Safe Strong
Agree or Disagree: In Order for the United States to be strong and safe at home, we must first be strong and?
safe abroad. Explain your opinions.
DISAGREE
Being strong and “safe” abroad just makes USA a BULLY nation.
And a HATED nation all around the world.
USA is directly responsible for the increase in Terrorism!!!
All peoples will fight to repel the invaders and that is JUST what the iraqis and afghanis and now pakistanis are doing.
Afghanistan has successful forced out one invader in the last 30 years – there is absolutely NO reason why they cannot do it again.
Obama lied. He said he would bring the troops home and stop the wars. Now he is increasing the number of troops in ME.
Harry Potter – “Be safe, be strong.”
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1 Kings: The Wisdom and the Folly $8.08 ‘The range of scholarship is extraordinary (is there any learned book or paper on First Kings that this writer has not winkled out?), His humour and humanity, plus a priceless American-style turn of phrase, add relish to the dish. Here is a safe and strong pair of hands to guide new, and older, readers through the treasure — and the uninspiring bits — of First Kings.’ Rev Dick Lucas, The Proclamation Trust, London’Robust’ — that’s the word …a robust understanding, defence, explanation and application of First Kings as the Word of God. Here is no ‘First Kings in my own words’ — the boring, fruitless fate of most commentaries on Bible History — but a delicious feast of truth, proof that the ancients were right to call the historians ‘prophets’.Dr Alec Motyer’…this exposition enables the contemporary reader to breath the air of 1 Kings, re-live its challenges, and above all, to encounter the personally the God who speaks and acts throughout its pages. This is a book to unsettle spiritual complacency and challenge us to a deep integrity in our relationship with the living God.’ David Jackman, The Proclamation Trust, London |
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101 Tips For Recovering From Eating Disorders $8.64 If you’re recovering from an Eating Disorder (E.D.) it’s important to take one day at a time. Let 101Tips for Recovering from Eating Disorders be your companion in healing andyou’ll be reminded of the strength and wisdom that’s already inside you.This book will help you celebrate the good days and develop solid copingstrategies for the bad times. Most importantly, this book will remindthat you’re not alone and recovery is possible.Acclaim for 101 Tips for Recovering from Eating Disorders: A Pocket Book of Wisdom”If you struggle with food or body image, 101 Tips for Recovering from Eating Disorders needs to be on your coffee table or nightstand. Amy Barth’s bite-sized nuggets of wisdom and inspiration will help to pick you up on rough days, give you much-needed hope everyday, and keep you moving along the journey to freedom.”–Jenni Schaefer, author of Life Without Ed: How One Woman Declared Independence from Her Eating Disorder “101 Tips for Recovering from Eating Disorders is a heartfelt and helpful tool for anybody who is trying to recover from an eating disorder. It is one of those books you can take with you as your companion knowing that when times are tough, you can draw strength from reading its tips.”–Irene Celcer, MA, LCSW”Amy Barth graciously shares her own heart-filled knowledge and insider secrets to creating a rich and satisfying life. Barth’s words, culled from years of experience, make this book not only indispensible, but also a roadmap to success. “–Dr. Annette Colby, author of Body Redesign: GoalSetting Secrets for a Thinner, Happier YouAbout the authorAmy Barth is a thriver possessing a passion for girls andwomen who need to be set free in their mind and theirhearts. Her background is in social work and she founded Safe Girls Strong Girls in |
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101 Tips For Recovering From Eating Disorders: A Pocket Book of Wisdom $3.99 If you’re recovering from an Eating Disorder (E.D.) it’s important to take one day at a time. Let 101Tips for Recovering from Eating Disorders be your companion in healing andyou’ll be reminded of the strength and wisdom that’s already inside you.This book will help you celebrate the good days and develop solid copingstrategies for the bad times. Most importantly, this book will remindthat you’re not alone and recovery is possible.Acclaim for 101 Tips for Recovering from Eating Disorders: A Pocket Book of Wisdom”If you struggle with food or body image, 101 Tips for Recovering from Eating Disorders needs to be on your coffee table or nightstand. Amy Barth’s bite-sized nuggets of wisdom and inspiration will help to pick you up on rough days, give you much-needed hope everyday, and keep you moving along the journey to freedom.”–Jenni Schaefer, author of Life Without Ed: How One Woman Declared Independence from Her Eating Disorder “101 Tips for Recovering from Eating Disorders is a heartfelt and helpful tool for anybody who is trying to recover from an eating disorder. It is one of those books you can take with you as your companion knowing that when times are tough, you can draw strength from reading its tips.”–Irene Celcer, MA, LCSW”Amy Barth graciously shares her own heart-filled knowledge and insider secrets to creating a rich and satisfying life. Barth’s words, culled from years of experience, make this book not only indispensible, but also a roadmap to success. “–Dr. Annette Colby, author of Body Redesign: GoalSetting Secrets for a Thinner, Happier YouAbout the authorAmy Barth is a thriver possessing a passion for girls andwomen who need to be set free in their mind and theirhearts. Her background is in social work and she founded Safe Girls Strong Girls in |
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101 Tips For Survivors Of Sexual Abuse $7.56 If you’re a survivor, it’s important to take one day at a time. Let 101Tips for Survivors of Sexual Abuse be your companion in healing and you’ll be reminded of the strength and wisdom that’s already inside you.This book will help you celebrate the good days and develop solid coping strategies for the bad times. Most importantly, this book will remind that you’re not alone and it was never your fault.Acclaim for 101 Tips For Survivors of Sexual Abuse: A Pocket Book of Wisdom”You can never have too much support as a survivor. Amy’s little pocket book is great to carry around to remind yourself that you can all thrive after sexual abuse.”—Dr. Patti Feuereisen psychologist and author of Invisible Girls: The Truth About Sexual Abuse”101 Tips for Survivors of Sexual Abuse has excellent ideas and thoughts to build up your self-esteem and give you courage for your journey.”—Marjorie McKinnon, founder, The Lamplighters and author of Repair Your Life: A Program for Recovery from Incest & Childhood Sexual Abuse”101 Tips for Survivors of Sexual Abuse used as an adjunct to recovering from sexual abuse at any age can help guide the survivor toward releasing emotions and breaking the internal silence of trauma.”—Barbara Sinor, Ph.D., author of Gifts From the Child Within and An Inspirational Guide for the Recovering Soul”I have just read 101 Tips. Every one of them fits my 30 years of experience in this field.”—Fr. Heyward B. Ewart, III, Ph.D., Sacred Heart Counseling Center, Author of Am I Bad? Recovering From AbuseAbout the authorAmy Barth’s background is in social work and she founded the Safe Girls Strong Girls in 2005. SGSG is a nonprofit committed to breaking the silence of Childhood Sexual Abuse (CSA) and giving girls their voices back. One |
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101 Tips For Survivors of Sexual Abuse: A Pocket Book of Wisdom $3.99 If you’re a survivor, it’s important to take one day at a time. Let 101Tips for Survivors of Sexual Abuse be your companion in healing andyou’ll be reminded of the strength and wisdom that’s already inside you.This book will help you celebrate the good days and develop solid copingstrategies for the bad times. Most importantly, this book will remindthat you’re not alone and it was never your fault.Acclaim for 101 Tips For Survivors of Sexual Abuse: A Pocket Book of Wisdom”You can never have too much support as a survivor. Amy’s little pocket book is great to carry around to remind yourself that you can all thrive after sexual abuse.”–Dr. Patti Feuereisen psychologist and author of Invisible Girls: The Truth About Sexual Abuse”101 Tips for Survivors of Sexual Abuse has excellent ideas and thoughts to build up your self-esteem and give you courage for your journey.”–Marjorie McKinnon, founder, The Lamplighters and author of Repair Your Life: A Program for Recovery from Incest & Childhood Sexual Abuse”101 Tips for Survivors of Sexual Abuse used as an adjunct to recovering from sexual abuse at any age can help guide the survivor toward releasing emotions and breaking the internal silence of trauma.”–Barbara Sinor, Ph.D., author of Gifts From the Child Within and An Inspirational Guide for the Recovering Soul”I have just read 101 Tips. Every one of them fits my 30 years of experience in this field.”–Fr. Heyward B. Ewart, III, Ph.D., Sacred Heart Counseling Center, Author of Am I Bad? Recovering From AbuseAbout theauthorAmy Barth’s background is in social work and she founded the Safe Girls Strong Girls in 2005. SGSG is a nonprofit committed to breaking the silence of Childhood Sexual Abuse (CSA) and giving girls their voices back. One SGSG project is Camp CADI, a one-of-a kind camp |
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2002 Television Episodes $29.04 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Sentencing, Marry Me a Little, Marry Me a Little More, the Target, Whitecaps, Selfless, for All Debts Public and Private, Lessons, Eloise, Redemption, Serenity, Tempest, a Chorus Lie, Objects in Space, Older and Far Away, Spin the Bottle, Saturday Night Live, Fagel Attraction, the Hunt, Calling All Cars, Dead Things, Cleaning Up, Villains, Conversations With Dead People, Seeing Red, the House Always Wins, Out of Gas, Where No Fan Has Gone Before, the Buys, Never Leave Me, No Show, Him, Old Cases, Bring on the Night, Ariel, the Detail, as You Were, Apocalypse, Nowish, the Wire, Shadows of P’jem, Help, Hell’s Bells, the Cost, Deep Down, the Pager, Dear Doctor, the Truth, Grave, Entropy, Full Circle, Normal Again, War Stories, Doublemeat Palace, the Strong, Silent Type, Where the Buggalo Roam, the Plan, Sleeper, Waiting in the Wings, One Arrest, Everybody Hurts, Same Time, Same Place, Crimes of the Hot, Slouching Toward Bethlehem, Beneath You, Shindig, Provider, Jaynestown, Loyalty, a New World, Gump Roast, Sleep Tight, Sleeping Dogs, Tales From the Public Domain, Detained, the Weight, Game Day, Leela’s Homeworld, the Train Job, Improbable, Safe, Anthology of Interest Ii, I Am Furious Yellow, Carbon Creek, Ground State, Papa’s Got a Brand New Badge, Bart Vs. Lisa Vs. the Third Grade, Fusion, Shuttlepod One, Double or Nothing, Godfellas, Couplet, Watching Too Much Television, Release, Oasis, Birthday, Sweets and Sour Marge, Treehouse of Horror Xiii, Bushwhacked, Christopher, Rogue Planet, Blame It on Lisa, Vox Sola, Jump the Shark, Two to Go, Road to Europe, Our Mrs. Reynolds, How I Spent My Strummer Vacation, Little Girl in the Big Ten, the Price, Half-Decent Proposal, Jurassic Bark, Pilot, John Doe, the Death Camp of Tolerance, Goodbye Normal… More: |
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2009 Flu Pandemic Vaccine $48.99 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 2009 flu pandemic vaccines are the set of influenza vaccines that have been developed to protect against the pandemic H1N1/09 virus. These vaccines either contain inactivated influenza virus, or weakened live virus that cannot cause influenza. The killed vaccine is injected, while the live vaccine is given as a nasal spray. Both these types of vaccine are usually produced by growing the virus in chicken eggs. Around three billion doses will be produced annually, with delivery from November 2009. In studies, the vaccine appears both effective and safe, providing a strong protective immune response and having similar safety profile to the normal seasonal influenza vaccine. |
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2009 International Private Sewage Disposal Code $19.83 A strong companion to the 2009 International Plumbing Code, the 2009 International Private Sewage Disposal Code offers provisions for design, installation, and inspection of private sewage disposal systems, and provides flexibility in the development of safe and sanitary systems. Updated to reflect the most current industry technology, trends, and standards, it is a valuable addition to any code library and a vital reference guide. |
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7.4V 1000mAh G-BT-L226 Digital Camera Lithium Battery for VL-Z300P/ VL-Z300S (White) $12.56 This great battery can also be charged in a fast and safe way. Surely, this battery’s lasting and strong performance will extremely satisfy you. This 7.4V 1000mAh G-BT-L226 digital camera lithium battery has a wide usage scope for VL-Z300P/ VL-Z300S. |
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A Delphi study of skills that will help first-year elementary principals in California address critical issues they will face by 2012. $49.99 Purpose. The purposes of this Delphi study were to ask selected experts to identify five skills that will help first-year elementary principals in California: (a) address critical issues they will face by 2012, (b) determine the importance of the implementation of these skills by 2012, and (c) determine the likelihood of the implementation of these skills by 2012. Methodology. This Delphi study included twenty experts in three categories: (1) experienced principals, (2) superintendents and assistant superintendents, and (3) county office trainers and university experts in charge of research design and training for first-year principals. Data were collected using email and SurveyMonkey.com. The return rate was 100 percent for all three rounds. Findings. Fourteen of the thirty-one skills were rated as of major importance to the success of first year principals. The top five skills were identified as highly important and likely to be implemented by first-year principals in 2012. They are (1) recruit, train, and retain quality teachers; (2) maintain a balance between professional and personal life through regular exercise, healthy eating habits, rest, and time for personal growth; (3) promote a positive school culture through cooperation, collaboration, mutual respect, and trust; (4) develop strong interpersonal relationships with staff and constituent groups through active listening, understanding, and compassion; and (5) demonstrate continuous visibility on campus and in classrooms to insure a safe and orderly environment, and implement discipline plans with clear, specific consequences. Conclusions. (1) There is a gap between increasing role expectations for first-year principals and the skills they possess; (2) current first-year principals often use old solutions to solve current, increasingly complex problems; and (3) specific, continuous support programs are needed to help first-year principals understand the existing district and school culture, and |
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A Delphi study of skills that will help first-year elementary principals in California address critical issues they will face by 2012. $49.99 Purpose. The purposes of this Delphi study were to ask selected experts to identify five skills that will help first-year elementary principals in California: (a) address critical issues they will face by 2012, (b) determine the importance of the implementation of these skills by 2012, and (c) determine the likelihood of the implementation of these skills by 2012. Methodology. This Delphi study included twenty experts in three categories: (1) experienced principals, (2) superintendents and assistant superintendents, and (3) county office trainers and university experts in charge of research design and training for first-year principals. Data were collected using email and SurveyMonkey.com. The return rate was 100 percent for all three rounds. Findings. Fourteen of the thirty-one skills were rated as of major importance to the success of first year principals. The top five skills were identified as highly important and likely to be implemented by first-year principals in 2012. They are (1) recruit, train, and retain quality teachers; (2) maintain a balance between professional and personal life through regular exercise, healthy eating habits, rest, and time for personal growth; (3) promote a positive school culture through cooperation, collaboration, mutual respect, and trust; (4) develop strong interpersonal relationships with staff and constituent groups through active listening, understanding, and compassion; and (5) demonstrate continuous visibility on campus and in classrooms to insure a safe and orderly environment, and implement discipline plans with clear, specific consequences. Conclusions. (1) There is a gap between increasing role expectations for first-year principals and the skills they possess; (2) current first-year principals often use old solutions to solve current, increasingly complex problems; and (3) specific, continuous support programs are needed to help first-year principals understand the existing district and school culture, and |
