Authorhouse uk aug 2005 (9 risultati)

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The settings of this book are many and varied. One setting is the Philippine city of Manila; the next setting is the container ship which transports the villains. The third setting is the Panama Canal; the fourth setting is the Republic of Panama itself. Nick Savage is the protagonist secretly employed as a sleeper agent, working for the CIA to keep watch over the Panama Canal. He is to report anything suspicious and discovers an Al-Queda plot to destabilize the free world, using the Panama Canal as a pawn. The antagonists in this book are a group of Philippine Nationals of a designated 'Moro' faction of an Al-Queda branch. This book is likely to appeal to readers because therein is a plot that leads the reader through true descriptions of many of the Panama Canal Locks operations and hardware. The target audience could be anyone who enjoys an action adventure with a different plot With a lot of insight into the operation and maintenance of the Canal itself. I worked at the Panama Canal Locks so that the reader will benefit from an insider's look at the operation of the Panama Canal. I also know the weaknesses that are inherent in the operation. I lead the reader through many of my own personal experiences on board ships, and an abundant knowledge of ship handling from many aspects.…

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 - Forced by federal regulations to retire at age 60, Jerry Sorlucco had served as an airline captain for nearly forty years and was probably the senior pilot on the planet. During that long career, he flew everything from DC3s to Boeing 767s. His memoir documents that experience professionally, personally and to some extent technically. Anyone with any curiosity about the life, work, gear and training of an airline pilot will find something engaging in this book. The story begins with an Italian kid from Brooklyn''s early love of flying and ends with his final flight from Frankfurt in 1997. Photographs of the aircraft Sorlucco flew, crewmembers, and his friends and family enhance the lively narrative. Given the sorry state of the airline industry, this story is especially timely. Sorlucco discusses some of the reasons for the industry''s collapse and offers some possible solutions. In fact, the entire narrative is framed in its historical context, so the reader will be constantly reminded of the wider world surrounding a personal journey. A Good Stick is a must read for the thousands of fellow pilots who shared an era with Jerry Sorlucco, for young pilots trying to keep afloat in a sea of airline red ink, and for anyone wondering what on Earth happened to America''s airline industry. For the aficionado, the historical and technical data in the narrative is not merely anecdotal; it is thoroughly researched and accurate.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Passports to Adventure tells, in a highly readable, down-to-earth, and amusing style, how an international businessman and his family met the many challenges of living and working in Europe, the Middle East, South America, and Asia. The author and his wife dealt with an remarkable variety of unusual situations and colorful characters, including a smuggler and an assassin, an archbishop and a Mafia don, a bigamist and a prince, a counterfeiter and an Abbott, as well as scores of farmers, business people, government officials, educators, and ordinary citizens in all walks of life in some forty countries. The book describes unorthodox business operations and fascinating personal experiences. It offers acute insights into many diverse cultures. Although primarily written as entertaining reading, it is also informative. Anyone interested in travel abroad, international commerce, and the customs, practices, and life in foreign lands, will enjoy this book. The tales are all true, although the names of certain individuals have been altered to protect their privacy. The author has been a senior executive of giant multinational corporations, as well as the founder of several small entrepreneurial companies. He has worked in a number of widely diverse industries ranging from automobiles to motion pictures and from paper products to medical devices. The book spans a period of several decades. Consequently, the political environments and the standards of living in some of the countries have changed over the years. However, the basic cultures, business practices, and moral dilemmas continue to be very much as the author described them. His observations and recommendations to individuals interested in traveling, living, or working abroad remain valid and pertinent today. Some of the material in this book was published in 'Confessions of a Corporate Centurion' by the same author, from 1st Books Library.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Dorothy Foreman German was born October 1, 1917 to George and Naomi Foreman in Pawnee, Missouri, joining older sister, Ruby. She and her family lived in a four room farmhouse where she spent twenty happy years enjoying all the fun and work of a farming family. Her childhood was spent as an active outdoor girl learning all she could about nature. From a very young age, her parents encouraged music and poem recitation. There were many opportunities to 'perform' at church picnics and family/ neighborhood gatherings. Attending a one-room country school, she graduated from the eighth grade in 1931 with the highest honors in the district. Ribbon, her horse, took her to high school in Hatfield, Missouri daily, almost 6 miles each way. During those four years, she participated in school plays and assembly programs receiving many accolades and graduating as Valedictorian of her senior class. September 25, 1937, was her wedding day to Elden Newell German on September 25, 1937. This continued her life on a farm for almost twenty more years. It was during the first year of her marriage when she began to write. Dorothy enjoyed singing with her mother so much, the rhythms continued onto paper. It was Mother's Day 1938 when she had no money for a gift that she penned her first poem for her beloved mother. The title 'Mom'. She sent this poem to a homemaker's radio program in Shenandoah, IA where it was read over the airwaves by Adella Shoemaker. In 1956, Elden and Dorothy moved their two young girls to central Iowa where she now resides. Dorothy continued writing and was urged by friends to join a writer's workshop. She felt she would be inferior to all those college graduates, but she attended anyway. It was the encouragement of these fellow writers that pressed her on. She has written over 150 poems with various subject matters and for several different occasions. Many of us have enjoyed Christmas poems from her for more than 35 years. Many more hav.…

