Authorhouse mai 2008 (35 risultati)

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - After the death of her two brothers, Dakota Lee Ramsay sought quiet and solitude to heal from her losses. Changing her career, she became an elder caregiver in a quiet assisted-living facility. Two shootings and a murder later, it looked as though she might have been mistaken .Dakota now is the prime suspect in a gruesome in-facility murder and has nowhere to turn. She teams up with retired forensic scientist Carolyn Rosen, who provides her with inside information on the investigation. With the combination of Carolyn's pack rat habits and Dakota's analytical skills, Dakota uncovers the killer just as the killer uncovers her discovery. Will Dakota be the next victim Follow along on a chilling investigation and learn about the plight of the elderly as Dakota embarks on this exciting new series.…

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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - There are many contradictions between science and faith - one relies on the empirical to establish an origin for the world we live in, while another relies on the force of belief. The Beginning and The End, One Eternity is a book about reconciling these contradictions from within, uniting faith in a creation-based existence with scientific principles that persist in the modern era. Within its pages, the author displays a compelling argument, inspired by faith, grounded in science and relying on both to make sense of our own existence.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Have you ever peeked through a gap in the hedgrow to find out what was happeningin your garden I did and guess what I found A family of gnomes living in the conifer treethat sits beside the two ponds. The gnomes haven't always lived there. They used to live in a cold wet cave in the public park before moving to this new home and the important job of caring for the garden ponds. For this happy family of gnomes there is nowhere more exciting to be in the world. This is a place where friendship and adventures lay waiting to be discovered around every corner and where every day garden creatures live good and healthy lives.Come and join me as we step into their little world and meet the gnomes and their friends of pond realm.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Kendall Hale presents her life in the context of major historical events. Her journey is personal yet universal, tracing her adolescence during the turbulent sixties and the Vietnam war, young adulthood struggles in Boston with the new communist, feminist and labor movements, marriage, family and the birth and maturation of her spiritual quest after a move to Asheville, North Carolina. This memoir follows her evolution from DNA Mormon daughter to SDS member and anti-war protester, women's collective member and consciousness-raising singer/fiddle player. She takes us on her search for the socialist dream in Castro's Cuba, Mao's China, and Nicaragua during the Contra War and to her life as wife, mother and veteran of a fractured marriage. Therapy, Buddhism, and spiritual travels in India, South America, and the Pacific lead Kendall back to the land with her family to the Blue Ridge mountains in a community, replete with rednecks, polygamists, voracious developers, environmentalists, and new age dreamers. Transitioning into menopause and the second half of life, she faces the challenges of aging and its potential flowering of wisdom and integration.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - In 1917, sixteen-year-old Calla LaRocca is bound and determined to go to a new secretarial college for women. Her immigrant father is appalled at her interest in pursuing a career, but Calla is eager to learn what she needs to fill a position vacated by a man doing his duty to fight in the war.While visiting her grandmother in Tennessee, Calla is emotionally blindsided by David Sloan, a man whose ethnic background is unacceptable to her family. David surreptitiously teaches Calla many things, including how to maneuver a 1914 Mogul tractor. He goes off to serve in the war and is wounded in battle. When correspondence with her secret love comes to an abrupt end, Calla realizes she must start her life anew.When David is discharged from the United States Navy, he returns stateside and learns that Calla has disappeared. Her family and friends have no idea where she is. He searches feverishly for her in her hometown and where she went to college. David returns to Tennessee, where his wise old grandfather helps shine a light on the young man's future.Calla becomes the career girl she studied so hard to be, but memories of David cling to her.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - What if Romeo and Juliet had not died What if their plan had succeeded and they had run away together Sweet Sorrow, Bitter Joy, set in Edwardian England, shows the young couple, with the help of a well-meaning but imprudent local vicar, escaping to start their new life together.With their feuding families reeling over the relationship between the two youngsters and the abrupt killing of another young man in the heat of the moment, circumstances are stacked against the adolescent couple from the start of their union. The shocking reaction of the feuding families leaves a bitter aftertaste in the wake of the departure of the two young people, revealing the hypocrisy of those who care more for reputation than for relationships.The two women of Stonewick Park, the lady of the house and the nurse, share the tale of young love overshadowed by recklessness and the pressure of outside influences. It is not a story of the star-crossed lovers, but of the star-crossed mothers who must cope with the loss of their children. In the end, it is the unconditional, eternal love of mother and child that conquers all.