Westbow press apr 2006 (28 risultati)

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - A feeling of warmth, of security and of nostalgia-that's what Jill Larson Sundberg and MichaelLarson provide us in their newest book, Cozy Cozy.Their memories detailed on these pages apply topeople of all ages. All of us can remember withfondness our most precious 'Cozy Cozy' times.In this work, the authors recall and catalog avariety of 'Cozy Cozy' moments as children-as well as the 'Cozy Cozy'moments they have continued to enjoy in their adult years. Theirrecollections certainly will help you, whatever your age, remember 'CozyCozy' moments of your own.In Cozy Cozy, you will find wit and wisdom, hope and aspiration, andthoughts that will help lift you during the difficult times we all confrontin our lives. Remembering and relishing our 'Cozy Cozy' moments canhelp all of us live our lives to the fullest.The reminiscences here about the things that made us feel sowonderful and that enriched our lives will leave you feeling nostalgia fora time when being 'Cozy Cozy' provided the best possible reward.We wish all of you a 'Cozy Cozy' life.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The Burma-Shave craze reached its zenith during the 1950s, withmore than 7,000 signs posted across the United States.To market Burma-Shave, Allen Odell, an advertising wordsmith,devised the concept of sequential signs to sell his shaving cream.Typically, six signs were erected, with each of the first fivecontaining a line of verse, and the sixth trumpeting the brand name.Burma-Shave signs appeared in every state except Arizona,Nevada and New Mexico. The creative people at Burma-Shave, aswell as customers who sent in jingles of their own, ultimatelycreated more than 600 of the rhymes.In the world of advertising, Burma-Shave stood as unique, creatingsigns that became a part of the popular culture.Although the Burma-Shave company is no more, these fun littlerhymes hold great nostalgic value for those of us who fondlyremember them from our Sunday drives.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Faith Entrepreneurs is designed to equip leaders who want to launch bold entrepreneurial initiatives of faith-based people to empower institutions that are compassionate, caring, and healing.Dr. Michael Keith Simms, a consultant who specializes in nonprofit management and entrepreneurship, presents his ideas for successful spiritually guided leadership by touching on the following topics:How the faith-entrepreneur enterprise operatesBuilding a volunteer workforceThe nonprofit platformAcquiring the skills of capacity buildingGoing globalWriting business and/or strategic plansAnd much more!For those wanting to live a life of faith through the application of religious principles in relation to social science concepts, Faith Entrepreneurs will equip them in launching an organization that is dedicated to helping others through God.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - A Very Old New StoryKiri knows how to ride a horse, play soccer, and dream big dreams-but she is surprised that she can fly without wings. She lands in a mysterious valley surrounded by mountains, where the stars shine all day, a foreboding river bites its tail, and children play around the clock.The hermit in the hills calls this place Internity. As Kiri explores its mountains, she also gets to know her inner voice, IVy, who isn't always helpful when they face the giant fig tree and fight the old hag. Kiri rides an alchemical comet back to the valley and meets a loving teacher, who prepares her and two new friends, Samson and Yutta, for their journey back to Earth.In a library without books, the three friends face mirrors and shadows, and an ancient treasure helps them choose their next life. By the time they cross the big river they know their destiny and who they truly are.Magical and vividly imagined, Kiri Chooses A Life is inspired by a classic tale that dips into images and myths from ancient and current traditions.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - I want to state that I have lived one of the most bizarre, wildest, dangerous and tragic life any human being could have ever lived. I have been stabbed and shot before, damn near beaten to death by people with baseball bats, and being Catholic received my last rites two times. In my life I made a lot of big money, blew a lot of big money, did a lot of gambling, drank a lot of alcohol, did a lot of drugs, and from becoming a normal sex addict, I became a hardcore sadist and masochist sex addict.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - And again I want to state that I have lived one of the most bizarre, wildest, dangerous and tragic life any human being could have ever lived. I have been stabbed and shot before, damn near beaten to death by people with baseball bats, and being Catholic received my last rites two times. In my life I made a lot of big money, blew a lot of big money, did a lot of gambling, drank a lot of alcohol, did a lot of drugs, and from becoming a normal sex addict, I became a hardcore sadist and masochist sex addict.