Xlibris sep 2011 (307 resultados)

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - This is the manuscript as it was submitted to a New York publisher. It arrived in a brown paper wrapper tied with string and wrapped in Scotch tape. It was soggy and battered, and the return address and half the cover letter were missing. For this reason, we did not know who the author actually was . An extensive search has convinced us that the name Michelangelo Schwartz is a nom de plume meant to shield him from the wrath of his friends and colleagues. And make no mistake about it, wrath there will be. Join us for a roller coaster ride across American higher education that takes us from the top graduate schools to an online university whose motto is 'Welcome to a college that has no class.' Meet Dr. Michelangelo Schwartz, a drunken and philandering Dante scholar who descends into the same circles of hell he bored his students with. Meet Sister Bill, the dean of discipline at a Catholic women's college. The good sister carries a metal ruler-and is not afraid to use it. Meet Jim Bob Rules, president of Lee Harvey Oswald Community College in Sheets, Texas, who only has the job because his father-in-law is chairman of the board. Meet Senator Brandon Stubblefield, who wants to clean up higher education-that is, until he finds himself in a sticky situation.If you ever wondered why so many people are mad at higher education, wonder no more. Enjoy your stay at The University of Last Resort.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - In The Distance between Hopes and Dreams, author Charles Lobaito presents a collection of poetry that embodies and explores the human spirit. We all wish to be great, and we all dream beyond the heights of our imagination. The verses contained here examine those wishes and dreams-their conception and their accomplishment.Each poem in this volume offers a journey-a literary awakening into the places we know and beyond. The collection combines three books of poetry into one volume. Perception of the Navigator focuses on seizing one's destiny. The Epiphany Maker explores the abstract and the discovery of fate. Not Elektronisches Buch from the Past reflects on life in its search for peace.From love to war, hope to promise, history to time, freedom to knowledge, the verses in this collection share honest, witty, and philosophical considerations of life at the dawn of the twenty-first century. The Distance between Hopes and Dreams seeks to bring out the poet and dreamer in all of us.If Dreams Were Keys There'd Be No LocksDoor IIf dreams were keys there'd be no locks,All prisons empty, true love run amok!Fat angels would smile with rifles, and socks:To target the banana-strawberry heart.Door IIWithout any locks, lions would huntLike beasts, to pounce, thus reinvent pun,Or breed like citizens for sport, and court:Under the vanilla paper bag sun .…

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Houston is a big city, with a crime rate to match that of most big cities. Violent crimes occur daily. On this particular day, Matt Wakefield, a young HPD Robbery Investigator was dispatched to a robbery by firearms at a convenience store, with added info of 'Shots Fired!' A two-time ex-con had attempted a carjacking. Matt arrived after the victim was rushed to a hospital by a Houston Fire Department ambulance. There, he learned Alice Renfro was DOA, and met her husband, Jim. Capital Murder charges would now take precedence over robbery charges. A suspect, identified by a witness, was arrested blocks from the scene. Jim was stunned at the loss of his beloved wife. Matt tried to comfort the devastated man, staying with him until the Coroner's Office sent a Unit to transport her to the County Morgue. He attended her funeral and kept Jim apprised of progress on the case. The suspect was indicted, tried, found guilty of Capital Murder and sentenced to death. Typically, execution didn't occur for 15 years or more, due to repeated appeals, on the taxpayers' dime, and support from Anti-Death Penalty groups. The convicted murderer was placed on Death Row at the Polunsky Unit in East Texas to await death. But Alice didn't get an extra 15 years. Jim met grief-stricken Celia Gomez at a Victims' Support Group; her husband had also been murdered by a hijacker. Seeking justice, they changed identities, becoming employees of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division. After almost 4 years, they worked on Death Row, on the night shift, with the required jobs. They were patient and smuggled pistols on to 'The Row'; one foggy night the time was right. Their revenge would not be denied. They escaped to Mexico, but Matt was coming after them.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - copy for this was sent 3 weeks ago. use front flap. RusL.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - I recently discovered something very interesting. Everyone you chance to meet has a true 'snake story'. Some are good, some bad, some ugly; most are humerous; a rare few are incredible. I have gathered together a couple dozen of the best. Read the stories in any order; read them one at a time, over a period of time; but do yourself a big favor.READ them! Some stories may be a tad scary.most are funny. 'Truth IS stranger than fiction and these stories are TRUE.they really happened!'.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Imagination is a great part of every one of us. We set and day dream about things fantasying the way we see them occurring. In this book of poetry I have taken imagination, history and our everyday life experiences, mixing them and putting them into stories. This book 'Truth Is,' has come from those dreams. This not abstract poetry and a person reading will understand what message is being delivered in the numerous poems. I want the reader to enjoy and dream of things that happen to each one of us in our lives. In this book you will read stories of happiness and sadness. In the poem, 'Willie Cane,' the locations are real and the characters fictional. In 'Making a Name,' you will get parts of history and a fictitious but interesting outcome to a well known holiday in the City of Mobile. You will find sadness in 'Karley and Me, and Two Sisters Together,' along with humor in 'Little Arnold Gets the Ball.' 