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In the new edition only minor modifications have been made. Some print­ ing errors have been corrected and a few clarifications have been made. In recent years the activity in relativistic many-body theory has increased con­ siderably, but this field falls outside the scope of this book. A brief summary of the recent developments, however, has been included in the section on "relativistic effects" in Chap. 14. In addition, only a very limited number of references have been added, without any systematic updating of the material. Goteborg, December 1985 l. Lindgren· J. Morrison Preface to the First Edition This book has developed through a series of lectures on atomic theory given these last eight years at Chalmers University of Technology and several oth­ er research centers. These courses were intended to make the basic elements of atomic theory available to experimentalists working with the hyperfine structure and the optical properties of atoms and to provide some insight into recent developments in the theory.

A brutal Ohio motel murder captures the attention of Connecticut lawyer James Kinkaid, but as he begins a hellish journey to find the beautiful and seductive murderer, Angel, he becomes the next target in her series of grisly killings. Reprint. LJ. PW.

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New York musician Inar Christiansen plots the revengeful murder of the SS soldiers who destroyed his Norwegian hometown, but needs the help of their colonel's Jewish mistress to locate them

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New York musician Inar Christiansen plots the revengeful murder of the SS soldiers who destroyed his Norwegian hometown, but needs the help of their colonel's Jewish mistress to locate them

In January 1944, Baron Joachim von Niehauser enters the United States on a mission to collect critical data on the Manhattan Project's atom bomb, a mission imperilled at every step by FBI agent George Haven

A gambit to force America's entry into World War II has Whitehall spymasters enlist American David Steadman in a crucial mission that soon sets him up as a target for both the Germans and the British

A gambit to force America's entry into World War II has Whitehall spymasters enlist American David Steadman for a crucial mission that soon sets him up as a target for both the Nazis and the British

Simon Faircliff, the liberal and charismatic president, and his son-in-law Frank Austin, director of the C.I.A., are a perfect team until Austin begins to suspect that something is very wrong

Personal complications arise when agent Ray Guinness investigates the sabotage of a secret atomic project and the threats made against the engineer's daughter: the engineer is married to Guinness's first wife and the girl is his own daughter