The first of a new-look series of Hercule Poirot books for the 21st century ‘It’s been hushed up very nicely, hasn’t it? But he was murdered, wasn’t he?’ There are certain things that are best left unsaid. Though tragedy had touched the life of the wealthy Richard Abernethie, his sudden death seemed pretty unremarkable for a man of his age. So why would his sister wait until his funeral to say he had been murdered? When she is savagely killed with a hatchet the next day, her extraordinary remark suddenly takes on a chilling significance. In desperation, the family solicitor turns to Hercule Poirot to unravel the mystery…

A superb novel of possessive love. Laura Franklin bitterly resented the arrival of her younger sister Shirley, an enchanting baby loved by all the family. But Laura's emotions towards her sister changed dramatically one night, when she vowed to protect her with all her strength and love. While Shirley longs for freedom and romance, Laura has to learn that loving can never be a one-sided affair, and the burden of her love for her sister has a dramatic effect on both their lives. A story of consequences when love turns to obsession… Famous for her ingenious crime books and plays, Agatha Christie also wrote about crimes of the heart, six bittersweet and very personal novels, as compelling and memorable as the best of her work.

《从零开始学韩语：韩语发音、单词、口语速成全攻略》一书包含了韩语40音、单词、会话、语法、敬语等多个环节，内容涵盖了各种生活场景的实用会话，从易到难，仔细阅读完这本书，你就会发现，原本对于韩语一窍不通的自己，已慢慢拥有了*基本的韩语交际能力。

A teenage murder witness is drowned in a tub of apples… At a Hallowe’en party, Joyce – a hostile thirteen-year-old – boasts that she once witnessed a murder. When no-one believes her, she storms off home. But within hours her body is found, still in the house, drowned in an apple-bobbing tub. That night, Hercule Poirot is called in to find the ‘evil presence’. But first he must establish whether he is looking for a murderer or a double-murderer…

《超奇迹 分类记 15000韩语单词》包含15个话题和362个场景，囊括了日常生活中的方方面面，如基本常识、居家生活、住房、人物、外表、交通出行、娱乐休闲等方面。 每个场景都罗列了与之相关的20个常用核心词，并精心挑选10个常用单词给出例句，除了具备“场景词汇”和“你一定要会说的Top10场景句”两个模块外，又增加了“场景对话演练”模块。每个对话都采用男女对话的形式，幽默、风趣，并且非常贴近生活，每个对话都包括至少5个场景词汇。让单词回归语境才能记得更快、更牢、更灵活。 此外，对某些句子还行了适当讲解，包括单词（★）、语法（█）、固定词组（●）等，让你学单词的同时轻松扩展知识，一本双利，实在超值哦！ 全书配套MPR读功能，双速录音，只需轻轻一，地道韩语即学即说！ ◆紧贴生活，分类记忆本书包含15个话题和362个场景，囊括了日常生活中的方方面面。每个场景都罗列了与之相关的常用核心词，更全面，更实用，更易查。（P12） ◆讲练结合，务实实用每个场景占据独立一页，分为三个模块：“场景词汇”、“你一定要会说的Top10场景句”和“场景对话演练”。每个场景包括约20个单词，并精心挑出10个常用词给出例句。（P38） ◆适度扩展，内容充实本书针对句子或对话行了适当解析，包括单词意思、构成及用法，常见短语、句型及常识等。（P247）

The inside story of the power struggle that rocked Wall Street's most prestigious financial institution What began with a shot over the bow ended in a shocking coup d'etat. In less than four months a group of eight retired executives orchestrated a stunning revolt within Morgan Stanley, the venerable and until recently most successful financial services firm on Wall Street. Now acclaimed journalist and historian Patricia Beard brings together the entire behind-the-scenes story in Blue Blood and Mutiny, a real-life business thriller exposing the tale that shook high finance. In March 2005 the business world woke up to an unprecedented full-page ad in the Wall Street Journal calling for the removal of Morgan Stanley's CEO. It was paid for by a cohort of eight former Morgan Stanley executives, including an ex-chairman and an ex-president, who soon would be dubbed the "Eight Grumpy Old Men." Their target was CEO Philip Purcell, a midwesterner who had come to power following Morgan Stanley's 1997 merger with Dean Witter Discover, where Purcell had been chief executive. In his eight years as CEO, Purcell had presided over a 50 percent decline in stock price since its peak in 2000 and a series of high-profile government and civil lawsuits that had tarnished the company's once-sterling reputation. Just a few months after the Journal ad, Purcell would retire under pressure, and former president John Mack, who had been pushed out by Purcell, was appointed CEO. The "Eight Grumpy Old Men" won the battle.The revolt of the Eight is about more than the stock price, or any bottom-line metrics: it signals a clash of cultures and a battle for the soul of American business. Since its founding, Morgan Stanley has been an elite enterprise guided by J. P. Morgan Jr.'s motto "A First Class Business in a First Class Way." The House of Morgan stood for something larger than success with honor; its ethos was unique some would say sacred and the eight retired executives believed this ideal had been undermined during Purcell's reign.Opening the long-closed doors of a bastion of Wall Street that has maintained the strictest privacy until now, Blue Blood and Mutiny weaves the history of Morgan Stanley with the inside story of the fight for dominance between two competing business cultures one, the collegial meritocracy handed down from the days of J. P. Morgan, and the other, a cold, contemporary corporate model. Here is the season's must-read book for anyone who wants to understand the future of American business.

