Bøger af David L. Brown

The first and only pocket-sized, practical manual on plastic surgery, The Michigan Manual of Plastic Surgery is written by residents in the University of Michigan's renowned plastic surgery training program. This multidisciplinary review features contributions from senior residents in related fields including general surgery, oral and maxillofacial surgery, otolaryngology, orthopaedics, neurosurgery, and urology.

It starts with an idea. Moving the thought into a business plan. Walking you through the steps to create the plan and implementation of the plan. Providing you with a checklist and resources you will need along the way. In addition, providing you with the information you need to know about financing your business.

Open your mind and look around ...and you will see a world in distress. Each day seems to bring news of fresh disasters. The media spill out an endless stream of stories about growing threats to the environment, troubled economies, and dangers to the climate. We are overwhelmed by reports of failing nations, crime, intolerance, disease, terrorism, piracy, war, natural disasters, drought and spreading famine. What's happening to bring so much misery into the world? The subject may seem complex and multi-faceted, but there's a single culprit responsible for most of the troubles we face - an "unusual suspect" that is the root cause of nearly everything that's wrong on Planet Earth. Aha, you may be thinking: If there's a single cause for most of our troubles it should be easy to solve them, simply by eliminating that cause. But you would have to think again when I reveal that the culprit is agriculture, and in particular the aggressive style of industrial farming that has replaced traditional methods in developed countries and is being spread across the world by multi-national corporations through the process of globalization. But...isn't agriculture a force for good? It puts food on all our tables. Its bounty makes possible the comfortable lifestyles most Westerners enjoy. It feeds the less fortunate. It allowed our species to thrive and build great civilizations. Agriculture lies at the heart of humanity's finest achievements. Doesn't it? This book explores the developing crisis resulting from the collision of population and resource depletion. Humankind has set itself on a dead end path through an industrial form of agriculture that is dependent upon fossil fuels. The Green Revolution merely delayed the time of reckoning. The author explores the history of technological agriculture and the economic theories that underpin the so-called "progress" that has resulted through the destruction of natural resources.

A MOST PUZZLING CRIME OF MURDER The body is displayed on the desert sand like an offering to the gods. It lies on its back, head to the east, feet pointed west. It is the corpse of a man in executive suit, coat buttoned, hands crossed on chest, sightless eyes staring into the blue New Mexico sky. Except for the neat little bullet hole low in the center of the forehead, Bernalillo County sheriff's detective Luis Flores can imagine the victim is taking a quick nap between meetings, that the man is about to stretch, yawn and tuck back a light blue French-cuffed sleeve to glance at the gold Rolex that glitters there. But this is no longer a man, not a thing that walks and talks and breathes. This is mere meat, gristle and bone, the empty remnants of something that was once alive, the primary evidence in a most puzzling crime of murder. Flores stands about 20 feet away watching the crime scene team at work. A forensic photographer is circling the body, taking advantage of the West-sinking sun to capture everything with stills and videos. His flashgun winks again and again to bring out details of each image. Flores steps closer to examine the corpse. It's carefully arranged, "displayed" as the experts at the FBI call it, a sure sign that a psychopath has been at work here and is sending a message. The legs are straight, shoes aligned side-by-side and clean, almost as if the killer has run over them with a polishing cloth. The back is straight, shoulders squared, nothing out of place. The tie is knotted in a proper Windsor, not too tight, just right. By God, the fucker even combed the victim's hair, Flores realizes... A NEW SERIAL KILLER IS AT WORK in New Mexico. Known to the authorities as Retirement Man, he or she acts out each death in the form of a retirement, complete with an engraved watch on the wrist of the individual. For Lt. Flores and recently retired FBI agent Rob Charlton the search for the killer turns into a desperate struggle to save their own lives. In manuscript form, this book won first place in the mystery/suspense/thriller/adventure novel category in an international competition. The category was judged by the executive editor of Penguin Books.

Sarah Johnson is an 18-year-old California girl on track to become a physician when she meets a mysterious "dragon" who saves her life after a tragic earthquake. The dragon reveals himself as an alien, marooned on earth for many centuries. He adopts her as his student and begins to teach her his ancient wisdom. But a terrible evil looms over the earth and only Sarah and her new friend can stand against it, using her new skills and the dragon's advanced technology.

