Download or read book Secrets in a Dead Fish written by Melanie King and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did German intelligence agents in the First World War use dead fish to pass on vital information to their operatives? What did an advertisement for a dog in The Times have to do with the movement of British troops into Egypt? And why did British personnel become suspicious about the trousers hanging on a Belgian woman's washing line?During the First World War, spymasters and their networks of secret agents developed many ingenious - and occasionally hilarious - methods of communication. Puffs of smoke from a chimney, stacks of bread in a bakery window, even knitted woollen jumpers were all used to convey secret messages decipherable only by well-trained eyes.Melanie King retells the astonishing story of these and many other tricks of the espionage trade, now long forgotten, through the memoirs of eight spies. Among them are British intelligence officers working undercover in France and Germany, including a former officer from the Metropolitan Police who once hunted Jack the Ripper. There is also the German Secret Service officer, codenamed Agricola, who spied on the Eastern Front, an American newspaperman and an Austrian agent who disguised himself as everything from a Jewish pedlar to a Russian officer.Drawing on the words of many of the spies themselves, Secrets in a Dead Fish is a fascinating compendium of clever and original ruses that casts new light into the murky world of espionage during the First World War.

Download or read book Secrets of the Dead written by Simon Clark and published by Severn House Publishers Ltd. This book was released on 2014-11-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tombs are sealed shut for a reason. Opening them can have terrifying consequences . . . John Tolworth is delighted when he is hired to help investigate a collection of mummified bodies found in the notorious Gold Tomb in Egypt. Not only is he intrigued by the work, but the collection is stored in an ancient castle in Devon, where John spent his childhood. He looks forward to revisiting the area, and to showing his family the place he grew up. But when John and his family arrive at Baverstock Castle, John starts to remember things. Things he had forgotten. What happened the last time he was there? And why is Philip Kemmis, the former owner of the castle, and John’s childhood companion, now a raving madman? As the mummified bodies begin to reveal their ancient secrets, John begins to think the unthinkable . . .

Download or read book The Dead Fish Museum written by Charles D'Ambrosio and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2006-04-18 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “In the fall, I went for walks and brought home bones. The best bones weren’t on trails—deer and moose don’t die conveniently—and soon I was wandering so far into the woods that I needed a map and compass to find my way home. When winter came and snow blew into the mountains, burying the bones, I continued to spend my days and often my nights in the woods. I vaguely understood that I was doing this because I could no longer think; I found relief in walking up hills. When the night temperatures dropped below zero, I felt visited by necessity, a baseline purpose, and I walked for miles, my only objective to remain upright, keep moving, preserve warmth. When I was lost, I told myself stories . . .” So Charles D’Ambrosio recounted his life in Philipsburg, Montana, the genesis of the brilliant stories collected here, six of which originally appeared in The New Yorker. Each of these eight burnished, terrifying, masterfully crafted stories is set against a landscape that is both deeply American and unmistakably universal. A son confronts his father’s madness and his own hunger for connection on a misguided hike in the Pacific Northwest. A screenwriter fights for his sanity in the bleak corridors of a Manhattan psych ward while lusting after a ballerina who sets herself ablaze. A Thanksgiving hunting trip in Northern Michigan becomes the scene of a haunting reckoning with marital infidelity and desperation. And in the magnificent title story, carpenters building sets for a porn movie drift dreamily beneath a surface of sexual tension toward a racial violence they will never fully comprehend. Taking place in remote cabins, asylums, Indian reservations, the backloads of Iowa and the streets of Seattle, this collection of stories, as muscular and challenging as the best novels, is about people who have been orphaned, who have lost connection, and who have exhausted the ability to generate meaning in their lives. Yet in the midst of lacerating difficulty, the sensibility at work in these fictions boldly insists on the enduring power of love. D’Ambrosio conjures a world that is fearfully inhospitable, darkly humorous, and touched by glory; here are characters, tested by every kind of failure, who struggle to remain human, whose lives have been sharpened rather than numbed by adversity, whose apprehension of truth and beauty has been deepened rather than defeated by their troubles. Many writers speak of the abyss. Charles D’Ambrosio writes as if he is inside of it, gazing upward, and the gaze itself is redemptive, a great yearning ache, poignant and wondrous, equal parts grit and grace. A must read for everyone who cares about literary writing, The Dead Fish Museum belongs on the same shelf with the best American short fiction.

