A fireball launches itself from the Arizona desert leaving behind three camels, a magical jukebox, and a five-year-old girl who only speaks Italian. Soon, the nearby town of La Sentencia is reeling from a series of disasters. The copper mine, which supports the town, shuts down leaving most of the population unemployed. Massive sandstorms batter the place. And then Devlin Lucero shows up. He seduces a pretty substitute teacher and then uses her to spread greed, anger, and vengeance everywh...

Himalaya is one of the world's most extraordinary geophysical, historical, environmental and social regions.Historian John Keay introduces us to the myriad mysteries of this vast, confounding and utterly fascinating corner of the planet, and makes the case that it is one of our most essential – and endangered – wonders.More rugged and elevated than any other zone on earth, it embraces all of Tibet, six of the world's eight major mountain ranges and nearly all its highest pe...

In the late 1990s, John Baker was known as a purveyor of quality rare and old wines. Always entrepreneurial and up for adventure, he was the perfect person for an occasional business partner to approach with a mysterious wine list that was foreign to anything John, or his second-in-command, Kevin Hopko, had ever come across.The list was discovered to be a comprehensive catalogue of the wine collection of Nicholas II, the last Tsar of Russia. The wine had become the property of the ...

A terrible deed from the past threatens to overtake the life of a young man only recently rescued from the claws of death…In one fateful moment, in the split second it takes to move from normalcy to tragedy, nearly everything that Alex Lonsdale holds dear was ripped from him. But when a doctor is able to bring him back from the very brink of death, he is considered a medical miracle—those who love him rejoice.But when they look closely into Alex’s eyes, there is something m...

An all-new tale of high adventure and pulpish mystery from John Layman, New York Times-bestselling writer of Chew, and superstar artist Nick Bradshaw (Wolverine & the X-Men, Astonishing Spider-Man)! There's a region in the Atlantic Ocean where planes disappear, ships are lost, and traveling souls go missing... never to be heard from again. And there's an island within this place—mysterious and uncharted, untouched by time and civilization—where all who are lost end up. It’s a mysterious pl...

With a show-jumping career spanning over forty years, Nick Skelton is a legend in the equestrian world. No other rider has won so many major competitions on so many different horses and he is as popular at Olympia and Hickstead as he is at Aachen, Geneva, Paris and Spruce Meadows. Skelton has competed in eight Olympic Games. He was part of the gold medal-winning Great Britain team at London 2012 and made history by winning the individual Olympic gold medal at Rio 2016, riding at the age of...

'I turned on the light, but there was nobody there. Then I saw something in the corner that made my blood turn cold. Scudder was lying on his back. There was a long knife through his heart, pinning him to the floor.' Soon Richard Hannay is running for his life across the hills of Scotland. The police are chasing him for a murder he did not do, and another, more dangerous enemy is chasing him as well - the mysterious 'Black Stone'. Who are these people? And why do they want Hannay dead?

Serial Killers True Crime Documentary Series Bundle: 2 in 1 Bundle, Golden State Killer Book, Serial Killers EncyclopediaThe Golden State Killer was one of the most prolific predators in U.S. history. He terrorized the suburbs of Sacramento, and, later in his spree, near Los Angeles, hundreds of miles to the south.This bundle provides a brief overview of the crimes committed by the so-called "Golden State Killer" who terrorized California for more than a decade.Inve...

WOULD YOU LIKE TO CREATE PASSIVE INCOME WITH THE STOCK MARKET BUT YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START?STOP YOU ARE IN THE RIGHT PLACE.STOCK MARKET INVESTING FOR BEGINNERS is an audiobook that explained How to generate passive income with simple trading strategies to become a profitable investor. This book including day trading, options trading, forex trading, financial freedom and more.Investing in the stock market is a great way to build your wealth, but knowing what inform...

Published in 1938, The Black Jacobins tells the story of the only successful slave revolution in historyan uprising inspired by the ideals of the French Revolution. The long struggle of African slaves in the French colony of San Domingo led to the establishment of the Republic of Haiti in 1804. ¶James explores the relationship between the two upheavals in an early example of ‘history from below,’ telling the story from the point of view of ordinary Haitians rather than (as was typical at t...

Friedman’s 1968 paper changed the course of economic theory, rejecting existing theory and outlined an effective alternate monetary policy designed to secure ‘high employment, stable prices and rapid growth.’ Friedman demonstrated that monetary policy plays a vital role in broader economic stability and argued that economists got their monetary policy wrong in the 1950s 60s by misunderstanding the relationship between inflation and unemployment. Previously, economists had believed that gov...

This book is for teachers who are looking for interesting and practical ways to incorporate ICT into their daily lesson plans. It shows how ICT can be used as a tool for mathematics, but more importantly how its proper use can enhance the mathematics being taught. The authors cover all current aspects of ICT and mathematics, including:databasesspreadsheetslogo and the use of floor turtles and control technologyhandling of resources including inte...