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What everyone want to see, " the crow said, "is someone getting eaten. Preferably someone who deserves it."Out in the middle of nowhere in the Great Plains of the United States, it doesn't matter where you are, really, or even what year it is. All that matters is whether you have enough to eat before the winter sets in.Whether your family loves you or shuns you, and whether or not you have a way to keep from going mad, those things don't matte...

You fell in love with him in the books - imagine getting the chance to star opposite him in the film ...

A modern Manhattan fairy tale starring . . . Tracy Connor, a New York City career woman who loves her job and classic movies. Mike Connor, her estranged husband, a small-town Mayor who loves his wife but doesn't seem to have enough time to see her. The handsome stranger, Philip Adams, who lives downstairs from the small sublet Tracy has temporarily moved into. He's charming, funny, and looks a lot like her very favorite screen icon, Cary Grant...

Hedge Fund Governance: Evaluating Oversight, Independence and Conflicts summarizes the fundamental elements of hedge fund governance and principal perspectives on governance arguments. An authoritative reference on governance, it describes the tools needed for developing a flexible, comprehensive hedge fund governance analysis framework. Case studies and interviews with professional fund directors shine a bright light of pragmatism on this fra...

This book is a study of the Carolingians' efforts to form a Christian Empire with the organizing principle of the sacrament of baptism. Dr Phelan argues that baptism offered a medium for the communication and popularization of beliefs and ideas, through which the Carolingian Renewal established the vision of an imperium christianum in Europe.

To ensure refinancing opportunities for SMEs, answers for bridging the information gap between investor and company are needed, in this context, capital markets are becoming increasingly important. Alexander Zureck focuses on patents as an example of intangible assets and on their importance for the financial communication between SMEs and the capital market. A positive correlation between patent application and stock price development undersc...

Snow and Ice-Related Hazards, Risks, and Disasters provides you with the latest scientific developments in glacier surges and melting, ice shelf collapses, paleo-climate reconstruction, sea level rise, climate change implications, causality, impacts, preparedness, and mitigation. It takes a geo-scientific approach to the topic while also covering current thinking about directly related social scientific issues that can adversely affect ecosyst...

The Reeds Eastern Almanac covers the UK east coast from Ramsgate to Cape Wrath including the Shetland and Orkney Islands, and from Niewport to Delfzjil and Helgoland. It is the complete guide for North Sea mariners, offering ready access to essential navigation information by virtue of its clear layout and user friendly format.Completely updated for 2015, topics include seamanship, pilotage, tide tables, safety procedures, navigation tips, rad...

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1984 meets IDIOCRACYReleased in 2013, the near-future setting of this dystopian satire is NOW.KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST OF THE YEAR SELECTION "In a dumbed-down, dystopic near-future America, high-tech tycoon Manny Kahn fights to save the nation from political pathologies brought about by his own creation, a ubiquitous online search engine...The nonstop invention and wit spare neither the left nor the right. Sharp-toothed and Bluetoothed--gigabyte-si...

An abused woman is the greatest composer who ever lived. Prose and poetry from the mind of a woman named Carmen Angelina Coletti, a prodigy who was taken out of school when she was twelve years old and isolated from the world. Her simple, honest voice remains the picture of a young and reclusive country wife. Abused since early childhood, her music is her refuge, with a gift for composition so complete that she is likely the world's first fema...

Written entirely during forty days in a homeless shelter, in March and April 2013 when the author was 45 years old, these four-line, simple rhyming verses represent the birth of a completely new poetic style for the author, with terse, old fashioned simplicity of form and execution, evoking the neo-rhyming spirit of Longfellow, while looking forward in content toward the end of this age of human history. Ranging in topic from homelessness to t...

1955 Father Theo Riley never wanted to be a priest, nor a killer. The former boxing champion and Korean War veteran gave up more than a career when he went into the Army. He lost the only thing he ever wanted: his love, Andréa Bouvre. Friends thought Theo entered the priesthood to mend his broken heart or atone for the massacred orphans he couldn't save in Korea. However, the truth is much darker and more damning, tied to a blood debt and fami...

Presentación El Origen de vida Las teorías que han dominado la mente y la historia humana se desmoronan bajo los nuevos hallazgos. El espíritu, la consciencia humana ha sido manejada por centurias con información plasmada en los libros de historia como verdades eternas. Muchas de ellas se vendrían abajo si se presentaran las pruebas en contrario. La información presentada en este documento demuestra que hay otras versiones encontradas, el lect...

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This DVD introduces quantitative research and shows the types of questions addressed by quantitative research methods. The DVD examines measurement issues, discusses experimental design and statistical analysis, and covers survey design, scales of measure, sampling procedures, and data analysis.Contributors:Jordan Bienenstock - Odyssey Productions Barbara Hummel-Rossi - ScholarCharlton McIlwain - ScholarJacqueline Mattis - ScholarThis product ...

Drilling Deeper reviews the twelve shale plays that account for 82% of the tight oil production and 88% of the shale gas production in the U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration (EIA) reference case forecasts through 2040. It utilizes all available production data for the plays analyzed, and assesses historical production, well- and field-decline rates, available drilling locations, and well-quality trends for each play,...

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