Authorhouse nov 2007 (61 resultados)

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Listen to the Silence is an open invitation to wander a forest path or sit beside a mountain creek, letting the beauty of nature wash over you. See the world with new eyes as you learn compassion from a bug, feel the wind sweep away the ache in your heart, or let the gentle eyes of a beautiful black dog erase your fears. Here you will find peace and new hope in the silent wisdom of trees, spiders, and sunlit moss. In this thoughtful and inspiring blend of prose-poetry, meditation, and narrative, you'll share the author's intimate relationship with the Earth and its inhabitants, and experience the transcendence possible as you enter the world of nature and simply listen. Whether you read Listen to the Silence in one sitting or a page at a time, you'll find a new awareness of what lies outside your door-and inside your heart.'Listen to the Silence is a meditation beside a fern-lined mountain stream. It's a slow, gentle walk in the woods where the only voice you hear is your own-and you suddenly recognize it is but a single instrument amidst infinite voices in Nature's symphony. This book is Pan's flute, opening our senses to subtle truths otherwise overlooked in the busyness of our little lives.'~ Hal Zina Bennett, author of The Lens of Perception: A User's Guide to Higher Consciousness'These gentle pieces are to be savored like listening to a new mother singing lullabies. They are reminders that we are missing real life if we neglect to wander in wild nature with soft eyes and open hearts. A famous writing teacher once said to write with 'microscopic truthfulness.' I've wondered what that meant until I read Jan's book. Now I know.'~ Dave Smith, co-founder of Smith & Hawken, author of To Be of Use: Seven Seeds of Meaningful Work.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - United by the most common of items-underwear-this offbeat collection of thirteen short stories celebrates the connection shared by all individuals and the universal struggle to make sense of human nature, however quirky it may be.In the title story, Darla wants a boyfriend, and her entire life revolves around getting one boy to notice her. 'Change' tells of how a conversation with an elderly family member on Halloween night subtly alters the course of a young woman's life.All seventeen-year-old Jay wants is some peace and quiet, and he gets it when he is accidentally locked in a storage room all night in 'The Storage Room.' In 'Jamie and Amy,' a young man is dying to ask an older girl for a date but is mortified by the way their names sound together.'8 Girls Are In Love With Me' and '8 Boys Are In Love With Me' tell the surprising tale of a scheduling mix-up at a summer camp that leads two counselors to teach swimming lessons to a group of difficult kids, and in 'Faking It,' Juliet doesn't expect to make any friends during her European vacation, but that's before a hot Australian guy introduces himself to her.Both the serious and trivial sides of the human psyche merge in the sometimes somber, oftentimes hilarious, but always thought-provoking collection of stories in Matching Panties.…

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Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - This romantic rouse crosses the Pond from Ireland to America. It's 1985. Rich American Businessman Bradford Thompson is at Dublin's Trinity College to interpret the message of The Book of Kells. When he collides with Mary Grace Clooney, she turnes his world upside down and inside out. A twist of fate Perhaps. Bradford, enraptured with the young girls's Irish suductiveness, needs to bring Mary Grace to America as his mistress. But Mary Grace has a secret scheme of her own. Has Bradford fallen into her trap This Dublin game player is blessed with gypsy power, clever allies, and the guidance of her Grandmum Clooney, who spouts Irish wit and Irish warnings. When Mary Grace threatens Bradford's world, the game turns vicious. These prime players will stop at nothing to triumph. But alas! There can only be one winner left dancing.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Larry Foster and his wife, Christina, are involved in a car accident that leaves Larry injured and his wife dead. Grief-stricken, he cannot conceive of a life without his beloved spouse. In time, an idea forms that might just bring happiness and hope to widower Larry. Perhaps he can have the child he and his wife always wanted But how, where, and when As the search begins for a surrogate mother, so too does a new chapter and a new adventure in Larry's life. Searching is a sweet love story with a happy, surprise ending. This book will leave you feeling better about the losses we all endure, and the choices we all make. …

