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Hack the Edge Off Classics

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Hack the Edge Off Classics comprises a collection of all my surviving fiction writing from 2009 to 2024, the year I wrote and published my first novel called Warrens Witches Psionics. I consider all this earlier writing as practice for that novel. Both the included Warrens series and the Moral Hazard series belong to the same leaky universe as Warrens Witches Psionics, and form prequels to it. The ... Read more

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Hack the Edge Off Classics comprises a collection of all my surviving fiction writing from 2009 to 2024, the year I wrote and published my first novel called Warrens Witches Psionics. I consider all this earlier writing as practice for that novel. Both the included Warrens series and the Moral Hazard series belong to the same leaky universe as Warrens Witches Psionics, and form prequels to it. The
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Astonishing Rock Trivia

by John Tait ...

A juicy piece of trivia is like a beautiful fresh cut of protein. It needs to be handled just right. Some fillets of trivia work well as a question, others are best posed as a ‘Did you know’. Some have so much flesh on them that they are better served up as a whole story or essay. That is what you will find between these pages, a smorgasbord of trivia treats to feast upon. Like a buffet on a ... Read more

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A juicy piece of trivia is like a beautiful fresh cut of protein. It needs to be handled just right. Some fillets of trivia work well as a question, others are best posed as a ‘Did you know’. Some have so much flesh on them that they are better served up as a whole story or essay. That is what you will find between these pages, a smorgasbord of trivia treats to feast upon. Like a buffet on a
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Vanda & Young

Inside Australia's Hit Factory

by John Tait ...

Featuring revealing interviews with the members of AC/DC and other chart-topping acts, this chronicle profiles the careers of Australia's top songwriters, producers, and star-makers: Harry Vanda and George Young. From their partnership as members of Easybeats to their diverse range of hits—including "Friday on My Mind," "She's So Fine," and "Love is in the Air"—this inspirational account ... Read more

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Featuring revealing interviews with the members of AC/DC and other chart-topping acts, this chronicle profiles the careers of Australia's top songwriters, producers, and star-makers: Harry Vanda and George Young. From their partnership as members of Easybeats to their diverse range of hits—including "Friday on My Mind," "She's So Fine," and "Love is in the Air"—this inspirational account
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Warrens Witches Psionics

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When a bird of prey snatches a baby rabbit, the rabbits suspect something much worse. This thrilling adventure mixes naturalistic talking rabbits in the style of Watership Down together with psionic powers, teleporters, helpful robots and dangerous monsters. Follow the rabbits of Oraculum Warren, their neighbours Deep Index Warren, the hi-tech Greenmint Warren and the secretive Mothership Down ... Read more

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When a bird of prey snatches a baby rabbit, the rabbits suspect something much worse. This thrilling adventure mixes naturalistic talking rabbits in the style of Watership Down together with psionic powers, teleporters, helpful robots and dangerous monsters. Follow the rabbits of Oraculum Warren, their neighbours Deep Index Warren, the hi-tech Greenmint Warren and the secretive Mothership Down
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Never Had the Like Occurred

Egypt's View of its Past

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Series series Encounters with Ancient Egypt
"Never Had the Like Occurred" examines Ancient Egypt's own multifaceted encounters with its past. As Egyptian culture constantly changed and evolved, this book follows a chronological arrangement, from early Egypt to the attitudes of the Coptic population in the Byzantine Period. Within this framework, it asks what access the Egyptians had to information about the past, whether deliberately or ... Read more

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"Never Had the Like Occurred" examines Ancient Egypt's own multifaceted encounters with its past. As Egyptian culture constantly changed and evolved, this book follows a chronological arrangement, from early Egypt to the attitudes of the Coptic population in the Byzantine Period. Within this framework, it asks what access the Egyptians had to information about the past, whether deliberately or
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Advances in Information Retrieval

39th European Conference on IR Research, ECIR 2017, Aberdeen, UK, April 8-13, 2017, Proceedings

Edited by Joemon M Jose, Claudia Hauff, Ismail Sengor Altıngovde, Dawei Song, Dyaa Albakour, Stuart Watt, John Tait ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 39th European Conference on IR Research, ECIR 2017, held in Aberdeen, UK, in April 2017.The 36 full papers and 47 poster papers presented together with 5 Abstracts, were carefully reviewed and selected from 248 submissions. Being the premier European forum for the presentation of new research results in the field of Information Retrieval, ECIR ... Read more

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 39th European Conference on IR Research, ECIR 2017, held in Aberdeen, UK, in April 2017.The 36 full papers and 47 poster papers presented together with 5 Abstracts, were carefully reviewed and selected from 248 submissions. Being the premier European forum for the presentation of new research results in the field of Information Retrieval, ECIR
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Near-Death Experience in Ancient Civilizations

The Origins of the World's Afterlife Beliefs

by Gregory Shushan ...

