Briefly traces the history of baccarat, explains the rules, and suggests strategies for winning

Describes and illustrates some of the most obscure, underrated, weird, scary, overlooked, and controversial members of the animal kingdom and explains their places in nature and links with humans

Divided into more than three hundred categories, the hundreds of entries presented here relate odd facts an unusual information, revealing such little-known facts as that fish don't dream and that the safety pin was invented in 1849

An insider's business guide explains how entrepreneurs can find and make deals with angel investors who can provide financial backing for promising start-up companies. 25,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

Product Description: This book is a blackjack nuclear bomb. There is information in it that has never appeared anywhere except in the secret world inhabited by a handful of elite professional blackjack players. Learn real strategies that not only the casinos don't want you to know, but that many of the greatest blackjack players would prefer to keep all to themselves...read more

Describes the geography, climate, and wildlife of Antarctica, discusses ice sheets, ice shelves and glaciers, and looks at research being conducted on the continent

Describes the characteristics and behaviour of dolphins, and explains how many are threatened by pollution and improper commercial fishing techniques

Exposes nuclear accidents around the world since the 1940s--from well-known catastrophes like Chernobyl to unreported incidents at home

Traces the growth of the environmental pressure group from a small anti-nuclear protest group in 1970 to an international network dedicated to the protection of the Earth and its natural resources

Product Description: Vernacular architecture, by its very nature, is built from local materials that are readily to hand and is thus defined by the geology and ecology of the region and by local climatic conditions. Constructed by the community using traditional tools, these structures are highly practical, energy-efficient, and blend with the landscape...read more

A collection of essays born in Ireland, marking the 50th anniversary of the Irish School of Ecumenics. In Ireland and elsewhere, people live in a world of many religions, in which religion is often a source of conflict. However, reconciliation and peace are part of the theology of all major religions. In this collection of essays, Asian and European theologians suggest that new approaches to pluralism are needed. It is divided into two parts: "The Theological Dimension" and "The Political Dimension", underlining the team's conviction that it is in the real world that the history of salvation happens and the kingdom of God is to be created. Pia Gyger suggests that poverty and the arms race are topics that must be taken seriously in the context of pluralism. Ursula King and Wesley Ariaajah stress the forms of dialogue emerging from the ecological and feminist movements.

A richly textured historical novel set in pre-Civil War New York presents a fictionalized account of a possible 1845 love affair between Edgar Allan Poe and the poet Frances 'Fanny' Sargent Osgood. A first novel. Reprint.

Product Description: Personal letters written to Edgar Allen Poe.

A guide for the unemployed in the planning of personal finances discusses the evaluation of financial resources, preserving credit ratings, budgeting, job hunting, and bankruptcy