author solutions inc aug 2005 (123 risultati)

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Crime novel; an adventure in Mexico.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Clairvoyant Helen Staples has helped out the police before. When she received visions of a kidnapped boy, she worked intimately with the authorities to help find him. But months after locating the kidnapped child, other, more gruesome images of murder suddenly appear. A serial killer is on the loose and Helen knows she must do everything she can to stop him. Detective Martin Hamlin is thrilled when Helen returns to the police station and offers her services as a profiler. Frustrated by his inability to catch the killer, Martin is desperate for Helen's help. But the passionate kiss they shared months ago still hovers at the edge of his mind. When Martin moves into Helen's house to protect her, neither can deny the intensity of their feelings. The situation becomes dire when the killer discovers that Helen is helping the police. Now Helen is a target and Martin must protect her at all costs. Can they catch the killer before he strikes again or will Helen be his next victim.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - In better days, the elegant young dog Francine enjoyed wealth and privilege. Now she spends the hours staring at her friends through the grim bars of a cage. Her terrier pal Sammie, her cousin Flitz, and her three hound buddies pace their cages with increasing desperation.Francine comes from noble lines, and the courage of her ancestors runs in her veins. But the days to come will demand every ounce of cleverness, courage, and grit within her. Even if she escapes with her friends, a hostile world awaits them. They will have to look long and hard to find people with hearts big enough to befriend six homeless dogs.But a man with a scalpel and no conscience has prepared a room for Francine and her friends. He takes Flitz away to begin a painful journey that will end in her death unless Francine finds a way out. Time is running short and soon he will come for Francine.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - One of Lawrence Welk's most beloved entertainers, an Emmy Award winner and a Las Vegas headliner, Roberta Linn captured the hearts of fans nationwide. Her inspiring story unfolds in the pages of Not Now, Lord, I've Got Too Much to Do.Born in a small Iowa town to a farmer's daughter and a minor league baseball player, Roberta discovered her talent for performing at a young age. She played in film productions and worked with big names stars like Shirley Temple, Cary Grant, and Clark Gable. At the age of thirteen, she fabricated her true age and enlisted in the Women's Army Corps, entertaining the troops of World War II.From 1950 to 1955, Roberta became Lawrence Welk's first television 'Champagne Lady', and she was displayed on magazine covers around the country. But the harshness of celebrity life finally took its toll, and Roberta's ill health led to a medicine-induced coma in 1958. Her amazing recovery reinforced her faith, and she continued to find success in her career. Both moving and uplifting, Not Now, Lord, I've Got Too Much to Do showcases the triumph of one of the most popular entertainers of Hollywood's golden age.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - His professors commented on Arthur being an extremely gifted person or a genius of some sort; but nobody knew what was happening with his genetically transmitted legacy of Adolf Hitler. Arthur started to change little by little; typically saluting like Hitler again to his classmates and teachers. He himself could not explain what he was doing and he even tried to unsuccessfully correct himself.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - What's the difference between a group of houses and a real community Author Lola L. Lucas explores this question in At Home in the Park: Loving a Neighborhood Back to Life.Lucas chronicles the rebirth of Enos Park, a section of Springfield, Illinois, just north of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. Like many cities, the area went through a period of urban decay before rebounding. The Enos Park Neighborhood Improvement Association (EPNIA) was largely responsible for this change.Lucas's columns about Enos Park have appeared in the EPNIA Banner since 1992. With wisdom and wry humor, she shows why it's worth the effort to reweave a neighborhood's social fabric in order for residents to once again enjoy their homes. Lucas writes about community policing, ice cream socials, neighborhood patrols, and evening strolls on tree-lined sidewalks. Through the efforts of the EPNIA, the citizens of Enos Park reclaimed their streets and loved their neighborhood back to life.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - World War II was the first conflict in which air power was a deciding and indispensable factor. May Day! May Day! Close Encounters (An Instructor Pilot Remembers) reveals the personal stories of the aircrews who flew and maintained the planes and who upheld a continuous supply of trained personnel for the war effort. Full of rich, historical detail, author and former World War II pilot Jack Scott shares his experiences and those of others, giving an insightful view into the American home front and the war overseas.While assigned to Walker Air Base, we were subjected to all of the restrictions of rationing. Shoes, food, clothes and just about everything was rationed. One thing, however never ceased to amaze us. We were allowed only a minimum amount of gasoline for our personal autos, yet we were encouraged to practice touch and go landings as often as we personally desired and were often reminded that at the end of every mission we should make a few extra landings and take offs. The paradox of this was that on one 'go around' we would burn a minimum of 80 gallons of aviation fuel. Rationing did not apply here.