One might think that being able to know the truth about anything would be a wonderful gift to have. Unfortunately, as Christian Faraday discovered--it wasn't.A strong psychic ability suddenly thrust upon him by an unusual incident at 14,000 feet, Christian thinks he is being a good citizen in helping the FBI solve a series of high profile disappearances. Unfortunately, he proves so valuable that he finds the peaceful life he shares with his daughter quickly transformed. A series fa...

Die meisten Privatanleger kaufen Aktien und warten passiv darauf, dass sie im Wert steigen. Doch institutionelle Großinvestoren und Hedgefonds können es sich nicht leisten, Milliarden in stagnierenden Werten zu parken. Ihre Lösung ist eine der elegantesten und am wenigsten verstandenen Strategien der Finanzwelt: die Covered Call Option (gedeckter Leerverkauf). Bei dieser Methode verkaufen Investoren das vertragliche Recht an jemand anderen, ihre Aktien zu einem späteren Zeitpunkt zu einem ...

Hidden beneath the rolling landscapes of modern-day Turkey lies an architectural marvel that defies belief. Discovered completely by accident when a man knocked down a basement wall in 1963, Derinkuyu is a massive, multi-level underground city capable of sheltering up to 20,000 people, along with their livestock and food stores. Featuring sophisticated ventilation shafts, deep wells, churches, and heavy rolling stone doors, it is a testament to the desperate ingenuity of ancient peoples. B...

Tunisian cinema is often described as the most daring of all Arab cinemas. For many, Tunisia appeared to be a model of equipoise between "East" and "West," and yet, during Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's presidency, from 1987 to 2011, the country became the most repressive state in the Maghreb. Against considerable odds, a generation of filmmakers emerged in the mid-1980s to make films that are allegories of resistance to the increasingly illiberal trends that were marking their society....

This book is annotated with a rare extensive biographical sketch of the author, Andrew Lang, written by Sir Edmund Gosse, CB, a contemporary poet and writer. Mr. Kirk's little book was written in 1691 and was probably not printed until 1815, when an edition of only one hundred copies appeared at Edinburgh from the press of James Ballantyne & Company for Longman & Company of London. Mr. Kirk's book is the most curious imaginable. Written in 1691 by a Scotch divine, it is nothing less than a...

Full-color, step-by-step guidance on how to perform the most popular procedures in cosmetic surgeryUsing more than 250 full-color illustrations and photos, and clear, concise text, Cosmetic Surgery teaches you how to perform the latest and most in-demand surgical and non-surgical procedures in aesthetic plastic surgery. Each chapter includes patient selection and preparation, technique, complications, outcomes assessment, and references, and many illustrat...

Great Book of Shop Drawings for Craftsman Furniture, Revised & Expanded Second Edition is a complete sourcebook of working shop drawings for 61 classic pieces of American furniture. Whether known as Craftsman, Arts & Crafts, or Mission, these sturdy, straightforward and immensely popular designs have graced American homes for more than 100 years. The author, a master cabinetmaker, measured original Craftsman antiques to create these detailed plans. This revised new paperback edition is com...

William Henry John was a small time rancher. But when his wife died in a riding accident, he became a broken man. He turned to drink. At first his neighbours were helpful and sympathetic, but Henry John soon became the town drunk and ignored by all. Then one day his life changed. He saved the life of a young woman who he thought was his dead wife. She thanked him and gave him a kiss on the cheek. From that day forth, William Henry John became a changed, if disturbed man.

Nachdem die Armee der Wikinger Paris eingenommen und von den Franken ein üppiges Lösegeld für das Versprechen erhalten hat, ihr Königreich in Frieden zu verlassen, kehren die siegreichen Invasoren aus dem Frankenreich nach Dänemark zurück. Jetzt ist Halfdan bereit, Toke – den Anführer, der Halfdans Bruder Harald ermordet hat - mithilfe von Jarl Hastein und seinen Kriegern zur Rechenschaft zu ziehen.Die Starkbogen-Saga ist eine epische Erzählung von der beharrlichen Suche eines Mann...

Demonstrating how woodworkers can approach the complex job of designing and making built-in cabinets for kitchens, family rooms, and home offices, this technical handbook provides meticulously detailed shop drawings, instructions, and hundreds of professional tips for saving time, materials, unnecessary aggravation, and money. Bob Lang offers practical, hands-on guidance for building traditional face-frame cabinets as well as constructing contemporary frameless Euro-style cabinets.W...

Travelling West was never easy. Men, women and children endured the rough terrain, the heat, the cold, illness and, sometimes, Indians. So, when sickness struck, and wagons had to be segregated, the danger was increased. There were always men ready to take advantage and Clem Watkins and his gang were ready to do just that. Ardal Maloney, his wife Kate and two children had left Ireland to seek out a new life in the West. Leaving behind them starvation, poverty and death, they came to the Ne...

What made saloonkeeper Wilbur Enright so eager to get his hands on the keys to the bank's safe, after the disappearance of the sheriff, Clint West? With Luther Parry, the assistant bank manager, and his wife, Luicy, also missing, and three dangerous-looking strangers new in town, serious trouble threatens. But one of the strangers, Dale Smith, is on the trail of the missing three, and the good people of Springfield are in for a long and tough ride if peace is to be restored.....