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - When I got to the room, Dalibor was not there. A huge explosion shook the ground. Unbeknownst to me then, the hotel was hit twice. The seriousness of the situation started to sink in. I decided to go down to the lobby and air raid shelter. I started to walk toward the main staircase through the hotel corridor full of dust. Suddenly, visibility was back. I was staring at an enormous cavity. That escape route was cut off. I started to feel panicky.Walking in the opposite direction, I located what I presumed were the service stairs, but that, too, sustained heavy damage. About half of the stairs were gone, but surrealistically stair railings were hanging between floors. I climbed down using the railing as an impromptu ladder, and by some miracle I reached the ground floor.Eventually I found my way to the cellar. Some people who were already there, informed me that the cellar was not bomb proof and if hit we'd be buried alive. What followed were hours of sheer terror. I imagine soldiers are exposed to something like that on the battlefield, but I was not a trained soldier. I was scared. In a situation like this with no prior exposure, I suppose self preservation takes over and rationalization no longer kicks in.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - In the early second century A.D., a conscientious Roman magistrate assumes his duties in the tranquil Bithynian city of Diakropolis, unaware that under its placid surface, a great and ancient evil holds sway over the town and its citizens. Marcellus, the magistrate, soon finds himself at odds with Siros, a powerful merchant and leader of the Order of Croesus, a sinister and secret organization that controls the city's commerce and politics.As Marcellus unwittingly begins to uncover a yet darker and more evil enterprise of the Order--the exploitation and persecution of the local Christian church--he finds himself drawn into the raging conflict between the laws of the empire he is sworn to serve and the faith of the fledgling sect. On a whirlwind ride through treachery, temptation and political intrigue, the magistrate braves calamities of all kinds in a quest for justice and truth, along the way finding unexpected allies among those who bear the curse of the empire. Filled with memorable characters and events, The Magistrate brims with heart-pounding action and thought-provoking messages that will leave a lasting impact on its readers. The adventure concludes in A Worthy Sacrifice, volume three of The Magistrate. …

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - In 1920, Ireland became two countries, Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic, both still being under British rule. The people in Northern Ireland are 2/3 Protestant and 1/3 Catholic, where in the Irish Republic, the people are 95% Catholic. Because of this, in Northern Ireland, the majority Protestants deprived the minority Catholics their political, economic and social rights. Then after the Catholic minorities unsuccessfully negotiated with the majority Protestants to receive their equal political, economic and social rights, the Catholic Irish Republican Army (IRA) was formed. The IRA is an underground army which uses many types of terrorism and violence to achieve their goals.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Author Leonardo Guzzardo states: 'There is no doubt in my mind that my story Calling Leonard Goofball, will go down in history as one of the funniest adult comedy fiction stories that has ever been written. And the main characters will someday become household names like the funniest comedy characters of yesterday and today have become. Believe me when I tell you this, when you read the book Calling Leonard Goofball, you're going to spill your guts out and fall on the floor laughing. Calling Leonard Goofball will definitely teach you about the birds and the bees.'.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The year is 1992 and Delaware's tumultuous gubernatorial debate is interrupted by an inspiring speech from a humble citizen named Karl Bontrager. After the speech, the consequences for Karl are severe: he is immediately fired from his job and becomes the target of media frenzy. Even though the news media is responsible for fueling a riot in his neighborhood, some political chicanery lands an innocent Karl in jail for creating a public disturbance.But Karl's inspirational speech has awakened the public. Concerned citizens, neighbors, Karl's granddaughter and some of her college classmates converge on the jail and demand Karl's release. Just as the governor issues an executive order to release him, the startled jailer tells the crowd that Karl is not there.The situation that ensues in Delaware has far more international and political consequences than anyone had imagined. A world away, the Soviet Union has become a struggling Commonwealth of Independent States. Faced with his own dilemma, the director of a former Soviet research facility is confronted by the prospect of losing many of his nuclear technicians to a wealthy dictatorship.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Even though author Ian Ransom's childhood environment tried to drain the life out of him, his Granny gave him an emancipating gift that helped him survive the chaos-laughter. Carrying on with the help of humor, he eventually found success by refusing to believe that the world is anything less than magical.Escape awaits you in Waiting for the Rapture, a collection of Ransom's real-life witticisms. Ransom pulls no punches as he discusses childhood abuse, the Virgin Mary, rock star encounters, quirky soul mates, and madcap misadventures. His candid stories are a necessity for all who still believe that stubborn imagination-and magic-can make the difference between survival and destruction.Internationally noted author of Mary and the Ossuary, Ransom delves deep into a masterpiece of vignettes that reveal heartbreak and the triumph of the human spirit through laughter.