100 Most Popular Contemporary Mystery Authors

100 Most Popular Contemporary Mystery Authors
Author: Bernard A. Drew
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 450
Release: 2011-05-18
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1598844466

Provide your mystery fans with background information on their favorite writers and series characters, and use this as a guide for adding contemporary titles to your collections. This book examines 100 of today's top mystery novels and mystery authors hailing from countries such as the United States, Great Britain, France, Italy, South Africa, and Australia. Equally valuable to students writing research papers, readers craving new authors or more information about their favorite authors, and teachers seeking specific types of fiction to support curricula, 100 Most Popular Contemporary Mystery Authors: Biographical Sketches and Bibliographies provides revealing information about today's best mysteries and authors—without any "spoilers." Each of the accomplished writers included in this guide has established a broad audience and is recognized for work that is imaginative and innovative. The rising stars of 21st century mystery will also be included, as will authors who have won the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award.

Wisconsin Farm They Built, The

Wisconsin Farm They Built, The
Author: Corey A. Geiger
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2023-05-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 1467152749

After his mother, Anna, was killed by a train, Elmer Pritzl was thrown into adulthood at the tender age of sixteen. A clever and crafty fellow, Elmer quickly found work at the local foundry. Promoted to foreman by age eighteen, he began supervising men d

Marketing Research

Marketing Research
Author: Carl McDaniel, Jr.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 434
Release: 2020-11-10
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1119716314

Marketing Research: Using Analytics to Develop Market Insights teaches students how to use market research to inform critical business decisions. Offering a practitioner's perspective, thisfully-updated edition covers both marketing research theory and practice to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the subject. A unique applications-based approach—grounded in the authors' 50 years' combined experience in the marketing research industry—features real data, real people, and real research to prepare students for designing, conducting, analyzing, and integrating marketing research in their future business careers. Already a standard text in marketing research courses, the twelfth edition contains thoroughly revised content that reflects the latest trends, practices, and research in the field. Numerous examples of companies and research firms, such as Twitter, ESPN, Ford, and General Motors, are featured throughout the text to illustrate how marketing research is gathered and used in the real world. Detailed yet accessible chapters examine topics including marketing intelligence, problem definition and exploratory research, big data and data analytics, online and social media marketing research, questionnaire design, statistical testing, and managing marketing research studies and teams.

Mystery of the Lascaux Cave

Mystery of the Lascaux Cave
Author: Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1998
Genre: Art, Prehistoric
ISBN: 9780761407843

Discusses the paintings on the walls of Lascaux Cave in France including the cave's discovery, its significance, and the efforts to preserve the paintings themselves.

100 Most Popular African American Authors

100 Most Popular African American Authors
Author: Bernard A. Drew
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 373
Release: 2006-11-30
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0313090440

Here's a one stop resource, containing 100 profiles of your favorite contemporary African American writers, along with complete lists of their works. Focusing on writers who have made their mark in the past 25 years, this guide stresses African American writers of popular and genre literature-from Rochelle Alers and Octavia Butler, and Samuel Delaney to Walter Mosley, and Omar Tyree, with a few classic literary giants also included. Short profiles provide an overview of the author's life and summarize his or her writing accomplishments. Many are accompanied by black-and-white photos of the author. The biographies are followed by a complete list of the author's published works. Where can you find information about popular, contemporary African American authors? Web sites can be difficult to locate and unreliable, particularly for some of the newer authors, and their contents are inconsistent and often inaccurate. Although there are a number of reference works on African American writers, the emphasis tends to be on historical and literary authors. Here's a single volume containing 100 profiles of your favorite contemporary African American writers, along with lists of their works. Short profiles provide an overview of the author's life and summarize his or her writing accomplishments. Many are accompanied by black-and-white photos of the author. The biographies are followed by a complete list of the author's published works. Focusing on writers who have made their mark in the past 25 years, this guide covers African American writers of popular and genre literature—from Rochelle Alers, Octavia Butler, and Samuel Delaney to Walter Mosley, Omar Tyree, and Zane. A few classic literary giants who are popular with today's readers are also included—e.g., Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison, and Richard Wright. Readers who want to know more about their favorite African American authors or find other books written by those authors, students researching AA authors for reports and papers, and educators seeking background information for classes in African American literature will find this guide invaluable. (High school and up.)

