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What Can Buddha Teach the Rain?: Twenty Poems to Han-Shan and Seventy Poems Ascribed to Him
Lars Rasmussen
Serving House Books
2010
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BESTSELLING AMAZON THRILLER -- LETHAL CIRCUITA Chinese satellite is on crash course with Earth. It contains enough plutonium to irradiate a large city.And that's the good news...In the tradition of Tom Clancy, Lee Child, and Robert Ludlum, comes a new hero.Michael Chase is a twenty-six year old backpacker, a recent college grad, an amateur. He flew to Hong Kong to find his missing father. Four hours later, he's running for his life. The Chinese Secret Police want him dead. The Conspiracy wants him dead. And the one person who he thinks is on his side, may want him dead too. If Michael is going to live, he'll need to find a hidden piece of Nazi technology lost since World War II. And he'll have to do it before anyone else. Because if he doesn't, a little plutonium is going to be the least of his problems.Praise for Bestselling Amazon Thriller, LETHAL CIRCUIT: "This is thriller entertainment par excellence "Jeffrey Vanke -- author of the Berlin Deception - 5 stars"Rockin' fast-paced thriller Strap yourself in for a wild ride as backpacker Michael Chase gets caught up in the world of spies and secret agents."Connaisseur -- 5 Stars"A Pulse Racing Thriller "Soundograph -- 5 Stars"Lars Guignard keeps you hanging at the end of each chapter "David Trail --5 Stars"A high-octane spy thriller with a great twist ending." E.J. Whalen -- 5 StarsLETHAL CIRCUIT takes the reader on a street-level journey through the Chinese countryside where nothing is what it seems. Hidden in a perfect world of emerald-green limestone karsts and bucolic rivers is an advanced energy technology that could prevent a disaster. It could also change the world. But only if it can be found. If it can't, the results will be unthinkable. Michael's friends are eight thousand miles away, but his enemies are everywhere. To even have a chance of finding what he's looking for, Michael will need to join forces with a beautiful, but deadly MI6 agent. He'll need to remain calm, he'll need to improvise, but most importantly, he'll also need to ask himself a question. Who can he trust in a world where nothing is what it seems? And if the answer is nobody, he'll need to live, or more likely die, with the result.LETHAL CIRCUIT is the first in the Michael Chase thriller series. It has been on the Amazon Bestselling Technothriller List since its release. If you like Dan Brown and Tom Clancy, you'll love LETHAL CIRCUIT. Book Two in the series, BLOWN CIRCUIT, will be released in 2012.
Devolution: A Special Agent Samantha Jameson Spy Thriller
Lars Emmerich
Polymath Publishing
2014
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The Incident - Season 1 - A Sam Jameson Serial Thriller: Episodes 1 Through 4 of the Incident, a Special Agent Sam Jameson Serial Thriller
Lars Emmerich
Polymath Publishing
2014
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The Incident - Season 2 - A Sam Jameson Serial Thriller: Episodes 5 Through 8 of the Incident, a Special Agent Sam Jameson Conspiracy Thriller
Lars Emmerich
Polymath Publishing
2014
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Michael Chase is back. But now he has enemies. Good thing Michael is in no mood to play nice.Michael survived China. Barely. But now he's got bigger problems. A pair of coordinates broadcast on an obscure frequency have brought Michael to Istanbul, Turkey where a terrorist group plans to use a devastating device to hold the world hostage.If Michael is to prevent a catastrophe, he'll need to get to the device before the Conspiracy or risk upsetting the global balance of power forever. Of course there's more to life than work. There's the beautiful woman he teams up with to get the job done. She's everything he could want in a partner. Sexy, stylish, compassionate. But can she be trusted?Michael isn't sure. All he knows is the he has to find the device before the Conspiracy.If he doesn't, what started as a bad day is about to become a disaster.MICHAEL CHASE CIRCUIT SERIES IN ORDER: Lethal Circuit - Book One in the bestselling Michael Chase Circuit Series. Blown Circuit - Book Two in the bestselling Michael Chase Circuit Series. Quantum Circuit -- Book Three is complete and scheduled to be released post-pandemic.
"I am a big fan of the Zoe and Zak series. I think it's the perfect action adventure series to hand to kids who have read every word that Rick Riordan has ever written." - PragmaticMom Amazon 5-star reviewZoe and Zak have learned some things since their first semester at Moonstock Himalayan Academy in India: #1 Don't trust the parrots.#2 Don't eat the food.#3 Don't stick around if something crawls out of the lava hole beneath your school. And most important of all...#4 Don't make a rule you can't break.Last semester, Zoe and Zak returned the first lost Noble Truth to its rightful home. Now the seventh graders are back in India for their second semester at Moonstock, their boarding school high in the Himalayan mountains where magical things happen on a regular basis.School kicks off with the Activity Week Challenge in the tiny mountain kingdom of Bhutan, where the students must deliver medical supplies. Things take a turn for the worse when Zak becomes deathly ill after an encounter with a strange floating bubble. On returning to Moonstock, Zoe and Zak discover that a creature has come through the lava hole far below their dormitory. When Zoe and Zak follow the creature, they learn that they have been tasked with finding the second lost Noble Truth -- the Tiger Eye of Justice.Finding the Tiger Eye seems like an impossible mission, and it's only made more complicated when Zak discovers that he has been given a powerful gift to help with the task. But Zak's new gift is a double-edged sword, and if Zoe and Zak don't find the Tiger Eye quickly, Zak's time will run out.The Tiger Temple takes Zoe and Zak deep into an exotic world of magical enchantment and heart-pounding action. It promises to be the most thrilling Zoe & Zak adventure yet.*If The Tiger Temple is your first Zoe & Zak book, don't forget to check out where it all started with the first book in the series -- Zoe & Zak and the Ghost Leopard. After that, you can read Book Two, Zoe & Zak and the Yogi's Curse. And yes, don't worry, Book Four is coming soon
There is a massive war being waged around planet Earth right now. Millions of innocent men, women, children and babies are dying or suffering. The enemy causing all this death and destruction is Heart Disease. But out of the ashes rises phoenix-like a new breed of superhero. You see Heart Disease made a fatal mistake. It left some survivors who are now seeking their revenge. These real life superheroes are CARDIAC ATHLETES. Read their stories, listen to their wise words, follow their examples and protect yourself and the lives of all your loved ones from this pernicious enemy.
