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Slavekronike (9781289665777)

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. Product details Format Paperback | 418 pages ...
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Last Letter Home : The Richard and Judy Book Club pick 2018 (9781471156960)

From the million-copy Sunday Times bestseller comes a timeless love story, lost in letters of the past . . . THE RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK 2018 Can a chance encounter unlock one woman's past? On holiday in Italy, Briony Wood becomes fascinated by the wartime story of a ruined villa hidden amongst the hills of Naples. Not only is it the very place where her grandfather was stationed as a soldier in 1943, but she also discovers that it harbours the secret of a love long lost. Handed a bundle of tattered letters found buried at the villa, Briony becomes enraptured by the blossoming love story between Sarah Bailey, an English woman, and Paul Hartmann, a young German. The letters lead her back almost seventy years to pre-war Norfolk. But as Briony delves into Sarah and Paul's story, she encounters resentments and secrets still tightly guarded. All too quickly it is clear that what happened long ago under the shadow of Vesuvius, she suspects, still has the power to cause terri...
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Living in Data : A Citizen's Guide to a Better Information Future (9780374189907)

In the fall of 2009, the data artist Jer Thorp wrote a pair of algorithms to inscribe names on the 9/11 Memorial in Manhattan. The project involved designing a layout that allowed for "meaningful adjacencies"-family members, business partners, coworkers-to be etched into the bronze in close proximity. Thorp presented his results in competition against another team, a group of financial analysts who had also been working on the problem. The analysts were confident they'd found the most highly optimized solution-a maximum of about 93 percent of the adjacencies could be satisfied-when Thorp, a long-haired artist working on an old broken laptop, presented his layout: it was 99.99 percent solved. The analysts, it turned out, had looked at the data but not at how the data was to be represented. But Thorp considered each name as a unique unit in a real system. He'd solved a data problem by honoring the people from whom the data came, as well as the world in which that data ...
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Belonging : The Ancient Code of Togetherness: The book that inspired the England football team (9781529415063)

THE #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 'Gareth Southgate's secret weapon' - Guardian 'A copy of Eastwood's new book, Belonging, was given to every England player when they reported for duty at the European Championships' - Telegraph 'How Maori belief is driving the England team to seize the moment' - Sunday Telegraph 'Belonging is a must-read for anyone interested in building a long term high-performing team.' - Stuart Lancaster 'One of the wisest books about winning you'll ever read...Powerful lessons beautifully expressed.' - James Kerr In BELONGING Owen Eastwood reveals, for the first time, the ethos that has made him one of the most in-demand Performance Coaches in the world. Drawing on his own Maori ancestry, Owen weaves together insights from homo sapiens' evolutionary story and our collective wisdom. He shines a light on where these powerful ideas are applied around the world in high-performing settings encompassing s...
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2034 : A Novel of the Next World War (9781984881250)

An instant New York Times Bestseller! "Consider this another vaccine against disaster. Fortunately, this dose won't cause a temporary fever--and it happens to be a rippingly good read." --Wired "This crisply written and well-paced book reads like an all-caps warning for a world shackled to the machines we carry in our pockets and place on our laps . . . --The Washington Post From two former military officers and award-winning authors, a chillingly authentic geopolitical thriller that imagines a naval clash between the US and China in the South China Sea in 2034--and the path from there to a nightmarish global conflagration. On March 12, 2034, US Navy Commodore Sarah Hunt is on the bridge of her flagship, the guided missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones, conducting a routine freedom of navigation patrol in the South China Sea when her ship detects an unflagged trawler in clear distress, smoke billowing from its bridge. On that same day, US Marine aviator Major Chris W...
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Reincarnation (9781425455354)

This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. 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 for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. Product details Format Paperback | 48 pages Dimensions 210 ...
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El poeta es un fingidor (9788437638942)

Pessoa es, con Camoens, el escritor portugués que más ha trascendido fuera de su país. Además de un gran poeta, Pessoa fue también un extraordinario prosista y, sobre todo, un pensador, agudo, profundo y original. Los biógrafos y demás estudiosos de Pessoa no suelen olvidar su declaración de que, desde su infancia, gustaba el poeta de rodearse de personajes ficticios de su invención, en los que él mismo veía el origen remoto de los heterónimos. Esta edición ofrece, en versión bilingüe, una amplia selección de sus tres principales heterónimos: Alberto Caeiro, Ricardo Reis y Álvaro de Campos, así como de Pessoa "êle mesmo". Product details Format Paperback | 584 pages ...
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Winning Soccer for Girls (9780816077151)

