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PATRIARCH PART 4
Hieu Tinh Tran's smile stiffened.The two words "Tiet Duong" were truly a huge blow to him. His face did not have much blood in it, but after hearing this name, it suddenly cleared up, his lips almost turned white.
PATRIARCH PART 5
Van Mong has many lakes, the architecture of Lien Hoa O was built based on the lakes. Lo is a low-lying area. Departing from this pier on Lien Hoa Lo, rowing down the river not long, there will be a large lotus lake, called Lien Hoa Lake, I'm afraid it takes dozens of miles. Wide green leaves, bright pink lotuses, shoulder to shoulder, head next to head. The wind blew across the lake, the flowers swayed their branches and leaves, as if they were nodding their heads restlessly. In the fresh and beautiful appearance, there is also some lovely innocence.
Young Children’s Play Practices with Digital Tablets
The ebook version of this title is Open Access, thanks to Knowledge Unlatched funding, and is freely available to read online. This book presents how young children's current practices when playing with tablets inform digital experiences in Denmark and Japan. Through an interdisciplinary lens and a grounded theory approach, Fróes identifies and maps these practices, which compose the taxonomy of tablet play and proposes a series of theoretical concepts that complement recent theories related to play and digital literacy studies. Tablet devices bring with them not only a multitude of options, but they also help create notions of digital space and environments defining emerging territories in young children's play experiences. Young children play with these devices and have fun indulging in digital worlds, while discovering and problem-solving with a variety of narratives and interfaces encountered on these digital playgrounds. A set of tablet play characteristics, such as multimodal applications (apps) combined with tablets' physical and digital affordances shape children's digital play. The data collected through observations informed some noteworthy aspects, including how children's hands gain and perform an embodied knowledge of digital spaces. This embodied knowledge develops through digital play interactions, defining what is proposed as digital penmanship. Complementary to the penmanship, several symbols and a range of modes of use shape a rich multimodal semiotic vocabulary in children's digital play experiences. These early digital experiences set the rules for the playgrounds and assert digital tablets as twenty-first-century toys, shaping young children's playful literacy.
The New Superpower for Women
It takes only seven seconds for a criminal to pick you as a target. This empowering guide for women to protect themselves and their loved ones, from a self-defense expert and longtime veteran of law enforcement, combines commonsense advice on staying safe with concrete actions on what to do if find yourself in a dangerous situation.Acts of terror. Kidnapping. Cyberstalking. Campus assaults. Getting drugged at a party by a “friend.” One out of four women will be a victim of a crime or assault in her lifetime. Don’t let this be you. In The New Superpower for Women, Steve Kardian, a thirty-year veteran of law enforcement, FBI defense tactics instructor, and an expert on the criminal mind, demonstrates how to become a “hard target” and not a “soft target” by simply trusting your gut. Additionally, he shows how the habits of safety can become an integral part of your daily routine. This guide is your essential resource to understanding how to stay safe in today’s world, whether you’re experiencing unwelcome attention, feel threatened in a large crowd, or are facing online harassment. Kardian shares proven safety tips, shows how to be proactive in identifying potential trouble, and illustrates defense techniques specially created to enhance the physical strengths of a woman. Real-life stories and examples are included to demonstrate what criminals look for in a victim. You will learn how to avoid being targeted and what to do in a confrontation. Be prepared. Know the habits of safety to protect yourself and your loved ones.
Dark Psychology: Discover How To Analyze People and Master Human Manipulation Using Body Language Secrets, Covert NLP, Mind Control, Subliminal Persuasion, Hypnosis, and Speed Reading Techniques.
