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Ellie is a crabby old woman who cleans graffiti off local mailboxes. When she meets Sarah, a black-haired teenager in Goth garb and makeup, neither imagines that they will join forces to stop a psychopathic killer of homeless young people in the neighborhood park and forest. From the moment Sarah sees her dead friend Peter's athletic shoe poking out from a pile of curbside leaves as she helps Ellie wipe off mailbox graffiti, she knows an insane man disguised as a pirate is looking for her. Ellie receives a threatening phone call and understands someone's out to get her too, probably the same pirate. Concern for the kids this killer calls his family leads Sarah, frightened, alone, through the trackless woods to a hidden camp in the county forest where eight scared runaways huddle around a sparking campfire. A few days later, concern for Sarah takes Ellie, armed with a butcher knife, to the same camp. Graffiti Grandma, is told through the eyes of Ellie, Sarah, a cop named Matt, and a man who calls himself Starkey, and the histories of these characters, their loves and losses, are vital in the frantic search for a killer who targets teenagers living on the streets of two Northwest towns. This gritty, shocking path leads them to a murderer with blood on his hands, a gold ring in his ear, and a note from his long-lost mother.With fear as a backdrop, the unlikely relationship of Sarah and Ellie matures into acceptance, then into friendship, and then into even more as each discovers she needs a family to replace the one she lost.Along with the shocking look into the lives of homeless teenagers and the sad beginnings of a serial killer, Graffiti Grandma carries an important message for it readers: Family is the engine that drives our lives, whether it's the one we find ourselves in or the one we seek.

Imagine you're the pilot of a small plane, flying your family to visit some friends. Visibility is zero, so you're flying with your instrument clearance, when ice starts forming on the wings. The engine stops. Then the communication radios quit. What do you do? If you're Beth Niebuhr, you follow procedure, calmly fly the plane, and arrive safely at your destination, without any of your passengers even getting worried. Then there was the time when the engine caught on fire, the time the landing gear got stuck, and of course, the many times that students would have crashed the plane if not for Beth's intervention. And her adventures didn't stop there. From mechanical failures to ice storms, from sexism to 100-year floods, Beth's skill and determination carried her through. Her passion and love for flying shine on every page, as she describes her adventures and the fun she had. If you've ever wondered what it would be like to follow your dreams despite all obstacles and build a career doing what you love, this memoir will captivate and inspire you. A Woman's Place is in the Cockpit offers a fascinating glimpse into what it was like for a stay-at-home mom in the 1970s to enter the male-dominated world of aviation, learn to fly, become a flight instructor, open her own successful flight school... and sometimes even save the day.

Thomas Hauser has resurrected the spirited of boxing"-George Foreman, World Heavy Weight Champion"Hauser, always a skilled writer, outdoes himself here. He puts you in this fight. And as you continue to read, he makes you understand in a way that will jolt your psyche. He will challenge you not to put this book down. And you will lose.He will open your mind to look into what we call the "sweet science." But beyond that, he will tear away the tinsel of a title fight and cut into the scab of its brutality. He will expose it all here. It is raw, painful, beautiful and, above all, real.This is one hell of a book. " - Jerry Izenberg Legendary Sportswriter , Inductee International Boxing Hall of Fame. From the renowned author of Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times, Thomas Hauser''s most rivetingwork to date tells the tale of a young fighter who rises from hard origins to challenge for the mostcoveted prize in sports: the undisputed heavyweight championship of the world.Moving back and forth with increasing intensity between the bright lights and shadows ofprofessional boxing, Waiting for Carver Boyd is about hope, anger, loss, and belief in oneself. It''s alove story with a special twist.Hauser, an unparalleled chronicler of the contemporary boxing scene, strips the sport bare of itsglamour and glitz to give readers an inside look at how the sweet science really works.Reviews:"Hauser is the most respected boxing journalist working today and perhaps the best ever."- Booklist"Thomas Hauser is a great writer. He knows boxing and tells it like it is. I''ve been there. I know."- Larry Holmes"There is no one better equipped to write about boxing than Thomas Hauser." - Joe Frazier"A hundred years from now, if people want to learn about boxing in this era, they''ll read ThomasHauser." - Lennox LewisTHE GUARDIAN: Thomas Hauser is best known for Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times, whichwon the William Hill sports book of the year prize in 1991. But he was writing novels long beforethat, and his latest makes use of his deep knowledge of the boxing world. Hollywood executivesought to be weighing its big-screen potential.THE TIMES (OF LONDON): Bringing a spectator sport to life on the page is no mean feat. Hauserpulls it off in spare and direct prose that can be read in one breathless sitting.

Most diets focus on women, but men don't eat the way women do. The Eat-Clean Diet for Men allows men to lose weight and get healthy while freeing them from all those dieting evils!

Filled with information, tips and recipes to keep your whole family as healthy and energetic as possible, with a true understanding of making food choices for children - and picky partners.

Called to Moscow to help patients needing bone marrow transplants after the Chernobyl disaster, Dr. Gale gives an eye-opening account, telling the full story of his historic journey and offers a penetrating analysis of the nature of nuclear energy and nuclear weapons, their development, and the role they will play in our future.