Eine heiße Nacht in Las Vegas. Die Würfel rollen. An einem der Spieltische sitzt Norma Collins, vor sich einen Stapel Silber-Dollars. Sie hat Glück.Doch dann muss Norma fort - sehr plötzlich muss sie fort. Es gibt nur einen einzigen Zufluchtsort...Das Mädchen, welches sie dort erwartet, ist ihr zum Verwechseln ähnlich. Und in ein paar Stunden wird eine von ihnen tot sein - die andere aber wird sich fragen: Wer bin ich?Der Thriller Ich bin meine Schwester vo...

Leadership training has long been the domain of life coaches and psychologists. As astrology's star rises around the world, it is only natural that the unique, person-centered insights it can generate are welcomed to the table as well. A new breed of specialized astrologer is arising, versed both in the ancient craft and the realities of business in the modern world. With Astrology and Leadership, Brad Williams is pioneering this new dimension in our increasingly respectable field...

Incisive insights into the distinctive nature of Japanese foreign intelligence and grand strategy, its underlying norms, and how they have changed over timeJapanese foreign intelligence is an outlier in many ways. Unlike many states, Japan does not possess a centralized foreign intelligence agency that dispatches agents abroad to engage in espionage. Japan is also notable for civilian control over key capabilities in human and signals intelligence. Japanese Foreign Intelligence and...

The unresolved territorial dispute between Japan and Russia over the South Kuril Islands/Northern Territories remains the largest obstacle to concluding a peace treaty and fully normalising bilateral relations between the two nations. This book traces the evolution of transnational relations between subnational public authorities in Hokkaido and Sakhalin, examining the interrelationship between these ties and the Russo-Japanese territorial dispute.The book investigates why the deve...

The highest rated WordPress development and design book on the market is back with an all new third edition.Professional WordPress is the only WordPress book targeted to developers, with advanced content that exploits the full functionality of the most popular CMS in the world. Fully updated to align with WordPress 4.1, this edition has updated examples with all new screenshots, and full exploration of additional tasks made possible by the latest tools and...

Extend WordPress with plugins using this advanced WordPress development book, updated for the current versionThis significantly updated edition of Professional WordPress Plugin Development addresses modern plugin development for WordPress, the highly popular content management system (CMS). If you’re using WordPress to create and manage websites, WordPress plugins are the software that can extend or enhance CMS functionality. This book offers guidance on w...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNew York Times bestselling author and former special forces officer Brad Taylor is back with a dynamic political thriller featuring Pike Logan as he goes head-to-head with an old enemy—and renowned assassin.After its proxies are devastated and its offensive capability pummeled in the latest war in the middle east, a rogue group of Iranian regime officials create a brazen plot to strike back at th...

There's nothing more mysterious than a locked box. Whether it's a literal strongbox, an empty coffin, the inner workings of a scientist's mind, or an underground prison cell, there are those who will use any means necessary to unlock the secrets of The Mystery Box.With this anthology, bestselling author Brad Meltzer introduces twenty-one original stories from today's most prominent mystery writers. In Laura Lippman's "Waco 1982," a young reporter stuck with a seemingly mun...

A New York Times Bestseller!In the latest explosive thriller from New York Times bestselling author and former special forces officer Brad Taylor, Pike Logan races to stop an insidious attack orchestrated by a man who knows America’s most treasured secrets.Conducting a routine cover development trip to Tajikistan, Pike and Jennifer learn that Afghanistan has fallen, and there’s a man on the run. One that has done more for ...

Former Air Force captain and New York Times bestselling author Dale Brown is an acknowledged master when it comes to bringing military action to breathtaking life and he has received glowing accolades since his debut publication, Flight of the Old Dog.Tiger’s Claw proves once again that every rave has been well deserved. Set in the near future, Tiger’s Claw imagines a scenario in which tensions escalate between an economically powerful China and ...

New York Times bestselling author and former special forces officer Brad Taylor is back with a propulsive and topical edge-of-your-seat military thriller featuring Pike Logan as he goes head-to-head with Putin’s henchmen.To finally end the war between their nations, a rogue band of Ukrainian partisans known as the Wolves teams up with members of Russia’s military intelligence to assassinate Vladimir Putin.But Putin is aware of the traitors in his m...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“A knockout punch of a novel.” —Mark GreaneyPike Logan uncovers a geopolitical scheme that has spiraled out of control in India in this latest pulse-pounding thriller with ripped from the headlines themes from New York Times bestselling author and former special forces officer Brad Taylor.While on a routine security assessment in India, Tas...