New Releases by David Jacobs

Rhode Island State Police Officer Charlie Baileygates has his antisocial other personality, Hank, under control until he loses his medication while escorting Irene, who is on the run from her unsavory ex-boyfriend and some untrustworthy cops.

Policy makers in Pittsburgh, Birmingham and Rotterdam are confronted with rapidly changing social and economic environments. Public and private sector organizations in the three cities are increasingly addressing regional issues strategically and joining together in partnerships to promote competitiveness and economic growth. Local communities are linking to regional economies as companies restructure and strategy makers recognise the benefits of urban regeneration as an important condition for economic prosperity. Thise study covers the complexities of modern governance under such circumstances, the diversity and patterning of public private partnerships and networks and the changing economic development strategies of city governments and regional and local organizations.

Coming in May! Tie in to the summer blockbuster movie "Snake Eyes", the electrifying thriller from Paramount Pictures starring Nicolas Cage and directed by Brian DePalma. While a hurricane lahes the Atlantic City boardwalk, the Secretary of Defense is assassinated while attending a big-time boxing match, a corrupt cop must decide whether to keep his mouth shut and collect a pay-off or keep a witness alive and permenantly alter his career.

They came from Brazil--an ornery swarm of cross-bred bees that don''t wait until the hive is disturbed to attack. Next stop is the drive-in theater in Osbourne, Texas. There''s an all-night horror show this Friday, and the place is gonna be buzzing!

Titles include Bug Files #1: Squirmsters!, Bug Files #2: Tyrantula!, Bug Files #3: Shockroach! and Bug Files #4: Mut-Ants!.

When her brother orders an ant farm and receives the eggs of an ancient breed dating back to the dinosaur age, Gwen Kellerman is shocked by the oversized, aggressive creatures, who upset the entire town when they escape. Original.

When normal grasshoppers happen upon a batch of nuclear waste, their appetite for corn, and human flesh, loses control, and Kara Wilson and the other inhabitants of Huxley, Kansas, find themselves at the top of the menu. Original.

Abstract: "Pizlo, Rosenfeld, and Weiss[6] suggest that people perceive two 2-D shapes as the same (i.e., there is shape constancy) when one shape might be a perspective image of the other. We argue that this hypothesis is both too broad and too restrictive. Their view is too broad because, as we show, two such images can appear quite different when there is significant perspective distortion. Their view is too restrictive because factors such as context and the complexity of the shapes compared can play a role in judgements of shape constancy. Moreover, Pizlo et al.'s formulation is asymmetric in requiring that one of the images be considered the model which produces the other. One can consider removing this asymmetry by judging shapes as the same when they could be two perspective views, taken with the same camera, of a third planar shape. We show that this is true if and only if the images are projectively equivalent. However, Pizlo et al. have convincingly rejected projective equivalence as a model of shape constancy."

Anglo-American cities face economic decline, social polarisation and racial conflict. Their fate is increasingly decided by the global actions of transnational corporations and market forces. Community groups find it difficult to gain access to the political system. Ethnic minorities strive for empowerment while indebted city governments battle to maintain basic services. Such is the urban crisis of the 1990s. Fractured Cities describes the political economy of urban change and explores the future of the city.

Cómo hacer que su empresa sea competitiva es un libro destinado a ayudar a losdirectivos de empresa para que desarrollen todo su potencial. Sus capítulos contienenuna amplia información, apoyada en numerosos ejemplos, y analizan todas aquellasactividades que contribuyen a hacer que una organización seaeficiente y esté biendirigida.INDICE: Introducción. Jerarquía de objetivos vinculados. La función del directivo. Diseño de puestos directivos. Sistemas de dirección. Una fuerza de trabajo realmente preocupada por la empresa. Conocimientos en la directiva. Síntomas para un diagnóstico. Acciones correctoras.

Text and color photographs present a wide variety of customized automobiles, trucks and off-the-road vehicles.

An efficient organization achieves its objectives in a timely and cost-effective manner by using its available resources to the full. This book analyzes all those areas which combine to make an efficient, smoothly run organization.

An examination of some of the major issues facing black and Asian minorities in Britain today, serving as an introduction to both the nature of racism and the response of communities and politicians.