The coroner noted the deep, round cigar burns that pockmarked his arms and the soles of his feet, burns so severe they penetrated almost to the bone. His hands were bound with double zip-tie handcuffs. After her father's brutal murder in his South Florida home, all Ana wants to do is lay Brandon Pike to rest. However, after a call from a lawyer about an improbable amount of cash in banks around Europe and the discovery of a dossier containing evidence of nefarious connections behind the Iron Curtain, Ana Pike sets out to unravel half a century's worth of secrets. Ana, an investigative reporter, is determined to uncover the truth about her father. With the help of an enigmatic INTERPOL investigator, she navigates a treacherous landscape of Cold War espionage and betrayal. While she follows the trail of breadcrumbs left by her father's clandestine past, someone is determined to keep the secrets buried. They'll stop at nothing and she becomes a target herself. "The Draftsman's Daughter" is a gripping Cold War thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very end. Filled with twists, turns, and unforgettable characters, this is a story of courage, determination, and the power of truth, no matter the cost.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.

Designed for upper-level survey legal drafting courses, this groundbreaking text explains drafting using a common vocabulary that applies to any legal document based on a fundamental rule structure, including statutes and other forms of public drafting as well as contracts and other forms of private drafting. This unified drafting approach gives students a common denominator approach to drafting all kinds of legal documents. In addition, students can use the techniques they’ve learned to deconstruct, interpret, and revise any kind of legal document composed of rules. This common-sense approach of teaching/learning a single vocabulary and set of skills to use in drafting any rules-based legal document is an innovative model for U.S. legal drafting courses, though it has been used in other countries for decades. Key Features: A unified approach that teaches students the general skills of drafting rules of law—duties, discretionary authority, and declarations, including their conditions in legal tests. Practice applying those skills to drafting a range of documents, including contracts, statutes, regulations, and other. Coverage of how courts interpret the rules and how to draft anticipating what the courts will do. An understanding of how law governs human behavior through the rules that students learn to draft. A wide range of classroom exercises on the detail of drafting. Additional drafting assignments, for use in and out of class, that help students learn how to use the rules and to accomplish clients’ goals.

Multivariate methods are now widely used in the quantitative sciences as well as in statistics because of the ready availability of computer packages for performing the calculations. While access to suitable computer software is essential to using multivariate methods, using the software still requires a working knowledge of these methods and how they can be used. Multivariate Statistical Methods: A Primer, Third Edition introduces these methods and provides a general overview of the techniques without overwhelming you with comprehensive details. This thoroughly revised, updated edition of a best-selling introductory text retains the author's trademark clear, concise style but includes a range of new material, new exercises, and supporting materials on the Web. New in the Third Edition: Fully updated references Additional examples and exercises from the social and environmental sciences A comparison of the various statistical software packages, including Stata, Statistica, SAS Minitab, and Genstat, particularly in terms of their ease of use by beginners In his efforts to produce a book that is as short as possible and that enables you to begin to use multivariate methods in an intelligent manner, the author has produced a succinct and handy reference. With updated information on multivariate analyses, new examples using the latest software, and updated references, this book provides a timely introduction to useful tools for statistical analysis.

This is a fantastic guide to freehand drawing and drafting written by Max Kushlan. Profusely illustrated and highly accessible, "Free Hand Drawing and Designing" will be of considerable utility to modern readers with an interest in technical drawing and illustration, and it would make for a worthy addition to collections of related literature. Contents include: "Straight Lines", "Curved Lines", "Geometrical Bodies", "Perspective Drawing", "Technical Illustrations", "Technical Sketching", and "Engineering Drawing". Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality, modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on technical drawing and drafting.

This Rate Training Manual and Nonresident Career Course (RTM/NRCC) form a self-study package that will greatly aid ambitious Engineering Aids in fulfilling the requirements of their rating. Among these requirements are the abilities to perform tasks required in construction surveying, construction drafting, planning and estimating, and quality control; prepare progress reports, time records, construction schedules, and material and labor estimates; and establish and operate a basic quality control system for testing soils and concrete.