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A Measurement Of Inclusive Jet Production At Tevatron $62.15 Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) is the gauge theory that governs the strong interactions between quarks and gluons inside hadrons like, for example, protons and neutrons. At the Tevatron at Fermilab, protons and antiprotons collide at very high energy. In those collisions, collimated jets of hadrons are produced along the direction of struck quarks and gluons in the final state. The measurement of the inclusive jet production cross section for central jets constitutes one of the cornerstones of the jet physics program since it provides a stringent test of pQCD predictions over almost nine orders of magnitude. This Doctoral Thesis presents a measurement of the inclusive jet production cross section using the data collected by the CDF experiment in Run II. The longitudinally invariant Kt algorithm, infrared safe to all orders in pQCD, has been used in order to search for jets in the final state. This measurement is compared to pQCD NLO calculations where non-perturbative effects from the underlying event and the fragmentation of partons into jets of hadrons have been taken into account. |
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A Roadmap to the Successful Development and Commercialization of Microbial Pest Control Products for Control of Arthropods $179 Biocontrol is among the most promising methods for a safe, environmentally benign and sustainable crop protection. Microbial pesticides offer a great potential, and it is anticipated that they will become a substantial part of the use of all crop protection products. Their development and commercialization, however, has been difficult and with many failures. For the first time, a rational and structured roadmap has been designed for the development and commercialization of microbial pest control products, based on entomopathogenic bacteria, fungi, viruses and nematodes, for the control of arthropod pests. The emphasis lies on strain screening, product development, up to successful commercialization, from a bio-industry’s viewpoint. The building blocks of the entire process are identified. The selection criteria for a microbial pest control agent are defined as well as critical parameters for the development of the product. Implementation of the product into an integrated pest management programme is pivotal for a substantial market uptake. Three phases are distinguished for successful adoption in the market: an appropriate application strategy, an optimal implementation strategy, and an effective adoption strategy. Key success and failure factors are identified. Registration is a major hurdle for biopesticides. Salient registration issues are treated and useful information presented. The road to a successful microbial pest control product is designed. Diagrams illustrate the stepwise approach of the entire process. A future perspective on the biopesticide market is presented with limiting and promotional factors and trends. The significant drivers for success are food safety concern, new research and technology, changes in the regulatory climate, and the occurrence of new invasive pests. This systematic roadmap with a strong focus on economics and market introduction will assist academic researchers and industrial developers of biopesticides in |
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A Safe And Welcome Nest $4.95 When loner Jake Borglund comes to Burns, Oregon, all he wants is a home for his son and the solitude to do his snowy plover mating behavior studies. He reckons without Delilah Grey, a contradictory, independent woman who is a combination of Earth Mother and Motorcycle Mama. She is totally involved with everyday life in the isolated small town, but she’s lonely, since her last child left their big, comfortable house that’s now too empty. So she offers Jake a room and the warmth of family life, something he’s never really experienced. Jake’s son, Matthew, takes to Delilah immediately. Jake’s feelings are more ambivalent–he desires her but he also fears being drawn into the town’s social life, for he’s never really learned to relate well to people. Unable to resist the strong sexual pull that proximity brings, they become lovers–for a while. At Christmas, Jake finds himself overwhelmed with family, with too much closeness, with too many demands on his emotional reserves. He retreats from intimacy, nearly breaking Delilah’s heart. For several months they co-exist politely, cautiously. Jake departs for the field in the spring, leaving Matthew with her, but taking her heart. Now only time will tell if he can recognize what he walked away from. And only time will show Delilah whether her love for Jake is worth fighting for. |
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A Safe Place for Mama $1.99 “A SAFE PLACE FOR MAMA”About the Book Are you experiencing the lost of someone you love that has fallen prey to dementia; namely Alzheimer’s? Are you unsure of what the next step is? Do you yearn for answers? Be aware, you are not alone. This book is designed to share with its readers the emotions, the struggles and some solutions to what can devastate a family when a member has been issued this fate. You will come to realize that there is a ‘Safe Place’ for each victim. You can find comfort in knowing that there is one who cares about you and your loved one. It is all in getting an understanding of who God is and what the disease is all about. Though I do not claim to know all of the answers, you will find similar situations that compare to your own and how my father, siblings and I handled the challenges. “A Safe Place for Mama” was written with sudden burst of laughter and occasional warm tears of painful memories while being assured that God is in charge of it all. You will learn to trust Him. It can bring you closer to the loved one as you begin to unravel mysteries and accept realities. It will bring you closer to God as your trust and your faith in Him increases. It is my strong desire that as you read this book, you will be inspired and strengthened to face the unfamiliar; remembering that there is nothing too hard for God! May you find a peace that will surpass all understanding! |
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A Time in the Sun $21.55 Patten, bleeding and disoriented, is deposited at the ER by police, who saw him driving erratically and running stop signs. The sight of blood didn’t bother him before, but now he sees an ER patient cut across the face with a chainsaw bleeding profusely, and he runs retching to the men’s room. What’s wrong? Why has the flight instructor at Gulf Shores Aviation started falling apart? Sure, a death anniversary is approaching. Yet there were worsening problems before, for the last few years. He seeks help. He begins to understand his troubling dreams. But then he is overwhelmed by a strong and alarming attraction to Carley-a beautiful, albeit (unhappily) married, flight student with problems of her own that she entered flight training to solve-that seriously challenges his withdrawal into the heretofore safe but empty and sterile fortress now collapsing around him. Will he . . . can he . . . will she . . . can she . . . find a time in the sun? |
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ABO Gear Dog Digs Pet Crate – Extra Large $106.3 CLOSEOUTS . The Dog Digs pet crate from ABO Gear is durable, easy to assemble and folds down into a compact carry bag to make pet travel easy. Great for home and on the road Extra large size is perfect for large dogs that need extra space No tools needed Easy pop-up assemble system Strong steel frame Top and side opening Protected corners for extra durability Side handles for easy carry Folds down into compact carry bag Durable fabric Use indoors and out Keep dog safe and secure Rated for pets: 100+ lb. Dimensions (HxWxD): 36×29x48" Weight: 16 lb. 8 oz. Material: Polyester with steel frame Made in China Does not include fleece pad Available Colors: TAUPE. |
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African Americans of Sewickley Valley (Images of America Series) $19.99 The African Americans of Sewickley Valley have a history as rich and deep-rooted as the valley itself. Originally pioneered by Quakers and abolitionists sentimental to the cause of enslaved men, Sewickley is noted for containing routes and safe houses for those on the Underground Railroad. Known as an affluent bedroom community, Sewickley is considered the wealthiest municipality along the entire 98-mile stretch of the Ohio River. Early residents brought black servants with them to serve as domestics. As construction increased, many African Americans migrated primarily from Virginia and Kentucky to work in the area as builders. The organization of Sewickley’s first African American mission marked the start of a strong and lively course for the African American community. Beginning with Jim Robinson in 1823 through the culmination of today’s Come on Home annual reunion, African Americans in Sewickley Valley documents the life and ambition of the African Americans who grew as a vital part of Sewickley’s community today. |
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Ainsworth’s Magazine (13-16) $40.6 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:in order to accomplish this, I sneaked downstairs with my boots in my hand, and did not venture to put them on until fairly out of doors, when I thought I must be all safe. Arrived at the station, what was the first sight] that met my eyes ! Was it possible, or was I still in a dream ! There was no mistake about it, however ; there were the stolid, matter-of- fact features of George Cavendish, gazing at the train with a time-bill in his hand. What on earth could have brought him ? I had at first still some hopes of getting away unperceived, but in this I found myself mistaken ; for George had his eye on me immediately. What had put it into my head to go away? he asked. 1 told my story; and I think the simple-minded fellow believed it : as for himself, he said he always liked ” to see her (the train) away in the mornings.” Soon I was steaming sorrowfully home, an unhappy wretch, with prospects blighted iu life, and all owing to having an unfortunate ‘name. Since then, however, I have become quite resigned to my fate, having quite made up my mind to remain an old bachelor until I shall fall in love with some lady with a more unpleasant-sounding name than my ovin. THE LOVES OF MR. COLLARS. BY P. E. 8. The George and Dragon at the pleasant little market-town of Dove- coats was once upon a time a great coaching-house, but owing to the Great Diddlesex Junction Railway being opened, it was shut up, and it is now the little Ebenezer Chapel, the scene of the labours of the Rev. Tobias Thmnpit. The landlord of this establishment, at the time of which I write, was known by the name of Jeremiah Kewbocks, but (I write it with sorrow) there was no landlady ; a strong partiality to cordial gin having caused the premature demise of the much-respected and deeply lamented Mrs. K. To |
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Airpower and Technology: Smart and Unmanned Weapons $50 Is there a reason for the busy citizen-leader to read about air and space history, theory, and doctrine? Yes, asserts David Mets, because without some vision of what the future is likely to bring, we enter new conflicts unarmed with any ideas and highly vulnerable to confusion and paralysis. He wrote this book to help the aspirant American leader build a theory of war and air and space power, including an understanding of what doctrine is, and what its utility and limitations are.Since its earliest days, airpower has been one of the dominant forces used by the American military. American airmen, both Navy and Air Force, have been continually striving to achieve precision strikes in high altitude, at long range, or in darkness. The search for precision attack from standoff distances or altitudes has been imperative to national objectives with expenditure of American lives, treasure, and time.This work covers the whole history of American aviation with special attention to the development of smart weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles and the influence they have had on the effectiveness of airpower. In a chronological treatment, emphasizing theory and doctrine, technology, tactics, and strategy. Mets also details both combat experience and intellectual processes, lethal and non-lethal, involved in the preparation of airpower. In addition to the narrative discussion, the work offers sidebars and feature sections that facilitate the understanding of key weapons systems and operational challenges. It also offers A Dozen-Book Sampler for Your Reading on Air and Space Theory and Doctrine. The work concludes with a brief look at information warfare and with some speculations about the future.Through this thorough consideration of the evolution of American airpower and technology, Mets provides, not only a map of the past, but a guide to future generations of airpower and its potential for keeping the United States strong and safe. |
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Airpower and Technology: Smart and Unmanned Weapons $80.77 Is there a reason for the busy citizen-leader to read about air and space history, theory, and doctrine? Yes, asserts David Mets, because without some vision of what the future is likely to bring, we enter new conflicts unarmed with any ideas and highly vulnerable to confusion and paralysis. He wrote this book to help the aspirant American leader build a theory of war and air and space power, including an understanding of what doctrine is, and what its utility and limitations are.Since its earliest days, airpower has been one of the dominant forces used by the American military. American airmen, both Navy and Air Force, have been continually striving to achieve precision strikes in high altitude, at long range, or in darkness. The search for precision attack from standoff distances or altitudes has been imperative to national objectives with expenditure of American lives, treasure, and time.This work covers the whole history of American aviation with special attention to the development of smart weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles and the influence they have had on the effectiveness of airpower. In a chronological treatment, emphasizing theory and doctrine, technology, tactics, and strategy. Mets also details both combat experience and intellectual processes, lethal and non-lethal, involved in the preparation of airpower. In addition to the narrative discussion, the work offers sidebars and feature sections that facilitate the understanding of key weapons systems and operational challenges. It also offers A Dozen-Book Sampler for Your Reading on Air and Space Theory and Doctrine. The work concludes with a brief look at information warfare and with some speculations about the future.Through this thorough consideration of the evolution of American airpower and technology, Mets provides, not only a map of the past, but a guide to future generations of airpower and its potential for keeping the United States strong and safe. |
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American Housing Production, 1880-2000: A Concise History $69.5 American Housing Production, 1880-2000 presents a concise history of nonfarm housing production, progress, and policy in the United States. This century has been divided into a 14-part chronological structure with irregular time intervals, in contrast to conventional decade time periods. This arrangement is intended to reflect more fully the economic and political forces causing short run movements in housing output. This book treats housing production within a broad economic, demographic, and political context. Special relative measures of housing production, mortgage debt, and household formation have been developed to provide historical perspective over the period covered. Strong emphasis is placed on the growth and improved quality of the housing stock and on the evolution of community facilities essential to safe and sanitary housing, and of a mortgage credit system capable of supporting rising levels of production and home ownership. It analyzes the uneven results of Federal housing legislation, including the effort to assure equal access for all citizens to housing and mortgage markets, and the unfortunate experience of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. A look ahead to future prospects for housing production concludes the book.Author Biography: Mason C. Doan is an economist, retired from the federal government after 34 years of service in the FHA and HUD. |
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An Open Window $34.99 David loved his big brother Jake. When Jake left to join the military, David looked forward to the day that his brother would return home. One day, 2 military officers came to their house to tell his family that Jake had been killed in an explosion in the war zone. David was very sad. His grandmother, best friend, Malik, Mr. Louis, and the kids of the neighborhood, heard the news, and wanted to help David get through it all. This book is in essence of the ministry of Little Hometown Soldiers, a non profit children’s organization of kids 5-12 years, that reach out to kids whose parents are away at war. These children feel very honored to learn at an early age the preciousness in association with sharing. They also do shows for Veteran’s Hospitals and Veteran’s Nursing Homes in appreciation for veterans that have put themselves in harm’s way to help maintain a strong, and safe environment for them to grow. |