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Orange Blossom Wishes is one woman's compelling personal story of survival through years of childhood and spousal abuse, single parenthood, and many other challenges that ultimately led her on a victorious journey to freedom.As a little girl, Carolyn Hennecy wished upon shining star after star, but it would be many years before she would see those dreams come true. An ordained minister, Hennecy battled violence, humiliation, and low self-esteem for much of her life, and shares her often devastating personal experiences to create encouraging and practical life lessons for those who feel silenced or trapped in unhealthy relationships. With engaging Southern charm, Hennecy sprinkles thought-provoking scripture and humorous anecdotes throughout her poignant memoir, all while revealing how she discovered faith in the midst of trauma and desperation. She was once a broken, damaged little girl who became a battered, mistreated woman, yet through it all, Hennecy overcame adversity to find her way out of the darkness to a life filled with happiness, all made possible by the power of God's love.Hennecy's story will inspire and teach others that even in the midst of anguish and distress, the future holds an abundance of potential for joy and peace.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The year is 1981, and Stefano DiTommaso has a desperate problem: his family debt. The older of two Italian-American brothers, he must uphold his family's honor by repaying this debt, incurred in Sicily by his father many years before. It isn't monetary, but the debt keeps him under the thumb of a New York City organized-crime group-with the safety of his family dependent on his success at doing their bidding. Over the years, the teachings of the criminal organization, as well as his own experiences, have developed Stefano's talents in many areas--including the use of weapons. But his abilities are a double-edged sword. And his desperation is caused by the fear that, with the criminal organizations demands escalating, it is only a matter of time before they compel him to become a killer. His situation is even more complicated by the fact that he is a Catholic priest. When a violent crime is committed involving his sister-in-law, Stefano and his brother journey to the Florida Keys in search of retribution. With the area already a seething cauldron from race riots, violent dopers, and 'Marielitos,' adding them to the mix will be just the right ingredient to make the pot boil over. In Key West their dangerous quest thrusts the brothers into a complex, violent world of drug smugglers, murderers, and crooked cops. Still, a few heroes emerge to help them. And while everyone seems to have their own secrets and hidden agenda, Stefano finally gets the opportunity to use some of his abilities in a positive, personal way. But, when their interlude in the Keys has ended, it has only served to postpone Stefano's focus on his incessant dread: the family debt. Will he ever be free of it Finally, he must return to New York City to confront it.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - These are the poignant recollections of one man about his childhood and coming of age in a developing First Nation community struggling valiantly to preserve its identity in twentieth-century Canada-an era of discrimination, stereotyping, and governmental persecution. With poems, stories, and memories, Many Moons Ago entertains while bringing understanding to a new generation of his Native and non-Native readers.Many Moons Ago is a powerful and vivid exploration of author Fred McCue's life story, set against a backdrop of fables, ancestral legends, and historical perspective of the Curve Lake, First Nation reservation in Ontario, Canada. The stories, poems, and memoirs capture the culture, the language, and the teachings of Mother Earth and her eternal spiritual qualities of a time gone by. They reflect the hardships that McCue and his community endured through poverty, social globalization, and the loss of their right to survive off the land.Told with courage, humour, compassion, and ancestral pride, these stories resonate off the pages and into one's own value of the importance of belonging. Many Moons Ago pays tribute to humanity and fortitude and celebrates McCue's people, his way of life, and his memories.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Rosa Luxemburg, the petite, fashionably attired, University educated economist, was a passionately committed Marxist, eloquent public speaker and polemicist, selfless advocate of better working conditions for the masses, anti-war agitator, and co-founder of the Communist Party in Germany. She was murdered by military order on January 15, 1919.Rosa Luxemburg was also a staunch friend, ardent lover, devoted to her cat Mimi, a botanist and artist; she loved poetry and English literature, longed for a stable home life with husband and child. Her uneasy balancing act of public commitment, private pleasures, and unfulfilled yearnings is recorded in an a chronological pattern of biographical, geographical, and cultural evidence blended with the biographer's speculative, intuitive understanding of her subject's inner life as she recreates the frenetic, exciting, dangerous public life and fleeting loves of an unusually strong, emancipated woman, feared by the political and military powers of the Weimar Republic but revered by its working poor and still honored on the anniversary of her death each year in Berlin.