Xlibris nov 2005 (25 resultados)

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - John Phillips, a 25 year old E-6 in the United States Army, stationed at St. Eustis, VA, wins a 127 million dollar state lottery. So what does he do next He gets out of the Army and takes his 127 million dollars out to California and buys a mansion, complete with a.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - A Swift Boat is sunk by two rockets from an unidentified aircraft near the border between North and South Vietnam. It is June 15/16th, 1968, around midnight, and now five sailors are dead or missing. Two survivors and several witnesses report seeing lighted aircraft that move and hover like helicopters flying in the area. U.S. Jets are scrambled to the scene and report hits on enemy aircraft. The following night the jets return hunting the elusive helicopters and in the confusion, one American Cruiser and one Australian Frigate, are hit by air-to-air missiles. The result is two dead and eleven wounded aboard the Australian ship and minor damage to the American Cruiser. An investigation, based on pieces of U.S. Missiles found on the two ships, determine that it was 'friendly fire'. This sailor was aboard another Swift Boat, PCF-12, patrolling south of the sunken boats position. Ordered to the scene to assist in the rescue, PCF-12 came under attack by helo type aircraft, identified as hostile, receiving one rocket and machine gun fire. This Swift Boat returned a deadly barrage of 50 caliber machine gun and other small arms fire causing the two helos to break contact and run away. The crew believes that one of the helos was damaged or shot down by this hail of gunfire. The investigation findings were 'friendly fire' mostly because of the lack of wreckage of the helos and the pieces of Sparrow missiles found on board USS Boston and HMAS Hobart. News accounts attempted to connect the two incidents by blaming the same pilots for attacking the ships and sinking the Swift Boat. This book uses official records, logs, and message traffic to back up eye witness testimonies that refute the 'friendly fire' decision. There are many people affected by this story. Those of us that were there have carried pieces of this incident in our memories for 37 years. Families and friends of the dead and missing have wondered about the truth behind the decision of 'friendly fire' vs 'hostile fire'. This book will answer many of those questions and put many lives at rest again. James W. Steffes ENC, USN Retired.…

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Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - An explosion. Two seconds later the report of a gunshot. In a wisp, Jake Braddock''s entire life drastically changes. One moment he is building a sandcastle with his family on a Miami public beach, the next he is holding his wife''s body and realizing that his infant son has been abducted.In Eight Ball Justice, Dade County Homicide Detectives Sherm Walters and Sebastan Xollo initially assume these are simply revenge crimes. The year before, Jake, then head of security at Miami International Airport, played an important role in not only thwarting a bioterror attack on the airport, but also capturing Osama bin Laden''s eldest son. One group. When Sherm''s close friend, Dr. Roxanne Shockley, draws their attention to the suspicious death of a Middle Easterner they realize they are in a 'pissin'' match with the big boys'. Two groups. Al-Qaeda, and another. As they delve further into the crimes, they find themselves pitted against seemingly invincible foes.Dr, Roxanne Shockley, Foxy Roxy to her friends, a forensic pathologist and romantic interest of Sherm''s, points them in the right direction early in their investigation. Roxy''s brother, Mike Shockley, a former Vietnam War Medal of Honor winner and Rhodes scholar, helps the Sherm and Sebastan see the entire scope of the crime. It''s more than they can fathom.The investigation starts in Miami Florida and ends up in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan.Along the way every effort is made to silence the duo as they dissect out the meticulously conceived stratagem of the operation.The fate of all involved, including Jake''s infant son, hangs in the balance until the tumultuous conclusion.…

