Authorhouse jul 2003 (57 risultati)

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - As World War I began, a young man went to London to learn the actor's craft. After World War II a promising career turns to that of bit player in the Frank Capra Film It's a Wonderful Life. Barrett Whitefall loses faith in his life and career. The best place for him is Echo Park's lake where he will end his life. A gentle man, Fernando Osonegro, discovers him at the lake's edge. Is he an angel, like the film's angel Clarence He's much more. Fernando has a mission for Barrett; when the mission is fulfilled, everyone involved has a second chance to life and success. The story is a memory of Barrett's career as he lived it from 1918 to 1946. He works with D. W. Griffith, Noel Coward, Elsa Lanchester, Charles Laughton, Lon Chaney, and Mae West. His career languishes in 1946; he finds himself playing a 'wolf' in Capra's film with a line or two. This is no place for a man who has devoted his life to an acting career. Through the magic of memory Fernando brings new hope to the actor who lost his lover, his wife, his career.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Rewa Marie Fyles creates poetry that speaks to the heart, because it is written from the heart. Feeling Poetic embodies poetry that expresses honesty in the triumphs of love and the disappointments of its losses. Innermost thoughts and deepest desires are revealed in this refreshing collection.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Romanian For Sale is a bullet through the heart of society. It explores the contradictions of the modern world and the problems of the individual.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Martina Ramsey hasn't had an easy life. She's already lived through her worst nightmare, and if she doesn't find someone to help her now, she is doomed to relive it. Finding someone she could trust is virtually impossible, but when she turns to Cameron Masters, a private investigator who has been through hell himself, she feels he will understand the betrayal she has suffered, the mistrust she feels, the guilt she carries. He should. He's suffered them all himself. She knows from her own experience that the scars he hides underneath his shirt are not the only ones he has. As Cameron fights to protect his beautiful client he discovers he is losing his battle to protect himself from her. Martina is a fascinating, feisty spitfire who has a thing or two to teach him about life, about inner strength--and about love.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - What types of holidays do Japanese people celebrate What is the educational system like in Japan What are Japanese festivals like What are some of the customs and traditions of the Japanese people Professor Todd Jay Leonard, writing from the perspective of living and working in Japan, provides in this fascinating book the answers to these and many other questions. Letters Home: Musings of an American Expatriate Living in Japan delivers a firsthand account of daily Japanese life through the eyes and personal experiences of Professor Leonard who has enjoyed an ongoing relationship with Japan and the Japanese people for nearly twenty-five years. This anecdotal book of essays, written in the style of personal letters, offers commentary on a wide range of topics and issues including culture, history, education, language, society, and religion of modern Japan from the point-of-view of an American expatriate who has made Japan his home. The author's friendly, down-to-earth, yet authoritative, style of writing will transport you to modern Japan, where you will learn about the customs and traditions of this most fascinating country. This book can be enjoyed by anyone who has an interest in learning about Japan and its people.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Greed. Control. Brainwashing. Murder. After Sheldon McAllister is charged with poisoning her wealthy husband, she seeks out Lexi Hartt, a bright young attorney who has just escaped her father's law firm in favor of solo practice. Against her better judgment, Lexi accepts the case and matches wits with the prosecutor and the detective in charge of the investigation. When another client dies in the same manner as Sheldon's husband, Lexi finds herself drawn into a web of deceit that stretches from a powerful businessman to a celebrated psychiatrist; from her own father to an enigmatic cult leader who calls himself Reverend Joy. In her race to prove Sheldon's innocence, Lexi becomes the next victim. But who is determined to keep her from learning the truth 'Donaldson manages to weave an intricate pattern of multiple characters, action and dialog into a mesmerizing story of deceit and murder.'--Wendy Fallon, Ocotillo News, Chandler, Arizona.…

