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They are real. They are the harbingers of the Apocalypse. And only one woman stands between them and us. THE FOUR HORSEMEN is a race-against-the-clock thriller starring Andie Sullivan. As the world's only "culturalist," she is employed by corporations and wealthy individuals to break through the barriers with any culture around the globe. Now, she faces the most challenging and dangerous assignment of her career. Hired by a ruthless businessman to infiltrate the mysterious tribe who serve as the protectors of the Four Horsemen's ancient secret, Andie is plunged into a mysterious world where...

'Sussman is a severe critic of mass media culture, and a yet more severe critic of the interests behind it. His book is a long, powerful and sophisticated polemic... an entertaining read, filled with intriguing detail... An important contribution to an area of concern within international affairs' - International Affairs

Life has moved on for Yusuf Khalifa of the Luxor Police and Jerusalem detective Arieh Ben-Roe. About to become a father for the first time, Ben-Roi finds himself investigating a gruesome murder in Jerusalem's Armenian Cathedral. The victim, a journalist, had been researching an article into the Israeli sex-trafficking industry.

Boxing and the Mob explores the heavy influence of the mob on boxing in the 1930s through the early 1960s. It profiles boxers such as Abe Attell and Sonny Liston and infamous mobsters including Owney Madden and Frankie Carbo. In addition, this book details many of the most notorious fixed boxing matches in the sport's history.

CLEANSE THE GREEN WAY

Unleash the power of leafy greens for a one-of-a-kind cleanse that doesn't leave you starved or deprived. The easy-to-follow program in this book packs key vitamins, minerals and antioxidants into tasty and healing smoothies, including:

-Spinach and Chocolate
-Collard Waldorf Salad
-Kale Green Goddess
-Mustard Greens Curry
-Parsley Chai Latte
-Bok Choy Stir-Fry

With tips on preparing smoothies ahead of time and transitioning on and off the cleanse, this book will transform you from head to toe. By drinking...

Rocky Graziano, juvenile delinquent, middleweight boxing champion, and comedic actor, was the last great fighter from the golden age of boxing, the era of Joe Louis, Jake LaMotta, and Sugar Ray Robinson. The first biography of Graziano in over 60 years, this book will bring his inspiring story to a new generation of boxing fans.

In 523 BC, the Persian pharaoh Cambyses dispatched an army across Egypt's western desert to destroy the oracle at Siwa. Legend has it that somewhere in the middle of the Great Dune Sea his army was overwhelmed by a sandstorm and lost forever. Two and a half millennia later a mutilated corpse is washed up on the banks of the Nile at Luxor, an antique dealer is savagely murdered in Cairo, and a British archaeologist is found dead at the ancient necropolis of Saqqara.
The incidents appear unconnected, but Inspector Yusuf Khalifa of the Luxor police is suspicious, as is the archaeologist's...

In Speech of the Grail, storyteller and ceremonialist Linda Sussman explores a new way to speak, one that heals and transforms. She takes for her guide Wolfram von Eschenbach's epic tale of the Grail, showing how it depicts a path of initiation toward healing speech--to "doing the truth" in word and action. "The Grail The word stirs a deep response in the Western imagination. Joseph Campbell called the medieval stories where it is first mentioned 'the founding myth of Western civilization, ' because 'according to this mythology, there is no fixed law, no established knowledge...

In the 1920s and 30s, anti-Semitism was rife in the United States and Europe. Jews needed symbols of strength and demonstrations of courage against their enemies, and they found both in two champions of boxing: Max Baer and Barney Ross. Baer was the only Jewish heavyweight champion in the twentieth century, while Ross was considered one of the greatest welterweight and lightweight champions of the era. Although their careers never crossed paths, their boxing triumphs played a common role in lifting the spirits of persecuted Jews. In Max Baer and Barney Ross: Jewish Heroes of Boxing, Jeffrey...

THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO JUICING, DIETING AND CLEANSING USING A SLOW-MASTICATING JUICER

Masticating juicers are the best way to get all the vitamins, minerals and antioxidants you need in one delicious drink. But don't settle for the same boring juice every day. With The Cold Press Juice Bible you have 300 flavorful and unique blends to choose from Chock-full of vibrant green, fruit-filled, nutritious root and protein-rich, nutty recipes, this book will leave you revitalized and energized. Mix up your daily routine and have fun with:

- 200-calorie,...

In the course of their 20+-year engineering careers, authors Brian Fitzpatrick and Ben Collins-Sussman have picked up a treasure trove of wisdom and anecdotes about how successful teams work together. Their conclusion? Even among people who have spent decades learning the technical side of their jobs, most haven't really focused on the human component. Learning to collaborate is just as important to success. If you invest in the "soft skills" of your job, you can have a much greater impact for the same amount of effort.

The authors share their insights on how to lead a team...

Today's critic must be something of a philosopher as well as a poet. Yet her workremains above all that of the close reader, and the emergence of the valuesembodied by the close reader to stand alongside those of the philosopher andthe poet may be one of the most significant intellectual developments to emergein the post-World War II years.This book analyzes the language poets, Deleuze and Guattari, and above allBenjamin and Derrida, to trace the various dimensions of the task of the critic.It concludes with a major chapter on the significance of Derrida's recent workfor the conceptualization...

2008, the Grand Sand Sea, Egypt. A dessicated corpse in found in the dunes. With it are a compass, a camera and a notebook full of undecipherable jottings and figures. So begins the search for the answer to one of archaeology's great mysteries - the legendary lost oasis of Zerzura, and the terrifying secret at its heart.

Girl-next-Door trifft Hollywoodstar - der TikTok-Erfolg jetzt auf Deutsch

Die junge Journalistin Chani Horowitz bekommt die Chance ihres Lebens: ein Interview mit dem Hollywoodstar Gabe Parker. Aus einem kurzen Gespräch wird ein gemeinsames Wochenende, und Chanis Reportage bringt ihr den Durchbruch als Autorin. Doch was wirklich zwischen ihr und Gabe passiert ist, behält sie für sich.
Zehn Jahre später hat Chani noch immer Schmetterlinge im Bauch, wenn sie an ihre erste und einzige Begegnung mit Gabe denkt. Und als sie ihn erneut interviewen soll, kann sie nicht...

Bewildered but lovable author, Muldoon, is trapped in the dreamlike narrative of his own surrealistic novel. Beginning with just a title--Incognolio--he enters a bizarre fictional realm that plunges him into an identity crisis of anguishing proportions. Is he writing a story in which his stillborn twin sister has come to life, or is he the one who died at birth and it's his sister who's writing the novel? Guided only by the whims and dictates of his subconscious mind, Muldoon must unravel the mystery of Incognolio and write his way to freedom or succumb to madness.