Preston: 857 books

Special Agent Pendergast reist in das eingeschneite Wintersportgebiet Roaring Fork in Colorado, um seinen Schützling Corrie Swanson zu retten. Corrie, Studentin der ­Forensik, hat dort die exhumierten Leichen von elf Arbeitern einer Silbermine untersucht, die vor über hundert Jahren ums Leben kamen....

Soirée paisible au 891 Riverside Drive, la résidence new-yorkaise d’Aloysius Pendergast… jusqu’à ce qu’un inconnu dépose devant la porte d’entrée le cadavre de l’un des pires ennemis de l’inspecteur… L’autopsie révèle une surprise de taille : dans l’estomac du défunt se...

Depuis que les parents de Nora Kelly sont morts, le ranch familial a été laissé à l'abandon. Un soir, elle s'y rend et découvre la maison saccagée quand, soudain, une étrange créature velue, tenant autant de l'homme que de l'animal, lui saute dessus en lui réclamant la lettre. Heureusement,...

Après deux premières missions mouvementées (R pour revanche et C comme cadavre), Gideon Crew, à qui il ne reste plus que quelques mois à vivre, est de nouveau contacté par Glinn, le patron de l’EEC – une officine travaillant en sous-main pour le gouvernement américain. Crew – as de l’informatique...

Windows 8 is quite different than previous Microsoft operating systems, but it’s still eminently hackable. With this book, you’ll learn how to make a variety of modifications, from speeding up boot time and disabling the Lock screen to hacking native apps and running Windows 8 on a Mac. And that’s...

Packed with practical, freely available backup and recovery solutions for Unix, Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X systems -- as well as various databases -- this new guide is a complete overhaul of Unix Backup & Recovery by the same author, now revised and expanded with over 75% new material. Backup...

When you open the box for your brand-new NOOK Tablet, you'll find Barnes & Noble's latest 7-inch media device to hit the market, a USB cable, power adapter, and a "Quick Start Guide" that tells you how to turn it on. But to really take advantage of all the content and features the device has to offer,...

Droid X2 has more power and better graphics than its predecessor, but it still doesn’t offer a printed guide to its amazing features. This Missing Manual helps you dig deep into everything Droid X2 can do. Learn how to shop, keep in touch, play with photos, listen to music, and even do some work....

Windows XP can be a great tool, but it is all too easy to trip over Windows XP's annoying traits more often than you leverage its productivity. Windows XP power-users troll online resources, documentation, and the expertise (or lucky finds) of friends for valuable tips and tricks--a keyboard shortcut...

Each year, Windows XP is pre-installed on 30 million PCs sold in the U.S.--and 90 million worldwide--making it the world's most popular operating system, and proving to frustrated users everywhere that preponderance does not equate to ease of use. There are literally thousands of programs, tools,...

These days, nobody really wants to learn everything there is about a product like Google Tools. And even if you did, who has the time to endlessly tinker and play with it until you figure everything out? You just want a book that will quickly show you how to do things with Google Tools, like perform...

Ready to unleash the Droid 2? This entertaining guide helps you take full command of Motorola’s sleek new device to get online, shop, find locations, keep in touch, and much more. Every page is packed with useful information you can put to work right away, from setup to troubleshooting, with lots...

This unique reference thoroughly documents every important setting and feature in Microsoft's new operating system, with alphabetical listings for hundreds of commands, windows, menus, listboxes, buttons, scrollbars and other elements of Windows Vista. With this book's simple organization, you'll...

Windows Vista Pocket Reference is the ideal guide to setting up and navigating the basics of this new operating system, from the new user interface to networking, multimedia, security, and mobility. This pocket reference offers four sections that will familiarize readers with Vista quickly: Getting...