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The Secret Service, the Field, the Dungeon, and the Escape (9781374310360)

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservati...

The Eyes of Darkness / the Key to Midnight (9781522611363)

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THE EYES OF DARKNESS: A year had passed since little Danny's death--a year since his mother began the painful process of acceptance. But Tina Evans could have sworn she just saw her Danny in a stranger's car...then she dreamed that Danny was alive. And when she awoke, she found a message waiting for her in Danny's bedroom--two disturbing words scrawled on his chalkboard: NOT DEAD Was this someone's grim joke? Her mind playing tricks on her? Or something...more? For Tina Evans, it was a mystery she couldn't escape. An obsession that would lead her from the bright lights of Las Vegas to the cold shadows of the High Sierras. A terrible secret seen only by...The Eyes of Darkness THE KEY TO MIDNIGHT: Joanna Rand left the U.S. ten years ago to sing in a Japanese nightclub. Ever since, she''s been plagued with nightmares of terror. There is only one man who can help her--Alex Hunter. Ten years ago he saw her picture in the papers--as a senator''s da...

Die Magd von Fairbourne Hall (9783775157438)

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Äußerlich ist Margaret Macy auf Rosen gebettet. Doch ihr Stiefvater möchte sie mit seinem skrupellosen Neffen Marcus verheiraten. Margaret flieht und nimmt in dem herrschaftlichen Gut Fairbourne Hall eine Anstellung als Dienstmädchen an. Ausgerechnet dessen Hausherr jedoch entpuppt sich als Nathaniel Upchurch, dem sie vor Jahren einen Korb gegeben hat. Voller Angst, entdeckt zu werden, lernt Margaret zum ersten Mal in ihrem Leben, was es heißt, zu arbeiten. Wenn sie bis zu ihrem Geburtstag durchhält, wartet das Erbe einer betuchten Tante auf sie, das ihr ein eigenständiges Leben ermöglichen würde. Product details Format Paperback | 478 pages Dimensions ...

The Ladies of Ivy Cottage (9780764218156)

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New from the Top Author of Inspirational Regency Romance Return to Ivy Hill in The Ladies of Ivy Cottage as friendships deepen, romances blossom, and mysteries unfold. Living with the two Miss Groves in Ivy Cottage, impoverished gentlewoman Rachel Ashford is determined to earn her own livelihood . . . somehow. When the village women encourage her to open a subscription library with the many books she has inherited or acquired through donations, Rachel discovers two mysteries hidden among them. A man who once broke her heart helps her search for clues, but will both find more than they bargained for? Rachel's friend and hostess, Mercy Grove, has given up thoughts of suitors and fills her days managing her girls' school. So when several men take an interest in Ivy Cottage, she assumes pretty Miss Ashford is the cause. Exactly what--or who--has captured each man's attention? The truth may surprise them all. Meanwhile, life has improved at the coaching inn and Jane Bell is re...

The Girl in the Gatehouse (9780764207082)

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Miss Mariah Aubrey, banished after a scandal, hides herself away in a long-abandoned gatehouse on the far edge of a distant relative's estate. There, she supports herself and her loyal servant the only way she knows how--by writing novels in secret. Captain Matthew Bryant, returning to England successful and wealthy after the Napoleonic wars, leases an impressive estate from a cash-poor nobleman, determined to show the society beauty who once rejected him what a colossal mistake she made. When he discovers an old gatehouse on the property, he is immediately intrigued by its striking young inhabitant and sets out to uncover her identity, and her past. But the more he learns about her, the more he realizes he must distance himself. Falling in love with an outcast would ruin his well-laid plans. The old gatehouse holds secrets of its own. Can Mariah and Captain Bryant uncover them before the cunning heir to the estate buries them forever? Product ...

History of Charles the Great and Orlando, (9781145397019)

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. Product details Format Paperback | 348 pages ...

