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SGT. CLAUDINE ST. CYR, A DETECTIVE OF THE GALACTIC POLICE, INVESTIGATES THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE CROWN JEWELS OF LAVRANCHE, AND OF THE CROWN PRINCE, WHO IS ALSO MISSING.

The children in second grade laugh at Vincenzo''s sandwich of mortadella and provolone cheese.

A physical chemist (Fritz Haber), a photographer (Josef Breitenbach), a cabaret artist (Georg Kreisler), two writers (Otto Alscher and Albin Stuebs), a pioneering scholar in Irish-German studies (John Hennig) and a Celtic philologist (Julius Pokorny) are the focus of this volume. What they have in common is a biography fractured by the Nazis'' rise to power in 1933. Six were forced into exile; the life of the seventh, the Romanian-German writer Otto Alscher, shows that even the biography of a Nazi sympathiser could be dislocated by the years of dictatorship. As the previously unpublished letters which are reproduced here show, Fritz Haber, a Nobel prize winner, spent ''his last lonely months'' seeking a dignified way to leave the country to which he had once felt the deepest attachment. Although a prominent member of Germany''s academic élite, Julius Pokorny had to retire because of his Jewish ancestry in December 1935 and yet was allowed to continue publishing on ethnic themes until his exile in 1943. Albin Stuebs was forced to seek refuge in Prague and later England when his left-wing political convictions made him a certain target for the Nazis. Because of his marriage into a liberal Jewish family, John Hennig had to renounce all hope of an academic career in Nazi Germany and, after his exile to Ireland, struggled in straitened circumstances to support his family while at the same time developing into an unusually prolific scholar. Proof that exile may stimulate creative energy is provided by Josef Breitenbach, whose remarkable biography appears to show that loss and uprootedness may release otherwise undeveloped creative potential. Similarly, the flight of Georg Kreisler from Vienna in 1938 was the start of ''a remarkable voyage of discovery'' which saw him grow into a major, if consistently undervalued figure in the world of post-war German cabaret.

Canterbury, UK, mid 1980''s Tom Pascoe, nearly 40 years old has made mistakes throughout his life and like most of us has got away with them. The one he didn''t get away with was his wife. His mistake was letting himself get talked into a loveless marriage with his wife spending their money faster than he could earn it, but that in itself is not so extraordinary these days. Neither is the husband or wife having an affair on the side. However, people usually don''t do it under the nose of their significant ''other''. Theresa Pascoe, Tom''s 30 something wife had pestered him for ages about having a party for her friends, because she wanted to show-off their period piece of real estate located a few miles outside the Cathedral city of Canterbury in Kent, UK. So, a few months earlier, Pascoe thrown the party one summer weekend. All had gone fine with Pascoe playing the part of genial host up to the moment that he realised Theresa was nowhere to be seen and being a upset by her absence, he went looking for her. He searched everywhere but eventually discovered her in their bedroom, being shagged silly by one of his work colleagues and this is where his problems began. Pascoe was of mixed British and American parentage and the calm rational side of his personality would normally be in control, but finding your wife being screwed by a colleague in your own home with friends in attendance doesn''t quite fit into ''normal'' and that''s where the more rumbustious American side of his psyche took over. This side didn''t think so much as act and Pascoe just went ape and bundled the pair of them semi-naked out into the road and threw their clothes out after them. I guess most of the guys reading this will think he did the right thing and that he was more than justified in his actions. WRONG! Pascoe had forgotten the fury of a wronged woman. His wife didn''t take the humiliation lying down... at least not with her husband. She had retaliated by obtaining a new credit card, running up debts of more than 18,000 or more than $30,000 at the time and because her initials were exactly the same as her husband''s, Pascoe got saddled with the huge debt which he had no possibility of meeting. Of course, he distanced himself from her; started divorce proceedings (more money) and made announcements in the local press that he would no longer be responsible for his wife''s debts but when he checked with a lawyer friend from his schooldays, it was explained to him that he was responsible for them and that he either had to pay up or file for bankruptcy. He couldn''t pay and he couldn''t afford to go bankrupt. Pascoe needed another way out and as chance would have it, the alternative also came from his lawyer friend although somewhat unintentionally when he mentioned a practical joke that Pascoe had played on his school friends during his last week of the final term when, using the facilities of the school''s printing club, he had invented his own exam paper and had had 130 boys kept in school on a Saturday afternoon to sit it. They were not amused when they found out that he had wasted their free time but he just saw it as his revenge for all the bullying he had withstood during his years at the school. The day after meeting his lawyer, Pascoe had visited London to re-charge his batteries. Again chance had taken a hand and brought his meanderings to the very shop where his school had purchased its printing equipment. Later, on his way back to Victoria station he had stopped off at The Cheshire Cheese pub in Fleet Street where he bumped into an ''old boy'' from his school; someone who used the old school tie routine to effect. Surprisingly, during their conversation, Pascoe''s practical joke was also mentioned. Pascoe remembered an adage from James Bond... "once happenstance; twice, coincidence; three times, enemy action'' and he knew at once how he would climb his way out of the hole he found himself in. He would invent his own bank!

Richard Pochinko: Clown thru Mask has the origin of the famous clown technique developed by Richard Pochinko and a process loved by many artists, teachers, guides and those that want to know themselves better. It is an intuitive, inner child, exploration with clay mask made with eyes shut representing the 6 directions and a process loved by many in its ability to reach a sacred creative place. There are 12 Essential exercises. Included with this book is a 10 pages of a Dairy written by Della Burford when studying with Richard in 1986. Some of Richards students have commented in a Clown Registry started online. There is many historical photos taken by Ian''s brother Douglas Wallace.

Ian Campbell is a retired Math teacher, journalist, author and photographer. At school he was the founder of the school''s photomicrographical society and made money from the school by copying the biology slides on to 35mm film ransparencies so that the whole class could see the slides at the same time without having to queue for the microscope. Years later, when teaching math, he realised that different people learn in different ways. Some learn by rote; others visually. Many people are scared by the words used in the subject... long words like ''common denominator''... scary eh? This book will teach you how to do fractions, without the jargon using a simple visual method. It doesn''t matter how you learn. It only matters that you learn!

This book helps you to understand the complexities and enabling ways to work with insecurity in our lives and our Clients lives. It focusses on helpful ways to work with and explore our insecurities giving you a understanding of how insecurity impacts on our lives. What behavioural patterns then emerge from our natural insecure drive.

Two children find a tree house just before Christmas.

Beautiful photography, interlaced with a diary style narrative gives you the opportunity to become completely immersed in the unique Tasmanian landscape.