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In quaint Newbury, Connecticut, real estate broker Ben Abbott gets caught in a nasty land battle between two neighbors, which soon leads to a mysterious death. "A thoroughly good read."--"Publishers Weekly."

"Nueva York, 1910. Preston Whiteway, dueño de un gran imperio periodístico, ha ofrecido un premio de cincuenta mil dólares al primer aviador que logre cruzar Estados Unidos en menos de cincuenta días. Josephine Frost es la candidata con más posibilidades y la preferida del magnate, pero su marido, de quien acaba de separarse, está decidido a vengarse de ella de la peor de las maneras. El detective privado Isaab Bell será el encargado de protegerla. En esta trepidante aventura, el detective se enfrentará no solamente a un marido cruel y enloquecido, sino también a un grupo de aviadores dispuestos a sabotear a todos sus rivales para hacerse con una gran fortuna." --

"Best friends Sage Carrington and Isabel Flores are making the most of their summer break when they discover an antique treasure map near the Washington Monument. But when faced with difficult clues and a bully in the form of Edwin Hooser, the tween girls must use every bit of imagination, drive, and intellect to outsmart Edwin and decipher the map."--Amazon.com.

Even the cozy New England town of Newbury, onnecticut, is not immune to the relentless spread of McMansions carpeting the countryside. Ben Abbott, realtor and private detective, is so incensed that he refuses to sell them. That Ben is not the only citizen of Newbury who is provoked by over - sized, ugly, wasteful houses becomes apparent when the corpse of Billy Tiller, Newbury''s greediest developer, is discovered underneath his bulldozer. The young and troubled eco - activist Jeff Kimball, who is arrested while sitting at the controls of the bulldozer, protests his innocence. Connecticut''s state''s attorney sees the opportunity to prosecute an open - and - shut TV murder trial that will vault him into the U.S. Senate. While Ira Levy, the small - town criminal defense lawyer hired by Jeff''s hip - hop mogul father, longs to impress movers and shakers in New York City. Ben Abbott, deep in debt to Attorney Levy for an expensive horse he gave to 12 - year - old Alison, is forced to pay off the debt by trying to prove Jeff Kimball innocent of a crime that State Police Major Crime Squad Lieutenant Marian Boyce styles ''''perpetrator on bulldozer on victim.'''' It looks that way, says Ben Abbott. But in what order did they really stack up?

Warning: This novel contains graphic scenes and content that some may consider traumatizing. Please be advised, and read at your own discretion. A retired meta-human spy has his whole life flipped upside down when a stranger disintegrates him with a magic gun! But before he can blink, he is reborn in world full magic, heroes, mighty pharaoh gods, and ancient titans.In the lowest realm of the Divine Universe, a young adult named Jodye Trill from modern Earth is reborn in a world full of magic he never imagined!In his first life, he was born into poverty in a rich society!In this life, he was born into luxury in a cruel and vicious land!It''s an unknown yet wonderful land of spiritual cultivation and martial arts! However, this land is plagued by dark plots and evil arts. Women are victimized, and used as tools!Once the cruel nature of the land extends to his own family, Jodye is unable to stand for this."Strength! Without strength I watched my lover suffer. Without strength, I stood helpless as that same lover died!! Without strength there is no respect, there is no love, there can be no peace! I must be stronger. I will carve out my own legend of strength in order to bring my world peace!!"

This Training Guide is amongst one of the most resourceful and informative out there. Packed full of reliable and tested information - written by a highly experienced Trainer. Easy to read, and in-depth in its nature - you will thoroughly enjoy your journey through it, all while expanding your knowledge. It contains a wealth of interesting facts and reliable information, along with detailed advice for owners. This is one book that is certainly a must-have addition to your collection.

Tween best friends Sage Carrington and Isabel Flores are traveling with family across Mexico when they encounter a cryptic math riddle painted inside a portratit by renowned artist Frida Kahlo.

