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Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Environmental protection and agricultural production clash when an arboretum in a small, rural town proposes a stream restoration project. A seemingly routine evaluation by landscape architect Luke McAllister turns life-threatening when he and a colleague discover a skull. McAllister and Special Agent Kelly Atkins, with the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, collaborate to investigate two murders, separated by twenty-five years, which threaten the project. In addition to contending with a killer willing to go to any length to protect secrets, the pair must also confront their respective emotional challenges from the past.Stream of Conscience is a thriller that portrays the delicate balance between agricultural production and environmental protection set against the backdrop of a stream restoration. Patterns of human behavior, shaped by past experience, merge with landscape evolution to illustrate the corresponding process of achieving equilibrium and growth. Steadfast rural values, viewed through a family mired in grief, guilt, and greed, struggle against the influence of society's evolving environmental ethic. Stream of Conscience follows the twists and turns of family deceptions and lies to ultimately find the truth as the stream restoration project moves into full swing.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Fear After is the title poem in a deeply personal, engrossing, and poignant collection presenting a journey through the author's emotional being. The work is divided into four sections- reminiscence and nostalgia, nostalgia and despair, despair to hope and hope to calm. The poems illustrate the author's reflective mind richly coloured by deep, personal emotions, which as everything else in the world, are subject to the laws of change. Nostalgia easily descends into despair, despair with the help of the lightening quality of hope loosens its grip and allows the mind to resurface into serene calm, and the path of calm makes fear, once strong and powerful, able to be faced in a lighter, more humorous manner. The collection culminates, after all, to the state of 'fear after'.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - It's the third decade of the twenty-first century and man has finally landed on Mars. Air Force Pilot Lt. Col. Harold T. Kane has led anexpedition to the red planet, but, as Martian Legacy opens, he is upside down in a rover trapped in a Martian crater, cursing himselffor ruining this historic event. Harry manages to right the rover and carry on with his mission, and, eventually, he and his fellow crew member, Dr. Karen Hansen, collect enough samples and return to Earth. Once there, they first are carefully cleaned with the latestanti-microbial procedures, then hailed and feted as the heroes of the moment. They leave behind a second crew of two on Mars that continues the explorations, looking for extinct creatures, and, hopefully, an ancientcivilization. But, what has Harry's Crew #1 brought back In this engaging story of the nearfuture, present day fears are examined and a contemporary doomsday scenario plays out with surprising results. The reader isexpertly led down many scientific byways, while at the same time being drawn along by the appealing human story. Martian Legacycombines our best hopes and worst fears as they are played out together.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - I always liked to put my thoughts on paper in rhymes All of the thoughts I had hidden in the back of my mind I like to write easy to understand poems with no punctuation If one of my poems helps someone through a bad situation Or makes someone smile from reading one of my poems Or helps one person make a good choice because of a poem I enjoy writing true short story poems of family and friends I love to write stories that are real life, and also some that I make up just for fun. I hope that some people will get some fun reading them and also stop and think about maybe helping someone you know who may need help.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Finally, a book that presents the facts, dispels the myths, and shows you how to be green without having to compromise yourself and your home. The first book of its kind, this is a book just about the ins and outs of laundry. Carin began to research a greener way of life, not for profit or for business gain but to incorporate it with her most prized job, being a mother, grandmother, and wife. She explores the meaning of green, the fads and the facts, so that anyone can easily make their own decisions about what to do. This book is filled with tips and stories that will give you and your family a new perspective on that never-ending chore called laundry. Her biggest fear is that traditional washing and drying will become obsolete, replaced by overpriced appliances and thoughtless damaging laundry products. She has added laundry to the American Experience, with an alcove of rich stories about generations of laundry and love that she has collected on her journey to reconnect with Mother Nature. Love laundry or hate laundry, this collection of short stories will present you with endless reasons to make laundry a part of your life.and how.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Stanley A. Fry, pastor and scholar, has thoroughly documented his own search for the historical Jesus. His search, however, takes a new twist, one that requires him to set forth a highly personal vision of how Jesus can become real, not in history, but in today's ever-changing world.Why have we so long ignored the first twenty years of the Jesus movement Why has the church been built upon the stories of the death and resurrection of Jesus instead of upon his teachings Why has the search for the historical Jesus produced so little solid information Is there any historical justification for belief in the 'real' Jesus Is there a spiritual foundation for commitment to the 'real' Jesus Where can the 'real' Jesus be found What impact will this view of Jesus have on the Christian faith and the church The bottom line is that Fry has produced an original and cogent case for a new vision of Jesus, the 'real' Jesus who can shine a bright light on your future.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Nikolis McQuaige (NikkiMac) is forty years old, single, female, and a Christian. Like many of us, she has a colorful history, but, she knows that her sins were forgiven when she came to Christ ten years ago. Although she's determined to live a faithful Christian life, Nikolis experiences a tug-of-war between the flesh and the spirit. Sometimes, she doesn't measure up to what God expects of her, but, she gets right back up when she falls. Over time, she may realize that faithful Christian living is not achieved by willpower alone, but by a dependence upon God. Along the way, you'll meet some of the warm, spirited, and often humorous members of the church where she worships. Its urban neighborhood provides soulsaving challenges to the church, but, the faithful members must press on. Will Nikolis stay out of her own way and let God direct her steps Her account of what goes on Behind Church Doors is an intriguing look at how imperfect people travel the pathway to a perfect God. Join the journey.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - What I Want My Adopted Child to Know: An Adoptive Parent's Perspective is a tender, revealing look at adoption from the parent perspective. Whether you are an adoptive parent, an adoptee, someone considering adoption, or simply curious about adoption dynamics, What I Want My Adopted Child to Know: An Adoptive Parent's Perspective will touch your heart and increase your sensitivity to the challenges and joys that are unique to adoptive parenting. Bacchetta wrote the book in response to a need common among adoptive families. 'Adoptive families navigate emotional terrain that fully-biological families don't have to. This is a book adoptive parents can give to their child and say, 'I know adoption is painful, unsettling, joyous, and affirming. It's that way for me too. More than anything, adoption is the way we came together, and I'll always be grateful for that.'' Bacchetta's words echo with the collective voice of over 100 adoptive parents interviewed for this book. With chapters like 'I Would Do it All Again', 'You Are Not Different Because You Were Adopted,' and 'I Regret What I Can't Give You,' What I Want My Adopted Child to Know is by turns affirming, challenging, thoughtful, wistful, and poignant.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - How to Control Your Career for Life takes you through the essential steps to help you find a new, better job. The key is to know what you like doing, what you are good at, and what you find satisfying. This book will show how to determine where the jobs are and then, how to market yourself effectively so that you get a job interview. It also provides detailed advice on having successful interviews. You have a new job, what do you do now This book gives detailed instructions about what to do the first week of a new job; in addition, it shows specific ways to stay employed in the same job. The last chapter tells how to handle job changes with as little stress as possible. In this ever-changing job market, this is an important key to job survival! There is a very simple plan for reaching your full potential in any job. The following points are covered in this book:Identify your skillsFour job search techniquesFour ways to apply for a jobConsidering self-employment Writing effective resumesSuccessful interview practicesOn-the-job skillsFive ways to move ahead in your companyHow to change jobs. …

