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Author Niels Starling shares his unusual and unconventional narrative about information security. In a counterintuitive approach, Niels argues that the majority of internet users have too high a focus on information protection and online security. We all think our information is at risk when actually hiding it away runs the greatest risk.

This book is designed as a practical modern day guide for people who get nervous in everyday life and want to overcome that personality trait. It offers background, outlines, understanding, and a variety of solutions including a 15-step self-help formula. As you listen and relate to the information elements are designed to resonate with you so you can take some inspired action to alleviate your nervousness once and for all.

Seven years after her father was shot by police officers, Holly Samson studies at a college in Lakebridge when a killing spree forces her to face the fact that she, like her father, is a Kinetic. Clarissa Chapman, now a superintendent of psychokinetic investigations, finds herself caught between the desperate hunt for a Kinetic serial killer and a search for the truth behind the ability.

Penniless and a disappointment to his father, Anthony is flung into the Eighty Years' War, spying for the queen who exiled him, against the queen who knighted him.

A 13th century French priest is recruited by three Italian merchants to aid them in a holy quest to find a secret chamber that allegedly lies buried beneath the crusader held city of Jerusalem. It is a quest that will benefit all of Christendom and bring glory and salvation to those who discover the chamber. They embark on the quest and at once realize that it is far more dangerous than they ever anticipated.

Two thousand years ago, the same emotions drove men’s and women’s needs and wants as today. In Cry for Jerusalem, we experience events and actions that forever changed the world for Jews and Christians through our cast of characters.

How could Anthony and Maria possibly have known that taking the new French ambassador and his wife to his posting in Tunis, aboard their new yacht, would lead to this. But here they were, and the man responsible was sitting only a few yards away. They would have to deal with him, but it might have to wait.

It is 1612. Maria and Antonio set off to the Frankfurt fair to find a buyer for their wine, and expand their vineyard. They find a buyer, and Maria finds an admirer. When they visit the man preparing their bill of exchange, he and his wife have been strangled.

Meet Aaron, the world's first superhero, and the protagonist of this exciting adventure-filled novel by Anthony Larkin. While keeping two big secrets from his friends—that he's gay and that he's a superhero—Aaron must navigate a journey of self-discovery as he grapples with the implications of his newfound abilities. As he learns to heal, teleport, manipulate objects, and even fly, Aaron must decide whether to keep his superhero identity a secret to maintain a normal life.

Priests are being burnt in their churches. Pope Paul hires two old enemies to track down the killer. Their journey leads them to Galileo and his students, but finding the killer leads them to another. They can't deal with this one, but perhaps Anthony's teenage children can.

Micheletto D' Angelo is one of many Italian merchant-bankers monopolizing on Venice's vast trading empire in the mid 15th century. But when through greed and corruption he ends up in prison, even facing the penalty of death, he encounters a mysterious fellow inmate. From this inmate, he inherits a peculiar poem of a rose, written in the fashion of a parable, which seemingly recounts the inmate's life; which life is surprisingly noble, and not criminal.

If you love Arthur Conan Doyle’s original, do not miss this collection of artfully-constructed new tales.

Delving into the depths of his memory, Dr John Watson finally reveals a collection of never-before-penned cases brought before the great Sherlock Holmes. Join the beloved British detective as he is pitted against a selection of truly ingenious puzzles.

WWII has ended and the occupation of Germany has begun, but the surviving Nazi resistance is still a formidable threat. A suspected clandestine stronghold is found and Allied Command orders an Army squad to infiltrate and silence the Nazi garrison that's hiding dangerously close to the Soviet controlled border. The incursion must be silent and swift, making sure not to strain the ever growing tensions with the adversarial Soviet Union and unintentionally escalate the Cold War.

In this informed, incisive, and passionate commentary on the state of nature and conservation, Mark Avery reflects on our relationship with the wildlife around us. From the cats that pass through his garden to the chronic decline of farmland wildlife, from the Pasqueflowers he visits every spring to the proportion of national income devoted to saving nature–everything is connected, and everything is considered.

Amanda BA, colorfully dressed Bedouin brandishing a sword, interrupts Holmes and Watson at their breakfast table. He brings a cryptic warning: stay out of the affairs of his people, or face the consequences.

A violent group has invaded the Adirondack Forest, and 11-year-old Chris has become the target of their affection. It will be a summer of terror, because they believe Chris is the key to opening the door to a new world order. And they will stop at nothing to bring their plans to fruition.

A two thousand year old secret leads Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson along a dark & death laden path to the lair of a ruthless master criminal. Even Holmes cannot foresee the final outcome.

Dockworkers are stunned by the arrival of the Matilda Briggs, a long overdue tea cutter returning from Calcutta. Abandoned by its crew, the dust-covered vessel seems to have drifted into a vacant berth guided by an unseen hand. The only member of the crew aboard is a lone cabin boy in the throes of death, following a murderous attack. The ship’s log has also vanished without a trace. All that remains is a series of indecipherable markings have been scratched into the ship’s decking.

The apparition of a lady dressed in white and long thought dead, a deadly and shadowy form that wreaks terror on the heath, and a figure from the past who has accrued the power to commune with the dead! Here is collection of cases, some new, together with a few old favorites which sorely test Holmes' long-held beliefs to their very limits!