Istanbul : A Tale of Three Cities (9780297868484)

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Istanbul has always been a place where stories and histories collide and crackle, where the idea is as potent as the historical fact. From the Qu'ran to Shakespeare, this city with three names - Byzantium, Constantinople, Istanbul - resonates as an idea and a place, and overspills its boundaries - real and imagined. Standing as the gateway between the East and West, it has served as the capital of the Roman, Byzantine, Latin and Ottoman Empires. For much of its history it was known simply as The City, but, as Bettany Hughes reveals, Istanbul is not just a city, but a story. In this epic new biography, Hughes takes us on a dazzling historical journey through the many incarnations of one of the world's greatest cities. As the longest-lived political entity in Europe, over the last 6,000 years Istanbul has absorbed a mosaic of micro-cities and cultures all gathering around the core. At the latest count archaeologists have measured forty-two human habitation layers. Phoenicians, G...

Compórtate (9788494987991)

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Uno de los recorridos más deslumbrantes de la ciencia del comportamiento humano jamás propuestos, una síntesis majestuosa que cosecha investigación de vanguardia en una amplia gama de disciplinas para proporcionar una perspectiva sutil y matizada sobre por qué finalmente hacemos las cosas que hacemos... para bien y para mal. Sapolsky se basa en esta comprensión para luchar con algunas de nuestras preguntas más profundas y espinosas relacionadas con el tribalismo y la xenofobia, la jerarquía y la competencia, la moral y el libre albedrío, la guerra y la paz. Sabio, humano, a menudo muy divertido, 'Compórtate' es un logro imponente, poderosamente humanizador y francamente heroico por derecho propio. Product details Format Paperback | 984 pages ...

A Primate's Memoir (9780099285779)

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Book-smart and more than a little naive, Robert Sapolsky left the comforts of college in the US for a research project studying a troop of baboons in Kenya. Whether he's relating his adventures with his neighbours, Masai tribesmen, or his experiences learning how to sneak up and dart suspicious baboons, Sapolsky combines irreverence and humour with the best credentials in his field. A Primate's Memoir is the culmination of over two decades of experience and research - an exhilarating, hilarious and daring memoir, and an astonishing masterpiece of the people and nature of Africa. Product details Format Paperback | 304 pages Dimensions ...

Behave : The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst (9781847924711)

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'Awe-inspiring ... the best scientific book written for non-specialists that I have ever read. You will learn more about human nature than in any other book I can think of, and you will be inspired' Henry Marsh, author of Do No Harm A ground-breaking synthesis of the entire science of human behaviour by 'one of the best scientist-writers of our time' (Oliver Sacks) -- 'It's no exaggeration to say that Behave is one of the best nonfiction books I've ever read' Wall Street Journal 'They should put Behave in hotel rooms instead of the Bible: the world would be a much better, wiser place' Kate Fox, author of Watching the English Why do we do what we do? Behave is at once a dazzling tour and a majestic synthesis of the whole science of human behaviour. Brought to life through simple language, engaging stories and irreverent wit, it offers the fullest picture yet of the origins of tribalism and xenophobia, hierarchy and competition, morality a...

Behave : The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst (9780099575061)

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***'Awe-inspiring... You will learn more about human nature than in any other book I can think of' Henry Marsh THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER / WINNER OF THE 2017 LA TIMES BOOK PRIZE 'One of the best scientist-writers of our time' Oliver Sacks Why do human beings behave as they do? We are capable of savage acts of violence but also spectacular feats of kindness: is one side of our nature destined to win out over the other? Every act of human behaviour has multiple layers of causation, spiralling back seconds, minutes, hours, days, months, years, even centuries, right back to the dawn of time and the origins of our species. In the epic sweep of history, how does our biology affect the arc of war and peace, justice and persecution? How have our brains evolved alongside our cultures? This is the exhilarating story of human morality and the science underpinning the biggest question of all: what makes us human? Product details ...

Atoms and Alchemy : Chymistry and the Experimental Origins of the Scientific Revolution (9780226576978)

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Since the Enlightenment, alchemy has been viewed as a sort of antiscience, disparaged by many historians as a form of lunacy that impeded the development of rational chemistry. But, in "Atoms and Alchemy", William R. Newman - a historian widely credited for reviving recent interest in alchemy - exposes the speciousness of these views and challenges widely held beliefs about the origins of the Scientific Revolution. Tracing the alchemical roots of Robert Boyle's famous mechanical philosophy, Newman shows that alchemy contributed to the mechanization of nature, a movement that lay at the very heart of scientific discovery. Boyle and his predecessors - figures like the mysterious medieval Geber or the Lutheran professor Daniel Sennert - provided convincing experimental proof that matter is made up of enduring particles at the microlevel. At the same time, Newman argues that alchemists created the operational criterion of an "atomic" element as the last point of ana...