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - A Terror from Within is a fictional account of an embedded terrorist cell within the United States. A psychologically flawed middle-eastern student endeavors to attack the United States by any means possible in order to fulfill his misguided destiny. Yousef Khan devises challenging scenarios and plots putting his injudicious plans into action, with not always the best results. Will he be discovered the next time one of his plots fails, or will he continue to devise plots until he meets with the success that he desires to honor Allah Based on real-life intelligence reports and law enforcement bulletins, the story is a no-nonsense account of the security realities facing our nation post 9/11. The notion of a rogue group of individuals being able to penetrate and disrupt our society is plausible in the face of the challenges in homeland security that we are facing today.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Are you concerned with what is happening in your life, neighborhood, country and the world at large Do you wish you had a better understanding of your role in all of this drama Would you like a little reassurance that in the end you will be okay Divine Inspiration, Divine Understanding describes many of the life situations we are all facing, it discusses where we have been, where we are going, and the common issues we face each day. In these changing times, many of us are looking within ourselves; we are asking questions, we are looking for answers and we are finding that our old belief systems are no longer fully serving our needs. Now is the time to discover your potential and to find your inner strength and purpose, there is more to life than meets the eye! The goal is to provide insight and provoke thought and consideration for many of the very important earthly and metaphysical issues we are facing today with clarity and real life examples. Divine Inspiration, Divine Understanding touches on a variety of issues, providing the reader with an insightful look at the situations we all address in our busy lives every day. …

