Jake: 853 books

An introduction to working with Elelogap: The Spirit of the Waters from the True Grimoire. For the assistance of a Mighty Spirit of the Waters: in contacting the Celestial and Terrestrial Gods, the Chiefs of the Underworld and the spirits of the dead. For invoking in conjurations of lesser spirits...

Your life matters, and it matters on an infinite and eternal scale. That may sound like a bold claim. Maybe you spend most of your day behind a desk or chauffeuring children or repeating one of a thousand ordinary routines. Nothing about your daily life seems world-changing or history-making...

FRIMOST & KLEPOTH Frimost, the Strong Spirit, and Klepoth, Lucifer’s Harlot, are two of the most powerful entities of the True Grimoire; their sigils are inscribed on the two wands employed by the magician using that most potent text. Herein these two spirits are further revealed, elucidating...

Say Uncle! is the definitive book on the history, players, and techniques of catch–as–catch–can grappling. Catch–as–catch–can, or “catch wrestling” for short, is the great–granddaddy of todays mixed martial arts, professional wrestling, freestyle wrestling, and many reality–based...

The Sacred and the Profane is a work that combines local and global analysis to examine our age's often-talked about, but mostly misunderstood, 'mainstream subculture': the hipster. This book seeks to answer questions like, 'Why don't hipsters want to be called hipsters?' and 'Why do they act like they...

Behind the scenes with a pro wrestling and MMA legend In this fascinating autobiography, Billy Robinson recounts his upbringing in post–WWII England amid a family of champion fighters, his worldwide travels as a wrestler, his time as a pro wrestling TV star, and his career as a coach to some...

Slocum is out for bloody revenge… Slocum may be a bad man—but he’s an even worse man to rile up. So when a good friend is brutally murdered by the savage Hudson brothers, he sets out to return the favor with interest. But the trail of vengeance is never straight, and before Slocum pulls the trigger, he’s going to have to make it through some lead-filled days…

Inconstant and forbidding, the arctic has lured misguided voyagers into the cold for centuries--pushing them beyond the limits of their knowledge, technology, and endurance. A Fabulous Kingdom charts these quests and the eventual race for the North Pole, chronicling the lives and adventures that would...

The initial volume of Behind the Boards was the first definitive rock-record producer's anthology of its kind, taking music fans and those interested in sound recording inside the studio to experience the creation of life-changing music! Behind the Boards II: The Making of Rock 'n' Roll's Greatest...

This true account of a German submarine on the Massachusetts coast was called “an action-packed page-turner” by Sen. John McCain. On the morning of July 21, 1918—the final year of the First World War—a new prototype of German submarine surfaced three miles off the coast of Cape Cod,...

A webinar is basically a seminar which is presented over the internet, or Web. Web seminars, web conferences and internet meetings are all synonyms for this new technology and are used in sales and marketing applications, to influence potential customers. Unlike webcasts, where the audience...

Growing up during Americas worst economic depression brought unique challenges. This book tells of life before many of the things we take for granted today were available, e.g. refrigerators, television sets, clothes washers and dryers, bath tubs, enough to eat, and clothes that werent hand-me-downs....

Feedback Control Systems: A Fast Track Guide for Scientists and Engineers is an essential reference tool for: Electrical, mechanical and aerospace engineers who are developing or improving products, with a need to use feedback control systems. Faculty and graduate students in the fields...