Unlock the Secrets of Dark Psychology and Master Human ManipulationDo you want to master the art of analyzing people and use human manipulation techniques to your advantage? Dive into Dark Psychology: Discover How To Analyze People and Master Human Manipulation Using Body Language Secrets, Covert NLP, Mind Control, Subliminal Persuasion, Hypnosis, and Speed Reading Techniques—your ultimate guide to unlocking the hidden strategies of influence and control.In a world where understanding human behavior is key to success, this book provides you with the tools to analyze people with precision and master covert manipulation techniques. Whether you're looking to excel in business, improve personal relationships, or simply enhance your persuasive abilities, the powerful insights offered here will set you apart.Key Insights:- Master Human Manipulation: Learn how to get what you want in any situation—be it in business, romance, or everyday interactions—by applying advanced NLP mind control techniques, subliminal persuasion, and hypnosis.- Analyze People Like a Pro: Discover the secrets of body language, speed reading, and psychological tactics to effortlessly understand what others are thinking and feeling, even before they speak.- Unlock the Power of Dark Psychology: Gain a deep understanding of what makes people tick and leverage this knowledge to influence and control outcomes to your favor.- A Whole New World of Possibilities: Once you’ve mastered these techniques, you’ll see the world through a new lens, enabling you to navigate social dynamics with unmatched skill and confidence.If you’re a fan of The Art of Seduction by Robert Greene, Influence by Robert Cialdini, or The 48 Laws of Power, you’ll love this book. It’s perfect for those who want to take their understanding of human psychology and influence to the next level.Take control of your life today—get the book and start reading!
The Things We Leave Unfinished
From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Fourth Wing'This book had me day dreaming, crying, sobbing... all the emotions' Reader ReviewTwo sworn enemies. One unfinished manuscript. The love story of a lifetime...When Georgia Stanton discovers that her late grandmother, Scarlett, the infamous romance author, didn't get the chance to finish her last book, she is determined to share her story. But first, it needs to be written.Enter Noah Harrison, the bestselling and most charismatic romance author of his generation. When Georgia meets him, she is distraught - athough he's charming and handsome, there's nothing beneath the surface. But as they start working together, Georgia begins to see that there might be more to Noah than meets the eye.Together, they realize that Scarlett was saving the greatest love story of all until last - her own. While serving in World War Two, she fell in love with the handsome and enigmatic pilot, Jameson. But are Georgia and Noah about to discover that not all love stories have a happy ending...?Perfect for fans of Colleen Hoover and Nicholas Sparks, The Things We Leave Unfinished is an epic and sweeping romance about the sacrifices we make for love and the endings we don't want to see coming...Readers have fallen in love with The Things We Leave Unfinished, the perfect romance that will make you cry'I'm all cried out. Rebecca Yarros shook me with that twist I didn't see coming''I've never read anything like this and I don't think I ever will again. This is a love story for the ages''Scarlett and Jameson have my entire heart, I love them'Rebecca Yarros, Sunday Times bestseller, August 2024
Murakami T
The international literary icon opens his eclectic closet and shares photos of his extensive unique personal T-shirt collection. Haruki Murakami's books have galvanized millions around the world. Many of his fans know about his 10,000-vinyl-record collection, and his obsession with running, but few have heard about a more intimate, and perhaps more unique, passion: his T-shirt-collecting habit.In Murakami T, the famously reclusive novelist shows us his T-shirts - including gems found in bookshops, charity shops and record stores - from those featuring whisky, animals, cars and superheroes, to souvenirs of marathons and a Beach Boys concert in Honolulu, to the shirt that inspired the beloved short story 'Tony Takitani'. Accompanied by short, frank essays that have been translated into English for the first time, these photographs reveal much about Murakami's multifaceted and wonderfully eccentric persona.'The world's most popular cult novelist' Guardian
In the Heat of the Night
A 50th anniversary edition of the classic crime novel that inspired the Oscar-winning film starring Sidney Poitier.'They call me Mr Tibbs!'A small southern town in the 1960s. A musician found dead on the highway. It's no surprise when white detectives arrest a black man for the murder. What is a surprise is that the black man - Virgil Tibbs - is himself a skilled homicide detective from California, whom inexperienced Chief Gillespie reluctantly recruits to help with the case. Faced with mounting local hostility and a police force that seems determined to see him fail, it isn't long before Tibbs - trained in karate and aikido - will have to fight not just for justice, but also for his own safety.The inspiration for the Academy Award-winning film starring Sidney Poitier, this iconic crime novel is a psychologically astute examination of racial prejudice, an atmospheric depiction of the American South in the sixties, and a brilliant, suspense-filled read set in the sultry heat of the night.
