Learn 70 tricks that are easy to master and hundreds of techniques that are essential for every budding magician.Easy Card Tricks includes mathematical dupes, sleights of hand,'mind-reading' stunts, expert shuffles, and card predictions that will seem impossible to an observer. Some of these tricks need no special skills at all, some need simple equipment such as a pen and paper, and some need simple conjuring skills to make the false shuffles, double lifts and glides look...

This is the early autobiography of the artist Peter Arnold (Collen) written like a novel rather than a diary of events.It begins in a Children's Home during the 1930's in Nazi Germany. We follow the author from school to work with a plumbing firm in Berlin and thence, just as war is about to break out, to Italy and from there to Palestine. The terrors of Berlin are soon replaced by other dangers but Peter does not dwell on these. He tries to get on with his life and learn from his ...

Fifty-two readings on living in intentional Christian community to spark group discussion.Gold Medal Winner, 2017 Illumination Book Awards, Christian LivingSilver Medal Winner, 2017 Benjamin Franklin Award in Religion, Independent Book Publishers AssociationWhy, in an age of connectivity, are our lives more isolated and fragmented than ever? And what can be done about it? The answer lies in the hands...

Stretch your legs away from the city with Lonely Planet's Best Day Walks New Zealand and discover 60 easy escapes into nature with maps and directions.Lace up your walking boots and experience the freedom of the great outdoors with trails that range from a couple of hours to a full day. Admire panoramic views of mountains and alpine lakes as you climb Key Summit; explore golden sand beaches on a stomp through Abel Tasman N...

e-artnow presents to you the greatest Christmas novels, magical Christmas tales, legends, most famous carols and the unique poetry of the giants of literature dedicated to this one and only holiday: The Gift of the Magi (O. Henry) The Holy Night (Selma Lagerlöf) A Merry Christmas & Other Christmas Stories (Louisa May Alcott) A Letter from Santa Claus (Mark Twain) Silent Night The Night After Christmas The Child Born at Bethlehem The Adoration of the Shepherds The Visit of the Wise Men As J...

In this ground-breaking Australian book, a diverse group of international writers, scholars and commentators shed light on some of the most pressing human rights and public policy challenges of our time. Contributors include thinkers of Muslim background with extensive personal experience in developing countries, and Western writers of both secular and religious orientation. Individual essays deal with the human rights of Muslims and non-Muslims alike, in areas ranging from women's rights ...

Stretch your legs away from the city with Lonely Planet's Best Day Hikes New Zealand and discover 60 easy escapes into nature with maps and directions.Lace up your hiking boots and experience the freedom of the great outdoors with trails that range from a couple of hours to a full day. Admire panoramic views of mountains and alpine lakes as you climb Key Summit; explore golden sand beaches on a stomp through Abel Tasman Na...

Das globale Klima wird durch Änderungen der Wärmestrahlung, durch Eigenschaften und Wechselwirkungen in der Atmosphäre, durch ankommende und reflektierte Solarstrahlung, durch die Erdumlaufbahn, Sonnenaktivität, sowie Charakteristika der Erd- und Wasseroberfläche bestimmt. Kurzum: Es ist komplex und noch ist es nicht hinreichend erforscht. Gerade das sollte uns auffordern, Klimaschutz ernst zu nehmen und zu versuchen, ihn in seiner Vielschichtigkeit anzuerkennen. Was Marlen Gabriele Arnold...

Deutschland und der Flüchtlingsstrom – "Wir schaffen das", sagt Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel. Die mehr als 20 zumeist prominenten Autoren des Buches setzen sich in nachdenklichen, teils sehr bewegenden und mitfühlenden Texten gedanklich mit dem Neuen und Fremden, den Problemen, Sorgen und Ängsten auseinander. Und zwar den eigenen wie denen vieler Menschen in Deutschland. Die Autoren aus ganz unterschiedlichen gesellschaftlichen, politischen oder künstlerischen Bereichen sind dabei nicht n...

Crisis and Commonwealth: Marcuse, Marx, McLaren advances Marcuse scholarship by presenting four hitherto untranslated and unpublished manuscripts by Herbert Marcuse from the Frankfurt University Archive on themes of economic value theory, socialism, and humanism. Contributors to this edited collection, notably Peter Marcuse, Henry Giroux, Peter McLaren, Zvi Tauber, Arnold L. Farr and editor, Charles Reitz, are deeply engaged with the foundational theories of Marcuse and Marx with regard to...

Crossing Borders is a gathering of twenty original, interdisciplinary essays on the paradigm of borders in African American literature, multi-ethnic U.S. studies, and South Asian studies. These essays by established and mid-career scholars from around the globe employ a variety of approaches to the idea of “border crossings” and represent important contributions to the discourses on modernity, diasporic mobility, populism, migration, exile, sub-nation, trans-nation, as well as the formatio...

If you were summoned by an angel to a distant land, would you go?In the eagerly awaited sequel, ARMOR OF LIGHT II : A Trilogy Story ( 2nd Book in the Series ), the Christian fiction angelic suspense thriller continues as Michael is summoned urgently by the Sons of Light to defend the sacred, Shroud of Turin from destruction. Threatened with abduction and martyrdom in the netherworld, Michael faces his greatest nemesis yet, the evil Lilith, her ravenous wolves and t...