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Over the span of 48 lectures, four experienced lawyers and teachers recreate key parts of the first-year law student experience, introducing you to main areas of law most every beginning student studies. Enriched with famous cases from the annals of American law and powerful arguments by some of history's most successful lawyers, these lectures offer access to an often intimidating, surprisingly accessible, and civically important field.

For the first time, books 4-6 in the Inspector Morose Series are available together as one ebook volume..In The Maltese Connection, Dóra, frustrated at the low murder-rate in Iceland, leaps at the opportunity to take part in a six-month job swap in Malta. Soon, she is helping her new boss, Inspector Deboneo of the Maltese CID, an original but eccentric thinker, solve the murders of two single mature female tourists. Will they be able to catch the Bugibba Strangler before the serial killer destroys the Maltese tourist industry? And has poor old Morose been left on the sidelines holding the ...

Born and raised in Mississippi, Peter K. Lutken, Jr. (1920–2014) joined the army in 1941 and was assigned to the Coast Artillery. Originally sent to India to guard airfields, he was reassigned to the British V Force, then the American OSS (Office of Strategic Services and precursor to the CIA) after he volunteered for reconnaissance missions behind Japanese lines. Skills he had learned as a boy in the backwoods and swamps around the Pearl River stood him in good stead, and by the end of the war, he attained the rank of major, commanding an entire battalion of ethnic Kachins and other local people of northern Burma (now called Myanmar).

Joan K. Peters’s story lays bare the inner workings of this complex treatment, which takes place behind closed doors, is rarely spoken about, and is largely unknown outside of professional circles. A polished, poetic, and often funny writer, Peters's willingness to expose her own demons brings psychoanalysis to life, from the intense strife to the fierce love that can develop between patient and analyst.

Scare Street delves into the darkness to bring you a new collection of spine-tingling terror. This diabolical tome is bursting with 13 sinister stories of supernatural horror, featuring ghastly ghosts, cold-blooded killers, and fiendish visions torn from your worst fears. Just be careful you don’t lose track of time as you meander through this shadowy landscape of dreams and nightmares. Because, once the sun sets, something waits for you in the darkness of night.

The historical figure of the dandy has commonly been described as an upper-class gentleman. But there is a broader history to be told about the dandy—one that incorporates unknown men from the lower strata of society. The Dandy: A People's History constitutes the first history of those dandies who emanated from the less privileged layers of the populace—the lowly clerks, shop assistants, domestic servants, and laborers who increasingly during the modern age have emerged as style-conscious men about town.

Seven Bones is the story of one of the more bizarre murder investigations in Australia’s history. Two wives die in suspicious circumstances: co-incidence or, as husband Thomas Keir describes it, ‘bad luck’? Three years after Thomas Keir alleged his first wife, Jean, deserted him and her young son for another man, his second wife, Rosalina, Jean’s cousin, lay scorched and strangled on her bed. Arriving on the scene, Detective Peter Seymour realised he was either dealing with the world’s unluckiest husband or a serial wife killer.

The Definitive Detective Collection brings together the finest deductive minds in fiction. Join Edgar Allan Poe's Auguste Dupin as he invents the detective genre in the mid-1800s, and follow the logical clues to the most famous detectives ever committed to paper, Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot, in London. Along the way you'll also meet Josephine Tey's formiddable Inspector Alan Grant, as-well as G. K. Chesterton's beloved Father Brown, and the more modern creations of Miss Marple, Lord Peter Wimsey, and Sam Spade as they solve crimes in wondorously inventive and ingenious ways.

Exception to the Rule links ancient wisdom with contemporary science on high performance, teamwork, and engagement. Building an organizational culture based on classical virtues - of trust, compassion, courage, justice, wisdom, temperance and hope - is both strategically smart and a better way to live. Exception to the Rule walks you through the steps of helping everyone in your organization focus on character defined by virtue.

Nach wie vor ist Perry Rhodan in Tarkan unterwegs, dem sterbenden Universum. Aus der Milchstraße startet der Arkonide Atlan zu einer Mission, die Rhodan finden und retten soll. Zudem wollen Atlan und seine Begleiter verhindern, dass weitere Angriffe aus Tarkan gegen die Welten der Milchstraße erfolgen. Rhodan selbst versucht herauszufinden, wer eigentlich Tarkan in den Untergang führen möchte.

