Palibrio nov 2011 (100 risultati)

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This medical guide introduces methods that will help to heal currently incurable diseases, namely, cancers and collagen and allergic diseases.Although all of currently available cancer drugs are harmful due to their strong side effects, harmless and side effect-free cancer drugs; benzaldehyde derivatives, were discovered by a Japanese genius in 1980. Owing to the experts' intentional silence, the discovery is still unknown to most people. Three decades having passed, it seems to be about time for everybody to know about it. Details are given in the second chapter.A novel concept concerning antibodies' replacements was conceived by another Japanese genius, namely, the author in 1991. His trials to publicize the concept through popular medical journals met a stubborn resistance, presumably because the concept is too simple and clear-cut and yet extraordinarily useful, namely, literally all of collagen and allergic diseases heal completely by its application. Detailed explanations are given in the first chapter.The third chapter demonstrates a handy way to improve over-nourished states without restricting food intake.The fourth and fifth chapters give information concerning enlightenment, cosmic providence, cosmic views, etc.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - To progress successfully through all of their stages of development, children need to grow up in good communities. Good communities do not occur without viable, productive families. In Restoring Power to Parents and Places, author Richard Kordesh makes a compelling call for the productive family's renewal and provides creative steps for parents, professionals, and policymakers to take to strengthen communities around all children. Kordesh's experiences as a planner, professor, and father, have taught him that productive families are vitally important to the creation of good communities around children. He details historically, and with contemporary examples, the forces in our society that place stresses on families in all sectors. Restoring Power to Parents and Places presents a pointed critique of economic and political forces that have harmed families, but it also offers practical suggestions for action by parents, community leaders, community development and planning professionals, and governments at the local, state, and federal levels. Restoring Power to Parents and Places celebrates the productive potentials of a family's habitat, and it provides tools for empowering families-giving them more time and ability to raise their children.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - 'Ten years ago I could easily have cleared that pond.' 'I'm okay until about the fourteenth hole; then I can feel myself getting tired.' 'I've had to shorten my backswing; otherwise, my old back will keep me up all night.' Sound familiar As much as we may hate to admit it, at sixty-plus we're different from younger golfers both physically and mentally. While this isn't necessarily bad, it does impact how we play. In How to Drop Five Strokes without Having One, author Dr. John D. Drake explains how awareness of these changes can allow us to adapt; we can still lower our scores and get more fun from our favorite pastime. Drake offers specific techniques and strategies geared toward seniors that can be readily adapted to every facet of your golf game-tee box, fairway, bunker, and green. How to Drop Five Strokes without Having One provides not only easy-to-apply suggestions for lower golf scores, but also tips on how to reduce anxiety and tension. With photos included, How to Drop Five Strokes without Having One helps solve the unique problems encountered by aging golfers and helps you lower your handicap while enjoying the game.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Take steps to grow spiritually and personally with a renowned life and career coach who will lead you down the right path.Author Kelly MacLellan, founder of Embrace Your Life Coaching, provides detailed activities and exercises and challenges you to chase your dreams. As someone who has struggled through a miscarriage, infertility, and divorce, she knows what it's like to feel trapped. More importantly, she knows how to escape and find freedom. In this guide, she provides¿ tools, activities and resources to empower yourself;¿ action plans so you can reach your full potential;¿ insights to help you find peace and harmony in your relationships;¿ hope so you can overcome obstacles to achieve your goals.Explore your beliefs and think about things in a new way to start living more authentically. Approach each day with wonderment, spend more time with family and friends, and deepen your spirituality with proven strategies. It all starts by making the choice to follow your heart and discover your life purpose, with an expert coach leading the way.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - 'FOR BITTEN LIPS AND SUBTLE SLIPSOF SWOLLEN TONGUESARE SOLACED BY OIL AND WINE,AND BY SOIL AND LOAM'MIDLAND.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - In an effort to address her obsession with worrying about people, ten-year-old Trina decides to invent an object she calls the Thing. Whenever Trina starts becoming overly concerned about someone, she opens the top of her magical box, peeks inside, and hopes that everything she sees will make her feel all right. But one night, everything is not all right. While looking in the Thing, Trina sees her older sister involved in a deadly car crash. Suddenly, Trina is left trying to make sense of events that are difficult for her to understand: her sister's death, her alcoholic father, her overworked mother, and her relationship with a God that would let bad things happen to good people. The tragedy that befalls her family teaches Trina how to survive disappointment and loss with humor, love, and a belief in second chances.