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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Fabrice plays with a butterfly knife, Dragomir explodes bombs, and Fausto is the leader of the Mafia. Ms. Psi, the Instigator Par Excellence, has a master plan to bring about their downfall. Everything is going well until two jealous Instigators decide to sabotage her plan. Chaos and the loss of innocent lives are the results of their interference. When terrorists kill Fausto's wife and son during a soccer game in Bremen, Germany, he seeks revenge. In Houston, a European drug lord beats and rapes the daughter of a former modern pentathlon champion. Jane Kari Callahan, her mother, seeks revenge. Jane hires Wolfgang von Sturm, a former GSG-9 field agent, to track down the notorious drug lord. The Instigator Par Excellence devises a new master plan. She intends to use the anger and hatred in the hearts of Fausto and Jane to complete the original plan. Will it work.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - When a young girl finds a mysterious silver bauble hiding beneath a cabinet in her grandmother's house, a spellbinding, epic tale unfolds.Wynne, a humble kitchen maid, and her friends, Princess Avariella, Prince Jared, and Aric, a stable hand, find adventure and wonder in the world of Lymeria. The four friends are pulled into a labyrinth of riddles and trickery in their desperate attempt to stop the evils of the dreaded wizard Cepheus.Kristina Coia, author of Falcon's Prey, has written a captivating tale full of twists and turns, in which four friends work together to outwit the forces of evil while discovering the power of love and the bond of friendship.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - While meditating in her garden, Jessica, a middle-aged woman, happens upon Mabel. One of the many fairies who have been assigned to care for all of the plants, stones, and insects in Jessica's garden, Mabel introduces Jessica to a whole new world-one in which elves have a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow and where the spirits of trees and rocks can communicate with people.But none of these magical creatures is prepared for what happens when an oil drill hits a dragon living underground. The dragon becomes so enraged that he escapes from his lair in a subterranean cave and enters the human world.Jessica knows that many people are in great danger, but she doesn't know how to help. And for quite some time, no one believes that the dragon is real. Luckily, a grizzly bear and mysterious beings try to return the threatening dragon to its home.Full of fantastic creatures and fueled by imagination, Fairies in My Garden is a wonderful story that will introduce you to a multidimensional world where anything is possible.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This history brings to life the Syracuse Athletic Association (S.A.A.) football team in Syracuse, New York, from 1890 to 1900. Conflict plagued the organization throughout its existence. Temporary disbanding, forced resignations, and internal squabbles were the norm, but the team rose above it all to win multiple city championships. It was established as the team to beat-and they rarely were.No other independent team could match the success of the S.A.A. at the time when some of Syracuse's best players donned the red and white for the organization. Bobby Adams, Bert Hanson, and Sam Jacobson battled on the gridiron, and Physical Director Charles McCormick worked his magic Charles McCormick worked his magic.In the end, the Syracuse Athletic Association laid the groundwork for teams of the future, making football in Syracuse no longer just a collegiate sport. The S.A.A. proved that independent teams could compete on the local gridiron and be successful.The Syracuse Athletic Association football team left a lasting mark on amateur athletics in Syracuse that could not be duplicated and will never be forgotten. Relive this exciting time in football history with the story of the S.A.A.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Carlo 'Diablo' Mora is a twenty-three-year-old baggage handler at the Albuquerque airport. He never finished high school, belonged to a gang from the age of eleven, and is a fast talker. He's never had money, and the problem has grown with his marriage to Megan Marie. While loading baggage for a flight, he finds a wooden box filled with diamonds, and it's only a short step to stealing it.But Carlo finds out he's taken on a lot more than he can handle as he creates anguish and misery for his loved ones. Kenny James Wilcox, a man who likes to hurt people, and Adel Avelo, his violent lesbian cohort, are sent to retrieve the diamonds. They kill Carlo's mother, rape his wife, and hide her in the Sandia Mountains to flush out Carlo and the diamonds. Carlo asks himself if he really wants to risk the diamonds and what they could bring for himself and his wife.When ex-cop Jeffery 'J. T.' Thorn is hired to bring back those linked to the diamonds, he doesn't hesitate to use violence to achieve his objective, fueling the already explosive situation.Filled with murder, sex, and suspense and reminiscent of a Quentin Tarantino movie, this fast-paced novel reveals the ultimate price of greed.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - After ten years on the Texas cattle trail with little to show for it, twenty-six-year-old Clinton James heads west in hopes of striking it rich in the California gold fields. Lady, his salt-and-pepper gray, is getting old; he knows this will be her last drive. Riding into the dusty little town of Bitter Creek, James is broke, out of grub, and he has to find work-quickly.While wondering if he made the right decision, Clinton meets the first of many people along the western trail who will forever mark his life-from the greedy merchants who would readily take advantage of him, to the old stockman who tells Clinton of the riches to be had at the Lost Ravine Gold Mine, and a beautiful young woman with a little girl, both stranded after losing their belongings and their families.Clinton's journey to the Lost Ravine Gold Mine, one of the richest strikes around, is a lonely trail with danger waiting around every bend, where a lone rider could disappear and never be missed. Will James make it to the gold fields, or will romantic escapades and ruthless outlaws force him to abandon his dream.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - A resounding response to the environmental devastation and hardships-of-youth going on all over the world. Communal home designs are the last lines in the sand left to draw!