• Reveals the powerful influence of near-death experiences (NDEs) on the formation of religious beliefs, mystical literature, and ritual practices• Focuses on the afterlife beliefs of five ancient world regions: Old and Middle Kingdom Egypt, Sumer and Old Babylonian Mesopotamia, Vedic India, pre-Buddhist China, and Maya and Aztec Mesoamerica• Shows how the similarities among afterlife beliefs and ... Read more

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• Reveals the powerful influence of near-death experiences (NDEs) on the formation of religious beliefs, mystical literature, and ritual practices• Focuses on the afterlife beliefs of five ancient world regions: Old and Middle Kingdom Egypt, Sumer and Old Babylonian Mesopotamia, Vedic India, pre-Buddhist China, and Maya and Aztec Mesoamerica• Shows how the similarities among afterlife beliefs and
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Tribes Without Rulers

Studies in African Segmentary Systems

by John Middleton, David Tait ...

Recent research in Africa has shown a wide range of political systems, from small societies of wandering hunters to large states of several million people comparable with mediaeval European feudal kingdoms. In between are many societies in which a central government is lacking; the political system is based upon a balance of power between many small groups, which with their lack of classes or ... Read more

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Recent research in Africa has shown a wide range of political systems, from small societies of wandering hunters to large states of several million people comparable with mediaeval European feudal kingdoms. In between are many societies in which a central government is lacking; the political system is based upon a balance of power between many small groups, which with their lack of classes or
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When Life Grabs You by the Baseballs

Finding Happiness in Life's Changeups

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When dreams collapse . . .Jon Peters had it all: record-breaking high school baseball pitcher, on the cover of Sports Illustrated, a beautiful girlfriend. He was going to play professional baseball. He was going to have everything he'd ever wanted. Until a shoulder injury and four surgeries changed his life. With dreams shattered, Jon struggled to find value and happiness. After years searching ... Read more

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When dreams collapse . . .Jon Peters had it all: record-breaking high school baseball pitcher, on the cover of Sports Illustrated, a beautiful girlfriend. He was going to play professional baseball. He was going to have everything he'd ever wanted. Until a shoulder injury and four surgeries changed his life. With dreams shattered, Jon struggled to find value and happiness. After years searching
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Leningrad 1941 - 42

Morality in a City under Siege

by Sergey Yarov ...

Translated by Arch Tait ...

This book recounts one of the greatest tragedies of the twentieth century: the siege of Leningrad. It is based on the searing testimony of eyewitnesses, some of whom managed to survive, while others were to die in streets devastated by bombing, in icy houses, or the endless bread queues. All of them, nevertheless, wanted to pass on to us the story of the torments they endured, their stoicism, ... Read more

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This book recounts one of the greatest tragedies of the twentieth century: the siege of Leningrad. It is based on the searing testimony of eyewitnesses, some of whom managed to survive, while others were to die in streets devastated by bombing, in icy houses, or the endless bread queues. All of them, nevertheless, wanted to pass on to us the story of the torments they endured, their stoicism,
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My Life in and out of the Rough

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From the unapologetic bad boy of professional golf comes a rip-roaring account of his rollercoaster life and careerFrom his battles with alcoholism and gambling addiction to marital problems (his fourth and current wife is facing money-laundering charges) and a highly publicized breakdown during a nationally televised tournament, John Daly has hit into his share of hazards.Daly’s play-it-as-it ... Read more

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From the unapologetic bad boy of professional golf comes a rip-roaring account of his rollercoaster life and careerFrom his battles with alcoholism and gambling addiction to marital problems (his fourth and current wife is facing money-laundering charges) and a highly publicized breakdown during a nationally televised tournament, John Daly has hit into his share of hazards.Daly’s play-it-as-it
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The Ghosts of NASCAR

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"A rollicking ride back to the roots of stock car racing in the Midwest." —Journal of American CultureNamed by BookAuthority one of the 22 Best Motorsport eBooks of All TimeChosen by the American Auto Racing Writers and Broadcasters Association as the second best motorsport book published in 2013Who won the first Daytona 500? Fans still debate whether it was midwestern champion Johnny Beauchamp, ... Read more

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