They call him the Kid. He’s a killer, a dark Latino legend of the Southwest’s urban badlands, “a child who terrifies adults.” They speak of him in whispers in dive bars near closing time. Some claim to have met him. Others say he doesn’t exist, a phantom blamed for every unsolved act of violence, a ghost who haunts every blood-splattered crime scene.But he is real. He’s a young man with a love of cooking and reading, an abiding loneliness and an appetite for violence. He is a ciphe...

A pompous and pooterish city clerk with social pretensions relates anecdotes of suburban life in Edwardian England, as he and his patient and long-suffering wife, Eliza, deal with various crises and contretemps—including the vexed question of visiting cards; a malfunctioning music player; the mistreatment of the narrator’s hat; a mushroom (or toadstool) in the front garden; and the ongoing struggle to balance the household accounts …

From “one of the best writers in the English language” (The Washington Post), a sweeping yet intimate novel about one man’s life in the aftermath of the Civil War“I knew as I made my way home that there was no home. All the old things…were gone forever.”Born into bondage in Union-leaning northwest Tennessee, Tennyson Bouguereau spends his days working the tobacco fields of a small farm, avoiding any action that might drive his pro-Confeder...

Tools for Success, is part of the Instant Lean series. This book is a handy reference of the processes and tools that surround Lean methodology. Tools for Success will provide you with all the information that you require to function in a busy Lean environment, without the complicated explanations that you see in many publications. Lean is relatively simple, 90% is common sense. The most difficult part is knowing when and how to apply the correct tools. Tools for Success, will help you und...