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Scared of lonely sadnessGrief was personal;Shared of many intimacyPleasure was sensual;Care of inner cultivationPower is spiritual;Aware of global sufferingsLove is universal.This is not just an ordinary collection of poems; this is an extraordinary journey of my life full of up and down experiences where it is laid with my passion to love and compassion for humanity; and it all happened in cyber world. Inside the tiny computer screen, I have been connected to many living souls from all over the world. Some I have met, some might forever remain mystery to me but each of them has painted different colors on my life chart. Because of the diversity, it has deeply influenced my spiritual path and life philosophy today. Most my emotions and thoughts are expressed in regular or irregular poetic tones according to my heartbeats in free style verses.Phoenix, author of Universal Love.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Maiden of Orleans: a Bayou Thriller is a fast-paced novel that can be enjoyed by readers of all ages. 19-year-old Lori Faire lives with her mother and sister in a cottage on the Rasten estate where Lori's father had been employed before his 'accidental' death.When the wealthy and sinister Henri Rasten attempts to force Lori to marry him, she decides to make her escape. Lori is helped by Mikhail Xavier, who proves himself to be a powerful defender.Mikhail and Lori struggle together against Henri and his assistant, Oliver Paisley, a mysterious man deeply involved with the occult.With Mikhail at her side, Lori is relentlessly pursued through New Orleans, the Louisiana Bayou, and out onto the Gulf of Mexico. Even a Halloween masquerade becomes a place of the utmost danger.Will Lori ever be safe Will she and Mikhail fall in love This romantic suspense novel presents an exciting battle between the forces of good and evil.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Dominant Life Form chronicles a secret project whose mission's success or failure will determine the future of earth's native intelligences. Set inside the only chance earth will have to create true intelligent reproducing robots, AI creation proceeds from individual battles of the team with self to increasingly complex layers of what it means to be conscious. Even their human creators do not know if they will coexist with the beings they are designing, or will find themselves in second place behind a new dominant life form.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Expressed through poetry, essays, and short stories, Voices from a Black Heart Speak examines deep-seated beliefs, perspectives, and emotional feelings derived from the cultural development of black people in the United States.We live in a world where television tells us what to want, how we want to live, and what we want to do. We live in a world where fear of the unknown is to be feared and that's considered normal. It may be considered normal and acceptable, but it's totally irrational as our entire lives and world is based on the unknown. We slide through life on a hope and wish that our lives work out as we planned them. If we look at the major earthquake in the Indian Ocean on December 26, 2004 that created a Tsunami or Great Wave that killed over 100,000 people and destroyed towns, cities and property in the billions in Asia, we can realize the truth of the fact is that we live our lives in the unknown from moment to moment. The one thing that sustains us is our faith as we journey through life.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Martin Iannelli was president of Cole Motors, one of the world's largest and grandest corporations. Above him, the top floor of the office tower, were the private quarters of the company's chairman, William Alistair Cole-known to many as King Cole.Martin had risen from the poverty of immigrant Italian parents. It was a career climb that would happen only in America. He had lived his entire life to fulfill the dreams of those uneducated parents. He had been the top-of-the-class A-student, the Ivy-League-college valedictorian, and the stellar management trainee.He had paid all the dues of a meteoric rise through executive ranks-hard work, long hours, political savvy and company loyalty. It had brought him to an enviable pinnacle; and provided unabashed admiration from his wife, son and daughter, mother and father. He had gained the respect of colleagues as well as competitors; the envy of business leaders everywhere, and the cheers of ordinary Americans who delighted in his underdog rise to the top.But now this poor boy's impossible dream would become an American executive nightmare. One that would shock the world. And it would bring crushing heartbreak onto a self-made man whose very signature was honor and pride.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - It's Only the Enemy Screaming tells of one man's struggle with faith in the American experiment as the country's first made-for-media war unfolds.Perhaps I would be called upon to fight, I thought. I did not want to go. I did not want to sacrifice my life. I felt remorse for the boys who had already. What would be my family's reaction if I were to go and die But these are not things to consider if you are in the desert with sand slipping away under your feet, cleaning your gun, smelling the oil, staring in the face of your enemy. The preparations of a warrior do not include doubt. They do not include consideration of the life left behind. The preparations of a warrior consist of absolute commitment, undaunted determination, and complete sobriety. All other considerations are made before the decision to go to war. If they are not, the warrior is doomed.'It's Only the Enemies Screaming is the emotionally intense story of one man's descent into the psychological underbelly of American culture during the Persian Gulf War. Given our current political climate, McEnroe's edgy narrative of a spectator's view during the first Iraq conflict couldn't be timelier-but his ultimate focus transcends the political moment. It is a riveting, occasionally hallucinogenic, and always intelligent portrait of America's love affair with violence.'