Bøger af Michael Swanson

Michael Swanson's online discussions with literally thousands of NexStar owners made it clear that there was a desperate need for a book such as this - one that provides a complete, detailed guide to buying, using and maintaining NexStar telescopes.

Murder by terror. The body of an angelic little girl washes up on a Galveston beach. Cloaked in clues that offer no rational explanation, a young and ambitious assistant district attorney assigned to help police track down the child's killer finds herself on a path that leads to a pair of amateur ghost hunters. At first suspects in the girl's death, soon they all find themselves in a supernatural struggle for survival. They must discover a way to free themselves from the demon's web of terror, both past and present, or else they will also become victims of The Angel Baby.

Danville, Virginia and the Coming of the Modern South documents Danville's political, social, and economic evolution beginning with the fall of the Confederacy until the dawn of the civil rights movement of the 1960s. It discusses the impact of the textile industry on the South in general - and Danville in particular - through colorful accounts attributed to Virginia politicians, businessmen, and workers.

On her way to the beach for spring break, pretty and petite, Tanny Guidry stops at the Laularie Parish Sanitarium to see for herself if all the terrifying stories online are true. Within minutes of entering the abandoned building, she begins to hear and then see those who didn't survive the barbaric treatments, the murderous staff, and being locked away with the criminally insane. Yet more terrifying than the spirits of the dead, is her presence within these walls has awakened within her an ancient evil, more frightening and more deadly than any of the terrors that haunt the sanitarium, including the gang that preys upon those foolish enough to enter.Once safely at the beach, Tanny's newfound ability to witness the past is overwhelming. In a Galveston antique store, she feels strangely compelled to purchase a vintage porcelain doll and while leaving the store, she is drawn to an old photograph of an angel in Galveston's Old City Cemetery. While seeking out the angel, the only gang member who survived the encounter with Tanny in the sanitarium has followed her to the cemetery. Catching her all alone amongst the tombstones, he is hell-bent on vengeance. Yet the presence within the petite young woman is a fearsome force, and when she is the one who walks away, her attacker lies impaled upon the fence surrounding the angel's crypt.In nearby Houston, an assistant DA who battled The Angel of Evil along with Tanny's father sees the story on the news. Rushing to her aid, the DA brings Tanny to her home in Houston's historic Heights where she learns the truth about her father's death. Despite everything, Tanny struggles to accept her father was involved with a voodoo cult and died to protect her from The Angel of Evil.The Angel of Evil is hell-bent on possessing Tanny's soul, yet she will fight until her dying breath to break the connection and banish the demon forever.

HIS DISCOVERY SHED FARLIGHT ON HISTORY'S GREATEST SECRETS, SCANDALS AND TREASURES! Who assassinated JFK? Did OJ Simpson ACTUALLY commit murder? Where did the real pirates of the Caribbean hide their treasures? When a scientist discovers a way to capture light from our earth far out in space, he's able to use this "Farlight" technology to peer back into the past. The secret of Farlight enables its possessor to look back in time and view the truth surrounding history's most controversial events. Reality proves to be stranger than fiction, and the events he witnesses prove to be far different than anyone ever imagined. Assembling a support team and using Farlight technology to search for lost treasures, these scientists turned adventurers become too successful too fast. Soon the FBI is on their trail and after the secret behind their wealth and power. Because of the secrets Farlight will reveal, the government will stop at nothing to keep the truth from coming to light. Forced to flee from the feds, the only thing that can save them from the danger Farlight has created - is Farlight itself. An entirely original and thought-provoking novel, test readers at the Del Rey Writer's Workshop hailed as, "Vividly voyeuristic." Sit back and put on your 3-D glasses, because enjoying Farlight is like having your very own front row seat for history's greatest mysteries.

Today when you factor in the interest on the national debt from past wars and total defense expenditures the United States spends almost 40% of its federal budget on the military. It accounts for over 46% of total world arms spending. Before World War II it spent almost nothing on defense and hardly anyone paid any income taxes. You can't have big wars without big government. Such big expenditures are now threatening to harm the national economy. How did this situation come to be? In this book you'll learn how in the critical twenty years after World War II the United States changed from being a continental democratic republic to a global imperial superpower. Since then nothing has ever been the same again. In this book you will discover this secret history of the United States that formed the basis of the world we live in today. By buying this book you will discover: - How the end of European colonialism created a power vacuum that the United States used to create a new type of world empire backed by the most powerful military force in human history. - Why the Central Intelligence Agency was created and used to interfere in the internal affairs of other nations when the United States Constitution had no mechanism for such imperial activities. - How national security bureaucrats got President Harry Truman to approve of a new wild budget busting arms race after World War II that is still going on to this day. - Why President Eisenhower really gave his famous warning against the "military-industrial complex." - Why during the Kennedy administration the nuclear arms race almost led to the end of the world during the Cuban Missile Crisis. - How President Kennedy tried to deal with what had grown into a "permanent government" of power elite national security bureaucrats in the executive branch of the federal government that had become more powerful than the individual president himself. In this book you will discover this secret history of the United States that formed the basis of the world we live in today.

