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As to whether communication with the departed is possible, no discussion is here attempted. The episodes following, from experiences well authenticated, merely illustrate what sleight-of-hand experts have long known -- that most "mediums," "astrologers," "mind readers," and the like, can be proven to...

Originating as Greer's Station, a burgeoning settlement on the edge of an antebellum plantation, Greer prospered as a link in the cotton belt of the South. Agricultural hub and industrial powerhouse, the town flourished along the railroad and gained prominence as a bustling trading post. Greer has braved...

The Historic Highlands are known as "where the Jersey Shore begins," and in its long life, its residents and visitors have contributed to a rich, vibrant past. In this book, local historian John King compiles over 80 stories authored by more than 40 Highlands residents who have experienced life there...

This volume provides an overview of current research and recent advances in the area of energetic materials, focusing on decomposition, crystal and molecular properties. The contents and format reflect the fact that theory, experiment and computation are closely linked in this field. Since chemical decomposition...

This book, while written as a memoir, deals with the issues of leadership and ethics in business at all levels from the salesman to the boardroom. The author who served as a director, CEO, deputy chairman, and chairman of several major international corporations uses real names and situations to take...

Resume for a World Class Education outlines the career of an African American Male teacher. Once the reader is familiar with Mr. Diggs' qualifications to speak on the subject of education, an examination of current trends in education ensues. Mr. Diggs offers his unique perspective on the changes needed to bring America's schools up to standards for a World Class Education System.

A RAND team conducted a Delphi expert elicitation exercise, the results of which offer an assessment of the contemporary security situation in Mexico through the lens of existing RAND research on urban instability and unrest, historical insurgencies, and defense-sector reform. Assessment scorecards from...

The book will reveal wealth creation secrets to you and show you how easy become wealthy can be. It will also challenge you to put your mind and invest your time in becoming rich. The book is all about wealth.

While primary elections are most often associated with presidential candidates in the United States, similar methods for selecting party leaders and candidates are becoming increasingly common in parliamentary democracies around the world. The Promise and Challenge of Party Primary Elections introduces...

II Era un delicado obsequio con el cual quería nuestro buen Thiers pagar diferentes deudas de gratitud a su insigne amigo D. Manuel María José del Pez. Este próvido sujeto administrativo había dado a la familia Bringas en Marzo de aquel año (1868) nuevas pruebas de su generosidad. Sin aguardar...

Pop Art - an entirely new and defiantly American style of painting and sculpture - was all the rage among the cultural cognoscenti in the turbulent 1960s, and New York City was the unquestioned epicenter of Pop Art. No artist embodies this groundbreaking movement more than Roy Lichtenstein, the only...

Emphasizing the intertwined concepts of freedom of the press and social responsibility, this is the first book to cover media ethics from a truly global perspective. Case studies on hot topics and issues of enduring importance in media studies are introduced and thoroughly analyzed, with particular...

Vast social change has occurred in the Middle East since the oil boom of the mid-1970s. As the first anthropological study of an urban community in Saudi Arabia since that oil boom, Arabian Oasis City is also the first to document those changes. Based on extensive interviews and participant observation...