Another five, bloody, years have passed by in the global war against heart disease, and since book one was published. In this time millions more babies, teens and adults have died or are suffering. Why are we not winning this war? The world's population is increasing faster than we can produce cardiologists and not enough people care. We need reinforcements to arrive at the battle field. The only way we are ever going to defeat this pernicious enemy is to recruit the survivors, the walking wounded, and the Cardiac Athletes. We have waited too long and seen too little change but now our numbers are growing rapidly, daily, and new leaders, pioneers and superheroes have come to the fore with a clear and common mission in mind. We are witnessing a new era; the ... Advance of the Ambassadors."Cardiac Athletes" by Lars Andrews is a well-written and informative book that sheds light on the unique challenges and opportunities for individuals with heart conditions who wish to lead an active lifestyle.The book begins with a personal account of the author's own experience as a cardiac athlete, which adds an authentic and relatable element to the text. From there, Andrews covers a variety of topics, including the benefits of exercise for those with heart conditions, how to properly prepare for physical activity, and the potential risks and limitations that cardiac athletes should be aware of.Throughout the book, Andrews provides practical advice and tips for cardiac athletes, such as how to monitor heart rate during exercise and the importance of working with a medical professional to develop a safe and effective exercise plan. He also includes inspiring stories of other cardiac athletes who have overcome their limitations and achieved remarkable athletic feats.One of the most valuable aspects of "Cardiac Athletes" is the emphasis on the importance of a positive mindset and a supportive community. Andrews encourages readers to see their heart condition as a challenge to overcome rather than an insurmountable obstacle, and stresses the importance of connecting with other cardiac athletes for encouragement and advice.Overall, "Cardiac Athletes" is an excellent resource for anyone with a heart condition who wants to lead an active lifestyle. The book is well-written, informative, and inspiring, and offers practical advice and encouragement for cardiac athletes at every level of fitness. I highly recommend this book to anyone looking to improve their physical health and wellbeing, regardless of their current heart condition."
L stadius' book on Lapp (S mi) mythology written from 1839-45. The monograph was never published in Paris as planned and went astray. Portions of the manuscript were discovered in 1932 in France, 1946 at Yale University, and the last part in France in 2001. The present book is the first section of the monograph: Doctrine of the Gods.
This is the story of how I discovered the existence of a tradition for brewing beer at home that goes back to the Stone Age, and started diving into it. The story is recounted through posts I published on my blog 2010-2015, documenting how I found this type of brewing in isolated areas in Norway and Lithuania. It also tells the story of how I discovered a so far unknown type of beer yeast called "kveik".
Nationalism and the Transformation of the State
Lars-Erik Cederman; Luc Girardin; Carl Müller-Crepon; Yannick I. Pengl
Cambridge University Press
2025
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Following Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014, the recent conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East signals the return of geopolitics. This book challenges conventional approaches that ignore border change, arguing that geopolitics is driven by nationalism and focusing on how nationalism transforms the state. Using geocoded historical maps covering state borders and ethnic groups in Europe, the authors' spatial approach shows how, since the French Revolution, nationalism has caused increasing congruence between state and national borders and how a lack of congruence increased the risk of armed conflict. This macroprocess is traced from early modern Europe and widens the geographic scope to the entire world in the mid-twentieth century. The analysis shows that the risk of conflict may be increased by how nationalists seeking to revive past golden ages and restore their nations' prestige respond to incongruent borders. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
Nationalism and the Transformation of the State
Lars-Erik Cederman; Luc Girardin; Carl Müller-Crepon; Yannick I. Pengl
Cambridge University Press
2025
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Following Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014, the recent conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East signals the return of geopolitics. This book challenges conventional approaches that ignore border change, arguing that geopolitics is driven by nationalism and focusing on how nationalism transforms the state. Using geocoded historical maps covering state borders and ethnic groups in Europe, the authors' spatial approach shows how, since the French Revolution, nationalism has caused increasing congruence between state and national borders and how a lack of congruence increased the risk of armed conflict. This macroprocess is traced from early modern Europe and widens the geographic scope to the entire world in the mid-twentieth century. The analysis shows that the risk of conflict may be increased by how nationalists seeking to revive past golden ages and restore their nations' prestige respond to incongruent borders. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.