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Proceedings of the EDUCAUSE in Australasia 2003 Conference, held 6-9 May, 2003 in Adelaide.

A DELICIOUS STEW OF CRIME, PASSION, HIGH FASHION, AND TRAGIC LOVE. --Affaire de Coeur A reclusive couturiere of originality and passion, Maria Cazare s is a legend shrouded in mystery. Around her swirl rumor and counterrumor, whispers of shocking secrets and taboos broken. . . . COMPULSIVELY READABLE AND UTTERLY ENGROSSING. --The Times (London) When the glitterati assemble in Paris for the new collections, a fatal passion established three decades before in sultry New Orleans fulfills its tragic destiny. Two journalists, Rowland McGuire and Gini Hunter, pick up the heady scent of an unfolding scandal. . . . SUSPENSEFUL AND COMPLETELY ENTERTAINING. --Booklist As the world waits breathlessly for the new Cazare s collection, the search for a missing innocent will reach its pulsingly suspenseful climax. And at last, blood red truths will be revealed. . . . A Featured Alternate of the Literary Guild(r) and the Doubleday Book Club(r)"

DCI Woodend's first foreign holiday, in General Franco's Spain, ends abruptly when he sees a fellow guest plunge mysteriously from his hotel balcony to the rocky beach below With the help of Paco Ruiz a former policeman, living in disgrace since the Spanish Civil War Woodend embarks on an unofficial investigation which provides more questions than answers. Why was the dead man travelling under a false passport? Who are the men he was seen to associate with, but now deny all knowledge of him? Why does the local police chief seem determined to lead him up a blind alley? And who is responsible for the three more deaths which quickly follow on from the first? It soon becomes plain to Woodend that the roots of the case stretch back thirty years and that if he is ever to solve it, he must confront history itself.

The new Inspector Sam Blackstone mystery . . . France, World War One. Inspector Blackstone thought he was done with army, but when a general he served with requests he investigate the brutal murder of his grandson, a young British officer in the trenches, Blackstone feels he can't say no. Surrounded by young men over half his age, Blackstone must face the horror of modern warfare, and the prejudices of the officer class, if he is to gain justice for the murdered man.

The first biography of this influential artist whose life was dedicated to her art, and who occupies a crucial place in the history of women's art.

Glorious East End saga from the author of SALT OF THE EARTH A nostalgic saga set in Cheshire which continues the story of Becky Taylor - the gutsy heroine introduced in SALT OF THE EARTH - and her family as they struggle against the odds to find happiness.