本书包括 孤單的瑪麗、美麗的花園、古怪的男孩、小獅子變成小綿羊、奇特的小客人、忠誠的老班等内容。

本書是作者的第二本短篇小說集，書中收錄了她2000年以來所發表的十四篇小說。這十四篇小說，題材多樣，技巧多變。有描述女性的細緻心理變化，如〈陸沈〉、〈迷情〉﹔有刻劃男女之間的無奈，如〈相遇〉、〈洗衣店〉﹔有寫姐妹間的怨懟和深情，如〈生日快樂〉、〈雙妹嘜〉。另外，又有異鄉的奇情故事，如〈共和廣場〉、〈一男一女〉，也有回歸本土的友情詠嘆調，如〈歸家的訊號〉。與疑幻疑真的〈畫廊咖啡店〉相對比，則有生活寫實的〈黑雨〉。高超的小說技巧，加上細膩的敘事手法，令故事讀來趣味盎然，引人入勝。

Mills & Boon proudly presents THE SARA CRAVEN COLLECTION. Sara’s powerful and passionate romances have captivated and thrilled readers all over the world for five decades making her an international bestseller. Laine waited for her handsome new husband, Daniel Flynn, to come to her on their wedding night…knowing that their marriage was a sham. Daniel didn't love her—he was just fulfilling a promise he'd made to take care of her…. So Laine fled—a married woman, but still an innocent! Two years later, broke and vulnerable, Laine has to face Daniel again. And this time Daniel will take the wedding night that should have been his….

All Beth’s ever had on Valentine’s Day is unwanted junk mail and unpaid bills! But this year, when the post lands on her doormat, one item in particular catches her eye… Could this be Beth first ever genuine Valentine’s Day card?! The handwritten card might be a cheesy cliché….but who cares! The big question is - who is it from? Unfortunately, the only possibilities racing through her head are people she sincerely hopes didn’t send it, including all of her definitely-not-Mr-Perfect exes. (Oh, or the guy in Accounts with the comb-over!) Sadly, Beth’s pretty sure it’s not from Luke – her dishy new neighbour with the super-glamorous model girlfriend, and dreamy eyes that have never once noticed her… Or have they? For a girl who’s never received so much as a Valentine’s e-mail before, this February 14th Beth finds herself with a secret admirer…who could just turn out to be The One!

《一学就会说日语》一书按照场景进行分类，涵盖了出国旅游、就业商务以及日常生活三大方面，并且又在三方面中细分出你可能遇到的各种场景，可以称得上是交流口语大全 。一本书在手，各种场合都能在掌控之中。即使你从来没有专门学习过日语，不懂日语语法，没有学过音标，也能够脱口而出，达到顺利交流的目的。 　　此外，我们采取这种形式进行编写，只是为了方便那些急需日语出行的人，至于合适与否，有待商榷。同时需要提醒各位读者的是，要想真正地学好一门语言，就应该正规而扎实地从基础开始学起。