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - A missing-person case opens in Masonville, North Carolina, on April 9, 1975. Christine Wild, a local married woman, is never found. As the years pass for a local policeman looking for a break in the case, the leads slow down and the trail gets cold. But no case ever becomes so cold as to be entirely forgotten.Thirty years later, the lives of three men intersect in the search for answers: an author searching for a new story, a retired judge looking for closure, and a rural-county police detective wanting to clear the case from the books.With no leads, memories fading, and time being their worst obstacle, the men look for a break in the case that went nowhere more than thirty years ago. Packed with intrigue and suspense, Cold Trailwill take you on a trek through the years toward an explosive conclusion you never expected.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Terrorism and fraudulent election practices make for great headlines and documentary films, but for FBI Special Agent Donald Corbbitt, it's all in a day's work. In the wake of one of the most exciting presidential campaigns in United States history, Corbbitt is nearly stretched to his limit as he hurriedly works to thwart widespread death and destruction with a counterattack against a group of terrorists. The terrorists' goal: terminating railway transportation along the Eastern Seaboard. High-rolling liquor tycoon, Gordon Noble, confronts both political parties. As an independent candidate, he shifts the nation's political climate by challenging ineffective leadership. But a series of threats to Noble's family, the sabotage of his headquarters, and the kidnapping of his granddaughter only increase voter sympathy and media attention. Meanwhile, political pressures force the bureau director to assign Corbbitt to investigate Noble's campaign operation. Charged with piecing together a very complicated plan of global deception, Corbbitt holds the key to discovering who is manipulating the world's most powerful elected office-and who will control the world.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Pat Neal has a problem. It's not gambling, drinking, or sex. His addiction comes in the form of the salmon and steelhead that swim in the rainforest rivers of the Olympic Peninsula. As a child, he was diagnosed with a severe case of fishing attention deficit disorder (FADD), a disease that plagues him to this day. Of his fellow fishing enthusiasts, Neal notes:'People with fishing problems may spend inordinate amounts of time talking about their disease, even if they do show up for work. Most anglers are in complete denial over how much they spend on fishing until other members of the family start whining about food or shoes.'Based upon the ever-popular Lord's Prayer, The Fisherman's Prayer has been reformulated for today's modern fishing conditions and is not limited to the water. The Fisherman's Prayer works on all species of fresh and saltwater game fish. Don't go fishing without a prayer!