This research explores the various and often conflicting interpretations of the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, an event seemingly lost in the public mind of twenty-first century America. The conflict, which pitted United States forces under the command of Major General Andrew Jackson against a militant offshoot of the Creek Confederacy, known as the Redsticks, ranks as the single most staggering loss of life in annals of American Indian warfare. Today, exactly 200 years after the conflict, the legacy of Horseshoe Bend stands as an obscure and often unheard of event. Drawing upon over two centuries of unpublished archival data, newspapers, and political propaganda, this research argues that the dominate narrative of Northern history, the shadowy details of the War of 1812, and the erasure of shameful events from the legacy of westward expansion have all contributed to transform what once was a battle of epic proportions, described by Jackson himself as an "extermination," into a seemingly forgotten affair.

A 1950s setting of the original classic follows the adventures of young Jim Hawkins, who leaves his parent''s rundown tourist hotel life so that he may join Senator Trelawney and Doctor Livesey on a search for Nazi gold in the Caribbean.

This thesis sets out to confront drug and alcohol abuse by American servicemen during the Vietnam War, previously defying in depth historical analysis. New oral histories available within the last few years have shed new light on a previously elusive subject. Harnessing medical literature, government documents, oral histories and secondary sources this work seeks to explain the widespread alcohol and drug abuse the Vietnam War became famous for. Factors contributing to abuse and elaborated upon include widespread availability of drugs and alcohol, military machismo, the inability of military leadership to cope with the burgeoning substance abuse problems and the rise of the domestic drug scene domestically.

This study explored how unaccompanied refugee minors (URMs) define success. The population of URMs consists of individuals who, through forced migration from their country of origin, were resettled in the United States through the URM program. Little is known about the ways in which refugee adolescents view the resettlement process once they have left the URM program. Through a traditional grounded theory method, 15 interviews with former URMs were conducted with the aim of laying the groundwork for a theory that would explain how success is defined, the unique challenges URMs face, the mechanisms for overcoming challenges, and the role that culture plays in the resettlement process.

"In his explanation of 2001: A Space Odyssey’s concluding “Stargate” sequence, Stanley Kubrick privileges its psychological and affective aspects, stating that “[the concluding sequence’s] meaning has to be found on a sort of psychological level rather than in a specific literal interpretation” (qtd. in Grant 81-82). Expanded beyond this film and into Kubrick’s corpus altogether, his films largely display an emphasis on the psychological impacts they have over spectators. More specifically, Kubrick’s films have been described as cold cinematic texts that resist emotional engagement (Kolker, “Rage for Order” 60; Freer 114). Consider 2001’s Stargate sequence --in which a series of chromatic images appear onscreen at random with no obvious narrative purpose or explanation --as exemplary of the emotional estrangement underlying Kubrick’s films. Conventional narrative cinema provides clear-cut narratives that allow méconnaissance (or misrecognition) to occur in the cinema, during which spectators immerse themselves into the film’s narrative verisimilitude; but Kubrick’s films resist this by thwarting such expectations --as is evident in the convoluted Stargate sequence --to create an alienating aesthetic unique to the Kubrickian corpus. Psychologically, Kubrick’s cinema alienates spectators from identifying with his narratives, which consequently thwarts emotional identification from spectators. In order to theorize this trend from a psychoanalytical perspective, I explore the convergence of two conflicting Lacanian film theories --an earlier version which resists méconnaissance and the latter version which alternatively requests that theorists use misrecognition to observe moments when their immersion is disrupted --occurring throughout Kubrick’s films. There is a marked discordance between conventional narrative structures and Kubrick’s deconstruction of them, one which shall be explored in this thesis to illustrate the various ways in which Kubrick’s alienating aesthetic is manifested, particularly in A Clockwork Orange, Eyes Wide Shut, and 2001: A Space Odyssey"-- from abstract.

Nowy Jork, rok 1906. Mnożą się porwania, wymuszenia, podpalenia. Przestępcza organizacja zwana Czarną Ręką terroryzuje włoską dzielnicę. Ofiary gangsterów jednoczą się i wynajmują do ochrony swoich rodzin i biznesów Agencję Detektywistyczną Van Dorn. Jej najlepszy śledczy Isaac Bell tworzy specjalny oddział, żeby wytropić i schwytać bossa Czarnej Ręki. Lecz kiedy ginie pierwszy człowiek, Bell zaczyna podejrzewać, że jego przeciwnik jest o wiele potężniejszy, niż sądził.