首度全面揭露離岸金融層層包裹的運作路徑， 揭開政要權貴、跨國企業最不為人知的藏金祕密！ 全球非權即貴的金流往來、各國追稅懸案的背後都有個共同主角──避稅天堂 一間在中美洲巴拿馬小街上的律師事務所， 每年全球竟有數兆美元的資金流入，就消失無蹤，再也追查不到。 這一切，是怎麼開始的？ 一名記者追著一份報告的線索，竟能吸引80國107家一流媒體聯手， 發動史上最大規模的政商名流跨境金流大追查。 這場揭弊行動，揭開多少避稅秘密？ 離岸金融、避稅天堂存在多年，但是大家從不知道錢如何流入避稅天堂， 進入避稅天堂的財富為什麼再也追查不到？更重要的是，到底誰是藏金大戶？ 全球最神秘的藝術交易，在瑞士自由港區的貨櫃。 數十億美元的藝術品，買家：空殼公司，賣家：空殼公司，納稅：零。 ★冰島破產，成為2008年金融海嘯的第一個重災國。 掀開崩壞的財政，赫然發現數百家空殼公司早就在掏空冰島，連總理與其夫人都用離岸公司藏富。 ★匯豐銀行在全球除了設分行，還大筆買下超過2300家空殼公司，服務大戶。 他們要用空殼公司匿藏什麼？ 二○一六年四月，「巴拿馬文件」引爆全球關注，首度揭露離岸金融不為人知的運作方式，以及政商名流們從未曝光的海外資產。這些資料全都指向巴拿馬的莫薩克‧馮賽卡律師事務所，這間事務所替客戶在巴拿馬、英屬維京群島、盧森堡等避稅天堂設立空殼公司，幫他們避稅、甚至藏匿不法所得。 本書作者伯恩斯坦是「國際調查記者同盟」的資深記者，曾因報導金融危機獲得普立茲獎。國際調查記者同盟長期關注離岸金融世界，在巴拿馬文件之前，已經有離岸解密、盧森堡解密、瑞士解密等震驚世界的重磅調查報導。伯恩斯坦在本書爬疏避稅天堂始末、運作方式，以及國際調查記者同盟如何通力合作，解析總共2.6TB，計1,150萬筆詳細資料，發動史上最大規模的揭弊行動。 ※離岸金融影響全球經濟 在避稅天堂設立公司能辦到許多事：包括藏匿資產、供生意人或政客包養情婦、持有豪宅、做複雜的交易買賣，重點是，幾乎查不出公司的所有人是誰。基本上身為匿名公司的受益人並不違法，但這些設置在避稅天堂的公司能為經濟提供的養分有限，同時又以避稅阻塞全球金融動脈，甚至讓犯罪分子心癢難耐，藉機把髒錢洗白。莫薩克‧馮賽卡事務所幾乎不關心他的客戶到底用匿名公司做些什麼事，是否涉及違法。 ※巴拿馬文件讓全球得以一窺離岸金融的運作 二〇一四年底，《南德日報》記者收到一則匿名留言：「有興趣看一份資料嗎？」隨即他分批收到數個檔案，也就是後來的「巴拿馬文件」。資料所列是莫薩克‧馮賽卡事務所從一九七〇年代開始設立的離岸公司詳細內容，資料龐大，建構出一個截自當時不為人知的隱密世界。莫薩克‧馮賽卡事務所藉由兜售已設立好的空殼公司、信託及基金會來販賣「保護隱私」的服務。 取得資料後，《南德日報》記者聯合國際調查記者同盟，用將近一年的時間，以最保密的方式，結合資料新聞學與科技技術，搜尋與查證巨量資料後，才得以完成這次揭密計畫，將離岸金融的隱密世界公諸於世。 各界推薦 在這個假新聞充斥的年代，本書再次證明，資訊爆炸未必能夠了解更多真相，鍥而不捨的調查報導則從不讓人失望。 本書完整呈現「巴拿馬文件」的前世今生。沒有「離岸解密」、「中國解密」、「盧森堡解密」、「瑞士解密」的一步步累積，就不會有巴拿馬文件的開花結果；而巴拿馬文件震驚全球之後，其於政治、經濟、媒體等層面的後續效應與最新發展，也依舊值得關注。 對於新聞工作者而言，本書揭露的跨國合作經驗、調查報導方法都彌足珍貴。從單打獨鬥、缺乏互信基礎到團隊作戰、建立合作網絡，以及從不知保密、土法練鋼到與時俱進的資料新聞學、大數據分析，「國際調查記者同盟」展現了令人敬佩的執著與毅力，在傳播環境崩壞的年代更加彰顯調查報導的重要性。──《報導者》總編輯何榮幸 本書以扣人心弦、節奏明快的敘事方式……描述深具啟發性且令人堪憂的主題。──《德州月刊》（Texas...