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - In the 1880s, William Bonney is a legendary outlaw of the American frontier-you might know him better as Billy the Kid. Scheduled to hang as a convicted murderer, Billy is represented in Lincoln County, New Mexico, by attorney Ira Leonard. But in a life spanning the continent and six of the most eventful decades in the nation's history, Leonard was much more than Billy's lawyer.After Billy escapes, is rediscovered, and killed, Leonard moves on to other adventures. In a time when many people were swept along by great economic and political currents, Ira Leonard helped to shape the landscape of the American West. Sidney Leonard Gardner, the great-grandson of Ira Leonard, takes us on a fictional journey that captures the essence of his great-grandfather's experiences and encompasses some of the most eventful decades in building up the United States.This intriguing novel, told as an interview, provides a glimpse into the last year of Leonard's life as he harkens back to his time as a printer, lawyer, and judge who moved from New York westward. Gardner presents Leonard as a 'just and determined man' who fearlessly played a leading role in the Lincoln County wars.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - 'Denny, what's the biggest learning for you in this process of taking the Diamond Leadership Model throughout your organization ' Bob asked.It was a great question. I thought for a few seconds.'The biggest learning for me so far is that leadership development has to be elevated to the level of strategic initiatives-the same as marketing, product development, capital investments and other high level objectives. As a senior manager, the thing that I can impact the most in my business is developing leaders. So far, the results are proving that to be true. And I find that I am having fun again.'.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - It all began with a phone call, late one starry night, between two friends.They agreed to a mutual exchange of letters: not electronic mail, mind you, but real letters, written with ink, sealed in colourful envelopes and mailed at the post office-with stamps.Now their imaginative correspondence, interwoven with snippets of poetry and uplifting quotes, has been compiled as an anthology: A Rainbow of Words.By opening its pages, dear Reader, you are invited through a doorway into a place of colour, wonder and reflection . a place of enchantment.Along with our two correspondents, we hope that you will discover the joys that await you.Are you ready to open the first envelope.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Introduces a novel method for daily money managementPresents an alternative to budgeting that features real-timeadaptability and continual flexibilityImproves awareness and control of financesEliminates the surprise factor when receiving bills for creditcards or other debtSimplifies decision making regarding all purchases orexpenses, whether planned or unplannedProvides the ability to instantly determine the impact of allpurchases or expenses on your short and long-termfinancial pictureOvercomes the challenges of budgeting, including the factthat budgets are updated only monthly, don't provide realtimeadaptability, and are not adhered to for very longProvides one number with which to manage dailydiscretionary purchases and expensesAllows you to live comfortably in a lifestyle of spendingbased on your cash flow.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - When the four Haskell grandchildren from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, visit their grandparents' country farm for the summer, they're convinced that spending time in rural Aberdeen is going to be totally boring. But for Audrey, a responsible twelve-year-old, defiant eleven-year-old twins Denny and Jenny, and Ty, an enthusiastic seven-year-old, their days of adventure are just beginning.To fill their time, the children start a club-the secret Peanut Butter Club-and their first order of business is to investigate a local crime spree. Something, or someone, is killing the deer down by the James River. Turning an ordinary fishing trip with Grandpa into a chance to investigate this baffling mystery, Audrey, Jenny, Denny, and Ty look for clues and build a case that could help Sheriff Whippert solve the mystery.By working together and relying on each other, the Thomsen kids learn about true friendship, responsibility, and how to have fun in an old-fashioned way, while creating lasting memories with their grandparents.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The City of Lakeside was once a small city but is now starting to grow beyond its means, like many other cities and towns in the State of Florida. Lakeside is a few counties to the north from the City of Miami. The population of Miami has grown to over two million people and is just getting too crowded for some. Quite a few people have moved north from the Miami area to get out of big city atmosphere. Lakeside is also growing at such a rapid rate that there are many demands on the community and the local government. Lake side is located on a big lake that provides the citizens a place for boating, swimming and fishing. I am a Construction Forman working for a local contractor. I moved to Lakeside from Miami several years ago and worked my way up to the position of Forman with this company. I have been married for two years to a wonderful woman named Shirley who has her hands full keeping me in line. Shirley is a wonderful wife as well as a friend. Several of my co-workers and me are taking a lunch break at the small restaurant across the street from my job. The events that occur after lunch will change my life forever. My name is Robert Walker and my friends all call be Bobby. This is my story of how I made a career decision from Construction to law enforcement. I hope you enjoy Socially Accepted Murder.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - California Senator Bryce Camshaw's daughter, Lisa Devalera, has vanished. While hiking in the California mountains, the nature photographer disappeared, and the dying senator wants some answers. He calls in private investigator Napoleon Fontaine for help, and Fontaine agrees to uncover the real circumstances surrounding Lisa's disappearance and presumed death.When a friend of Lisa's points Fontaine to a declining self-help organization, The Harmollenium Institute, that Lisa was involved with, Fontaine discovers that the Institute, reborn as Harmonescape, markets a new virtual imagination program called VISAGE. The new director has recently wrested control from the inventor of VISAGE, and Fontaine smells a cover-up.In his investigation, Fontaine crosses paths with sexy reporter Cara Andrade. Drawn together in their pursuit of the mysterious secret behind VISAGE, Fontaine and Andrade search for clues to Lisa's whereabouts. But they face a deadly nemesis, one that could spell disaster for everyone involved.