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - 'I will send you the comforter.'-John 15:26The midnight shift, at Hickory Hill Deep Mine #1, began as it had every time before that brisk November night; however, it ended like no other. The mine's midnight shift employed thirteen men, all with fitting nicknames: Hogg, Patch, Junior, Stump, Banjo, Smokin' Joe, Mule, Logger, Big Cheese, Shooter, Doc, Chewy, and Wheels. Nightly they endured the rough, raw, and extreme conditions well below the Earth's surface, relying on brotherhood, skill, and the grace of God to survive. On that fateful night, the miners were led in by Hogg and out by Big Cheese-but not before being met in the middle by the Grim Reaper. A section of the mine's roof collapsed, which left them to walk miles to safety without power and battle the shortage of pure air, the gushing water, and the unstable mine surroundings. Each man was willing to risk his own life to save another, as this is the unspoken assurance of one trusted coal brother to the next.This heartfelt novel celebrates the irrepressible humor, honor, loyalty, and heroics-even in the face of misery and tragedy-of the spirited coal mining brotherhood. …

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Master James, a Missouri farmer during the 1850s, wants to make surehis slaves had a better life upon his death. So when he passes away,fourteen-year-old Joe, his pap, and the rest of the family are set free.Stepping in to help, the master's brother, Doc, travels with the freed family toIowa and lets them work on land that he owns, with the promise that one day itwill be their own. But it's not long before the family learns that even thoughthey have gained their freedom, they have not earned respect. They are taunted,harassed, and threatened.As his family struggles to maintain dignity, young Joe learns from Doc about aplan for an Underground Railroad, which would help enslaved blacks maketheir way north to the free states. Joe knows that he must help others fight forthe freedom, however imperfect, that he's had the privilege of experiencingfirsthand. But in doing so, he also knows he risks his very life.As Joe comes of age, he teams up with abolitionist preacher John Brown andothers to organize the Underground Railroad in Iowa, which eventually helpshundreds, and perhaps thousands, of slaves on their way to freedom.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - The Scorpion takes place in the near future in a day where when you die, they take your brain and hook it up to a computer giving it the ability to think like a human with the speed and accuracy of a computer. The Scorpion, a USS starship, comes back to Earth to get a new brain because the old one has gone senile. Upon returning to Earth the Captain of the Scorpion is informed that they must head out by the end of the week, with or without a brain, on a rescue mission to save two scientists and their families who have been studying the collapse of a sun into a black hole. The scientists have been there three years. Their inter space shuttle has been destroyed and the sun is collapsing inward. The only ship close enough and fast enough to have any hope at all of getting there on time, is Scorpion. And even then it's marginal. At the last minute a brain is found and installed but the brain is drunk so it is hooked up all but the main plug while they wait for the brain to sober up. Meanwhile the Scorpion gets underway. The captain falls in love with a new recruit. There is a stowaway and they come across an enemy flattop that is breaking up in space. They rescue the survivors. The brain is functioning perfectly. Everything seems to be going just fine. Due to the high alcohol levels of the brain, the program to obey orders did not hold. Unbeknownst to the Captain and the crew, the Scorpion has a new master. One that holds grudges. One that plots and schemes working to fulfill an agenda of its own. Using a disgruntled officer who felt that he should be in command, along with the rescued crew members of the Kobon flattop, and the ship's own onboard robots, hell is about to break loose on board the USS Scorpion.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - This unique adventure based on fiction is a story, told in first person, about Jason Holt. A paramedic Emergency Medical Service (EMS) chief for a county ambulance service. During an annual quality assurance review of EMS records, he discovers several reports that have an unusual connection between them. 5500 to be exact that were healthy geriatric patients who died of natural causes, during transport by the ambulance service and were connected to a single individual. The bigger picture appeared to be one of the largest serial killings ever recorded. He needed more evidence to secure his claim. Near the end of his investigation he discovers only circumstantial evidence that points to not one individual, but a ring of individuals involved in this crime. Early one morning he prepares for a state inspection of the ambulance service. While he waits for the state inspectors to arrive he returns to his investigation, discovering the final key to his puzzle. Some, who have experienced the near death process, report that in their minds their life flashes before their eyes. Images he reviews are from past lessons learned, 'Rules of Engagement' while running on adrenaline and attending the EMS School of Hard Knocks. Jason's graphic accounts of his past are burnt into his subconscious from adrenaline rushes, the payoff from running emergency, the thrill of a challenge, and a life saved. Reliving his personal struggles with the high rolling lifestyle of the paramedic image in the 1970's and 80's, the sexual and drug opportunities, the mental trauma he receives, and the pitfalls vs. rewards of his profession. He can't quit, he's an 'ADRENALINE JUNKIE.'