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THE STORY OF ONE OF THE MOST BIZARRE MASS MURDERS EVER RECORDED.
AND THE GIRL WHO ESCAPED WITH HER LIFE.
In the fall of 2010, in the all-American town of Apple Valley,
Ohio, four people disappeared without a trace: Stephanie Sprang;
her friend, Tina Maynard; and Tina's two children,
thirteen-year-old Sarah and eleven-year-old Kody. Investigators
began scouring the area, yet despite an extensive search, no signs
of the missing people were discovered.
On the fourth day of the search, evidence trickled in about
neighborhood "weirdo" Matthew Hoffman. A police SWAT team raided
his home and found an extremely disturbing sight: every square inch
of the place was filled with leaves and a terrified Sarah Maynard
was bound up in the middle of it like some sort of perverted autumn
tableau. But there was no trace of the others.
Then came Hoffman's confession to an unspeakable crime that went
beyond murder and defied all reason. His tale of evil would make
Sarah's survival and rescue all the more astonishing--a compelling
tribute to a young girl's resilience and courage and to her fierce
determination to reclaim her life in the wake of unimaginable
wickedness.
This is a truly unique account of Nazi Germany at war and of one
man's struggle against totalitarianism. A mid-level official in a
provincial town, Friedrich Kellner kept a secret diary from 1939 to
1945, risking his life to record Germany's path to dictatorship and
genocide, and to protest his countrymen's complicity in the
regime's brutalities. Just one month into the war he notes how
soldiers on leave spoke openly about the extermination of the Jews
and the murder of POWs, while he also documents the Gestapo's
merciless rule at home from euthanasia campaigns against the
handicapped and mentally ill to the execution of anyone found
listening to foreign broadcasts. This essential testimony of
everyday life under the Third Reich is accompanied by a foreword by
Alan Steinweis and the remarkable story of how the diary was
brought to light by Robert Scott Kellner, Friedrich's grandson.
Working daily with Muslims in central London, Rob Scott has
discovered that many have a hunger for debate and an openness to
talking about matters of faith. In this thoughtful and respectful
book, he explores good answers to common questions his Muslim
friends have discussed with him over the years. He equips ordinary
Christians to tackle conversations about faith with their Muslim
friends, with confidence and competence.
Robert Scott Burn wrote this book in 1871 at a time of great
developments in science, industry and exploration, and when
materials for engineering and building were constantly being
improved and replaced. It offers, therefore, a useful coverage of
both traditional techniques and materials such as stone, brick and
pise, but also examines the developments in the use of cement for
wall covering as well as cement blocks to be used as artificial
stone. This reprint of the original work contains over 400 pages of
text dealing with materials, practical construction techniques,
masonry and brickwork, principles of design, drawing, plastering
and wall decoration, as well as many other aspects of construction.
The 160 plates which accompany the text include a large number of
drawings of different parts of buildings, including: window, door
and wall details in various styles; arches; staircases; consoles
and brackets in stone and terracotta; hollow and ornamental
brickwork and designs of shop fronts.
Originally published in 1917, this book presents the content of the
W. Stanley Jevons lectures for that year, which were delivered by
William Robert Scott at University College, London. Written in the
context of the First World War, the text presents an analysis of
the relationship between economics and post-war peace, attempting
to formulate the general economic conditions involved in the
cessation of warfare. This book will be of value to anyone with an
interest in the relationship between economics, infrastructure and
war.
Originally published in 1918, this book presents the content of the
W. Stanley Jevons lectures for that year, which were delivered by
William Robert Scott at University College, London. Written in the
context of the First World War, the text presents an analysis of
the relationship between economics and post-war peace, attempting
to formulate the general economic conditions involved in the
cessation of warfare. This book will be of value to anyone with an
interest in the relationship between economics, infrastructure and
war.
The voices speaking here represent an extraordinary group of South
Africans: those whites - a minority within a minority - who have
been struggling against the injustices of apartheid and working in
separate ways to prepare their countrymen, black and white, for a
just and democratic post-apartheid society. This book captures
their stories at a critical time, when apartheid is being
dismantled but the structure of the new South Africa has yet to be
determined.
