In einem alten verstaubten Ohrensessel hockte ein Wesen, das zu beschreiben jedem Menschen schwergefallen wäre. Obwohl es ohne Zweifel menschliche Züge aufwies, war es am ganzen Körper behaart wie ein Tier und hatte spitz zulaufende Ohren. Seine Nase glich der eines Hundes. Eine lange rote Zunge hing aus dem Maul der Schreckensgestalt. Aus ihrer Kehle kam ein leises, aufgeregtes Hecheln...Das Auto hatte sich überschlagen. Axelrod sah seinen blutüberströmten Körper, hörte seine Frau...

In der entferntesten unwirtlichsten Ecke Ungarns, nahe der slowakischen Grenze, erheben sich auf einem Ausläufer der Kleinen Karpaten dunkel und drohend die Überreste von Schloss Csejthe. Noch heute flüstern die Bauern der nahe liegenden Dörfer, dass in den mondhellen Nächten, wenn der Nebel von den Tälern aufsteigt und das verfallene Gemäuer umhüllt, das Tier von Csejthe umherschleicht. Sie glauben noch immer sein unmenschliches Heulen zu hören. Im Inneren der Ruine befindet sich ein zuge...

Hexen in einer amerikanischen Großstadt! Eine Vorstellung, über die nüchterne und sachliche Menschen nur lachen können. Genauso hätte Brad Halliday auch reagiert, wenn man ihm das erzählt hätte. Bis er selbst eine schreckliche Beobachtung machen muss: Seine Frau Ruth scheint eine dieser Hexen zu sein! Er begreift die Welt nicht mehr. Von dunklen Ahnungen getrieben verfolgt er sie, und als er sie zur Rede stellen will, verwandelt sie sich vor seinen Augen in eine Bestie, die seinen Tod will...

In "Manual of Library Cataloguing," John Henry Quinn presents a comprehensive exploration of cataloguing principles and practices that serve as foundational pillars for library science. Written with a meticulous attention to detail, this seminal work balances theoretical frameworks with practical applications, offering readers a clear understanding of classification systems, metadata standards, and the evolution of cataloguing practices in the face of digital transformation. Quinn's access...

In "Manual of Library Cataloguing," John Henry Quinn presents a comprehensive and systematic approach to the organization and classification of library materials. The book marries theoretical frameworks with practical techniques, elucidating essential principles of cataloguing that have guided librarianship since its inception. With a clear and methodical literary style, Quinn addresses the intricacies of bibliographic control, the complexities of classification systems, and the evolving l...

This book, first published in 1933, shows the more common difficulties in constructing library entries for author single-entries with references, and author-entries with added entries. These basic principles of cataloguing practice offer valuable advice to the cataloguer of books.

When life is murder, who can you trust?One minute Mia Quinn is in her basement, chatting on the phone with a colleague at the prosecutor's office. The next minute she hears a gunshot over the line, and Mia listens in horror as her colleague and friend Colleen bleeds to death.Mia's a natural for heading up the murder investigation, but these days it's all she can do to hold her life together. As a new widow with a pile of debts, a troubled teenaged ...

A Fortune best nonfiction book of 2023In a revelatory dispatch from the frontier of capitalist extremism, an acclaimed historian of ideas shows how free marketeers are realizing their ultimate goal: an end to nation-states and the constraints of democracy.Look at a map of the world and you’ll see a colorful checkerboard of nation-states. But this is not where power actually resides. Over the last decade, globalization has shattered...

A tribute to the golden age of radio from veteran producer Joe Bevilacqua and comic strip artist Donnie Pitchford, The 2nd New & Old Time Radio Collection is a series of new stories and parodies featuring beloved radio characters and shows.A Joe Bev Audio Theater Sampler, Volume 1This half-hour anthology represents more than forty years of storytelling by Joe Bevilacqua, a.k.a Joe Bev, the award-winning actor, writer, producer, and director. Each half-hour...

Race and racism have played a divisive and defining role throughout much of America's history. Slavery, Jim Crow laws, segregation, and Ku Klux Klan terrorism have inflicted deep psychic wounds, social disparities, and economic disadvantages that have diminished the promise of equal rights and opportunities for all.While much progress in race relations has been made in recent years-including the election of Barack Obama as President of the United State-it's clear that our journey t...

Who are we, and where do we come from? The fundamental drive to answer these questions is at the heart of Finding Your Roots, the companion book to the hit PBS documentary series. As Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. shows us, the tools of cutting-edge genomics and deep genealogical research now allow us to learn more about our roots, looking further back in time than ever before. Gates' investigations take on the personal and genealogical histories of more than twenty luminar...

THE NEW YORK TIMES INSTANT #1 BESTSELLER!“I like to think of Not All Diamonds and Rosé as the ultimate reunion. I know readers will be surprised, entertained, and even shocked at what’s in store." —Andy CohenDave Quinn's Not All Diamonds and Rosé is the definitive oral history of the hit television franchise, from its unlikely start in the gated c...