Venture into eight realms created by the author of Peckerwood Twist, where twists-good and not-so-good-occur. "Gotcha!" happens in the Upper West Side of Manhattan, where a certain action has particular consequences. "Slightly Stained" takes you on the motorcycle ride of your life. "The Petrified Tree" is a story of storms, slavery, and salvation. Find out what can happen when you get too familiar with your GPS in "The Swing." A different kind of Christmas miracle happens in "What Do You Think?" Be careful what you ask for, takes on new meaning in the adult-themed ...

Universal'nye klassy Vil'sona-Fishera sostavlyayut osnovu sovremennoy teorii fazovykh perekhodov vtorogo roda (FPVR). Smysl universal'nosti klassov sostoit v tom, chto dlya FPVR razlichnoy prirody sootvetstvuyushchie termodinamicheskie velichiny vedut sebya odinakovo i opisyvayutsya stepennymi funktsiyami privedennoy temperatury. Parametrami, ob"edinyayushchimi FPVR v klass yavlyayutsya razmernosti prostranstva fizicheskoy sistemy i parametra poryadka. Magnitnaya struktura kristallov mozhet byt' spiral'noy, kogda pri perekhode ot odnogo atoma ...

The TWILIGHT PEOPLE, hidden for centuries, are awakening, thirsty for their ancient rituals of blood, reaady to strike in the City of Angels in this new millennium... But then comes the one able to fight the forces of darkness... Returning to Los Angeles to investigate the death of his father and the disappearance of his brother, the young RICHARD DAMON discovers the existence of a monstrous conspiracy spanning millennia... Story by Jean-Marc Lofficier; art by J.M. Arden ' Manuel Martin Peniche; cover by Manuel Martin Peniche; colors by Anthony Dugenest ...

Expressions of poetry is a poetry book that's prohibited to Children, because of too much angers. You'll find any types of poems in it. Spiritual, love, pain, etc. This book is readable to anyone, any races, any nations, no discriminations. The Authors put their 100% in this project, so they could satisfy the whole society. The poems are easy to read. You guys could even learn from them. Learn how to be spiritual, serious, sweet, and even thought. You'll find more spiritual poems in the book. That's a way to glorify the name of the father up there, who gives ...

Run the witching vault. Protect the Gateway. Say please. And don't get killed. After her release from magical prison, Jessica Northwood can't hold a job to save her life. So when an apprenticeship opens up at a spellbound bank, no questions asked, she can't exactly say no... But she definitely should have. For centuries, the bank's owners have stood between the Gateway in the upstairs hall and the occult syndicate who want it for themselves. As the current owner, the scryer witch is supposed to have that under control. But when the woman turns up ...

V rabote predstavlena printsipial'no novaya metodika upravleniya riskami promyshlennykh predpriyatiy, primenenie kotoroy sposobstvuet povysheniyu effektivnosti ikh deyatel'nosti. Predlagaemaya metodika osnovana na ispol'zovanii razrabotannoy avtorom sistemy diagnosticheskikh pokazateley - pokazateley, otrazhayushchikh sostoyanie vsekh naibolee znachimykh resursov i protsessov, neobkhodimykh dlya funktsionirovaniya promyshlennogo predpriyatiya. Primenenie sistemy diagnosticheskikh pokazateley pozvolyaet vyyavlyat' ischerpyvayushchie perechni tekushchikh ...

The aim of this study is to provide a framework of principal issues to be addressed and their application in promoting tourism destinations. In the first section, the context of tourism destination marketing is outlined and the value- chain approach is briefly presented. In the second section a review of the strategic marketing approach is carried out. The next section addresses and highlights the main issues and aspects of clustering; i.e. clusters' applications within tourism industry, their activities, as well as their contribution and benefits ...

A charisma measure based on Weber's theory was developed and tested. Three studies were conducted in order to assess whether charisma has one or more dimensions, and explore the extent to which charisma is a property of the leader, the audience, their relationship or the situation. In Study 1, ratings of speeches of well-known politicians yielded two factors. Moral charisma emphasizes pride in and respect for the leader's task and calling, whereas reptilian charisma involves the leader's emotional power, vitality, and vigor. In Study 2, Ps rated ...

One of the greatest motivators in life is joy. When joy is at the root of your actions, your work will give you great satisfaction. Whether you work as a tradesperson in a shop, or sit in an office, or serve in a church, the joy inside you will set you apart from the rest of the world. This devotional contains lessons derived from the stories and people written about in the Bible, as well as the real-life experiences of the author. What is your story?

Marti Diessner believed in guardian angels but thought they only appeared in times of crisis, standing beside the beds of the terminally ill or rescuing someone from a burning building. She didn’t know that upon birth, every person is assigned a personal guardian angel, who never leaves his or her side. Nor did she know that guardian angels don’t always guide and protect people through intervention; sometimes they have to stand by and watch. When Marti met Oleand, her very own guardian angel, all her ideas about angels flew out the window. ...