Download or read book Secrets of the Dead written by Tom Harper and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-09-15 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fans of Dan Brown, Clive Cussler and Scott Mariani will love this high-octane, edge-of-your-seat international thriller from the pen of prizewinning author Tom Harper. It has everything you could want: great plot, great pace, great suspense and a great twist... 'In the tradition of The Da Vinci Code, a page-turner of a novel. Like Dan Brown, Tom Harper knows how to ratchet up the tension.' -- Choice 'FANTASTIC FANTASTIC FANTASTIC' -- ***** Reader review 'A page-turner: not a single moment of boredom' -- ***** Reader review 'Could not put it down!' -- ***** Reader review ********************************************************************************** A BRUTAL MURDER. A DAMAGED SURVIVOR. A RACE AGAINST TIME... In a villa on the coast of Montenegro, Abby Cormac witnesses the brutal murder of her lover, diplomat Michael Lascaris. The last thing she remembers is a gun pointed directly at her and wakes to find herself alone and at the centre of a diplomatic nightmare. Everyone wants an answer but no one wants to listen. Even her employers at the Foreign Office believe she's hiding something. As Abby tries to piece together the last few months of Michael's life in order to get at the truth, she soon realises that he wasn't quite what he seemed. What exactly was his relationship with one of the most ruthless men in the Balkans? And what links Michael's gift to her of a gold necklace, a 4th century manuscript left in the shadow of Emperor Constantine's palace at Trier and an inscription on a tomb in Rome? When Abby investigates further, it becomes clear that someone wants to suppress a secret, one that has been kept hidden for centuries. And they will stop at nothing to do so...

Download or read book Our Knowledge Box or Old Secrets and New Discoveries written by Anonymous and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-10-12 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our Knowledge Box; Or, Old Secrets and New Discoveries is a compendium of knowledge that spans a vast array of topics. This book is a treasure trove of information, covering everything from science and history to arts and crafts. The diverse content, combined with engaging writing, makes it a fascinating read for curious minds, offering a journey of discovery on every page.

Download or read book Courageous Spies and International Intrigue of World War I written by Allison Lassieur and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the lives and daring deeds of spies during World War IÊusing photos, original sources, maps, timelines, and little known facts.

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Download or read book Secret no more written by Jonathan Løw and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2018-09-05 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Secret no more! is an inspiring collection of articles written by 45 successful entrepreneurs, leaders and innovators from across the globe. Young tech gurus, experienced top-level CEOs, leadership experts and social entrepreneurs come together to share their secrets about creating and scaling a startup, innovating within existing companies and leading with authenticity and passion. Some people might argue that once exposed, a secret loses all its power. The philosophy of this book is the opposite. We believe that if you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it. Including contributions from: • Cesar Hidalgo • Guy Kawasaki • Joe Pulizzi • Robin Sharma • Selina Juul • Tania Ellis • Tony Ulwick • and many others ...

Download or read book The Poison Waves Secrets of the Sky 2 written by Sayantani DasGupta and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2023-10-03 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: UNDERWATER PERIL AWAITS Kiya and Kinjal have succeeded in their first quest in the magical world of the Kingdom Beyond, but whatever good they achieved might not be enough. Their faithful flying horses Snowy and Raat reappear and whisk them back to the Kingdom to help the water pari--winged merpeople—who are slowly being poisoned by the very water in which they live. It is up to the twins to figure it out and put a stop to it. Fortunately, Kiya has the know-how to solve this mystery...if only she can put the pieces together before the evil serpent king Sesha knows they've reentered the Kingdom! EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED TO EVERYTHING

