c - Libros y biografía

Island heat: Deep Water Octopus is a satirical story that began its conception due to a paper mache octopus. From that humble beginning, began a series of running jokes, and eventually a story. A story...

Detective Inspector Wallace Hammond is on the verge of retirement when he is tasked to investigate the unexplained disappearance of a man whose popular and friendly demeanour make him the least likely...

Most folks either loved or hated the McCallum boys. Everyone feared them. Their crusty father had brought them up to Wyoming from Texas and died, leaving them only half-grown and rough-tempered. To their...

This book is a collection of short stories, based on the author's own life experiences, taking us on a far-reaching journey across continents and cultures. It introduces us to people who have hugely...

This book tells the story of two of Great Britain's finest Olympic athletes, Eric Liddell and Harold Abrahams. Their achievements at the 1924 Paris Olympics, immortalised in the Oscar-winning film Chariots...

For most prisoners of war in the Second World War, life behind bars was nothing like the films. The tales of brave escape attempts told in accounts such as the iconic film The Great Escape are exciting...

When four high school children, and one dog, suffer at the hands of online media they come up with a plan to show everyone how little they should trust what they read on the internet (actually, the dog...

P. C. Wren's 'The Adventures of Major De Beaujolais' is a gripping tale of romance, adventure, and espionage set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars. The novel is written in a vivid and evocative...

O livro que o caro leitor está folheando neste momento pode ser considerado raro e precioso. Raro, porque os sonetos nele impressos, adotando o estilo clássico surgido no Renascimento, apresentam uma...

Capturing the electric short fiction energy that led Robert E. Howard to be one of the top fantasy writers of the century, with exclusive serialized eBook stories starring Conan, Solomon Kane, and more...

Mit Flow, Klang und (Binnen-)Reimen zieht uns Tara C. Meister in ihre Textwelten. Sogartig und rauschhaft - so lässt sich ihr Schreiben wie auch ihre Slam-Auftritte beschreiben. In "“Geschafft, Sonne"...

Media technology plays a significant role in addressing the different sense modalities of the recipient or user. This role seems to deeply influence our concepts of time and space: The more a media technology...

In the new media environment, how are bodies and images related? How can, in other words, the human body be integrated with and reformulated in relation to the sensory and perceptual dimension? In response...

There have been a thousand tales of future Utopias and possible civilizations. They have been ruled by benevolent dictatorships and pure democracies, every form of government from extreme right to absolute...

The beginning of the Christian Church is reckoned from the great day on which the Holy Ghost came down, according as our Lord had promised to His Apostles. At that time, "Jews, devout men, out of every...

Payment Deferred C. S. Forester - Mr Marble is in serious debt, desperate for money to pay his family's bills, until the combination of a wealthy relative, a bottle of Cyanide and a shovel offer him the...

Ruth Shepherd is a sweet middle aged lady who lives in a rather old fashioned town alive with children and wonderful friends and neighbors.. She and her husband had no children of their own, so her husband...

Lally the fairy loses her wand for the umpteenth time. Her friend Miggie tries to help her and some of the other farm animals get in on the search, however, it seems hopeless once two little human girls...

Really, is there anything wrong with taking clothes off someone who is never going to wear them? When you're broke and living in the depression, you take chances and take what you can with no one getting...

A compelling examination of Russia's national strategy from the founding of the Romanov dyansty to World War I delving into military strategies, political power dynamics, and the historical evolution...

In their groundbreaking book Revolutionizing Product Development, Steven C. Wheelwright and Kim B. Clark demonstrated how project leaders for product development could apply new innovations to bring products...

William C. Davis, one of America's best Civil War historians, here offers a definitive portrait of the Confederacy unlike any that has come before. Drawing on decades of writing and research among an...

After four years of unspeakable horror and sacrifice on both sides, the Civil War was about to end. On March 4, 1865, at his Second Inaugural, President Lincoln did not offer the North the victory speech...

For four crucial months in 1861, delegates from all over the South met in Montgomery, Alabama, to establish a new nation. Davis (Jefferson Davis: The Man and the Hour, LJ 11/15/91) tells their story in...

Simple techniques for creating catchy lyrics and memorable melodies!Nearly everyone can hum the melody or remember the words to a hit song. Clever word play, catchy melodies, and thoughtful imagery can...

In a desperate attempt to avoid too much scrutiny, the Cayman Islands pretends to be searching for oil. They build dozens of massive oil rig platforms under the pretense of having found massive reserves....

Did you ever want to take over a country but didn't know how? This short play serves as a brief beginner's guide on how to start your own banana republic. Now everyone can have their own tax haven.The...

Tropical islands, supermodels, gangsters, hackers, poets, tax-evaders, prostitutes, spiritual seekers and money launderers. This play has it all. This results in copious amounts of jealousy, murder, romance,...

Data Privacy Decoded: Navigating Laws and Regulations stands out as a comprehensive roadmap through the labyrinth of global data privacy laws. It demystifies complex legal frameworks and offers practical...

Anton Glock ist auf dem Weg nach oben. Als man ihm anbietet, die Leitung der zentralen Strategieabteilung eines großen Münchner Konzerns, der Schuegraf AG, zu übernehmen, überschlagen sich plötzlich die...