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An Unwilling Thief $5.5 Maggie McCleary’s departure from her life as a cat burglar was a choice. Her return is not; yet even she can’t deny the erotic thrill of the job at hand. But if the old thrill is back, so is the old flame. When a strong voice and steel grip from her past catches her red-handed, she can’t fight the familiar surge of desire his touch ignites. Trevor Sinclair is the one who got away, or rather the one who deserted her and their life of crime. As lead detective charged with trapping the famed cat burglar, Sam McCleary, Trevor isn’t expecting to find Maggie again. Now determined to keep her safe, he takes her into his own form of protective custody, vowing to protect her even if he has to keep her under lock and key. As they work together to find her father’s kidnappers, Maggie fights the growing attraction between them, unwilling to give Trevor another chance to break her heart. Now she must decide if he can be trusted or if his professed love is just a ruse to nab her father. |
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Analysis of factors that affect retention of exemplary special education teachers beyond five years experience. $49.99 Purpose. The purpose of this study was to describe and compare the personal and professional experiences, traits, barriers, career paths, motivators, and other factors that contribute to the success of 10 special education teachers. A second purpose was to describe the advice that these 10 successful special education teachers have for their proteges.;Methodology. The 10 successful special educators were selected through convenience sampling methods via an expert panel comprised of representatives from Special Education Local Planning Agencies (SELPA) in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties (California) in addition to professors from surrounding universities. The qualification of success was defined and determined through the following attributes: 5 years’ special education teaching experience; the receipt of local, state, and/or national honors or awards; significant student academic achievement; and professional organizations. An interview was conducted with each of the 10 respondents.;Findings. The subjects’ career paths and backgrounds were varied and fascinating, with everything from physical education, psychology, and real estate listed as their previous career or interest. Common descriptors often illustrated among them included: passion, drive, empathy, discipline, organization, patience, tolerance, and being calm. Other universal themes resonated were a teamwork approach, collegial and administrative support, continued and consistent interaction with students, providing a safe and comfortable environment, as well as the unrelenting pursuit of positive, inclusionary experiences.;Conclusions. The following factors (rank order) emerged as the most significant among subjects based on response findings elicited through the interview process: positive experience with strong colleague (a.k.a. mentoring), professional development, personal qualities (e.g., personal, inherent characteristics), administrative support, and collegial support.;Recommendations. As a |
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Analysis of factors that affect retention of exemplary special education teachers beyond five years experience. $49.99 Purpose. The purpose of this study was to describe and compare the personal and professional experiences, traits, barriers, career paths, motivators, and other factors that contribute to the success of 10 special education teachers. A second purpose was to describe the advice that these 10 successful special education teachers have for their proteges.;Methodology. The 10 successful special educators were selected through convenience sampling methods via an expert panel comprised of representatives from Special Education Local Planning Agencies (SELPA) in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties (California) in addition to professors from surrounding universities. The qualification of success was defined and determined through the following attributes: 5 years’ special education teaching experience; the receipt of local, state, and/or national honors or awards; significant student academic achievement; and professional organizations. An interview was conducted with each of the 10 respondents.;Findings. The subjects’ career paths and backgrounds were varied and fascinating, with everything from physical education, psychology, and real estate listed as their previous career or interest. Common descriptors often illustrated among them included: passion, drive, empathy, discipline, organization, patience, tolerance, and being calm. Other universal themes resonated were a teamwork approach, collegial and administrative support, continued and consistent interaction with students, providing a safe and comfortable environment, as well as the unrelenting pursuit of positive, inclusionary experiences.;Conclusions. The following factors (rank order) emerged as the most significant among subjects based on response findings elicited through the interview process: positive experience with strong colleague (a.k.a. mentoring), professional development, personal qualities (e.g., personal, inherent characteristics), administrative support, and collegial support.;Recommendations. As a |
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Animal Pen Pals $12.92 On leaving Western Canada to move to England Rikki had to leave some of her pets with her daughter, Sarah, who already had several of her own. But “The Kids” (the pets) missed each other, and to ease their sorrow, they began sending e-mails back and forth. Although some of The Kids are ‘related’, there are others who have not yet met. But very quickly, all of them form strong bonds as they learn about each other and their differences, teaching them tolerance and understanding. Read as they share how it feels from both sides when someone new joins the family, supporting each other through this major change. See the world through their eyes as they face life-threatening situations and terrifying events. Laugh with them as they describe their adventures, their mishaps and their escapades. Be entertained when they get themselves into hilarious situations. It’s a safe bet that you will find yourself torn between rooting for them and for the parents!! Read the stories that lead The Kids to learn valuable lessons about life, relationships, and the reasons for rules. Smile as they share their fears, loving and supporting one another, developing bonds that will warm your heart. Visit their website at animalpenpals.com and The Kids will e-mail you, too! |
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Ardeur: 14 Writers on the Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Series $14.95 Laurell K. Hamilton’s Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series is a literary sensation, thanks to its strong female hero, well-fleshed (both literally and literarily) characters and unabashed attitude toward sex. The world Hamilton has created is powerfully compelling and stunningly complex—and it gets deeper, richer and more perilous, with every book.Straddling the series’ dominant themes of sex and power, Ardeur gives Anita fans a deeper look into the dynamics, both personal political, that have kept readers fascinated throughout the run of the series. Why is the ardeur the very best thing that could have happened to Anita, personally (aside from all the sex it requires her to have with hot men)? How is Anita’s alternate United States a logical legal extension of our own? And as the series continues, what other bargains might Anita have to make with herself and others in order to keep the people she loves safe from harm?The collection includes essay introductions by Hamilton, giving context and extra insight into each essay’s subject. |
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Ardeur: 14 Writers on the Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Series $18.99 Laurell K. Hamilton’s Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series is a literary sensation, thanks to its strong female hero, well-fleshed (both literally and literarily) characters and unabashed attitude toward sex. The world Hamilton has created is powerfully compelling and stunningly complex—and it gets deeper, richer and more perilous, with every book.Straddling the series’ dominant themes of sex and power, Ardeur gives Anita fans a deeper look into the dynamics, both personal political, that have kept readers fascinated throughout the run of the series. Why is the ardeur the very best thing that could have happened to Anita, personally (aside from all the sex it requires her to have with hot men)? How is Anita’s alternate United States a logical legal extension of our own? And as the series continues, what other bargains might Anita have to make with herself and others in order to keep the people she loves safe from harm?The collection includes essay introductions by Hamilton, giving context and extra insight into each essay’s subject. |
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Ardeur: 14 Writers on the Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Series $3.84 Laurell K. Hamilton’s Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series is a literary sensation, thanks to its strong female hero, well-fleshed (both literally and literarily) characters and unabashed attitude toward sex. The world Hamilton has created is powerfully compelling and stunningly complex—and it gets deeper, richer and more perilous, with every book.Straddling the series’ dominant themes of sex and power, Ardeur gives Anita fans a deeper look into the dynamics, both personal political, that have kept readers fascinated throughout the run of the series. Why is the ardeur the very best thing that could have happened to Anita, personally (aside from all the sex it requires her to have with hot men)? How is Anita’s alternate United States a logical legal extension of our own? And as the series continues, what other bargains might Anita have to make with herself and others in order to keep the people she loves safe from harm?The collection includes essay introductions by Hamilton, giving context and extra insight into each essay’s subject. |
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Are We There Yet?: The Golden Age of American Family Vacations $17.95 When TV celebrity Dinah Shore sang “See the USA in your Chevrolet,” 1950s America took her to heart. Every summer, parents piled the kids in the back seat, threw the luggage in the trunk, and took to the open highway. Chronicling this innately American ritual, Susan Rugh presents a cultural history of the American middle-class family vacation from 1945 to 1973, tracing its evolution from the establishment of this summer tradition to its decline. The first in-depth look at post-World War II family travel, Rugh’s study recounts how postwar prosperity and mass consumption—abetted by paid vacation leave, car ownership, and the new interstate highway system—forged the ritual of the family road trip and how that ritual became entwined with what it meant to be an American. With each car a safe haven from the Cold War, vacations became a means of strengthening family bonds and educating children in parental values, national heritage, and citizenship.Rugh’s history looks closely at specific types of trips, from adventures in the Wild West to camping vacations in national parks to summers at Catskill resorts. It also highlights changing patterns of family life, such as the relationship between work and play, the increase in the number of working women, and the generation gap of the sixties. Distinctively, Rugh also plumbs NAACP archives and travel guides marketed specifically to blacks to examine the racial boundaries of road trips in light of segregated public accommodations that forced many black families to sleep in cars—a humiliation that helped spark the civil rights struggle. In addition, she explains how the experience of family camping predisposed baby boomers toward a strong environmental consciousness. Until the 1970s recession ended three decades of prosperity and the traditional nuclear family began to splinter, these family vacations were securely woven into the fabric of American life. Rugh’s book allows readers to relive those |
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Are We There Yet?: The Golden Age of American Family Vacations $3.46 When TV celebrity Dinah Shore sang “See the USA in your Chevrolet,” 1950s America took her to heart. Every summer, parents piled the kids in the back seat, threw the luggage in the trunk, and took to the open highway. Chronicling this innately American ritual, Susan Rugh presents a cultural history of the American middle-class family vacation from 1945 to 1973, tracing its evolution from the establishment of this summer tradition to its decline. The first in-depth look at post-World War II family travel, Rugh’s study recounts how postwar prosperity and mass consumption—abetted by paid vacation leave, car ownership, and the new interstate highway system—forged the ritual of the family road trip and how that ritual became entwined with what it meant to be an American. With each car a safe haven from the Cold War, vacations became a means of strengthening family bonds and educating children in parental values, national heritage, and citizenship.Rugh’s history looks closely at specific types of trips, from adventures in the Wild West to camping vacations in national parks to summers at Catskill resorts. It also highlights changing patterns of family life, such as the relationship between work and play, the increase in the number of working women, and the generation gap of the sixties. Distinctively, Rugh also plumbs NAACP archives and travel guides marketed specifically to blacks to examine the racial boundaries of road trips in light of segregated public accommodations that forced many black families to sleep in cars—a humiliation that helped spark the civil rights struggle. In addition, she explains how the experience of family camping predisposed baby boomers toward a strong environmental consciousness. Until the 1970s recession ended three decades of prosperity and the traditional nuclear family began to splinter, these family vacations were securely woven into the fabric of American life. Rugh’s book allows readers to relive those |
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Assessment of the Spine $78.95 Efficient and integrated, this text provides knowledge about approaching the manual assessment of the spine and its related articulations. This information is presented in a clear and concise way, in order to make it suitable for students, while remaining relevant to current practitioners. The content provides descriptions and discussions of a variety of observational and manual techniques of examination and assessment, as well as guidance on recording and analyzing the findings to arrive at an appropriate working diagnosis. The illustrations, which include line drawings, radiographs, and photographs, contribute to the reader’s learning by providing helpful visual aides.• The coverage presents a fully comprehensive approach to spinal assessment and the techniques involved. • Recognition of other professional groups acknowledges their aspects of techniques, as well as providing the reader with relevant knowledge that is now becoming part of chiropractic practice. • Key points and tips, practical learning tasks, and strong visual design help teach various aspects of chiropractic practice. • Vivid illustrations, including photographs, radiographs, and line diagrams, aid the reader in learning what is under the skin, so that they know what they can feel, as well as what they can see. • The content will provide a sound base for learning about treatment and for putting it into practice. • Essential for safe referral, the material encourages organized and coherent history-taking and recording of findings in a way that can easily be referred to by other practitioners. |
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Assessment of the Spine $78.95 Efficient and integrated, this text provides knowledge about approaching the manual assessment of the spine and its related articulations. This information is presented in a clear and concise way, in order to make it suitable for students, while remaining relevant to current practitioners. The content provides descriptions and discussions of a variety of observational and manual techniques of examination and assessment, as well as guidance on recording and analyzing the findings to arrive at an appropriate working diagnosis. The illustrations, which include line drawings, radiographs, and photographs, contribute to the reader’s learning by providing helpful visual aides.• The coverage presents a fully comprehensive approach to spinal assessment and the techniques involved. • Recognition of other professional groups acknowledges their aspects of techniques, as well as providing the reader with relevant knowledge that is now becoming part of chiropractic practice. • Key points and tips, practical learning tasks, and strong visual design help teach various aspects of chiropractic practice. • Vivid illustrations, including photographs, radiographs, and line diagrams, aid the reader in learning what is under the skin, so that they know what they can feel, as well as what they can see. • The content will provide a sound base for learning about treatment and for putting it into practice. • Essential for safe referral, the material encourages organized and coherent history-taking and recording of findings in a way that can easily be referred to by other practitioners. |
