Think you know everything about Pirates? Fascination with Pirates has for centuries driven stories of heroic proportions--true, exaggerated, and imaginary. Legends of their high seas debauchery continue to inspire modern day books, movies, and groups, dedicated to acting out their past. Pirates are heroes to some and the lowest of crooks to others, but do we really know the truth?The facts are that the historical record on pirates is vague, contradictory, and rarel...

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 ...

From the dawn of the atomic age, art and popular culture have played an essential role interpreting nuclear issues to the public and investigating the implications of nuclear weapons to the future of human civilization. Political and social forces often seemed paralyzed in thinking beyond the advent of nuclear weapons and articulating a creative response to the dilemma posed by this apocalyptic technology. Art and popular culture are uniquely suited to grapple with the implications of the ...

An Hourglass through Time gives us a view of biblical interpretation as it should be viewed, from our time to theirs, applying it to today after we understand how it was viewed then. It is all based on the biblical interpretation model of seeing how the scriptures were received by the original biblical audience then building a bridge for relevance to the contemporary audience. The biggest mistake we make in our Christian walks is to think God's words evolve and mean something different as ...

Robert Jacobs has written an intriguing series about his spiritual path, Path to the Awakened Heart. His first book, Journey to the Awakened Heart, follows him as a young seeker in the 1970s, determined to discover more to life than the materialism he found in American culture. He moves to Paris and then begins to explore the world, traveling to West Africa, Morocco, Central Asia and finally to India, where he slowly finds answers to his spiritual search. Ultimately, he m...

Manufacturing Planning and Control Systems for Supply Chain Management is both the classic field handbook for manufacturing professionals in virtually any industry and the standard preparatory text for APICS certification courses. This essential reference has been totally revised and updated to give professionals the knowledge they need.

In its diversity of perspectives, The Unfinished Atomic Bomb: Shadows and Reflections is testament to the ways in which contemplations of the A-bomb are endlessly shifting, rarely fixed on the same point or perspective. The compilation of this book is significant in this regard, offering Japanese, American, Australian, and European perspectives. In doing so, the essays here represent a complex series of interpretations of the bombing of Hiroshima, and its implications both for history, and...

A book whose sales have not diminished but rather increased dramatically since its publication 45 years ago, this bestselling classic is the ultimate manual of drawing taught by the late Robert Beverly Hale, who’s famed lectures and classes at New York City’s Art Student League captivated artists and art educators from around the world.Faithfully producing and methodically analyzing 100 master drawings—including works of Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Rodin, Goya, and Rembrandt a...

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...

Where shadows bleed into light, a forbidden fire is born. This is not a love story; it is a descent into the intoxicating heart of obsession, a tempest of desire that threatens to consume everything in its path. Surrender your senses to a tale of exquisite torment and primal passion.Woven from secrets and a dangerous struggle for power, their connection is a storm that defies all reason. With every whispered confession and shattering revelation, the stakes spiral into a thrilling crescendo...

Where shadows bleed into light, a forbidden fire is born. This is not a love story; it is a descent into the intoxicating heart of obsession, a tempest of desire that threatens to consume everything in its path. Surrender your senses to a tale of exquisite torment and primal passion.Woven from secrets and a dangerous struggle for power, their connection is a storm that defies all reason. With every whispered confession and shattering revelation, the stakes spiral into a thrilling crescendo...