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A secret agent hunts down a Nazi cartel bent on controlling the world while on a lifelong quest to find out the truth behind his parents' assassination. Recruited into a black op group by Christina, a beautiful and intelligent agent, they embark on a mission filled with deceit, lies, and distrust, and that is only the beginning. In this book you will find Nazi secrets that survive into the 21st century, futuristic espionage and warfare, and a family secret that defies prediction.A suspense, espionage, conspiracy theory, and love story that journeys from Nazi Germany to present day New York, the ocean depths to a Lunar Space Station, the North Pole to a Beach in Fiji, where the story doesn't stop.

John Daily's hard-sighted focus on his success has blinded him to the bigger picture. In spite of all the successful things he has done in business, in spite of all the wealth and prestige he has accumulated for himself, there is a gaping void at the center of his existence. John Daily knows the proverbial price of everything and the value of nothing. He buys the package because of the way it looks, not because of what's inside. He has a loving wife and picture-book kids, but he's incapable of reading between the lines and giving them something of himself. Tragedy strikes sending his entire family into the hospital with little chance of recovering. As Christmas approaches, John Daily realizes in a life-transforming epiphany that he has the power to set wrongs to rights. It's a small beginning to the realization that he can change his own life. He can learn to see the world through a new set of eyes, which would give him the power to create a more harmonious and loving world. With his life unraveling, John Daily seeks solace in the last remaining outlet for his tormented soul. Since childhood, he has constructed a Christmas Village with his mother and father. It is a Christmas Village complete with a train, ski lift, farm, lake, figurines, and a bustling town. This was his fantasy world made real in childhood. As he sits alone contemplating his misery, he is brought up short by the sound of a tiny voice. As a child, John Daily imagined lives for the little people of the Christmas Village. Now he wonders if he is finally losing his mind as the prayer of a child reaches his ears. It is a heart-felt prayer and demands to be answered. But there's a bigger picture out there, and when John Daily realizes that he is actually in his own childhood village and not on the outside looking in, he is in for the awakening of a lifetime. When he was a kid, he once asked his dad, "Do you think God hears our prayers?" He is not only about to learn the true answer to that question; he is about to experience it firsthand.

This is not a book about a movie-star, a famous athlete, a celebrity, or a hero. I'm just a guy living day to day who survived childhood traumas that cut deep and left permanent scars.This book is about how I dealt with my pain and what lead to my decision to have a healthy and wonderful life. I have tried my best to be truthful and honest.I want to reach everyone who suffers or knows some-one who suffers from abandonment issues, depression, loneliness, and/or suicidal thoughts. I understand what you are going through and want you to know there is hope. I believe that only you can change. I did.If I save one life then I will consider this book a best seller. Be strong and know others have risen from the darkest depths to live a happy, loving, and successful life. Above all, never give up on yourself.I have changed many of the names to protect the in-nocent and some of the not-so-innocent. The greatest gift is to enjoy your life fully. This, then, is my story.

This detailed analysis of every record made by Maria Callas examines the development of her art from her first recordings in 1949 to the last in 1977.

Reviews of all of Maria Callas' operatic recordings from 1949 to 1974 trace her artistic development and analyze her performances.

From fantastical beginnings - his mother went into labour while gambling at a French casino - to escaping Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy and ultimately conquering New York City, John Gruen's life has been anything but ordinary. As a boy unable to speak a single word of English, Gruen was determined to make it in America. Anxious to learn about his adopted country, Gruen ventured to the midwest to attend Iowa University, emerging five years later as a fully Americanised graduate student on his way to a PhD. Here is a subtly revealing self-portrait of a truly remarkable man.

Maria Callas was, perhaps, the greatest opera singer of the 20th century. Hers was a life lived on the world stage, and her fame extended to the public consciousness of many parts of the world. Even after her mysterious death in 1977, her singing and acting continue to thrill new generations of opera fans thanks to her many recordings and her fascinating life. This new biography of Callas tells her story from difficult beginnings as the daughter of Greek immigrants to New York City in 1923 to her wonderful performances at La Scala, Covent Garden, and the Metropolitan Opera. Callas was quite a diva and a master at creating a captivating public image. She also became notorious because of her very public affair with Aristotle Onassis, the wealthy ship-owner who left Callas to marry Jacqueline Kennedy.