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This collection contains a mixture of stories about ghosts and contacts from spirits, some by celebrated authors, together with essays on psychical research. As Joseph French notes in the preface, even for the skeptic, tales of ghostly activity retain a distinct fascination. The widespread interest in psychic phenomena in the early twentieth century proved to be a significant stimulus to literary production.

Luliia was a dedicated member of the Komsomol (the Soviet communist youth organization) and her parents worked for the NKVD. She started at the sniper school and eventually became a valued member of her battalion during operations against Prussia. She persevered through eight months of training before leaving for the Front on 24th November 1944 just days after qualifying. Joining the third Belorussian Front her battalion endured rounds of German mortar as well as loudspeaker announcements beckoning them to come over to the German side.

Auf einer Jagd in der Jungfernheide wird Hauptmann Erwin von Hagen von einem tödlichen Schuss getroffen. Obwohl alles auf einen Jagdunfall hindeutet, beschließt Uwe Kronberger, Walter Piefke auf den Fall anzusetzen. Nach anfänglicher Weigerung nimmt Piefke in der Rolle des passionierten Jägers Wilhelm Pohlert die Ermittlungen auf. Schnell stellt er fest, dass Hauptmann von Hagen bei den anderen Jägern nicht besonders beliebt gewesen ist.

Erschrocken über ihre Entdeckung machen sich Irene Adler und Mr. Wu weiter auf den Weg zu Hayden and Son. Der Besuch bei der Firma, die die Ausgrabungsarbeiten in Auftrag gegeben hat, verläuft ganz anders, als es Irene Adler und Mr. Wu erwartet haben. Die beiden scheinen bei ihren Ermittlungen auf der Stelle zu treten, während es der Gegenseite immer mehr gelingt, ihre gefährlichen Pläne in die Tat umzusetzen.

Victor Frankenstein kann seine Trauer über den Tod von Clarissa Morton nur schwer überwinden, zumal er sich insgeheim die Schuld daran gibt. Um sich seinen Schmerz vor Mata Hari und Theodora Sachs nicht anmerken zu lassen, intensiviert er seine Bemühungen, endlich eine Sydney-Trichternetzspinne einzufangen. Und tatsächlich entdeckt er bald einen Ort, an dem die Spinne zu finden ist. Er ahnt nicht, dass Cooper Morton ihm dicht auf den Fersen ist, bereit für seine Rache bis zum Äußersten zu gehen ...

Lucille Grandis, eine Tänzerin aus dem Moulin Rouge, wird tot in einer Seitenstraße in Montmartre aufgefunden. Ihr Schmuck und ihre Handtasche fehlen. George Lorant wendet sich an Edgar Allan Poe und Auguste Dupin. Er ist davon überzeugt, dass es sich nicht um einen gewöhnlichen Raubmord handelt. Zumal es erst kurz zuvor am Stadtrand von Paris ein ähnliches Verbrechen gegeben hat.

Nach dem Einbruch in das Haus von Garth Petty verlassen Nikola Tesla und die anderen Mitglieder des Zirkels unverzüglich New Orleans. Auf ihrer Reise nach New York kommt es zu einer Verzögerung, so dass es ihnen nicht gelingt, ihr Schiff zu erreichen. Doch mit der sich dadurch anbahnenden Katastrophe hätte niemand von ihnen gerechnet… Unterdessen haben Robur und Killjoy in London in Erfahrung gebracht, dass sich Nikola Tesla in Amerika aufhält. Und so planen die beiden für seine Rückkehr eine böse Überraschung.

Gray Everson is sure she's found the perfect quiet place to work on her paintings, until hunters start shooting up the forest around the cabin she rented and she finds a wounded wolf. But the animal she hides from the hunters is no regular wolf—he's something Gray never imagined could be real. Louis LaForge's focus has always been on protecting his pack, but the instant attraction he feels to the artist who saves him changes everything.

For years, everyone believed Sylvie LaForge Dubois was dead, and she worked hard to keep it that way. Now that her abusive mate is dead, she's come back to face everyone. But it's harder than she thought it would be, especially when Gator Rollins watches her every move, making her uneasy and excited all at once. She never imagined she'd want another man, but her attraction to Gator is too strong to fight. Before Gator had the chance to tell Sylvie how he felt about her, she was mated to someone else and then killed. Now she's back, and there's nothing he won't do to protect her.