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Cloud by Day, Fire by Night offers a modern-day parable of one man's choices and the attitudes that can make the difference between success and failure. Sportsman, businessman, entrepreneur, devoted husband, and father, author Dennis Hurst found himself in the depths of despair following a devastating divorce. From the thrills of an early professional soccer career to the life of a high-flying business executive and head of a start-up retail business, he suddenly had to begin his life anew at the age of fifty-two. Sitting alone on the only piece of furniture in an apartment hurriedly rented with his last two thousand dollars, he pondered his fate.Staring vacantly out the curtainless window as the drizzle outside turned into a steady downpour, he began to take stock of his life. As one who had experienced the exhilaration and rewards of professional sports, the perks and privileges of being a business executive, along with the prestige and position that such a lifestyle allows, he found his new, lowly station in life both unexpected and depressing. Or was it To the world's way of thinking, it seemed to be; it was one step away from living out on the street, under a bridge, fighting for survival-a total unmitigated disaster.Fortunately for Hurst, God had him exactly where he needed him and set him off on his personal journey of rediscovery.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Insightful, humorous, and inspiring memoir of self-described 'regular guy' Bob Brown's courageous battle with pancreatic cancer and his journey through the medical community to save his life. In a conversational tone that feels like you're chatting with a lifelong friend, Bob shares the play-by-play of his fight to stay alive and make the right treatment decisions, affirms the difference a positive attitude can make, and celebrates the unexpected gift of a new perspective on life.What would you do upon hearing your doctor utter the words 'inoperable pancreatic cancer' If you or someone you love has been diagnosed, this amazing story of survival will move you, amuse you, and instill hope in your heart.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Private Jacob Murray, a twenty-six-year old Pennsylvanian volunteer in the ranks of George Washington's Virginia Provincial Militia, is scouting the dense, almost impassable Ohio Valley wilderness in May 1754. Together with his twin brother, Israel, and two Seneca warriors, Jacob searches for a party of French troops encroaching on British soil. Back at home, Murray's wife, Maggie, and their four children eke out a spare existence until a group of French and Huron war parties raid their small farm. Taken captive, they are unsure if they will live to see their husband and father again. With word spreading that French-backed Delaware raiding parties are decimating the Pennsylvanian countryside and taking white captives, young Major Washington, Murray, and a French officer bent on revenge are destined to cross paths. As three hostile entities continue to vie for control of the coveted Ohio Valley, a war soon begins that will engulf them all. The Gauntlet Runner tells a tale of fractured lives, broken treaties, and the stark realities of the struggles faced by early American settlers as they risk their lives to cultivate the young, formidable nation.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Unique and intriguing, Famous but Nameless focuses on the Bible's anonymous supporting cast, highlighting important character strengths expressed in their words and deeds.Author Mark Hendrickson's studies of lesser-known individuals from the Old and New Testaments offer tales rich with lessons that can instruct, inspire, or guide. Optional questions for discussion follow each story, suitable for Sunday school classes, Bible study groups, or personal reflection.Including figures as diverse as Samson's mother, the crew on Jonah's boat, Pilate's wife, and Paul's jailer, this collection revisits forty-five Bible episodes from a fresh, insightful perspective. Although written from a Christian perspective, Famous but Nameless highlights character attributesthat anyone can admire.'What a great expression of love! [It] will bring blessings to each one who reads it.'Rev. Larry Bernard, OFM'. inspiring stories with lessons in moral character to teach our children.'Cheri Hollenbaugh, veteran home-schooling mom.'.understandable.engaging .Mark has lifted up the unnamed of long ago and in so doing helps to lift us up as well.'Rev. Dr. Gary F. Lewis.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Long ago, in the high hills outside of a thriving farm community, four young adventurers stumble upon a skeleton against a sloping cavern wall. With few clues to the skeleton's identity besides silver and gold coins and a mysterious tablet adorned with four stones, the adventurers, Garik, Kalus, Azure, and Trake, claim the treasure as their own. They create medallion necklaces from the jewels and proclaim their first expedition a smashing success. None of the boys has any idea that this unearthing will lead them on an incredible and dangerous coming-of-age journey. Years after their discovery, Azure is killed in a battle with an evil mage and Trake is attacked by men who want his medallion. Meanwhile, Kalus escapes a dungeon and Garik reaps the rewards of his talents as a hunter and trapper, oblivious to the fact that someone is willing to do anything to acquire the medallions that still hang around their necks. As the three remaining adventurers meet up once again, in a world full of war and mages that quest for ultimate power and never-ending life, they must battle to survive as they attempt to discover the origin of the infamous Stones of Creation. …