.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - 'It is exciting to reflect upon the potential that this imposing body of qualitative and quantitative research has for bringing about healing relationships among people at the deepest level. The authors have done the scientific and religious world a great service in probing beneath the surface of life to give us a new and fresh insight into the action and presence of God in human existence.' George Gallup, Jr.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - American Avenue will make you laugh and cry, but perhaps most of all, think. You'll find the warmth of Ivan Doig, the coloration of Annie Proulx, the cadence of Timothy Egan and the philosophical undertones of Ayn Rand and Tom Robbins. It is a collage of the American condition at the beginning of the 21st century. Short stories, poems, longer stories, rants and essays-sketches and analyses that reveal the complexity and diversity that give America its resilience and hope. As Mr. Steding writes, 'Americans are both grotesque and lovely, producing a conundrum so grand as to be insoluble by either allies or enemies.' The final essay, The Future of American Power: A Manifesto for Change should be mandatory reading for anyone in a position of national leadership, today.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Much has been written, in recent years, on what it is to be an adult diagnosed with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD). Whether interested in diagnostics, treatment, socialization, self-help, or the history of AD/HD, informative and insightful literature abounds. With publication of Navigating the Glass Maze, Tad A. Vogl, Ed.D. takes the reader on a somewhat different journey. Dual-diagnosed with AD/HD and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) in his early thirties, Dr. Vogl initiated a series of interviews with four individual graduate students of adult education - all of whom spent many years struggling with undiagnosed AD/HD. Out of respect for his readership, and in deference to his phenomenological research method, Dr. Vogl has prefaced all interviews and analysis with a candid autobiographical portrait of his own troubles and triumphs with formal learning. Beyond the author's humility, what makes Navigating the Glass Maze especially poignant is the depth of resiliency and insight that Dr. Vogl and each of his informants possess. Through their scholarly investment in adult education, their shared commitment to critical self-examination and a willingness to tell their stories, both plainly and honesty, a compelling and forward-thinking look at AD/HD in higher education has emerged.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Why do America's best and brightest corporate leaders have a peculiar tendency to trip and fall at the exact moment their genius is put to the test In What Will Susan Say , renowned human resources executive and consultant Edward A. Meagher III explores how corporate America really works, examines why talented executives blunder so frequently, and offers simple, highly effective solutions for overcoming the 'failure phenomenon' to achieve consistent, overwhelming business success.Based on his work at Fortune 500 corporations including ITT and PepsiCo, Meagher has uncovered a powerful failure mechanism that prevails among many corporate executives. Using real-world cases, Meagher illuminates this complex and little-understood problem in an eye-opening allegorical review of why corporate employees don't always know how to 'play nice' and how an inability to collaborate can result in dramatic executive flops.Meagher then delivers a practical framework for tackling the challenge with highly respected and effective tools, including Meyers-Briggs and his own Woodstone High-Performance Model. What Will Susan Say is a clear and concise roadmap for both those aiming for the boardroom and those who are ready to improve their business relationships and corporate accomplishments.