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Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - From the instant he arrives at his grandfather's house in Oelwein, Iowa, David fears the drought-stricken summer signals a bad omen for his yearly visit. His parents, who are back in Chicago, are experiencing serious marital problems, for which David feels partly responsible.Miss Holcomb, Grandpa's neighbor, always competes against David and his grandfather at the county fair. She always wins the blue ribbon for the best tomatoes. David and his friend, Katie, find out that Miss Holcomb has been spreading lies about Grandfather. They set up a plan to retaliate. Armed with their knowledge and a gunnysack of red balloons, they plan and execute an attack, aimed at teaching Miss Holcomb a lesson.Young friends of David's help him create a newspaper called Kids' Register.The story continues as a large group of children go to the Fayette County Fair where the winner of the tomato contest is divulged.The end is a bittersweet moment when David and the archenemy, Miss Holcomb, discuss why marriages fail.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Giralon is the name of a small, inhabited moon orbiting a dead planet. Few know of the mysterious origins of Giralon, but the people all know that they are in the midst of a fantastic and exciting world where the legends leap from lore to reality. The wondrous and sometimes scary events of Giralon are recorded spanning the first few hundred years of Giralon's inhabitation, a dramatic and trying time that will enchant readers and draw them into the colorful world that is Giralon.…

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Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - As Pharaoh of Egypt, Akhenaten decided to turn into reality his dream of a better world, where everyone worshipped the same God. Pharaohs were absolute monarchs, yet Ancient Egypt was a conservative country that prized stability and continuity above all else. Would he succeed in getting an entire nation to abandon its traditional gods and goddesses Would he find an heir willing to continue the experiment after he died Would Egypt be able to survive as a major power with just a single deity to hold it together Young adults will enjoy this fictionalized presentation of the lives of Akhenaten, Nefertiti, Tutankhamun, and other members of the Egyptian royal family, as they struggle to resolve the conflict between their duty to the country and their love for each other. As the story unfolds, readers will not only gain an understanding of a political and religious crisis, but also see a vivid picture of daily life in Ancient Egypt as a colorful cast of characters goes about its business. A final section, 'The Historical Background', examines some of the controversies surrounding the period, and ties the events of the novel to what is actually known about the Amarna Era.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - What if you fell in love with someone, who is perfect for you What if that person is from a completely different world Even a hostile world from the one you belong to This is the theme that the short story, 'Romeo and Juliet in Jerusalem,' explores. Other short stories in the volume discuss similar difficult questions relating to love and relationships. What if the person you love is from another religion What if your people and your lover's people are literally at war These short stories also explore the idea of social justice and the concept of theodicy in a world filled with conflict and sadness. Those interested in the Israeli - Palestinian conflict might particularly find 'food for thought' in some of the short stories in the volume.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This book is the third in my series of four books dealing with Intelligence, Instincts, and Consciousness. The simple and truthful realization of what we are, and how we got to where we are within nature's world, is the ultimate truth that any philosophy could ever propose to know. It is ultimately the most powerful state that any human mind can ever attain. It is a true kind of nirvana. It is with this knowing state of mind that we can make ever-new beginnings and provide for a future where our chances are best for surviving whatever random hells that nature will with great certainty rise up against us. The fact that we might have to eventually face up to what we are as completely definable creatures in terms of a very complex organization of billions of very simple structures is not in anyway whatsoever a degradation of the truth of our humanity. Understanding what we are has led us to realize both the miraculous and morally good achievements of our kind, and also to an understanding of the basic nature of our more hidden ugly and evil actions.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Joseph is a Web Developer and artist, whose insatiable drive and burning passion for the arts has led to the birth of The Virtues Unveiled, his first illustrated book. The Virtues Unveiled is an allegorical and inspirational book, with the author's original artwork fused with lyrical themes that offer the viewer engaging interpretations of the artist's renderings. Most of his figures express a different passion of the soul, allowing the artistic pieces to tell a story, which makes his work an art of persuasion. Also included, the author walks you through the step-by-step process by which he creates his drawings. Filled with harmony, beauty, and perspective, The Virtues Unveiled is truly a celebration of the arts in the 21st century and is greatly influenced by the Baroque period.