The Cold War reconsidered as a limited nuclear war“Inexorable clarity and care for his fellow humans mark Robert Jacobs's guide to the Cold War as a limited nuclear war, whose harms disfigure any possible future.”—Norma Field, author of In the Realm of a Dying Emperor: Japan at Century’s EndIn the fall of 1961, President Kennedy somberly warned Americans about deadly radioactive fallout clouds extending hundreds of miles from H‑bom...

The borough of Brooklyn in New York City found itself after World War II. Bobby Jacobs, born in Brooklyn in 1940, grew up in Brooklyn. He was poor in the early part of his life but never realized it. In 1952 his family moved from the poor neighborhood of Brownsville to middle-class Flatbush. He recognized the magnificence of Brooklyn, its people and its institutions. This is a series of short stories about the adventures of the author as he grew up, got educated and fell in love in Brookly...

Your definitive reference for manufacturing planning and control professionals—updated for the 2-part version of the CPIM examWritten by a team of recognized experts, Manufacturing Planning and Control for Supply Chain Management: The CPIM Reference, Second Edition, features hundreds of practice questions for the CPIM exams. The book arms you with the knowledge you need to obtain the coveted CPIM designation. You’ll get cutting-edge practices that provide ...

Margaret Dexxman is surprised when she receives a Wordsearch puzzle, but no clue to its contents. Careful examination however, reveals a woman's name, and within hours her body is discovered.Several other puzzles arrive over the next few weeks, and each time a body is discovered less than a day later.Margaret is devastated, when her dearest friend Samantha is also named and then later turns up dead.Six times she receives a puzzle, and six times someone dies. The Police...

The definitive guide to manufacturing planning and control--FULLY REVISED AND UPDATED FOR THE CPIM EXAMImprove supply chain effectiveness, productivity, customer satisfaction, and profitability with help from this authoritative resource. Completely up-to-date, Manufacturing Planning and Control for Supply Chain Management: APICS/CPIM Certification Edition offers comprehensive preparation for the challenging CPIM exam with hundreds of practice exam questions and detailed ...

Your definitive guide to MPC as it relates to supply chains—fully updated for the latest version of the CPIM examMaximize supply chain efficiency, productivity, and profitability—as well as customer satisfaction—using the hands-on information contained in this thoroughly revised resource. Written by a team of recognized experts, the book contains new coverage of Cloud-based systems, artificial intelligence, and data analytics.Designed for both professional ...

Cindy Lost was an ordinary girl with an ordinary mother. That is, until she set the cat's tail on fire by waving a stick at him.After that everything became weird. Gnomes coming out of her mother's glass cabinet, being just one example, and large Black birds asking to be let into the house being another.Her introduction into a world of enchantment and all things magical was tempered by the knowledge that something evil was lurking there.Finding out that her mother w...

Cindy is struggling to assimilate Oblitus' legacy, when she takes a short break in the real world.It is less of a break than anticipated when she encounters an organisation bent on the destruction of all Witches.And to add to that, she saves two children from almost certain death. Prevents two elderly pensioners from being mugged, and has to resist the advances of some amorous teenagers.Coming home after seeing her friends in the park, she is shocked to discover that h...

Path to the Awakened Heart: the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali is a comprehensive interpretation and analysis of one of the fundamental scriptures in the Indian yoga tradition. In his rendering, Robert Jacobs points to the universality of the teachings and practices in the Yoga Sutras, explaining how they form foundational elements of many spiritual paths. Interpreted in a non-dual manner consistent with teachings of the tantric yoga tradition of India, Robert provides contemplations wi...

Throughout the centuries, tales of Blackbeard's piratical activities and buried treasure have sparked the public's fascination and curiosity.Who was Blackbeard?What vessels did he take?Where is his treasure?What about Stede Bonnet and Benjamin Hornigold?Are the stories real?Writers and historians have attempted to chronicle the world's most notorious pirate for over three hundred years, but their conclusions are vague, co...

With the ordeal of the Black Witch behind her, Cindy Lost has settled down to her new life in the Witches Realm. But she is tested to the limit when, against all that is possible, Allott's Claw is stolen.To add to her woes, an invisible menace from the far past, that thrives on evil, and murders the innocent, has resurfaced, and possesses the stealer of the Claw.Its previous host, the Black Witch, was destroyed by Cindy at enormous cost to herself, but unbeknown to her at th...

A phone call in the middle of the night alerted Larry Dexxman to the death of his wife Penny's friend Stella. It seemed to be a simple mugging, but what should have been a straight forward investigation turns major when the bodies start to pile up.Initial enquiries reveal that Stella's past, and her present, were shrouded in mystery, and when the frequent trips that she took before her death lead to the Department of Work and Pensions whose office in London is unaccountably destroy...