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As A U.S. Navy Seal, Richard Marcinko knew no limits -- as the Rogue Warrior, he obeys no rules. In six spectacular New York Times bestsellers -- Rogue Warrior, his #1 blockbuster autobiography, and five explosive Rogue Warrior novels -- covert combat master Richard Marcinko has blown the lid off the classified world of SpecWar ops. Now, the commando's (redo "kill-or-be-killed" is pushed to the brink in a shattering new conflict -- with the fate of America at stake. The Rogue Warrior is invading Germany with a blitzkrieg of bravado. His secret assignment: recover a pair of U.S. ADM's -- Atomic Demolition Munitions -- lost in the Rhine Valley. Yet, what begins as a simple SEAL mission explode...
This book is devoted to the knowledge of up to 250 years of collecting, organizing and preserving animals by generations of scientists. Zoological Collections are a huge resource for modern animal research and should be available for national and international scientists and institutions, as well as prospective public and private customers. Moreover, these collections are an important part of the scientific enterprise, supporting scientific research, human health, public education, and the conservation of biodiversity. Much of what we are beginning to understand about our world, we owe to the collection, preservation, and ongoing study of natural specimens. Properly preserved collections of ...
What if... Queen Elizabeth II had no legal right to the British throne? What if... The Queen's entire line, all the way back to George III's fifteen children, was... illegitimate? SUCCESSION is based on a little known historical fact. SEPTEMBER 6, 1997 Across the world, two-and-a-half billion people sit glued to the broadcast of Princess Diana's funeral. In Bayonne, New Jersey, surgical resident Dr. Emma Parks watches the somber proceedings over her morning coffee, then hurries to get ready for work. Today's shift, she expects, will be no different from any other... fixing broken bodies, one emergency at a time. But Emma couldn't be more wrong. Today, she'll discover a lover's betrayal. Today she'll save a man's life using a procedure she was never trained for. Today she'll receive a mysterious call from a man riding in a London taxi. And, before the day is out, she'll be suspended from her job. But that's just today... Tomorrow, a very determined killer will try to end her life. Emma Parks always figured her life was pretty ordinary. She's about to discover how extraordinary it really is.
"Sheds light on one of the most titanic and bloody campaigns of World War I.... A must read for anyone interested in the Great War's Eastern front." Richard L. DiNardo, author of Breakthrough: The Gorlice-Tarnow Campaign, 1915 --
Die Videoüberwachung des öffentlichen Raums zur präventiven Bekämpfung von Kriminalität erfreut sich sowohl in Deutschland als auch weltweit großer Popularität. Weite Bereiche des öffentlichen Lebens werden heute durch Kameras in den Blick genommen. Die zunehmende Erfassung des Einzelnen hat erhebliche Belastungen für das Recht auf informationelle Selbstbestimmung zur Folge. Diese Arbeit widmet sich den verfassungsrechtlichen Implikationen der Videoüberwachung und würdigt die Rechtsgrundlagen dieses polizeilichen Instruments vor dem Hintergrund der Erkenntnisse aus der kriminologischen Forschung zur kriminalpräventiven Wirksamkeit der Maßnahme.
Das Buch soll Mainframe-Anwendern helfen, die Philosophie von Datenbanken zu verstehen und selbst Datenbankrecherchen zu formulieren. Hierfür stellt IBMs Query Management Facility, kurz QMF, eine sehr geschickt komponierte Sammlung von Werkzeugen zur Verfügung. Das Buch richtet sich an Endanwender und zeigt, wie man mit Hilfe von QMF fachliche Probleme lösen kann, auch ohne die Entwicklungsabteilung zu bemühen.
It seemed that whenever Mussolini acted on his own, it was bad news for Hitler. Indeed, the Fuhrer's relations with his Axis partners were fraught with an almost total lack of coordination. Compared to the Allies, the coalition was hardly an alliance at all. Focusing on Germany's military relations with Italy, Romania, Hungary, and Finland, Richard DiNardo unearths a wealth of information that reveals how the Axis coalition largely undermined Hitler's objectives from the Eastern Front to the Balkans, Mediterranean, and North Africa. DiNardo argues that the Axis military alliance was doomed from the beginning by a lack of common war aims, the absence of a unified command structure, and each n...