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The Rubinstein Attack

A Chess Opening Strategy for White

by Eric Schiller

2005

Diary of a Legal Prostitute

Nevada Brothels

by Michelle Maverick

2004

For men who want to know what it is like see a brothel prostitute, and women curious to know what it is like to be one. Michelle Maverick, a legal prostitute in Nevada, takes you inside the brothel where she works and gives a first-person account of her experiences there. Written in diary format, the book is an excellent source of information for people who frequent or are curious about brothels and also for women who are thinking about entering the business. Unlike other books written about brothels, this one is written by someone on the inside. From the interesting characters she meets and the details of their interludes to the issues faced by a working woman and mother, Michelle addresses it and shares it all in her own words.

Of Kings and Pawns

Chess Strategy in the Endgame

by Eric Schiller

2006

In chess games the result is often determined in the endgame, where most of the armies have been removed from the board. When it comes down to just kings and pawns, absolute precision is necessary, and a minor slip can toss away all the hard-earned advantages built up during the game. Endgames are very complex strategically. It is necessary to have in mind a specific target position so that a pawn can be marched to the far side of the board and be promoted into a queen or other powerful piece. The unique format of this book provides the reader with the desired target at the start of the discussion, so that the main task is to find a path from the initial position to one which is clearly winning (or drawing), as required. The 26 exercises are positions that are not only important for ...

GUANAJUATO, MEXICO

Your Expat, Study Abroad, and Vacation Survival Manual in The Land of Frogs

by Doug & Cindi Bower

2006

Living in the city of Guanajuato is nothing like living the Gringo Landias or Gringo Gulches of San Miguel de Allende or Puerto Vallarta. No information exists in book form to guide the potential expat to a new life in central Mexico. Expatriating to Guanajuato is different and unique. Unlike San Miguel de Allende or Puerto Vallarta, there is not a huge gringo community here that acts as a support buffer for “newbies”. Nor is English as widely spoken as it is in other areas where expats live. Doug and Cindi Bower spell out the differences between living in Guanajuato and living in other areas where expats have traditionally congregated. They offer a survival manual for the potential expat.

Numbers

A Population Reduction Proposal

by Rob Ord

2006

The author proposes that the democratic institution of laws promoting one-child families for 100 years is the only non-violent and fair solution to the economic and ecological problems now squarely facing us. As such the book presents a palatable alternative to the now-suspect 'sustainable development' paradigm, and examines why such a proposal has not been made before. The book ends by assessing the justification for instituting and changing current 'population law', both nationally and internationally.

Living Words

The Words of Christ in Aramaic-English Interlinear Edition

by Joseph P. Elias

2002

An English transcription of original words of Christ in Aramaic language in which he spoke with a parallel English translation. A reader can enjoy hearing Christ speaking, and also use it as a medication to cleanse the soul. 4th century Peshitta Aramaic translation of the gospels is used as a basis in reconstructing Christ's words which are presented in a historical sequence, combining the synopsis of the four gospels.

The Trail Home

Along the Pacific Crest

by Alfred Wohlpart

2003

The Trail Home describes my 2,650 mile trek on the Pacific Crest Trail and the internal transformation that occurred along the way. Starting in southern California and heading northward, I spent six months journeying through some of the most spectacular landscapes in America, from the arid deserts of the southwest to the High Sierras and the Cascade Mountains. Ultimately, I would arrive at the Canadian border in mid October, but I was no longer the same person as when I began. The Trail Home describes the intertwined, dual journey that I would undertake the external journey exploring the physical landscape and the internal journey exploring the landscape of my soul. I came to the realization as I hiked along the Pacific Crest Trail that we live fragmented and disjointed lives. We have bee...

Seduce Me!

How to Ignite Your Partner's Passion

by Darcy A. Cole

2003

Remember the beginning of your relationship when you couldn t keep your hands off each other? When you could hardly concentrate on anything because your mind was always on your partner? When all you had to do was think about your partner and you became aroused? What happened? Where did the passion go? Seduce Me! examines the difficulties couples experience in maintaining satisfying sex lives and offers specific methods for creating or re-creating the passion for sensational sex. Via scientific and anecdotal evidence, Seduce Me! unlocks the mysteries of love, lust, and sexual arousal and how to use that understanding to trigger intense desire in you and your partner. In Seduce Me! you ll discover How to rekindle that magic spark the secrets of the world s best lo...

Nordic Magic Healing

1:Healing galdr, healing runes

by Yves Kodratoff

2003

Galdr is a song or howling by which a poem written in runes is "made active". Anthropological texts will often describe a healing ritual where the healer has been seen to mutter some indistinct words over the patient. This book gives these 'mutterings' back their true meaning and importance. It will also explain their rational value by clearly stating the root causes of the sickness, and explore their religious meaning. The poetry and creativity of these chants combine to form a very effective healing technique, albeit a very difficult one. Many will be familiar with karate's 'scream that kills', that came to us from the East. We will explore the 'scream (or song) that heals' called galdr by the Norse. In this book, galdr will be explored in two ways: by looking at a new interpreta...

