Business in North Korea: a paradoxical and fascinating situation is interpreted by a true insider. In 2002, the Swiss-Swedish power company ABB appointed Felix Abt its country director for North Korea. The Swiss Entrepreneur lived and worked in North Korea for seven years, one of the few foreign businessmen there. After the experience, Abt felt compelled to write A Capitalist in North Korea to describe the multifaceted society he encountered. North Korea, at the time, was heavily sanctioned by the UN, which made it extremely difficult to do business. Yet, he discovered that it was a place where plastic surgery and South Korean TV dramas were wildly popular and where he rarely needed to walk more than a block to grab a quick hamburger. He was closely monitored, and once faced accusations of spying, yet he learned that young North Koreans are hopeful - signing up for business courses in anticipation of a brighter, more open, future. In A Capitalist in North Korea, Abt shares these and many other unusual facts and insights about one of the world's most secretive nations. Author Felix Abt is a politically neutral businessman and, therefore, does not share partisan views about North Korea. He is, however, critical of unfair North Korea reporting and does what he can to contribute to a more objective view of a country he knows much better than the journalists and bloggers writing about it. Abt is a former investor at several legitimate Joint Venture companies in North Korea which are now being driven into bankruptcy by U.N. "sanctions."

Gabriel and Lord Alvert were the very best of friends. Close, with a deep respect for each other. Now, suddenly Gabriel finds himself facing a challenge from the Lord, a duel, swords at dawn because Gabriel, the Lord Alvert believes, has tried to seduce The Lady Bishop away.The breach of friendship, the audacity of the crime, the breaking of class and station, was too much and the Lord has sent his seconds and issued the challenge. Gabriel does not fear the blade, does not fear losing. He does, however, fear the truth. Yet, the truth is the only thing that can set him free. Free from the challenge, free from the wrong but, above all, free from the secret he has been keeping his entire life.

When Merry's father tells her that she is to be married to a man she has never met, she is angry. However, upon meeting her betrothed, and after discovering his dark secret, anger gives way to fear. So she disguises herself as a boy and hides on a ship that sails under the orders of a malevolent benefactor, thinking herself safe. But unfortunately for her, Lord Fitch is not done with her yet.Merry is a young girl whose father decides that it is time for her to grow up and get married- to the richest man in the kingdom. Why such a man as Lord Gregory Fitch would agree to marry someone of her stature is beyond her, but she thinks little of it until she arrives at his manor just before the wedding is to take place. Upon coming across a horrible scene in her future husband's home, she decides to run away. Cutting her hair and donning the clothes of a boy, Merry passes herself off as a boy on a ship where all the occupants are searching for the Fountain of Youth at the direction of a malevolent benefactor. Can she keep her identity hidden from the man who searches for her? Or even more difficult, the men she lives with? And what will happen if they do find the Fountain of Youth?

A story that is clean, powerful, romantic, exhilarating, filled with the sweep and breath of the snowy wastes of the North, filled with the lonely grandeur of the Painted Desert, and above all, filled with the deeds of strong men and women who have lived their lives under sun and wind and stars out in God’s Great Open. "Any desert land that will grow big sage will produce more fortunes thatn most gold mines -- if you can only get the water." A story fresh from the heart of the West, of San Pasqual, a sun-baked desert town, of Harley P. Hennage, the best gambler, the best and worst man of San Pasqual and of lovely Donna.

The story began in our jolly childhood. Ah Pid was my best friend. Although we were born in the same year; he was born with an innate ability to be better than anyone else. I reckoned that the entire childhood would never be the same without him. If not because of that particular incident; he might have achieved the goal in life. In contrary, I would never have a chance to emulate.The story began in our jolly childhood. Ah Pid was my best friend. He was also the leader of our clique. Although we were born in the same year, raised in the same neighborhood and educated in the same class, he was born with an innate ability to be better than anyone else. I reckoned that the entire childhood would never be the same without him. He was the soul in our clique. Without his present we simply dawdled and stared blank into each other. He had led us to beguile in the swimming pool without any adult, to defy in the kite duel against doyen fellas, to win the title King of the Sky, to salvage me from the distraught of five thousand lines mandatory punishment, to debauch in ludic routine instead of gawked up like a dunce. While everyone was floundering to cope with the school routine, he had already culminated to the top position in the school cohort. While I was surmising in fantasy, he already set forth ambitious to thrive in life. I reckoned that he was a mature mind trapped in a child's body. If not because of that particular incident; he might have achieved his goal in life. In contrary, I would never have a chance to emulate. The incident affected both of us. He was convulsed to a journey of Odyssey. I was defiled with appalling nightmare. After the incident. his dad banished him, he was compelled to adapt and accustom to another way of life. Without him, the clique dissolved of natural death. That had given me an unexpected transition to find a whole new direction. The incident left a permanent scar and latent malignancy in Ah Pid. It had also incurred an invisible defilement that haunted me during the nights, His salient characteristic of volubility was pervaded by a veil of melancholy; our heyday never returned for a long time.