Perfect your soccer skills with this essential guide. Soccer is the number one spectator sport in the world, and its popularity in the United States has been steadily growing for many years. Today more and more young women are testing their skills on the soccer field, and youth soccer is becoming increasingly more competitive. ""Winning Soccer for Girls, Third Edition"" offers an indispensable guide to the detailed mechanics of this high-velocity sport, perfect for girls interested in soccer, as well as their parents and coaches. Each chapter in this revised and updated edition covers a different element of the game - including shooting, passing, and ball handling - while more than 130 full-color photographs and diagrams illustrate drills and games that can improve technique. This comprehensive new guidebook contains updated material on developing agility, power, and strength and improving ball control and handling. The history and rules of the game are also examine...
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Treasonable Doubt : The Harry Dexter White Spy Case (9780700613113)

Whittaker Chambers and Elizabeth Bentley shocked America in 1948 with their allegations that Communist spies had penetrated the American government. The resulting perjury trial of Alger Hiss is already legendary, but Chambers and Bentley also named Harry Dexter White, a high-ranking Treasury official. (Hiss himself thought that White had been the real target of the House Un-American Activities Committee.) When White died only a week after his bold defense before Congress, much speculation remained about the cause of his death and the truth of the charges made against him. Armed with a wealth of new information, Bruce Craig examines this controversial case and explores the ambiguities that have haunted it for more than half a century. The highest ranking figure in the Roosevelt and Truman administrations to be accused of espionage, White played a central role in the founding of the United Nations' twin financial institutions, the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. For years...
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Prentice Hall's Federal Taxation 2010 : Comprehensive (0136112455)

For any first course in Federal Taxation at the undergraduate or MBA level. The most recent federal taxation mandates with the highest level of readability and relevancy for students. The Pope/Anderson/Kramer series is unsurpassed in blending the technical content of the most recent federal taxation mandates with the highest level of readability and relevancy for students. The 2010 edition has been updated to include the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Product details Format Hardback | 1616 pages Dimensions 224 x 279 ...
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Usagi Yojimbo Volume 31: The Hell Screen (1506701876)

In this thrilling volume, the rabbit ronin teams up with--and faces off against--a multitude of unexpected characters! First, bandits plunder a village threatened by flooding . . . but their reasons for pillaging will surprise even the most steadfast! Then, Usagi must work alongside his natural enemy--a Kappa--to cast out a violent renegade of the same species. Later, a Komori ninja must honor her debts when she and Usagi end up on opposing sides of a trade agreement gone wrong. Finally, Inspector Ishida returns to investigate a ghastly painting known only as the Hell Screen! Collects Usagi Yojimbo issues #152-#158. Product details Format Paperback | 208 pages Dimen...
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Drachenväter (3956451155)

Level, Erfahrungspunkte, Lebensenergie: Wo kommen diese in fast jedem Computerspiel auftauchenden Konzepte eigentlich her? Die Antwort lautet: Sie stammen aus drei kleinen braunen Büchlein, die 1974 in den USA veröffentlicht wurden. In ihnen befanden sich die Regeln für Dungeons & Dragons (D&D), das erste Fantasy-Rollenspiel. Alles was danach kam, von The Bard s Tale bis World of Warcraft , hat seinen Ursprung in diesen sogenannten Pen&Paper-Rollenspielen, die man mit Papier, Bleistift und Würfeln spielte. Viele derer, die man heute als Generation C64 oder als Nerds bezeichnet, saßen in den Siebzigern und Achtzigern mit Freunden um den Küchentisch und durchstreiften als Zwerge oder Elfen Verliese voller Monster. Der Einfluss von Rollenspielen auf die Populärkultur ist immens: Sie tauchen in Dutzenden Filmen und Büchern auf, Simpsons - Erfinder Matt Groening und die Schauspieler Vin Diesel, Robin Williams oder Mike Myers sind ebenso erklärte D&D-Fans wie der Schriftste...
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Love Satisfies : How to have infinite non-ejaculatory orgasms (Dry orgasms, Energy orgasms, Male multiple orgasms, Tantric Sex, Sustainable Sex) (1479215694)

You can have the same wonderful, mind-blowing, and satisfying orgasms without ejaculating. Google it. Ejaculating and orgasms are two separate things. Google it. You can have either one without the other one. Many books teach how to have dry orgasms, also known as non-ejaculatory orgasms and male multiple orgasms.Why bother having orgasms without ejaculating? Because instead of going limp and falling asleep, you'll stay hard and full of energy. Why buy this particular book? Love Satisfies is a picture book. Creatively-drawn illustrations (one for every page of writing) teach dry orgasms. It's written at the fifth grade level - simple and easy to understand."Do dry orgasms feel the same?"Yes, you'll feel the same wonderful feelings of release. Your throbbing, pulsing, contractions just won't pump anything out."Will I still be able to ejaculate?"Yes, you'll ejaculate whenever you want to, but you probably won't want to.- Not ejaculating el...
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Empire of the Senseless (9780802128355)