-Michael Lynch, author of True to Life.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Ben Slocum's marriage careens out of control, so he flees New England, only to have his progress-and nearly his life-ended. Octogenarian and psychiatrist Will Rivard saves Ben with the stroke of a T'ai Chi sword. The ensuing friendship brings to light a stunning secret that has tormented Will for six decades. Will shares this secret through his adolescent journal, transporting Ben back in time to the height of the Great Depression.Ben's glimpse back in time reveals why two lovers cross the raging floodwaters of Fountain Creek, even as a bridge washes out beneath their car. Stranded, they huddle on the roof, a spot scarcely larger than a welcome mat, as rescuers throw ropes and launch boats into the torrent. Will Rivard joins in the fight to save them. Yet questions remain: Why did the couple attempt such a desperate gambit in the first place Did Will chase them to that spot As the complex strands of past and present converge, romance blossoms in Ben's life and he learns, of Will's ill-fated love. Like a Guilty Thing presents parallel dramas, each with questions-and answers-that race toward its gripping end.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - EpilogueTurning left on Dixie Beach Roadthe night afterHurricane Jeanne sideswiped usI caught a mournful moonpeeking at me above her veilof remnant hurricane cloudwanting to share my loss of islandafraid to commit that indiscretion.'Hipster poet, nature poet, prankster poet, oracular poet, Nuyorican and political poet, Joseph Pacheco proves his mettle as a versifying technician, whether it's in his own brand of bebop free verse or funk-a-fortified rap, which reminds us that poetry is a pleasure, after all. It is no surprise that these highly accessible poems have been projected nationally over the airwaves on National Public Radio. I like to think that these radio signals are forever shooting outward Pacheco's poems into deep space. If we are lucky, the signal may be picked up by radio telescopes on some Planet X, and those heavenly aliens will then have some of our capacity for wonderment, joy, and love. For those of us who live in Florida, which is America concentrate, we are especially in need of poets as irreverent and wise as Joe Pacheco.'-James Brock.

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Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This book of poems was written by Gerald G. Moothart, a man in his fifty to seventy years of age. Born in Illinois on a four hundred acre farm. Went into the service in the early fifties and stayed in Massachusetts upon discharge. In the later twenty five years things that he saw or heard gave him ideas to write about. He also writes personalized poems for friends and relatives plus those written to raise funds for charities. These being personal poems can draw teardrops when read.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - On a bet, Elvis Presley and a 'cousin' of his spend a week on the run. They are trying to evade capture by America's law enforcement agencies. How can the most famous entertainer in the world elude the police In a fun tale of adventure, the King of Rock and Roll escapes from Graceland, the Memphis Mafia and the detectives of the Memphis police department. He travels across America to a specific time and place in México.During the course of this lost week in the life of Elvis, he learns much about himself as a man. In October 1970, Elvis explores the ruins of a pyramid complex in México - and himself.Elvis' 'cousin' doesn't expect to actually like Elvis Presley as a person. However, as he gets to know him, the individual, he finds that he grows quite fond of Elvis. Travel with Elvis as he attempts to avoid capture and learn what the man himself was really like.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Richard Barnfield is an important Elizabethan poet whose work continues to gather appreciation from readers and critics alike. He was a brave voice in the English Renaissance who dared to publish poetry about one man's love for another man.In his student days in London, he published pastoral verse. Later his poetry turned didactic, but he never lost his gentle sense of line and image.For an unknown reason, he was disinherited by his father in favor of a younger brother, and Richard Barnfield lies today in an unmarked grave. His poetry continues to delight and amaze readers.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - 'That would have been unnerving enough, but the shape of the thing convinced me it moved with a purpose. What I saw, just for a moment, was a dragon. Born of lightning and fire, it flew into the air, writhed in the pleasure of its freedom, and screamed in ecstasy as it flew toward me.'10,158 miles. Incredible thunderstorms, raging forest fires, dense smoke, hail, sleet, cops, a half-a-dozen paramedics, bears, and even a dragon or two.you know.the usual stuff.Ride the Alaskan Highway all the way there and back again. It's 4365 miles each way, Dallas to Fairbanks.

