Westbow press apr 2009 (9 risultati)

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - What happens when a solitude-craving writer hears a cat mewing outside his window all night long or when a refrigerator tells about his visitors and the world around him, from his perspective In this collection of whimsical and humorous short stories and reflections on everyday life, Cats, Dogs, and Humans all learn to live together in harmony. A night nurse addicted to television shares his thoughts about his obsession with Brooke Shields and the shopping channel; senior citizen neighbors attempt to get along with their younger counterparts; a forty-something bachelor battles his perfectionist tendencies; and just as the writer gets used to his adopted cat, Alexandra, his neighbor drops a puppy off at his doorstep. Entertaining prose intertwines with interesting characters in relatable settings, making this compilation of short stories appealing to anyone who wants to just keep it simple and once again remember that the quirky moments in life are often the most fun and memorable.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Songs of Inequality is a collection of poetry that details the experiences of humanity in an attempt to transform a spiritual and materialistic society into one unified voice. Elias Ledesma relies on the streets of New York for his inspiration as he shares many interesting images and ideas that highlight life in urban America. By fusing elements and sensory details from both Romantic and Contemporary poets coupled with Roman and Greek imagery in his compilation, Ledesma presents a wide range of verse that empowers others to create their own destinies through self-discovery. The over eighty cantos included in this anthology feature misty mountains and molten rocks, men that died in the fight for freedom, days of boyish youth and prepubescent boom, and a beautiful goddess of the night. Ledesma's introspective collection of poetry and prose will encourage others to embrace total wholeness so that 'we may remember the vastness of ourselves never begun within the womb of All.'.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Father Andrew McInnis knows that life-altering consequences will result if Rocco Nero's diary falls into the wrong hands. A dedicated friend, Father McInnis visits Rocco daily. Now in his forties, Rocco has been in a minimally conscious state since he was in an accident fourteen years ago. The pastor regularly studies Rocco's diary, bringing painful memories to mind, and apologizes to Rocco for his previous transgressions. Excited to assist Father McInnis at Saint Luke's Hospital, teenage Amelia Victor volunteers to help out wherever she's needed. Her father, Edmund Victor, prominent entrepreneur in the community, expresses his opposition to Amelia's volunteer work. He is particularly bothered that she will be assisting Father McInnis, and assigned to visit Rocco Nero. Despite the obstacles in communication, Amelia and Rocco develop a strong friendship. At Father McInnis' request, she begins reading Rocco's diary to him. She soon discovers confidential information in the injured man's writings that affects many people, including her. Amelia is shocked to learn of a hideous conspiracy revealing things that are not as they appear in her life. Who has the most to hide from the revelation of the diary's contents Will Amelia be able to keep the diary hidden.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - No one will ever be able to predict every twist and turn in the economy or in the financial markets. But over the medium and long terms, the economy is surprisingly predictable. By studying demographics and other key factors, accurate forecasts can be made for individual industries, real estate markets, and entire economies. These predictions can be used for the greater good so that investors, and government entities can more effectively plan and invest. In this book, Discover what really drives the economy Use demographic forecasting to better your life, business, and investments Profit during times of inflation and deflation Understand the significance of immigration and domestic migration Examine opportunities in foreign markets And much more! Despite the ups and downs in the business cycle, it is possible to cut down economics to its core. Learn what really matters with a book that provides the necessary tools so that everyone can ask the right questions to understand the system.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - When Rosalie's estranged husband first kidnaps their baby daughter, she feels helpless. Franco escapes with their child to his home country of Italy, and the government is not able or willing to intervene. It takes eight months for Rosalie to get Triana back and she's only able to do that by drugging Franco, and with difficulty, escaping and returning to the United States. She breathes a sigh of relief, thinking that she'll never lose her daughter again, how wrong she is. Six years later, the unthinkable happens: Franco kidnaps Triana and disappears into the remote jungles of South America. After receiving a letter, Rosalie returns to Rome to meet with her private investigator. She has little to go on, and two years have passed since Triana was taken, but she'll stop at nothing to find her. Failure is not in Rosalie's vocabulary. With letter after letter to authorities, she continues to search for her daughter. She is determined to find her child and save her from a sociopath father who subjects his daughter to encounters with death and devastating experiences in Destruction of Innocence.