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - In 1911, Connie Mack and John McGraw-arguably baseball's all-time greatest managers-shaped the game as each pitch was thrown and every base was stolen. And they did it with the help of their quirky mascots and superstitious players.Set in the stadiums, trains, hotels and clubhouses of baseball's formative years, The Mascots of 1911 is peopled with brilliantly colorful characters. This fictional yet historically accurate story is told through the teams' managers and mascots: Connie Mack and Louis van Zelst of the Philadelphia Athletics, and John McGraw and Charlie Faust of the New York Giants.Louis, a young, misshapen hunchback, believes in the goodness of the soul of baseball; he says teams should 'win for the right reason-they're the best.' Under the wing of the even-tempered and gentlemanly Mack, Louis inspires the A's by concealing his personal agony with joy.Feeble-minded Charlie Faust, the Giants' mascot, arrives bearing a gypsy's prophecy: if he gets to pitch, he'll ensure the Giants win the Pennant. Barely tolerated by the pugnacious McGraw, Faust entertains the crowd and convinces the players that spells, good luck charms and black magic will improve their play.Through that curious season and all the way to the World Series in 1911, the story was clearly bigger than the final score.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - If you're sick of being sick and tired of being tired, The Joy of Living above the See Level is a Bible-based handbook for boosting health and vitality by relieving stress. Over more than fifty years of study, prayer, and sharing, Reverend Sedinger has developed a series of disciplines which will help you reap the rewards of Holistic health-achieving genuine harmony between spirit, soul, and body.Sedinger guides the way to comfort and happiness by first helping you determine the causes of your fatigue, illness, or pain, and then taking steps and making lifestyle changes to alleviate them. To pave your path to improved Holistic health, she offers twelve disciplines: Bible study, meditation, prayer, forgiveness, breathing and visualizing, writing, exercise, nutrition, confessions, partnering, separation, and witnessing.Seek and you shall find knowledge about healing. Knock and your understanding will be opened to this knowledge. Ask and you will receive the wisdom to use these principles. When you follow Sedinger's twelve disciplines, believe in and obey the word of God, you will discover not only that healing is possible, but joy is inevitable.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - The fourth installment of Gini Anding's Witness series featuring the irrepressible American widow Amy Page and French inspector Jean-Michel Jolivet, Witness by the Church finds Amy and Jean-Michel basking in his retirement from the Sûreté and settling nicely into their new commitment: living together on the vibrant Ile Saint-Louis. But things get a little less idyllic when Amy becomes the possible target of unknown assassins. A bombing in the Métro station, the stabbing of an innocent friend, a suicide, and a bold murder in a church appear to all to be linked to attempts on Amy's life. Drawn out of retirement to protect his lover, Jean-Michel heads an investigation with the help of his Sûreté colleagues and friends. Motives are unclear, though there's talk of hidden relics and fabled treasure. It becomes evident that there may be a connection between the crimes, the life of Saint Louis, and the church that bears his name in the heart of Paris.With her signature interweaving of history, legend, adventure, and passion, and her sublime rendering of the cuisine and mores of the beguiling Parisians, Gini Anding delivers another engrossing detective story, spy thriller, and romantic mystery rolled into one novel.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Tabitha Locke and Doug Willis have planned their dream wedding at the palatial Hawthorne Manor and are looking forward to a lifetime of joy and togetherness. But the death of Tabitha's ex-boyfriend, Eric Brownley, at the Hawthorne Manor on the eve of the wedding casts a dreadful chill over the nuptial plans. Then Doug is named as a suspect in Eric's possible murder.Is it an open-and-shut case of murder, or did a mentally unstable man plot to deny the bride the life she wants Caroline Steel, the maid of honor, and her friend Jason White, a private detective, are determined to prove the murder was a well-planned suicide and get the groom out of hot water-but something doesn't add up.Caroline and Jason discover more than they bargained for as they frantically search for the missing clue, and Doug squirms over whether he'll spend his wedding night in the arms of his new bride or behind bars.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - The evidence is clear and overwhelming: genetically engineered food is big business, a profitable product on the global market, and as a $6.15 billion industry in 2006, its growth and corporate power are undeniable. Despite the United States government and biotechnology industry's assertion that genetically engineered food is harmless, Americans must question its safety. The truth is that genetically engineered food has never been tested for human consumption. When genetically engineered food was introduced in America more than a decade ago, it was promoted as a solution to some of the world's food problems; however, the promised advantages have never been realized. Beth H. Harrison, PhD, explores why these crops do not benefit consumers, do not feed the world, do not help the environment, and are not rigorously regulated. Yet the government and the biotechnology industry expend questionable efforts to 'educate' consumers, the media, and politicians with propaganda championing genetically engineered food as safe and necessary. Meanwhile, an unsuspecting public continues to be force-fed untested, unlabeled food that carries potential adverse health effects. Harrison provides a convincing argument as to why American consumers must question the collusion between their government and the biotechnology industry: their health-and yours-depends on it.