Download or read book Revolutionary Mathematics written by Justin Joque and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2022-01-18 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the revolution in statistics that gave rise to artificial intelligence and predictive algorithms refiguring contemporary capitalism. Our finances, politics, media, opportunities, information, shopping and knowledge production are mediated through algorithms and their statistical approaches to knowledge; increasingly, these methods form the organizational backbone of contemporary capitalism. Revolutionary Mathematics traces the revolution in statistics and probability that has quietly underwritten the explosion of machine learning, big data and predictive algorithms that now decide many aspects of our lives. Exploring shifts in the philosophical understanding of probability in the late twentieth century, Joque shows how this was not merely a technical change but a wholesale philosophical transformation in the production of knowledge and the extraction of value. This book provides a new and unique perspective on the dangers of allowing artificial intelligence and big data to manage society. It is essential reading for those who want to understand the underlying ideological and philosophical changes that have fueled the rise of algorithms and convinced so many to blindly trust their outputs, reshaping our current political and economic situation.

Download or read book Claire s Last Secret written by Marty Ambrose and published by Severn House Publishers Ltd. This book was released on 2018-09-01 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tragic death leads Claire Clairmont to be haunted by her past and the ‘summer of 1816’ she shared with Byron and Shelley in this first in an intriguing new historical trilogy. 1873, Florence. Claire Clairmont, the last survivor of the ‘haunted summer of 1816’ Byron/Shelley circle, is living out her final years in genteel poverty, but the appearance of British tourist, William Michael Rossetti, brings hope that she may be able to sell some of her memorabilia to earn enough cash to support her and her niece/companion, Paula. But Rossetti’s presence in Florence heralds a cycle of events that links the summer of 1816 – when Claire conceived an ill-fated child with George Gordon, Lord Byron, when Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein, and when four tempestuous lives came together – to a tragic death. As Claire begins to unravel the truth, she must go back to that summer of passion to discover the identity of her old enemy.

Download or read book Mystery Fish written by Sally M. Walker and published by Lerner Books [UK]. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author tells the story of the discovery of and attempt to study the Coelacanth, a fish thought to have become extinct at the same time as the dinosaurs.

Download or read book Secrets of the Dead Sea Scrolls written by Randall Price and published by Harvest House Publishers. This book was released on 1996 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover new technology that helps translators with previously unreadable Scroll fragments, supposedly "secret" scrolls in hiding, and the furious debate about who rightfully owns the Scrolls. Includes never before-published photographs.

Download or read book Where Dead Fish Go written by J. A. Coppinger and published by . This book was released on 2015-04-03 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You can't escape your past, no matter how fast you run. Boomer thought he'd done it. Thought he'd left behind misery, abuse, and the terrible secrets of his childhood, but he was wrong. When Jiffy, his oldest friend, walks back into his life after two decades, the horror of their past comes with him. Returning to a hell they'd barely escaped is the last thing either wants, but the weight of thirty dead girls will drive the friends into realms of memory and pain they'd prayed to never visit again. Mystery, murder, and magic dwell beneath the waters of the sleepy lake-shore town they grew up in and only Boomer and Jiff know where it all began. They know it started with two lonely, broken, nine-year-old boys, and know they have to stop what they put in motion before even more children die. You can't escape the past but maybe, just maybe, you can face it with a friend.

Download or read book Impact ePub eBook written by Amanda Vickers and published by Pearson UK. This book was released on 2012-10-12 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how to harness the power of personal impact so you can earn more, live more and be more. Impact is everything. It gives us huge competitive advantages as we impress others and are remembered when it matters the most. It gives us the confidence to succeed and achieve our personal and professional goals and enables us persuade and influence others so we can get what we want, when we want. This book will show anybody how to use the power of impact to make a great first impression; raise their profile; secure that promotion; land their dream job; be the person everyone remembers; make amazing presentations and impress everyone they meet in any situation. Covering topics such as confidence and positive thinking, this book is relevant to everyone from graduates, to top managers and everyone else in between.

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Download or read book The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours written by Gregory Nagy and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2013-02-25 with total page 752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ancient Greeks’ concept of “the hero” was very different from what we understand by the term today. In 24 installments, based on the Harvard course Gregory Nagy has taught and refined since the 1970s, The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours explores civilization’s roots in Classical literature, a lineage that continues to challenge and inspire us.