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There is no hero's welcome for combat veteran, Jim Montgomery, when he returns from World War II to a family in disarray. His father is dying; his mother threatens to leave; and, their Colorado cattle ranch has fallen on hard times. Jim's younger brother, Massey, and sister, Samantha, seek an easier lifestyle than working on the family ranch. Eventually this leaves only Jim's youngest brother, Randy, as his one loyal sibling. Jim must devote his life to Randy and to the ranch, with no time to recover from the war. Romance blooms when he meets a beautiful widow who "inspires" him. And in his "senior" years, Jim is enthralled by a struggling Indian woman and her daughter. Yet, for every step forward, there are steps backwards as his deserting siblings return to demand more from Jim's ranch profits. Worse, when fortune evolves from Jim's hard work, his estate is threatened by Massey and Samantha. In spite of the odds, Jim strives to be a good man to all who come his way.
A fourteen year diary driven journey living with Multiple Sclerosis.
A detailed look at backstage life during the Civil War with an emphasis on the tragic events that took place at Ford's Theatre, April 14, 1865, when Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. This unique perspective on a well-known historical event is viewed from the standpoint of the stagehand caught up in the mystery and intrigue of that night, Edmund Spangler.
In 1976 a simple real estate transaction affected my life forever. "Brown's Cabins" on the North Fork of Long Island became "Hellenic Cabins & Snack Bar." My father, a Greek immigrant, poured his efforts into the Snack Bar portion of the business. Unaware of his incredible, gifted palate, he created a landmark restaurant, by accident, in the middle of nowhere; a business affected by the cross migration of travelers using the ferry terminal at the end of the island. "Ferry Tales" is about a seed planted over thirty years ago grown into a bonsai tree, groomed by the evolution of its clients, trained by a business that is either a madhouse or empty, rooted in Greek culture, potted in a region that bears the geographic uniqueness of the Garden of Eden, and nurtured by a gateway across America. It is based on comical, real events, belabored by the stresses of a successful family business, and fixed in the history and culture of a unique area, poised as the next great wine region of America.
Using original sources, this study shows how feudal and early modern Japan learned and then used Western notions of the "Law Of Nations" to avoid the fate of 19th century China and remain an independent nation.
Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional provides an integrated development environment for creating PDF documents. The Pocket Book of Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional covers diverse sets of essential skills and instructions on how to use a variety of tools and technologies including Adobe LiveCycle Designer and Adobe Connect. Written for beginning-level users, the book details the topics of creating, combining, and exporting documents. In addition, it covers the topics of providing reviews, sharing comments, conducting meetings, creating forms, securing documents, improving accessibility, adding multimedia files and 3D models, searching and indexing, printing, and production. With this pocket-sized book, you will not only sharpen your skills but will also learn about the new features available in Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional.
250 years of history about America's 3rd oldest lighthouse, beginning before the Revolutionary War, about the people, its development, and those that used this navigation aid at the entrance of Narragansett Bay. Technological innovation and federal bureaucratic conflict as four different organizations beginning in 1749 attempt to improve operations and reliability. Navigation hazards, shipwrecks, piloting, light improvements and fog signal experiments made Rhode Island's Beavertail Light Station one of the most important landmarks in New England. The book follows the early slave trade and Colonists who insisted the lighthouse be built and describes the work ethics and reporting requirements of the generations of 'Keepers' who tended the light. Modern methods, electricity and improved operations are taken over by the US Coast Guard to automate the light station replacing whale oil and fossil fuel burners used by the US Lighthouse Board during the 1800's
When you have a nightmare, you can wake up. When you wake up, you realize it wasn't real. Imagine living in the nightmare not knowing what is real. What kind of world exists in the mind of Nomad Rose, a person with a Multiple Personality Disorder. Visit her world through the journal she kept and see the world through the eyes of her and her alters, her Snow Angels.
Now, for the first time, researchers of American railroads have a comprehensive bibliography to assist them with their needs. With over 9,000 indexed book entries, HEAVY METAL offers material on individual railroads and into the character of railroading itself. Some idea of its depth can be gained from the number of titles for selected subjects: steam locomotives (1,200), freight cars (520), Pennsylvania RR (290), electric railroads (155), Stations (140), Southern Pacific (110). It covers the range of subjects that this great transportation enterprise entails: engineering, laws and legislation, technology, safety, biography, statistics, and much more.
THE SECRET KEEPING: Dr. Helaine Kristenson is the leading authority in the field of psychosexual relations and the bestselling author of the how-to bible, "Keeping Mr. Right." Professionally, she deals with secrets of the heart every day. Privately, she even has a few of her own to keep her busy. What's so Top Secret? Her seven-year relationship with notorious super-model Sharon Chambers--a once very hot union that lately has become something less than perfect. Wandering unwittingly into the middle of their tangled web is disillusioned investment strategist, Lydia Beaumont, a sleeping beauty who's just about to wake up. Add to the resulting fray a dozen lawyers, a handful of corporate executives, and a gaggle of overzealous reporters, and you've got one highly public love triangle. And the more private a woman is, the more exposed she becomes. THE SECRET KEEPING is a high-stakes, fast-paced modern romance, where the moral of the story is that money can indeed buy you love...if it's invested wisely. Nominated for the 2006 LAMBDA Literary Award for a debut novel. Nominated for the 2006 LAMBDA Literary Award for fiction. Finalist for the 2007 Goldie Award for best dramatic fiction. Semi-finalist for the 2007 Independent Publishers Award and an IPPY Award recipient of an honorable mention.
