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Tactics Volume 1 (Tactics)

by Christine Schilling, Kazuko Higashiyama, Sakura Kinoshita, Lianne Sentar

From the author of the hit series, Detective Loki Ragnarok! Meet Kantarou, a folklore scholar living in the Taisho period. Ever since he was a child, he has been able to see and talk to various spirits. But now that Kantarou's all grown up, he moonlights as an exorcist solving the problems of ghosts and demons...all with the help of Haruka, the legendary demon-eating tengu!Throw in some supernatural elements, a... (more)

How Life Imitates Chess

Making the Right Moves, from the Board to the Boardroom

by G. K. Kasparov

One of the most highly regarded strategists of our time teaches us how the tools that made him a world chess champion can make us more successful in business and in life. Garry Kasparov was the highest-rated chess player in the world for over twenty years and is widely considered the greatest player that ever lived. In How Life Imitates Chess Kasparov distills the lessons he learned over a lifetime as a... (more)

How Hitler Could Have Won World War II : The Fatal Errors That Lead to Nazi Defeat

How Hitler Could Have Won World War II : The Fatal Errors That Lead to Nazi Defeat

by Bevin Alexander

Most of us rally around the glory of the Allies' victory over the Nazis in World War II. The story is often told of how the good fight was won by an astonishing array of manpower and stunning tactics. However, what is often overlooked is how the intersection between Adolf Hitler's influential personality and his military strategy was critical in causing Germany to lose the war. With an acute eye for detail and... (more)

D-Day

The Battle for Normandy

by Antony Beevor

The definitive account of the Normandy invasion by the bestselling author of Stalingrad and The Fall of Berlin 1945 From critically acclaimed world historian, Antony Beevor, this is the first major account in more than twenty years to cover the whole invasion from June 6, 1944, right up to the liberation of Paris on August 25. It is the first book to describe not only the experiences of the American,... (more)

tactics Volume 4 (Tactics)

by Sakura Kinoshita, Kazuko Higashiyama

Kantarou and company are duped into exterminating youkai for a beautiful and powerful businesswoman with a nasty secret! And that's just the start of this volume's gripping revelations when a new enemy appears. Meet Raikou Minamoto, a fellow youkai exterminator--who is determined to kill the legendary Demon-Eating tengu!

Ice Station

by Matthew Reilly

Anarctica is the last unconquered continent, a murderous expanse of howling winds, blinding whiteouts and deadly crevasses. On one edge of Antarctica is Wilkes Station. Beneath Wilkes Station is the gate to hell itself... A team of U.S. divers, exploring three thousand feet beneath the ice shelf has vanished. Sending out an SOS, Wilkes draws a rapid deployment team of Marines-and someone else... First comes a... (more)

Winning Chess Strategy for Kids

by Jeff Coakley

Winning Chess Strategy for Kids is a fun and comprehensive chess course written for children 7 to 13 years old. Full of original material and entertaining artwork, it's a perfect guide for learning the royal game. Parents and teachers are sure to like it too. The book begins on square one: covering the rules, basic mates, and elementary tactics. It then leads the student through a whole range of advanced... (more)

Panzer Tactics: German Small-Unit Armor Tactics in World War II

Panzer Tactics: German Small-Unit Armor Tactics in World War II

by Oberleutnant. Wolfgang Schneider

* Ultimate inside view of the blitzkrieg in World War II * Diagrams, maps, and schematics illustrate key principles * Hundreds of rare photos show Panzers and crews in action Wolfgang Schneider has written the definitive account of German small-unit armor tactics. Using period training manuals, after-action reports, countless interviews with Panzer veterans, and his own experiences as an armor... (more)

Chess Tactics for Kids

by Murray Chandler

Chess enthusiasts of all ages and levels will find this book an instructive delight. In a simple, easy-to-understand format it explains how to bamboozle your chess opponents using commonly occurring tactical motifs. The illustrative positions, all taken from real games, show the 50 Tricky Tactics that experienced chess masters use to win their games. Recognising frequently-occurring tactical ideas is vital to... (more)

A Battlefield Atlas of the Civil War

by Craig L. Symonds

From Fort Sumter to Appomattox, this military history explains the principal campaigns of the Civil War and all the major battles in lively text. A clear, concise and authoritative volume ideal for battlefield tours or classroom studies.