Originally published in 1988, Empire of the Senseless marked a turning point in Acker's wild, inimitable style. Considered one of her more accessible works, here Acker candidly addresses her lifelong obsessions: childhood and trauma, language and sexuality, criminality and corruption, oppression and rebellion. Abhor (part human, part robot) and her lover Thivai (a pirate) traverse Paris in a dystopian future, in search of a mysterious drug that Thivai needs in order to maintain his ability to love. Navigating the chaotic city, they encounter mad doctors, prisoners, bikers, sailors, tattooists, terrorists, and prostitutes, while a band of Algerian revolutionaries take over, and the C. I. A. plots to thwart them all. Sexually explicit, graphically violent, Empire of the Senseless resists the desensitizing of cultural consciousness and the disintegration of interpersonal communication. A timeless, prescient parable, it speaks profoundly to our social and political history as well as o...
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The Causal Body and the Ego (9781162605708)

This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. 1928. This volume forms the fourth, and last, of the series of compilations dealing with the bodies of man. Nearly forty volumes, mostly written by Annie Besant and C.W. Leadbeater, were thoroughly searched and the material found within was arranged, sorted and classified into appropriate departments, so as to present the student of modern Theosophy a coherent and sequential account of the finer bodies of man. The compiler hopes that this book will serve to make a little easier the path of those who desire to obtain a comprehensive grasp of what may be termed the technical aspects of modern theosophy. Product details Format Paperback | 368 pages ...
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Memphis Mayhem : A Story of the Music That Shook Up the World (9781705257975)

Memphis gave birth to music that changed the world-Memphis Mayhem is a fascinating history of how music and culture collided to change the state of music forever Memphis Mayhem weaves the tale of the racial collision that led to a cultural, sociological, and musical revolution. David Less constructs a fascinating narrative of the city that has produced a startling array of talent, including Elvis Presley, B. B. King, Al Green, Otis Redding, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Justin Timberlake, and so many more. Beginning with the 1870s yellow fever epidemics that created racial imbalance as wealthy whites fled the city, David Less moves from W. C. Handy's codification of blues in 1909 to the mid-century advent of interracial musical acts like Booker T. & the M.G.'s, the birth of punk, and finally to the growth of a music tourism industry. Memphis Mayhem explores the city's entire musical ecosystem, which includes studios, high school band instructors, clubs, record companies, fam...
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All the Miracles of the Bible (9780310281016)

The Supernatural in Scripture--Its Scope and SignificanceThe Bible is a book of miracles. From Genesis to Revelation, the supernatural power of God is on display from the Creation, to the plagues of Egypt, to the Messiah's authority over demons and diseases, to the apocalyptic clash between satanic forces and divine omnipotence.In detailed description and analysis, Dr. Herbert Lockyer furnishes a case-by-case look at all the miracles of the Bible. From the beginning of the Old Testament to the end of the New Testament, All the Miracles of the Bible walks us through theBooks of Moses Historical Books Post-Captivity Books Poetical BooksProphetical Books Gospels Acts Epistles Apocalypse". . . can be used as a handy reference work by any and every Bible student."--The BannerHerbert W. Lockyer's "All" books give you life-enriching insights into the Bible. From characters you can learn from, to teachings you can apply, to promises you can stand on and prophecies ...
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A Certain Magical Index, Vol. 15 (light novel) (9780316442725)

Academy City's peacekeeping forces are absent due to the Avignon invasion. In that now lawless land, shadowy groups start moving behind the scenes. --Those acting for their own interests. --Those who love the dark and revel in killing. --Those trying to destroy others' hope. --Those standing up in defiance for those important to them. --Those bringing the battle to the higher echelons. --Those quelling rebellious elements. --Those who would stop a rampage with violence. In this city, which controls all of science, who will survive? Product details Format Paperback | 260 pages Dimensions ...
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Art Quilt Maps : Capture a Sense of Place with Fiber Collage-A Visual Guide (9781607056829)

Award-winning quilt artist Valerie Goodwin shows your customers how to transform the places they loveand places they've always wanted to seeinto hypnotic art quilts. Readers learn step by step how to create fiber collages based on maps of their favorite real and imaginary places. The book features a large photo gallery of quilt maps by Valerie and her students. *Innovative designs keep your customers' creativity engaged *Fully illustrated guide covers a variety of basic mixed-media techniques *Bundle this book with fabric paints and mediums, markers, and fusible web Product details Format Paperback | 96 pages Dimensions ...
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