Senka Skorikov orphan & urchin has been abandoned to the murky world of Moscows gangster district. While picking a pocket or two he glimpses the most beautiful woman he has ever seen & joins the gang of her overlord lover The Prince so desperate he is to meet her. Senka climbs the criminal ranks uncovering a stash of precious metal & gradually capturing the heart of his beloved Death
- so named for the life expectancy of her lovers. But as the bandit community balks at his success on both fronts threats on his life begin to pour in. A dandy & his Chinese sidekick seem to be taking an inordinate interest in Senkas welfare & it becomes clear that those threatening Senka are linked to a spate of murders grizzly even by underworld standards. Fandorin must unweave a tangled web of narcotics false identities & organised crime
- but can he survive an encounter with the ever-alluring Death unscathed? Find out in the darkest Fandorin to date!

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It is a few days before Christmas. For forty-six years Sterling has been awaiting his summons into Heaven. Will he be deemed fit for entrance into heaven this year? At last the day comes & the Heavenly Council settles on a test for Sterling
- he will be sent back to earth & given an opportunity to prove his worthiness by helping someone else. Sterling Brooks finds himself in Manhattan at the skating rink in Rockefeller Center. Among the skaters is a heartbroken seven-year-old named Marissa. Her sadness comes from her separation from the father she adores a talented singer & her sparkling grandmother owner of a popular restaurant. Both have been forced into the Witness Protection Program because two mobsters the Badgett brothers have put a price on their heads to prevent their testifying against them in an arson case. As Sterling soon realizes it is Marissa he has been sent to help. Sterling who is able to move back & forth in time & place masterminds a plan to eliminate the threat from the Badgett brothers & reunite Marissa with her loved ones. Filled with suspense & humour HE SEES YOU WHEN YOURE SLEEPING is a delightful & warmhearted tale of perseverance redemption & love.
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As secretary to the Fuhrer throughout the time of the Third Reich Christa Schroeder was perfectly placed to observe the actions & behaviour of Hitler along with the most important figures surrounding him. Schroeders memoir does not fail to deliver fascinating insights: she notes his bourgeois manners his vehement abstemiousness & his mood swings. Indeed she was ostracised by Hitler for a number of months after she made the mistake of publicly contradicting him once too often. In addition to her portrayal of Hitler there are illuminating anecdotes about Hitlers closest colleagues. She recalls for instance that the relationship between Martin Bormann & his brother Albert (who was on Hitlers personal staff) was so bad that the two would only communicate with one another via their respective adjutants
- even if they were in the same room. There is also light shed on the peculiar personal life & insanity of Reichsminister Walther Darre. Schroeder claims to have known nothing of the horrors of the Nazi regime. There is nothing of the sense of perspective or the mea culpa that one finds in the memoirs of Hitlers other secretary Traudl Junge
- who concluded we should have known. Rather the tone that pervades Schroeders memoir is one of bitterness. This is without any doubt one of the most important primary sources from the pre-war & wartime period.

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His smile faded & our eyes held & thats when it happened. A charge passed through me like an electric shock. Anna meets Jem when her life is falling apart. He is everything Anna needs him to be. Her dad may have run off with a younger woman her mum may be a wreck & her younger sister Livi is swerving off the rails
- but as long as she has Jem Anna will be OK. & for the first time in her life Anna falls. Deeply & truly & intensely in love. The end? Not quite...
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Can you ever forget your first love? Liberty Evans hasn't. She has a beautiful daughter a successful career as an actress & she's married to one of Hollywood's most powerful directors. But behind the glamour things are not what they seem. Her daughter Brooke is turning into a spoiled teenager her husband controls everything she does & Liberty longs for Cory the man she loved before she became famous. Unable to live a lie any more Liberty returns to England with a reluctant Brooke to start a new life. While her daughter has to cope with a massive lifestyle change Liberty finds that she cannot get Cory out of her head. But will he want her any more? Or will she have to accept that her first love belongs to the past? ...

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Learning a complex new language is no easy task especially when it s an object-oriented computer programming language like Java. You might think the problem is your brain. It seems to have a mind of its own a mind that doesn't always want to take in the dry technical stuff you're forced to study. The fact is your brain craves novelty. It's constantly searching scanning waiting for something unusual to happen. After all that's the way it was built to help you stay alive. It takes all the routine ordinary dull stuff & filters it to the background so it won't interfere with your brain's real work--recording things that matter. How does your brain know what matters? It's like the creators of the Head First approach say suppose you're out for a hike & a tiger jumps in front of you what happens in your brain? Neurons fire. Emotions crank up. Chemicals surge. That's how your brain knows. & that's how your brain will learn Java. Head First Java combines puzzles strong visuals mysteries & soul-searching interviews with famous Java objects to engage you in many different ways. It's fast it's fun & its effective. & despite its playful appearance Head First Java is serious stuff: a complete introduction to object-oriented programming & Java. You'll learn everything from the fundamentals to advanced topics including threads network sockets & distributed programming with RMI. & the new. second edition focuses on Java 5.0 the latest version of the Java language & development platform. Because Java 5.0 is a major update to the platform with deep code-level changes even more careful study & implementation is required. So learning the Head First way is more important than ever. If you've read a Head First book you know what to expect--a visually rich format designed for the way your brain works. If you haven't you're in for a treat. You'll see why people say it's unlike any other Java book you've ever read. By exploiting how your brain works Head First Java compresses the time it takes to learn & retain--complex information. Its unique approach not only shows you what you need to know about Java syntax it teaches you to think like a Java programmer. If you want to be bored buy some other book. But if you want to understand Java this book's for you. ...

Prepare for the PMP certification exam in a unique & inspiring way with Head First PMP". The second edition of this book provides 100 percent coverage of the latest principles & certification objectives offered in " The PMBOK[registered] Guide 4th edition" with a visually rich format is designed for the way your brain works. You'll find a full-length sample exam included inside the book. Using the latest research in neurobiology cognitive science & learning theory " Head First PMP" offers you a multi-sensory experience that helps the material stick not a text-heavy approach that puts you to sleep. You get a thorough & effective preparation guide with hundreds of practice questions & exam strategies along with puzzles games problems & exercises that make learning easy & entertaining. More than just passing a test a PMP certification means that you have the knowledge to solve most common project problems but studying for a difficult four-hour exam on project management isn't easy even for experienced project managers. The book teaches underlying concepts so that you can understand the PMBOK principles & pass the certification exam with flying colors. " Head First PMP" puts project management principles into context to help you understand remember & apply them
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