German Battle Tactics on the Russian Front 1941-1945 (Schiffer Military Aviation History)

German Battle Tactics on the Russian Front 1941-1945 (Schiffer Military Aviation History)

by Steven Newton

The amazing tenacity and cohesion of the German Army in Russia from 1941-1945, fighting against overwhelming odds but refusing to disintegrate, has fascinated readers for decades. But most of the available sources concentrate on the maneuvers of armies an

Tactical Pistol: Advanced Gunfighting Concepts And Techniques

Tactical Pistol: Advanced Gunfighting Concepts And Techniques

by Gabriel Suarez

Big-city cop and gunfight veteran Gabe Suarez teaches you the most vital lessons and techniques for prevailing in any situation where you must draw your weapon. Chapters include The Dynamics of a Gunfight, The Rules of Close-Quarter Combat, Holding Hostiles at Gunpoint and more.

Reader's Digest Book of Puzzles & Brain Teasers: Hundreds of Fun and Challenging Ways to Stretch Your Mind

Reader's Digest Book of Puzzles & Brain Teasers: Hundreds of Fun and Challenging Ways to Stretch Your Mind

by Editors of Reader's Digest

A one-of-a-kind collection of over 1,000 specially commissioned riddles, mysteries, and verbal conundrums, guaranteed to build analytical, creative and practical thinking power while bringing hours of fun and entertainment. Spiral-bound to lie flat; includes a felt-tip pen and four wipe-clean acetate sheets to allow each puzzle to be done again and again.

The Defence of Duffer's Drift

by Ernest Dunlop Swinton, E. D. Swinton

Contents: Prologue First Dream Second Dream Third Dream Fourth Dream Fifth Dream Sixth Dream Prologue. Upon an evening after a long and tiring trek, I arrived at Dreamdorp. The local atmosphere, combined with a heavy meal, are responsible for the following nightmare, consisting of a series of dreams. To make the sequence of the whole intelligible, it is necessary to explain that, though the scene of each vision... (more)

Guerrilla Marketing, 4th edition: Easy and Inexpensive Strategies for Making Big Profits from Your Small Business

Guerrilla Marketing, 4th edition: Easy and Inexpensive Strategies for Making Big Profits from Your Small Business

by Jay Conrad Levinson, Amy Levinson, Jeannie Levinson

When Guerrilla Marketing was first published in 1983, Jay Levinson revolutionized marketing strategies for the small-business owner with his take-no-prisoners approach to finding clients. Based on hundreds of solid ideas that really work, Levinson’s philosophy has given birth to a new way of learning about market share and how to gain it. In this completely updated and expanded fourth edition, Levinson offers a... (more)

U.S. Army Ranger Handbook SH 21-76 (April 2000)

U.S. Army Ranger Handbook SH 21-76 (April 2000)

by Department of Defense

April 2000 (SH 21-76) This recently updated handbook draws from bloody lessons learned from two centuries of special operations combat, crammed with info on demolitions, boobytraps, rapelling, communications, survival and than 30 other topics.

Advanced Racing Tactics

by Stuart H. Walker

"Possibly the best book on racing tactics ever written." —Ted Jones, Dolphin Book Club News Today far more sailors than ever before have reached a superior level of competitive ability, and the few individuals who remain at the head of the competitive classes year and after year must constantly improve their skills. This book will help the sailor analyze for himself the determinants of tactical success. ... (more)

The Second Life Herald: The Virtual Tabloid that Witnessed the Dawn of the Metaverse

The Second Life Herald: The Virtual Tabloid that Witnessed the Dawn of the Metaverse

by Peter Ludlow

Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2008. and Winner, Media and Cultural Studies category, 2007 Professional/Scholarly Publishing Awards for Excellence Competition presented by the Association of American Publishers, Inc. When a virtual journalist for a virtual newspaper reporting on the digital world of an online game lands on the real-world front page of the New York Times, it just might signal the dawn... (more)

The War Room: Political Strategies for Business, NGOs, and Anyone Who Wants to Win

The War Room: Political Strategies for Business, NGOs, and Anyone Who Wants to Win

by Warren Kinsella

The term war room , in political parlance, was coined by the team of U.S. strategists (specifically James Carville) who worked for Bill Clinton's first presidential campaign in the early 1990s. In a nutshell, a war room is a political command centre where a candidate's strategists and media officers work to counter attacks by opponents while gathering research to mount an offensive in an ongoing, immediate... (more)

Twilight Saga: Book 4

Breaking Dawn

by Stephenie Meyer

When you loved the one who was killing you, it left you no options. How could you run, how could you fight, when doing so would hurt that beloved one? If your life was all you had to give, how could you not give it? If it was someone you truly loved? To be irrevocably in love with a vampire is both fantasy and nightmare woven into a dangerously heightened reality for Bella Swan. Pulled in one direction by her... (more)

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