Xlibris mai 2005 (10 resultados)

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - What is it like to depend on an a dog to be your eyes Can he manage all the difficult obstacles she will clear. Smart Bart, the black Lab has been trained well and he knows his job. He will take the fear of the unknown from Miss Pat as he guides her wherever she needs to go. It is not all work, they have a fun filled relationship which makes the work seem the natural thing to do. A busy intersection, no problem, a crowded mall, no problem, a steep mountain trail--who knows The Adventures of Smart Bart will encourage you to find strength and courage to face each new day, a day filled with joy and hope.Smart Bart and Miss Pat 'walk by faith, not by sight.' Trusting in each other and trusting in God as they find joy in meeting new people, in new surroundings. Challenged daily to provide mobility to his master, Smart Bart loves the work he was born for.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Not everyone enjoys a globe-hopping lifestyle à la Indiana Jones and 007, or endures the emotional peaks and valleys of a Scarlett O'Hara or Blanche Dubois. But most of us do come of age sooner or later, which makes it easy to relate to the pivotal events involved in growing up. First crush. Dawn of sex drive. Loss of virginity. Breakup with sweetheart. Senior prom. Graduation day. Going off to college.In like vein, we're all familiar with the issues confronting adolescents. Forging an identity. Fitting in. Handling peer pressure. Bonds/bounds of friendship. Erosion of childhood illusions. Bridging the generation gap. Leaving the nest. Threshold: Scripting a Coming-of-Age offers film buffs and prospective screenwriters insights into the essential elements. Chapter 1 develops the four cornerstones of all scripts irrespective of genre. Chapter 2 covers the genre's distinctive features. Chapter 3 analyzes one classic coming-of-age in depth: River's Edge. Inspired by actual events, the 1987 film confronts its seventeen-year-old protagonist with a daunting threshold rarely encountered by mature adults.The book debuts three feature-film screenplays: 'Homies'; 'What Up Dawg'; 'What Are Brothers For ' The respective protagonists--13, 19, 21--face age-appropriate challenges involving peer pressure, authority figures, and post-graduation blues.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Here is a book of medical advice, traditional and nontraditional. Dr. Richard French lays out health suggestions that a doctor would like to leave for his family, his friends, his patients, acquaintances or anyone interested in a well-balanced approach to life and good health. Here, you will find prescriptions for keeping healthy physically, mentally, emotionally and also spiritually. This book attempts to integrate the care of the individual with some of our current social challenges.In the rapidly advancing fields of science and medicine, the costs of medical treatments are spiralling to the stratosphere. The keys to good health have remained relatively low in cost, and are reviewed in unique comprehensive fashion in this book. If Dr. Richard's prescriptions were widely taken to heart, a large segment of the healthcare-system juggernaut might be scaled back to reserve status.Dr. French draws on twenty-five years of medical practice and experience. He brings insights as a doctor, husband, father and member of the general community. The book offers a collection of essays on health, and an appendix of other essays derived from the author's interest in American history, world history and church history.'An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,' still is valid today, regardless of our expanding array of 21st century medical technology. Spend a few evenings with this general doctor, and you may have less need to visit doctors in general.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Critics acclaim Vol. 1 'I grew up playing sandlot baseball with Gordon in Clinton (MA) North End. I learned then to expect the unexpected from Gordon. He struck out often, but he was also always capable of hitting the long ball. His memoirs tell of that fearlessness.' Leo F. McNamara, Professor of English, Emeritus, University of Michigan; Lecturer in English and Irish Studies, Queens University, Belfast and Trinity, Dublin 'Graham got me all wrong in Volume 1 and I bet he'll tell more whoppers about me in Volume 2. My lawyers and I will have to buy the book to see. What a high school debate partner and college room-mate he turned out to be.' Sydney H. Schanberg, 1976 Pulitzer Prize Winner for International Reporting, The New York Times, whose life experiences are portrayed in the award-winning film, 'The Killing Fields' 'Gordie did indeed catch me with my pants down in Volume 1. But he did at least give me credit for folding them up neatly to keep the crease.' 'Zip,' Graham's team-mate on the undefeated Clinton Massachusetts' Galloping Gaels football team of 1950. …

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Sonya and Billy would like you to come to a unique little get together tonight. It is important for you to keep this invitation confidential from everyone until you arrive because some of our guests are in for a surprise. Please don't be a spoiler. You will experience things this evening you will never forget, and that will stick with you for the rest of your life. We promise the party favors will be out of this world. It starts at eight, so don't be late, or you will miss the boat.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - An authentic page-turning novel whose main character is a white boy spawned by the rural bi-racial society of south Mississippi during the turbulent mid-twentieth century. We meet him in 1948 when he is eleven years old and already deeply committed within the separate white and black subcultures. Torn between the two, he advances through a series of life-altering experiences. He goes off to college and returns after a twenty-year exile to find the place of his roots changed beyond recognition and with that the destruction of his dreams and his faith in a distant impersonal government. Challenge and adventure, triumph and tragedy, race and violence, promise and betrayal, love and heartbreak - the book has it all. A rich source of social commentary, history, and geography for anyone who loves a good story. From beginning to end, a thrilling adventure by the award-winning author who was there.…