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Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - The Gift of Ah MarrBy Rose L. Tse and Gloria Bond As far back as she could remember, Dr. Rose L. Tse was driven by a burning desire to study in America, but this dream appeared to be impossible, since she was a daughter of a poorly paid professor in Shanghai, who could not afford to send her away. In 1949 as the political scene grew bleak and the communists encroached Shanghai, her childhood dream appeared to be impossible. However, with perseverance, she finally reached America and attended Mt. Holyoke College in Massachusetts, where she majored in chemistry. It took Rose just eight months to earn her master's degree at Mt. Holyoke, when normally, it takes students two years. Soon thereafter, she headed for Yale University to pursue further studies in a PhD program. Within a year-a-half, she solved a classic problem that had baffled scientists for thirty-six years, and because she was required to remain at Yale for three years before being allowed to receive a PhD, she was given a second research topic to solve. A few years later, Rose attended The Medical College of Pennsylvania, a woman's institution, and this was followed by intern and residency training at the prestigious Philadelphia General Hospital. Soon after she entered the field of medicine, she experienced a rapid climb in academia and eventually served as professor at the University of Pennsylvania. Among her success, Rose never forgot her loyalty to the family that she had left behind in China, and as news from home reached her, she became distressed as she heard how her family, as intellectuals, were persecuted in a Cultural Revolution. After Nixon's visit to China in 1972, and particularly after two Nobel Prize Chinese scholars were allowed to visit their families in Shanghai and Beijing, Rose, herself, obtained permission to return to China twice to visit her family whom she had not seen for 23 years. However, her two visits disturbed her, for she saw how her family was denied many freedoms that she often took for granted. She was also amazed at how her family continued their daily prayers together, in a society that had made the public worship of God unlawful. And soon, the happy, secure world that she so much enjoyed in America came to an end, for she chose to give it up for the people whom she loved the most.…

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Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Macbeth for Murderers is a true story of how lives collide behind the walls of the Maximum Security Prison. The inmates include Rashid, a street-smart drug dealer; Jorge, a bitter man convicted of murder; Tommy, a modern-day Sundance Kid; William, rapist and murderer; and Jim, a murderer at nineteen. Fate, Shakespeare and two unlikely teachers, peel away their hard-core exteriors and reveal the men behind their violent crimes. Some will deserve a second chance, and some won't. Roberta Davidson, an English Professor from the Ivy League, and John Kerwin, a television producer turned teacher, mingle in the sub-culture of the incarcerated, and their experiences provide a unique and truthful view of modern-day prison life. …

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Broadcast on the evening news: 'Hillcrest English teacher and former football star was shot in the back while fly-fishing. David Browning leaves behind a wife and two young children. Authorities have ruled it a hunting accident.' Matthew Blake has only one purpose left in life: to find who murdered his best friend. At the time of his death, David Browning had a loving family and successful career. What does Matthew Blake have Nothing. Matt Blake is an ex-athlete, ex-husband, and ex-angler-a guilt-driven alcoholic and professional failure. To uncover the murderer, Blake must journey back to his hometown, Hillcrest, where he will be forced to face his past, make new enemies, and learn the meaning of love -if he can live long enough. Life on the Fly is another suspenseful, poignant, and compelling novel set in Schreiber's richly imagined Ironwood County. The first novel in the Ironwood County series is the young adult novel, Hillcrest Journal. The second is the adult novel Passing Through Paradise. \* \* \* What others are saying about the Ironwood County novels: 'Skillfully told . . . very realistic.' - West Concord Enterprise 'Tough to put down. The themes are masterfully interwoven.' - Byron Review \* \* \*.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - The cinquain is a five-line twenty-two syllable verse form created by Adelaide Crapsey in response to the tanka and haiku forms which were then coming into vogue among English-language poets. Because it is a western form, the cinquain is more expansive and rhetorical. It lends itself to a variety of uses. A Book of Cinquains contains poems that are descriptive, humorous, meditative and dramati. …