The Development of Harmony in Scriabin´s Works

by Peter Sabbagh

2003

In the history of music there are seldom as rapid musical developments as we can find in Scriabin's works. In only 31 years Scriabin made a breathtaking development: in his early works he still uses a romantic tonal language, while his later works are far-reaching into the 20th century. Scriabin's development is gradual and consequent, each step can be derived from the preceding, thus connecting the music of the 19th and 20th centuries. He can be regarded as a key composer of his age.Harmony is the central factor in Scriabin's musical thinking. From harmony everything else is developed. It defines the form, also the melody and tone systems are developed from it.This book is concerned with the following basic issues: Which elements in Scriabin's harmony are new, and what has been derived fr...

The Balance of Empires

United States' Rejection of German Reunification and Stalin's March Note of 1952

by John W. Walko

2003

On March 10, 1952, almost a decade before the Berlin Wall existed, the U.S.S.R. controversially proposed the creation of a reunified, rearmed and neutral Germany. A year before Stalin's death, this was the last overture he tendered on "the German Question." However, the bid failed and Germany remained divided for another 38 years. Why? One can understand neither the Cold War nor the eventual reunification of Germany in 1990 without understanding this 1952 incident. The world in which we live now was created in no small part by the backroom decisions during a few months of 1952. This book on the March Note should appeal to both the armchair historian and the social scientist. Besides being a fascinating tale of diplomatic intrigue, it provides a valuable case study for International R...

The Hidden Annals

A Thousand Years of The Kingdom of Connaught 366-1385

by Vincent Byrne

2003

This acccount chronicles fifty O'Conor kings of Connaught, among whom are the last two High Kings: Turlough Mor and his son, Roderick. Hundreds of still extant family names associated with them are also included.

These early Irish annals 366-1385 AD. span a most significant era in the history of Ireland, whose consequences are all too apparent today.

Fruits of Time

Nature and the Unfolding of Difference

by Daniel R. Athearn

2003

This book argues that physics is destined to enter a new era marked by an enlarged conception of physical knowledge. This is not a matter of future discoveries, but has to do with how scientific thought responds over time to what is known today. In the new era a genuinely explanatory dimension is restored to physical science which in the current era of thought is quietly abandoned as archaic. The current view is that for a certain class of phenomena, physical explanations in the sense of descriptions of underlying causal processes are no longer possible. It is assumed that the general demise of classical materialistic causal models (such as the theory of ether as an all-pervading material medium of light propagation) consigns this kind of theorizing to history. This book fully ac...

The Battle Between the Moon and Sun

The Separation of Women's Bodies from the Cosmic Dance

by Jenny Kien

2003

Woman's mysterious bleedings in time with moon cycles were first seen as the human embodiment of the cosmic mysteries of birth, death and rebirth and served as the basis for time-keeping. With the rise of absolute kingships in the Ancient Near East, authority shifted from women and goddesses to men and gods. The male sun displaced the cycling moon as dominant deity. This conflict between the moon and sun estranged women from the cosmic dance and led to their social marginalization. Spiritual imagery became solar, an exclusive and masculine imagery recognizing only one truth and demonizing all else. Incorporated into Judaism and Christianity, this imagery became an integral part of Western culture.The history of the Jewish and Christian calendars show how women were excluded from time-keepi...

The Riddle of the Caswell Mutiny

by Seamus Breathnach

2003

In December 1875 captain George ‘‘Bully’ Best found himself in Buenos Aires without a crew and without a cargo. His men had for the most part deserted him. Before making his way to Antofogasta, where he loaded up with Saltpetre (nitrate), he recruited a‘ mixed crew’ of Greeks and British. The British refused to sail with the Greeks, and rather than allow them onshore to see the British Consul, captain Best beat them and put them in irons.. Even before the Caswell sailed for Queenstown on January 1 1876, an Irishman and a German jumped ship and were never heard of again. Obvious tensions might lead one to expect a British mutiny. And perhaps this might have happened had not the Greeks beaten them to it. For some unexpla-ined reason the Greeks, under the influence of 'Big G...

Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom!

Uncertainty in Dixie

by John P. Anderson

2003

A reader's guide to William Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom!

Child Abusers

Research and Treatment

by Christopher R. Bagley

2003

This book is about men and women who neglect and abuse children, physically, emotionally and sexually. A number of key themes emerge: Emotional abuse causes the most long-term harm to children, although combinations of emotional with physical and/or sexual abuse cause the most harm to long-term mental health. Because of the long-term burden which abuse imposes on its victims, it is crucial to intervene effectively with abusers (potential and actual) to prevent them from either beginning abuse, committing further abuse, or entering the victim-to-abuser cycle. Abusers have often experienced physical, emotional or sexual abuse or neglect in their own childhoods. The role of disordered attachments to adult figures in the victim-to-abuser cycle is considered in detail, including ways ...