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Authors in the Classroom: A Transformative Education Process $26.1 Alma Flor Ada and F. Isabel Campoy combine inspirational examples and practical how-to’s to create a unique resource for teachers! Authors in the Classroom: Transformative Education for Teachers, Students, and Families Thousands of teachers have experienced the awakening of their own creative writing voice through participating in the writing courses and workshops offered by Alma Flor Ada and Isabel Campoy. The rich tapestry of these teachers’ voices is a major highlight of this book. In turn, teachers have used their own self-published works to inspire students and parents to write their own stories, and those voices are included in here as well. In addition to offering a plethora of inspiring examples of works authored by classroom teachers, parents, and students, this book also includes practical, step-by-step activities and a solid grounding in theory. Written in a clear and reader-friendly style, this combination will enable teachers to experience the benefits of this creative approach to building strong classroom communities. Includes 10 thematic units, with writing starters and activities for teachers, parents, and children. Features sections on facilitating classroom dialogue and unlearning oppression/education for liberation. Showcases abundant examples of teachers’ self-published books, as well as students’ and parents’ writing. “This book is nearly perfect. It will become a classic.” Stephen Krashen University of Southern California “Authors in the Classroom shows us what education can be and should be: a safe environment for intellect and identity to expand and connect with the collective intellectual and cultural accomplishments of our global society. As evidence for its claims about what education can achieve this text provides neither empty theory nor soulless empirical research but rather the voices of teachers, students, parents, and |
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Authors in the Classroom: A Transformative Education Process $47.99 Alma Flor Ada and F. Isabel Campoy combine inspirational examples and practical how-to’s to create a unique resource for teachers! Authors in the Classroom: Transformative Education for Teachers, Students, and Families Thousands of teachers have experienced the awakening of their own creative writing voice through participating in the writing courses and workshops offered by Alma Flor Ada and Isabel Campoy. The rich tapestry of these teachers’ voices is a major highlight of this book. In turn, teachers have used their own self-published works to inspire students and parents to write their own stories, and those voices are included in here as well. In addition to offering a plethora of inspiring examples of works authored by classroom teachers, parents, and students, this book also includes practical, step-by-step activities and a solid grounding in theory. Written in a clear and reader-friendly style, this combination will enable teachers to experience the benefits of this creative approach to building strong classroom communities. Includes 10 thematic units, with writing starters and activities for teachers, parents, and children. Features sections on facilitating classroom dialogue and unlearning oppression/education for liberation. Showcases abundant examples of teachers’ self-published books, as well as students’ and parents’ writing. “This book is nearly perfect. It will become a classic.” Stephen Krashen University of Southern California “Authors in the Classroom shows us what education can be and should be: a safe environment for intellect and identity to expand and connect with the collective intellectual and cultural accomplishments of our global society. As evidence for its claims about what education can achieve this text provides neither empty theory nor soulless empirical research but rather the voices of teachers, students, parents, and |
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Baby Mountain Sheep $6.95 It is spring in the mountains of Alaska, and a female Dall’s sheep is born on the high cliffs, sheltered from predators and the worst of the blowing snow. The lamb has a weak leg, but her heart is strong, and she scrambles over the cliffs after her mother and seeks out the company of other lambs that have also settled in the mountain meadow. Over the short summer months, the lamb will need experience in running up the cliffs when grizzlies and other predators make their way to the meadow. Only then will she be safe from harm as she continues to grow to adulthood in the cold months ahead. |
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Baby Mountain Sheep $15.95 It is spring in the mountains of Alaska, and a female Dall’s sheep is born on the high cliffs, sheltered from predators and the worst of the blowing snow. The lamb has a weak leg, but her heart is strong, and she scrambles over the cliffs after her mother and seeks out the company of other lambs that have also settled in the mountain meadow. Over the short summer months, the lamb will need experience in running up the cliffs when grizzlies and other predators make their way to the meadow. Only then will she be safe from harm as she continues to grow to adulthood in the cold months ahead. |
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Ballads And Sonnets $23.86 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:BLOOD ON THE WHEEL. ” T)LESS her dear little heart!” said my mate, and he pointed out to me, Fifty yards to the right, in the darkness, a light burning steady and clear. “That’s her signal in answer to me, when I whistle, to let me see She is at her place by the window the time I am passing here.” I turn’d to look at the light, and I saw the tear on his cheek— He was tender of heart, and I knew that his love was lasting and strong— But he dash’d it off with his hand, and I did not think fit to speak, But look’d right ahead through the dark, as we clank’d and thunder’d along. They had been at the school, the two, and had run, like a single life, Through the mazes of childhood up to the sweeter and firmer prime, And often he told me, smiling, he had promised to make her his wife, In the rambles they had for nuts in the woods in the golden autumn time. ” I must make,” he would add, ” that promise good in the course of a month or two; And then, when I have her safe and sound in a nook of the busy town, No use of us whistling then, Joe, lad, as now we incline to do, For a wave of her hand, or an answering light as we thunder up and down.” Well, the marriage was settled at last, and I was to stand by his side, Take a part in the happy rite, and pull from his hand the glove; And still as we joked between ourselves, he would say, in his manly pride, That the very ring of the engine-wheels had something in them of love. At length we had just one run to make before the bridal took place, And it happen’d to be in the night, yet merry in heart we went on; But long ere he came to the house, he was turning each moment his face To catch the light by the window, placed as a beacon for him alone. “Now the… |
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Ballads And Sonnets $15.51 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:BLOOD ON THE WHEEL. ” T)LESS her dear little heart!” said my mate, and he pointed out to me, Fifty yards to the right, in the darkness, a light burning steady and clear. “That’s her signal in answer to me, when I whistle, to let me see She is at her place by the window the time I am passing here.” I turn’d to look at the light, and I saw the tear on his cheek— He was tender of heart, and I knew that his love was lasting and strong— But he dash’d it off with his hand, and I did not think fit to speak, But look’d right ahead through the dark, as we clank’d and thunder’d along. They had been at the school, the two, and had run, like a single life, Through the mazes of childhood up to the sweeter and firmer prime, And often he told me, smiling, he had promised to make her his wife, In the rambles they had for nuts in the woods in the golden autumn time. ” I must make,” he would add, ” that promise good in the course of a month or two; And then, when I have her safe and sound in a nook of the busy town, No use of us whistling then, Joe, lad, as now we incline to do, For a wave of her hand, or an answering light as we thunder up and down.” Well, the marriage was settled at last, and I was to stand by his side, Take a part in the happy rite, and pull from his hand the glove; And still as we joked between ourselves, he would say, in his manly pride, That the very ring of the engine-wheels had something in them of love. At length we had just one run to make before the bridal took place, And it happen’d to be in the night, yet merry in heart we went on; But long ere he came to the house, he was turning each moment his face To catch the light by the window, placed as a beacon for him alone. “Now the… |
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Ballads And Sonnets $13.77 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:BLOOD ON THE WHEEL. ” T)LESS her dear little heart!” said my mate, and he pointed out to me, Fifty yards to the right, in the darkness, a light burning steady and clear. “That’s her signal in answer to me, when I whistle, to let me see She is at her place by the window the time I am passing here.” I turn’d to look at the light, and I saw the tear on his cheek— He was tender of heart, and I knew that his love was lasting and strong— But he dash’d it off with his hand, and I did not think fit to speak, But look’d right ahead through the dark, as we clank’d and thunder’d along. They had been at the school, the two, and had run, like a single life, Through the mazes of childhood up to the sweeter and firmer prime, And often he told me, smiling, he had promised to make her his wife, In the rambles they had for nuts in the woods in the golden autumn time. ” I must make,” he would add, ” that promise good in the course of a month or two; And then, when I have her safe and sound in a nook of the busy town, No use of us whistling then, Joe, lad, as now we incline to do, For a wave of her hand, or an answering light as we thunder up and down.” Well, the marriage was settled at last, and I was to stand by his side, Take a part in the happy rite, and pull from his hand the glove; And still as we joked between ourselves, he would say, in his manly pride, That the very ring of the engine-wheels had something in them of love. At length we had just one run to make before the bridal took place, And it happen’d to be in the night, yet merry in heart we went on; But long ere he came to the house, he was turning each moment his face To catch the light by the window, placed as a beacon for him alone. “Now the… |
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Barbados – Bridgetown & the South $8.99 Surrounded by miles of magnificent white sand beaches, protected by coral reefs and brushed by the constant breeze of the trade winds, Barbados is a swimmer’s paradise. The west coast beaches are calm and lapped by the Caribbean. The south coast has small to medium waves that are great for windsurfing and boogie boarding, while the southeast coast has big waves and is only suitable for strong swimmers. Because of its location, tropical storms and hurricanes common to other Caribbean islands generally miss Barbados. As a coral island, Barbados is home to a vast array of caves and underground lakes, which provide some of the purest drinking water in the world. The island is also home to rainforests, marshes and mangrove swamps, along with pastures and sugarcane fields. It has a diverse and interesting landscape, making it a fascinating place to explore. Bridgetown is the only city outside of North America that George Washington visited. The house where he stayed has been renovated, and is now known as the George Washington House. Bridgetown is the main shopping center in Barbados and is home to a large and varied selection of shops. You will need to take your passport with you in order to take advantage of the tax-free shopping. If you are planning a purchase of high-end jewelry, precious stones, electronic or photographic equipment, the shops in Barbados offer some great duty free deals, some even sell at wholesale prices.Christ Church is the southernmost parish, bordered by St Michael to the west, St George to the north, and St Philip to the east. Grantley Adams Airport is in this parish, and it is one of the most developed parts of the island, with numerous restaurants, nightclubs, hotels, and bars. The beaches are generally safe for swimming, but can have strong currents and occasionally strong waves. There are lots of water sports on the south coast, including windsurfing, kite surfing, wake boarding, snorkeling, jet skiing, and a host of others. All of the |
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Basic Keelboat $9.97 Sailing is a sport that connects the generations and brings people together. But sailing is challenging. To maximize your enjoyment on the water, you must have confidence in yourself, your boat, equipment and crew. Basic Keelboat helps you learn to sail with the skills required to be safe at sea. When you’re prepared, life under sail is more enjoyable. The lessons learned in Basic Keelboat will provide a strong foundation to help you build your skills for the future. The first of US SAILING’s popular Keelboat Series, Basic Keelboat covers the skills and terminology required to responsibly skipper a small daysailing keelboat. Basic Keelboat breaks down maneuvers like tacking, jibing, docking and overboard recovery in a simple, understandable manner. |
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Basic Training For A Safe Trail Horse $6.66 For equestrians, horse trainers, and animal lovers, Basic Training for a Safe Trail Horse is a comprehensive, in-depth look at logical and humane training tips for optimal trail riding. Martha Leynes-Selbert, published writer and horse training specialist, has written a superb user’s guide that gives trainers, riders and owners a distinctive way to establish a quiet and successful relationship with a horse.Leynes-Selbert’s approach to a gentle way of training is explained in detail along with photographs that give the reader step-by-step instruction. Through her relationship with horse trainer, Patricia Allard, Leynes-Selbert’s proven methods include relating to the horse as an “alpha mare” instead of a predator. She takes all aspects of fear-based training out of the equation and highlights the intelligence of this regal animal. Her methods include a more compassionate approach-how horses can actually respond to the rider or trainer through words and patient attention. Martha Leynes-Selbert lives with her husband, three dogs, three cats and three horses in the rolling hills of Virginia’s countryside near Richmond. She has spent twenty years riding trails and has published articles about her adventures and about other horse owners in a local newspaper. A strong advocate for the humane treatment of animals, she continues to apply her knowledge to training and teaching others. Basic Training for a Safe Trail Horse is her first book. |
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Bea’s Own Good $39.1 A young French honeybee learns the rules to keep the honeycomb strong, to make the best honey, and to keep the bees safe. End pages feature factual information about bees, the Chateau of Villandry, and France. |
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Betrayals $7 Logan Lambert’s world shatters when an earthquake destroys his newly constructed building. In the aftermath of the quake, he soon realizes that his reputation as a builder has also been damaged, and possibly beyond repair. But to make matters even worse, his also learns of the betrayal of his most-trusted friends, which shakes him to the very core of his being. Kayla Hampton, a blind CPA, is drawn into Logan’s chaotic new world when her father asks her to investigate Lambert for signs of fraud. Not only does she find herself falling in love with the discredited yet determined builder, taking risks to help him repair his reputation, but chancing to step outside her safe and orderly existence. Together, Logan and Kayla are plunged into a dangerous world of shoddy construction, gambling, murder and betrayal. And to clear Logan’s good name, they must locate the man responsible for the mayhem. But will they expose the real culprit in time to save themselves? And if they do, will their love be strong enough to put their worlds back together? Genres: Romance / Romantic Suspense / Romantic Thriller |
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Biomechanics of Hard Tissues: Modeling, Testing, and Materials $160 This monograph assembles expert knowledge on the latest biomechanical modeling and testing of hard tissues, coupled with a concise introduction to the structural and physical properties of bone and cartilage. A strong focus lies on the current advances in understanding bone structure and function from a materials science perspective, providing practical knowledge on how to model, simulate and predict the mechanical behavior of bone. The book presents directly applicable methods for designing and testing the performance of artificial bones and joint replacements, while addressing innovative and safe approaches to stimulated bone regeneration essential for clinical researchers. |