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Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Trudi Alexy was born in Romania to a thoroughly assimilated Jewish family. After fleeing from Prague to Paris in 1938 to escape the Nazis, they hid in Fascist Spain as hastily baptized Catholics before immigrating to America.Although torn by guilt over surviving the Holocaust 'by fraud' while living in Barcelona, eleven-year-old Alexy fell under the spell of Catholic rituals and promise of forgiveness. She planned to become a nun but left the church, disillusioned by anti-Semitism and tormented by recurring guilt and suicidal depression.The love of her life, a Greek boy she met as a teenager and hoped to marry, came looking for her after a thirty-year-long separation. His recent death, thirty years after they found each other again, opened the floodgates to her most personal memories, recorded in In Search of Forgiveness. She describes her many travel adventures, her tender affair with an Arab diplomat, her betrayal by an unscrupulous therapist, and her relationships with famous writers/mentors like Henry Miller, Anais Nin and Morris West.In her sixties, she began a search for the heritage she lost as a child, chronicled in two books, the award-winning The Mezuzah In The Madonna's Foot\* and its sequel, The Marrano Legacy\*\*.\*Simon & Schuster, hard cover, 1993Harper/San Francisco, paperback, 1994\*\*University of New Mexico Press, 2003.

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Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Thomas Hastings (1784-1872) is generally remembered as a compiler and composer of hymn tunes and anthems, but rarely is he spoken of as a prolific writer of hymn texts. Nor do many people refer to Hastings as an author, even though he penned several books and contributed numerous articles for newspapers and journals that were primarily, but not exclusively, related to his lifelong quest to reform the music used for Protestant services of worship.All of these various aspects of Hastings career are addressed in this, the first published study of Hastings life and career. The book is designed to awaken interest in this musician's contributions and to serve as a foundation upon which future studies of nineteenth-century American sacred music can build. Of particular interest is the fact that much of the material for this biographical profile has been drawn from sources not previously investigated by scholars in the field.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - From The Patralmador Paradox:Pendleton drew a deep breath and shifted uneasily in his chair, 'I know you're going to think this is very strange but, please understand, this is not my idea. I have to ask about your, uh, sexuality.''You mean do I like boys or girls, or both Or neither ''I'm hoping you like boys.' He hurriedly added, 'Not that it matters.'Sheila was laughing again, 'You sound like Seinfeld.''Who ''Never mind. Go on with your questions.''Do you like boys and do you enjoy sexual intercourse ''Yes. And yes.' Her tone changed and her smile disappeared, 'Both of the above.''Good, that's good. Have you had many partners ''How many is 'many' ''Ten ''No.' Sheila marveled at her own patience; the laughing had put her in a good mood but it was fading fast.'Five ''No.''Three ''Oh, for God's sake! This sucks! What kind of job interview is this Or is it a job interview Are you hitting on me Is that it I've heard about a Hollywood casting couch but this is ridiculous!' Sheila rose again to leave.'No, no, no. Please, please. That's not it at all.' He turned the APC toward her. 'I'm just following instructions. I don't want to have sex with you.'She turned and her expression softened, 'Oh, you're gay ' She smiled and added, 'Not that there's anything wrong with that.' but he didn't get it.He answered seriously, 'Gay Well, I'm reasonably content, most of the time. But I wouldn't say that I'm gay.'Sheila shook her head, 'Very funny.'.