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Katia and Goran discover a museum displaying mementos of broken relationships. The things they find there send them both - along with fellow visitor Tyler - on a summer of reconnecting with their difficult pasts. Barker also wrote "The Afghan Vampires Book Club".

A riveting collection of short fiction covering the Speculative Fiction, Science Fiction, and Fantasy genres, including a complete Novella and a Comic Book Script.

Tyler is in therapy. Katia and Goran are in love. On a summer trip to Zagreb, the couple discover an unusual museum that displays mementos of broken relationships. Inside, Goran stumbles upon an exhibit that seems to be addressed to him, from a girl he met in a Sarajevo refugee camp at age fourteen. What follows is a whirlwind summer of reconnecting with lost pasts: Goran confronts the youth he lost during the Yugoslav Wars, Katia heads to Bra...

Excerpt from Effects of Defoliation, Plant Maturity, and Ginning Setup on Cotton Quality and Value in the MidsouthPorter and others (9) indicated that some of the advantages resulting from defoliation are higher harvesting efficiency, increased picking time per day, retardation of crop deterioration, reduction of insect population in the crop, and reduction of lint stain and trash content. They also gave some general tips concerning the ap pli...

Excerpt from Effects of Defoliation, Plant Maturity, and Ginning Setup on Cotton Quality and Value in the MidsouthPorter and others (9) indicated that some of the advantages resulting from defoliation are higher harvesting efficiency, increased picking time per day, retardation of crop deterioration, reduction of insect population in the crop, and reduction of lint stain and trash content. They also gave some general tips concerning the ap pli...

Controlled by the heavy hand of the mob and fueled by government corruption, Newport evolved through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries into a notoriously robust center of criminal activity. With top political and law enforcement officials often on the take, the seedy status quo became so excessive that a May 1961 issue of Time magazine declared, Newport has developed such a gaudy brand of gambling and prostitution that it stands today as ...

Worldwide data on violence confirms that young men are the commonest perpetrators and recipients of violence, ranging from homicide to lesser forms of violence such as assault and delinquent behavior. Among young men in North and Latin America the incidence of violence, and homicide, is the highest in the world. Largely urban-based, the violence is clearly related to social exclusion, unemployment, and curtailed educational opportunities, alth...

This book offers practical approaches to improve and empower the lives of at-risk, low-income, urban-based girls and young women. It does this by presenting successful projects from around the world which clearly demonstrate what can be done on a broad range of fronts, and answers two key questions: What do at-risk urban girls and young women need and what kinds of programs have been successful in meeting those needs? The book concludes with i...

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The book reviews the unexpected impact that the LEP experiments have had on the subject of b-quark physics. The emphasis is firmly on telling the story from an experimental viewpoint. Aspects of the detectors that were essential for the reconstruction of b-hadrons are highlighted, especially the role played by silicon strip detectors and particle identification methods. The importance of solving practical issues such as detector alignment and ...

Based on field research and interviews this text discusses the challenges faced by young men in poor urban settings and examines education, employment, sexual behaviour, HIV/AIDS and violence.

Mollusc species currently constitute a major threat to sustainable agriculture. This threat is associated with cultivation of new crops, intensification of agricultural production systems and the spread through human trade and travel of species adapted to these modified environments. In some crops, their significance is only now becoming apparent with the decline in the importance of other pest groups which can be effectively controlled. The b...

In the 25th year of the US-Afghan War, two hundred US soldiers are massacred. Amongst the growing number of discarded veterans, rumours circulate that one soldier made it out alive. When British journalist John Fox finally tracks down Captain Tanner Jackson, he hears an astonishing tale of violence, cover-ups and revenge-but also of enduring love. Part anti-war fable, part page-turning dystopian adventure, The Afghan Vampires Book Club will re...

In het vijfentwintigste jaar van de oorlog tegen Afghanistan lijden de Amerikaanse troepen hun grootste nederlaag: bijna tweehonderd soldaten worden gedood in een massale aanval. Er gaan geruchten dat slechts één soldaat het bloedbad heeft overleefd: de onvindbare kapitein Jackson. Journalist John Fox gaat naar hem op zoek, en wanneer hij Jackson eindelijk weet op te sporen, vertelt die hem een verbluffend verhaal over geweld, liefde, wraak en...

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Mary of Kivu has a reputation as a miraculous healer. Queues of sick people wait outside her home near the Congolese-Rwandan border in Central Africa. Keith Masterson, an American journalist, is determined to unravel the story of this mysterious woman, hoping to find something to add color to his reports on war, violence, and poverty. Against all odds, she decides to see him and tells him a story she has told no-one before. During these meetin...

Fett, faul, vollgefressen und nie um einen Spruch verlegen - so kennen und lieben wir den wohl bekanntesten Kater der Welt: Garfield! Endlich kehrt der orangefarbene Lasagne-Gourmet mit neuen Comic-Abenteuern zurück, die ihr exklusiv bei dani books lesen könnt.In diesem ersten Band, der sieben brandneue Geschichten enthält, muss unter anderem einem Limo-Panscher das Handwerk gelegt werden, Garfield soll - O Graus! - abspecken und für die Pet-F...

This book provides the first coherent examination of the vast literature on the diversity of organisms that constitute the natural enemies of terrestrial molluscs. In a series of review chapters, it provides an authoritative synthesis of current research on predators, parasites and pathogens and how they might be used to control mollusc pests.

Examines Margate's seaside heritage and looks at its development as a destination for holiday-makers. By examining Margate's historic identity the book proposes that Margate will be able to successfully renew itself to face future challenges.