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - In an America marked by catastrophic economic crisis, the country remains mired in the Great Depression fifty years after the introduction of the New Deal. With Franklin Delano Roosevelt still at the helm of the government well into the twentieth century, the nation is awash in trouble despite the monumental works programs and vast edifice building. It's a time when filling the gas tank to the top is a privilege reserved for movie moguls and heiresses.On staff with the Federal Writer's Project, Bryan travels across the time-frozen landscape researching his Last Man book, which documents the lives of the survivors who cling to the margins of society. Talking with these Americans convinces him firsthand the true depths to which the country has sunk, and it forces him to make a choice: rather than continue to suckle on the teat of federal largesse, he must strike at the heart of the New Deal and challenge the great man himself.An elegant allegory, The Land of Magical Thinking explores an off-kilter world of strange government politics and bureaus-the result of a Depression lasting through two generations of Americans.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - St. Patrick High School, a small, no-frills Catholic institution located in a rough urban area of New Jersey, houses one of the nation's most storied high school basketball programs. Kevin Boyle, a leader who garnered multiple National Coach of the Year awards, cultivated that winning tradition, and brought the team to the top of its sport over the course of two decades. In Celtic Pride, sportswriter and author Brian Fitzsimmons chronicles a group of teenagers forced to juggle friendship and the immense pressure of being on the nation's best team throughout the 2010-2011 season, while unmasking the man behind it all. This biography narrates how, with the help of a close support system and famous alumni now making headlines at the collegiate and professional levels, Boyle orchestrated a rags-to-riches story. Despite being hampered by a budget shortfall strong enough to present a potential death blow to his school's existence, Boyle not only produced a number of high-achieving players but also earned the reputation of being one of the most respected high school basketball coaches in the United States. …

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - It is 1871 in Idaho Territory, and fourteen-year-old Samuel Chambers is, in many ways, already a man. After journeying west with his father in search of a golden ledge, Samuel ¿nds himself living in the midst of a raucous mining camp ¿lled with gold-hungry Chinese. Gold is scarce, and everyone wants it-including Samuel, whose main goal in life is to get 'lucky rich.' But Samuel has no idea that the path to achieving his dream is lined with danger like he has never seen before. Samuel refuses to believe all the naysayers as he embarks on a journey from placer mining to prospecting and from peddling merchandise to running assays. But life in the Wild West is unpredictable, and there are those so intent on ¿nding riches that they will kill anyone who happens to get in their way. Even as danger lurks in the shadows, Samuel cannot keep his eyes ö Miss Lilly, a beautiful dancehall lady who intrigues him more than he would like to admit. Despite his attempts to balance a courtship with achieving his dream, nothing prepares Samuel for what is about to happen next. In this compelling historical tale, a teenager on a coming-of-age journey in remote Idaho faces prejudice and peril as he struggles to carve a living from the land and build a new future. …

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Karin Jansen has gone missing-right before heading off for vacation with her boyfriend, Deke Mitchell. She disappears under very suspicious circumstances, and the authorities can't help but think it has something to do with her high-profile job as a lawyer working for the United States Attorney General. But who would have the motive Who would want Karin to disappear-perhaps permanently Deke isn't your usual boyfriend, though. He works for the group known only as RECOM, the most secretive of the CIA's Black Op units, and he's on the verge of retiring-until his boss calls him in to request Deke take on one more job. Twenty million dollars have gone missing in Pakistan, and the CIA suspects terrorists. Deke knows the Middle East better than anyone, so he doesn't have a choice-even though he's having trouble reaching Karin.Once overseas, the news that Karin has actually disappeared compounds the trouble he encounters from al-Qaeda soldiers. Now Deke is in a race against time to recover millions of dollars and save his girlfriend's life. From northwestern Pakistan to the backwoods of West Virginia, this is Deke Mitchell's final mission. Only time will tell, though, whether he'll get out of the CIA alive.