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Sixteen-year-old Devon Black leads a secret double life-a life about which his high school friends know nothing. Partnering with his godfather, Gary Mathis, and master hacker Nathan Brooks, Devon works with a secret government agency to fight terrorism on the ground in the United States. Together, the trio becomes the final line of defense to protect the peaceful lives of their friends and co-workers. As Devon, Gary, and Nathan struggle to combat increasingly dangerous enemy attacks, they must also handle changes in their personal lives. As women make their way into their hearts, Devon and Gary must find a way to strike a balance between their double lives-between the seen and the unseen. The more Devon and Gary struggle to maintain their public and private facades, the more their relationships become strained.When a group of Irish terrorists get their hands on a nuclear weapon, the men's lives are thrown into turmoil. Their personal and professional lives explode into chaos. Now, Devon, Gary, and Nathan must set aside their differences and work together to prevent disaster, especially now that the life of one of their own is hanging in the balance.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - A Cold War drama that ends in the future. Cultures and technologies first collide in the ancient city of Diyarbakir, in the heart of Kurdistan, and end up in America. Join an impetuous lieutenant, a nostalgic stewardess, and an electrical engineer, as they inadvertently become entangled in events of global significance. Entertaining and informative, this book is packed with action and packed with history. The ending may not be too far from the truth.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Solita Obregon, along with a small group of Mexican Nationals, crosses the border illegally into a nightmare of terror. She has the drive and strength to enter the Chihuahuan Desert to start a new life, but once the border is crossed, she and her fellow travelers believe they are facing the worst hell imaginable as they suffer the severe heat, the lack of water and the rugged terrain.Two days into the journey, two of the group members are dead from the hostile environment. The third night, the full moon rises and with it a new terror. They soon realize they have become the prey of a savage beast. The isolation and inhospitable environment of the desert has hidden a secret for 300 years. Those who have stumbled on the mystery have died a violent death. They are alone and defenseless and there is no where to run.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Looking for meaning in the Bible Discover timeless insights into the Biblical text in Torah from Texas. Here you can explore the ancient wisdom of Talmudic sages and see how 21st century Jewish students of Torah relate eternal verities to the contemporary world. The Bible is the text for Life 101, and the rabbis of the Community Kollel of Dallas, can help you navigate the sea of human relationships both at home and in the marketplace.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Kerrie and James were the perfect couple. From their first hello they knew they were destined to spend eternity together. Theirs was a love as deep and unfathomable as the ocean. What Kerrie and James didn't know was that someone had a secret, one that would bring all their hopes and dreams to an end. When Kerrie learns she has only months to live, she runs from her life with her husband, Brian, in search of James. To know true love once more before they die, James and Kerrie reject the constraints of moral and ethical right and wrong. How far would you go to be together with your soul mate once more How much would you risk For anyone who loved the wrong person, married the 'right' person, did the 'right' thing and longed for the wrong. For anyone who has known a love as beautiful and otherworldly as the Ethereal Ocean.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This is my personal book of poems in which I decided to write during my deep emotional low points in my life. In writing these poems I found a deep love for the life in which I'm living now, and learned to love myself first before I can love others. I learned to reach out to others and try to help in any way possible. I know that's God's will for every one of us on this beautiful earth he created. My poems express some of the pain and hurt I experienced in past years. I explain in some of my poems the need for a good spiritual, healthy, and loving life to achieve happiness. These poems are a part of my life in some way or another. By writing these poems my goal is to communicate with the reader by expressing some of our everyday encounter we experience. I plan to help others to discover their enter talent that they may think that they do not have by searching their mind for answers to problems. It is my God giving talent that I'm able to share and express some of my deepest thoughs to other and help them to understand my poems. When I start writing my main purpose was to tell a story through my poems in a way that the reader will appreciate for a long time. I wanted to express some of the pain and help others to understand that we all have some kinds of problem. As I describe my poems took time to write as I experienced a lot of negative setbacks. The will to write Poetry is Wright come to me in a dream; but I soon found out that I was not dreaming at all when my poems was completed this year. The poem 'Caged' was me within myself as I separated myself from other for a long time that eventually ended up hurting me. In 'Caged I speak of my reflecting on my life within a room that I have called home for short a time in my life. This poem helped me to understand that we all are caged to some degree in life. Caged can be explain in many ways; but my purpose for writing these poem was to have you to think of how you can a have a hidden secret within yourself. All of my poems speaks of life experience that we all can encounter daily.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This poetry book was written with the express interest of showing the possibility of having a successful life, no matter what the circumstances may be. The first section of this book is dedicated to the children. They are at their most impressional stage. It is in a child's early years that they are extremely influenced by various people and/or the environment of which they may find themselves. No matter what kind of background a child comes from, with the power of their mind, they can make or break their adulthood. It's all in their attitude and their desire to aspire.