Dragnet, the popular American radio series airing from 1949-1957, is arguably the most famous and influential police procedural drama in media history. Enacting the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday and his partners gave audience members a feel for the boredom and drudgery, as well as the danger and heroism, of police work.

Boasting some of the most beautiful landscapes in the world, Thailand is located in Southeast Asia. It has many beaches that attract tourists from all parts of the globe. Kids will learn about the cultural traditions of Thailand, what everyday life is like for Thais, and much more in this informative book.

Soul by Soul tells the story of slavery in antebellum America by moving away from the cotton plantations and into the slave market itself, the heart of the domestic slave trade. Taking us inside the New Orleans slave market, the largest in the nation, where 100,000 men, women, and children were packaged, priced, and sold, Walter Johnson transforms the statistics of this chilling trade into the human drama of traders, buyers, and slaves, negotiating sales that would alter the life of each.

Ben Dibbuk has a good job, an accomplished wife, a bright college-age daughter, and a patient young mistress. Even as he goes through the motions of everyday life, however, inside he feels nothing. The explanation for this emotional void lies in the years he spent as a blacked-out drunk before pulling his life together - years in which he knows he committed acts he doesn't remember.

Iran is an ancient country that used to be called Persia. The Persians were one of the oldest civilizations on Earth, and Persian culture has a strong presence in Iranian culture today. In this book, explore Iran’s rain forests, national cuisine, and the traditions of a people that trace their roots back thousands of years.

So You Want to Be a Lawyer takes you through the process of becoming a lawyer, examining each phase in a helpful and easy-to-understand narrative. Find out what practicing law is like before you step into your first law school class! Practice solving legal problems as law students would in law school, and lawyers might in an actual courtroom.

La traducción al latín de la obra de Maimónides "Moreh Nevukhim" (Guía para Perplejos) es considerada la obra judía más influyente de los últimos milenios. Marcó el inicio de la escolástica, un movimiento nutrido por pensadores judíos. Impresa por la primera imprenta mecánica de Gutenberg, su influencia se extendió hasta el Quinto Concilio de Letrán (1512-1517), donde se instó a los eruditos a reconciliar la teología y la filosofía. La Guía revolucionó el currículo escolar al reintegrar las leyes del pensamiento en el ámbito de la fe, influyendo en el principio de razón suficiente de Leibniz.

In these turbulent times when wars, religious strife, stifling bureaucracy, and urban decay threaten our very humanity, reducing us to social statistics, a fresh approach to the creation of a truly viable society is desperately needed. In this intellectual tour de force J. Donald Walters analyzes with deep insight the views expressed by many of the great thinkers in the West, including Plato, Copernicus, Machiavelli, Malthus, Adam Smith, Charles Darwin, Karl Marx, and Sigmund Freud.

In his award-winning debut essay collection, What Cannot Be Undone, Walter M. Robinson shares surprising stories of illness and medicine that do not sacrifice hard truth for easy dramatics. These true stories are filled with details of difficult days and nights in the world of high-tech medical care, and they show the ongoing struggle in making critical decisions with no good answer. This collection presents the raw moments where his expertise in medical ethics and pediatrics are put to the test.

Mikhail Matheson may be an outsider in Salvation, but he stays with the pack to be close to his sister. It has nothing to with the fact that Elise—the most fascinating woman he's ever laid eyes on—is part of the pack. Mikhail has wanted Elise for years, but being with her could cost him his life. Soon he'll have to decide if he's going to leave the pack or risk it all to pursue a place at her side.

Craig Lawton's best friend is an ancient vampire and his two siblings are half werewolf, so he's used to being the only human in the room. When he tries to help a new vampire in the throes of her transformation, he goes from "normal" to "paranormal." Left in an alley to become a monster like the one that attacked her, Evie Pelowski is confused, alone, and unable to control the strange bloodlust surging through her veins. When a Good Samaritan tries to help her, she does the unforgivable and turns him into a monster too.