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - From the tapestry of human history and experience, some individuals rise above the fabric's common braid and seem destined for great achievements. Richard Fisher was one of these souls. In A Life Well Built, author Lee Kelley tells the story of this natural-born leader who was an extraordinary soldier, father, husband, pilot, engineer, and friend.Raised in Ohio, Richard 'Dick' Fisher showed natural signs of leadership at a young age. This biography spans his lifetime-through ninety years and twenty-six countries-and touches on his widespread successes. It follows him from the Ohio State University School of Engineering, to the Pennsylvania Railroad, to his work as an engineer in Ohio, and to building airports for the Army during World War II. A lifelong pilot, he flew airplanes and managed operations for Air America. He co-piloted the last aircraft to escape Saigon when the Vietnam War began and retired from the Army as a brigadier general. A Life Well Built shows the depth of this man who accomplished feats that most people could only dream of. This biography demonstrates that Fisher's life was a solid, inspired piece of engineering; he created a personal masterpiece in the art of living.…

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Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The Apprentice Boy is the story of a young man who carried the nails, ropes, hammers, etc., along the death route on the Via Dolorosa on any day that the Romans decided to crucify someone; being Hebrew or violator of a crime, whether guilty or purely in their own arrogance. Although the story is not entirely about the crucifixion of any particular person, a singular event in a very important way has an impact on the boy's life thereafter. The story deals primarily with the background training of the child in his adolescence, young manhood and up to his maturation. The story follows the life of this young man and his two lifelong companions, and also the lives and duties of the men who worked mainly in the background of the dungeons, torture chambers, and jails during the Roman reign of Israel. The training, or the apprenticeship that achieved the journeyman status of the Jailer, was without a doubt one of intense attention to torturous detail while being a devoted Roman at the same time. Young men trained to do the job of death! Why would a young man prepare himself for such a cruel future With such a hard Roman background, how could the crucifying of one innocent man and the friendship of the beautiful Hebrew woman Valentis, have such an impact on the behavior and life of the hopeful JAILER.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - To Get Back Home is a medical thriller of the first order, a true story of triumph and survival over astronomical odds, as an otherwise healthy and active young woman fights for her life after being suddenly stricken by a rare neurological disorder, Acute Demyelinating Encephalomyelitis (ADEM). To Get Back Home takes you on a harrowing journey as Ms. Ford forges her way back from a coma and quadriplegia, desperate to return to her family and young children. Her life seemed perfect until Wendy Ford was stricken and rendered comatose within days, and then, after a tense weeks-long battle for survival, quadriplegic. At one of the most renowned hospitals in the world, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, the Harvard teaching hospital known as 'Harvard with a heart,' her doctors ¿ Harvard Medical School professors all ¿ were helpless to diagnose and treat her, hard as they tried, as the rare malady confounded even them and she slipped further and further away. Initially, she was not expected to live, or, ultimately, to walk again or recover her prior intellectual abilities. Doctors have referred to hers as a miracle case, but the mysteries persist to this day. 'An engaging, moving memoir that unravels at a quick pace. Straightforward and honest, emotional realism is achieved with quiet dignity, making it all the more poignant.' -Kate Darnton, Contributing Editor, PublicAffairs 'Impeccably done and so fascinating. Sometimes you read something that's really important and you have to at least try to get it out there.' -Philip Spitzer, Literary Agent, NY, NY 'A poignant narrative.I was spellbound. You are a role model for your life-affirming persistence.'-Weston Boer, Writer and Historian 'Immensely valuable to anyone in the clergy as they help people through dire straits.' -The Rev. Susan Flanders, Chevy Chase, MD 'Very moved by your manuscript, which I read from cover to cover, at once.Remarkable.' -Diana Barrett, Harvard Business School 'Your very desire to live and not die was itself a kind of prayer.' -Professor Kimberley Patton, Harvard Divinity School.…

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Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Cancer: The Unexpected Gift is a compilation of stories that profile individuals and families who have taken a frightening medical diagnosis and turned it into a positive gift. Medical oncologist Dr. J. Patrick Daugherty is familiar with many who are living well while living longer. Together with three-time cancer survivor Edie Hand, they share inspiring personal anecdotes from individuals who openly express the doubts, fears, perplexities, and positive reflections they experienced after their cancer diagnoses. Each story is introduced with a summary and concluded with relevant biblical passages that further illustrate lessons learned by patients and their families. Two-year-old Austin was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, and after more than three years of chemotherapy, he remains in remission. His mother received the gift of living one day at a time. Ken survived metastatic colon cancer before developing prostate cancer which later spread to his bones. He searched for answers and found significance in his life, receiving the gift of service to others. Each of the people profiled in this collection have faced the enemy of cancer and its subsequent suff ering. Together, they share the extraordinary lessons they have learned-not in dying, but in living.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - On his three-mile walk to church with his large family every Sunday, fifteen-year-old J.D. Banks has plenty of time to ponder about life at a time when blacks have no civil rights in eastern Mississippi. Church is the center of everything, and J.D. strives to live by the moral rules of the Bible. At times, J.D. finds that following the teachings of his preacher and his God are not an easy task.As J.D. comes of age in this rural community, he faces decisions about drinking and women and his place in life. He sees death, and he sees discrimination. He wonders what it would take to make a good life in this county in Mississippi. He wonders how he will overcome his paralyzing fears in his daily encounters with the Jim Crow system in his hometown. J.D. thoroughly understands the danger of getting white people riled up.Providing a social commentary on the times, Beyond Fear depicts the struggles of the poor, black people in the south as they attempt to survive both poverty and discrimination.…