A constant ode and praise to God, Mackenzie Mountain Man by Richard L. Wilks is a powerful tribute that celebrates the spiritual side of man and the tender moments spent in service to the Lord. His mission is clear and with the heart of a pastor and an adventurous soul, an author explores the wilds of the Northwest Territories in Canada and learns more than he bargains for as he spreads the good word. Bringing just enough provisions for a four-and-a-half month stay, the man sets out for the Mackenzie Mountains on a voyage to hunt, fish, write and survive. He will learn to trap field mice, battle an angry otter, learn the difference between a black bear and a grizzly, and make a few unforgettable friends. His adventures will bring him closer to himself and closer to God as he inadvertently becomes a missionary of sorts to a number of locals and fellow travelers. Inspired and compelling, this debut marks an intriguing and vastly rich voice to contemporary Christian literature.
MySpace Marketing: The Promotional Revolution 2nd Edition is the absolute, complete guide to marketing on the MySpace website for bands and businesses. It covers everything from unbelievable searching techniques to the most advanced promotion methods with automation bots. Written with all users in mind (beginner to advanced), the book delivers a start-to-finish marketing guide that is easy to understand and straight to the point. Each of the detailed 116 pages of this book will leave you confident, efficient, and effective in your MySpace marketing endeavors.
This book serves to educate readers about the intricate language of canines as well as how best to use this knowledge in order to create a harmonious 'Human Pack'. Clinician Jenn Lewis also explains how to deal with canine behavioral problems in a way consistent with her gentle approach to training and bonding with dogs.
Kaneesha is a noble waitress at the Jesse James Gang Grille in suburban Washington, DC. She's helping her newfound friend, Bridget, who has escaped a perilous situation after meeting the impetuous Marcus and gaining interest in him day by day. But local malcontents infict murderous mayhem; Basketball star Isaac speaks words of wisdom about life and death, and offers solution to deathly problems, while physics professor philosophizes and the restaurant family feeds them all. Life trumps death.
A farm boy with dyslexia copes with life's difficulties by looking outside his situation to achieve the American Dream and shares Memories Enjoyed.
In his first novel, Howard takes the reader on the fascinating and somewhat mystical journey of a young fighter pilot, Steven Anderson, whose odyssey of self discovery begins, and ends, in a remote area of central Nevada called the Monitor Range.Set against historical and technical events of the sixties, Howard's storyline of love, betrayal and war is intricately woven with a fascinating array of characters from Nevada and California to Vietnam, of whom you will come to know as their own lives wrestle with history in the making.In the end, Steven's search has lead him back to the Monitor Range. What will he discover there?
Is Solar Energy really cheap and environmentally friendly? Is the cost really worth the hype or is it just a con? You decide for yourself. Tiffany Montaño and her husband Popa Dave Montaño began living off the utility grid on solar energy in 2000. This is her personal story of life and survival. She includes technical information for anyone considering solar energy.
The Meat of the Matter is a definitive collection of more than 150 sharp, bite-sized essays best described as the antidote to the activist community's criticism of meat production, meat-eating and the industry that produces animal protein foods. Written over the last eight years by Dan Murphy, former national magazine editor and food-industry commentator, the book tackles everything from food safety to immigration to biotechnology to animal welfare to nutritional issues from both regulatory and PR perspectives.
Juan Zanzeros is a Mennonite farm boy who got a PhD in computer science and ended up writing computer simulations of the physical laws of articulated bodies. An admirer of Charles Darwin, he struggled to integrate the truths of science and evolution with his faith. Darwin's Dove is the result. On the surface, this novel is a love story about two graduate students who create a computer simulation of evolution and are plunged into a fight for their ideas and their lives. But underneath the action and romance, is an uncompromising look at Christianity and Islam in the context of a Darwinian simulation. While evolution is a computational search algorithm of amazing generality, it has a serious intrinsic flaw: one does not get the mathematical beauty of emergent complexity without the artifact of suffering. The compassionate interaction between the students and their Darwinian simulation becomes an allegory that illuminates the ancient questions of creation and theodicy, of good and evil, and of resurrection and immortality. A demystified computational Christianity promises an antidote for the evil dregs of a search algorithm. Darwin's Dove is fully original with a trace of tragic humor.
A Family Doesn't Have to End Just Because a Marriage Does... A divorced couple and their daughter each give their personal perspective, entwined with social commentary, on the current trend of divorce
Shauna's Elements by Isaac Ofek is about a journalist determined to unravel the mystery behind a woman-physicist doctor who is torn between her origins, her genius and her work with orphaned children. Stunningly crafted, this psychological mystery carefully depicts the need for self-discovery within us all.
'Ingenious!... By narrating a very serious topic throught the voice of a child, the author discretely lends victims of domestic violence invaluable survival strategies. Packaged in a straightforward, nontreatening and compassionate formate, this well-researched resourcebook reflects a nuanced understanding of the issue. Ms. Luna's guide undoubtedly belongs in the bookshelves of all clinicians working with families.' Dr. Aris R. Peguero, PSYDClinical-child-school psychologist
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