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - David J. Murray's Confusion Matrix and Other Poems is a collection of poetry that weaves together many different components of life using the thread of our most unavoidable emotion-confusion. Language and content combine beautifully as Murray seamlessly blends concrete detail into abstraction. This mellifluous marriage of the tangible and the universal shows that confusion is an emotion as valuable to the human experience as fear or grief or even love. We move smoothly from one aspect of life to another, from one poem to the next, carried along by the familiar and inevitable undercurrent of confusion.The title work, 'Confusion Matrix', takes us on a winding, existential path through the confusion created by man's examination of nature, love and life itself. This epic saga is followed by ten sets of poems, each with a specific theme, including art, music and even madness. Whether about a change in seasons or an unthinkable tragedy, Murray's extraordinary poems speak to the questions we all ask ourselves during the most quiet and thoughtful moments in life.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - 'An evocative, heartfelt rendering of the American home front in 1943, and the coming-of-age of a wife and husband at a time when young people unquestioningly took on expected adult roles, only later to struggle with issues of identity and individual desire. Flying Out of Brooklyn reminds us that simpler times were not necessarily easier times.'-Janet Fitch, author of White Oleander and Paint It Black'Flying Out of Brooklyn shines a light on the often neglected home front during World War II. It is spare, fast-paced, and illuminating.'-Denise Nicholas, author of the award-winning novel Freshwater RoadThe world is at war during the sweltering summer of 1943, and on the American home front, Judith Weissman feels trapped by her mundane office job, her lackluster marriage, and the gossipy neighborhood of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. But when her upstairs neighbor unexpectedly takes a step off her fifth-floor fire escape and plunges to her death, Judith suddenly realizes how short life really is-and how much she wants to change it.Judith crosses paths with an old crush from school, returning wounded war hero Bobby Levitt, and she suddenly and desperately wants to regain her romantic dreams. But Bobby has been changed by the war, his injuries, and a guilty secret that tortures and embitters him.In the midst of their passionate affair, Judith questions her identity and her role in this war-torn world and soon realizes that nothing and no one will ever be the same again.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - If you're the best man or good friend of the groom, Words of Wisdom forthe Bachelor is the perfect wedding present. Bryan J. Bohnert asks fivebasic questions about the secrets of marital success-and your job isto gather answers and advice from friends, family, or evenacquaintances during a bachelor party, wedding rehearsal dinner, orany other wedding-related activity. When completed, this collectionwill offer diverse advice for the groom throughout his marriage.Whether you are in a room full of longtime friends or a club full oftotal strangers, Words of Wisdom for the Bachelor quickly breaks the iceas you compile real-life wisdom into an essential survival guide for thehusband-to-be.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - It This is a spiritual, humorous, uplifting, and inspiring book about a young woman growing up in a small town in Alabama. She shares her joy and pain about living life with all of its complexity. Life was simple, until the day she realized that others looked to the sky, and saw clear blue skies, and she looked to the sky, and all she could see was dark gray clouds.One day her gray clouds turned white and she saw the clear blue skies. It was that day she realized how sweet and wonderful life could be.This is a book that you will not want to stop reading. It is one of the greatest memoirs ever written in mere words, by a first-time writer. Based on a true story, the names have been changed to protect the privacy of the innocent.It.