Merry Christmas! Your child will enjoy this cute Christmas book full of fun stories and Christmas jokes.* Excellent for early and beginning readers* Great for reading aloud with friends and family* Christmas stories and adventures about Christmas* Funny and Hilarious Christmas jokes & illustrations for kids* Christmas coloring book downloads includedMerry Christmas! Your child will enjoy this cute Christmas book full of fun stories and Christmas jokes.This is an excellent read for early and beginning readers. Big and bright illustrations for younger readers!* Excellent for early and beginning readers* Great for reading aloud with friends and family* Christmas stories and adventures about Christmas* Funny and Hilarious Christmas jokes & illustrations for kids* Christmas coloring book downloads includedThese stories are great for quick bedtime stories and cute tales to be read aloud with friends and family!

Spanning the Sicilian countryside to the brothels of Ostend, and the final book in Alexander Baron’s War Trilogy, The Human Kind is a series of pithy vignettes reflective of the author’s own wartime experiences. From the interminable days of training in Britain to brutal combat across north-west Europe, the book depicts many of the men, women – and, in some cases, children – affected by the widespread reach of the Second World War. In his trademark spare prose, Baron’s work provides an emotive and incisive snapshot into the lives of myriad characters during this tumultuous period in history. Spanning the Sicilian countryside to the brothels of Ostend, and the final book in Alexander Baron’s War Trilogy, The Human Kind is a series of pithy vignettes reflective of the author’s own wartime experiences. From the interminable days of training in Britain to brutal combat across north-west Europe, the book depicts many of the men, women – and, in some cases, children – affected by the widespread reach of the Second World War. In his trademark spare prose, Baron’s work provides an emotive and incisive snapshot into the lives of myriad characters during this tumultuous period in history.

Whether you're traveling forward in time, back in time, or even if you've forgotten the time, you'll enjoy reading these time-themed stories from the Eclective.Whether you're traveling forward in time, back in time, or even if you've forgotten the time, you'll enjoy reading these time-themed stories from the Eclective.An Arbor Day Carol by M Edward McNally: On the night before the holiday, Kevin Weeser is visited by three spirits...wow, that sounds really familiar for some reason.The Paradox by Alan Nayes: Michael Jenks travels to his future and becomes rich.Rachel by CD Reiss: Rachel is number 5.5 in the Songs of Submission romance series, spanning two time periods in the life of Jonathan Drazen.A Stitch In Time by Shéa MacLeod: After pissing off Thor (god of thunder/major jerk), Branwen (goddess of love and beauty/cupcake addict) finds herself thrust back in time to Regency era England. History will never be the same.The Walking Tree by Tara West: Trees were not meant to have dreams, and if they did, they were not supposed to voice them. When Manuel hears of the land of limitless light, his dreams may be his undoing.The Bus Stop by G.R. Yeates: Through a dark city, a man travels seeking to understand the meaning of the life that he endures in a place where even hope itself seems to have been utterly extinguished. Timestone by Greg James: In a time after the time that we know, a wanderer crosses the wasteland that remains of human civilisation. One thing can set him free from this nightmare of the future – the Timestone.Last Leap by Heather Marie Adkins: With access to her past, can Mila change her future?

What happens when a group of friends get trapped inside a mansion with cultists and an assassin that identifies himself as "Red"?Would be possible to survive a hunter that, inside, belongs to another world?A horror story inspired by the classic stories of the genre, where the many rooms of a mansion turn into the scenario for a fight for survival.Richard is the son of a sea captain sent to a boarding school in North Yorkshire. He is rescued from the cruel environment by a friend of his father and becomes a cabin boy on a pre Captain Cook private venture to discover the great southern continent. His ship battles storms, becalming, pirates and Richard is marooned on what would become known as New Zealand. He is rescued by a whaling ship becomes involved in America's war with the French then Britain, finds love in England only to incur the wrath of his love's father. Returns with his wife to an America fighting for independence and becomes involved with questionable naval tactics. Young Dick is a ripping good yarn.