David, a chronically unemployed man wins a massive lottery jackpot, then has an incredible string of good luck and finds secret treasure maps. And, before he sails away alone, on a truly great adventure, with the likelihood of never returning, he briefly stops at the supermarket lottery counter and gives each of three lady workers a very generous gift. Yet recently, one of ladies, Jolene was fired, as often, she had an argumentative attitude with the staff, manager, and many customers. And...

In Manhattan, New York, Monday, 9:28 a.m., a Norwegian Nobel Prize Committee member, new Swedish Academy committee secretary, and permanent seasoned adviser, “the specialist” of intangible cultural heritage investigates a well-known Scandinavian metaphysical poet named Erika Segersäll Unræd, also known as persona no grata.

In Manhattan, New York, Monday, 9:28 a.m. … … a Norwegian Nobel Committee member, new Swedish Academy committee secretary, and permanent seasoned adviser, “the specialist” of intangible cultural heritage investigates a well-known Scandinavian metaphysical poet named Erika Segersäll Unræd, also known as persona no grata.

In Manhattan, New York, Monday, 9:28 a.m. … … a Norwegian Nobel Committee member, new Swedish Academy committee secretary, and permanent seasoned adviser, “the specialist” of intangible cultural heritage investigates a well-known Scandinavian metaphysical poet named Erika Segersäll Unræd, also known as persona no grata.

This science fiction adventure represents the ultimate survivor genre, a hero against all odds, against powerful special interests too-big-to-fail, a system controlled by ultimate insiders who often seem hell-bent on obsession, the last war, escalation, and world economic domination, to create a brave new world, another dystopia. And the story focuses on a black site scientist with an urgent mission: to reach the next underground bunker with unparalleled destruction and equipment that smol...

Bonnies greatest fears have come true: unemployed, homeless, bankrupt, as well as alienated from family and friends. In a desperate effort to salvage her life, she flees California in search of long-lost New York girlfriends. However, she soon discovers them trapped in a complex real -estate scam, as one of them purchased a rundown Gilded Age mansion at the edge of a remote as well as fiercely disputed forest, a place with a reputation; people enter and mysteriously return unfit to live. U...

This science fiction adventure represents the ultimate survivor genre, a hero against all odds, against powerful special interests too big to fail, a system controlled by ultimate insiders who often seem hell-bent on obsession, the last war, escalation, and world economic domination to create a brave new world; another dystopia. And the story focuses on a black site scientist with an urgent mission: to reach the next underground bunker with unparalleled destruction and equipment that smold...

After many months of long work commutes, dense traffic, work stress as a wage slave, one difficult diet after another, and sleepless nights of tossing and turning, Bonnie seems quite exhausted, malnourished, and timeless. Such as, when will relief arrive? And, when will I find paradise? And especially, when will she find someone to love and cherish? So, she buys another lottery ticket.

Featuring specially-commissioned artwork, a compact guide to this fast, lightly armed vehicle, developed by the British Army to carry infantry across ground defended by small-arms fire, specifically the Bren light machine gun.This name, 'Bren Gun Carrier' would stick with the Universal Carrier and all of its future variants. This book examines the Carrier, which was employed in a number of roles including carrying ammunition and towing anti-aircraft guns and traile...

A compact, detailed account of the most powerfully gunned tank fielded by the Allies during World War II.An ordinary American-built Sherman modified by the British, the Firefly had the firepower that could finally match the awesome German tanks that had dominated Europe. David Fletcher examines the controversy that dogged the Firefly and the psychological boost the tank provided to Allied forces.Exploring its successes and failures on the battlefield and pr...

The Sherman Crab Flail tank was the powerful culmination of a series of mine-clearing flail tanks developed during World War II.Here, David Fletcher recounts how the Sherman Crabs were among the first tanks ashore on D-Day and as the war progressed they were in constant demand both for formal attacks and more incidental operations. Following the development of the tank and its use in the war, he details the US Army's initial lack of interest in the flail, but how a...

In 1915 a machine christened "Little Willie" changed the way that wars were fought.Little Willie was a fully tracked armoured vehicle that could break a trench system. Its development was completed in December 1915, but by then it had already been superseded by an improved design, Mother. This was the first rhomboid tank, and the prototype for the Mark 1 which would influence a whole generation of tank building.This book details the development of the Mark ...