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - As the twilight turned into night, the pyramids lay deserted. Â The Tuaregs on silent horses were flying across the desert around the pyramids and the great Sphinx, making sure that what was about to take place was unobserved. A cortege of torches was winding its way down the tall dune towards the great Sphinx. Phillipa, holding the silver Urn with the Heidrichs ashes, rode at the center of the cortege. Reaching the Sphinx, the torchbearers broke into two columns to form an honor guard of light through which Phillipa rode to meet the matriarch standing between the Sphinx's mighty paws. Phillipa slowly handed the urn to her. Â A deep hole had been chiseled into the Sphinx's chest where one would think the heart might be. The urn was pushed gently into the cool depth of the Sphinx. The opening disappeared in front of Phillipa's eyes under the skilled hands of a stonemason. No one would suspect that the Sphinx had been tampered with. One by one the Tuareg torchbearers rode up the passage between the mighty paws of the Sphinx and dropped their torches in front of the Heidrichs secret burial chamber--a final salute to the man who had translated their tablets. That night they slept outside under the stars. The matriarch's stallion came to greet Phillipa. She rubbed his forehead and velvety nose and then kissed it, as she had done long ago when she had been here with Udah Singh. 'He likes you and wishes you well,' said the matriarch behind her. ' You have a gift with horses that I have not seen before.' She continued, 'You still love both equally, and that confuses you profoundly. Give yourself permission to love and be loved. Don't let conventions and western customs dictate your life. Live happy and free.'.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - This is the book that Wall Street doesn't want you to read. It's a book about my experiences, my insights, and my take on the brokerage business. As a top-producing Wall Street stockbroker for 20 years at some of its largest firms, I had the opportunity to see everything - the junkets, the incentives, the sales strategies, the product preferences, and most of all how customers are treated. Demystifying Wall Street begins with some of my personal experiences, how I went from being a car salesman (and musician) to joining one of Wall Street's biggest brokerages. And then it explains how I discovered that car dealerships and brokerages operate in very much the same way: by incentives. More compelling, the book reveals a perspective that is often lost on consumers: Salesmen, whether of stocks or cars, are paid to sell products. They work, at the end of the day, for the manufacturers of those products and therefore their interests are never aligned with buyers. Those buyers on Wall Street are you. This is the flaw in the Wall Street business model that is at the crux of Demystifying Wall Street. Despite the bull, the advertisements, and all of the lip service, stockbrokers can never be the trusted advisers they portend to be. If they were, and put clients' interests ahead of their own, they'd be broke. Yet, the average income of stockbrokers is several hundred thousand dollars and can stretch up into millions of dollars. I explain how this then translates into a lifestyle trap for Wall Street stockbrokers, how they have to produce, produce, produce, to keep up their means. It shows how bigger and better EVERYTHING is rewarded by brokerage firm management. Managers want brokers to get nicer cars, buy bigger houses. They hold out carrots at the office too - corner offices, secretaries, and trips - all in a design to keep brokers in the firm's nest. Rife with information, including charts, tables, and graphs, Demystifying Wall Street is meant to be used as resource guide, a resource guide, mind you, that tells a story. My personal experiences and anecdotes are meant to grab readers' attention and engage them. But the book itself is full of easy-to-understand financial lessons.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Winston Hardegree was born in the throes of the Great Depression in 1932, but spent happy boyhood summers on his grandparents' rural Alabama farm, where hard work and adventure led to a deep appreciation for life's simple pleasures.At nineteen, Winston lost his father and suddenly became family patriarch for his mother, siblings, and new bride. He took a job in the local textile mill, and over thirty-five years of unrelenting hard work became a successful top-executive of this international company. Disenchanted, Winston decided to return to the simpler way of life he had so loved as a boy.Winston's quest to reintroduce the man he had become to the boy of his youth brought about these stories of gardening, life with regular folk and beloved animals, and adventures that Winston and his wife, Beth, shared in the garden, in love, and in living the autumn and winter of his years at The Blessed Earth Farm in the rural upstate of South Carolina.This book is a compilation of essays and short stories written during Winston's search for simplicity, and his observations on life and on death, as he faces the final days of a terminal illness.This is Winston Hardegree's Legacy.