Meditations on the Seven Last Words : Christ the Pattern of a Christian Life (1893) (9781166571146)

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This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger PublishingAcentsa -a centss Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for e Product details Format Paperback | 98 pages ...

Meditations on the Seven Last Words (9781342961662)

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservatio...

Zoological Oddities, Drawn from the Originals... (9781279850565)

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ Zoological Oddities, Drawn From The Originals William Newman Nature; General; Natural history; Nature / General Product details ...

Dank Bladder Axe - A Novella (9781081415983)

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For a split-moment I glimpsed what she allowed me to see of her. A Goliath insanity nearly be-fell me as I saw her, her scaly eye and power she holds. So many mythical dark-wonders does she threaten everything with. Fortunately, as a man of resilience, I was able to soak up her grim, mocking message; and I know that all three of us Uglys took it. And then came the space. Deep, deep space..* And The soft pitter-patter of poems dissolve as the sleep.. ..leaves me. What a long, insane night it has been again, deep in the past, the future, the other.. how much longer will these words come at me, in sleep, where rest is needed, not mysteries, riddles. Sleep I need! My name is.. Product details Format Paperback | 236 pages ...

Shakespeare's Words : A Glossary and Language Companion (9780140291179)

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A vital resource for scholars, students and actors, this book contains glosses and quotes for over 14,000 words that could be misunderstood by or are unknown to a modern audience. Displayed panels look at such areas of Shakespeare's language as greetings, swear-words and terms of address. Plot summaries are included for all Shakespeare's plays and on the facing page is a unique diagramatic representation of the relationships within each play. Product details Format Paperback | 676 pages Dimensions 172 x 230 x 42mm ...

Beethoven : The Ninth Symphony: Revised Edition (9780300099645)

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Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, a masterpiece that has influenced virutally every Western composer since its premiere, has become associated with the marking of momentous public occasions. In 1989, Chinese students played its finale through loudspeakers in Tiananmen Square, and Leonard Bernstein led a performance in Berlin to celebrate the razing of the Berlin Wall. This lively and up-to-date book focuses on Beethoven's Ninth, exploring the cultural and musical meanings that surround this powerful work of genius. David B. Levy sets the scene with a brief survey of nineteenth-century Germanic culture and society, then analyzes the Ninth Symphony in detail, with special emphasis on the famous choral finale. He discusses the initial performances in 1824 under Beethoven's direction and traces the symphony's critical reception and legacy. In the final chapter of the book, Levy examines interpretations of the work by prominent conductors, including Wagner, Mahler, and Weingart...

Undaunted: Normandy (9781472834706)

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June, 1944. Through the D-Day landings, the Allies have seized a foothold on the beaches of Normandy. Now you must lead your troops forward as you push deeper into France and drive the German forces back. You will face intense resistance, machine gun fire, and mortar bombardment, but a great commander can turn the situation to their advantage! Undaunted: Normandy is a deck-building game that places you and your opponent in command of American or German forces, fighting through a series of missions critical to the outcome of World War II. Use your cards to seize the initiative, bolster your forces, or control your troops on the battlefield. Strong leadership can turn the tide of battle in your favour, but reckless decisions could prove catastrophic, as every casualty you take removes a card from your deck. Take charge amidst the chaos of battle, hold fast in the face of opposition, and remain undaunted. Players: 2 Ages: 14+ Playing Time: 45-60 minutes Contents: 108 cards, 18 large ma...

