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With visions of making the world's first parachute-coat for pilots the inventor Bernhard Zelchert leaves his Austrian village for the bohemian enclave of Montmartre. Once in the Parisian capital of sin he discovers a world unlike anything he's ever seen: cabarets, hashish, avant-garde artists - and the beautiful Adriana. Obsessed with his passions and caught up in a love triangle he'll stop at nothing, including murder, madness or worse, to see his dreams become reality.
Uncertainty is a weapon...but so is Love.Once, there was a boy who joined the US Army in 1920... again.Far beyond the call of duty, and far beyond Unbroken-- ONCE A COLONEL is the story of an officer, and a soldier, who joined the US Army for life, dedicated to his country and his men to the bitter end.Be inspired by the extraordinary life and light of US Army officer, Colonel Arthur L. Shreve, Jr. and his wife, Julia McCoy! From Baltimore, to Honolulu, to major events in U.S. history, follow their love story as it suddenly turns into a thriller when he is called to service in the Philippines as Chief of Artillery, USAFFE.There, as a POW of the Japanese, his life becomes a race against time ...
In the midst of the Oklahoma dust bowl, a godforsaken gunslinger partners with a sly demon and a devout little girl to stop a posse of angels on an evil crusade.
"Remember that stories can set us free. Tell her a story from your heart and she'll know what to do."40 year-old Federico Garcia is an Afghan vet who has seen more than enough tragedy for one lifetime. His dreams and memories of his bloody past haunt him, and leave an empty space in his heart. When he meets Marie, a young woman trapped in an abusive marriage, they forge an unlikely friendship that blossoms into the promise of something more...Until Marie is mysteriously injured in a fall down the stairs, and finds herself in a coma.Federico begins his own investigation into the life of his beloved friend, and uncovers secrets about Marie's personal life that she never wanted revealed. But his discoveries have only begun.Marie would like him to meet someone-the strange and magical Elizabeth -who has a story for Federico to hear.Magical, lyrically rendered, and sparkling with childlike wonder, "Gichimanidoo" is a captivating tale of magical realism and love against all odds.
Shortly after Liv Walters' husband, David slips into a coma, she discovers he planned to leave her. Desperate to run away from her doomed marriage, Liv embarks on a Mediterranean cruise where she begins a thirty-day wisdom project and embraces a new identity--Red. But life as Red isn't what she hopes for. As David slowly recovers, Liv can no longer run away from the demons that haunt her and wishes to restore their relationship. Little does Liv know that David intends to destroy her life in thirty days.
Sailor Jack takes time off from his ship visiting Coney Island and meets Blaze, a no-nonsense, fiery woman in her 30's arrives at the luxury Manhattan apartment of her mob boyfriend, Frankie. They have an enormous argument when she finds out he's not a big Hollywood producer and he murdered one of her clients. In a fight she hits him with an ashtray knocking him out, sending him flying over the balcony. Very embarrassing for a mob boss.This, along with her discovery Frankie is no movie producer, sends her on the run with new sailor boyfriend Jack she met at Coney Island. Lucky Frankie didn't land sixty stories down to the pavement, but one flight down on a window washing scaffold. He wakes up groggy and pissed off finding Blaze lifted his priceless Brasher doubloon, with revenge in his craw. And it's a chase across the Pacific on a merchant ship culminating in a final showdown at Honolulu's snazziest resorts. Frankie finds a higher power in a coconut tree with Blaze and Jack exiting to South America....
This 35th volume of the 'Studies' is devoted to the technologically important BSCCO system. It focuses on a host of topics such as the synthesis and fabrication of conductors, superconducting BSCCO magnets, and the basic technological properties of the material in relation to the microstructure. The authors are distinguished in the field, working in different parts of the world, maintaining the international character of the series.