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - When children claim to have imaginary friends, it's normally harmless play, but in Shroud Of Beckoning: Part One of the Ice Water Mansion Series, they're actually demonic and angelic apparitions that are battling over the child's soul. Blending the supernatural world with the essence of daily life, Woody transports readers back to the spring of 1964 to begin her tale of good vs. evil. Within a dysfunctional family in California, four-year-old Carla lives with her older sister, parents, and a secret friend. Clad in black, this precocious apparition poses as a friendly playmate. However, Schatten is no ordinary companion-he's pure evil and feeds off human souls. When Carla cries and seethes, his outward features rejuvenate. In turn, when she laughs and finds love, he ages into a hideous form that terrorizes her. Deceiving her into believing she's his only friend, he actually knows her sister, mother, and others, but unlike them, Carla is bait to help find a boy's soul, Tony, who his adversaries stole from him years before. Adding a new addition to the family, Carla's mother gives birth to a son who Carla instantly loves. Unfortunately, this pushes Schatten to plot the baby's demise, resulting in Officer Jarred Blanton arriving to investigate. Blanton, a well-loved man with a good family, is everything Schatten despises and must destroy to keep his plans on track, but in doing so, he alters his own plans and creates a chain of events that intertwines Blanton's life with Carla's. As Carla and Blanton embark on a horrific path to save their very souls, Woody chronicles their dark stories while everything and everyone they love is slowly destroyed because Schatten will never stop until their souls are his and Tony is found.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Rick Huffman releases all the daring challenges faced by daily warriors and menacing demons in this follow-up to his remarkable last book, Baxter Peanut. The pages, filled with rich narratives illustrating the struggles between the striking tenderness of tedium and the graphic brutality wrought in the face of nature's intentions, serve to inspire the imagination. A seductively vibrant Florida Gulf Coast town falls squarely into the bullseye of one of Mother Nature's most maddenly destructive forces, a category 3 hurricane. Is it a simply random, violent act of weather or something more sinister and supernatural Although the colorful town's residents don't always acquaint themselves honorably, they are forced to find the strength and ability at their disposal to adapt to the madness surrounding them and their devolving community. Set amidst the threatening natural disaster, this journey finds deception, larcency, infidelity, drug and alcohol abuse, sexual compromise and otherworldly intervention in the endless battle between corrupted good and distracted evil.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - 'German Tornados, you are ordered to accompany us to Ellington Field, over.' Krieger didn't reply. The F-16s were now only 15 miles away. His crews knew what to do, and continuing on course, they streaked south towards their targets. Meanwhile, he and Konrad turned to fight.General Wang, head of the PLA's Intelligence Directorate, dreams of becoming China's new Emperor. Ruthless, sadistic, and brilliant, he intends to rule the world by defeating an unsuspecting America in a new kind of war. When soaring oil prices threaten China's survival, Wang orders the first strike. As he does, his 6-10 Office agents capture the beautiful Falun Gong coed, Song Lizhen. Within hours, he tortures the terrified, yet fiercely defiant, young dissident.In Washington, D.C., Treasury agent Patrick Brennan vows to redeem himself asthe interim head of OIA. But when America suffers a withering nuclear attack, he suddenly confronts a treacherous dilemma-to either hunt down al-Qaeda, or gorogue and fight the real mastermind. Mustering a loyal cadre of financial wizards, he races to thwart Wang's insidious plot and its final deathblow.As America's time runs out, Song Lizhen faces a terrible choice, and all fatesconverge in The Shenfeng Conjunction's electrifying climax.AUTHOR BIO Sean Galt has been a change consultant to Fortune 500 corporations in the automotive, oil, and airline sectors. He has also taught strategy, leadership, and psychology at the U.S. Army Organizational Effectiveness School, Monterrey Peninsula College, Vincennes University, and the University of Houston. He lives in the Los Angeles area.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - 'Welcome. Welcome, Edward Sedgley, to the Holy Planet!' This greeting marks the start of a mission that snatches one theoretical physicist from the relative comfort of academic life to be trained as one of the Guardians, extra-terrestrial beings responsible for the stability of the universe. He and his fellow student, Rabyd, metamorphose into a single entity, Tresargus, which is instrumental in preventing the invasion of earth by the Zetoids, an alien life form bent on universal expansion and domination. His former friends and colleagues are caught up in the conflict, each with a major role to play, and even after the Zetoids are defeated, a greater battle awaits them. Their universe is but one of many and now the entire Multiverse is threatened with destruction by a rogue universe. Together with Borel and Perigon, the last two surviving Zetoids, Ruth and Paul follow a similar journey to Edward's. The Guardians send them to the Philia, higher beings responsible for the Multiverse. What they learn challenges everything they believe and understand and they each respond in different ways - Borel is destroyed and Ruth escapes to follow her own path leaving Tresargus, Paul and Perigon to infiltrate and attack the rogue universe. Andy and Mary remain on Earth trying to rebuild their shattered civilisation aware that humans must atone for the destruction they have wrought on their world. A new civilisation will evolve but only if the Multiverse itself can be saved.…