The new standard edition of Edward Taylor's major works of poetryDaniel Patterson's Edward Taylor's Gods Determinations and Preparatory Meditations: A Critical Edition reconsiders the texts of Taylor's two major works for the first time since Donald Stanford's 1960 edition. This volume also offers the first complete text of all of the Meditations that Taylor transcribed into his "Poetical Works" manuscript. The restoration of Taylor's tex...

Driving impact while managing resources are what most organizations strive to balance in their leadership-development efforts. Evaluation provides a practical framework for gathering and making sense of information to better manage resources while assessing the success of leadership-development efforts. This second edition of Evaluating the Impact of Leadership Development is a practical guide for human-resource professionals, consultants, managers, employees, and volunteers who have leade...

Valentine's Day goes horribly wrong in this exciting and gripping novel from bestselling author James Patterson ... because this year Valentine's Day isn't for romance - it's for murder.Mega rich restaurant owner Jack Barnes and his second wife Zee are very much in love. However, their plans for Valentine's Day are about to be torn apart by the most violent murder.Who is the strange figure plotting this sick crime? Who hates Jack that much? There are plenty of suspects living in Ja...

A baby on the way and two killers on the loose.Will Detective Lindsay Boxer be pushed to breaking point?An eccentric professor walks into Lindsay's homicide department to report a murder that hasn't yet happened.A convicted serial killer wakes from a two-year coma. He says he's ready to tell where the bodies are buried, but does he have a much more sinister plan in mind?Lindsay doesn't have much time to stop a terrifying fut...

Since former US Marine Jack Morgan started Private, it has become the world's most effective investigation firm - sought out by the famous and the powerful to discreetly handle their most intimate problems. Private's investigators are the smartest, the fastest, and the most technologically advanced in the world - and they always uncover the truth.When his former lover is found murdered in Jack's bed, he is instantly the number one suspect. While Jack is under police investigation a...

The past is a foreign country . . .Mattie Engel is one of the rising stars at Private Berlin, and believes she's seen the worst of people as a police officer. That is until Chris, her colleague – and fiancé – is found dead, brutally murdered in an old slaughterhouse outside the city.The slaughterhouse is filled with bodies. But just as Private begin their investigations, the building explodes, wiping out all evidence of the crimes.Mattie soon realis...

Showgirls. Millionaires. Murder.Jack Morgan, head of Private Investigations, the global PI agency of the rich and famous, is at his limit. His car has been firebombed, his ex is dating someone else, and his twin brother is out to destroy him.But Private doesn’t rest, and nor do its clients: the LAPD need Private’s help catching two criminals with diplomatic immunity, and another client has just confessed to murdering his wife.Add to that Jack’s best...

________________________What happens when the justice system comes under assault?Detective Michael Bennett arrests infamous South American crime lord Manuel Perrine in a deadly chase that leaves Bennett’s lifelong friend Hughie McDonough dead. From jail, the prisoner vows to rain terror down upon New York City - and to get revenge on Michael Bennett.Perrine's men create chaos: police officers are shot, judges murdered. As Bennett is ...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'A total page-turner that will keep you guessing from start to terrifying finish' KARIN SLAUGHTER__________________________________How can you prove your innocence when you can't remember the crime?Being a cop runs in Billy Harney's family. The son of Chicago's Chief of Detectives whose twin sister, Patti, also followed in their father's footsteps, Billy would give up every...

'Smart characters, shocking twists' Lisa Gardner'A compelling read with great set pieces and, most of all, that charismatic cast of characters' Sun'I couldn't turn the pages quick enough' Heidi Perks'Terrific, high-octane, really pacy' Jo Spain_________________________________The SUNDAY TIMES bestseller22 seconds... until Lindsay Boxer l...

'Smart characters, shocking twists' Lisa Gardner'Lots of clever links in the breakneck plot' Cork Evening Echo**'This crime drama races along in short, action-packed chapters' My Weekly______________The Sunday Times bestsellerA city in flames and a trail gone cold . . .A string of fatal arson attacks has broken out in...

A body is found brutally murdered in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park.Homicide detective Lindsay Boxer knows her way around a crime scene.But nothing can prepare her for the shock of recognition: the victim is Warren Jacobi, Lindsay's former partner who rose to chief of police.A top detective until the end, Jacobi managed to leave Lindsay a clue.Following a trail of evidence along the west coast, the Women's Murder Club pledges to avenge Jac...