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Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - 'I have 'gone to school' on his research and have found his model to be a malleable process that is readily shaped to incorporate new concepts and ideas. This durability is testament to the value of Sid's work.' -Don Bowers, Former CEO, Makino, Inc.Strategic Management Simplified is a handbook that is designed to help the reader achieve a critical balance so rare in business - keeping your actions tied to your strategy, making decisions with a reasonable amount of assessment, and doing both in a real time way which allows you to adjust to changing business conditions.The author uses the term strategic management versus strategic planning because the term 'plan' implies a static (or point in time) exercise, while the term 'management' suggests interaction and responsiveness to dynamic context. All kinds of plans can be developed to lead action, but they should be based on a strategy for the organization. The challenge is to actually manage the organization's strategy over time and to think strategically as you are doing it. This book provides an overview of the management policies and culture necessary for sound strategic planning to flourish in any organization and goes on to offer practical steps on how to create and implement:A strategic statement which can guide your organization's resource allocation decisions.A strategic management system which allows you and your staff to change your strategic statement over time as you challenge the assumptions upon which it is based.…

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Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - My name is Jake Hamilton. But the people around our Amarillo, Texas, neighborhood call me Thelma's Boy. The only reason I can think of for this nickname is me and my mama have always been close. She is my best friend, and I've never doubted her love, even though she can be mighty strict with me sometimes.To give you a better idea about my mama, let me tell you something that happened a while ago that clearly shows what kind of woman my mama is.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - If you're tired of legal thrillers written by lawyers, read this amazing medical thriller written by Dr. Avner Hershlag who not only knows his stuff, but also knows how to write. Combining a little science fiction with a lot of science fact, Hershlag takes us on a scary journey through the fields of genetics and into the near future. Misconception delves deeply into a subject no less important than the mystery of life itself.Nelson DeMille, author of The Gold CoastWhen Dr. Anya Krim, the First Lady's fertility specialist, delivers a grossly deformed baby of undetermined sex, she tries to figure out how the child was conceived. But, before she is able to determine the baby's origin, she diagnoses a pregnancy in Megan, a Senator's daughter, who has been in a coma for two years. The question of who has impregnated Megan leads to a shocking suspicion based upon the FBI's DNA fingerprinting results.At the same time, the First Lady's last-ditch attempt to have a child runs amok when the safety of her embryos is threatened. Anya not only has to secure the embryos she created. She must now prove that no one has altered them genetically.Anya, herself, is desperate to have a child of her own, but her fears of having sex threaten to leave her childless. How far will she go to have a child Unforeseen complications threaten her reputation, her career, and ultimately, her life.Misconception takes the reader on a heart pounding and mysterious, yet intriguing journey, examining new reproductive and genetic technologies through Anya's eyes. Along the way, she must grapple with issues of passion and hate, conservative and liberal politics, morality and medicine and ultimately life and death.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - For too long, the body of Christ has been focused on too many things that, quite simply, haven't been working. The answer to a lasting, true revival in today's world isn't going to come from a continued focus on what we can and cannot do, which denomination has the most biblical theology, or achieving victories in social issues such as definition of family and the right to life. Instead, what our attention should be fixed upon is that the Son of God said the second greatest commandment we've been given is to love our neighbors as ourselves. In this book, Kevin Harvey has taken a biblical approach to help the body of believers define just who their neighbor is and what it means to truly love them as Jesus intended. If the body of Christ began to focus daily on following that one simple idea, then maybe-just maybe-the world would finally begin viewing the church as the salt of the earth and light of the world that Jesus had in mind.…

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Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Salt of the Ocean is J.M. Watson's fi rst book of poetry. He began working on the project in 2007 at the age of 31. Now, two and a half years later, he has produced this wonderful book of poetry, which includes over a dozen black and white illustrations. Salt of the Ocean is J.M. Watson's poetry at its best, as it closely examines the delicate fabric of life and its myriad of subject matters.J.M. Watson dives into topics with great detail, illustrating his perspective on youth, aging, death, becoming a better human being. J.M. Watson now lives in Tigard, Oregon with his two cats, Jersey and Yorke.…