In the Heat of the Night
A 50th-anniversary edition of the pioneering novel featuring African American police detective Virgil Tibbs—with a foreword by John Ridley, creator of the TV series American Crime and Oscar-winning screenwriter of 12 Years a Slave “They call me Mr. Tibbs” was the line immortalized by Sidney Poitier in the 1967 Oscar-winning movie adaptation of In the Heat of the Night, which won the Edgar Award for Best First Novel and the Crime Writers’ Association Gold Dagger Award and was named one of the 100 Favorite Mysteries of the 20th Century by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association. Now fans of classic crime can rediscover this suspense-filled novel whose hero paved the way for James Patterson’s Alex Cross, George Pelecanos’s Derek Strange, and other African American detectives.A small southern town in the 1960s. A musician found dead on the highway. It’s no surprise when white detectives arrest a black man for the murder. What is a surprise is that the black man—Virgil Tibbs—is not the killer but a skilled homicide detective, passing through racially tense Wells, South Carolina, on his way back to California. Even more surprising, Wells’s new police chief recruits Tibbs to help with the investigation. But Tibbs’s presence in town rubs some of the locals the wrong way, and it won’t be long before the martial arts–trained detective has to fight not just for justice, but also for his own safety.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Phase Three Alert
March 1943, at the height of World War II, a newly commissioned B-17 bomber is nearing the west coast of Greenland.Flown by a carefully picked crew, it is carrying a piece of vital secret cargo that under no circumstances can be allowed to fall into the hands of the enemy.Caught by an unexpected and fearfully violent Arctic storm, the pilot is forced to crash-land on the vast, awesome Greenland Ice Cap. The crew is saved, but the plane itself and the ultrasensitive cargo it is carrying are swallowed by another great storm and disappear.Three decades later Lieutenant Scott Ferguson, the pilot of a ski-equipped Air Force C-130, discovers an unknown B-17 rigidly frozen on an all-but-unexplored section of the ice cap. Ferguson is bound for Thule Air Base, named for Ultima Thule—the end of the earth. Only 960 miles from the North Pole, in the extreme Arctic, Thule is one of the most exotic places on earth—and one of the most remote. It sits squarely on the bomber and missile route from the Soviet Union to the United States and Canada.When he reports his find, Ferguson receives sudden orders from the Pentagon: go back to the frozen bomber, get inside, and recover, if possible, a certain piece of cargo.This, the first book about Thule and the people who are stationed there, is filled with the vastness, the danger, and the fascination of the very high Arctic. And, from the first page to the last, it is a story about aircraft and the men who fly them. When Lieutenant Ferguson and his crew set about to recover the yellow color-coded crate from the wreck of the B-17, they open the door to more adventure and extraordinary flying than even Ferguson's lively imagination can conceive. For that was not an ordinary B-17…
The Kiwi Target
Sent to New Zealand by his company to avert a hostile takeover, Peter Ferguson stumbles upon love, murder and laundered money. Then when he discovers a multi-million dollar scheme to turn a stretch of beautiful coastline into a parade of neon signs, liquor stores and casinos, Ferguson thinks he can see through muscle men, lawyers and policemen all the way to a Chinese syndicate in Hong Kong."A top notch mystery."—News & Observer"A breathtaking suspense thriller."—Seattle Post-Intelligencer"The Kiwi Target is the last book that John Ball wrote. We shall miss his inspiration."—Mystery SceneJohn Ball's international bestseller In the Heat of the Night was made into an Oscar-winning movie starring Rod Steiger and Sidney Poitier and became a high-rating television series.
Mark One: The Dummy
Ed Nesbitt has a problem.Nesbitt is the author of dozens of phenomenally successful suspense novels starring that lethal super-agent of the West, Mark Day, master of karate and aikido, and irresistible womanizer. Everyone loves his books—"So realistic," they say; "Day is so true-to-life." The problem is: he's too realistic. Everyone thinks Nesbitt is Mark Day. Even the enemy. And the enemy means to do something about it.Which explains what the large man with the very sharp knife is doing in Nesbitt's hotel room in Berlin. Which explains why Nesbitt's luggage and possessions are being ransacked.Which does not explain what happens the next moment, when Ed Nesbitt quite suddenly finds himself transformed into a man three inches taller, several years younger—and possessed of some of the most awesome fighting capabilities the West has ever known.Ed Nesbitt, meet Mark Day. You're about to save your own life—in a most remarkable fashion.