Whether you want to write a short story, a memoir, or even the Great American Novel, this book will help you do it better. Create the mind of a writer. Like legendary sorcerers, the master storyteller can wield great power. Master the power of words and you will make your reader smile with amusement, laugh, cry, cringe in terror, feel a tingle up their spine, be compelled to share your story with others, or blurt out a resounding Yes! as your protagonist survives to live another day. In the hands of a master, words are power, weapons of mass instruction. They yield the ability to influence others, share ideas, entertain and inform. Words can be woven into many patterns, and like magical incantations or devout prayers they can allow your deepest inner thoughts and imaginings to shine forth. To become a talented and accomplished writer is a worthy goal. The fact that you are holding this book in your hands or reading it on a screen indicates that you would seek to improve your ability to use words effectively. When your words evoke far more than just their defined meanings, you will have mastered their power.It is a quest worth pursuing, and the ultimate test of any writer. The wonderful experience of creativity does not come from without, but from within your prepared mind, the mind of a writer. Master these arts and you may discover that you are filled with stories that yearn to be told. There are many ways to craft powerful writing, writing that entertains, engages, informs and excites the reader. In the end, you must find your own voice as a writer. This book can start you on that quest, or help lead you further along the way. Words are exciting things, fun things. You can spend a lifetime playing with them; you will find few more rewarding companions.

The growth health centers have accomplished forces us to change the way we think. For many years we were Mom & Pop type of business; now we are large multimillion-dollar corporations. My board Treasurer keeps reminding us of this and to think like the organizations we have become. Being a health center board member I also have a day job. A part of my day job is an author. When I was writing a chapter for my last book, "Journeys to success, 21 empowering stories based on the success principles of Napoleon Hill," I had an AH HA moment. Reviewing these principles, it hit me like a brick these same principles not only affect my personal life but that applying these to the health center board as a whole contributes to our success. This revelation made me examine some of the health centers both successful and not as successful. What makes some centers successful while others don't reach that level? My findings were that those that do not reach high levels of success are not applying the success principles. We as a health center movement are only as successful as the weakest center. That's why; I felt that this information needed to be shared. My goal for this book is it that it serves as another tool assisting to raise all health centers to high levels of success. Throughout the pages you will find discussion on these principles, their meaning and how they can be applied to our work as boards of directors. You can also think about how they apply to you as an individual and your life in and out of the health center movement.

The Great Conversion takes a hard look at the truth behind the unyielding depravities that plague America with a special focus on the African American culture. Many professed believers think they have a personal faith walk with God, yet cannot understand why tribulations persist in their personal lives and their communities. This book exposes that there are many who have professed belief in God's Messiah, but, their faith is integrated with false spiritual and political dogma, true repentance from their sinful nature eludes them. Thus, a counterfeit faith is born. However, this book directs the reader to Biblical truth and will show God's perspective in regards to society's errors about moral issues; therefore, helping professed Christians see where they are in error, and where their loyalties ought to lie. Consequently, true holiness will be achieved. God will be [positively] provoked to intercede for those who were once deceived, resulting in genuine salvation, harmony and godly prosperity. David L. Brown has lived in historic Charles City County, Virginia most of his life. For years, he has spoken passionately about America's disregard for God's will concerning social and political issues that influence our lives. This book serves to remind individuals that God's way and His thoughts are without recanting and must always be embraced. Brown is also the author of Like Fire Shut Up in My Bones.

Rural people and communities continue to play important social, economic and environmental roles at a time in which societies are rapidly urbanizing, and the identities of local places are increasingly subsumed by flows of people, information and economic activity across global spaces.

Mbogo, the Black Death, which manifests itself in the African Cape buffalo, now stood less than 12 feet away from me. The cow and calf were too close for me to have time to be scared. I would only have time to react on instinct if they came closer. That is the type of excitement that every hunter dreams of and it is still possible in Africa today. It is also one that I was fortunate enough to experience without any permanent ill effects. Eighty percent or more of American hunters think that Africa is too expensive or off-limits and that they will never have a chance to experience their own, up-close-and-personal adventure in the African bushveld. Safari 101 proves just the opposite. Safari 101 is written for the hunter that has always considered Africa out of reach, someone who has a spark of desire just waiting to be fanned into a flame. American hunters spend thousands of dollars every year hunting at home. Almost none of them know that, for the price of a guided elk hunt in the western United States, they can take an African Safari. The myths of being too expensive and too difficult are firmly entrenched in many hunters minds. Safari 101 has forty-six hints dispersed throughout 11 chapters and proves these myths false. Personal experiences are used to illustrate the value of each hint and to make each one easy to remember. Safari 101 takes the author's experiences, and what he learned from professional hunters and outfitters, and puts the information in a logical progression that is entertaining as well as informative. Safari 101 will help fan the spark into a flame.

This fascinating book examines rural retirement migration from the older in-migrants' perspective and from the vantage point of the destination communities to which they move.

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This fascinating book examines rural retirement migration from the older in-migrants' perspective and from the vantage point of the destination communities to which they move.

A source control system power and grounding guide. this book aims to provide clarity for manufacturer's obscure system documentation. It details how to significantly improve reliability in control systems, saving valuable time and money.