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The U. S. Submarine Minefish is ordered from its base in San Francisco to Puget Sound to confront a Rogue Submarine, Red Dragon that is threatening to explode dirty bombs around Puget Sound to force the U.S. to withdraw its bases and consulates from Asia. The conspirators have packaged many bombs using Plutonium waste from Nagasaki. They kidnap prostitutes to help them deliver the bombs that are then exploded by timers. The battle between opposing submarines rages around, the coves, inlets and waterways of Puget Sound. Will the U. S. Submarines, Minefish and Piratefish be able to thwart the plot and capture the conspirators.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - 'A gem! The plot twist and turns: engaging and provocative, an enjoyable read.'-Gwendolyn Taylor-Davis.The eight characters in Two in One search for their identities while confronting the despair of loneliness, greed, racism, death, and an absolutely immoral being. At times, knowingly or otherwise, they involve those close to them as they try to resolve their often-selfish needs.Ellen Banner turns to her son, Jamie, for fulfillment of her sexual needs.Mr. Harris lives a mournful existence in memorial to his deceased loved ones. He is guardian to his adolescent grandson, Rudy.Rudy is conflicted regarding his racial identity while living with the barriers of prejudice in a small town in the early 1980s.Jamie Banner, a reclusive young man, fears both the living and the dead-especially Barnard, the phantom pariah who has wandered for two thousand years looking for youths like Jamie.In his quest for possession of Jamie, Barnard must move cautiously among all the characters for fear of losing his prey and, thus, his own existence.'R. H. Peronneau offers a unique perspective into the human (and not sohuman) psyche. A distinctive writing style and uncommon charactersadd up to an intriguing absorbing novel.'-Vivian Vacan. …

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Words touch the core of our souls. They heal the broken hearted and uplift the downtroddened. Chocolate Flavored is an excellent collection of poems and short stories. Through its honest expression of words pretense is nonexistent. A word of encouragement is all that is needed to revive our hearts. Chocolate Flavored, through its poems and short stories, revives.Journey to the island of Jamaica through its collection of poems. Travel to Tobago and Africa. Hear the words hidden in the hearts of men. Be encouraged by spiritual poems. Allow its words to express the thoughts of your mind. Fall in love again. Find yourself again.Begin your journey with Chocolate Flavored-A collection of Poems and Short Stories.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - .in the mad dash to Rushmore, something disturbing lurked beneath the surface, unbeknownst to all but her closest advisers at the time, in the form of an ambitious politician - a recipe for many a debacle and the now infamous series of meetings. To have been a fly on the wall, at the same time pondering if this truly was the first occasion; one might give considerably, no Blame can be dispersed in numerous directions and laid at the feet of more than one unscrupulous public servant, but we must pause and consider the following: the President had to give approval. Our once-heralded leader had two stark choices; if we close our eyes we can almost imagine her taking to the airwaves and publicly displaying the courage of her youth, when she famously stood up for the right in America. An intellectual of her honesty surely must argue that executive power has its limitations. Fantasy, however, as most comprehend, takes us only so far before the fog clears and then we watch, disheartened and with much consternation, as our Melissa fatefully departs from the room and closes the door to her office, practically mere moments after nervously but unmistakably assenting.to the proposed murder of an American citizen.…

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Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Jerry Harmon walks into Jimmy Van Horn's office in Austin, Texas, one steamy Friday night and asks him to find his father, an entomologist named Samuel. The young man gives Jimmy five hundred dollars and asks, 'Is that enough 'So starts Fundamentally Texas. As Jimmy's partner, Marta Howarth, struggles with her own demons, they begin to uncover a plot that will threaten both their lives as they look for Samuel Harmon. Discovering where the man went is half the problem. Why he left even after his wife died becomes the issue. That issue will swamp them with religious fervor and maniacal zealots who need what Samuel Harmon is brewing. But whose side is he on Join Jimmy and Marta as they answer that one question. What issue could a man have that would leave his son alone Jimmy will learn the length a man will go for his son.