1960s drama in which a couple on holiday in Tangiers find themselves caught up in a mystery involving a missing woman and the slave trade. Stephen Armstrong (George Nader) and his wife Marie (Ann Smyrner) are horrified when they hear that a woman known to them, the beautiful Diane (Maria Rohm), has gone missing. They duly agree to help investigate and come across conniving magician Manderville (Vincent Price) and his assistant Rebecca (Martha Hyer), who appear to be affiliated to a mysterious place known as the 'House of 1,000 Dolls'. Have the pair been using their hypnotic abilities for evil purposes?

My goal in this book is to share insights with the readers, especially those living within the Christian community, about spiritual transformation and leadership. As Christian leaders, we are called by God to enter into the process of spiritual transformation by sharing our God-given resources with others. This book is about investing our time, gifts, talents, and energy with other individuals no matter who or where they are in life's journey. This book, figuratively speaking, is about "working in the "spiritual pruning process" of individuals and not about "cutting" and discarding them. It is about cleaning the branches, not cutting them. Drawing on my 29 years of experience working with the grapevine and in the vineyard, I compare them with the words of Jesus in John 15:1-8. In doing so, I draw attention to the metaphors and other figures of speech used in biblical writing. In this book, I see us as the "pruning instruments "and laborers in God's vineyard. In the cultivating process, we become the "land growing agent" to empower others; and "the seed" to be planted and grown in the image of Christ. In the sustenance task, we become "God's hands" to lift "those vines that grow crawling on the ground, clean the leaves, cut the damaged parts, and tie them so they can grow upward." Finally, in the production process, we become the trimming instrument (shears) that God uses to clean (prune) the branches in order to bear much good and sweet fruit for God's glory.

The impact of rising global trade and investment remains one of the most controversial topics among academics, policymakers and the public in general. This book written by international economists Francisco L Rivera-Batiz and Luis A Rivera-Batiz offers a collection of articles outlining the diverse consequences of trade liberalization and the elimination of barriers to international capital flows. The co-editors present a rich discussion of the theoretical approaches and empirical evidence available in economics to analyze globalization and its effects on growth, poverty and income distribution. Specifically, the book chapters examine how economic integration influences technological change and growth, the effects on poverty, income distribution and economic development, the consequences of liberalizing foreign direct investment, the impact of capital flows on emerging markets, and the role played by public sector governance and policies on trade and investment liberalization. Overall, this volume adopts diverse scientific approaches in analyzing globalization and its consequences.