and—of course—space robots!“A story that can be enjoyed by the entire family.”—The New York Times“A perfect book for any kid who ever needed a friend and then had one with superpowers fall from space.” —Seth Meyers, actor,...