It's not a myth. It exists. Find it. Ambitious geologist Ross Kelly has it all: a lucrative career searching for oil across the world & a beautiful brilliant wife Lauren pregnant with their first child. But when Lauren a Yale academic deciphers the university's mysterious Voynich manuscript which has confounded experts for centuries everything changes. An attempt to steal her translation of the Voynich leaves Lauren & their unborn child hovering on the brink of death & Ross in the depths of despair. Encounters with a sinister Vatican priest & then a mysterious nun convince Ross to seek salvation in the four-&-a-half-centuries-old manuscript which chronicles the ill-fated discovery of a mythic fabulous garden deep in the jungles of the New World: an Eden so terrible & miraculous it rewrites the book of Genesis & defies all reason. Although everyone tells him the story is surely an allegory the possibility of the garden's existence offers Ross the only hope of saving Lauren & their unborn child. With a ragbag group of confederates each with their own motivations he decides to seek the garden out before it's too late. But he is not alone. Racing against time a lethal assassin & a fanatical priest desperate to claim the miraculous garden for his church Ross' quest will lead him eventually to a place that might challenge everything he ever thought about the source of life on earth. ...

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All this books & stuff that isn't what it should all be about. What we need is real wizardry. There was an eighth son of an eighth son. He was quite naturally a wizard. & there it should have ended. However (for reasons we'd better not go into) he had seven sons. & then he had an eighth son.. .a wizard squared.. .a source of magic.. .a Sourcerer. Unseen University has finally got what it wished for: the most powerful wizard on the disc. Which unfortunately could mean that the death of all wizardry is at h&. & that the world is going to end depending on whom you listen to. Unless of course one inept wizard can take the University's most precious artefact the very embodiment of magic itself & deliver it halfway across the disc to safety... ...

Anyone who watches the television news has seen images of firefighters rescuing people from burning buildings & paramedics treating bombing victims. How do these individuals make the split-second decisions that save lives? Most studies of decision making based on artificial tasks assigned in laboratory settings view people as biased & unskilled. Gary Klein is one of the developers of the naturalistic decision making approach which views people as inherently skilled & experienced. It documents human strengths & capabilities that so far have been downplayed or ignored. Since 1985 Klein has conducted fieldwork to find out how people tackle challenges in difficult nonroutine situations. Sources of Power is based on observations of humans acting under such real-life constraints as time pressure high stakes personal responsibility & shifting conditions. The professionals studied include firefighters critical care nurses pilots nuclear power plant operators battle planners & chess masters. Each chapter builds on key incidents & examples to make the description of the methodology & phenomena more vivid. In addition to providing information that can be used by professionals in management psychology engineering & other fields the book presents an overview of the research approach of naturalistic decision making & expands our knowledge of the strengths people bring to difficult tasks. ...

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Africa s southernmost trio offers adventure beach-bumming & everything in between with lions roaring in the bushveld vineyards climbing mountainsides diverse African cultures & open roads through sublime scenery. James Bainbridge Lonely Planet Writer Our Promise You can trust our travel information because Lonely Planet authors visit the places we write about each & every edition. We never accept freebies for positive coverage so you can rely on us to tell it like it is. Inside This Book Full color guide 3 countries 11 official languages 40 boutique wineries 600+ national parks & reserves Inspirational photos Clear easy-to-use maps At-a-glance practical info In-depth background Wildlife Feature Comprehensive Planning Tools ...

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