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Zach Rogers hates to work but has a plan. First, get a ro.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - To interpret poetry is then to lose the entity of poetry itself. A simple poem that may find one reader simply laughing at its rhyme, just might yet lead another to be found simply wondering what the true intention of that verse was.Simply put. It just might not have one in the first place!A rhyme and reason Well, this book of poetry is literally 'jam-packed' full of them both.So get ready to sit back comfortably in your favorite chair, treat yourself to a nice hot cup of coffee or tea, and before long you will soon begin to find out the reason why you're taking your valuable time to read this collection of verses.There are a wide variety of tasteful poems throughout this book, but in a sense they were designed to enlighten the reader's taste buds, in the desire that they will truly savor the heartfelt intention that this book of poetry was written for. Wally Edmond's prolific style of poetry had been featured for over twenty years through the late Bob Stalder's poetry colmun 'Poet's Pen,' which was published in the Beatrice Daily Sun, a Nebraskan newspaper.He and his family live in the rural town of Wymore Nebraska, where he enjoys writing his featured column 'Artistically Arbor' for the Wymore Arbor State, a local weekly newspaper. The column is mixed with Wally's, poetry, quotations, and short stories.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Through his training and experience as a U.S. Marine and his in-depth research of the topics covered in this book, J. Brett Earnest shares information that could save you and your family when terrorists strike. Should you fight, or remain passive What is a dirty bomb and what should you do if one explodes nearby How do you decontaminate yourself using items found in your home after a radiological, chemical, or biological agent attack Where can you find safe drinking water in an emergency What can you do to save yourself from knives, clubs, or gunfire How do you find or create shelter to save you and your family from blasts, poisons, or radiation What are your options for survival when riding mass transit buses, trams, and boats What supplies should you have in your shelter, and how much of each item Which kinds of radios and telephones are reliable in an emergency The answers to these questions and more are in this book, possibly making it the most important book you will ever buy.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - A former mental patient helps an addicted homeless man recover a life he thought lost. In the process he develops a relationship with a novice psych nurse (the antithesis of Nurse Ratchet) but first he must cross the borders of the states, nay, the countries of the mind and their parched deserts, flooded deltas, and threatening crags.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Giving up is not in Kate's vocabulary, quitting is not an option even when the injustices of abusive people appear to have control of her life.A Woman at the Well is a story of never quite 'fitting in' and the struggle to get free from the long term effects of child abuse.The healing journey is similar to a game of snakes and ladders, sometimes we take giant steps up the ladder and sometimes we take massive slides down the snakes belly leaving us feeling like we can never win. We search for truth only to find more lies and discover that sometimes the truth is more treacherous than the lies.The lies we believe about ourselves continues to keep us locked into the pain we experience now as adults in personal relationships, yet it is only the Truth that can set us free. This book is where the 'rubber meets the road' for survivors and counselors.Warning! This book will be offensive to controlling, manipulative religious folk.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - In 1972 Major Jake Hammer, an army ranger, is sent on a mission to search for answers involving ambushes of military units. During a battle Jake captures a North Vietnamese colonel named Duc Toe. Jake finds stolen TOP SECRET documents in the colonel's possession detailing military operations and troop movements. Jake orders his brother Marvin to transport the evidence back to Saigon for investigation. Marvin's Cobra Helicopter is blown up killing Marvin and his co-pilot. In the meantime Colonel Duc Toe escapes. In 1975 Jake returns to Saigon on a special ops mission to recover stolen gold reserves. During his return Jake falls in love with Deanna Templeton, an embassy administrative assistant. She helps Jake find out his brother's death was no accident, and was covered up by the military. The mystery further leads Jake to discover a drug pipeline between Colonel Duc Toe, military and embassy officials in Saigon and, on the home front, the anti-war movement and the New York mob. As North Vietnam undertakes the final invasion of South Vietnam, Jake races against time to help his friends escape and serve final justice to those responsible for espionage, treason and murder.