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Birth and Rebirth on an Alaskan Island: The Life of an Alutiiq Healer $26.95 When Joanne B. Mulcahy first helped Mary Peterson—a respected elder of the Akhiok community—find a safe home away from the violence and alcoholism that had altered village life, she never imagined that they would meet again five years later and begin more than twelve years of interviews, letters, and visits that would transform the lives of both women.Birth and Rebirth on an Alaskan Island offers the fascinating story of Mary’s life, from her experience growing up within the traditional society of Akhiok to her work as a teacher, a Community Health Aide, a mother, a grandmother, and an Alutiiq midwife and healer. Through her story we discover a society that blended native Alutiiq culture with the Russian Orthodox teachings handed down from late-eighteenth- and nineteenth-century colonists; that mixed modern education and employment with a subsistence lifestyle; that sanctioned arranged marriages but upheld civil divorce laws; and, above all, that recovered its confidence in traditional healing—both of the body and of the community.More than a personal story of survival, Birth and Rebirth on an Alaskan Island portrays, in Akhiok, a resilience formed through a return to a strong sense of community. As we become acquainted with the Kodiak world through Mary Peterson’s story, we come to realize the strength of the native oral tradition and to see that knowing and healing are pivotal elements of the Alutiiq way—particularly as they bring to light the previously unrecognized efforts, inspirations, and accomplishments of countless women healers. |
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Blood Heat (Blood Lines Series #4) $7.99 Texas is heating up. . . .The summer heat wave that’s hit Rio Seco, Texas, has even the vampires complaining, but now that Keira—the Kelly Heir—is home from Vancouver, the weather isn’t the only thing too hot to handle. Keira should be setting up her court and planning the big reception at which she and her consort, vampire ruler Adam Walker, will receive the magical leaders from the local area, but pomp and circumstance just aren’t Keira’s thing, especially not with trouble smoldering in her domain. A werewolf couple has mysteriously gone missing from a local pack, and when Keira is asked by their leader to investigate, she finds that some dissatisfied neighbors may have been taking, well, strong action against the wer community—action that could be repeated and could involve Keira and those she loves. With the reception looming and danger fast blazing out of control, the pressure is on Keira to keep Texas safe for supernaturals. Sometimes, it’s just not that great to be Heir. . . . |
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Blood Heat (Blood Lines Series #4) $1.99 Texas is heating up. . . .The summer heat wave that’s hit Rio Seco, Texas, has even the vampires complaining, but now that Keira—the Kelly Heir—is home from Vancouver, the weather isn’t the only thing too hot to handle. Keira should be setting up her court and planning the big reception at which she and her consort, vampire ruler Adam Walker, will receive the magical leaders from the local area, but pomp and circumstance just aren’t Keira’s thing, especially not with trouble smoldering in her domain. A werewolf couple has mysteriously gone missing from a local pack, and when Keira is asked by their leader to investigate, she finds that some dissatisfied neighbors may have been taking, well, strong action against the wer community—action that could be repeated and could involve Keira and those she loves. With the reception looming and danger fast blazing out of control, the pressure is on Keira to keep Texas safe for supernaturals. Sometimes, it’s just not that great to be Heir. . . . |
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Bodies in Protest: Environmental Illness and the Struggle Over Medical Knowledge $17.6 Gulf War Syndrome: Is It a Real Disease? asks a recent headline in the New York Times. This question—are certain diseases real?—lies at the heart of a simmering controversy in the United States, a debate that has raged, in different contexts, for centuries. In the early nineteenth century, the air of European cities, polluted by open sewers and industrial waste, was generally thought to be the source of infection and disease. Thus the term miasma—literally deathlike air—came into popular use, only to be later dismissed as medically unsound by Louis Pasteur.While controversy has long swirled in the United States around such illnesses as chronic fatigue syndrome and Epstein-Barr virus, no disorder has been more aggressively contested than environmental illness, a disease whose symptoms are distinguished by an extreme, debilitating reaction to a seemingly ordinary environment. The environmentally ill range from those who have adverse reactions to strong perfumes or colognes to others who are so sensitive to chemicals of any kind that they must retreat entirely from the modern world.Bodies in Protest does not seek to answer the question of whether or not chemical sensitivity is physiological or psychological, rather, it reveals how ordinary people borrow the expert language of medicine to construct lay accounts of their misery. The environmentally ill are not only explaining their bodies to themselves, however, they are also influencing public policies and laws to accommodate the existence of these mysterious illnesses. They have created literally a new body that professional medicine refuses to acknowledge and one that is becoming a popular model for rethinking conventional boundaries between the safe and the dangerous.Having interviewed dozens of the environmentally ill, the authors here recount how these people come to acknowledge and define their disease, and themselves, in a suddenly unlivable world that often |
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Bodies in Protest: Environmental Illness and the Struggle Over Medical Knowledge $65 Gulf War Syndrome: Is It a Real Disease? asks a recent headline in the New York Times. This question—are certain diseases real?—lies at the heart of a simmering controversy in the United States, a debate that has raged, in different contexts, for centuries. In the early nineteenth century, the air of European cities, polluted by open sewers and industrial waste, was generally thought to be the source of infection and disease. Thus the term miasma—literally deathlike air—came into popular use, only to be later dismissed as medically unsound by Louis Pasteur.While controversy has long swirled in the United States around such illnesses as chronic fatigue syndrome and Epstein-Barr virus, no disorder has been more aggressively contested than environmental illness, a disease whose symptoms are distinguished by an extreme, debilitating reaction to a seemingly ordinary environment. The environmentally ill range from those who have adverse reactions to strong perfumes or colognes to others who are so sensitive to chemicals of any kind that they must retreat entirely from the modern world.Bodies in Protest does not seek to answer the question of whether or not chemical sensitivity is physiological or psychological, rather, it reveals how ordinary people borrow the expert language of medicine to construct lay accounts of their misery. The environmentally ill are not only explaining their bodies to themselves, however, they are also influencing public policies and laws to accommodate the existence of these mysterious illnesses. They have created literally a new body that professional medicine refuses to acknowledge and one that is becoming a popular model for rethinking conventional boundaries between the safe and the dangerous.Having interviewed dozens of the environmentally ill, the authors here recount how these people come to acknowledge and define their disease, and themselves, in a suddenly unlivable world that often |
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Bonds Now!: Making Money in the New Fixed Income Landscape $10.95 The credit meltdown has completely re-shaped the world of bond investing—from Treasuries, T-bills, and municipal bonds to corporate bonds and high-yield bond funds. Bonds have quickly become the safe haven of choice for investors. If you want your bond portfolio to profit from the new rules of engagement since the credit meltdown, but don’t know how, then you’ve come to the right place.Fixed income investing will never be the same. Bonds Now! identifies the most recent changes in the bond market. It links the new rules of profiting in the bond market with new survival methods and fresh buy/sell principles. This reliable resource combines them all to show individual investors just like you how to make smart bond investments in the post–credit crisis era. Bonds Now! doesn’t waste time on the elementary basics. Instead, the authors—both seasoned pros—jump right in and show you how to build a safe bond portfolio designed to weather these turbulent economic times.Filled with in-depth insights and practical advice, this timely book:Walks you through the changing fixed income landscape and shows you exactly how to navigate through itHighlights how to quickly analyze a bond, then use the results to execute your tradeExamines what it takes to build an impregnable fortress around your bond portfolio—one so strong that even incompetent legislators and greedy CEOs can’t make it crumbleReveals how to develop a sixth sense for trouble and rebalance your bond positions while there’s still timeAnd much moreThere is only one way to guarantee you’re getting the right information—get it yourself. Bonds Now! shows you how and where. But, more importantly, this authoritative book clearly explains what to do with the information once you have it.Read and use Bonds Now! as your guide to create a reliable fixed income stream. But wait, there’s more. Forbes magazine is offering a |
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Bonds Now!: Making Money in the New Fixed Income Landscape $29.95 The credit meltdown has completely re-shaped the world of bond investing—from Treasuries, T-bills, and municipal bonds to corporate bonds and high-yield bond funds. Bonds have quickly become the safe haven of choice for investors. If you want your bond portfolio to profit from the new rules of engagement since the credit meltdown, but don’t know how, then you’ve come to the right place.Fixed income investing will never be the same. Bonds Now! identifies the most recent changes in the bond market. It links the new rules of profiting in the bond market with new survival methods and fresh buy/sell principles. This reliable resource combines them all to show individual investors just like you how to make smart bond investments in the post–credit crisis era. Bonds Now! doesn’t waste time on the elementary basics. Instead, the authors—both seasoned pros—jump right in and show you how to build a safe bond portfolio designed to weather these turbulent economic times.Filled with in-depth insights and practical advice, this timely book:Walks you through the changing fixed income landscape and shows you exactly how to navigate through itHighlights how to quickly analyze a bond, then use the results to execute your tradeExamines what it takes to build an impregnable fortress around your bond portfolio—one so strong that even incompetent legislators and greedy CEOs can’t make it crumbleReveals how to develop a sixth sense for trouble and rebalance your bond positions while there’s still timeAnd much moreThere is only one way to guarantee you’re getting the right information—get it yourself. Bonds Now! shows you how and where. But, more importantly, this authoritative book clearly explains what to do with the information once you have it.Read and use Bonds Now! as your guide to create a reliable fixed income stream. But wait, there’s more. Forbes magazine is offering a |
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Bone Building Body Shaping Workout: Strength Health Beauty In Just 16 Minutes A Day $23.95 Women need extra-strong bones at every age — from adolescence, through pregnancy, and especially after menopause. All you need is 8 minutes a day four days a week, or 16 minutes a day two days a week — to achieve a strong, sexy, shapely body while you build protective muscles and denser bones. Vedral’s groundbreaking program includes: • Easy-to-follow strengthening exercises for the most vulnerable body parts• Safe and simple body-shaping exercises to tone, slim, and beautify your entire body• Targeted muscle- and bone-strengthening exercises to guard against injury for dozens of sports — including tennis, skiing, running, bicycling, dancing, and golf• Mother-daughter secrets of putting BONE-IN-THE-BANK — creating extra reserves of calcium to draw upon as you grow older• Nutritional information for jump-starting your weight-loss, healthy-body program• Handy 6-page cutout wall chart to make exercising even easier! |
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Bound By Desire $3 Denise has always been a strong woman and the men in her life have expected her to be just as demanding and dominating under the covers. She never met the man that made her heart pulse with desire or who took control, because she was always in control, and it left her empty inside. Despite a successful career, and graduating at the top of her class in the FBI academy, she never had the same success in love. Her problem was she held a secret that she didn’t even want to admit to herself. A secret so dark and twisted that she pushed it to the bottom of her heart and hid it there. She had a secret desire to feel conquered, and completely ravished in bed. She wanted to be tied up and teased until she cried out in ecstasy. Denise never met the man she felt safe sharing her secret desire to submit to. Until the day she met Victor. |
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Brain Freeze Cool Ice Tray (Random Color) $4.39 This Brain Freeze ice tray is molded from super-strong, dishwasher-safe materials, harmless, tasteless, nontoxic, safe to use. A brain is a terrible thing to waste. So raise a glass and enjoy your cocktail with the frosty brains! |
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Brain Freeze Ice Tray (Random Color) $4.39 This Brain Freeze ice tray makes 4 frosty brains. It is molded from super-strong, dishwasher-safe materials, harmless, tasteless, nontoxic, safe to use. Just take it home! |
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Bridge Disasters in Australia: Tasman Bridge Disaster $8.96 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Tasman Bridge disaster occurred on the evening of 5 January 1975, in Hobart, the capital city of Australia’s island state of Tasmania, when a bulk ore carrier travelling up the Derwent River collided with several pylons of the Tasman Bridge, causing a large section of the bridge deck to collapse onto the ship and into the river below. Twelve people were killed, including seven crew on board the ship, and the five occupants of four cars which fell 45 m (150 feet) after driving off the bridge. The disaster severed the main link between Hobart and its eastern suburbs, and is notable for the social impacts that resulted from the loss of such an important road artery. Model showing the scene on the bottom of the Derwent River The collision occurred at 9:27 pm (Australian Eastern Standard Time) on Sunday January 5, 1975. The bulk carrier Lake Illawarra, carrying 10,000 tonnes of zinc ore concentrate, was heading up the Derwent River to offload its cargo to the Electrolytic Zinc Company at Risdon, upstream from Hobart and about 3 km from the bridge. The 1 025m long main viaduct of the bridge comprised a central main navigation span, two flanking secondary navigation spans, and 19 approach spans. The ship was off course as it neared the bridge, partly due to the strong tidal current but also because of inattention by the ship’s master, Captain Boleslaw Pelc. Initially approaching the bridge at eight knots, Pelc slowed the ship to a ’safe’ speed. Although the Lake Illawarra was capable of passing through the bridge’s central navigation span, the captain attempted to pass through one of the eastern spans. Despite several changes of course, the ship proved unmanageable due to its insufficient speed relative to the current. In desperation the captai… More: |