Value Leadership and Capacity Building

by Adel Safty

2003

Adel Safty leads a distinguished group of scholars, researachers, and practitioners in the field of leadership in a multidisciplinary, multicultural, and critical inquirey into leadership in various social contexts. They thus address issues related to leadership and Public Policy, Leadership and Management, Leadership and Capacity Building and Leadership and Self-Development. The contributors include Mrs. Harriet Fulbright (USA), Mr. Enver Yucel (Turkey), Dr. John Kane (Australia), Ambassador Ingmar Karlsson (Sweden), Dr. Mansour Elagab (Sudan), Dr. Hafiza Golandaz (India), Ms. Marina Tyasto (Russia), Ms. Cristina Lamana (Spain), Dr. Carol Allais (South Africa), Dr. Stanley Gryskiewicz (USA), Dr. Nawal Amar (USA), Dr. Bruce Lloyd (England) Dr. Christos Nicolaidis (Greece), Dr. Ajay Chhi...

Flaubert's Madame Bovary

The Zen Novel

by John P. Anderson

2004

This non-academic author has previously brought you reader’s guides to the depths and subtle pleasures of works by Joyce and Faulkner. With this book he brings you to the ultimate pleasures of Gustave Flaubert’s masterpiece. This author treats Madame Bovary as the Zen novel, working on the reader in the same way Zen works on a disciple. He shows how Flaubert uses a radically new style in order to create a literary breakthrough of a similar order as Zen and has composed the ultimate music of this novel in the counterpoint of style and plot. The style of the novel is grounded in Zen-like detachment and freedom whereas the plot is mired in desire, illusion and determinism. In the plot the inevitable demise of Madame Bovary is driven by her passionate nature and corresponding v...

The Dowdy King

An Alternative Translation of 'Tao Te Ching', Lao Zi's Taoist Classic

by Clifford Borg-Marks

2004

A pleasing translation into rhyming English verse of the primary classic text of Taoist philosophy and religion. It provides a Taoist view of the universe and society that is accessible by non-specialists of all ages.

Traveling the Tennis Tour

The Men's Professional Tour

by Ben Ammar

2004

Let this book be your guide to the ultimate tennis road trip, an extraordinary journey to 37 tournaments around the world. Whether you visit the U.S Open in New York City, Wimbledon in England, or the French Open in Paris, Traveling the Tennis Tour will help you locate the perfect lodging, food, and entertainment to create an unforgettable experience. You'll find detailed information on airfare, rail travel, and lodging so you can visit world-class tournaments on a shoestring budget or travel first class. Each stop on the tennis tour offers world-class action, plus exciting tennis activities surrounding the tournament. Traveling the Tennis Tour explains the characteristics of each tournament, plus where to buy tickets and how to contact officials. You'll even learn how to save money and ...

The Nature of Nature

A Practical Guide to Being a Witch

by Ryan James

2004

Want to be a witch but can't afford the million and one things you've been told you HAVE to have? Are you already a witch and are fed up with incense and candles burning holes in your carpet? Then this is the book for you. This is an introduction to witchcraft plain and simple. No fuss, no fluff, just a few practical exercises and guidelines to help you recognise the type of witch that lies within you.

Secret Death and New Life

Self-Development Strategies Founded on Analytical Spirituality for Learned People

by S. M. Zakir Hussain

2005

The book has been structured into three parts, namely, Analytical Meditation, The Death of Diseases: Psychological Vaccination, Communication with the Heart: The Utterances that Provide Energy, and The Architecture of the Mind: The Psychology of Spirituality. The entire approach is founded on the concept of the combination of Analysis (or self-enquiry), Meditation, Self-Hypnosis, and Prayer and is expected to simultaneously work on the different dimensions of the mind –emotional, intellectual, spiritual, and behavioral. It is expected, as hundreds of the author’s readers have reported to have experienced, that the method will work instantly on the mind, without the reader’s having to do any special mental exercise as is typical of most meditation practices.

The Cultural Politics of the German Democratic Republic

The Voices of Wolf Biermann, Christa Wolf, and Heiner Müller

by Ann Stamp Miller

2004

The Cultural Politics of the German Democratic Republic: The Voices of Wolf Biermann, Christa Wolf, and Heiner Müller, deals with the intricate connection between the political structure of the East German government and cultural politics. Specifically, it focuses on the relationship between the government agencies and three authors. The study covers the period of dissent which began in the 1960s and ended with the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. The evidence I use are the works of the authors and the government documents that reveal how the government bureaucracy dealt with the authors. This text was written for not only scholars but a wider reading public to explain the predicament of writers governed by a socialist regime during the Cold War. It explores the difficulties the write...

Physics God and the End of the World

by Dennis A Wright

2006

In his 1989 book "The Time Illusion," Dennis predicted incredible new developments; science is now providing them. In this new book, he provides the detail of how time travel is possible. The same hypothesis explains many of the problems confronting science today, such as Dark Matter and Energy, but raises a new question. Have we been ignoring scientific proof of the existence of God?