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Colonel Jensen could see the fallen inheads in the target area from the First Squad point man's visual feed. Jensen watched as the First Squad moved closer to the Tinheads. Something struck him as strange about what he saw; but, he couldn't quite put his finger on what.As he studied the pattern in which the destroyed Tinheads laid, it dawned on him why it looked so strange. The Tinheads were arranged in an unusually symmetrical heap of shredded metal torsos and limbs.Almost a perfect semicircle, thought Jensen.Then Jensen saw something that made him react instantly. One of the severed weapons appendages was moving.'Hit the deck,' Jensen screamed.Almost simultaneously, the Spacemarines drove themselves into alien soil. At nearly the same instant a shielded Tachyon beam passed above Squad One.Suddenly, Tinheads started appearing from behind the mass of metal carnage. Few were whole, most were damaged, and missing limbs even heads.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Lake Mena Mountain is the picturesque destination for four couples in need of a relaxing vacation. Alicia 'Lecci' Martin is forewarned by a premonition from deep within her soul, but she chooses to ignore those warnings. Instead, she follows her husband Brad and their friends to the mountain paradise.The beauty that surrounds them is the facade for an evil that none of them could have imagined. Led into the wilderness by their less than desirable guides, the group soon finds themselves the prey of a group of demented brothers who bask in the horror they can inflict on others. Stalked and tormented by their twisted foes, the travelers' only hope for survival could be the one thing that frightens them the most.Just when it looks like all has been lost, help does arrive proving that sometimes a nightmare can lead to a dream of things that are meant to be.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - After trying in vain to sort out the details of his dream, Billy slept intermittently and poorly the rest of the night. Remorse had returned. If only he had the computer savvy of Rosey and the handyman traits of his father, he kept thinking, he could change his identity and start over in Arizona as a bricklayer or some such. Whether or not a pack of Marlboro Lights was in his desk drawer the next morning, one thing was clear. After covering his recent travel expenses, Billy would not take any more of the spoils from the insurance scam.What the Critics say about The Counterclaim.'Pointless and uninspired.an insult to Mensa members everywhere.'Wilberforce Twigden, The Blue State Fiction Review'The Counterclaim is pure P. G. Wodehouse, minus the beautiful style, the great plot, and the humor.'Vernon Pliny, 21st Century Man of Letters'For unbridled humor, I still prefer Jimmy Carter's Keeping Faith. 'Jeffrey S. Dudgeon, Stiffington's Fiction Quarterly'Jethro Bodeen, move over!'Lillian Pirbright-James, Lillian's Literary List.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This book offers a unique look inside an African American sharecropper family, through the eyes and memories, of Mrs. Eunie Mae Gray. The fourth child in a family of fourteen children, Eunie Mae, was raised poor in material things, and rich in family, and community ties. The story Eunie Mae tells provides an interesting contrast to today. Born during World War I, Eunie Mae lived during the Jim Crow era in the south, the Great Depression, Race Riots, changes in farming that led to the end of sharecropping, and the start of World War II. Her first hand account is a delight to read.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - He lived life with indefatigable zest, read widely and wrote with authenticity-without hypocrisy or cant. His particular fields of interest were English literature and political theory. While Shakespeare was almost a second language to him he had read in depth the works of almost every political philosopher from Plato to Fukyama. Shahzad was deeply disturbed with the poverty of the many. He saw the dominant powers in the world moving towards greater affluence while the deprived and oppressed continued to subsist in acute poverty and misery. He was firm in his view that this was not 'the end of history'. He sought in his readings and in his research a new political system that would assure a more just dispensation, which promised equitable distribution of wealth, power, hope and wellbeingShahzad had this way of identifying a subject, researching it thoroughly and reducing his thoughts into precise, analytical prose. Life of the Mind is a collection of some of his essays. They will prove of interest to the reader who is inclined towards higher scholarship.from the tribute and exordium to Life of the Mind, by Dilshad Najmuddin.