An empowering guide for students in STEMM that demystifies the process of securing undergraduate research experiences.Conducting research is an important foundation for many undergraduates on STEMM career paths. But landing an extremely competitive research spot that is also an enriching experience involves knowing how to present yourself effectively and an awareness of your goals and expectations. In this book, an expert lab manager and a longtime...

Life in a research lab can be daunting, especially for early-career scientists. Personal and professional hurdles abound in bench research, and this book by two seasoned lab professionals is here to help graduate students, postdocs, and staff scientists recognize stumbling blocks and avoid common pitfalls.Building and maintaining a mentoring network, practicing self-care and having a life outside of the lab, understanding that what works perfectly for a labmate might not work for y...

Agnès Grey est la fille du pasteur d'un village du nord de l'Angleterre. Ses parents ayant subi un revers de fortune, Agnès décide de les aider financièrement en occupant l'un des rares emplois permis aux femmes respectables au début de l'ère victorienne : gouvernante d'enfants de riches. Elle travaille dans deux familles, les Bloomfield et les Murray, et doit bientôt faire face à l'indiscipline des enfants gâtés. Elle s'aperçoit aussi que, dans cette riche bourgeoisie terrienne, l'argent ...

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE SACRAMENTO BEENew York Times bestselling author Laurie R. King, beloved for her acclaimed Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes series, consistently writes richly detailed and thoroughly suspenseful novels that bring a distant time and place to brilliant life. Now, in this thrilling new book, King leads readers into the vibrant and sensual Paris of the Jazz Age—and reveals the darkest secrets of its denizens.

Originally from Leghorn, Italy, Amedeo Modigliani arrived in Paris in 1906. He made friends with such luminary artists as Pablo Picasso, Maurice Utrillo and Henri Matisse. The art world of pre-war Paris was dominated by discussions of poetry, current events, philosophy and poetry. Modigliani's paintings are characterized by elongated necks and almond eyed subjects. A most handsome man, Amedeo had a considerable following among Parisian women. It is uncertain the effects the artist's intake...

Rylan ist millionenschwer. Seine wahre Identität verheimlicht er – besonders vor Frauen. Sein Credo ist: keine Bedingungen, keine Verpflichtungen. Kate reist nach Paris, um Inspiration für ihr Kunststudium zu finden. Stattdessen trifft sie auf Rylan. Als sie sich in die Augen sehen, verändert sich alles: Zum ersten Mal hat Rylan eine Frau vor sich, mit der er alles teilen möchte. Doch er weiß, dass sein Geheimnis zwischen Ihnen steht. Um Kate zu halten, muss er ihr die Wahrheit sagen – auc...

Born to a mother who dies in childbirth, raised in a black community by a poor depressive father, David Walton builds a fantasy of who is mother would have been. An exceptional athlete and a troubled high school student going nowhere, an after school janitorial job unwittingly prepared him for an unexpected and interesting life. After walking into an Army recruiter's office, he's taken for an adventurous ride through military intelligence, international espionage, an unlikely lifetime frie...

New York Times bestselling author Laurie R. King garners widespread acclaim for her suspenseful novels rich with historical detail. Set in the vibrant Paris Jazz Age, The Bones of Paris introduces private investigator Harris Stuyvesant, an American agent who' s been given the plum assignment of locating beautiful young model Philippa Crosby. But when Philippa' s trail ends at the ThEAtre du Grand-Guignol in Montmartre, Stuyvesant discovers a world where art meets sexual depravity-- and whe...

« Miss Grey était une étrange créature ; jamais elle ne flattait et elle était loin de leur faire assez de compliments ; mais, quand elle parlait d’elles ou de quoi que ce fût qui les concernât en termes élogieux, elles pouvaient avoir la certitude que sa bonne opinion était sincère. Elle se montrait dans l’ensemble très prévenante, discrète et pacifique, mais certaines choses la mettaient hors d’elle ; certes, cela ne les gênait guère, mais pourtant mieux valait ne pas la désaccorder puis...

Jeanne Grey ou Lady Jane Grey en anglais (octobre 1537 — 12 février 1554) est brièvement reine régnante (ne pas confondre avec reine consort) du royaume d'Angleterre en juillet 1553, entre la mort de son cousin Édouard VI et sa déposition au profit de Marie Ire. Son court règne lui a valu le surnom de Nine Days Queen, « la reine de neuf jours ».Arrière-petite-fille d'Henri VII par sa plus jeune fille Marie, Jeanne Grey est choisie comme héritière par Édouard VI, qui exclut de la su...

New York Times bestselling author Laurie R. King, beloved for her acclaimed Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes series, consistently writes richly detailed and thoroughly suspenseful novels that bring a distant time and place to brilliant life. Now, in this thrilling new book, King leads readers into the vibrant and sensual Paris of the Jazz Age—and reveals the darkest secrets of its denizens.Paris, France: September 1929. For Harris Stuyvesant, ...

Paris, 1929. For Harris Stuyvesant, his current assignment is a private investigator's dream - he's getting paid to trawl the cafés and bars of Montparnasse, looking for a pretty young woman. The missing person in question is Philippa Crosby, a twenty-two-year-old from Boston, whose family have become alarmed at her lack of communication. As Stuyvesant follows Philippa's trail through Paris, he finds that she is known to many of its famous - and infamous - inhabitants, from Shakespeare and...