Conan travels aboard the Argus, a merchant ship from Messantia, when they are attacked by the Tigress, the ship of the pirate Bêlit. During the confrontation, the Cimmerian is ready to sell his life, but when the situation seems more desperate, Bêlit becomes infatuated with the barbarian and he becomes her lover.Thus begins "The Queen of the Black Coast", by Robert E. Howard. Using this story as a starting point, Rodolfo Martínez reconstructs the three years that Conan and Bêlit spe...

Do you cancel trips, turn down opportunities, or feel your stomach tighten every time you have to board a plane? You are not alone — and it is not your fault.You know flying is safe. You've read the statistics a thousand times. And yet, when the doors close and the engines spool up, your body refuses to listen to that logic. This book was not written to convince you that flying is safe — you already know that. It was written to help you understand what is happening inside you, and ...

There is only ONE TRUE GOD—no other. Unfortunately, that one true God is not the "Yahweh of the Jews" but the "Father of Jesus."The "Yahweh of the Jews as revealed by Moses to the Israelites" and the "God that Jesus revealed to the world and whom Jesus called his Father" are not one and the same as the whole Christian world had maliciously taken them to be.Who is the FATHER OF JESUS?The Father of Jesus is the one true God who revealed himself through his Son Jesus. ...

Chess Visualization for the innocent Soulsnot faint hearted, willing to explore the unknownYasser Seirawan in his introduction to "Endings" states that even the most determined and enthusiastic players can be driven nearly to tears with the tedium of trying to study endings.But that's nothing compared to how boring a book about visualization can be, like this one.If you are new to my books, better look first for Fundamental Chess Patterns.If you already ...

One of the greatest classics of Brazilian literature, Barren Lives (Vidas Secas) by Graciliano Ramos, depicts the harsh reality of a family of migrants in the Northeastern semi-arid lands, facing a relentless drought and the struggle for survival. Fabiano, his wife Ms. Victoria, their two children, and the dog Whale cross dry landscapes in search of provision, carrying hopes and suffering amidst poverty.

Race is everywhere in the New Testament, but not in the way modern readers expect.Race and the Foreigner in the New Testament is a paradigm-changing book. Pushing back against modern assumptions that equate race primarily with skin color, Rodolfo Galvan Estrada III situates New Testament texts within the racial imagination of ancient Greece and Rome, where identity was defined in terms of genealogy, environment, and culture. The result is a new way of read...

They say "HARD WORK EQUALS SUCCESS." That if you are hardworking, you will be successful.I don't believe!I know of one egg vendor who truly was an exceptionally hard-working person. After ten years, he's still an egg vendor.The equation should be: "HARD WORK PLUS GOAL equals SUCCESS."If you don't have goals in life, you move about like a butterfly.Butterflies fly so erratically you wonder where do they really want to go. They flutter up and down, left ...

Ignotus Award 1996, Best Novel English Translation by Steve Redwood The neutral Convergence Space Station No. 1, known as the Whirld, is the unofficial but deadly battleground in which several Galactic powers fight, by all means at their disposal, to obtain a certain piece of information that would inevitably determine their whole future. But then an all-powerful malevolent AI, for reasons known only to itself, also enters the game… Cat's Whirld, a book indispensable for understanding the ...

White King in d1. White pawn in d2. Black King in d8. White to move. Depending on your move, you could win, or simply draw.This booklet is only about this pattern, a fundamental pattern, where nothing is left to chance or sheer luck, only one move out of the four possible moves wins. If you know it, the continuation, and the reason why, just skip this book then, it will not be of any help to you.Only knowledge is important. But if you have not deeply assimilated the concept...

This booklet is about 3 families of patterns: #10 (Smothered Mate) and #52 (Illusory pin) of my book "Fundamental Chess Patterns", and the attack to the castled King. Covering many variants.The main manual did just show 50 patterns, the aim was to fix them in your memory, while here each pattern is shown in different situations, to help the process of identification. So it will take longer to go through the whole book; no scrolling, you'll have to read.Some word of notice: ...

This ebook is a combination of patterns originally contained in three other books of mine: Forks, Lined up pieces, Defensive patterns. The information contained in my former books was limited by the size of the files, which could not be exceeded to maintain the price to 1 $. Here, with a small increase of price, there's no limit to the content, with a lot of diagrams (150 overall), to help understanding the patterns.The patterns are TACTIC patterns ONLY.It presents also eas...

A LATIN AMERICAN TRUE CRIME CLASSIC IN ENGLISH FOR THE FIRST TIME On the evening of 9th June 1956 in an apartment in Buenos Aires, a dozen men were arrested on suspicion of plotting against the Argentine government. A few hours later, the local police chief received the order to execute them. Almost all were innocent. Operation Massacre recreates the events of that night and its aftermath in dramatic detail, from the horrifying, botched execution to the author's successful efforts to track...