If there's anyone who could say,"'I didn't sign up for this," it's Texas A&M quarterback David Walker. This is the incredible story of Walker's demanding, provocative
The author, in her 91st year, provides inspiration for people who are faced with challenges of old age, shows how to make choices, solve problems that increase with years, to enjoy a slowed-down pace,
For many, “going back to the land” brings to mind the 1960s and 1970s—hippie communes and the Summer of Love, The Whole Earth Catalog and Mother Earth News. More recently, the movement has reemerged i
Offers a chronological and critical perspective on the power wielded by Big Oil and Wall Street. According to this compilation of Learsy's writings for the Huffington Post over a five-year period, the
The third Neil Hockaday mystery from the Edgar Award-winning author of Dark Maze. New York detective Hockaday of the S.C.U.M. patrol (Street Crimes Unit--Manhattan) journeys to Ireland to search for t
Hilary Kramer has?built?a wildly successful career based on her prescient analyses of the stock market and?her savvy?financial tips designed for average investors. A longtime presence online, on TV, i
Evangeline Keating came west because she had to: after her husband's passing, she needed to build a new life for her young daughter, and marrying a stranger from Montana Territory was her best chance.
They lived on the wild side.Now these bad girls are paying the price.At Dr. Foreman's School for Girls, the "students" sleep in barns, work on a farm in the blazing heat, and are subjected to ruthless
Have you ever dreamed about changing your life and working for yourself -- finding financial freedom and loving what you do? Real estate investing is a great way for women to work for themselves and a
Searching, Escaping, and Longing for True Love. Set in Dunhuang, China, a city on the ancient Silk Road and home to thousands of painted cave murals, Dunhuang Dream magically blends the stories of thr
All Alice ever wanted was to get out. Leave her small town, go to college, and create a new life for herself. But her kidnapping changes everything. Alice soon finds out about a secret plot from the b
This presentation describes the unique anatomy and physiology of the vascular beds that serve the eye. The needs for an unobstructed light path from the cornea to the retina and a relatively fixed cor
The girls are all off on a school trip tp Florence. For Lucy, it seems like a dream come true, as she longs to be a dress designer, and she gets to take in all the Italian fashions. It also provides a
Rachel is so the It Girl. She has the looks and any guy she wants. Until Dylan. To get Dylan, Rachel has her best friend, Hannah, write an e-mail for her. It works. Dylan thinks he's falling for Rache
"For college student Emily Sheppard, the thought of spending a summer alone in New York is much more preferable than spending it in France with her parents. Just completing her freshman year at Callis
"For college student Emily Sheppard, the thought of spending a summer alone in New York is much more preferable than spending it in France with her parents. Just completing her freshman year at Callis
Jeffrey Reiner is a middle manager’s dream.Predictable, almost invisible, and lacking ambition, he’s held the same tedious job for eighteen years, typing up the calendar listings f
Scores of people attribute their faith to a "praying grandmother." That's why Lisa Whelchel teamed up with her mother, the grandmother of her children, to create this guided prayer journal for the bus
Join Ed Deline, president of operations for the Montecito Resort & Casino, and his protege, Danny McCoy, a former U.S. Marine and Las Vegas native, as they deal with card-counting cheaters, costly
The 1991 abduction and murder of thirteen-year-old Heather Dawn Church baffled police for three agonizing years, and became one of the most infamous murders the quiet and scenic city of Colorado Sprin
From the former First Lady of Egypt, New York Times best-selling author, crusader for women’s rights, and widow of the slain Nobel Peace Prize winner Anwar Sadat, comes a timely, clear-eyed examinatio
The book “Supply Chain Finance Solutions” offers orientation in the new discipline of Supply Chain Finance (SCF) by investigating the need for and nature of SCF, along with its characteristics and ena
Membrane Reactors for Hydrogen Production Processes deals with technological and economic aspects of hydrogen selective membranes application in hydrogen production chemical processes.Membrane Reactor
"Freshman Luis Arteaga, 14, can't stay awake in class at Sunrise High School because he's up most nights until early morning working on graffiti drawings for his Black Book. Once Luis teams up with a
"Freshman Luis Arteaga, 14, can't stay awake in class at Sunrise High School because he's up most nights until early morning working on graffiti drawings for his Black Book. Once Luis teams up with a
“Don’t thank me for your survival, thank your valiant Stern and Pemper, who stared death in the face constantly.”—Oskar Schindler in a speech to his released Jewish workers in May 1945.Steven Spielber
This research monograph summarizes solutions to reconfigurable fault-tolerant control problems for nonlinear dynamical systems that are based on the fault-hiding principle. It emphasizes but is not li
In a small town under a spell, a child bride prays for the sheriff’s gun. Iron under a bed stops a nightmare. The carousel artist can carve only birds. Part fairy tale and part gothic ballad, Wait spa
Democracy has always been an especially volatile form of government, and efforts to create it in places like Iraq need to take into account the historical conditions for its success and sustainability
Brace yourself for the battle of the exes.... Hayden and Nick used to be a hot item, but their brief affair ended with a highly publicized breakup. Now the two are "just friends," excluding the occ
With its ever-threatening weather and harsh terrain, life on the Alaskan Peninsula can be challenging. But for Wayne Carpenter, an Alaskan bush pilot, Dillingham, Alaska, is where he calls home. Nickn
Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life. -- Proverbs 4:23 They Smell like Sheep, Volume 2: Leading with the Heart of a Shepherd is about more than gimmicks and techniques
Advances in Systems Safety contains the papers presented at the nineteenth annual Safety-Critical Systems Symposium, held at Southampton, UK, in February 2011.The Symposium is for engineers, managers
A thrilling, epic novel about a young American man who is arrested for murder in Pakistan and narrowly escapes through the Himalayas, experiencing war, love, and revelation along the way. Disillusio
Mathematics curriculum frameworks at the state level have outlined or recommended an intended curriculum for Grades K-8. While some of the states have indicated that the curriculum framework is a mode
Mathematics curriculum frameworks at the state level have outlined or recommended an intended curriculum for Grades K-8. While some of the states have indicated that the curriculum framework is a mode
Biosensors offer clear and distinct advantages over standard analytical methods for the direct monitoring of environmental pollutants in the field, such as real-time detection with minimum sample p
What's Worth Learning? addresses the central question of general education. For learners facing a complex, unpredictable, and dangerous future, it asks and answers the question: What knowledge is abso