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Is Call To Arms destined to be a movie It was 1860, that year before the war, when Johnny, a thirty-year-old eligible bachelor from Ohio, traveled to South Carolina to help his uncle run a small plantation and fell in love with Molly, a Southern belle from Charleston. Their plans to marry are abruptly interrupted by her jealous former fiance at the outbreak of the Civil War. Their struggle to return to each other¿s arms is filled with action, adventure, terror, charm, compassion, intrigue, suspense, and unceasing desire. The story has all of the elements one would expect in a movie produced by Mel Gibson, including the plot, character, humor, history, patriotism, passion, romance, and spirituality for which the highly successful actor-producer-director has come to be admired. …

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Writers and filmakers have imortalized the Sicilian crime family¿s concept of power for decades to a world audience intrigued with Italian culture. IMMORTALLY ROMAN takes us inside that facinating culture and exposes for the first time a different traditional Italian cultural concept of power. Political, military, intelligence, and social concepts of power secretly practiced by Roman Legion Commanders and passed down from father to son thru a Calabrian family¿s tradition of the Black Knight are revealed through the adventures of a handsome young Italian-American Patriot in a time period of monumental international events capable of moving the United States to the heights of world leadership or the depths of self destruction.Marcos Capodante is groomed by his father Rocco to become a powerful player in high-level circles of international power. Following in the footsteps of his father¿s brilliant Intelligence career in WWII, Marcos emerges onto the world theater as a US Navy Pilot towards the end of the Korean War. Reality hits Marcos head on. After being wounded on a flight over Korea he is reassigned as Chief Engineer aboard the USS Cavallaro APD-128 to Saigon just prior to the final battle of Dien Bien Phu and the fall of French Colonial Indochina. Under Roccös masterful guidance Marcos begins his own transformation into the extension of his historical contemporaries. The USS Cavallaro was a unique class of warship cloaked in mystery operating alone on Dark Missions throughout the Pacific. In 1954 she was stationed in Saigon acting as forward observation post for Naval Intelligence as military and political events escalated out of control between China, Russia, France, and the United States. With an incessant ancestral drive to become a part of the Power Game Marcos positions himself at the very center of unfolding history. Together in an unlikely friendship with the Chief of French Intelligence and within the lavish social life of French Colonial Saigon, they devise an intriguing plot involving the beautiful wife of the American Ambassador to thwart the growing influence of the Black Forces. The fragile balance between barbarians and a civilized world was in the process of being changed and the individuals making military and political decisions would find themselves awash in a sea of mediocrity and incompetence. In WWII, Korea, and Vietnam the USS Cavallaro APD-128 actively carried out operational intelligence missions as an active fighting unit with the capability to raise havoc along hostile coastal shores using classified underwater demolition teams of Army Special Forces and specialized Marine Raiding Parties. Wherever the Cavallaro went, dangerous actions followed. In the fall of 1954 the Cavallaro was stationed at Saigon Vietnam acting as Command and Control ship for the US Navy¿s Operation 'Passage to Freedom.' The history of this ship and other ships of her class represent untold stories of combat and intrigue. APD sailors operated throughout the Pacific Ocean defending American interests alone without restrictions. Thus making the covert war ship uniquely suited for the emerging second Italian-American generation of the Black Knight tradition. It was the perfect Roman Base of Operation to expand clandestine activities and develop a masterful plan for an extraordinary young mans future in the BLACK WORLD OF INTELLIGENCE.