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Jennifer Lewis receives a phone call informing her daughter, Emma, a student in Spain, that she is accused of murder. She begins her own investigation to prove her daughter's innocence, but gradually uncovers details that shake her convictions.

No one escapes corruption. It permeates eras and societies, bringing with it a constant stream of scandals and outrage. Journalists find a new example every day, and history books bear its mark everywhere. As a philosopher, Gaspard Koenig sets out to trace its origins. Exploring fields as diverse as literature, history, film, and contemporary art, he encounters those who practice it.

Moscow, 1948. As the virtuoso violinist Ilya Grenko leaves the concert hall to thunderous applause, his Stradivarius in hand, he is arrested and taken to the terrifying Lubyanka, the KGB headquarters, without understanding what he is accused of. After days of deprivation, humiliation, and interrogation, Ilya signs an absurd confession that condemns him to twenty years in the Gulag, after he is promised that his wife Galina and their two very young children will not be harmed.

Whether you live in an apartment or a house, dozens of connected devices are now available to enter your home and make your daily tasks easier: a smart thermostat will raise or lower the temperature depending on your comings and goings, automation systems will close your blinds automatically at a certain time, a robot can mow the lawn or vacuum, connected light bulbs,

This is the first practical book on podiatry specifically annotated for diabetics. Written with clarity and precision, the book draws on the author's extensive clinical and teaching experience. Richly illustrated with over 100 clinical photographs and color illustrations, *Practical Guide to Podiatry* presents the essential basics for understanding the function of the normal foot and describes common foot conditions in a classic and structured format.

In his new book, the leading author in web ergonomics deciphers the specific codes of mobile user experience. Through practical examples, this illustrated book aims to help users better understand the mobile services of tomorrow. The stakes are high when it comes to navigating mobile websites and the more than 3 million applications listed on the Apple, Google, and Microsoft app stores.

A reference work for web designers and developers. The "Flexible Box Layout Module," better known as "Flexbox," is a W3C CSS 3 specification that defines a new, previously unseen box and positioning model. It integrates natural handling of element fluidity and responsiveness, and renders obsolete the use of complex display grids, or even frameworks—veritable monstrosities where barely 10% of the tool's potential is utilized.

Alex Thompson's life follows the script. A law student at Columbia University, she's focused on her grades, her career, her future. The last thing she needs is to reconnect with the man who broke her heart.

Over 120 maps and infographics to explore the world's religions, trace their history, and understand their geopolitical influence today. How did the world's major religions originate? The expansion of religions today: the world is more religious in 2015 than it was in 1970. Are religions the root cause of conflicts or simply instruments of power? The rise of militant Christianity, political Islam, and jihadism.

"To make everyone aware that before being a tool of technicians, science is constantly at work and governs each of our lives in its major events as well as in its daily details."

Without succumbing to dissenting rhetoric, Marcel Bohy's work stands against the commonly held idea that only the elite can and should have access to scientific data; the author, for his part, invites all generations