Subject(s): Hostage negotiations -- Fiction | Policewomen -- Fiction -- Louisiana New Orleans | New Orleans (La.) -- Fiction Summary: "Twas the night before Christmas, and dozens of rich, influential hostages are trapped inside a sprawling lakefront mansion in New Orleans. The perp? Detective Reed Ware, model cop turned outlaw. After receiv

Subject(s): Islam -- Europe | Muslims -- Europe Summary: "Islam in Europe delves into the daily routines of European Muslim communities in order to provide a better understanding of what it means to be a European Muslim today. Instead of positing particular definitions of being Muslim, this volume invites and encourages a diverse body of 73

Subject(s): SPSS for Windows | SPSS (Computer file) | Statistics -- Data processing | Social sciences -- Statistical methods Computer programs Summary: The SPSS Survival Manual throws a lifeline to students and researchers grappling with this powerfuldata analysis software. In her bestselling guide, now covering up to version 21 of the SPSS sof

Subject(s): Developing countries -- Economic policy | Investments, Foreign -- Developing countries | Globalization -- Developing countries Summary: "Emerging markets play an increasingly important role in the global economy, accounting for 31% of global GDP and more than 50% of global foreign direct investment in 2012. However, doing busine

Subject(s): Biotechnology | Bioengineering Summary: "In biotechnology and bioengineering, small molecules can be used to increase the efficiency reduce the cost and damage to the environment of certain bioprocesses. This book introduces readers to the important field of chemically promoted biotechnology and bioengineering and presents the t

Subject(s): Dobb, Maurice, 1900-1976 | Economists -- Biography -- Great Britain Summary: "Even Maurice Dobb's critics, and there were many, acknowledged that he was one of the world's most significant Communist economists. From his outpost at the University of Cambridge, where he was a prote;ge; of John Maynard Keynes and mentor to

Subject(s): Psychology in literature | Psychic trauma in literature | Wounds and injuries in literature Summary: "Trauma in Contemporary Literature analyzes contemporary narrative texts in English in the light of trauma theory, including essays by scholars of different countries who approach trauma from a variety of perspectives. The book a

Subject(s): Khuwarizmi, Muhammad ibn Musa, fl. 813-846 | Muslim scientists -- Biography | Mathematics, Arab | Algebra -- History Review: "Al-Khwarizmi's Algebra (Kitab al-Jabr wa-al-muqabala), written around 820, was the first scientific text in history to systematically present algebra as a mathematical discipline that is independent

Subject(s): Ahl al-Sunnah wa-al-Jama'ah -- Doctrines | Theology, Islamic Summary: رسالة إرشادية في الجانب العقائدي من الشريعة الإسلامية، تصل بالمسلم المكلف إلى الحكمة في الفكر والسلوك، وهي رسالة جامعة نافعة تجمع بين العلم ا�

Subject(s): Small business -- Finance | Banks and banking Summary: "Detailed, actionable guidance for expanding your revenue in the face of a new virtual marketWritten by industry authority Charles H. Green, Banker's Guide to New Small Business Finance explains how a financial bust from one perfect storm--the real estate bubble and the