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - How can one pilot cram so much into a single lifetime Climb into Captain Terry Reece's cockpit, fasten your seatbelt, and hold on for an exciting journey into the world of aviation.Born to a family of transplanted North Carolinians who moved to Washington State, a young Reece explored the hills of the Pacific Northwest. Hiking in the mountains and being a fire lookout gave him a taste of adventure, but he craved more-and he got it.Reece's first flying lesson ended in a cloud of billowing dust, ripped metal, and broken Plexiglas. But that didn't keep him grounded. Over the next few years, he navigated his Lockheed C-130 to steamy nights in Rangoon, risky undercover aircraft deliveries to Libya, icy Arctic expeditions, and desperate flights out of the desert with machine guns pointed at his gut, to landing Boeing jets on short, icy runways on Alaska's Aleutian Chain.Reece's entertaining biography delves into the fast-paced world of aviation and is filled with compassion, danger, bits of humor, and the follies of youth. It's also the remarkable tale of how Reece and his wife, Nancy, sought to keep his dream of flying alive through the years. From the freezing, isolated North Pole to the heat and heart of Africa, Flying North South East and West takes you to every direction on the compass and leads you to the adventure of a lifetime.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - If you have always wanted a cat but are put off by their reputation of being snooty, uncaring, and messy, then it's time to learn more about possible feline ownership by picking up So! You Want to Get a Cat.As someone who has lived with cats most of her life, Audrey Fox Frederick knows about the joys they can bring. But she also understands that they can cause sleepless nights and be expensive. Frederick delves into the world of frisky felines and explains that being the owner of a cat does not simply consist of putting down a dish of food and water. She teaches you how to address problems that take cat owners by surprise, explains why cats behave in strange ways, and helps you understand how they think.Dog owners and cat owners alike will enjoy this informative look at one of the world's most beloved creatures. So! You Want to Get a Cat is a straightforward guide about cat ownership that will help you decide whether or not to become a cat owner.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - For twenty-four years, Ray Martinez served as a police officer in Fort Collins, Colorado, working everything from minor crimes to hard-to-solve homicides. But all that time, a personal mystery nagged at him. Ray was adopted, and he desperately wanted to find his biological mother.Ray delved into his search in April 2005, soon after retiring. He was hopeful but not overconfident since his past searches had always ended in failure. This time, he put the investigative skills he acquired as a police officer to full use.By searching through public records, visiting Web sites to study ancestry, and traveling through small towns in Colorado, Ray gathered clues with dogged persistence. In the process, he met new people, developed lasting relationships, and gained a fresh perspective on life. But by far, the most significant outcome was finding his mother, four sisters, and brother-the family he had been without for fifty-four years.Baby Boy-R is a heartwarming story of a son who refuses to give up trying to discover where he came from and the courageous mother who welcomes back the boy she thought died at birth.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Spiritual Fitness Training in Valor is a bold spiritually-directed training guide that helps us to shift from a crisis to Christ. In his second volume of Crisis intervention/Christ-is Intervention, the author/psychologist expands his spiritual balance training program to include a series of spiritual strength, weight, resistance and cardio-aerobic exercises. Dr. Cosenza shows us how to use 'weights of prevailing' in crises. We learn how to handle life's pressures through spiritual resistance training. Finally, we encouraged to walk in our completeness in Christ through spiritual cardio-aerobic techniques. This unique spiritual fitness program in courage and resilience has major applications for crisis intervention by spiritual leaders, mental health professionals, teachers of pastoral counseling, health fitness trainers, and loyal followers of the Lord Jesus Christ who wants to help others.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Will it ever be possible to stop war, or is war an intractable problem Combining the disciplines of history, psychiatry and neurology, the author probes this question in the tradition of C.P. Snow.Archeologists of the future reveal how purity is tied to violence, the existence of shame societies and guilt societies, bloody sacrificial rituals and why many women support war. Horrified by the death toll, the suicide bombers and the use of diabolic weapons of our times, they discuss how our society eventually abandoned war.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Where Whippoorwills Sing is a beautiful and compelling historical narrative memoir of southern farm life told with insight and humor.The author shares individual history of another era with vivid and unique personal life experiences good and bad, that shaped her life then and expresses who she is today and what she believes.Civil rights lessons learned from her beloved 'Lulee' who helped teach her the dignity of every human life.A 'Culture Warrior' philosophy with Judeo-Christian principles expressed throughout.A book full of information and inspiration.