The purpose of this study was to assess changes in physical fitness and performance by rock climbing twice a week over a 7-week time period. Rock climbing is on the rise in popularity as seen in the rise of indoor climbing gyms and the increase in rock climbing competitions. Notably, the International Federation of Sport Climbing has held the Climbing World Championships biennially since the first event in 1991, which emphasizes the importance of this research to apply to training programs. To better understand the sport of rock climbing a variety of tests were used to assess physical fitness and performance. The tests included grip strength, grip endurance, pinch strength, the sum of 7-site skinfold thicknesses, percent body fat, upper body aerobic power and time to complete a graded route on the climbing wall. 16 subjects, 3 females and 13 males, who were enrolled in a 7-week rock climbing course at Western Michigan University participated in the study. Significant improvements were observed in right hand grip endurance, left hand grip endurance , right hand pinch strength, pinch strength average, and timed climb, or time to the top of a graded route. It was concluded that 7-weeks of rock climbing twice a week showed improvements in some physical fitness and performance variables.

This book is an easy and accessible guide that provides all the information and advice that any budding drummer needs to get started.

I''ve seen it happen. When you least expect it. Your family seems perfect - until - a stroke hits. Now your loved one needs assistance. In some cases, they are bedridden, others, no longer capable of what they once were. Why did this happen? What do you do next? How do you pay for the extensive care?If you are looking for answers, this book is for you. Author and attorney Justin L. Scott has written multiple books helping families deal with the various issues associated with aging. He has become the authority in helping readers find honest, easy-to-read answers to the most frequently asked questions. Attorney Scott has helped hundreds of families as an Elder Law Attorney at his New Jersey office, Bratton Scott Attorneys.Strokes are the fifth leading cause of death in the United States. Sadly, strokes receive far less coverage and attention compared to Alzheimer''s and cancer. This leaves families with a lack of information and understanding that most care options can be paid for entirely by the government.When a stroke happens to you or a loved one - this will be your how-to guide to navigate you through the swift and crushing impact.

No-till producers can manage weeds by including cover crops during the fallow phase as part of an integrated weed management plan. Field experiments were conducted between 2007 and 2009 to quantify the influence of cover crops on weed emergence, biomass accumulation, and seed production. Field experiments were established near Garden City, KS with winter wheat or fallow as main plots and cover crop treatments as subplots including five spring- and five fall-sown individual or mixtures of crop species and a no-cover chemical fallow. Separate1-m2 quadrats were seeded with kochia or downy brome at 500 seed/m2. Kochia density was reduced by 75% and biomass reduced by 88% in fall-sown cover crops compared to chemical fallow across growing seasons. Spring-sown cover crop mixtures reduced kochia biomass in 2009 when kochia emergence was delayed. Downy brome biomass decreased exponentially as cover crop biomass increased. A second field experiment was established near Manhattan, KS with soybean, winter wheat, or grain sorghum phases of the rotation as main plots and six cover crop treatments as subplots sown after winter wheat harvest. Paired Palmer amaranth 1-m2 quadrats were seeded with 500 seed/m2 in each cover crop subplot. One quadrat was protected from any herbicide application made to the cover crop or to the grain sorghum. Combining burndown application with high biomass-producing cover crops reduced Palmer amaranth emergence and biomass. Influence of cover crop presence reduced early season Palmer amaranth emergence in the subsequent grain sorghum phase. Optimal seeding rate of forage soybean sown in winter wheat stubble and its impact on Palmer amaranth and downy brome emergence and growth were evaluated in field studies established near Manhattan and Hesston, KS in 2008 and 2009. Soybean was no-till drilled after wheat harvest at five rates ranging from 100,000 to 600,000 seeds/ha. A no-cover chemical fallow treatment was included. Separate 0.5-m2 quadrats were seeded with Palmer amaranth at 100 seed/0.5 m2 or with downy brome at 250 seed/0.5 m2. Three termination methods evaluated were killing frost, glyphosate application, or crop rolling. Palmer amaranth density was not affected by treatments but biomass decreased as soybean seeding rate and crop biomass increased. Downy brome emergence was less with rolled or sprayed termination methods in one site year as timing of termination was optimal. High biomass producing cover crops sown during the fallow phase of a crop rotation reduced weed emergence, density, and biomass accumulation. Cover crops can be part of an integrated weed management plan in Kansas.