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Nothing is more important to the future of our world than correcting our political misunderstanding of money. And nothing is more challenging than explaining that misunderstanding — and correcting it — in a non-technical style that will engage the imagination of the average layman. This book strives to do just that. It examines why the "standard money theory" we habitually apply to the world is incapable of confronting the challenges of global climate change.

Robert E. Howard is best known today for his "sword-and-sorcery" stories. But in the early 1930s, he was a legend in boxing circles for his humorously over-the-top adventure stories starring the sailor Steve Costigan, champ of the sea girl - the toughest trading vessel on the seven seas. Steve Costigan is a mariner and amateur boxer, with a heart of gold and a head of solid wood.

Over about two decades, the world has been intrigued by the brutal murder of a six-year-old pageant queen JonBenet Patricia Ramsey, who died in 1996 in her family's home in Boulder, Colorado. Up until today, strange events surrounding the mysterious case continue to make headlines and raise questions about the murder.

If you have a deep interest in learning about personality characteristics as well as the past and future of a person, learn to read palms. Palmistry has been around for centuries and it is practiced in some form or the other in almost all parts of the world. Palmistry is also known as chiromancy. The word has been derived from the sobriquet of a pivotal figure in palm reading, Cheiro (real name: Irish William John Warner).

Niemand ist gern allein - und schon gar nicht während der Ferien. Dann ist Hochsaison für die New Yorker Partnerschaftsvermittlungen. Diesmal aber wird die Freude getrübt: ein Serienmörder schlägt zu, der alle seine Opfer über eine Agentur sucht. Leutnant Eve Dallas taucht bei ihren Ermittlungen tief ein in eine Welt, in der angeblich jeder nach der wahren Liebe sucht - und doch oft genug nur ein kleines schmutziges Geheimnis verbirgt. Eine Welt, in der irgendjemand schon die Grenze zwischen grenzenloser Liebe und abgrundtiefen Hass überschritten hat...

Als bei der Premiere seines neuen Stücks ein berühmter Bühnenschauspieler direkt vor ihren Augen ermordet wird, findet sich Lieutenant Eve Dallas in einer neuen Rolle wieder: Sie ist zugleich Augenzeugin - und ermittelnde Beamtin. Denn natürlich setzt Eve alles daran, diesen Fall besonders schnell zu lösen. Gehört das Theater doch schließlich ihrem Mann, dem geheimnisumwitterten irischen Geschäftsmann Roarke. Aber jeder von Eves Verdächtigen ist ein exzellenter Schauspieler, der für ein bißchen Scheinwerferlicht alles tut.

Es ist nur eine normale Bar in Downtown New York, in der Feierabenddrinks, Meckereien über Chefs und kleine Flirts an der Tagesordnung sind. Alles scheint wie immer - doch dann bricht das totale Chaos aus, und am Ende gibt es achtzig Tote. Eve Dallas ermittelt, spricht mit Augenzeugen, die wirr von Monstern und Bienen reden. Sie findet heraus, dass den Gästen ein chemischer Drogencocktail serviert wurde, der kurzfristige Wahnvorstellungen auslöst. Aber warum sollte jemand so etwas geplant haben?

Author J. D. Kraus offers practical advice to his peers, so they can get the most out of middle school and high school, both academically and socially. From sensory sensitivity to awkwardness, dating to driving, he tackles it all.

I know there is more to Kross than most people see. I mean, it's not like I've been stalking the guy, but I may or may not have happened by all the places my hand-to-hand combat instructor goes. I might possibly have watched as he played with the kids at the daycare and helped at the animal shelter in his free time.

When Private Investigator Jim Bean is called to conduct a simple insurance investigation at a Nevada trailer park, he finds himself wrapped up in a case that’s more complicated than anything he could have imagined. There’s a torched trailer. A missing woman named Emilee who harbors a dark past. And the Ward family, with their own sinister secrets to hide. Jim quickly realizes that if he wants to find Emilee, he’s going to have to get closer to the Ward family - and untangle their twisted web of lies. But the closer he gets to the truth, the more dangerous things become.

