![]() ![]() ![]() Available from Black Plankton Press, PO Box 1351, Cobb CA 95426 postage included in price. Earth controls overpopulation by putting all non-essential people in cold storage. * * Snugglarea ( Black Plankton Press no ISBN, Aug ∩6, $12.00, 301pp, tp, cover by Rick Potts) SF novel.A man starts to question his world when his wife gets a personality change at the local Mood Shifts outlet. * * Mood Shifts ( Black Plankton Press no ISBN, Aug ∩6, $12.00, 262pp, tp, cover by Rick Potts) SF novel.Available from Black Plankton Press, PO Box 1351, Cobb CA 95426 email: postage free. Earths sole purpose is providing television entertainment to the rest of the galaxy. * * Diplodiners ( Black Plankton Press no ISBN, Jun ∩7, $8.00, 102pp, tp, cover by Rick Potts) Humorous SF mystery novelette.* _ Sabrina, the Teenage Witch: Salem on Trial (with David Cody Weiss) See entry under David Cody Weiss.* _ Sabrina, the Teenage Witch: Good Switch, Bad Switch (with David Cody Weiss) See entry under David Cody Weiss.* _ Sabrina, the Teenage Witch: Go Fetch! (with David Cody Weiss) See entry under David Cody Weiss. ![]() Books, Listed by Author The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998 ![]()
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![]() Important and timely… Yakuza will serve for years as the source document on Japanese organized crime."- San Jose Mercury News Let them simmer a while, then fold in the Ku Klux Klan and you'll have the yakuza…. "The book is laden with fascinating information, some of it heretofore unavailable in English."- Washington Post The authors miss none of the color and curious detail of the yakuza style, but at the same time go far beyond surface observations."- Far Eastern Economic Review "A superb study of Japan's underworld that is both entertaining and revealing. Dower, author of Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II by far the most detailed and even-handed study of this important and neglected subject."-John W. Here is the backstage world of political influence and organized crime in the world's second largest economy. ![]() ![]() West Journal Of Japanese Studies"A fascinating study of how criminal enterprise can infect the very heart of modern capitalism. Reviews “Yakuza is well written, fascinating, has more relevant information in one place than any other source.” -Mark D. ![]() ![]() ![]() IsPublicPerformanceAllowed False languagesīut when. Unexpected dangers and strange foes pop up at every turn, and a little pixie named Tinker Bell seems less than willing to help.īut when Captain Hook reveals some rather permanent and evil plans for Never Land, it's up to the two of them to save Peter Pan-and his world. Disney Twisted Tales Collection 4 Books Set by Liz Braswell (Series 2 - Part Of Your World, Reflection, Mirror Mirror, Let it Go) 4.9 out of 5 stars 19. But Never Land isn't quite the place she imagined it would be. ![]() So when an opportunity to travel to Never Land via pirate ship presents itself, Wendy makes a deal with the devil. While books do not need to be read in the order of publication, every story follows a Disney princess or aeroin that includes beautiful by Beauty and Beast,Mulan, Anna and Elsa from Brozen, Wendy Darling from Peter Pan and more. After nearly meeting her hero, Peter Pan, four years earlier, she still holds on to the childhood hope that his magical home truly exists. Wendy's only real escape is in writing down tales of Never Land. The doldrums of an empty house after her brothers have gone to school, the dull parties where everyone thinks she talks too much, and the fact that her parents have decided to send her away to Ireland as a governess-it all makes her wish things could be different. Barrie found a friendship in their five young boys and their mother, and the children and family enjoyed his company they even vacationed together. Sixteen-year-old Wendy Darling's life is not what she imagined it would be. What if Wendy first traveled to Never Land. ![]() ![]() ![]() In this summary we’ll explore his path to that position and the reasons for his success. Becoming CEO in 2005 Iger came to power at a perilous time, the company had floundered in the late 1990’s after a string of high budget animated flops, coupled with an internal power struggle and worsening relations with Pixar, the studio that had been responsible for many of its biggest successes, Iger managed to hold the company together and help guide it into its current era of unprecedented prosperity. That degree of success however is a lot more recent than you might realize, and you’re likely unaware of just how much the House of Mouse owes to its current CEO Robert Iger. The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company Robert Iger Random House Publishing Group, Business & Economics - 272 pages 4 Reviews. From billion dollar blockbuster movies, to beloved media franchises, to toys and games, to virtually inventing the modern theme park, it's hard to remember a time when Disney didn’t dominate the entertainment industry. ![]() ![]() Before his promotion, he served as the corporations president and COO. Read the story of how Robert Iger went from a lowly production assistant at ABC to CEO of Disneyĭisney is one of the top five largest media companies on earth. Robert Iger has been the CEO of the Walt Disney Company since 2005. ![]() ![]() ![]() But Hastings was intrigued, and the pair-with Hastings as the primary investor and Randolph as the CEO-founded a company. ![]() ![]() It was a simple thought-leveraging the internet to rent movies-and was just one of many more and far worse proposals, like personalized baseball bats and a shampoo delivery