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Bringing Elizabeth Home: A Journey of Faith and Hope $0.99 At 3:58 in the morning of June 5, 2002, Ed and Lois Smart awoke to the sound of their nine-year-old daughter Mary Katherine’s frightened voice. “She’s gone. Elizabeth is gone.” At first they thought she was having a bad dream about her older sister, but Mary Katherine’s seeming bad dream would quickly become their worst nightmare. Their daughter Elizabeth was gone.They were not sure why the media picked up on Elizabeth’s story, but after their daughter was kidnapped she became the whole world’s daughter. After nine months of a strange, hard, sometimes rewarding, but mostly painful journey, Elizabeth was miraculously returned to them. Just as millions throughout the world had grieved for her loss, now they celebrated her safe return. In Bringing Elizabeth Home, Ed and Lois share the pain of every parent’s worst fear: “What would I do if my child was taken from me?” They also share a story of great hope, strong faith, and trust in God. The Smart family had always been devoted to their Mormon faith, but through their terribly painful experience they gained a tremendous inner strength, which became the key to their survival. They write, “Having our daughter back home, in our arms, is nothing short of a miracle. It is the ultimate proof that God answers prayers. Granted, sometimes the answer is not the one we pray for, but still it remains an answer. We feel truly blessed that He answered our prayers the way we had hoped for, although we realize, regretfully, that this is not always the outcome in kidnapping cases. We have met so many families with missing children and we’ve seen how deep their pain goes . . . But what we hope to convey through ourjourney of faith and hope is that with a strong belief in God, all things are possible. Miracles do happen.”In the end, the Smarts’ story brings one point poignantly home–nothing is more important in this world than family. Not money. Not work. Not a fancy new car or an |
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Bringing Elizabeth Home: A Journey of Faith and Hope $0.99 At 3:58 in the morning of June 5, 2002, Ed and Lois Smart awoke to the sound of their nine-year-old daughter Mary Katherine’s frightened voice. “She’s gone. Elizabeth is gone.” At first they thought she was having a bad dream about her older sister, but Mary Katherine’s seeming bad dream would quickly become their worst nightmare. Their daughter Elizabeth was gone.They were not sure why the media picked up on Elizabeth’s story, but after their daughter was kidnapped she became the whole world’s daughter. After nine months of a strange, hard, sometimes rewarding, but mostly painful journey, Elizabeth was miraculously returned to them. Just as millions throughout the world had grieved for her loss, now they celebrated her safe return. In Bringing Elizabeth Home, Ed and Lois share the pain of every parent’s worst fear: “What would I do if my child was taken from me?” They also share a story of great hope, strong faith, and trust in God. The Smart family had always been devoted to their Mormon faith, but through their terribly painful experience they gained a tremendous inner strength, which became the key to their survival. They write, “Having our daughter back home, in our arms, is nothing short of a miracle. It is the ultimate proof that God answers prayers. Granted, sometimes the answer is not the one we pray for, but still it remains an answer. We feel truly blessed that He answered our prayers the way we had hoped for, although we realize, regretfully, that this is not always the outcome in kidnapping cases. We have met so many families with missing children and we’ve seen how deep their pain goes . . . But what we hope to convey through ourjourney of faith and hope is that with a strong belief in God, all things are possible. Miracles do happen.”In the end, the Smarts’ story brings one point poignantly home–nothing is more important in this world than family. Not money. Not work. Not a fancy new car or an |
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Bringing Elizabeth Home: A Journey of Faith and Hope $11.99 At 3:58 in the morning of June 5, 2002, Ed and Lois Smart awoke to the sound of their nine-year-old daughter Mary Katherine’s frightened voice. “She’s gone. Elizabeth is gone.” At first they thought she was having a bad dream about her older sister, but Mary Katherine’s seeming bad dream would quickly become their worst nightmare. Their daughter Elizabeth was gone.They were not sure why the media picked up on Elizabeth’s story, but after their daughter was kidnapped she became the whole world’s daughter. After nine months of a strange, hard, sometimes rewarding, but mostly painful journey, Elizabeth was miraculously returned to them. Just as millions throughout the world had grieved for her loss, now they celebrated her safe return. In Bringing Elizabeth Home, Ed and Lois share the pain of every parent’s worst fear: “What would I do if my child was taken from me?” They also share a story of great hope, strong faith, and trust in God. The Smart family had always been devoted to their Mormon faith, but through their terribly painful experience they gained a tremendous inner strength, which became the key to their survival. They write, “Having our daughter back home, in our arms, is nothing short of a miracle. It is the ultimate proof that God answers prayers. Granted, sometimes the answer is not the one we pray for, but still it remains an answer. We feel truly blessed that He answered our prayers the way we had hoped for, although we realize, regretfully, that this is not always the outcome in kidnapping cases. We have met so many families with missing children and we’ve seen how deep their pain goes . . . But what we hope to convey through ourjourney of faith and hope is that with a strong belief in God, all things are possible. Miracles do happen.”In the end, the Smarts’ story brings one point poignantly home–nothing is more important in this world than family. Not money. Not work. Not a fancy new car or an |
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Bringing Elizabeth Home: A Journey of Faith and Hope $0.99 At 3:58 in the morning of June 5, 2002, Ed and Lois Smart awoke to the sound of their nine-year-old daughter Mary Katherine’s frightened voice. “She’s gone. Elizabeth is gone.” At first they thought she was having a bad dream about her older sister, but Mary Katherine’s seeming bad dream would quickly become their worst nightmare. Their daughter Elizabeth was gone.They were not sure why the media picked up on Elizabeth’s story, but after their daughter was kidnapped she became the whole world’s daughter. After nine months of a strange, hard, sometimes rewarding, but mostly painful journey, Elizabeth was miraculously returned to them. Just as millions throughout the world had grieved for her loss, now they celebrated her safe return. In Bringing Elizabeth Home, Ed and Lois share the pain of every parent’s worst fear: “What would I do if my child was taken from me?” They also share a story of great hope, strong faith, and trust in God. The Smart family had always been devoted to their Mormon faith, but through their terribly painful experience they gained a tremendous inner strength, which became the key to their survival. They write, “Having our daughter back home, in our arms, is nothing short of a miracle. It is the ultimate proof that God answers prayers. Granted, sometimes the answer is not the one we pray for, but still it remains an answer. We feel truly blessed that He answered our prayers the way we had hoped for, although we realize, regretfully, that this is not always the outcome in kidnapping cases. We have met so many families with missing children and we’ve seen how deep their pain goes . . . But what we hope to convey through ourjourney of faith and hope is that with a strong belief in God, all things are possible. Miracles do happen.”In the end, the Smarts’ story brings one point poignantly home–nothing is more important in this world than family. Not money. Not work. Not a fancy new car or an |
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Broken Branches $16.4 A fresh page-turner that takes you on an unforgettable ride! Lisette Auburn was born out of wedlock against family orders. She grew up loved, but not without high family expectations and well-kept secrets hanging over her like dark shadows. Now a young woman, her life turns miserable when a tragic death of a close relative opens a Pandora’s box of trouble. She becomes caught in the middle of fierce conflict as the family’s strength is tested and the elders’ power challenged. No one is safe from the secrets or the pain unleashed, and no one is prepared for the destruction to come. Broken Branches is about family and the dangerous power they hold over us emotionally, and how their actions mold us into who we are. Family can bring out the best and the worst in us. In the end, which side wins: the good or the bad, the weak or the strong? The Auburn family soon finds out. |
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Broken Compass: How British Politics Lost Its Way $18.21 The old rules of Left and Right no longer apply. Left-wingers keenly support the bombing of Belgrade and the invasion of Iraq. Tories warn against the threat to civil liberties. The ‘progressive’ BBC gives a fair hearing to the Conservative Party. Socialist journalists turn and rend Ken Livingstone. In democratic London, merely expressing your opinion can be seriously bad for your career, while in autocratic Moscow you can say pretty much what you like, provided you don’t do anything about it. The tearing down of the old Iron Curtain may have allowed markets to sweep into the old Warsaw Pact lands – but it has also permitted revolutionary left-wing ideas to spread like a bacillus through the ‘West’. Nobody really cares any more about the old shibboleths of state ownership. The British Labour Party – which opposed nuclear weapons, supposedly on principle, when they mattered – is quite happy to spend billions on the same weapons now that they are unnecessary. The supposed ‘right’ is as confused and nonsensical as the supposed ‘left’. Neo-conservatives run vast budget deficits at home and engage in utopian adventures abroad. They are actively opposed to old conservative ideas such as national sovereignty, strong families and rigorous selective education, and happy to bend the knee to left-wing orthodoxies from man-made global warming to egalitarianism. The political compass is broken, its needle swinging wildly and meaninglessly. The existing political parties have converged, or perhaps simply retreated in confusion on to what looked like safe territory, the often tried and repeated failed policies of Fabian Social Democracy, now worsened by 1960s sexual and social radicalism. They are no longer adversaries, their personnel are interchangeable and they struggle to find ways to distinguish themselves from each other. They simply ignore – or deny – huge areas of human experience and concern from mass immigration to the collapse of marriage and the |
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Broome County, New York 1850-1940 (Images of America Series) $21.99 In 1892, Broome County was described as having a location “that renders it impossible for any combination of circumstances to arrest its growth. Further, it is the best locale for enterprising capitalists and families seeking a safe haven.” This statement is as true today as when Broome County was established in 1806. With its sweeping hills and the uniting waters of the Susquehanna and Chenango Rivers, this county in the southern tier of New York continues to be a valley of opportunity.Broome County: 1850-1940 is the story of people of diverse heritage who have made this area their home. From the earliest days, inventors, entrepreneurs, artists, and a strong workforce have found Broome County to be a fertile terrain for achievement. Traditions have not been squandered on conformity but rather have been cherished and shared. Some well-known landmarks appear in this book; however, the majority of the images are previously unpublished. Included are rare interior views of early-twentieth-century factories and scenes of people at home and on the move-all silent witnesses to the “good old days.” Accompanying the photographs are historical narrations abstracted from verbal accounts, letters, diaries, and newspapers-memories and legends rich with reality. |
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Bully Free: Bulletin Boards, Posters and Banners: Creative Displays for a Safe and Caring School $9.5 Most bulletin board displays (and books about them) focus on holidays, the seasons, or other lighter fare. Bully Free bulletin boards send strong, consistent messages that bullying will not be tolerated, that it hurts others, and that there are positive alternatives: peacemaking, kindness, and respect. This book brings key anti-bullying concepts to the classroom in fun, interactive ways: Kids work on displays together, with instruction and reinforcement from teachers. The result is a series of anti-bullying messages for classrooms and hallways that kids will notice, talk about, and retain. Each project includes clear, concise instructions and discussion questions. |
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Captain Blood $10.99 Peter Blood is a physician and an English gentleman who becomes a pirate out of a rankling sense of injustice. Barely escaping the gallows after his arrest for treating wounded rebels who were fighting the oppressive King James, Blood flees England and becomes enslaved on a Barbados plantation of buccaneers. When he escapes, no ship sailing the Spanish Main is safe from Blood and his companions. Abounding with adventure, color, romance, and strong social commentary on the evils of slavery and the dangers of intolerance, this classic adventure is a story about how oppression drives men to desperate actions, how fate plays a hand in everyone’s life, and how love is ultimately the greatest power of all.Author Biography: Raphael Sabatini (1875-1950) was born in Italy and, after moving around Europe throughout his childhood and adolescence, settled in England in 1892. He became an internationally bestselling author with the publication of Scaramouche in 1921. His other novels include The Sea Hawk and The Gamester. |
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Carnivale Diabolique $7.5 This book is a collection of stories. The carnival is coming to town. Not any ordinary type of carnival, but Carnivale Diabolique, the only barrier humanity has against the demon portals. In Monica Jackson’s Fire Song, Lyric Adams is unsure of what’s happening to her. A strange power within her is budding and she senses evil unlike ever before. She is a delicate, fragile-human, but is discovering that she was born to oppose, fight, and kill demons. Is it cruel fate that that the love of her life is a demon? In Seressia Glass’s The Sharpest Edge, Anaru, the Weapons Master of the carnival, must find the woman who can unlock the time capsule buried beneath to reseal the portal. Camryn Lowell’s nightmares have been increasingly filled with terror, but when she is attacked she decides it’s time to run. Luckily for her, she runs right into Anarua’s strong tattoo-covered arms. But will his desire for her be enough to keep her safe? In J.M. Jeffries’s The Mistress of the Beasts, Delki Okello, the new, untried Mistress of the Beasts, is tracking a Shohar demon. Her search leads her into the arms of the very handsome, charismatic Detective Lee Townsend and his young son, who has become the demon’s next target. Will Delki be able to do her duty or will her growing love for a lonely man and his fragile son be her undoing? |
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Carnivale Diabolique $12.95 This book is a collection of stories. The carnival is coming to town. Not any ordinary type of carnival, but Carnivale Diabolique, the only barrier humanity has against the demon portals. In Monica Jackson’s Fire Song, Lyric Adams is unsure of what’s happening to her. A strange power within her is budding and she senses evil unlike ever before. She is a delicate, fragile-human, but is discovering that she was born to oppose, fight, and kill demons. Is it cruel fate that that the love of her life is a demon? In Seressia Glass’s The Sharpest Edge, Anaru, the Weapons Master of the carnival, must find the woman who can unlock the time capsule buried beneath to reseal the portal. Camryn Lowell’s nightmares have been increasingly filled with terror, but when she is attacked she decides it’s time to run. Luckily for her, she runs right into Anarua’s strong tattoo-covered arms. But will his desire for her be enough to keep her safe? In J.M. Jeffries’s The Mistress of the Beasts, Delki Okello, the new, untried Mistress of the Beasts, is tracking a Shohar demon. Her search leads her into the arms of the very handsome, charismatic Detective Lee Townsend and his young son, who has become the demon’s next target. Will Delki be able to do her duty or will her growing love for a lonely man and his fragile son be her undoing? |
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Carriage Driving: A Logical Approach Through Dressage Training $18.04 “A book that will take the most novice beginner and permit him or her to progress to any level of driving with a clear understanding of how and why things are done.”—William E. Miller, M.D., President, American Driving Society”[The authors] obviously know their subject well and treat it with much sensitivity and wisdom. I only wish I had this book before I started my driving program.”—Sasha RockefellerThe modern bible of carriage driving . . . now back by popular demandWidely renowned as the definitive book on training the driving horse, Carriage Driving offers an easy-to-follow, practical guide to this increasingly popular sport.The philosophy is simple but remarkably effective: If driving is as much fun for your horse as it is for you, he will be a willing partner in the endeavor. With that in mind, Carriage Driving focuses on building a strong physical, mental, and emotional relationship with your horse. Equine mechanics, selecting the right bit and tack, harnessing, and ground training are just a few of the topics addressed.Drivers at any level will benefit greatly from this groundbreaking book, which has stood for more than a decade as the preeminent resource on training a balanced, responsive, and safe driving horse. |
