Vincent: 2487 books

Congress finally took action, but the issues of the Fiscal Cliff still loom in the future. We'll be tumbling down this Fiscal Cliff for a few years. What they did was call it something else - Quantitative Easing - and pushed it down the road so they didn't have to deal with it. This short book...

A comprehensive, state-of-the-art examination of the changing ways we measure scholarly performance and research impact. Bibliometrics has moved well beyond the mere tracking of bibliographic citations. The web enables new ways to measure scholarly productivity and impact, making available...

The mobile app as technique and imaginary tool, offering a shortcut to instantaneous connection and entertainment. Mobile apps promise to deliver (h)appiness to our devices at the touch of a finger or two. Apps offer gratifyingly immediate access to connection and entertainment. The array of...

Once voted the greatest Canadian of all time, Tommy Douglas was a prairie politician who believed in democratic socialism, the crucial role of civil rights, and the great potential of cooperation for the common good. He is best known as the “Father of Medicare.” Born in 1904, Douglas was a championship...

The Government and Politics of France has been the leading textbook on French politics for over a generation, and continues to provide students with a comprehensive and incisive introduction to the intricacies of French politics and government. This edition updates every chapter, with the addition...

Special Make-Up Effects concentrates on the genre of horror characters and other special creations (fantasy, sci-fi, etc), giving tips about the materials, techniques, and 'tricks of the trade' necessary to create unique make-up effects. This focused volume is a scaled-down version of Vincent...

Are you sick and tired of restrictive and high maintenance diets that require more patience from you than your ex ? Do you look in the mirror and always see a fat and ugly mug looking right back at you ? Would you like to learn simple yet highly effective tips to promote fast and long lasting healthy...

This book presents lists of how to change hardware and behavior for efficiency as well as why this works in a theory explaining the list items and teaching the reader to advance the theory.

Voici François Mitterrand, Jacques Chirac et Nicolas Sarkozy, tels que vous ne les avez jamais vus : ce qu’ils ont vraiment dit dans le secret de l’Elysée, comment ils ont réagi aux événements internationaux et ce qu’ils ont tramé en coulisses avec leurs homologues américains. Ayant mené...

Incarnée par Emmanuel Macron et Édouard Philippe, une nouvelle noblesse d'État dirige la France. Une " caste " de hauts fonctionnaires plus que jamais minée par l'entre-soi et les conflits d'intérêts. Ils exploitent leurs carnets d'adresses pour faire fortune comme banquiers d'affaires,...

Depuis la parution de la première édition des Parrains corses – vendu à plus de 80 000 exemplaires –, de nouveaux documents, des témoignages et de multiples rebondissements sont venus enrichir l’histoire de ce pouvoir occulte, seul véritable crime organisé français. De 1930 à 1980, les...

En France, il ne suffit pas d’avoir des amis, il faut avoir de bons amis. Partout, copinages, connivences et lobbying pèsent sur les arbitrages. Les mondes du business, de la justice, de la police ou des médias n’échappent pas à ce fonctionnement souterrain. Vincent Nouzille a enquêté pendant...

L’administration fiscale est un labyrinthe. Ceux qui ont eu affaire à elle le savent, les autres le devinent. Mais la chasse aux petits et grands fraudeurs cache une machine infernale : fichiers secrets dignes de Big Brother, méthodes de travail quasi soviétiques, zèle inégalé, décisions...

Vincent Terra, whose story was told in this book was born and raised in the Gravesend section of Brooklyn, New York, known as the " bedroom of the Mafia." Born there in the late 1940's and living there throughout most of his life, under the ominous shadows of...