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The Ebola virus is rife in some African countries, but is this connected in any way to a threat to the Vatican? Tom Ranswick and a Chinese agent are deliberately infected with a new strain of Ebola and their lives are in great danger. Jake Brown, whilst recuperating in Rome, finds that a terrorist mastermind is also there, but why? He is not a man known to take holidays. Can the world's security agencies come together to stop a devastating ISI...

In The Triumphant Juan Rana, Peter E. Thompson examines the actor's sexuality both on and off the stage and demonstrates that his homosexuality was tolerated, even understood and applauded, by the public.

Using Nietzsche's categories of monumentalist, antiquarian and critical history, the author examines the historical and theoretical contexts of the collapse of the GDR in 1989 and looks at the positive and negative legacies of the GDR for the PDS (the successor party to the East German Communists). He contends that the Stalinization of the GDR itself was the product not just of the Cold War but of a longer inter-systemic struggle between the c...

Using Nietzsche's categories of monumentalist, antiquarian and critical history, the author examines the historical and theoretical contexts of the collapse of the GDR in 1989 and looks at the positive and negative legacies of the GDR for the PDS (the successor party to the East German Communists). He contends that the Stalinization of the GDR itself was the product not just of the Cold War but of a longer inter-systemic struggle between the c...

The sentient computer virus causes more trouble for the twenty planets that make up the human elite. It embarks on a method using an intelligent bug queen that sends her worker and soldier bugs to take over a planet that is lightly populated after a long war of attrition. Once again, the earthman Jonathan Peel is sent to this planet by Myfous along with a small band of soldiers to find out what is happening. He finds that new queens are pregna...

The fight against a parasitic invader on Earth would take Marcus Cobb into space only to find that other worlds were also fighting a war of attrition against this invader of worlds. Worlds that were further advanced than his own. Marcus Cobb was found to have a mind that could fight the Lowi menace, his mind being so strong that he wouldn't succumb to their mind control. He was to join a task force for the united nations of sentient beings, a ...

Die halb-biografische Geschichte des Journalisten Hunter S. Thompson (Bill Murray) und seines Anwaltes Lazlo (Peter Boyle) ... Lazlo verdient das wirklich große Geld mit Waffenschmuggel, und Hunter hat eine ... sagen wir mal sehr eigenwillige Art, an Informationen für seine Reportagen zu kommen. Hauptsache, er hat seinen Bourbon, aber auch andere Drogen sind ihm jederzeit willkommen.

Excerpt from The Myology of the Pelvic Floor: A Contribution to Human and Comparative Anatomy The more highly differentiated pelvic ¿oor, therefore, consists of a compact mass in which two distinct layers of muscles may be recognised, the arrangement and functions of which are in striking contrast. The upper layer, designed for purposes of support, forms a more or less complete pelvic diaphragm, the inferior layer, designed for purposes of co...

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George Ernest Morrison first came to public attention in his native Australia when his strong sense of courage and devotion to reporting the truth led him, at only 20 years of age, to expose the Australian Kanaka slave trade. This is the story of 'Morrison of China'.

The Outrageous Juan Rana Entremeses translates a selection of Juan Rana's interludes for the first time, highlighting their literary complexity and providing historical context for the many double meanings and innuendos they contain.

This book is a magnificently illustrated volume that can help anglers, scientists, and nature lovers to identify and appreciate North American freshwater game fish. In addition, Thompson provides information about fish biology, behavior, and habitats.

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed w...

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The guide is a refreshingly different account of the Christian story and is ideally suited to young adults. It covers the main Christian events succinctly and links them in a way that makes the story come alive. The scope of the guide is comprehensive. It begins with a review of pre-Christian beliefs and what the ordinary people at the time of Jesus knew and understood. It ends with a review of what Christians believe today and some of the iss...

The guide is a refreshingly different account of the Christian story and is ideally suited to young adults. It covers the main Christian events succinctly and links them in a way that makes the story come alive. The scope of the guide is comprehensive. It begins with a review of pre-Christian beliefs and what the ordinary people at the time of Jesus knew and understood. It ends with a review of what Christians believe today and some of the iss...

One of the most celebrated scientists of the 19th century, William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, was said to have more letters after his name than any man in the British Empire. His prodigious accomplishments included both theoretical insights and significant inventions. Among his contributions to theory were advances in hydrodynamics, an innovative synthesis of the mathematical relationship between electricity and heat, and major work in the second l...

This book is the one many people in the military do not want recruits to read. The guide contains extremely helpful hints and advice to help new enlistees during the rigors of military training. Most important, the information is free from biased interests because it is "written by a recruit for a recruit." Although tailored toward the Army and Marines, any person enlisting in the Armed Forces will find the information exceedingly valuable. Ev...

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