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Cat Stories $13.95 CAT STORIES – BY HELEN JACKSON – 1886 – INTRODUCTION – DO not feel wholly wrote these letters the letters written to me by my marnrna, or other friends, and I never caught Pussy writing at any time when I was at home but the printing was pretty bad, and they were signed by PUS name and my rnarnma a w s looked very mysterious when I asked about them, as if there were sotne very great secret about it all so that until I grew to be a big girl, I never doubted but that Pussy printed them all alone by herself, after dark. They were written when I was a very little girl, and was away from home with my father on a journey. We made this journey in our own carriage, and it was one of the pleasantest things that ever happened to me. My clothes and my fathers were packed in a little leather valise which was hung by straps underneath the carriage, and went swinging, swinging, back and forth, as the wheels went round. My father and I used to walk up all the steep hills, because old Charley, our horse, was not very strong and I kept my eyes on that valise all the while I was walking behind the car- riage it seemed to me the most unsafe way to carry a valise, and I wished very much that my best dress had been put in a bundle that I could carry in my lap. This was the only drawback on the pleasure of my journey, my fear that the valise would fall off when we did not know it, and be left in the road, and then 1 should not have anything nice to wear when reached my aunts house. But the valise went through all safe, and I had the satisfaction of wearing my best dress every afternoon while I stayed and I was foolish enough to think a great deal of this. On the fourth day after our arrival came a letter from my mamma, giving me a great many directions how to behave, and enclosing this first letter from Pussy. I carried both letters in my apron pocket all the time. They were the first letters I ever had received, and I was very proud of them. I showed them to everybody, and everybody |
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Character Matters: How to Help Our Children Develop Good Judgement, Integrity, and Other Essential Virtues $12.99 Don’t Let Our Kids Flunk Life The novelist Walker Percy once observed, “Some people get all As but flunk life.” Succeeding in life takes character. In Character Matters, award-winning psychologist-educator Thomas Lickona offers more than 100 practical strategies that parents and schools have used to help kids build strong personal character as the foundation for a purposeful, productive, and fulfilling life. Lickona shows how irresponsible and destructive behavior can invariably be traced to the absence of good character and its 10 essential qualities: wisdom, justice, fortitude, self-control, love, a positive attitude, hard work, integrity, gratitude, and humility. He lays out a blueprint for building these core virtues through a partnership shared by families, schools, and communities. Chapters include: 14 strategies that help kids succeed academically while building character More than a dozen character-building discipline strategies 20 ways to prevent peer cruelty and promote kindness 10 ways to talk to teens about sex, love, and character The culmination of a lifetime’s work in character education, this landmark book gives us the tools we need to raise respectful and responsible children, create safe and effective schools, and build the caring and decent society in which we all want to live. |
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Character Matters: How to Help Our Children Develop Good Judgement, Integrity, and Other Essential Virtues $16 Don’t Let Our Kids Flunk Life The novelist Walker Percy once observed, “Some people get all As but flunk life.” Succeeding in life takes character. In Character Matters, award-winning psychologist-educator Thomas Lickona offers more than 100 practical strategies that parents and schools have used to help kids build strong personal character as the foundation for a purposeful, productive, and fulfilling life. Lickona shows how irresponsible and destructive behavior can invariably be traced to the absence of good character and its 10 essential qualities: wisdom, justice, fortitude, self-control, love, a positive attitude, hard work, integrity, gratitude, and humility. He lays out a blueprint for building these core virtues through a partnership shared by families, schools, and communities. Chapters include: 14 strategies that help kids succeed academically while building character More than a dozen character-building discipline strategies 20 ways to prevent peer cruelty and promote kindness 10 ways to talk to teens about sex, love, and character The culmination of a lifetime’s work in character education, this landmark book gives us the tools we need to raise respectful and responsible children, create safe and effective schools, and build the caring and decent society in which we all want to live. |
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Chicago Love Tapestry $15.99 Chicago Love Tapestry is a one act romantic comedy with strong thematic elements about the “tangled web” love weaves: new relationships seem to develop inevitably in the wake of relationships gone awry but can never quite relinquish the baggage. Two people reeling from recent divorces collide one rainy Saturday afternoon in Central Park: a travel agency owner from Chicago named Autumn, and a director/playwright from Alabama named Michael Green. Michael rushes to Autumn´s aid when she is mugged. She warms to his Southern charm, and they sardonically discuss their inescapable ties to their exes. While he escorts her back to her hotel, the Plaza, they continue to commiserate. Autumn claims she has been commissioned by her former inlaws to bail her ex hubby out of NYC jail for a DUI, in which he hit a taxi, injuring a mobster´s son. Michael claims he is in town for his brother´s drag show (“came out of the closet in a Baptist household”). Autumn senses, however, that he is inextricably bound to his ex, an actress named Gisele, who constantly hounds him for money, and wonders if Michael still loves Gisele. She also wonders whether she is too old for Michael. Arriving at her suite, he mixes drinks while she, a muddy mess from the attempted rape, soaks in a bubble bath. She watches through a cracked door him caressing a tapestry draped across the couch. He turns on Chicago´s Greatest Hits and dances, with drinks aloft, to the bathroom door. She invites him in (“Don´t be such a gentleman; I´m under the bubbles”) and answers his questions about the tapestry, which her Illinois farmer´s wife grandmother had made during her childhood. She explains that the “baby quilt” was made to comfort her during Autumn´s father´s absence in Vietnam. The bitter child had considered it a good luck charm providing sweet dreams of her father´s safe return. He did return safely, and Autumn wishes that other families during our |
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Clean Cures: The Humble Art of Zen-Curing Yourself $4.99 Why use strong chemicals to treat minor ailments when there are safe, natural, and effective remedies that relieve everything from aching muscles to toothaches to zits?Clean Cures is the new book in the successful Clean series—all written by cleaning expert Michael DeJong, beautifully packaged by visionary designer Joost Elffers, and espousing a green philosophy that offers substitutes for mass-produced products. DeJong bases his cures on just six essential elements, used alone or in combination: baking soda, honey, lemon, olive oil, salt, and apple cider vinegar. And with these simple, inexpensive, readily available ingredients, he concocts therapies for an A to Z of problems: aching joints, bad breath, colic, insect bites, nosebleeds, sinus headaches, warts, and much more. There’s even help for such nagging troubles as sleep disorders and panic attacks!With solutions that are gentle on the body—and on the earth—this is the perfect little volume for anyone interested in alternative healing.   |
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Clean Cures: The Humble Art of Zen-Curing Yourself $2.99 Why use strong chemicals to treat minor ailments when there are safe, natural, and effective remedies that relieve everything from aching muscles to toothaches to zits?Clean Cures is the new book in the successful Clean series—all written by cleaning expert Michael DeJong, beautifully packaged by visionary designer Joost Elffers, and espousing a green philosophy that offers substitutes for mass-produced products. DeJong bases his cures on just six essential elements, used alone or in combination: baking soda, honey, lemon, olive oil, salt, and apple cider vinegar. And with these simple, inexpensive, readily available ingredients, he concocts therapies for an A to Z of problems: aching joints, bad breath, colic, insect bites, nosebleeds, sinus headaches, warts, and much more. There’s even help for such nagging troubles as sleep disorders and panic attacks!With solutions that are gentle on the body—and on the earth—this is the perfect little volume for anyone interested in alternative healing.   |
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Clean Streets: Controlling Crime, Maintaining Order, and Building Community Activism $18.4 With the close proximity of gangs and the easy access to drugs, keeping urban neighborhoods safe from crime has long been a central concern for residents. In Clean Streets, Patrick Carr draws on five years of research in a white, working-class community on Chicago’s South side to see how they tried to keep their streets safe. Carr details the singular event for this community and the resulting rise of community activism: the shootings of two local teenage girls outside of an elementary school by area gang members. As in many communities struck by similar violence, the shootings led to profound changes in the community’s relationship to crime prevention. Notably, their civic activism has proved successful and, years after the shooting, community involvement remains strong.Carr mines this story of an awakened neighborhood for unique insights, contributing a new perspective to the national debate on community policing, civic activism, and the nature of social control. Clean Streets offers an important story of one community’s struggle to confront crime and to keep their homes safe. Their actions can be seen as a model for how other communities can face up to similarly difficult problems. |
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Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics for the Veterinary Technician $57.95 In order to facilitate a better understanding of the “how’s” and “why’s” behind current drug therapies administered in the veterinary field, this text takes a comprehensive look at therapeutic agents in use today. Following a unique body systems organization method, this text clearly identifies and rationalizes the effects of veterinary medication treatments that will allow better anticipation of a patient’s response to various remedies. A variety of review methods including self-tests, summary tables, and critical thinking questions aid the reader’s understanding of material presented and allow for practical application in the veterinary world.• Covers fundamental principles of pharmacology in a manner appropriate for both veterinary technicians and students. • Provides strong introductory content on safety, terminology, pharmaceutical procedures, drug handling, dosage calculations, and pharmacokinetics. • Systematically organized, using chapter outlines for ease of pinpointing desired material, key terms, and learning objectives to better focus readers’ learning. • Summarizes ideas presented using review questions to better facilitate comprehension, and integrated Pharm Facts boxes highlighting important points within the text. • Contains the latest OSHA requirements of safe drug and chemical handling in professional environments.• New and updated information is presented on all drug categories including new types, applications of existing drugs, and descriptions of previous methods employed. • The original, modern design features using a full-color format, new artwork, and a visually engaging design. • “Clinical Applications” vignettes included in the text emphasize concepts related to how problems have arisen with individual drugs or therapies, and what can be learned to avoid similar situations. • Self-test questions have been added to the end of each chapter, to help readers |
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Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics for the Veterinary Technician $49.49 In order to facilitate a better understanding of the “how’s” and “why’s” behind current drug therapies administered in the veterinary field, this text takes a comprehensive look at therapeutic agents in use today. Following a unique body systems organization method, this text clearly identifies and rationalizes the effects of veterinary medication treatments that will allow better anticipation of a patient’s response to various remedies. A variety of review methods including self-tests, summary tables, and critical thinking questions aid the reader’s understanding of material presented and allow for practical application in the veterinary world.• Covers fundamental principles of pharmacology in a manner appropriate for both veterinary technicians and students. • Provides strong introductory content on safety, terminology, pharmaceutical procedures, drug handling, dosage calculations, and pharmacokinetics. • Systematically organized, using chapter outlines for ease of pinpointing desired material, key terms, and learning objectives to better focus readers’ learning. • Summarizes ideas presented using review questions to better facilitate comprehension, and integrated Pharm Facts boxes highlighting important points within the text. • Contains the latest OSHA requirements of safe drug and chemical handling in professional environments.• New and updated information is presented on all drug categories including new types, applications of existing drugs, and descriptions of previous methods employed. • The original, modern design features using a full-color format, new artwork, and a visually engaging design. • “Clinical Applications” vignettes included in the text emphasize concepts related to how problems have arisen with individual drugs or therapies, and what can be learned to avoid similar situations. • Self-test questions have been added to the end of each chapter, to help readers |
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Cold Case Affair (Silhouette Romantic Suspense Series #1582) $0.99 Coming home was anything but safe to Muirinn O’Donnell. The successful journalist, single, pregnant and proud, was back in her Alaskan hometown, investigating her grandfather’s death—and finding evidence of a conspiracy. Muirinn turned to the one person who could protect her—her first love, rugged bush pilot Jett Rutledge. Though years had passed since they’d seen each other, Muirinn trusted him.She felt strong with Jett on her side, but wondered how long his kindness would last. Because Muirinn had kept a painful secret from Jett for eleven long years. If he found out, she feared he might never forgive her. |
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Cold Case Affair (Silhouette Romantic Suspense Series #1582) $4.5 Coming home was anything but safe to Muirinn O’Donnell. The successful journalist, single, pregnant and proud, was back in her Alaskan hometown, investigating her grandfather’s death—and finding evidence of a conspiracy. Muirinn turned to the one person who could protect her—her first love, rugged bush pilot Jett Rutledge. Though years had passed since they’d seen each other, Muirinn trusted him.She felt strong with Jett on her side, but wondered how long his kindness would last. Because Muirinn had kept a painful secret from Jett for eleven long years. If he found out, she feared he might never forgive her. |
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Complementary and Alternative Medicine $62.99 The use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) is on the rise globally. Practices may incorporate or base themselves on traditional medicine, folk knowledge, spiritual beliefs, or newly conceived approaches to healing. CAM is attractive because it is perceived as “natural” and hence safe, it promotes wellness and not just treatment of illness, and is provided by practitioners who give individualized attention to their patients. This work was carried out with the objective of describing the use of CAM for healthcare needs. The study design was cross sectional descriptive. Ayurveda was the most frequently used CAM system. Also it has been found that people use CAM for a wide range of health problems chiefly digestive problems. It has been noted that people mostly prefer it to use at first. There seems a strong need for exploring the role of CAM in health and disease. Faith in the CAM practitioners seems to be one of the reasons for people using it. Hence, it is recommended that the results and benefits that the CAM practitioners are achieving need to be explored in a scientific way. |