'Someday,' will give a life's perspective and 'Angels Kiss,' talks of love. There are many other stories, dreams and words of encouragement that I hope you will find enjoyable to read. The book contains stories in verse form about life, love and humor. I have tried to tell of things that I have heard about and some that have happened too me. Most of them are just, imagination, with lots of fantasy, history and fiction. I hope that you will find some of these works entertaining and some useful in your everyday life.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Bronzeville is comprised of poetry birth out of the life experiences and inspirations of being born in the cultural hearth of what is now called the Bronzeville district of Chicago, Illinois. The book is representative of the life of a woman from what is known as the African American community and all it's rhythms.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - The book is a Supplement to a book of the same title heading - a fictional colloquy about the comings-of-age of Penelope, her sister Ipthime and her first cousins born into their royal House of Oebalos. The biography of Penelope is addressed for the difficulties of its analysis of just where her birthplace was: Aetolia or Lakonia The Supplement also places the prehistorical analysis upon the biography of her father Ikarios and what else can be known as verifiable about her sister Iphthime. The major episodes of the sisters' girlhood years, as told by Penelope in Colloquy, are also set against the culture of the Late Helladic Greeks as we can best know them in broad setting of Lakonia, the precursor region to Lacedaemonia . The content is both culturally anthropological and and ethnological about the forbears of the natives whom the Spartans would later dominate throughout the 1st millenium BC.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Sauni is a young lady who has been through complicated relationships in the past. Staying single seems to work for her since she can't seem to find 'the one'. People are constantly saying how all of the good men are taken, but Sauni refuses to give up on the hope that there is a least one more knight and shining armor waiting for her. Then, Silas comes into her life and shows her a whole new world. Just when they are ready to make it official the walls come crashing down.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - This book has been in production for 20 long years and is now available especially for you! So let down your guard, set your ego aside, turn face forward and pay attention. Stop being rebellious because this may be your only opportunity to be told the truth. The awesome gift that has been written about in the pages between the front and back cover is completely free. This gift is much more valuable than any dollar you will ever spend or save in your entire life. I hope that you decide to read the message,and open your mind. Your heart will then follow and you will believe it. I pray that you do. This book is not about my life. It's about yours. I was instructed to tell you that this is all for LOVE. His love for you.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - DARK SHORES-Return to SerendibFamiliar characters reappear on stage in this dramatic sequel to the popular novel 'Serendib-Isle of dreams' as Natalie and Mike prepare to celebrate three years of marital bliss with family and friends. Evil and vengeful as ever, Renuka is determined to possess Mike at any cost and joins forces with Natalie's sadistic ex-husband in his quest for revenge.Rashid, Renuka's mysterious new boyfriend embroils her in nefarious child smuggling activity in remote fishing villages. Renuka finally succeeds in entrapping Mike. Natalie's ex-husband abducts her but when they are ambushed on a lonely road, she is captured by terrorists roaming the steamy north eastern jungles of Sri Lanka and she finds herself in the thick of on-going civil war between Tamil Tigers and the army.Natalie's life hangs in the balance precariously, as she struggles to survive in the rebel camp. Will she escape the lustful advances of the rebel leader or be shot by his insanely jealous lover Romance, laughter and drama in the everyday lives of diverse characters are delicately interwoven and interspersed with shafts of sunny humour to dispel dark shadows that threaten to destroy Natalie and Mike's love forever. Natalie's insecurity in Mike's love re-surfaces, as she once again believes he has betrayed her and is unable to forgive him. Scenes shift from exotic Sri Lanka, to Melbourne and Queensland, as Natalie and Mike take a trip in the hope of regaining their lost Paradise.This exciting and long-awaited sequel is a must read for anyone who enjoys the exotic, as the author's unique narrative style and colourful descriptions capture the very essence of the Island and its people.Her talent lies in the ability to bring a story to life with an artist's sensitivity, depicting light, shade and shadow, just like an exquisite landscape.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Searching for Gilead is a chronicle of love, laughter, and loss. Over the span of three and a half decades, the members of the Compton and Fischer families have seen the world change, both in and out of their homes. Linked initially by the love affair of two of the sons, Jonathan and Tom, the families' relationships evolve into an intriguing web.The novel traces the connections between the two families over three and a half decades. Like many families, not everything is as it seems on the surface. Relationships among the family members brought together by the young men's love are tested over differing perspectives on bigger issues, such as the place of religion in people's lives and in the world, injustice in global affairs, the joy and pain of love, threats to the environment, the role of the arts, and, ultimately, that most human of experiences, the death of loved ones. Witty, comical, poignant, and shocking by turns, the story traverses the globe from Toronto to Venice, from New York to Nairobi, and from Geneva to Marrakech. In the end, the journeys of these people, as individuals and as a family, go beyond the simply geographic.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware.