The Bletchley Park codebreakers who solved the Enigma Cipher and the Double Cross system that \"turned\" German secret agents helped cut the war by years and ensured the success of D-Day. Historian Michael Smith thrillingly recounts new details about these operations, with stories that range from extraordinarily courageous to bizarre, with desperation driving intelligence services to recruit astrologers

Wrapped in Eastern and Western dragon lore, this fantasy tale celebrates perseverance, self-acceptance, and cultural differences. It\'s the first day of Dragon School, where all the young dragons must learn how to harness their fire breath. Today\'s lesson? Using it to cook food! All the dragons are excited to test their powers . . . except Long. Long is from the East and can only breathe out water.

A masterful and engrossing novel about a single mother\'s collapse and the fate of her family after she enters a California state hospital in the

Somewhere between Mike Mignola, A Fistful of Dollars, and Johnny Cash\'s Ghost Riders in the Sky, this tale is an adventurous take on the existential hitman, set against a dreamy western backdrop populated by witches, spirits, ghouls, and other monsters. Joe Death explores what it means for Death to undo what he does best. More importantly, what is the true cost of salvation? After surviving a brutal

This book examines the multi-layered aspects and the complexities of inclusive development in South Asia based on recent data and using innovative methodology. The book offers an analysis of the existing ground realities in terms of economic and inclusive development, presenting relevant discussion and findings. It discusses lower castes, tribes, religious/ethnic minorities, and other socially vulnerable

The helpful cloud liked to help people, in fact, he liked to help everyone, from a mouse down below to a bird way up high floating from town to town in the bright blue sky. The helpful cloud had been on lots of adventures, Paris, Belgium, London and Rome, and now he was heading back up North to the place he called home, when all of a sudden he looked down, the helpful cloud liked the look of this town,

Despite Princess Kaguya\'s claims, everything in Yamato appears wonderful to Tsukasa and the other Prodigies. Could a nation living beneath the heel of the Freyjagard Empire truly be happy, or is there more to the seemingly idyllic situation than meets the eye? Meanwhile, the Republic of Elm\'s election has begun, and tensions between the Principlists and Reformists continue to escalate. To hold the

But Why? aims to help you tackle those awkward questions that can floor the best of us. Imagine the scene: you\'re trying to put the kids to bed, your brain has checked out for the day and suddenly, from nowhere, all manner of unrelated, but potentially important, questions are flung into the night-time routine as you\'re trying to get them to brush their teeth properly: * But why are humans ruining

Think like you\'ve got nine brains, feel like you\'ve got three hearts, and hug as though you have eight arms. Wisdom begins in wonder: and there is no creature so weird and wonderful as the octopus. Wise, compassionate, strong yet adaptable - and with Houdini-like vanishing tricks - octopuses are the most fascinating creatures on the planet. They provide a masterclass in self-care and there is so

In the dark recesses of Tyria, elder dragons have awoken from millennial slumbers. Six heroes will come together to fight for their people: Eir, the norn huntress; Snaff, the asuran genius, and his ambitious assistant Zojja; Rytlock, the ferocious charr warrior in exile; Caithe, a deadly sylvari; and Logan, the valiant human

As heard on The Sean Hannity Radio Show Former US Navy SEAL and FBI Special Agent Jonathan T. Gilliam brings his unique professional perspective to teach you the art of awareness and attack avoidance by sharing unconventional warfare techniques and how to think like an attacker. Fight back, because we are sheep no more This personal safety and security book comes armed to the teeth with empowering

The 2016 presidential election was unconventional in many ways. The election of President Donald Trump caught many by surprise, with a true outsider -- a candidate with no previous governmental experience and mixed support from his own party -- won the election by winning in traditionally Democratic states with coattails that extended to Republican Senate candidates and resulted in unified Republican

Since the birth of photography, photographers have been taking images of the earth from the air - with spectacular visual results. Celebrating over 150 years of these incredible images, From Above tells the fascinating story of how these pictures were created and the photographers that have propelled image-taking to bold new heights. Taking advantage of the amazing sense of perspective that aerial

The Arctic is not a barren, frigid landscape filled with only ice and snow. It is a complex ecosystem that contains many thriving habitats, each supported by dozens of ecological relationships between plants and animals. From the many animals that live and hunt at the floe edge, to the hundreds of insects that abound on the summer tundra, this book gives a detailed bird\'s-eye view of the fascinating

Learn the tricks of beautiful gift wrapping, from making simple bows and neat corners to mastering elaborate Japanese fabric techniques . . . all with material that is recyclable, reusable, and sustainable. There are a million ways to wrap a present, and this handy green guide presents you with options that are gorgeous and sustainable, all with easy-to-follow step-by-step illustrations of key techniques.

Certain to grab the attention of teen fans of Sherlock and other crime dramas, Running Girl is an impressive murder mystery that will keep readers guessing right to its stunning

A world of gods and monsters. An elemental power, rising. This is Robin Hood, reborn, as he has never been seen before . .

With deep reporting from America\'s blue-collar heartland coupled with quantitative data analysis explaining how representative each of the people we meet are, Promised Land will provide readers with an ethnography of today\'s working class, introducing them to people across the country--their neighbors--who are fighting tooth and nail for a fair shot at the American

All their lives, Yasmine and Djibril Morissette Phan have heard of their mother\'s old country, Vietnam. But it was more a far distant land with lots of folklore more than a real place in their mind. Too often, immigrants bring fragments of their culture with them, pass them on to their seeds, but the reality remains sketchy to those descendants. Yasmine and Djibril decided to reconnect with their