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Trixy Maclean is beautiful, twenty-one, and ready to take on the world. When she finishes her training to become a flight attendant, she begins her career in New York City, where she hopes to find excitement, adventure, and, hopefully, the love of her life. There, she joins her beloved cousin, Janice, but soon Trixy's new life begins to resemble a nightmare.She is torn from the frantic streets of New York and transported to the grand boulevards of Paris, France. Taken to Paris by a secret family tragedy, young, idealistic Trixy must grow up fast, because the terror has yet to end. With the help of charming aristocrat Phillipe de Bray, Trixy may find a way to heal fresh wounds on foreign soil. Still, she has trouble forgetting dashing New York pilot Ryan Smith.As Trixy finds out, it's impossible to know what life-and air travel-has in store for her. No matter the preparations or the intentions, flight plans and life plans change. Maybe there is still hope for Trixy in New York City. Maybe her family's terrible secrets can be washed clean. Maybe it's not too late for love. …

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Today, changes are occurring at a rapid pace in our society, and some changes are staring at us in the face. Why are Christians depending on others to do God's work There is a need out there, and it is with our youth. We are in a generation that has left our youth in a precarious position-broken homes from divorce, stepfathers and stepmothers raising children, single parents, grandparents raising their grandchildren, foster homes, children living out of suitcases, and children raising children. Where are the leaders, and where are the Christians Mentoring Youth in Action is dedicated to filling the void that has been imposed upon our youth.Author Mark Stiles has developed a unique, easily taught curriculum for youth, with one-of-a-kind illustrations. This seven-session course is a balanced presentation of content and application designed to assist youth in understanding how God can help them to cope with the challenges facing each of them. It is important not to overload students with content, but instead show them the relevance of further study of God's work, as well as how to apply what they've learned to their own lives.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Toadsuck isn't a town. It's not even a village. It's a place located on the bank of the Arkansas River. But, as a child, author John 'J. Dub' Black grew up in the area. In this memoir, he narrates a patchwork of stories that re¿ ect the adventures of his youth near Toadsuck.Tales from Toadsuck follows four years of Black's life beginning at age ten, when he fought the two asylum attendants as they dragged his screaming mother from their house, locked her in a van, and left. His alcoholic dad watched quietly and then drove away in his car never to return. His memoir describes the boy's thirty-mile bike ride through farm country to the home of his aunt and uncle who let him live there and work on the farm. He shares tales of being attacked by a 400-pound wild pig, nearly drowning in a raging river, and playing Halloween pranks with his friends.A story of both survival and love, Tales from Toadsuck tells of a boy coming of age while tackling both the good and the bad that life throws at him.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Since 1800, students have spent millions of hours learning English grammar. Students and teachers have toiled at parsing and analysis, dreading the English exam at the end of the year, as debate over the real value of learning grammar has raged. Nowhere have these arguments been as passionate as in the English-speaking colonies of Canada, New Zealand, and Australia.In 200 Years of Grammar, author Dr. Laurence Walker narrates a detailed history of the origins and evolution of grammar education and its relationship to English usage in Canada, New Zealand, and Australia. Walker presents a discussion of grammar's educational signi¿cance and provides a framework for how the context of the politics surrounding grammar teaching äects students and teachers.O¿ering many applicable examples, 200 Years of Grammar gives insight into the issues with which English teachers around the world have grappled for years. It provides teachers, students, and those interested in the English language with an engaging history of grammar education from the introduction of state curriculum through to the twenty-¿rst century.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Fifteen-year-old Ryan Constave feels like a total geek. He has lived his entire life in the shadow of his older sister and his best friend, both of whom are smart, attractive, and athletic. The only thing Ryan feels like he has going for him is his straight-as-an-arrow moral compass, but even that seems to get him into trouble. One day, while trying to avoid some of his bully classmates, Ryan visits his elderly friend, Aiden, and hears a story about the Six Elements-magical objects that are said to grant remarkable powers to those who wield all of them. That same night, Ryan is blinded by a white light that transports him to a mystical world filled with wizards, elves, and talking horses. In this world, danger awaits around every corner. In a desperate bid to return home alive, Ryan enlists the help of two half-elf, half-human allies, Illian and Alantria, who serve as both Ryan's protectors and teachers. As Ryan sets out to find the Six Elements and use their power to send him home, he learns that that the fate of this strange new world and its inhabitants now rests entirely on his shoulders. But with his newfound power, Ryan is also faced with a dilemma: stay true to his morals-which have brought him nothing but misery-or abandon that path in favor of seizing what he deserves.