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Hawks, Seagulls, & Mice is an eye-opening resource for executives, entrepreneurs, venture capitalist, and everyone else involved in sales and marketing in business markets. It presents business-tested conceptual and quantitative models for driving performance in creating customers and capturing profits in plain-spoken terms and supported by numerous case studies and examples. Explore business markets from the following perspectives:Strategic growth patternsSales and marketing organization designSales and marketing activity managementCustomer buying processPsychological and business value communicationSales and marketing performance audits'Finally! Someone has shifted the old B2B paradigm of sales and marketing and provided some dynamic, new, easy-to-use, quantitative models for integrating the two around business goals.'-Gordon Hochhalter, Partner, Creativitystrategyconnectivity, Mobium Creative Group'HSM fills two major gaps in the marketing book universe-marketing in business-to-business markets and the integration of sales and marketing functions. Smith addresses these gaps in a systematic and comprehensive manner. A solid effort.' -Puneet Manchanda, Associate Professor of Marketing, University of Chicago Graduate Schools of Business'Smith's.Hawks, Seagulls, & Mice is a just-in-time work, immediately needed by many and useful to all those businesses that wish to grow their revenues in today's dynamic and exceedingly complex competitive marketplace.'-Green R. Miller, PhD, Professor of Economics, Morehead State University.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - ILONA'S MOUNTAIN is a woman's historical adventure novel circa 1820-1850. What follows is an engrossing action-packed tale of a young woman's struggles in an era where violence and conflict exists in a male-dominated society. The heroine is a destitute young girl, born 1820 into a sharecropper's family. Adopted by the famous Colonel Wade Hampton of America's Revolutionary War, Ilona Christine Rutledge grows up on the Carolina showplace, Hampton Plantation. Over the years the young Ilona matures as an educated southern lady and an astute businesswoman. Using plantation slaves, the heroine farms a sizeable garden, opens highway vegetables stand, and wisely shares her profits with the slaves. By her middle teens, she finances the re-floating of a sunken riverboat from the waters of Savannah, Georgia. She hires a New Orleans marine engineer to raise the derelict, refit it, and fashion it into an opulent riverboat casino. Unexpectedly, heavily armed enemies strike. Within years, 'That Rutledge intruder,' now known as The River Queen, acquires a fleet of elegant stern-wheeler gambling boats. Accumulating immense wealth, she helps many people, unwittingly including those who secretly plot to kill her. The grisly showdown comes when the duelist, Randolph Holcombe, pursues, traps, then challenges 'Gray Hair,' leader of the murder conspiracy, inside a snow-covered mountain cave. In spite of a surprising and horrible confrontation, the actual identity of 'Gray Hair' remains hidden. Only suspicions point to why he hates The River Queen so much. …

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - It's the final year of the millennium, and the First Church of the Everlasting Saints is searching for its spiritual identity in a Rust Belt city in need of rebirth. Enter the Reverend Henry Snow, summoned by his Bishop to resurrect First Saints. But Preacher Henry soon finds his own soul in need of redemption, when his heart strays to a sexy choir director.As Henry struggles with his conscience, other trials test his faithfulness. His wife Sara makes the revival of First Saints' downtrodden neighborhood a personal crusade, while the Chairman of the Board of Deacons insists that First Saints' salvation lies in moving to the safe sanctuary of the suburbs. Henry's bishop promotes passage of the Preservation of Marriage Act against same-sex marriage, while his dearest friend's desire for a gay wedding at First Saints could cause Henry to be defrocked.Meanwhile, watching over Preacher Henry's spiritual high-wire act is G., a deity who takes on a variety of guises in hilarious attempts to save Henry from himself.This comic literary novel casts a wry eye on Preacher Henry as it follows him from Lent to Advent and reminds us to be careful what we pray for.…

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Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - .Two soldiers manned each gun. As this action was taking place on the ground, we noticed that every guard tower was being reinforced with an additional occupant and the weather cover that normally protected their machine guns had been removed. Each guard in the tower had also been equipped with a rifle. All weapons were pointed in our direction. It was a chilling, sobering experience. We received word from Col. Goodrich that the 'passive resistance' was over. The directive did not require repeating. The German commandant had clearly made his point. The prisoner count and subsequent prisoner counts were conducted in an orderly manner. It wasn't until the first week in April 1944, that we were informed that the majority of the escapees from the North Compound had been captured and that fifty men had been murdered on orders from the German High Command. Many of those shot had been prisoners for several years, having been captured early in the war. This unpredictable action by the Germans was devastating news. There was no easy way to overcome the profound effect the deaths of these men had on their close friends and the rest of the prison population. Realistic and gritty, Journey to Freedom and Beyond delivers a compelling true World War II story that showcases the triumph of the America soldier.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - What would happen if you ventured to a new country halfway aroundthe world where you could not speak the language This was thesituation faced by your ancestors as they began the quest for a new andbetter life. It was to be a life full of hardships and injustice. Child laborwas legal, and safety laws were nonexistent. In addition to the highrate of job injuries, jobs were without fringe benefits.Immigrants toiled in unsafe work conditions for poverty wages with nohope of citizenship for twenty years. It was a life to be endured withonly hopes and dreams for daily sustenance. This enthralling story willtake you on a journey you will never forget! This is a story for all ofus, because it is the story of our ancestors. Join Ramon SantisoQuiroga as he walks the trail of history with them.the history thatbuilt America. …