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Whether you're an administrative professional transitioning to more responsibility, a new manager, or simply want to 'tune up' your interpersonal skills, When Work Becomes You is a guide to greater success professionally and personally. Lisa C. Olsen and JanMarie C. Malik share invaluable lessons plucked from their own experiences of more than twenty years as business professionals and administrators.This innovative guide introduces S.I.X., a breakthrough model for Strategic Interpersonal eXcellence. In a pragmatic yet engaging style, Olsen and Malik weave real-life stories into the discussion of the six skills critical for today's professional: Initiative Critical thinking Dependability Diplomacy Grace IntegrityWhen Work Becomes You includes checklists, tips, and personal narrative to help you successfully handle any situation you might encounter in your career. Jam-packed with the type of wisdom that only comes from experience, Olsen and Malik describe how to develop more confidence and purpose in your life.Written in practical terms, When Work Becomes You is not a textbook or another self-help book. From writing a resume to finding a better job, When Work Becomes You provides a clear, thoughtful, and rational path to a better career and a more fulfilling life.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - 'Trenton is where I learned about hunger, where it became personal for me, where it shed a thick hide of abstraction and touched my life, if only from the outside looking in. It is also where I learned something else: that the kindness of strangers can make a difference, even against a scourge that lingers in plain sight and never goes away.More than anything, this is really just a simple story about everyday people. People who need help and people who are fighting a holding action to meet that need. Fortunately, and unfortunately, that fight goes on.'.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - From the moral dilemmas of an ordinary soldier to a man's infatuation with a past love, Tales for Sale, a collection of fifteen thought-provoking short stories, will touch your deepest emotions.'No Honor Killing' tells of a conflicted soldier who thinks hard about what he hears from his colonel: that there is honor in the executions that his men carry out as long as they dress in full uniform. But when the men are asked to kill their own drummer, they must decide whether to follow orders.In 'Stations', a man still enthralled by the scent of a past lover must decide whether to take her back when he hears from her for the first time in seven years.'Possibly Cursed Mirror' tells the story of a new homeowner who is desperate to give away a mirror that someone left at his home. The previous owner put it in a corner where no one could ever possibly stand directly in front of it. But the mirror has been moved.Matthew O'Malley delivers a compelling collection that runs the gamut of emotions from funny and sad to scary and light-hearted. Get ready for the unusual!

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - It's 1952 and summer vacation looms, full of possibilities. When best friends Josh and Billy find an old, collapsed cabin in the middle of the woods, they decide to search the rubble for treasure. They look for weeks and eventually find a chest buried within the cabin's foundation. But instead of treasure, it's filled with old journals that belong to Wendell, a Christmas elf who came to town fifty-six years ago with Santa but fell off the sleigh and was lost.Josh and Billy begin reading through the journals in hopes of unearthing a clue that will lead them to the elf. Soon, the entire town learns about their discovery, and now everyone wants to help find Wendell.Locating him turns out to be an easy task compared with what they face next: finding the magical gold chain, that when reconnected to the watch, will allow Wendell to become an elf again and live forever. With a blizzard quickly approaching, the whole town pitches in to help get Wendell home before it's too late!

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - You're happily married with a beautiful family . when tragedy strikes not once but twice. Iris Davis is a woman of faith and courage who has relied on these traits to survive the sudden loss of her beloved husband and son. How do you go on when life deals such harsh blows How do you make a life for yourself when the lives of those you love end so suddenly The answers are here, in Iris Davis's memoir, CHASING THE WIND.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - A successful career woman, fulfilled by her avocation and love for aerobic dance, Susan Lee-Titus was on top of the world until the day two men with sawed-off shotguns burst into the dance studio and brutally raped her. Though she survived, she still had to literally pick her teeth up off the floor and start her life all over again.What followed was an eight-year odyssey for Susan, a draining and daunting physical, mental, and spiritual journey. Despite suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, Susan summoned a renewed faith and used the power of forgiveness to start the Joy Dancers, an outreach program for teaching incarcerated women how to release their anger through aerobic dance. But even more, Susan learned the beauty of compassion and the blessing of giving.From the savage beginning to the hopeful dream at the end, The Dancer Returns is the remarkable true story of how one woman refused to remain a victim. With courage, strength, and grace, Susan proves it's possible to turn an unthinkable crime into a healing, life-affirming experience.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Are you looking for answers to the question, 'How do I make my dreams come true 'This insightful guide contains a powerful message about acquiring mental toughness and the fortitude to forge ahead when goals seem impossible to achieve.Ellen Junious shares intimate details about her life to inspire you to face your own mountains and giants that get in your way. In Unleash the Power of Personal Advantage, Junious offers seven keys to help you unlock your potential success. They include: Authenticity Trust Love Affirmation Forgiveness Imagination ConfidenceBy following Junious's formula for personal success, you'll learn to break through any barrier, and establish a process for setting realistic goals. But even more, you'll improve relationships with your family, friends, and business associates. Expand your horizons as you recognize self-limiting blocks that might inhibit your successful performance, and open the door to making a difference in your life. It all starts with this book-and you!