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - As a radical Christian Lebanese sect secretly plans an act of terrorism, Colin Gordon begins his next assignment at the American Embassy in Germany. Masquerading as a Foreign Service reserve officer, Gordon is in fact a senior CIA case officer with a specialty in obtaining unauthorized views of foreign governments. But when he receives a postcard from his operational contact Ganymede, everything around him begins to change. As the militia launches a series of attacks against United States interests that reach far beyond the mayhem of war-torn Lebanon, Gordon's dangerous journey to the truth leads him through the streets of Beirut and Athens, to a terrorist training camp in North Africa, and finally to New York and Washington, where the Secretary of State faces a perilous fight for his life. In this fast-paced tale of international intrigue, tensions between truth and spin rise as a spy with unmatched instincts is immersed in a dangerous and bold strategy to lure the United States into a conflict like no other.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - With medical advances, people are living longer than ever before, and in many cases, with a higher quality of life for much of that time. Despite the potential of a long, healthy life, however, many individuals find themselves facing end-of-life issues they never anticipated. And to Christians, those decisions may be especially difficult.In My Hope Is Built .: Christian Perspectives on Decisions at the End of Life, author F. Walton Avery examines critical writings about available options for those facing end-of-life decisions for themselves or for someone they love. He looks at Christian responses to vital questions that come at the end of life. Avery looks closely at whether the prohibition against suicide or assisted death can be suspended and, in the name of Christian faith, the suffering individual be permitted to commit suicide or be party to assisted death.Regardless of circumstances, making end-of-life decisions are likely to be difficult. My Hope Is Built .: Christian Perspectives on Decisions at the End of Life can help one make those decisions in light of their Christian beliefs.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Did you know that you could choose to be happy After surviving several personal trials and tribulations, author Melanie Thomas-Price discovered that her happiness is tied to her free will to live a life of joy. She experienced a devastating car accident in 1994 that would change the course of her life forever; then, within a few months, another devastating car accident changed her life again. She was lost and unsure how to rebuild her life. As she searched for a way through this difficult time, she found the thing she needed the most was a sincere relationship with Jesus. You Can Choose to Be Happy chronicles her journey from the darkness into the light-and true happiness.For some it takes great effort to cultivate joy and happiness. Thomas-Price talks about how she found the courage to choose happiness in the wake of so much sadness. She encourages everyone to look at life's circumstances and to change them by accepting the Word of God. You Can Choose to Be Happy includes short passages to read and meditate upon. Then, a place to reflect in writing is provided to encourage you to record your thoughts. This journal is designed to help you train yourself to reframe your mindset. By altering your habits, you can transform your outcomes and live a happy life.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - It is Christmas Eve and the Vanity Fair Mall Santa Claus is nearly finished being jolly old Saint Nicholas for another year. But there is something different about this Santa. He is renting a body from mortal Ken Larsen. Santa listens carefully to Christmas wishes and speaks words of wisdom to each child, but when ten-year-old Billy Mitchell sits on his lap and asks for world peace, Santa suddenly realizes it is the one wish he is unable to grant. After Ken's shift as Santa ends, he heads to his girlfriend Sandy's home with his red bag on his shoulder. They exchange gifts, and it seems like a peaceful Christmas Eve until the doorbell rings. Suddenly Ken finds himself precariously perched on a dilapidated fire escape outside Sandy's window-with her jealous husband inside. Things go from bad to worse when Ken slips on the icy platform and plunges to his death. But all is not lost when Ken meets Jesus and learns he must return to his body and travel to Israel and help the world make peace. Limited only by Santa's rules, Ken must do everything within his newfound spiritual powers to grant Billy's wish. In this fictional parable, one man holds the weight of the world on his shoulders as he makes an unprecedented attempt to achieve worldwide peace.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Rose Aimée was born in the winter of 1938 in a remote village in the province of Quebec. Eager to learn, she began attending a one-room school in 1945 at the age of seven. Unfortunately, she had to quit school after fourth grade so that she could care for her sick mother and four younger siblings. It was a time of great struggle, but it was just the beginning of her journey. Spanning seven decades, A Road without a Map recounts Rose's life as she developed from a shy girl to a successful business woman, wife, and mother. Ambitious and energetic, Rose began her first job as a housekeeper at the age of fifteen and from there took on a string of jobs in her quest to better herself. The years brought more challenges. Rose was forced to give up her infant daughter, and she and her husband, Henry, faced prejudice because of his Chinese descent. But Rose kept persevering. She and Henry had a daughter, bought their own restaurant, and even traveled to China. Though there were tough times ahead, Rose had truly found a new life, one far removed from the rural Quebec cabin of her birth. Clearly detailed, A Road without a Map reveals one woman's remarkable strength and spirit through the diverse events of her life.