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 wellbeing Shahzad 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.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This book is a peak into the mind of a pack of wolves. How they think and how they react to the human involvement around them. It is a fantasy fiction based on factual places which I have been and seen. This approach has never been taken before to my knowledge. The wolves thought waves are spoken in the human tongue therefore I have given them almost human personalities and yet they are all wolf. They interact with a young Indian boy that is almost blind and save him from a near death experience of a spring blizzard. Their friendship grows from this experience which will continue their entire lives. This book is written before the white man came to the plains. Life was simple. The way it could have been, should have been and maybe was. This book is compelling, colorful and will capture your attention. Cubby and Curly, two young wolves, have attached themselves to Moon Boy which is the nearly blind Indian boy. They will help him and give him the gift of sight. Moon Boy will use this second sight to see above and beyond human ability. This will help him through many life challenges. They will face fierce animals, Indian raids and survive life on the Plains.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - In the story of 'Nicholas Mickelby: Shadow at Lighthouse Point,' D. P. Walton put a lot of his curiosity and independence into Nicholas, the main character. Nicholas roams the continent with his family. His dad, an event coordinator, travels abroad during the year as he takes Nicholas, Sis, Mrs. Mickelby, and Fern - their Scottish Collie - to many different places. There are plenty of opportunities for adventure in Crescent City. The Shadow, a tall, scary lighthouse watchman, keeps them running. Hidden treasure, caves, and a kite fair are just some of the excitement. Nicholas, with his summer time friends, Jason and Isaak, spy and search for the truth. It is fun, yet scary, in an exciting chase from thieves, bullies, and an old, mean, Mrs. Rumble, a grouchy neighbor, right to the fiery climax! Watch for Nicholas's next adventure, 'Stranded on Dolphin Island!'.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Ted Williams is perhaps the most fascinating, the most controversial - yes, and possibly the greatest - figure in American sports history. Only Babe Ruth, Muhammad Ali, and Michael Jordan stand on a pedestal with him. It is sad that millions of young people know only what they have read of his death. This book is not about his death. It is about his life. Ted Williams was an enigma, who just wouldn't fit into a mold. The Boston press once took a poll to name the least cooperative, most temperamental, most generous, and most cooperative players on the Red Sox. Williams came in first in every category. I knew Ted Williams for 45 years, beginning in 1957, and saw him play for 20, beginning in 1941. This has given me a unique box seat to this amazing chapter of Americana. To me he is the Beethoven and Monet of baseball. But why another Ted Williams book Ted is already the subject of a large and growing hagiography of excellent and readable books. His own My Turn At Bat is one of the most engaging autobiographies in sports literature. I made a modest contribution in 1991 with The Last 400 Hitter, about his magnificent season of 1941. Each biography draws on different sources. They are like the blind men who clutch different parts of an elephant. Each adds to the mosaic, as each gropes to discover this ebullient yet elusive and enigmatic man. In the present work I have tapped hitherto untapped sources in hopes of presenting the most complete story yet assembled of an amazing Renaissance man. Based on half a century of research, I have examined this many-sided genius from as many new angles as possible, hoping to paint the Cromwellian portrait that he himself would have wanted, warts and all. Ted and I spent hours probing his memory for games and players now largely lost to living memory. Beginning 20 years ago I also probed the memories of dozens of men, many now gone, who played with and against.…