This volume presents the voices of those whites - a minority within
a minority - who have been struggling against the injustices of
apartheid and working in separate ways to prepare their countrymen,
black and white, for a just and democratic post-apartheid society.
The book captures their stories at a critical time - the interviews
were conducted in 1990-1991 - when apartheid is being dismantled
but the structure of the new South Africa has yet to be determined.
These voices thus reflect the hopes and concerns of a society in
the throes of an historic transition and the new challenges facing
these people as they plan for the post-apartheid era. Robert Scott
Jaster is also the author of "War and Diplomacy - the Botha Years",
"The 1988 Peace Accords and the Future of Southwestern Africa",
"The South African Military Reassesses Its Priorities" and "The
Defence of White Power - South African Foreign Policy Under
Pressure".
As a culmination of a decade's research by a former senior US
intelligence analyst on South African affairs, this book examines
the role of domestic politics, security concerns and bureaucratic
conflict in South Africa. From his perspective as a seasoned
observer of southern Africa's politics and regional security, the
author presents an incisive analysis of the foreign policy process
and shifting strategies under Vorster and P.W.Botha. He shows how
domestic race policies pose the dominant constraint on foreign
policy and analyzes the successes and failures of Botha's
destabilization strategy. Finally he assesses the worsening policy
environment facing the white minority leadership in the 1990s and
its implications for regional security. The author also wrote
"South Africa in Namibia" and "Southern Africa - Regional Security
Problems and Prospects".
This is a truly unique account of Nazi Germany at war and of one
man's struggle against totalitarianism. A mid-level official in a
provincial town, Friedrich Kellner kept a secret diary from 1939 to
1945, risking his life to record Germany's path to dictatorship and
genocide, and to protest his countrymen's complicity in the
regime's brutalities. Just one month into the war he notes how
soldiers on leave spoke openly about the extermination of the Jews
and the murder of POWs, while he also documents the Gestapo's
merciless rule at home from euthanasia campaigns against the
handicapped and mentally ill to the execution of anyone found
listening to foreign broadcasts. This essential testimony of
everyday life under the Third Reich is accompanied by a foreword by
Alan Steinweis and the remarkable story of how the diary was
brought to light by Robert Scott Kellner, Friedrich's grandson.
William Neal's fortunes change following his marriage to the
daughter of his employer, a banker. The printing house he builds up
brings him wealth. Sadly his young wife dies, but not before giving
birth to a son, Robert. By a great stroke of luck, when playing a
card game against a tricky Earl, William wins the Brackenholm
Estate from which, as a mere ploughboy, he had escaped. His fortune
would revive the waning economies of the estate. When William dies,
Robert sells his shares in the printing works and becomes a Member
of Parliament. Robert's elder son, also named William, inherits the
estate, while his younger son Robert decides on a career as a
surgeon, marries a servant and is disinherited. In the first volume
of the trilogy, The Ploughboy, William Neal, ran away from his
wretched life lifting stones from fields along the Scottish
Borders. Reaching London with no assets, William became just
another hungry urchin among many, until honesty and a happy
coincidence gained him the role of assistant coachman on a
privately owned carriage. The banker owner recognised William's
potential and decided to offer the youngster a job as a teller.
2013 Reprint of 1888/1889 Edition. Exact facsimile of the original
edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software.
Published by Oxford University Press, this remains a central
reference work for all scholars of ancient Greek authors and texts
discovered up to 1889, from the 11th century BC to the Byzantine
Period. The early Greek of authors such as Homer and Hesiod,
Classical Greek, and the Greek Old and New Testaments are included.
Each entry lists not only the definition of a word, but also its
irregular inflections, and quotations from a full range of authors
and sources to demonstrate usage. This reference work is
indispensable for biblical and classical studies alike and is
probably the world's most comprehensive and authoritative
dictionary of ancient Greek. This edition, first published in 1888
is based on the Seventh Edition 1883] of Liddell and Scott's
"Greek-English Lexicon."
The standard intermediate reference for ancient Greek.
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