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Postmaster general Moist von Lipwig, former arch-swindler and confidence man, has exceeded all expectations in running the Ankh-Morpork Post Office. So it's somewhat disconcerting when Lord Vetinari summons Moist to the palace and asks, "Tell me, Mr. Lipwig, would you like to make some real money?"Vetinari isn't talking about wages. He's referring to the Royal Mint of Ankh-Morpork that has run on the hereditary employment of the Men of the She...

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Calling on his experience as a member of CIA and his creative abilities and touch of humor, Dick Puckett has spun out a story that allows you to enter the bowels of the FBI and CIA where a team of odd-ball experts gather together to thwart a plot by terrorists to wreak havoc on America. Will a CIA agent with unusual powers be able to team up with a beautiful female peer and stop the distruction? (This novel has been approved for release by ...

This trade paperback collection delivers new tales of The Darkness from some of the industry's biggest names! This is a must-have for any collection!

IS THE CLASSIC HUNGARIAN CHILDRENS PICTURE BOOK ABOUT THE LITTLE FAWN AND THE KINDLY OLD LADY WHO TAKES CARE OF IT. IN THE NEARLY SIX DECADES SINCE IT WAS FIRST PUBLISHED IN HUNGARY AND ROMANIA, THE BOOK HAS BEEN TRANSLATED INTO CHINESE AND ESPERANTO. NOW, FINALLY, HERE IT IS, IN A BILINGUAL VERSION, CONTAINING THE HUNGARIAN AND ENGLISH TRANSLATED TEXTS ON FACING PAGES, WITH THE LOVELY ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS BY RONA EMY AND THE RHYMING CADENCE...

This is my true story about how a young man turned his emotional and learning disabilities that cast him as a failure in society into natural advantages. He overcame one challenge after another in his quest to fulfill his dream to fly. At the age of 17 he earned his Private Pilots Certificate, at 18 his Commercial and at 19 he becomes one of the Army's youngest helicopter aircraft commanders in Vietnam. He endures the horrors of war and return...

The first book to capture both the Soviet and American sides of the event that started the space race and changed our world. On October fourth, 1957, a time of Cold War paranoia, the Soviet Union secretly launched the Earth's first artificial moon. No bigger than a basketball, the tiny satellite was powered by a car battery. Yet, for all its simplicity, Sputnik stunned the world. Based on extensive research in the US and newly opened archives ...

The first book to capture both the Soviet and American sides of the event that started the space race and changed our world. On October fourth, 1957, a time of Cold War paranoia, the Soviet Union secretly launched the Earth's first artificial moon. No bigger than a basketball, the tiny satellite was powered by a car battery. Yet, for all its simplicity, Sputnik stunned the world. Based on extensive research in the US and newly opened archives ...

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Cognitive Development and Learning in Instructional Contexts, 3/eBy James Byrnes The text is organized into three main sections: (1) General principles of learning, memory, intelligence, problem solving, and motivation that apply to any school-related skill. Unlike typical books on cognitive development, these general principles are explicitly translated to classroom practice. (2) Specific developmental trends in the acquisition of skills in t...

This volume constitutes the refereed post-proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Information Hiding held in Alexandria, Virginia, in July 2006. Twenty-five carefully reviewed full papers are organized into topical sections covering watermarking, information hiding and networking, data hiding in unusual content, fundamentals, software protection, steganalysis, steganography, and subliminal channels.

Comprehensive in scope and meticulously researched, Handbook of Obesity Prevention analyzes the intricate causes of this public health crisis, and sets out concrete, multilevel strategies for meeting it head-on. This innovative handbook starts by clearly defining obesity in clinical, epidemiologic, and financial terms. From there, expert contributors provide insights on current issues, methods, and controversies in the field, focusing on new o...

Several viruses, including herpes simplex, cytomegalovirus, and coxsackie B virus, have been implicated in heart disease. Recent work has suggested that atherosclerosis or atheroma – the disease responsible for myocardial infarction, stroke, peripheral vascular and other major vascular problems – is not simply caused by dietary factors but also Chlamydia pneumoniae infection. This discovery changes the concept of cardiovascular disease, which ...

About the bookThe book "Life Behind the Iron Curtain I" shows the 20th century history through the authoress' life. The story begins at her father's birthplace Verecke, where ancient Hungarians conquered and founded Hungary. She spent happy long holidays there for 18 years. It was translated and sent to England by to acquaintances, whose opinion follows:Mollie & Fred Green: We were all very interested indeed to read your mother-in-law's memoir...

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