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Rarely, a landmark book emerges from the sacred fire of battling life-threatening disease. Hailed as 'a masterpiece' and 'a major contribution to spiritual literature,' ELEPHANTS IN YOUR TENT: Spiritual Support as a Mystic Survives Cancer delivers a first-hand account of facing death, reclaiming life, and rebuilding health. Dr. Reno's practical skills provide immediate comfort and empowerment to anyone in catastrophic illness. As Judith overcomes insurmountable odds, she helps you find your own invincible spirit. She strengthens you-spiritually, mentally, emotionally, and physically-to overcome crisis. She returns you to your adamantine diamond core. Igniting your spirit and increasing your spiritual IQ, this book is a life-saver in times of trouble. With it, you can rise up and triumph over adversity! Dr. Judith Larkin Reno's personal comments on Elephants in Your Tent: Elephants in Your Tent is the kind of book I wished I had when I was so sick and near death. The worst times were in the middle of the night when no one was there. I wrote this book to walk beside you when no one else is there. When my attention span was ravaged by pain, I wanted something quick and powerful to penetrate the brain fog and restore my spirit. I needed immediate inspiration so I could keep fighting to live. I didn't have much energy to read. So, I wanted quick penetrating anecdotes and power-packed quotes to refuel me. I needed a cheerleader to help me see past the avalanche of bad medical news. On the roller-coaster ride of daily crises, I wanted a stabilizer to help me keep my center. Because I was continually cast about, I wanted to be anchored in faith and God union. I knew my healing supply came from my God union. If I could anchor in God, I knew that I would either heal or die in peace. Either way looked like a victory to me. Elephants in Your Tent gives you all the spiritual home-remedies that I used to survive catastrophic illness. These are tried-and-true recipes with proven success. I tested each one in the laboratory of my life! This book is filled with hundreds of skills and practical tips for coping with disease and pain. Pain is invasive. It can destroy your peace of mind. It can even rob your soul if you don't fight back. Elephants in Your Tent helps you fight back and triumph. On my healing journey, I found comfort, healing, and strength. I pass these on to you in hopes that they will multiply! Take courage knowing that others have traveled the path before you. May you be truly blessed in your healing journey! Those who have read Elephants in Your Tent give the following testimonials: \* National Book Award winner Fred Alan Wolf says, 'This book describing a survivor's journey into cancer by riding her spiritual elephant-wherever it took her-will fill you with wonder and joy.' -author The Yoga of Time Travel and Dr. Quantum Presents, among many other books on spirituality and quantum physics . \* 'Also a cancer survivor, I support everyone's learning about Judith's victory and how she got there. Victory is available to everyone choosing it!' -Leonard Orr, Founder of Rebirthing. \* 'Battling a rare bone cancer, counselor and mystic Judith Larkin Reno confronts death and makes the heroic journey back to vibrant health. Dr. Reno is a master of two worlds, transcending life/death duality to embrace True Identity, far beyond earthly confines. Elephants in Your Tent is a guiding light for those facing illness. It helps you find gifts behind pain, true power under frailty, and an indestructible core beyond the impermanence of life.' -Marion Moss Hubbard, Ph.D., author Work as a Heroic Journey and Remov.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - In Murder at Machu Picchu private investigator, Jamie Prescott, co-owner of a travel agency in Bethesda, Maryland, and dedicated Tae Kwon Doe practitioner, is faced with the gruesome murder of a client on a tour to Peru. Her investigation takes her to Lima, to Paris, and New York where hair-raising events include two more murders. In Murder in Barbados Jamie Prescott lands in trouble immediately upon arriving on that Caribbean island. Dead bodies wash up on the shore. A woman disappears and the trail leads to Copenhagen where Jamie soon encounters more trouble before wrapping up the case in a surprise ending. What readers say: 'Well-written. Fast-paced. Entertaining. Intelligent.' MURDER IN SAN FRANCISCO Private Investigator Jamie Prescott still has it. The talent for landing in hot water, that is. When she attends a travel agents' convention in San Francisco she is plunged into the mystery surrounding a missing true crime TV producer and his lost research materials. Ever undaunted, her probe brings about a confrontation with a local private eye, with the producer's wife, and with his New York co-producer. Other characters such as a provocative fair dinkum Aussie, a visiting journalist, and a paroled murderer, muddy the waters. …

