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The highest-ranking Soviet bloc intelligence official ever to defect to the West, Lt. Gen. Ion Mihai Pacepa is at it again. A quarter century ago, in his international bestseller Red Horizons, Pacepa exposed the massive crimes and corruption of his former boss, Romanian President Nicolae Ceausescu, giving the dictator a nervous breakdown and inspiring him to send assassination squads to the U.S. to find his former spy chief and kill him. They failed.

Skeeve is feeling rather restless and suddenly remembers the treasure map he bought on his last adventure. Knowing Aahz's lust for money, he shows him the map. Quicker than a Deveel at the Bazaar of Deva can take your possessions, they were off to find the Golden Cow! There were a few problems, aren't there always. Tanda decides that she is in on the hunt; for a share, of course.

Nobody ever talks to strangers on the train. It’s a rule. But what would happen if they did? From the New York Times and Globe and Mail bestselling author of The Authenticity Project, a heartwarming novel about unexpected friendships and the joy of connecting. Every day Iona, a...

In this instant New York Times bestselling memoir, Gen X icon Ione Skye shares her “delightfully juicy” (People) and achingly vulnerable story about chasing fame, desire, and true love in the shadow of her famous, absent father. In 1987, sixteen-year-old Ione Skye skyrocketed to fame with...

Socrates questions Ion, an actor who just won a major prize, about his ability to interpret the epic poetry of Homer. How does an actor, a poet, or any other artist create? Is it by knowing? Is it by inspiration? As the dialogue proceeds, the nature of human creativity emerges as a mysterious process and an unsolved puzzle.

Here are the Socratic Dialogues presented as Plato designed them to be - living discussions between friends and protagonists, with the personality of Socrates himself coming alive as he deals with a host of subjects, from justice and inspiration to courage, poetry and the gods. Plato's Socratic...

Why are ions so important? Life and our universe would not exist without ions to create an endless amount of compounds.

Shoved into a temporary command in "that rotten old Worcester," Aubrey is off to the Mediterranean to join the Royal Navy's blockade of the French port of Toulon, where he will be dispatched by Admiral Harte (unfortunately the same Admiral Harte he cuckolded years ago) on a secret mission that promises to embroil Aubrey in political conflict. His friend Stephen's help notwithstanding, Aubrey faces some of the choppiest waters of his career.

Stop Guessing Your Exit Strategy—Start Selling Your Business the Right Way A proven, expert-driven guide to selling a business, protecting your wealth, and executing a tax-efficient exit—without costly mistakes. This book connects the dots between business value, taxes, and exit planning...

The money you have today is the result of your actions. Your business is the result of your actions. Your relationships are the result of your actions. Your health is the result of your actions. But where do actions come from? They are driven by your emotions. And your emotions… are determined by how your mind interprets external events. Here’s what most people never realize: You can change your money, your business, your relationships, your health… by changing a single thing. Your interpretation.

On 31st October 1917, as the day's light faded, the Australian Light Horse charged against their enemy. Eight hundred men and horses galloped four miles across open country, towards the artillery, rifles and machine guns of the Turks occupying the seemingly unassailable town of Beersheba. What...

In Plato's Ion Socrates discusses with the titular character, a professional rhapsode who also lectures on Homer, the question of whether the rhapsode, a performer of poetry, gives his performance on account of his skill and knowledge or by virtue of divine possession. It is one of the shortest of Plato's dialogues.

Der Ion zählt zum Frühwerk Platons. In dem kurzweiligen Dialog kommt es zu einem Gespräch zwischen Sokrates und dem in Athen zu Besuch weilenden weithin bekannten Rhapsoden Ion von Ephesos. Das Thema zwischen dem ironischen Philosophen und dem hochmütigen Sänger ist schnell gefunden: Zuallererst geht es um die Frage, worauf die Kompetenz eines Rhapsoden eigentlich beruhe.

This is the book that finally lets you decode every battery headline—from 824 Wh/kg lab cells to 1,200‑km prototypes and understand what’s real, what’s noise, and what will actually reach your driveway. Every few weeks another headline announces that batteries are about to change everything. A lab cell hits 824 watt-hours per kilogram. A prototype EV runs 1,200 kilometers on a single charge. A pilot line ships the first solid-state pouches with a self-healing electrolyte. Then months pass, the news cycle moves on, and your daily commute is still limited by the same charging problems...

The Dark Ion is a high-stakes techno-thriller that explores the terrifying consequences of merging artificial intelligence with quantum computing. Set in a near-future world on the brink of collapse, it follows elite cyber-intelligence officer Julia Voss as she uncovers a sentient intelligence spreading silently through global systems—a ghost in the wires, known only as Observer. It begins with a mystery: the Chinese city of Lianxi vanishes without warning. No explosion. No seismic activity. Just one moment there, and the next—gone. As intelligence agencies scramble for answers, ...

In Volume Three of the hugely successful Summer of Sci-Fi & Fantasy anthology series, editor Dustin Bilyk brings you a collection of tales that will both frighten you and pull you into a state of wonderment, while shattering your expectations and introducing some of the most hard-hitting and evocative short stories on the market today.

One of the most popular accounts by an Australian veteran of WWI - written entirely from the private soldier's point of view.

Quantum technology is attracting capital long before its most ambitious goal—large-scale, fault-tolerant computing—has been achieved. For investors, the challenge is to determine whether a promising scientific field offers attractive investments while commercial outcomes remain uncertain. The Quantum Investment Thesis examines that question across quantum computing, sensing, communications, and the industries supplying their equipment and infrastructure. It distinguishes a successful experiment from a useful product, a useful product from a durable business, and a durable business from ...

Plato is, by any reckoning, one of the most dazzling writers in the Western literary tradition and one of the most penetrating, wide-ranging, and influential authors in the history of philosophy. This audiobook contains Plato's most notable books. Contents:The Apology; Crito; Charmides; Laches; Lysis; Menexenus; Ion; Meno

Quantum headlines stop being hype the moment you have a clear framework for judging every claim. This book gives leaders, engineers, and analysts the tools to read 2026’s breakthroughs accurately, defend a budget line, and make decisions that survive contact with real systems. Every quantum announcement in 2026 arrives with a countdown, a leaderboard, and a demand for money. This book gives you the vocabulary, the maturity ladder, and the six-rung evidence test to read those announcements accurately, defend a budget line, and build a migration plan that survives contact with your actual ...