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Just another undercover day. Or is it?Planning and executing a high-stakes, smoke-and-mirrors deception to flush out terrorists for the Sci-Spy team left Dr. Bree Watson ready for a change of pace. An easy, "undercover boss" style assignment fits the ticket perfectly, and leaves evenings free to cuddle with her cat, Sherlock. Unfortunately, the spy world has other plans. The arrival of her nemesis-also her partner's ex-lover-brings Bree's worlds crashing together, threatening to destroy her in the process. She'll need all her wits and all her training to keep one step ahead of: -A rogue enemy agent-on the loose-A terrorist willing to trade information-for the right price-A dead man with ties to trouble-and an unexplained cash stash-The hunky detective who loves her-and the studly spy who might-A chatty parrot who sings off-key-and knows more than she shouldSoon spying and sleuthing take priority over Sherlock, sleep, and just about everything else. When the mission implodes, Bree must battle more than burnout-she must fight for her life.Will she beat the odds? Or has she finally met her own impossible mission?

In Part III Ryan, Tory and Jan return to Massachusetts shattered from their losses. Tory is a mess, Jan is suicidal and Ryan is desperately trying to hold everything together. They form an unlikely alliance with a MA State Trooper named Chris who lost his wife to drug addiction. He's a complicated and lethal character who doesn't seem to care whether he lives or dies but who's determined to avenge his wife's death. Ryan had always been a 'live and let live' kind of guy. Chris is more of a 'kill every last one of the cockroaches' kind of guy and he has the skills, training and means of doing so.>Rip Converse is a licensed sea captain who has made over 20 trips between New England, Bermuda and The Caribbean. He has also run larger ships in the oil fields, charter boats in the Florida Keys and a ferry in Boston Harbor. He's lived aboard a classic wooden sloop in the Caribbean and also cruised in the South Pacific and Mediterranean. He currently resides in Sarasota, FL with his wife and two Black Labradors.

FULL COLOR, HIGH QUALITY, EDITION. The adventures of Max and Moritz in English and German.First published in 1865, this classic book has entertained adults and children alike for over 150 years.It tells the story of two mischievous boys who carry out a series of pranks on the long-suffering inhabitants of their town-and of how they meet their end.A delightful classic tale which has endless appeal.VOLLFARBIGE AUSGABE. Die Abenteuer von Max und Moritz auf Englisch und Deutsch. Erstmals 1865 veröffentlicht, unterhält dieser Klassiker seit über 150 Jahren Erwachsene und Kinder gleichermaßen.Es erzählt die Geschichte von zwei schelmischen Jungen, die den leidgeprüften Einwohnern ihrer Stadt eine Reihe von Streichen spielen - und wie sie ihr Ende finden.Ein herrlicher Klassiker, der immer wieder aufs Neue begeistert.

T. Nelson Downs-the "king of coins" was not only America's most popular and famous coin manipulator, but a talented magician specializing in sleight-of-hand involving objects as varied as cards, eggs, balls, and a host of other objects. This book is not written for the beginner in conjuring, but for the advanced amateur and the professional prestidigitator who seeks to improve their skill-level to that of master magician.This book contains 125 spectacular tricks, effects and flourishes, the secrets of which, once mastered, will allow applications in modern surroundings only limited by the reader's imagination. Included in this volume are the author's own "Miser's Dream" routine refinements, the secret to his spectacular "wrist palm" and much, much more.It is a classic work is a must-have for any serious magician.This new edition has been hand-edited, completely reset, and contains all original 68 illustrations, digitally enhanced, enlarged, and reproduced to the highest quality modern standards.ContentsIntroductoryChapter I: Flourishes and Fancy Sleights with CardsChapter II: Card Tricks with Unprepared Cards and Not Requiring Sleight of HandChapter III: Card Tricks Involving Sleight of HandChapter IV: Sleight of Hand with Cards, ContinuedChapter V: Sleight of Hand with Cards (Continued)Chapter VI: Card Tricks Based On A New and Original System of Locating A Chosen CardChapter VII: Clairvoyance with CardsChapter VIII: A Series of Card Tricks Based on a New and Original SystemChapter IX: The Rising CardsChapter X: The Four Ace TrickChapter XI: Card Tricks with Apparatus and In Combination with Other ObjectsChapter XII: Fancy Flourishes with Coins, Useful Sleights, and Additions to The Miser's DreamChapter XIII: Coin Tricks with and without ApparatusChapter XIV: A Coin Act and A Coin LadderChapter XV: Tricks of The TradeChapter XVI: Tricks with EggsChapter XVII: Tricks with Balls.Chapter XVIII: Miscellaneous TricksIndex of Tricks

First published in 1903 under the title "The Destruction of the Greek Empire and the Story of the Capture of Constantinople by the Turks," this book dramatically tells the story of the 250 years preceding the fall of Constantinople and the destruction of the Byzantine Empire by the Ottoman Turks. Drawing upon original sources and classical historians, this book describes in detail the political confluence of circumstances that led to the isolation of the city of Constantinople from Western Christianity, and the steady impoverishment of the once magnificent capital of the Eastern Roman Empire.At the same time, the ancient city, founded and named after the Roman Emperor Constantine, became increasingly threatened by the expansion of Islam and that religion's conquering of almost all of the previous territory of the Eastern Roman Empire. Finally, the Byzantine Empire was reduced to an area protected only by the 1000-year-old city walls of Constantinople. Behind these walls, the last Roman Emperor and his small band of Christian knights awaited the inevitable end.The shocking and now often ignored pivotal event of the seizure of Constantinople and its conversion into the present-day city of Istanbul is covered in full, along with its after-effects and the creation of an anti- Ottoman alliance in Europe.This new edition contains all the original maps and images and contains a new index.

The true story of the explorer and scholar after who the entire continent of "America" is named. This remarkable work starts with the early life of the Italian-born explorer and then quickly moves on to the details of his fabulous voyages on behalf of Spain and Portugal from 1499 to 1502. Drawing heavily upon the explorer's own writing and other original sources, the full story of this remarkable-yet surprisingly little-known-Pilot Major of Spain is told in an intriguing and exciting fashion. Read here of the controversy surrounding Vespucci's first voyage, his remarkably accurate maps, and the many discoveries he made that later caused scholars to name the entire new world after him as a mark of honor.