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Blaine Barrow is writing a biography of his late grandfather, Jake Barrow, a famous movie director from the 1940's through the 1960's. In the process of conducting research for the book, Blaine discovers some disturbing information: In 1953 his grandfather was involved in a sensational murder case in which blonde boys were abducted, raped and killed. When the case broke, Jake Barrow was directing Death Song, starring Marilyn Monroe. The studio never released the film-indeed, at the time they issued a press release simply stating that the film negative had been destroyed. In Hollywood lore, Death Song soon became known as 'The Lost Monroe.' Why was the film destroyed How was it connected to the murder case Newspaper clippings from the time tell part of the story but not all of it. To try to get at the truth about his grandfather and the case of the blonde boys, Blaine visits a nursing home to interview Death Song's only surviving star, Carmen Calais. Flattered by the young man's attention and amused by her own cynicism, the eighty-year old Carmen decides to tell him what she has never told anyone else-the full story of 'The Lost Monroe.' In the process, she takes him and the reader back to the world of Hollywood in 1953. There they meet characters both real and fictional-a talented but insecure Marilyn Monroe, a carefree but conflicted Rock Hudson, a savvy and demanding mogul, Lew Wasserman, and a Los Angeles missing persons detective, Lefty Bouchard, whose search for five lost boys leads to the discovery of a serial murderer in Tinsel Town. The Lost Monroe employs suspense and humor against the historical backdrop of Hollywood in its heyday to tell a story of the price people pay to survive in a world where perception matters more than truth.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - This collection of letters is a continuation of my earlier collection, The Gabriel Letters. I stumbled on the idea of writing imagined letters from an archangel advising a young guardian, while reading an introduction to C. S. Lewis' Screwtape Letters. It has been a marvelous way - perhaps delusional - of standing back and imagining that I can see the world through angel eyes. The amazing result for me has been a sense of objectivity and good will.The intended purpose of the letters is to apply to all things the idea of God's complete love (self-sacrificing, eternal, parent-like love). This idea is the center of Christianity. It is Jesus' message, and it is St. Paul's 'good news.' If we desire to be Christian, we should begin, it seems to me, by attempting to apply Jesus' teachings to all things: to our behavior; to our human relationships, especially family; to our work and our business dealings; to the way we run our churches; and to the way we study the scriptures. If we take Jesus seriously, we must reevaluate much of the Bible - the parts which are not specifically the teachings of Jesus. Jesus, Himself, questioned much of the scriptures.These letters cover a variety of subjects, many of them Biblical. Some Biblical passages need correction in light of Jesus' ideas. Some Biblical passages are so marvelous that we need to lift them to the sky and shout, 'Look at this!' Some Biblical passages are confusing, and we need to wrestle with them. But in all, we should be trying to see them through Jesus' eyes.To see through Jesus' eyes is, I suspect, what the true Gabriel wants, and it is the intent of this book. Richard V. Shriver.…

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Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Rosalind Burgundy is to the Etruscans what Mary Renault is to theGreeks, and Colleen McCullough is to the RomansKOberleNormalKOberle272004-05-12T14:58:00Z2004-05-12T14:58:00Z25483128Xlibris26638419.2720150.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Seeds of Sin produce bad fruit filled with secrets. Secrets have a way of finding their way to the surface. Post World War II finds a farming family in the Yakima Valley of Washington State becoming aware secrets cannot be held in check. Walter Mason has never-ending problems of weather, Mexican migrant workers, the impending death of his wife, and after 18 years, long held secrets have risen to the surface. Secrets he thought would always be just that, secrets. Like ripples of a wheat field in the wind, one secret opens another. Secrets of adultery and adoption, lead to suicide, murder and more. The ripple spreads wide, becoming a wave that rocks residents of the peaceful farming valley 'Eat the apple that falls in your garden.do not try to learn where it came from and you will be content'.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Deadly Referral is the second in the series of Rosellen Price''s most engaging character, Madeline Fox. Madeline, Interior Designer, lives on the beach of the Pacific Ocean in her 17 room, 70 windowed Victorian.The trouble begins when she leaves town and travels to San Luis Obispo to decorate for a former clients sister.Brutally attacked and left for dead, will she survive.…