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - An abusive childhood has forged Nathan Kirkland into the man he has become-a hard-working, strong-minded, self-made millionaire. Add to that his extraordinary good looks, and he appears to have it all. There's just one problem: to blunt the pain of his past, Nathan has walled himself into isolation, both emotional and physical. Social interactions unnerve this intentional loner, and Nathan is convinced that the only way to avoid hurt is to be the one doing the hurting.While many around him fall for his chameleon-like personalities, there are some who know the destruction of which Nathan is capable and are determined to bring it to light. Threatened, Nathan becomes merciless in his quest for revenge and frantic in his struggle to maintain the facade of his life. But when confronted with an unattainable woman, Nathan can no longer hide behind his pretense of perfection, and his long-sequestered vulnerability unfolds. His all-too-flawless world turns upside down, opening emotions Nathan thought he'd buried long ago and leading to chilling consequences.The Loner is a tightly woven tale of a man who is not what he seems to be and a fascinating probe into the psyche of a person who discovers the inevitable price of fleeing the past.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Following the loss of his lucrative oil-industry job, Ace Mulligan quickly learns that available work within the confines of the law doesn't readily meet his financial requirements. He decides to turn his many talents toward jobs beyond conventional legal parameters, beginning with the heist of a gold coin collection worth half a million dollars.In his new line of work, Ace is quite busy with arson, oilfield theft, international money laundering, prostitution, drug smuggling, and espionage. He steals from the Mafioso and narrowly escapes murder attempts. When he is kidnapped and put into a mental institution, Ace is beaten and interrogated for information about his business cohorts.Ace amasses considerable wealth and a host of enemies, including a corrupt district attorney, an IRS fraud investigator, and a British Scotland Yard inspector. He enjoys female companionship with a redheaded prostitute, a seamstress of considerable talent, a Swiss banker, and a member of the Houston vice squad who is anxious to lead him to the altar. Among the many eccentric characters along his journey, Ace must discern who he can successfully deceive-and who may just be deceiving him. …

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - In a day when farm folks pitched in together to accomplish tasks too big for one person, when strangers shared car rides, and housewives lingered over cups of hot coffee, a small boy named Joe discovered the richness of life on his grandfather's farm.A gentle, adventurous, and proud boy enraptured by farm life, Joe learned at a tender age that he had a way with animals, both domestic and wild. On Grandpa's farm, he became fast friends with a dog, a deer, a rabbit, and even a blue jay. His feathered and furry companions seemed to understand him just as perfectly as he did them. Their many carefree escapades included hunting woodchucks, visiting the barbershop, playing in the schoolyard, riding in the rumble seat of Grandpa's coupe, fishing in the creek, eating spaghetti lunches at the county fair, and much more.A memoir from the heart, this is the spirited tale of a young boy coming of age in a bygone era as he makes lasting memories and enduring friendships exploring field and forest with a bevy of animal buddies. …

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Public order in rural, politically divided Port Townsend, Washington, has been shattered by a series of bombings made to appear as though Native American activists are responsible. Henry Ivers, an aging county sheriff already struggling with family and professional challenges, soon finds himself thrust into escalating ethnic and retaliatory violence. Although he suspects student activists may have staged the original destruction, Ivers' investigation is diverted by the sudden appearance of an antigovernment militia hoping to capitalize on the situation. Ivers' personal vulnerabilities complicate his preparedness to contend with the crisis-particularly when his confidence is shaken by broken beliefs, mistrust, and the discovery of his daughter's possible involvement in the bombings. Sheriff Ivers must choose between competing personal and professional loyalties and find a way to achieve redemption and acceptance in the midst of the violence and chaos engulfing the once-peaceful Northwestern region. Imagined Glories realistically demonstrates the power of an ordinary man's triumphant spirit through hope and perseverance as he overcomes anguish and loss.'Imagined Glories reveals the fragility of our social fabric and makes us look inside and see things we'd rather not.' -Margaret Zelkin 'An extraordinary read. Nagy's story is gripping and his prismatic language is stark and original.'Oscar Simone.…