Verlag: ICTS
The Complete Works, Novels, Plays, Stories, Ideas, and Writings of Katherine MacLean This Complete Collection includes the following titles: -------- 1 - Games 2 - The Natives 3 - The Snowball Effect 4 - Contagion 5 - Pictures Don't Lie
A second, broad selection of ghost stories both classic and obscure. Contents: "The Third Shadow" by H. R. Wakefield A mountaineer's fate is sealed by a vengeful supernatural force. "The Dance of Death" by Algernon Blackwood Ignoring warnings, a frail man dances—death is his final partner. "The Demon Lover" by Elizabeth Bowen A wartime letter rekindles a long-forgotten, ghostly appointment. "The Suicide" by Malcolm Ford Henry A dead man mourns his own passing, filled with vain regret. "Lens-Shy" by W. M. Clayton A photographer of corpses discovers death's unsettling final portrait. "The Last of Mrs. DeBrugh" by H. Sivia A maid's promised inheritance vanishes with the widow’s cold refusal. "Mommy" by Mary Elizabeth Counselman An orphan girl claims visits from her mother—long since dead. "Yuki-onna" by Lafcadio Hearn A snow spirit haunts a woodcutter after a chilling encounter. "Graves and Goblins" by Nathaniel Hawthorne A ghostly narrator seeks peace from limbo’s lonely eternity. "The House Party at Smoky Island" by L. M. Montgomery Strangers gather at a remote house to share chilling tales. "Keeping His Promise" by Algernon Blackwood A man receives a ghostly visit from a forgotten friend. "The Frontier Guards" by H. R. Wakefield Curiosity leads Brinton into a haunted house’s invisible defences. "The Theater Upstairs" by Manly Wade Wellman A cinema screens forgotten films starring actors long since dead. "The Terror by Night" by E. F. Benson Ghosts, illusions, or madness? Night brings terror either way. "The Burned House" by Vincent O'Sullivan A traveller sees a burning house that never truly existed.Zum Buch
Featured in Task & Purpose and Army Times."A riveting, unsparing, gritty, first-hand account of life in a great airborne unit that engaged in some of the toughest fighting in Afghanistan."—General David Petraeus, former Commander of the Surge in Iraq, US Central Command, former Commander of NATO/US Forces in Afghanistan and former Director of the CIA. “DAMN THE VALLEY” was a phrase regularly uttered by the men that spent any amount of time in the Arghandab River Valley during the deployment of 2 Fury to Afghanistan in 2009–2010. The valley has claimed bodies from the troops of Alexander the Great, the British Empire, and more recently, the Russian Army. Operating in the valley was like nothing the men could have envisaged, they called it the “meat grinder.” It was a deployment that the media didn’t talk about, and the government doesn’t acknowledge. Three of the company were KIA, more than a dozen suffered life-changing injuries, and half the company had Purple Hearts—not many modern-day deployments have a 52% casualty rate. At one point, the entire prosthetics ward at Walter Reed was full of the men who patrolled that deadly area of the world. Since their return, many of the survivors have struggled to move on with their lives, and the unit has been declared at "extraordinary risk" by the Department of Veteran Affairs. No one who entered that region was left unscathed. This book shares the perspective of the men that were on the ground for that deployment during the fighting season of 2010.Zum Buch
The story of Rome's richest man, who died a humiliating desert death in search of military glory Marcus Licinius Crassus (115–53 BCE) was a modern man in an ancient world, a pioneer disrupter of finance and politics, and the richest man of the last years of the Roman republic. Without his catastrophic ambition, this trailblazing tycoon might have quietly entered history as Rome's first modern political financier. Instead, Crassus and his son led an army on an unprovoked campaign against Parthia into what are now the borderlands of Turkey, Syria, and Iraq, losing a battle at Carrhae which scarred Roman minds for generations. After Crassus was killed, historians told many stories of his demise. Some said that his open mouth, shriveled by desert air, had been filled with molten gold as testament to his lifetime of greed. His story poses both immediate and lasting questions about the intertwining of money, ambition, and power.Zum Buch
"I have committed many acts of cruelty and had an incalculable number of men killed, never knowing whether what I did was right. But I am indifferent to what people think of me." - Genghis Khan A spine-chilling chronicle of dictators and their crimes against humanity, Tyrants introduces the most bloodthirsty madmen - and women - ever to wield power over their unfortunate fellow human beings. From Herod the Great, persecutor of the infant Jesus, to Adolf Hitler, mass murderer and instigator of the most devastating war the world has ever known, this book examines history's most infamous despots and tells in vivid detail the story of the lives they led, their ruthless climb to the top and the destruction and sorrow they left in their wake. Unflinching in its coverage, Tyrants is a gripping and compelling portrait of the darker side of politics and power, revealing the strange and grisly stories behind the world's most infamous autocrats.Zum Buch
This content is an independent and unofficial summary created for informational and educational purposes only. It is not affiliated with, authorized, approved, licensed, or endorsed by the original author or publisher. All rights to the original work belong to its respective copyright holders. This summary is not intended to substitute the original book, but to offer a concise overview and interpretation of its main ideas. You Could Make This Place Beautiful is not just a memoir—it’s a map out of heartbreak and into reclamation. After the rupture of a marriage, the narrator embarks on a powerful journey of rediscovery: of voice, identity, and purpose. With poetic precision and unapologetic vulnerability, this audiobook explores the hidden costs of silence, the weight of emotional labor, and the courage it takes to choose yourself—again and again. In short, vivid chapters that pulse with emotional honesty, the story walks through betrayal, motherhood, art, forgiveness, and radical self-worth. It's not about revenge or bitterness. It’s about turning pain into power, loneliness into clarity, and routine into ritual. It’s about making beauty—right in the middle of the mess.Zum Buch
Here's an amazing story that will shock and inspire you...starting in Burma. "This amazing testimony of a young boy growing up in Burma in the midst of civil war, poverty, and persecution of Christians. Miraculously, he became an MD and had his life protected and even spared from Government troops and rebels. God brought his family to America, miraculously, and gave Dr. Tay a testimony that will inspire and impact you. Get ready for suspense, danger, trials, and amazing deliverances that will encourage you to live for Christ." -Dr. Larry Keefauver, Bestselling author and International Teacher, www.doctorlarry.org Dr. John Tay is a retired, Christian MD who grew up in dangerous, war-torn Burma. His godly medical practice has inspired and helped thousands of people in Asia and America. He and his wife live in Ft. Myers Beach, FL.Zum Buch
