The Backyard is a place for stories - as is a train, a hospital bed, a pub, a squat, a day trip to the seaside, a holiday - or even a bath tub. These tales, from close to home and other places, are of
With each generation and with each passing day, we grow closer to losing a key part of our nation's unique heritage-the Cajun French language. Unless a concerted effort is made to preserve the languag
Kept is a memoir that recounts the defining moments in my journey from life in a middle-class African-American family tightly bound by duty and God to a life of prostitution, drugs, and crime, and ult
DC uses her Psychology training to reach readers of all ages, bringing together dark gifts, deep desires, and chilling realities. Her second book will be released end of 2011, continuing the journey o
Louise, the granddaughter of a railroad baron, was born in 1920 and a few years later became the elder sister of twin girls. They grew up on Philadelphia's Main Line, where their mother Adele, a beaut
"This book tells my upbringing, sickness, and the everyday hardships that we had during the World War II. Starting with the bombing and the evacuation, getting adjusted to life in the country, about t
If you work in a human resources department, you have a greatopportunity to display leadership by thinking like a businessperson, shaping the company culture, and hiring the right people. With this gu
Through vast and unique life experiences, C. Nicholas has written a compelling book that helps others have a better understanding of life's big questions on various topics and the anomalies that happe
Derrick Domalon is an android who picked his body from a homeless man that looked like him and his name out of a book. Derrick wins a spaceship in a card game and his best friend and second in comman
Derrick Domalon is an android who picked his body from a homeless man that looked like him and his name out of a book. Derrick wins a spaceship in a card game and his best friend and second in comman
Contains information on U.S. car companies, identified by name, city, dates of automobile production, and auto body type; sometimes also has motor type, drive train, wheelbase size, brief history of c
Contains information on U.S. car companies, identified by name, city, dates of automobile production, and auto body type; sometimes also has motor type, drive train, wheelbase size, brief history of c
The Plexus is a network that connects everything; it is the great web of the universe. Sylvia is a member of the race which traverses this Plexus. She thrives on chaos and disharmony, but she has been
The Plexus is a network that connects everything; it is the great web of the universe. Sylvia is a member of the race which traverses this Plexus. She thrives on chaos and disharmony, but she has been
From the beloved New York Times bestselling author of Home Safe and The Last Time I Saw You comes a beautiful and moving novel about a man and woman, long divorced, who rediscover the power of love an
"Sheila Jensen is dealt a hand in life that has no mercy for innocense. Love, violence, greed, and the choices made during these emotions shape the path to her future and the future of those in her l
In this remarkably candid book, the NFL's most colorful and controversial athlete tells his own Philadelphia story. Terrell Owens joined the Philadelphia Eagles for the 2004 season hoping to help th
Making a bad day better can be as easy as thinking of one or two things you are thankful for and jotting them down. This is the concept behind the 'Things I'm Thankful For' journal.&
This revelation has never been revealed by anyone before this book. This book applies the numbers = (113) of prophecy = (113) of the key of David = (113) and proves that everyone will know perfectly w
This three volume set LNCS 6352, LNCS 6353, and LNCS 6354 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, ICANN 2010, held in Thessaloniki, Gre
Lecture Notes in Computer ScienceThe LNCS series reports state-of-the-art results in computer science research, development, and education, at a high level and in both printed and electronic form. Enj
The LNCS series reports state-of-the-art results in computer science research, development, and education, at a high level and in both printed and electronic form. Enjoying tight cooperation with the
Ben is learning to keep secrets. No one must know about his mother and her addiction to sherry. No one must know about the bedwetting that so bewilders him. And no one must ever know about the blue fo
What do you get when you mix a match-making Jewish mother with her handsome son, who’s in a relationship with an African-American part-time drag artiste, and a masculine private investigator? – A reci
Frozen in a block of ice and awakened 11,000 years later, a woolly mammoth is nursed back to life by a herd of distantly related coos. His existence is discovered by Ian and Ina Stevenson and their fr
In The Bridge to Literacy: No Child – Or Adult – Left Behind, Corcoran uncovers the crisis state of illiteracy in America and shares a vision of hope for millions of people who lack basic reading and
A married couple in Duluth, Minnesota are hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning and begin remembering bizarre events from their past when they were teenagers in Mississippi.
A married couple in Duluth, Minnesota are hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning and begin remembering bizarre events from their past when they were teenagers in Mississippi.
Wearing thick glasses, speaking in her thick Icelandic accent, and, well, seeming a touch thick, Bjork stormed the public consciousness in 2000 as an unlikely heroine in the experimental musical film
"I WAS AMONG THE FIRST MEN IN, AND I WAS THE LAST MAN OUT."In Vietnam, at both the start and finish of the conflict, 2d Lt. James E. Parker Jr. saw the war as few men did. Now, with uncommon insight a
T.J. Newton is an extraterrestrial who goes to Earth on a desperate mission of mercy. But instead of aid, Newton discovers loneliness and despair that ultimately ends in tragedy.
This moving memoir of an African-American woman's lifelong fight to identify and overcome depression offers an inspirational story of healing and emergence. Wrapped within Danquah's engaging account o
A mother, answering her phone, hears her daughter shrieking and screaming. Terrified, she calls the police who arrive at the daughter's house, batter down the door--and find the daughter, nude, in her
