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Authority volume 13
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As the 21st century dawns, a battle-hardened Authority turns its attention to a previously unchallenged class of villains-the invisible power brokers who manipulate the world's political figureheads to advance their own selfish interests. The powers that be, however, didn't get where they are by playing nice. They've made plans for every contingency-including teams of insanely powerful superhumans with sentient, city-size, interdimensional spaceships....
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Authority volume 1
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After witnessing the demise of most of her StormWatch teammates, Jenny Sparks wants to create a new super hero team dedicated to protecting Earth against threats of a global scale. Joined by former StormWatch members Jack Hawksmoor and Shen Li-Min, Jenny recruits four new members, the Doctor, the Engineer, Apollo, and the Midnighter forming the ultra-powerful Authority. Collected in this edition are their first two missions, battling a nation of super-powered...
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Authority volume 13
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The Authority, now under Jack Hawksmoor's leadership following Jenny Sparks' death at the end of the 20th century, face multiple foes such as a mad scientist and his army of superhumans who wanted to influence the 21st century through Jenny Spark'ssuccessor Jenny Quantum, a previous Doctor who manipulated the Earth itself, and a duplicate team of superheroes modeled on the Authority that was created and backed by the G7 group of nations.
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Authority volume 1
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This is the Authority. Pay allegiance, or get your head kicked in. Whether they're up against an invasion from an alternate Earth, an international terrorist who is laying waste to major cities, or a hostile alien intelligence who calls himself God, the Authority are ready for action.
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John Wiley & Sons
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©2011
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"An invaluable guide to the outcome-based tools needed to help nonprofit organizations increase their effectiveness The Nonprofit Outcomes Toolbox identifies stages in the use of outcomes and shows you how to use specific facets of existing outcome models to improve performance and achieve meaningful results. Going beyond the familiar limits of the sector, this volume also illustrates how tools and approaches long in use in the corporate sector can...
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Not All Alarm Bells Are In Your Head
At the end of You Can't Kill the Multiverse (But You Can Mess With its Head), Doctor Alhambra, the chief scientist of the Transdimensional Authority, set up an alarm to warn him if a universe is succumbing to the universe-killing machine that is at the heart of the story. But, how would the Transdimensional Authority respond if that alarm went off?
In Good Intentions, the first book in the Multiverse Refugees...
7) Piano Chords: Numbers - How to Play Songs by Ear Without Sheet Music Using the Nashville Number Syst
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You may be surprised to find out that there are only four chords that make up most of the songs you hear. In fact, one of those four is just the fundamental chord, but with a shifted down bass note and sounds darker. This means that you only need to learn—and you absolutely can learn—how to recognize three main chords with just your ear. You'll be able to play most songs without needing any sheet music or searching for the chords online. If you've...
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Two years after the discovery that Earth Prime 4-6-4-0-8-9 dash Omega is in imminent danger of collapse, the Transdimensional Authority has helped hundreds of millions... well, millions... okay, a lot of aliens immigrate to Earth Prime. How's that working out?
Rodney Pendleton, the first alien to make the move, is now a tech millionaire (hover technology is wildly popular - who knew?). Wainwright Walsh, lead singer for The Occidental Tourists (ask...
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Emigrating to a new universe can be hard.
People in the new universe eat for sustenance (rather than get their energy directly from sunlight). Eww! They use umbrellas to protect them from the rain (rather than pianos and anvils and safes and orangutans - oh, my! - falling from the sky). Their gods do not reward them in the afterlife for how funny they were while they were alive - as if any other qualities in life matter!
Fleeing a dying universe...
10) Piano Chords: Flats and Sharps - A Beginner's Guide to Simple Music Theory and Playing Chords to Any
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Piano Chords Two is the long anticipated follow up to the acclaimed Piano Chords One. The Piano Chords series of books are for beginners, yes, but they are also for those who took classical piano lessons and wished they had learned more about chord theory. How great would it be to hear a song on the radio and be able to play it without needing the notes written out? This is a solution. Using the circle of fifths as your guide, you'll learn root position...
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Volume 2 of the only English books on rabbinic authority. In this second volume of Rabbinic Authority, Rabbi Warburg presents new rabbinical court arbitration decisions in English. He is the first rabbinic arbitrator to publish piskei din (decisions) on cases in Jewish civil law. It is important that those who service the institution of a beit din (a Jewish court) know the inner dynamics and reasoning of those who issue rulings. This volume focuses...
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Introducing English-speaking readers to the parameters and scope of rabbinic authority in general, and the workings of the institution of the beit din-the Jewish court of law-in particular, this book presents 10 rulings in cases of Jewish civil law that the author handed down as a member of a beit din panel. These decisions touch on matters pertaining to employment termination, tenure rights and severance pay, rabbinic contracts, issues in the not-for-profit...
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In this fourth volume of his groundbreaking series on rabbinic authority in English, Rabbi Warburg discusses the ramifications of the family and the child's welfare, as well as the case of the modern day agunah, a wife who is unable to get divorced due to her husband's recalcitrance.
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Authority Revolution volume 1
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Following the dramatic events of "Coup D'etat," the Authority has settled into its role as governing body of the United States. The other major world powers have adjusted to the regime change and are slowly coming to terms with what that means for the future. But many Americans are unhappy to lose their inalienable rights. Can a second American Revolution be far behind?
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When you think of holidays, you think of
Lobo? Collected here for the first time are three tales of holiday cheer featuring the bastich himself, Lobo, and The Authority!
In "The Lobo Paramilitary Christmas Special", Lobos tries to take out Kris Kringle himself in a hit organized by The Easter Bunny. Next, in "The Authority/Lobo: Jingle Hell", Lobo comes to the Wildstorm Universe as a young Jenny Quantum wants him to answer for his horrible crime...
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is the organization that determines if food and medicines are safe for people to use. While it regulates products, it is not a law enforcement agency and cannot make arrests. Learn more in Food and Drug Administration, one of the titles in the Power, Authority, and Governance series.
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The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is the U.S. government agency responsible for gathering information about other countries. The CIA reports to the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), who in turn reports to the president. Learn more in Central Intelligence Agency, one of the titles in the Power, Authority, and Governance series.
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was created in 1908 to handle federal crimes. This means it is able to investigate and prosecute crimes that happen across state lines. Learn more in Federal Bureau of Investigation, one of the titles in the Power, Authority, and Governance series.
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