When Harvey Stone is sent undercover to investigate a turf war between the Albanian mafia and two of London's notorious gangs, nobody expected him to be welcomed like a hero. Has Harvey finally slipped into his old ways, or will he bring the carnage and bloodshed to a stop?

When a terrorist attack interrupts his black ops robbery investigation, Harvey Stone refuses to follow his team's command to stick to the job. Stone sneaks off the case to track down the terrorist bomber, who plans to murder his young hostage as a warm-up for a fiery finale that will reduce all of London to ash. But searching for clues around a high-profile crime scene becomes next to impossible when Stone is framed for a murder he didn't commit.

After years of killing for the wrong side of the law, ex-hit man Harvey Stone is finally putting his bloody skills to good use. While he's not hunting down bad guys with his dark ops organized crime squad, he's rounding up the men responsible for his sister's murder. His team's mission to retrieve 12 abducted girls gets personal when Stone realizes the ringleader has a prime spot on his revenge hit list. But as his team digs deeper, he's horrified to discover the sex traffickers offer an even more brutal service to satisfy their clients' darkest desires.

Pendulums have been around for centuries and have been used for many purposes. This audiobook, however discusses the particular use of pendulums for dowsing. Pendulum dowsing can be quite useful for anyone who has just begun journeying into the spiritual life. You can use it for anything from finding a lost object to opening your energy centers or chakras. No one knows for sure the exact way dowsing works. Some people believe that the pendulum provides a response that comes straight from a Higher Power. Others believe that it works by picking up on the energies of people and objects around it.

Ha-Sypt has been driven back. A new king is crowned in Baegard. Yet the fight for Enea has only just begun. With Prince Alabastor by her side, Aelthena heads east to liberate Oakharrow, her home. Yet the Jotun still claims the city, and he will not easily yield it. To win this battle, Aelthena and her allies will have to bring all their wit and courage to bear. Bjorn’s path also leads him to Oakharrow. Following the visions of an ancient king, he seeks an alliance with his foes. But prophecies are fickle things. For even a hope of success, Bjorn must risk bringing ruin to all the lands.

Shattered Justice, bearing the title chosen by Paul Smith (Sheriff of Mayes County, OK, from 1981 to 1985), describes Smith’s squelched efforts to get justice for three little Girl Scouts murdered deep in the woods just outside Locust Grove, OK, on June 13, 1977. Lori Farmer, 8, Doris “Denise” Milner, 10, and Michelle Gusé, 9, were bludgeoned and strangled while sharing a tent during their first night of summer camp.

Although werewolves are a classic monster standard, The Horror Zine’s Book of Werewolf Stories breathes fresh, terrifying life into the horrifying concept of human-to-wolf transformations. Packed with original, never-before published stories of unique and contemporary takes on lycanthropy, this spine-chilling anthology presents exciting, refreshing new ideas that won’t fail to impress even the most jaded horror fans. Brought to you by the established, award-winning ezine and print magazine, only the best and most suspenseful tales can be found here.

Grab your partner and join the spirits on the dance floor. Scare Street’s latest collection of supernatural horror is a grand ball of fear and nightmares. This sinister collection is bursting with 14 tales of terror - more than enough to keep you dancing with demons all night long.

Casey doesn't have much luck in the dating department, so when her girlfriends ditch their girls only weekend for a couple's retreat, she's forced to take desperate measures. Refusing to be the only single one, she does what any quick-thinking girl would do: She lies. It was almost too easy hiring a stranger to pretend to be her hot, rich, successful boyfriend. What she didn't plan on was him being hot, successful, and way too much trouble for her liking.

Facing organizational silos or resistance to change? Stakeholders pulling in different directions? Can’t align, get real buy-in, or jumpstart implementation? The problem is traditional planning no longer guarantees success. Rapid change, uncertainty, new technologies, and a flatter world call for a new approach. The award-winning Strategy-In-Action tells how companies ended the long-standing divorce between planners and implementers.