Understanding Planning Tasks

Understanding Planning Tasks
Author: Malte Helmert
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 275
Release: 2008-01-23
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3540777237

This monograph is a revised version of Malte Helmert's doctoral thesis, Solving Planning Tasks in Theory and Practice, written under the supervision of Professor Bernhard Nebel at Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany, in 2006. The book contains an exhaustive analysis of the computational complexity of the benchmark problems that have been used in the past decade. Not only that, but it also provides an in-depth analysis of so-called routing and transportation problems.

Pro .NET Benchmarking

Pro .NET Benchmarking
Author: Andrey Akinshin
Publisher: Apress
Total Pages: 681
Release: 2019-06-26
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1484249410

Use this in-depth guide to correctly design benchmarks, measure key performance metrics of .NET applications, and analyze results. This book presents dozens of case studies to help you understand complicated benchmarking topics. You will avoid common pitfalls, control the accuracy of your measurements, and improve performance of your software. Author Andrey Akinshin has maintained BenchmarkDotNet (the most popular .NET library for benchmarking) for five years and covers common mistakes that developers usually make in their benchmarks. This book includes not only .NET-specific content but also essential knowledge about performance measurements which can be applied to any language or platform (common benchmarking methodology, statistics, and low-level features of modern hardware). What You'll LearnBe aware of the best practices for writing benchmarks and performance testsAvoid the common benchmarking pitfalls Know the hardware and software factors that affect application performanceAnalyze performance measurements Who This Book Is For .NET developers concerned with the performance of their applications

AI 2001: Advances in Artificial Intelligence

AI 2001: Advances in Artificial Intelligence
Author: Markus Stumptner
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 678
Release: 2001-11-28
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3540429603

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th Australian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, AI 2001, held in Adelaide, Australia, in December 2001. The 55 revised full papers presented together with one invited contribution were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 100 submissions. The papers cover the whole range of artificial intelligence from theoretical and foundational issues to advanced applications in a variety of fields.

More Everyday Science Mysteries: Stories for Inquiry-Based Science Teaching

More Everyday Science Mysteries: Stories for Inquiry-Based Science Teaching
Author: Richard Konicek-Moran
Publisher: NSTA Press
Total Pages: 223
Release: 2009-04
Genre: Detective and mystery stories
ISBN: 1935155482

Through 15 mystery stories, this book memorably illustrates science concepts for students and reinforces the value of learning science through inquiry. Each mystery presents opportunities for students to create questions, form hypotheses, test their ideas, and come up with explanations. Focused on concepts such as periodic motion, thermodynamics, temperature and energy, and sound, these mysteries draw students into the stories by grounding them in experiences students are familiar with, providing them with a foundation for classroom discussion and inquiry.

Ephesian Benchmarks: Sit-Walk-Stand

Ephesian Benchmarks: Sit-Walk-Stand
Author: Brother B
Publisher: Author House
Total Pages: 98
Release: 2010-06-25
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1452035423

This workbook looks at the biblical principles in the epistle to Ephesus that Watchman Nee first coined, "Sit, Walk, Stand". It is designed to help each believer grow to full maturity in Jesus Christ. Each new believer must first come to new life in Christ, after which begins a process of sitting. This is needed to help the new believer understand all that God in Jesus Christ has already done on our behalf. Next the believer takes this knowledge and begins to walk in a way pleasing to God. Finally, the end result is standing as a fully equipped soldier, using all of God's armor. But every believer has to come back and sit to learn more. A better, more productive walk is resumed. Finally, the believer is able to stand better equipped to battle with the enemy.