service, that Randolph would pitch to his business partner, Reed Hastings, on their commute to work each morning. Indeed, these were the widely accepted laws of the land in 1997, when Marc Randolph had an idea. Late fees were ubiquitous, video-streaming unheard was of, and widespread DVD adoption seemed about as imminent as flying cars. Once upon a time, brick-and-mortar video stores were king. In the tradition of Phil Knight's Shoe Dog comes the incredible untold story of how Netflix went from concept to company-all revealed by co-founder and first CEO Marc Randolph. ![]() ![]() ![]() Check it out and feel free to suggest your own titles in the comments for further reading! We really love community input, too, so let us know if you’ve read any of our suggested titles and what you thought of them. ![]() In addition, we’ve defined two key phrases you may have heard on and off this month, and a little clarification between the terms so you can properly reference them in your reviews. As much as we love these focus and highlight months, we truly believe in keeping our TBR piles fresh, relevant, and full of new perspectives! We compiled a list of titles earlier this year to share with our DHR Team Contributors, and we thought our readers may appreciate them as well. Here at Divination Hollow, we really feel it is imperative to read diversely all year round. ![]() ![]() He did it by pioneering implausible and brazen scams, such as impersonating a Pan Am pilot (puddle jumping around the world in the cockpit, even taking over the controls). In the space of five years, Frank Abagnale passed $2.5 million in fraudulent checks in every state and 26 foreign countries. Two decades later, it's being rereleased in conjunction with a film version produced by DreamWorks. When this true-crime story first appeared in 1980, it made the New York Times bestseller list within weeks. ![]() ![]() Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a few small closed tears. Abagnale 6/10/80.” Additionally signed by Steven Spielberg. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, “For Sam With Love Frank W. Item Number: 5010įirst edition of the bestselling true story of the world’s most sought-after con man, basis for the Steven Spielberg film starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks. ![]() ![]() ![]() KARL JASPERS Preface to the First Edition Es kommt darauf an, ganz gegenwärtig zu sein. ![]() Weder dem Vergangenen anheimfallen noch dem Zukünftigen. The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:Ĭontents: pt. For information, address HarperCollins Publishers, 195 Broadway, New York, NY 10007. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. Ideology and Terror: A Novel Form of GovernmentĬopyright renewed 1951, 1948 by Hannah ArendtĬopyright renewed 1979 by Mary McCarthy WestĪll rights reserved. The Decline of the Nation-State and the End of the Rights of Man The Political Emancipation of the BourgeoisieĬontinental Imperialism: the Pan Movements The Jews, the Nation-State, and the Birth of Antisemitism ![]() Antisemitism as an Outrage to Common Sense ![]() ![]() ![]() And finally, a writer who cherished the eccentricities and nuances of his native city, New Orleans. A straight-laced worrier by day and a back-street blues devotee at night. An impeccable and popular college teacher. A master of mimicry, and a conversationalist non-pareil. A soul tortured by conflicting feelings for his mother and about his sexual identity, and a fun-loving cut-up. Known variously as "Ken," "Tooley," and "John," Toole is revealed to have been many things: a coddled only child and an academic prodigy. This bio is based upon scores of interviews with contemporaries of the writer and acquaintances of his mother, Thelma, as well as unpublished letters, documents, and photographs. Toole, in despair, ended his life in 1967 after no publishing interest in his masterpiece "Confederacy of Dunces", which would go on to win a Pulitzer for satire in 1983. In Ignatius Rising, Rene Pol Nevils and Deborah George Hardy present the first biography of John Kennedy Toole. Back endpaper clipped stamp at back endpaper. Small label at spine label at front endpaper: "West Orange Libary, NJ". Front and back flaps adhered to pastedowns. Dust wrapper, fine unclipped 24.95, protected in fine clear sleeve. Several revelatory photo-plates in two sections. Red cloth boards, red metallic spine titles, fine. Stated First Printing number-line beginning w/1. ![]() ![]() ![]() When a violent encounter causes Magnus’s magic to grow increasingly unstable, Alec and Magnus rally their friends to strike at the heart of the demon’s power. Their goal is to open a Portal from the demon realms to Earth, flooding the city of Shanghai with dangerous demons. ![]() ![]() Ragnor and Shinyun are working at the behest of a Greater Demon. With the help of Clary Fairchild, Jace Herondale, Isabelle Lightwood, and Simon Lovelace (who is fresh from the Shadowhunter Academy), they track the warlocks to Shanghai.īut nothing is as it seems. Realizing that Ragnor and Shinyun are being controlled by a more sinister force, Magnus and Alec set out to stop them and recover the book before they can cause any more harm. Magnus Bane and Alec Lightwood are settling into domestic life with their son Max when the warlocks Ragnor Fell and Shinyun Jung break into their loft and steal a powerful spell book. The Lost Book of the White is a Shadowhunters novel. From #1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Cassandra Clare and award-winning author Wesley Chu comes the second book in the Eldest Curses series, which continues the love story between Magnus Bane and Alec Lightwood. ![]() |