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This fictionalized account is based on the shocking true story of an up-and-coming firefighter, the rising star of the department. Over the course of an accolade-laden career, he shoots up the ranks toward the position of captain as he demonstrates a tremendous amount of uncommon courage and valor. On the fast track toward becoming chief, it seemed there was nothing that could stop his dizzying ascent toward success. That is, until the political winds changed in his town and corruption began to reign. Burned is the story of how a good man's life was first disrupted and then destroyed because he would not compromise or 'play ball' with rampant organized crime and political wrongdoing. It is an important parable of good versus evil in today's society, showing that, unfortunately, the good guys don't always win. If it happened to this man, under these circumstances, it could happen to you.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Agent man returns undercover as an Italian photographer stalking spies. The adventures continue with an air rescue on a Caribbean island, helping Scotland Yard catch jewel thieves and protecting the President. Agent Man Links up one more time with 'Jerry the Forger' and much more. …

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Work Ethics And The Generation Gap!Many employers are noticing a pessimistic difference in today's generation. We are all asking what happened to responsibility, motivation, having positive values, and integrity along with wanting and expecting more of today's youth and ourselves. Of course, there are many who have that excellent work ethic already. There are those who are workaholics and may need more balance in their lives, and maybe manage their time more wisely, which is also covered in this book. It sounds like there may be some questions. The real question may be: 'Do we have the answers and how do we meet this solution as a nation ' I believe those of us who are parents, employers, teachers and all positive active members of the community can motivate the necessary changes towards more agreeable and moral principals. Dr. Joanne Sujansky, founder of KEY group, author, and certified professional speaker sheds some light on Generation X, Y, and the baby boomers in chapter ten. Also find out what the community has to say in chapter seven.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - A focused, multi-dimensional approach to help people searching for motivation and direction so they can connect where they have been and where they are to where they want to go in life.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - May all beings enjoy 'The Enlightenment.'The Enlightenment and Captain James Cook, The Lono-Cook-Kirk-Regenesis, is a thoroughly informative and a deeply personal read. It is a fictionalized biography that takes place during Britain's 'Age of Enlightenment and Discovery' and it is highly 'truth based,' integrating the 'first written and compiled' Polynesian facts and mythology that includes the diaries and actual journals of the many men on board Cook's ships. No writer has better put together a more complete compilation of the facts integrated with mythology and told in novel form, giving the reader a bird's eye view of the action. She touches on James Cook and his co-relation with Gene Roddenberry's James T. Kirk and how it inter-relates with her own account of learned spiritual wisdom and her 'mythic writers journey.' She gives a personal account of her journey that was guided by the 'Aumakua' (Hawaiian and British ancestors alike) and Archangel Metatron, to create a feature film script about James Cook that led her on a spiritual pilgrimage where she encountered the truth behind, reincarnation, remanifestation, archetypes and extraterrestrial realities. She then made a trip to Sarnath, India and also discovered a link to Polynesia with the name 'Lono' (or Rono; the name Cook was referred to as when he arrived in Polynesia) and the 'Phurba Diety' in ancient Tibet.ReviewsThis is an important story that needs to be told and your writing is very good. See to it that the film gets produced.Jagdish P. Sharma, Professor, Department of History, University of Hawaii at Manoa.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Fatal Curiosity intertwines the lives of six people in a deadly web of suspicion and betrayal. Beginning with what seemed like a simple accounting error in the company's bookkeeping records, Jackie Ramirez is drawn into a deadly game of detective work where no one can be trusted and everyone is a suspect.Set in the bucolic region of southern New England, the story takes the reader on a spellbinding ride through the Caribbean and the seedy side of south Florida. Bent on finding the truth, Jackie faces the possibility that her investigation could cost her more than just her job and sets in motion a series of events with potentially fatal consequences.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The year is 1981, and Stefano DiTommaso has a desperate problem: his family debt. The older of two Italian-American brothers, he must uphold his family's honor by repaying this debt, incurred in Sicily by his father many years before. It isn't monetary, but the debt keeps him under the thumb of a New York City organized-crime group-with the safety of his family dependent on his success at doing their bidding. Over the years, the teachings of the criminal organization, as well as his own experiences, have developed Stefano's talents in many areas--including the use of weapons. But his abilities are a double-edged sword. And his desperation is caused by the fear that, with the criminal organizations demands escalating, it is only a matter of time before they compel him to become a killer. His situation is even more complicated by the fact that he is a Catholic priest. When a violent crime is committed involving his sister-in-law, Stefano and his brother journey to the Florida Keys in search of retribution. With the area already a seething cauldron from race riots, violent dopers, and 'Marielitos,' adding them to the mix will be just the right ingredient to make the pot boil over. In Key West their dangerous quest thrusts the brothers into a complex, violent world of drug smugglers, murderers, and crooked cops. Still, a few heroes emerge to help them. And while everyone seems to have their own secrets and hidden agenda, Stefano finally gets the opportunity to use some of his abilities in a positive, personal way. But, when their interlude in the Keys has ended, it has only served to postpone Stefano's focus on his incessant dread: the family debt. Will he ever be free of it Finally, he must return to New York City to confront it.