The Triple Constraints in Project Management explores the triangle of time, cost, and performance that bounds the universe must be accomplished – and shows how controlling the hierarchy of constraints can mean the difference between success and failure on virtually any project.

Jack and Annie find themselves whisked away to ancient Egypt, where they come face to face with a dead queen--and her 1,000-year-old mummy! "This will be welcomed by beginning readers making the transition to chapter books."--Booklist.

In 1946, genius linguist and codebreaker Meredith Gardner discovered that the KGB was running an extensive network of strategically placed spies inside the United States. Over the course of the next d

In the Dream House is Carmen Maria Machado's engrossing and wildly innovative account of a relationship gone bad. Tracing the full arc of a harrowing experience with a charismatic but volatile woman, this is a bold dissection of the mechanisms and cultural representations of psychological abuse. Each chapter views the relationship through a different lens, as Machado holds even...(展开全部)

First impressions count. As that first perception is the most important one in real life, in the competitive world of commerce it has the potential to make or break a brand. Visual identity turns the idea, concept and attitude of brands into visceral visual surroundings that act as primary cues that communicate with the intended audience and consumers — from logos to the manufa...(展开全部)

"Here is the key to the house." Inside the house are nighttime things both comforting and intriguing—a bed, many books—and outside, too, there are sources of light and joy—the moon, the sky—that reveal a reassuring order in the universe. This timeless bedtime tale takes readers through the house in the night, up into the sky, and back home again, all the while reminding us of t...(展开全部)

◆ 普利策奖得主 ◆ 美国国家事务最佳新闻解说奖得主 ◆《华盛顿邮报》首席记者兼特别调查队成员 乔比•沃里克钻研国家安全事务已有16 年，曾因报道了一系列有关政治和环境污染的问题而荣获普利策奖，后又因报道国际核扩散威胁的消息而荣获美国国家事务最佳新闻解说奖。 《三重间谍》是其对“中情局霍斯特血案”进行了一年多的调查，在查看了大量官方文件和全部的现场录像，走访了众多罹难特工的家属及生还涉事人员的基础上创作的纪实性军事小说。《三重间谍》甫一出版，立刻成为超级畅销书，引起众多政府官员的重视，称本书“真实地反映了反恐历程的跌宕起伏与险象环生” 重磅推荐 马鼎盛 著名香港军事评论员 报刊资深军事专栏作家 乔比•沃里克的纪实小说《三重间谍》真实地反应了反恐战争的复杂、特殊和血腥。奥巴马竞选连任美国总统的一张王牌，是他消灭了本•拉登，报了“9•11”袭击的血海深仇...(展开全部)

A stunning narrative account of the mysterious Jordanian who penetrated both the inner circle of al-Qaeda and the highest reaches of the CIA, with a devastating impact on the war on terror. In December 2009, a group of the CIA’s top terrorist hunters gathered at a base in Khost, Afghanistan, to greet a rising superspy: Khalil al-Balawi, a Jordanian double agent who had infil...(展开全部)

Most eight-year-olds are about five times as tall as this book . . . but only half as tall as an ostrich, which is half as tall as a giraffe . . . twenty times smaller than a California Redwood! How do they compare to the tallest buildings? To Mt. Everest? To stars, galaxy clusters, and . . . the universe?

Laura Ingalls's story begins in 1871 in a little log cabin on the edge of the Big Woods of Wisconsin. Four-year-old Laura lives in the little house with her Pa, her Ma, her sisters Mary and Carrie, and their trusty dog, Jack. </p> Pioneer life is sometimes hard, since the family must grow or catch all their own food as they get ready for the cold winter. But it is also ex...(展开全部)