Learn to Read Modern Hebrew in 5 Days (9780995930599)

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Learning to read a language with a foreign alphabet can be an intimidating challenge. Even before you can start to study the vocabulary and grammar, you must first decipher this strange new script. But learning a new alphabet does not have to be so difficult. Other language courses start by showing a table of the alphabet and then immediately proceed to dialogues and grammatical descriptions. This is not the ideal way to teach a foreign alphabet, and this approach causes many students to get frustrated and give up before they start. Instead of that approach, Learn to Read Modern Hebrew in 5 Days teaches each letter of the Hebrew alphabet in a systematic way while providing enough practice along the way to ensure the student learns the entire alphabet. With this system you will be able to read the Hebrew alphabet in only 5 days or less! In addition to the alphabet, this course teaches more than 150 real Modern Hebrew words that were carefully selected to be of maximum benefit to beginni...

David Ben-Gurion and the Jewish Renaissance (9780521197489)

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This book offers a reappraisal of David Ben-Gurion's role in Jewish-Israeli history from the perspective of the twenty-first century, in the larger context of the Zionist 'renaissance', of which he was a major and unique exponent. Some have described Ben-Gurion's Zionism as a dream that has gone sour, or a utopia doomed to be unfulfilled. Now - after the dust surrounding Israel's founding father has settled, archives have been opened, and perspective has been gained since Ben-Gurion's downfall - this book presents a fresh look at this statesman-intellectual and his success and tragic failures during a unique period of time that he and his peers described as the 'Jewish renaissance'. The resulting reappraisal offers a new analysis of Ben-Gurion's actual role as a major player in Israeli, Middle Eastern, and global politics. Product details ...

Three's a Crowd (9781732523531)

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What happens in Vegas ends in Paris. Chip, Bud and Rudy, three nerdy conventioneers who meet annually at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas become so consumed by sexual fantasy in their annual pilgrimage to a North Vegas strip club that they hatch a plot to rid themselves of their wives. They lure their unsatisfactory spouses to the City of Light where they wine them, dine them and and kill all three on the same bloody night. Theyve committed the perfect crime except Well, theres one little hitch. Product details Format Paperback | 196 pages Dimensions 152 x ...

Quantum Light (9788862082136)

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David Benjamin Sherry (born 1981) graduated with an MFA in photography from the Yale School of Art in 2007. Just three years later, in 2010, his color-saturated photographs became the face of the Greater New York exhibition at MoMA/PS1; that same year, he was named as one of the 50 up-and- coming American talents by The New York Times T magazine. In Quantum Light, Sherry's second publication, he continues his exploration of vivid color, ramping up the saturation and expanding his subject matter, in works incorporating landscapes, collage, still life, abstraction, portraiture and sculpture. A conversation between Sherry and Collier Schorr serves as preface to this beautifully produced clothbound volume, which is published to coincide with the artist's first New York solo show at Salon 94. Product details Format ...

Security Analysis: The Classic 1940 Edition (9780071412285)

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This is the long-awaited reprint of Graham and Dodd's masterful first revision. The first edition of "Security Analysis", published in 1934, forever changed the theory and practice of successful investing. Yet the remainder of that tumultuous decade brought unprecedented upheaval to the financial world, compelling Benjamin Graham and David Dodd to produce a comprehensively revised second edition. It is that edition, out of print for decades, that you now hold in your hands. "Security Analysis, Second Edition", published in 1940, is considered by many (including legendary Graham student Warren Buffett) to be vastly superior to the first. Yet after three subsequent editions and over six decades, the insightful and instructive second edition could be found only in rare bookshops and closely-guarded private collections.McGraw-Hill, the book's original publisher, is honored to publish "Security Analysis: The Classic 1940 Edition". Identical in every me...

Now We See Now : Architecture and Research (9781580935074)

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Now We See Now chronicles the projects and findings of a firm that is charting bold new directions in generative design and other intersections of science and architecture. In the context of massive and accelerating change--in technology, science, climate, and society--the nature of architectural design is also evolving and coming to life in new ways. New York-based office The Living has developed a unique design approach that explores projects through the application of new technologies, materials, and the growing field of generative design (design that uses software to emulate nature's evolutionary processes). These methods are futuristic, even utopian, but also raw and immediate in their application of hands-on prototyping and testing through making. The Living addresses urgent issues through reframing design with today's tools. David Benjamin, founding principal of The Living, explains his methodologies through numerous projects and abundant research that are making real i...