Die Milchstraße ist nach Jahren der Unterdrückung wieder frei, die Macht der Ewigen Krieger gebrochen. Die Menschen und die Angehörigen anderer Sternenvölker machen sich gemeinsam an den Wiederaufbau. Doch die nächste Bedrohung nähert sich. Ganze Sonnensysteme materialisieren im Leerraum zwischen den Galaxien. Wie es aussieht, stammen sie aus einem fremden Universum. Ihr Auftauchen löst den sogenannten Strangeness-Schock aus. Menschen werden verwirrt, Raumschiffe schwer beschädigt, Welten verwüstet.

Get ready for a wild ride through dark streets, where monsters roam, magic crackles, and heroes fight shadows at every turn. From wizards to vampires, gods to shapeshifters, these stories will drag you into a world where the impossible is just another day.

Be afraid. Be very afraid. That noise in the dead of night. The shadow that slips by almost unnoticed. The fear that pulverizes your sense of reasoning and pushes you deep down under seven layers of covers. There is no escaping it, and when the dark forces of the universe come after you, the world will know exactly what you are made of. Will you run? Will you fight? Maybe you’ll join forces with the darkness that rips through your quiet little life. Everyone’s dying to find out.

Someone is killing sheep in the Cotswolds. Or something. As Holmes and Watson arrive in the tranquility of a little village of shepherds and farmers to enjoy a few restful days in the idyllic countryside, strange things start to occur. While Holmes locks himself in his hotel room, consumed by depression, Watson is left to explore the surroundings on his own, acquainting himself with both the local shepherding community, the eccentric vicar, and the local folklore concerning a mysterious werewolf.

Seit 15 Jahren steht die Milchstraße unter der Herrschaft der Ewigen Krieger. Diese stammen aus der Mächtigkeitsballung Estartu und unterdrücken die Menschen sowie ihre Verbündeten mithilfe ihrer schier übermächtigen Technologie. Gegen den Widerstand setzen die Besatzer eine Geheimwaffe in – die verlorenen Geschenke der Hesperiden bedrohen die große Nation der Blues. Die Welt Gatas wird zum Schauplatz einer Auseinandersetzung, die über das Schicksal der Milchstraße entscheiden kann. Auch in anderen Regionen des Kosmos streben die Ereignisse einem Höhepunkt zu.

In some portraits of Henry VIII there appears another figure—a gaunt and morose-looking man with a shaved head. This is William or "Will" Somer, the king's fool, a celebrated wit who reportedly could raise Henry's spirits and spent many hours with him. Was Somer an "artificial fool," a cunning comic who could speak freely in front of the king, or a "natural fool," someone with intellectual disabilities, like many other members of the profession? Fool is the first biography of Somer—and perhaps the first of a Renaissance fool.

Lachlan Quinn is a PTSD-ridden finish-carpenter. He wants to build ordinary simple life. But his past catches up to him. As if worrying about a traumatized little 9-year-old shapeshifter wasn't enough. He has to deal with an inheritance he doesn't want, a town full of witches who hate him, and an ancient Hag who is trying her hardest to kill him How will a cursed legacy, a house in a sentient forest, and a beautiful stone-cold shape-shifting Panther help him win through

Read this and let the author take you through the processes of your marketing opportunities. To start, you are advised on how to brand yourself and your artwork, so that you stand out in the sea of other struggling artists. Next, he steers you through each of the many available channels for getting your message to a prospective collector, including the ever-changing tangle of social media. Then, he prepares you to be ready when the prospect responds to your solicitations.

Interpretar la Biblia puede ser un desafío. Ver a Cristo en todas las Escrituras está diseñado para ayudar a las personas a comprender la hermosa estructura cristocéntrica de la Biblia. Esta compilación concisa de ensayos proporciona una herramienta única y práctica para el estudio personal o grupal de la Biblia. Este libro está repleto de contenido rico y fácil de leer. Los cuatro autores que colaboraron en el libro, todos ellos profesores del Seminario Teológico de Westminster, tienen un total de cinco títulos de doctorado, más de 140 años de experiencia en la enseñanza de ...

A poverty-stricken girl develops a strange ability that makes her family rich, but at a terrible price. A grieving attorney teams up with a terrifying mythological force to prove that justice reaches beyond the grave. And a police officer discovers that a quiet little antique store is ground zero for an invasion of horrific creatures, hiding in plain sight….