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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The True Story of the Hatfield and McCoy Feud is an unbiased look behind the battle lines into the causes and effects of the most notorious feud in American history. Comprised of first hand accounts, L.D. Hatfield gives a concise, factual compilation of the key events and participants of a conflict that spanned two decades and cost the lives of 27 people on either side of the Tug River. This book provides a quick history of the legend that is the basis for the popular History Channel mini-series Hatfields & McCoys.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Roswell Report: Case Closed is the second of two reports published by the United States Air Force to explain the events of the Roswell Incident that occurred in July of 1947. A follow-up to the report Fact Versus Fiction in the New Mexico Desert, Case Closed includes further analysis and discussion of the events. The Foreword explains, 'Our objective throughout this inquiry has been simple and consistent: to find all the facts and bring them to light. If documents were classified, declassify them; where they were dispersed, bring them into a single source for public review.' This report, published in 1997, includes a brand new Introduction from UFO expert and writer Stanton L. Friedman.The U.S. AIR FORCE is the aviation branch of the United States military. The headquarters of this branch authorized several research projects on the origin and existence of UFOs and published multiple reports of their findings from the 1950s through the 1980s. It is still the subject of speculation today whether the U.S. Air Force is responsible for a large-scale cover-up of UFO and extraterrestrial evidence.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Originally published in English in 1932, Magic and Mystery in Tibet is an account of traveler and spiritualist Alexandra David-Neel's 14 years in Tibet, at a time when the country was closed to foreigners. This true story reads like a novel compared to earlier travel books from the 19th century, artfully invoking pictures of what it was like to live in Tibet during a time when few outsiders had seen its soil. David-Neel lets readers inside her head and describes what it was like to live with and learn from a people whose way of life was vastly different from their western counterparts'. Her stories will fascinate anyone interested in culture, travel, and the far east.ALEXANDRA DAVID-NEEL (1868-1969) was a French-Belgian Buhddist, spiritualist, writer, and explorer. She authored more than thirty books from 1898 to 1968 on her travels and Eastern philosophy and religion. She is best known for her trip to Tibet in 1924, when the country was closed to foreigners, though she also traveled to India twice (including to the Royal Monastery of Sikkim, where she met the Dalai Lama), Vietnam, and Japan.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This classic tale of an alien invasion serves as a catalyst for a whole range of media adaptations in radio, film, and literature. Playing on the public's fears of unknown worlds, Wells brings to life an alien race from Mars bent on consuming the whole of Earth and feeding on the human race. In an epic story of survival, an unnamed hero battles otherworldly creatures and technology his odyssey to be reunited with his wife.H.G. Wells created The War of the Worlds amidst an 1890s backdrop of rampant and rapid industrialization, global British imperialism, and increasing tension with Europe-all of which are reflected in his tale of Martian attack. The story remains startlingly relevant today in our era wracked with worldwide concerns over terrorism and national security. This new edition, with an introduction by mass-psychology expert Robert E. Bartholomew, is sure to enthrall and intrigue yet another generation of readers.British author HERBERT GEORGE WELLS (1866-1946) is best known for his groundbreaking science fiction novels The Time Machine (1895), The Invisible Man (1897), and The War of the Worlds (1898).

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee On Investigations (PSI) issued a report in \*U.S. Vulnerabilities to Money Laundering, Drugs, and Terrorist Financing\*, using the global banking and financial firm, HSBC Group, as a case study. HSBC lapsed in the management of anti-money laundering and compliance issues in an effort to cut costs as the firm grew. As a result, the report suggests the sharing of information among globally systemically important financial institutions to maintain an awareness of risk alerts. The PSI suggests standards that HSBC and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, HSBC's regulator, should uphold.The U.S. SENATE PERMANENT SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS (PSI) is a bi-partisan committee of senators that deals with Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and is currently headed by Senator Carl Levin (D-MI) and Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK). Formerly known as the Committee on Government Operations, PSI is the oldest subcommittee of the Senate Homeland Security Committee.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Authentic Life of Billy the Kid, is the biography of William H. Bonney, a.k.a. 'Billy the Kid', a notorious gunman of the American Old West. Author Pat F. Garrett recounts the major events in Bonney's life, detailing his first murder at age 18 as well as his death three years later at the hands of the author. Among the many colorful details of his life, Bonney was instrumental in the Lincoln County War in New Mexico where Garrett served as the sheriff. Garrett details the Kid's story in order to align his legend and true history.PAT F. GARRETT (1850-1908) is known as the man that killed Billy the Kid. He was an American Old West customs agent, bartender, and lawman.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Roswell Report: Fact Versus Fiction in the New Mexico Desert is the first of two reports discussing the supposed crash landing of an alien aircraft in Roswell, New Mexico, in the summer of 1947. Colonel Richard L. Weaver and First Lieutenant James McAndrew, at the request of Congressional Representative Steven Schiff (R-NM), sifted through old reports in order to explain the events that occurred in July 1947, which became known as the Roswell Incident. Included in the report are references to Air Force experiments conducted at the time of the crash landing that could account for the debris discovered and investigated. This report, originally published in 1995, includes an all-new Introduction from UFO-expert Stanton Friedman.The U.S. AIR FORCE is the aviation branch of the United States military. The headquarters of this branch authorized several research projects on the origin and existence of UFOs and published multiple reports of their findings from the 1950s through the 1980s. It is still the subject of speculation today whether the U.S. Air Force is responsible for a large-scale cover-up of UFO and extraterrestrial evidence.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Ivanhoe (1819) is een historische roman, een genre dat na Walter Scott vele navolgers heeft gekend. Tegen de achtergrond van de Normandische (Franse) overheersing van Engeland maken we kennis met Ivanhoe, de 'onterfde ridder', verstoten door zijn vader omdat hij met de Normandische koning Richard (Leeuwenhart) op kruistocht is gegaan. Ivanhoe heeft liefde opgevat voor Rowena, de pleegdochter van zijn vader. Na velerlei avonturen - een riddersteekspel, een gijzeling, een godsgericht - loopt alles goed af en Ivanhoe 'leefde lang en gelukkig met Rowena, want zij (.) beminden elkander te vuriger wegens de hinderpalen die hun vereeniging in de weg hadden gestaan.' De vele kleurrijke personages, Wamba de nar, Cedric de Sakser, de Zwarte Ridder en zelfs Robin (Hood) van Locksley, maken Ivanhoe ook nu nog een buitengewoon sprankelende historische roman.Sir WALTER SCOTT(1771-1832)was een Schotse dichter en schrijver, bekend van zijn historische romans. Na een carriere in de advocatuur en het uitgeversvak nam zijn literaire productie aanzienlijk toe. Tijdens zijn leven werd hij al gezien als een der grootste schrijvers uit de wereldliteratuur, met bekende werken zoals The Lady of the Lake (1810), Rob Roy (1818), en Ivanhoe (1920, onderdeel van de Waverly romans).