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - After a life time of seeing this Country we love, developing problem, after problem, and not fixing any of them, some one had to speak out. Just stop and think about any problem that comes to mind, gas prices, health care, lost jobs, or a hundred others you could come up with. What caused them It wasn't the people, or a terrorist, business, or an enemy, it was the Governments actions, or inactions. Our government of the people, by the people, and for the people, is supposed to be a representative democracy. Represent is the word lost, the people we send to Washington think representing us, is them doing as they please. From our President, to our Senators and representatives, they tell us what is good for us, and dictate what we must endure. Our political party system, has become like two Mafia gangs, trying to take the other out to run the show. No matter which is in power, the crimes are the same. We are to blame because we let these people who are our hired help, forget this fact, and think they are like exalted rulers. They have used politics to divide us, gave us divided Government, and divided and conquered us. A divided people can not stand, can we ever be one people, one nation under God, one for all, and all for one, as some men dreamed.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - First-time author, Mary Baxter, shares the amazing true-life story of Cristian Lobos. From the streets of Santiago, Chile, to Canada, Cristian discovers that freedom from poverty, violence, alcoholism, abuse, and incest does not come easily. Simply changing countries does not solve one's problems! Journey along as Cristian struggles through life, eventually hits a low-point that brings him to his knees, and begins questioning his very existence. Discover, as Cristian did, how individuals come into our lives, guide us on our paths, and ultimately aid us in achieving the ultimate life - one of joy, energy, and abundance! Mary Baxter writes from her home in Ontario, Canada, where she lives with her son, Christopher. This is her first novel. Gut-wrenching - Passionate - Lovely - Inspiring!The must-read book of 2008.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - A TIME TO GATHER STONES is a companion book to the author's earlier novel, ONE MAN'S WAR. The latter was the story of a young man caught up in The Great War of 1918. This is a continuation of his life, but told from the eyes of the sweetheart who wrote him so faithfully and became his wife. It is basically an account of a young woman faced with a widening world . The 1920's and 1930's change the role of women forever, and Lindy Jones moved with it. A person of inner strenghth amd a fierce determination she took up her role as a small-town wife and mother, a support to her husband and his career as a newspaper publisher and a leader among her peers. When her life reaches a time of crisis at the end, she meets the challenge head-on.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - In the final book of the Cyannian Trilogy, I infer that humanity on the virgin world, Avataria, will follow a life-style similar to Earth. Not simply because the people of Earth have seeded it, but that I am influenced in my belief that the basic constituents and mechanisms to support the physical life exist everywhere in the universe. The three books of the Cyannian Trilogy, describe an evolutionary cycle of events that suggest the inhabitants of Earth are descendants of a successfully proven civilisation. Having seeded Earth, this civilisation is then governed by a universal protocol that forbids them to interfere with the learning processes on this new world. The final book takes the reader into the spiritual dimension, where they witness the lives of the young spirits undergoing their trials on this new world. Their spiritual guides are now proven souls who had lived on Earth in the first two books.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - I wrote this memoir---- 'Jailhouse Journal of an OB/GYN' while serving time. With the possible demise of Roe v Wade my memoir will be timely and of great interest for anyone concerned about the abortion issue. My memoir explains the events that led to my being charged with homicide as it explores the collaboration between the anti-abortion network, the Medical Board and the District Attorney's office. My memoir consists of anecdotal experiences that motivated me to study medicine, encouraged me to become an OB/GYN physician and compelled me to be a full-time abortion provider. The autobiographical adventures travel from college and medical school in Florida to my sleepless internship in New Orleans, through my OB/GYN residency training. It continues with my service in the USAF in France as a medical officer; to Seattle in private practice; then again in the direction of military service as an OB/GYN attached to the Marine Corps and finally as a traveling abortion provider and eventually a convicted felon doing time. My experiences have filled my life with inspiration, love, humor, sadness, joy and much irony. (My memoir does not contain any fiction!).…