Leverage benefits of machine learning techniques using Python About This Book Improve and optimise machine learning systems using effective strategies. Develop a strategy to deal with a large amount of data. Use of Python code for implementing a range of machine learning algorithms and techniques. Who This Book Is For This title is for data scientist and researchers who are already into the field of data science and want to see machine learning in action and explore its real-world application. Prior knowledge of Python programming and mathematics is must with basic knowledge of machine learning concepts. What You Will Learn Learn to write clean and elegant Python code that will optimize the strength of your algorithms Uncover hidden patterns and structures in data with clustering Improve accuracy and consistency of results using powerful feature engineering techniques Gain practical and theoretical understanding of cutting-edge deep learning algorithms Solve unique tasks by building models Get grips on the machine learning design process In Detail Machine learning and predictive analytics are becoming one of the key strategies for unlocking growth in a challenging contemporary marketplace. It is one of the fastest growing trends in modern computing, and everyone wants to get into the field of machine learning. In order to obtain sufficient recognition in this field, one must be able to understand and design a machine learning system that serves the needs of a project. The idea is to prepare a learning path that will help you to tackle the real-world complexities of modern machine learning with innovative and cutting-edge techniques. Also, it will give you a solid foundation in the machine learning design process, and enable you to build customized machine learning models to solve unique problems. The course begins with getting your Python fundamentals nailed down. It focuses on answering the right questions that cove a wide range of powerful Python libraries, including scikit-learn Theano and Keras.After getting familiar with Python core concepts, it’s time to dive into the field of data science. You will further gain a solid foundation on the machine learning design and also learn to customize models for solving problems. At a later stage, you will get a grip on more advanced techniques and acquire a broad set of powerful skills in the area of feature selection and feature engineering. Style and approach This course includes all the resources that will help you jump into the data science field with Python. The aim is to walk through the elements of Python covering powerful machine learning libraries. This course will explain important machine learning models in a step-by-step manner. Each topic is well explained with real-world applications with detailed guidance.Through this comprehensive guide, you will be able to explore machine learning techniques.

Discover the man behind the moustache in this book of one-liners by the world’s most famous Belgian detective, revealing the wit and wisdom of Hercule Poirot and his creator, Agatha Christie. A perfect stocking-filler for every Christie fan, to help celebrate her 125th birthday. ‘My name is Hercule Poirot and I am probably the greatest detective in the world.’ The dapper, moustache-twirling little Belgian with the egg-shaped head, curious mannerisms and inordinate respect for his own ‘little grey cells’ solved some of the twentieth century’s most puzzling crimes. But what do we really know about the eccentric genius underneath that fussy fa?ade? Sometimes funny, often profound, and always revealing, this book of quotes and comments, from more than 50 Poirot novels and short stories, gives an entertaining glimpse of the man behind the moustache, and the wit and wisdom of the Queen of Crime who created him. Includes an exclusive essay by Agatha Christie from the archives on her love/hate relationship with her most famous creation.

《零起?马上口说德语》包含两大内容！? 正文部分是实用会话。该部分共有15个话题，2 000多句实用会话，网罗了生活中的方方面面，包括日常寒暄、居家生活、生活服务、交通出行、休闲娱乐、欢度节日、恋爱婚姻、交际往来、情感表达、电话交流、旅游度假、乘机事宜、宾馆住宿、时尚话题和职场工作等。? 附录部分简单介绍了德语中的人体部位、肢体动作、数字时间、水果蔬菜、公共设施、季节天气、各行各业等表达，旨在扩大读者的知识面，使读者更好地了解德国文化。

Julia Laing is a winner – beautiful, vivacious, publicity director of London’s top hotel. Robert Brand is charismatic, handsome – with his vast fortune he can work magic. Together they make a golden couple, the world at their feet. Together they can almost forget Robert’s unhappy marriage to Grace, a union bound by secrets a generation old … until, suddenly, Julia’s world is shattered by tragedy, and she begins to realise that her perfect life with Robert may have been built on a lie… Determined to uncover the facts, Julia hires private detective Guy Ravenel to track down the truth. his plan is daring and dangerous, but not even he can foresee the horrors they will uncover, or the ruthlessness of Julia’s enemies…

学习外语，“把好门关”十分重要。“听说读写”中将“听”放在首位，可见听力在外语学习中的重要性。《韩语听力从门到达人：TOPIK考试初级、中高级听力素材精选精练》选取多场景多层次的内容，采用由浅深的讲解方式，分为发音门、辨别发音相似的音节词汇短语、日常会话、心灵美文、名家名作选、可爱童谣、热门韩剧、人气歌谣、名人演讲等章节，涵盖与韩语听力相关的几乎全部内容。本书对话分为简单会话和复杂会话，且录音速度有常速和慢速两本版本。而且考虑到初学者的学习要求，本书还设置了大量的讲解和练习环节。本书完美附赠双速音频、新TOPIK听力词汇迷你小册。

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