Author: Linwood Urban
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: thought, christian, history, short
Number of Pages: 480
Published: 1995-05-04
List price: $54.95
ISBN-10: 0195093488
ISBN-13: 9780195093483

What do Christians believe and why do they believe it? What are the historical roots of modern Christian doctrines, and what logical connections link them together? This concise introduction to Christian thought provides thorough yet succinct answers to these and other important questions, incorporating expanded discussions of the sacraments, the Church and the ministry, recent ecumenical movements and trends, and women’s ordination. Avoiding a strict chronological approach, the author traces the development of each great issue that formed Christian theology. Questions of doctrine such a

Authors:Urban Design Associates, Urban Design Associate,
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co.
Keywords: working, methods, techniques, handbook, design, urban
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 2003-01-01
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 0393731065
ISBN-13: 9780393731064

A comprehensive, beautifully designed guide to the complex process of urban design. From an important urban design and architecture firm comes this manual for urban designers, based on the firm’s in-house practice and procedures. Covering the process from basic principles to developed design, this invaluable book can serve as an introductory course in urbanism as well as an operations handbook for architects, planners, developers, and public officials. 200 color illustrations.

Author: Linwood Barclay
Publisher: Dell
Keywords: thriller, worst
Number of Pages: 544
Published: 2010-02-23
List price: $7.99
ISBN-10: 0553591754
ISBN-13: 9780553591750

Tim Blake is an average guy. He sells cars. He has an ex-wife who’s moved in with another man. It’s not a life without hassles, but nothing will prepare him for when his daughter, Sydney, vanishes into thin air. At the hotel where she supposedly worked, no one has ever heard of her. Even her closest friends seem to be at a loss. As he retraces Sydney’s steps, Tim discovers that the suburban Connecticut town he always thought of as idyllic is anything but. What he doesn’t know is that his every move is being watched. There are others who want to find Sydney as much as Tim does. And the

Author: Linwood Barclay
Publisher: Bantam
Keywords: goodbye, time
Number of Pages: 480
Published: 2008-08-26
List price: $7.99
ISBN-10: 0553590421
ISBN-13: 9780553590425

Fourteen-year-old Cynthia Bigge woke one morning to discover that her entire family–mother, father,brother–had vanished. No note, no trace, no return. Ever.  Now, twenty-five years later, she’ll learn the devastating truth. Sometimes it’s better not to know. . . .Cynthia is happily married with a young daughter, a new family. But the story of her old family isn’t over. A strange car in the neighborhood, untraceable phone calls, ominous “gifts”–someone has returned to her hometown to finish what was started twenty-five years ago. And no one’s innocence is guaranteed, not e

Author: Linwood Barclay
Publisher: Bantam
Keywords: thriller, home, close
Number of Pages: 512
Published: 2009-07-28
List price: $7.99
ISBN-10: 055359043X
ISBN-13: 9780553590432

Critically acclaimed and bestselling author Linwood Barclay brings terror closer than ever before in a stunning thriller in which murder strikes in the place we should feel safest of all….In a quiet neighborhood, in the house next door, a family is brutally murdered for no apparent reason. You can’t help thinking, It could have been us. And you start to wonder: What if we’re next?Promise Falls isn’t the kind of community where families are shot to death in their own homes. But how well did Jim and Ellen Cutter really know their neighbors—or the darker secrets of their small town? The

Authors:Jeff Linwood, Dave Minter,
Publisher: Apre
Keywords: novice, beginning, professional, hibernate
Number of Pages: 360
Published: 2006-08-25
List price: $39.99
ISBN-10: 1590596935
ISBN-13: 9781590596937

Beginning Hibernate is ideal if youre experienced in Java with databases (the traditional, or "connected," approach), but are new to open source lightweight Hibernatethe most popular de facto object-relational mapping and database-oriented application development framework. This book packs in brand new information about the latest release of the Hibernate 3.2.x persistence layer and provides a clear introduction to the current standard for object-relational persistence in Java. Experienced author Dave Minter and contributor Jeff Linwood provide more in-depth examples than any other books for H

Authors:Dave Minter, Jeff Linwood,
Publisher: Apress
Keywords: voice, expert, hibernate, pro
Number of Pages: 242
Published: 2005-06-27
List price: $39.99
ISBN-10: 1590595114
ISBN-13: 9781590595114

informative and useful not only as a learning tool, but as a reference throughout the development of your applications. — Gregg Bolinger, JavaRanch Sheriff Pro Hibernate 3 is the first book to offer complete coverage of the open source lightweight Hibernate 3 and its new features. Authors Dave Minter and Jeff Linwood discuss the new persistence layer and share design tips and best practices. And the duo goes beyond just explaining "how to" use parts of Hibernate; they probe well beneath the surface, and teach you how to step back and solve problems thoroughly. If you have