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - In all thy ways acknowledge him and he shall direct thy paths.Proverbs 3:6 KJVBe Still and Know will provide inspiration and encouragement forlife's wonderful journey. Often we find ourselves in the midst of astorm before we take the time to hear God's voice.Slow down and enjoy the JOURNEY.Enjoy God's gift of life as you discover 'God's Path.' I hope thisbook will encourage you to live, love, laugh and enjoy each new dayGod has given you.Give generouslyObeyD'isciple othersServePray dailyAppreciate God's blessingsTell others about JesusHear God's voice.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - It all begins innocently on a trip to New York. When Madeleine Kirsh walks into a Tibetan antique store and meets the proprietor, Tenzin Choden, she senses something that seems quite familiar, yet very far away.After a lengthy conversation, Tenzin shocks her visitor by claiming their relationship started hundreds of years earlier when she served as a servant and confidant to Madeleine, who was a Tibetan princess descended from royalty. It is then that Tenzin explains that they were given a special gift to promote goodness and kindness in the world. Their task was to safeguard this treasure by passing it back and forth to each other as they are reincarnated through the ages.To confirm this truth of time, Madeleine recounts her personal stories about the world in which she presently lives as Tenzin explains how those experiences also reflect her past lives. With many twists and turns along the way, the surprise ending finally allows the woman to fulfill their task and pass the gift between them for the good of humanity.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Whether you have been diving for years or just thinking about sticking your fins in the water for the first time, The First 130 Feet: True Stories from the Dive Deck will take you on underwater adventures you won't ever forget. Journey with author Ken Barrick as he explores hidden underwater worlds, from the Inner Harbor of Baltimore to Australia's Coral Sea. This collection of short stories entertains, educates, and inspires. Experience the terror of being face-to-face with a fourteen-foot hammerhead shark in 'Getting Hammered' or the exhilaration of swimming with a pack of wild dolphins in 'The Company of Dolphins.' In 'Lost at Sea,' you'll discover the helpless feeling of watching your boat drift away toward the horizon-without you aboard, and in 'Did You Know ' you'll be amazed by 'walking' sharks.Each story in The First 130 Feet is a unique and delightful journey into a fascinating underwater world. Prepare to dive in.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Have you ever wondered what a guide dog does How do they know to lead a blind owner Can they understand traffic lights Most importantly, how does the owner know where to pick up the poop This memoir answers these questions-and more. It tells what guide dogs are supposed to do. They're smart, loyal and well-trained-but not all dogs are created alike. Musket is proof of that. He's definitely got a thing for treats and belly rubs.For the first time, the dog has his say. (Of course he needed a little help with the typing, since he doesn't have opposable thumbs. That's where author Mark Carlson came in. Still, Musket is the brains of the outfit.)Mark and Musket tell their story with humor, emotion, and Musket's occasional contradictions. And at the end of the day, Musket somehow manages to be a great guide dog too. Confessions of a Guide Dog was written so a wonderful, devoted dog could reach out to those who haven't been lucky enough to meet him. He'll make you smile, laugh, cry, and want to give him treats. This is their story.(And they're sticking to it.).…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - In 2004, Steven Bové almost lost his life. He had been married barely five months, and his baffling medical emergency made his new wife fear that she was about to become his widow. When excruciating pain, first felt during a workout, pushed him from doctor to doctor without answers, the newlyweds feared the worst. Soon he found himself in intensive care with his life hanging in the balance. The reason soon became apparent: blood clots were ravaging his body and shutting down his lungs. Even though complications nearly cost him his leg and his life, he battled onward.Ten excruciating days later, Steven emerged from the hospital a changed man. His near-death experience pushed him further down a path of self-discovery than he had ever been before. In the process, he discovered much about his body and his mind. The experience upended all of his previously held beliefs and had him questioning all that matters in life. His quest for harmonizing the mind, body, and soul had begun. The same blood clots that nearly took his life also saved him-in ways no one expected.The first part of this journey saw Steven and his wife, Jenn, moving from New Jersey to the west coast of Florida. Realizing how precious life is, they decided there was no more waiting for the right time to do things. The right time became now.To this day, he pursues the now and takes nothing for granted.…