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Written over a period of more than 50 years, The Shadow of Rainbows: 100 Life Poems by Evelyn Bell is a collection which ranges from fanciful word-plays to thoughtful and deeply emotional expressions. Disappointments in romantic love inspired many poems, but most deal more broadly with people and relationships. An appreciation of nature and beauty is expressed in most of Bells work. Sporadic rhymes and surprising punchlines are common to her style.While living in San Francisco during the mid-1970's, Evelyn penned 200 poems during a 12 month period. A small selection of these appear in Chapter 2.After returning from California to Florida, family losses took a heavy toll. The writer shares her sorrows as willingly as her laughter. Whether dealing with impending divorce, office politics, romantic foibles, wrenching sentiment or simple silly things, all form the spectrum of an honest response to the writer's richly experienced life.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - After all else has failed, Linda joins an underground nationwide organization to find her kidnapped child.A chance event makes her suspect that she and the other members of the local chapter are being used and that the people they are abducting and interrogating may not be kidnappers at all.She begins trying to uncover what the organization is really about; but when one of the members does not come back from an assignment, she realizes that her suspicions may cost her life.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Chasing Echoes passionately brings the past to the present through nature. Walt Barger sees himself in the ocean that '. . . continues to roll wavesto an empty beach,' in the dawn that '. . . neatly fold[s] the blanket of stars. . . in the West.' His words gracefully balance the self in nature '. . . like the spindle of a fine time piece.' Barger's poetry evokes the simplicity of a past both rural and Southern. Whether he is describing overalls or a weather worn piano, objects take on presence. The language is vivid with a sense of history that is personal and connected. Poems like 'Bib with Buttoned Fly' vividly speak of his memories, at eight years old, of owning a new pair of overalls in crisp, sharp lines. The poem 'I Wish you Bluebirds' is a poem with surprising freshness in the lines 'when . thoughts are stumbling over stones of clay, I wish you bluebirds to sing, and pave the way.' 'Walt Barger has a great sense of place. Walking through his poetry, you see family, friends, and neighbors. His use of description takes us home.'Margaret Britton VaughnPoet Laureate of Tennessee.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Have you ever been in love Have you ever lost love Have you ever questioned why you are even here in the first place This book covers this range of questions and emotions with spirited verse. 'The Kiss' starts it off with feelings of sublime love. 'Better' asks why we get so wrapped up in mundane things, and forget about the most important: family; love; life. 'Kid Senses' takes you back to that first ice cream cone, when nothing seemed wrong with the world. Dare to take a journey through life through the words and artistry of Curtis Cole's verse. Prepare to laugh, cry, and get a whole new outlook on life.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - More than anything, young Blaze wants to be a man of his Sinagua tribe. He dreams of being a great hunter and warrior. But his people of the Great Cliff are a peaceful farming tribe and believe that learning the skills of war will anger the gods and worsen the drought that already threatens all the peoples of the desert. And then, on his first great journey, Blazed discovers the great Hohokam people and their game of guayball, a brutal and exciting sport played by both boys and men. Drawn to that culture which respects fighters above all others, Blaze must decide where his true spirit lies.Enjoy the excitement, passion and danger of the final days of America's great cliff dwellings. In a world threatened by drought and war, one boy strives to grow up, and do the right thing for himself and his people.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - International acclaim for the previous volumes in this series:For Volume 1: 'It is a very good book. I hope you will write a Sonnets of David Book II.'--Julianne Hannah, Dunedin, New Zealand.'I'm enjoying immensely the Sonnets of David. I even memorized a few.'--Sister Dorothea Kripps, Mt. St. Benedict, Crookston, Minnesota.For Volume 2: 'I opened the book and it opened at Psalm 70 and it applied to me in every way. I was very touched and felt perhaps God was telling me something.'--Marge Hills, Barnstaple, North Devon, England.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The Pachinko Connection takes the reader into a world of espionage, extortion and perversion, as CIA operative Adam Carver and pachinko parlor owner Noriko Kaneda attempt to follow the trail of money extorted from gambling halls in Japan and sent to North Korea, where, it is suspected, it is being used to help fund the development and sale of weapons of mass destruction. …