New Releases by Tim Green

Bob King is a self-made billionaire who parlayed a rusty backhoe into the 27th spot on Forbes list. Now, his corporation is a multi-billion dollar construction company that instills greed and competition among friends, including his son Scott and his two best friends, Thane and Ben. But instead of handing over the companys crown, Bob reveals a massive public offering that will make him CEO for life. Thanes wife, Jessica, is furious and goads him into a conspiracy to kill Bob. When the board of directors makes Thane CEO, Ben investigates the truthand Thane realizes that he can only be safe if his old friend is also dead.

What is this book about? PHP is one of the most popular server-side scripting languages available. It''s powerful and easy to learn. Combined with MySQL — a fast, cross-platform, and free open source database — it makes a very effective tool for developing database-driven websites. This book is all about developing PHP/MySQL websites with Macromedia Dreamweaver MX, the premier visual website design tool. It will show you how to use Dreamweaver MX to rapidly develop database-driven PHP web applications with the minimum of fuss. Throughout the book, we use a real-world example application, a hotel room booking system, to demonstrate just how quick and easy it is to build dynamic PHP sites with Dreamweaver MX. What does this book cover? Here are just a few of the things you''ll find covered in this book: Overview of Dreamweaver MX, PHP, and MySQL Designing a site Using server behaviors to interact with the database Hand-coding and debugging in Dreamweaver Who is this book for? This book is for the web professional looking to develop database-driven PHP web applications using Macromedia Dreamweaver MX. Some knowledge of HTML and web design is assumed, but you don''t need to know any PHP or MySQL.

This is the latest from Green, whose previous novel, "The Fifth Angel" hit the "New York Times" extended bestseller list. Green is a featured commentator on NPR and FOX Sports, and he''s a regular contributor to "Salon" and "USA Today."

Acabou started as a journal Tim Green kept for himself during his imprisonment in Mozambique. Scribbled with the stub of a pencil on a children''s notebook, smuggled into the cell by inmates, the notes were intended as letters to his family should he not survive. On his release the notes were turned into a full length gripping story. It tells of how he was working as a commercial pilot, flying communications equipment to Mozambique. On completion of this job he was paid in American dollars, which he tried to exchange for local currency to pay for a meal. The currency was allegedly counterfeit and he was imprisoned for trying to ruin the Mozambican economy. He tells of how he was marched in front of a firing squad and almost put to death and how it was the inmates, rallying around him and his wife''s pressure on the South African government that saved his life.

World-famous criminal law professor Eric Lipton has been accused of the murder of one of his students. He calls on Casey Jordan to represent him. Just when she is tempted to use her privileged information to discover the truth, more bodies turn up.

Autobiography of Tim Green, a former professional football player, discussing his life with the family who adopted him as an infant and his search for his birth mother.

In his extraordinary debut, veteran Atlanta Falcons defensive end and first-round draft pick Tim Green captures the violence and tension of a season in professional football.

A compilation of the spontaneous expressions and habits of speech that distinguish practiced users of French from those who are still feeling their way in the language. Organized according o general themes, the book presents the varied ways an utterance or group of expressions can be linked according to context, showing you how and when to vary your vocabulary to enhance your command of the language;--From publisher description.