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Arthur 'Arty' Garret Boyle is a master manipulator. With a sociopathic personality and an IQ of 175, he embarks on a career as an art dealer and popular musician. He associates with those in the criminal world as well as the elite of society, thereby mixing his legitimate art business with stolen and forged art.Boyle finds himself hunted by FBI agent Terry Latimer of the bureau's Art Recovery Squad and is convicted of stealing paintings from the Robert Farnsworth estate. Boyle fails to appear for sentencing and a fugitive warrant is issued. While a fugitive, Boyle masterminds the theft of a famous Rembrandt painting. He reasons that he will help the authorities 'find' the painting in exchange for leniency for his crimes.But Arty expands on his original plan and exploits the stolen Rembrandt painting while being pursued by Agent Latimer. Can Arty successfully escape, or will Agent Latimer finally capture him.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - 'I was aghast to discover that his weekly commentaries.were but atiny sampling of his prolific writing. Separately, Anthony Hallmaintains his own website, The iPINIONS Journal, on which hepublishes daily commentaries on an even wider span of subjects-and each of them is written with insight, careful thought and goodhumour.It is extremely difficult to sustain well-informed writing of a weeklycommentary on current events in a way that educates and titillatesaudiences. It is well nigh impossible to do so on a daily basis.Yet,this is what Anthony has achieved.'-Sir Ronald Sanders, Ambassador, Author (Crumbled Small)Imagine the informed Thomas Friedman (The World is Flat), theprovocative Christopher Hitchens (The Trial of Henry Kissinger)andthe witty Maureen Dowd (Bushworld) producing daily, as opposed toweekly, commentaries on international current events. Becausethat's exactly what Anthony Livingston Hall does on his weblog, TheIPINIONS Journal. And this book offers a riveting anthology of hiscommentaries as a comprehensive 2005: year in review.'Insightful, incisive and sometimes laugh-out-loud-witty.a uniqueperspective on today's important events and issues. This book iswritten with clarity of thought and expression and piercinghumor.It is a valuable and entertaining look back at some of lastyear's more noteworthy topics. Highly recommended.'-The Caribbean Net News Book Review.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - A lifetime of hard-won wisdom and insight into the human heart iscontained in this collection of eighty impassioned essays on ethical andspiritual issues ranging from racial injustice and the abuses of power tothe legacy of the Holocaust, from the evolving relationship betweenAmerican Jewry and Israel to raising morally sensitive children, from themystery of death to the meaning of God in the modern world. If there isa single motif dominating this treasury of rabbinic wisdom, it is the needfor ethical accountability on the part of both individuals and institutions.Each of these sermons faces life's dilemmas squarely with courage anda deep understanding of the complexities of human nature. They do notoffer facile answers to difficult questions nor are they ever self-righteousbut rather thoughtful, reflective, sensitive, often funny, intensely Jewishand deeply human, deriving their profound insights from Jewish traditionand the joys and sufferings of the author's own life. The best sermon is areflection of wisdom forged by experience and infused with ancienttruths. The best sermon is a well-lived life.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Inhis Confessions, Arthur Pekar describes hislife of Involuntary Celibacy. Sexualdesire is an important part of life because it is the means by which we canexpress physical love and have satisfying relationships.Theauthor wants others who feel 'different' to benefit from his experiences. He could not fully participate in life eitheras a heterosexual or homosexual because he lacked physical sexual desire. He resorted to alcohol and found God in theprocess of his recovery from this addiction.ÂHe now realizes that we are all perfect in God's eyes and nothing canchange how He feels about us.Thismemoir will appeal to people of faith who believe that God can be an activepartner in their lives. The notedEvangelical Christian preacher, Dr. Tony Campolo, haswritten, 'People who are asexual may have a special gift from God that enablesthem to serve the Lord without the entanglements of this world.'Theoriginal intended title of this memoir was Walking WithGod, but Arthur feels that he must share everything with his readers. In his walk with God, he stumbled manytimes. Come and share his journey.…