Gold can be your financial salvation. Just about every year a new bull market starts somewhere. The best way to invest is to buy just before a new bull market starts or just as it begins. In this book Mike Swanson shows you why now is the time to invest in precious metals and mining stocks at the start of a new bull market that will last for years . This book will show you the new essentials that you need to know now in order to invest wisely in gold and gold mining stocks in order to position yourself to limit your risk and maximize your potential rewards. This book will show you: 1)How to identify when any market is about to start a new bull market and why gold is perfectly lined up right now to go higher for the next several years. 2)The fundamental factors that will fuel gold's coming rise. 3)The simple ways you have available to invest in gold. 4)How silver and silver mining stocks can play a factor in a gold portfolio. 5)How rising gold prices translate into exponential earnings growth for the right mining stocks and therefore result in big share prices gains for investors 6)This book reveals Mike Swanson's top three gold mining stock picks for the next few years.

MASTER STRATEGIC STOCK TRADING Many say few know more about stock trading than Michael Swanson, who ran a top ranked hedge fund for four years and has built up a huge audience of readers on his website WallStreetWindow.com thanks to the accuracy of his market calls and investment acumen, including making over 50% in 2008 in one of the worst years for the stock market ever. His book Strategic Stock Trading demystifies the stock market by explaining what truly makes the stock market and individual stocks move the way they do and shows you how you can take advantage of it. This book is designed to be a fast read that you can finish in one sitting. After you buy this book and read it among the things you will learn are: THE MOST PROFITABLE STOCK PATTERN YOU CAN BUY - The best traders and investors are one trick ponies who develop a method or trading strategy that they use over and over again to profit in the market. Instead of flooding you with hundreds of different technical analysis indicators Swanson cuts to the chase and hands you the most profitable stock pattern that he has used again and again over the years. HOW TO BUY TOMORROW'S BIG WINNERS TODAY - Imagine what would it be like to be able to find the next Apple or the next world changing stock market sector? Learn how to break the stock market down in investment sub sectors and be able to identify when one of them is positioning itself to begin a new bull market of its own and become the next big thing everyone is talking about a year from now. UNDERSTAND INVESTMENT CROWD PSYCHOLOGY - Individual investors play in the stock market and tend to buy high and sell low while hedge funds and professional investors are now dominating the exchanges with computer programs and short-term trading. As an individual investor Swanson shares his knowledge of what really moves professional investors to help you understand how to navigate today's stock market and play like a shark and not swim like a minnow. PROFIT DURING BEAR MARKETS THROUGH SHORT SELLING - Swanson made money in the 2008 stock market crash by recognizing it was coming ahead of time and then betting against the stock market. After you read this book you will know what type of storm clouds come before big bear markets and how to short sell stocks the right way if you want to try to profit from them. BUY A STOCK USING THE TWO-FOLD FORMULA - Price patterns and technical analysis are key in stock trading entry and exit points, but fundamental analysis using valuation metrics are key to evaluating he true investment potential in a stock. These simple valuation metrics will enable you to do this at a quick glance. THIS IS THE BOOK MANY CONSIDER TO BE IDEAL FOR BOTH NEWBIES AND EXPERTS - To quickly tell you why many people consider this to be an important book there are many stock market and stock trading investment books that describe different aspects of technical and fundamental analysis. This one puts them together and shows you have to really use them in a strategic way backed by real life experiences and examples. It also discusses the psychology of investors in the market and how hedge funds and institutional investors now influence the stock market more than ever before and what you must do in this type of market to succeed. It is a practical and refreshingly compact guide.

The United States stock market began a bull market in 2009 that was powered by low interest rates and quantitative easing programs created by the Federal Reserve. In 2012 that bull market accelerated into a stairway to heaven forty-five degree angle rally that came to an end in 2014.By the start of 2015 the stock market had reached a crazy valuation level not seen but a few times in its entire history.By the summer of 2015 the stock market actually completed a top and on August 20, 2015 began a violent bear market when the DOW plunged. By February of 2016 the Nasdaq fell over 20% to fall into a bear market. It bottomed, but the events provide lessons in how to navigate market turmoil. This book will show you what you need to know in order to adapt and to adjust to such events.This book will show you: 1) Ways to manage your money in order to diversify properly in the financial markets to reduce your risk and maximize your potential returns going forward.2) Ways you can bet against the stock market to make money.3) A method to use so you know what sectors and asset classes will break away from the overall bear trend in the financial markets when they hit to provide tremendous profit opportunities for those that invest in them.This book reveals the fundamental factors that drive bear markets and ways to navigate the market not just now, but in the years to come.