Playing cards are an everyday object used for gambling and game playing the world over. But the familiar deck of cards conceals hidden meanings that have links to secret societies and the occult.
Why are there four suits and why hearts, spades, diamonds, clubs? What is the significance of the picture cards? What is the meaning of the symbolism of the Tarot?
Shake Hands with the Devil is the story of Romeo Dallaire and his sufferings in Rwanda. Posted as head of the UN force, the Canadian Dallaire warned his superiors, including Boutros Boutros-Ghali, of the impending massacre. His appeals for help were not heeded, and he was present throughout the killing of an estimated 800,000 people in 100 days.
This two-part scientific detective tale tells the story of a remarkable group of pioneers who wanted to reach the ultimate extreme: absolute zero, a place so cold that the physical world as we know it doesn't exist, electricity flows without resistance, fluids defy gravity and the speed of light can be reduced to 38 miles per hour.