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Condominium Cowgirls $15.68 Arelis Cornfield works for the state orphanage, and three girls, ages one year, are leaving their safe house to be placed on the state’s adoption list. However, placing children has become very problematic for the state because qualified couples are going out of the country to adopt. Arelis felt attachment to these three girls the moment she laid eyes on them. She wanted to adopt these girls and be the best mother in the world to them. However, many obstacles confronted her, and she was only able to adopt one of the girls. As the child grew, so did her problems because the one Arelis adopted turned out to have mental problems that only got worse as the child grew older. Is the love Arelis has for this child strong enough to save them both from a path of destruction? Or will the detective in the shadows be able to save them both? |
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Contraindications in Physical Rehabilitation: Doing No Harm $46.8 This essential handbook provides clinicians with a summary of contraindications and precautions to review before treating patients seeking physical rehabilitation. This detailed resource discusses all of the contraindications in one convenient source and includes the full range of interventions, ranging from physical agents to supportive devices to therapeutic exercises. Organized by ICD categories and referenced from multiple sources, with strong coverage of adverse events, this handbook helps to ensure safe practice.• Provides crucial, easily accessible information to refresh therapists on contraindications that may not fall within their routine area of treatment. • Covers the full range of interventions in detail, including the purpose of the intervention, mechanism, contraindications and precautions, rationale, and references. • Helps ensure that practitioners do no harm, providing safer client care and addressing clients with pre-existing conditions. • Uses terminology from The Guide to Physical Therapist Practice, reinforcing the use of up-to-date language. • Presents quality information from a highly renowned author, with evidence-based information throughout. |
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Convenient Secrets $21.72 A baby boy, born of a sixteen-year old, is given up to adoption. (A secret kept by the teenager until many years later.) Jon, the adopted baby (documents are sealed) grows up in the loving and safe environment of John and Emily Strutter. Heredity evidences in Jon’s physical traits – blue eyes, writing left handed, and a cowlick at his hairline, but environment molds his character – thoughtful, responsible, and dependable. Jon is attracted not only to girls but boys as well and is puzzled why. (A question shared only with a male friend.) Jon seeks to find answers by wanting to know his birth parents but is met with strong resistance from his over-protective mother (“those files are closed forever”). Jon’s father reveals information he has kept private for twenty-one years, and Jon’s sets a plan to see at least one of his birth parents. Jon takes a summer job two states away, in Nora’s city. He gets to know Nora by visiting her frame shop, and Jon believes his true identity remains a secret. As Jon drives home to family and school in Minnesota, he must decide how to live his life. With who and where? His choices lead to more secrets. |
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Convenient Secrets $14.54 A baby boy, born of a sixteen-year old, is given up to adoption. (A secret kept by the teenager until many years later.) Jon, the adopted baby (documents are sealed) grows up in the loving and safe environment of John and Emily Strutter. Heredity evidences in Jon’s physical traits – blue eyes, writing left handed, and a cowlick at his hairline, but environment molds his character – thoughtful, responsible, and dependable. Jon is attracted not only to girls but boys as well and is puzzled why. (A question shared only with a male friend.) Jon seeks to find answers by wanting to know his birth parents but is met with strong resistance from his over-protective mother (“those files are closed forever”). Jon’s father reveals information he has kept private for twenty-one years, and Jon’s sets a plan to see at least one of his birth parents. Jon takes a summer job two states away, in Nora’s city. He gets to know Nora by visiting her frame shop, and Jon believes his true identity remains a secret. As Jon drives home to family and school in Minnesota, he must decide how to live his life. With who and where? His choices lead to more secrets. |
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Core Connection: Go from Fat to Flat by Using Your Abs for a Total Body Workout $0.99 A revolutionary fitness book by Chris Robinson that will change your body and your lifePersonal trainer Chris Robinson has helped celebrities, athletes, top executives, and ordinary people from coast to coast tone their muscles and melt away pounds in a matter of weeks with a simple workout philosophy: train from your core. To most, the core is synonymous with washboard abs, but it also encompasses twenty-nine muscles in and around your trunk, pelvis, hips, buttocks, and lower back. A strong core gives you the stability and mobility you need for better posture and balance, reduced back pain, and a more effective overall workout.In The Core Connection, Chris invites a team of five brave men and women with busy, stressful lives to follow his life-changing regimen for six weeks. The result — a combined total weight loss of 78 pounds! Chris’s unique program integrates the important principles of Pilates — emphasis on core strength, muscle control, breathing, and correct posture — into standard cardio and weight-bearing exercises for a total body workout. By learning to engage all the muscles in your core, you also increase your calorie burn and reduce your risk of injury.The Core Connection is a safe, effective, portable workout that is perfect for people of all ages and fitness levels. Chris’s explicit, easy-to-understand instructions are accompanied by clear illustrations that will help you check your form as he focuses on the specific aspects of alignment, muscle control, and breath that are essential for achieving the maximum benefit from each exercise. He offers a plan for simple, total body workouts that include mat workto help you find and feel your core muscles, cardio, and strength training — with the option of using weight machines or your own body weight. He also shares important tips for improving your diet without completely giving up the foods you love.The Core Connection is more |
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Core Strength For Dummies $4.29 Shape and condition your core muscles — and get a lean, flexible bodyConcerned about your core? This authoritative guide presents simple guidelines for strengthening your core muscles, providing a variety of safe, effective workouts that anyone can perform. Fitness expert LaReine Chabut gets you going with an easy-to-follow core training program, as well as tips for making healthier lifestyle choices to help you reach your fitness goals.Learn the core basics — discover the benefits of a strong core, evaluate your fitness level, and see how to reshape your musclesYou can work it out — practice beginner core moves, choose the right amount of weight, and select the perfect number of sets and repsSculpt your trouble areas — define your abs, tighten your glutes, and strengthen your backMake the most of accessories — incorporate an exercise ball, free weights, and machines into your routineShake up your routine — try Pilates and yoga moves as well as fun, practical stretches to keep you strong and flexibleMake it a family affair — get core moves for pregnant women, Mommy and Me moves, fun exercises for younger and older children, and recommendations for seniorsOpen the book and find:The best ways to train your coreTips for working out safelyGuidelines for beginner, intermediate, and advanced levelsHow to warm up and cool downLaReine Chabut’s “Core Secrets” workoutDietary and lifestyle changes that improve core strengthMotivation and support for sticking with your programA total body workout focusing on your core |
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Core Strength For Dummies $4.99 Shape and condition your core muscles — and get a lean, flexible bodyConcerned about your core? This authoritative guide presents simple guidelines for strengthening your core muscles, providing a variety of safe, effective workouts that anyone can perform. Fitness expert LaReine Chabut gets you going with an easy-to-follow core training program, as well as tips for making healthier lifestyle choices to help you reach your fitness goals.Learn the core basics — discover the benefits of a strong core, evaluate your fitness level, and see how to reshape your musclesYou can work it out — practice beginner core moves, choose the right amount of weight, and select the perfect number of sets and repsSculpt your trouble areas — define your abs, tighten your glutes, and strengthen your backMake the most of accessories — incorporate an exercise ball, free weights, and machines into your routineShake up your routine — try Pilates and yoga moves as well as fun, practical stretches to keep you strong and flexibleMake it a family affair — get core moves for pregnant women, Mommy and Me moves, fun exercises for younger and older children, and recommendations for seniorsOpen the book and find:The best ways to train your coreTips for working out safelyGuidelines for beginner, intermediate, and advanced levelsHow to warm up and cool downLaReine Chabut’s “Core Secrets” workoutDietary and lifestyle changes that improve core strengthMotivation and support for sticking with your programA total body workout focusing on your core |
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Core Strength For Dummies $19.99 Shape and condition your core muscles — and get a lean, flexible bodyConcerned about your core? This authoritative guide presents simple guidelines for strengthening your core muscles, providing a variety of safe, effective workouts that anyone can perform. Fitness expert LaReine Chabut gets you going with an easy-to-follow core training program, as well as tips for making healthier lifestyle choices to help you reach your fitness goals.Learn the core basics — discover the benefits of a strong core, evaluate your fitness level, and see how to reshape your musclesYou can work it out — practice beginner core moves, choose the right amount of weight, and select the perfect number of sets and repsSculpt your trouble areas — define your abs, tighten your glutes, and strengthen your backMake the most of accessories — incorporate an exercise ball, free weights, and machines into your routineShake up your routine — try Pilates and yoga moves as well as fun, practical stretches to keep you strong and flexibleMake it a family affair — get core moves for pregnant women, Mommy and Me moves, fun exercises for younger and older children, and recommendations for seniorsOpen the book and find:The best ways to train your coreTips for working out safelyGuidelines for beginner, intermediate, and advanced levelsHow to warm up and cool downLaReine Chabut’s “Core Secrets” workoutDietary and lifestyle changes that improve core strengthMotivation and support for sticking with your programA total body workout focusing on your core |
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Councillors in Barnet: Brian Coleman, Mike Freer, Joan Ryan, Mary Honeyball, John Leslie Marshall $8.96 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Brian Coleman FRSA (born 25 June 1961) is a Conservative Party politician and member of the London Assembly for Barnet and Camden, England. He is a Councillor in the London Borough of Barnet, and Mayor for 2009-2010. He is a former Chairman of the Finchley Friends of Israel and remains a member of Conservative Friends of Israel. Governor at two local Secondary Schools, he is also involved with the Scouts and the Rotary Club, and is a vocal supporter of the rights of Falun Gong practitioners and the Greek Cypriot community. A photograph of him asleep at his desk is widely circulated – especially within the London Fire Brigade. Coleman has tended to take strong and often controversial lines on many topics including the development of Barnet Football Club, the London 2012 Olympic Bid and the expansion of Tesco into small shopping parades. Following the 7 July 2005 bombings in London, Coleman questioned on radio how safe it was for Londoners to travel by public transport. In June 2006 he criticised the planned refurbishment of Potters Fields Park (between City Hall and Tower Bridge), saying that it should be replaced by a multi-storey car park. In April 2004 Coleman was against Middlesex University’s plans to expand its Trent Park campus because it was “a crap university”. It was announced in June 2008 that he was to receive an honorary doctorate from Middlesex University for his “outstanding commitment to the community”. In August 2006 Coleman criticised people legally protesting against a provision of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 as “sad, mad and bad”. On the restrictions on the right to demonstrate, he stated “It’s not a matter of free speech – it’s a matter of a proper way of running a world city”. In August 2007, residents… More: |
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Cowboys And Caudillos $7.77 Suggesting that better understanding of conflicts between Anglo and Latin America can come from the study of their contrasting popular fictions, the author compares the traditional attachment in Latin America to government by a strong man—a caudillo—to the diametrically opposed expansionist frontier ideology of the United States—the cowboy—who makes space safe for Anglo colonization. |
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Cowboys and Caudillos: Frontier Ideology of the Americas $34.95 Suggesting that better understanding of conflicts between Anglo and Latin America can come from the study of their contrasting popular fictions, the author compares the traditional attachment in Latin America to government by a strong man—a caudillo—to the diametrically opposed expansionist frontier ideology of the United States—the cowboy—who makes space safe for Anglo colonization. |
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Creating Classrooms Where Teachers Love to Teach and Students Love to Learn $4.92 If you’re an educator or a parent, this book is a must-read.Develop school cultures where students feel safe, connected, and ready to learn.The easy-to-read storytelling style of Dr. Sornson’s latest book, Creating Classrooms Where Teachers Love to Teach and Students Love to Learn, captures the essence of using Love and Logic to build successful school cultures.. Learn to set limits in the classroom without anger.. Create a culture of learning among faculty and parents.. Build strong connections between home and school.. Enjoy stories that illustrate the practical application of Love and Logic. |
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Crescendo [The Leah Brooke Collection] (Siren Publishing Menage Everlasting) $18.5 [Siren Menage Everlasting: Erotic Contemporary Menage a Trois Romance, M/F/M, bondage, sex toys] Hired by Nick Morietti and Steve Vanguard to decorate their newest hotel, Julianna Lovette is determined to make a name for herself. Nick and Steve’s raw sexuality, however, draws her like a moth to a flame–irresistible, but potentially lethal. When she becomes their lover, she’s tossed into a world of passion she’s always searched for but thought she’d never find. Dominant and strong, they take her in ways she’d never imagined and earn a submission from her she never thought she’d give. When passion comes at a price, she has to depend on them to keep her safe from an enemy from Steve’s past. An enemy who’s waited for years for a chance to get revenge. An enemy they believe she works for. She’ll learn that trust comes at a steeper price–but offers the biggest rewards. ** A Siren Erotic Romance |
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Crescendo [The Leah Brooke Collection] (Siren Publishing Menage Everlasting) $9.99 [Siren Menage Everlasting: Erotic Contemporary Menage a Trois Romance, M/F/M, bondage, sex toys] Hired by Nick Morietti and Steve Vanguard to decorate their newest hotel, Julianna Lovette is determined to make a name for herself. Nick and Steve’s raw sexuality, however, draws her like a moth to a flame–irresistible, but potentially lethal. When she becomes their lover, she’s tossed into a world of passion she’s always searched for but thought she’d never find. Dominant and strong, they take her in ways she’d never imagined and earn a submission from her she never thought she’d give. When passion comes at a price, she has to depend on them to keep her safe from an enemy from Steve’s past. An enemy who’s waited for years for a chance to get revenge. An enemy they believe she works for. She’ll learn that trust comes at a steeper price–but offers the biggest rewards. ** A Siren Erotic Romance |
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Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High $17.7 “Most books make promises. This one delivers. These skills have . . . generated new techniques for working together in ways that enabled us to win the largest contract in our industry’s history.”—Dain M. Hancock, President, Lockheed Martin AeronauticsLearn how to keep your cool and get what you want when emotions flare.When stakes are high, opinions vary, and emotions run strong, you have three choices: Avoid a crucial conversation and suffer the consequences; handle the conversation badly and suffer the consequences; or read Crucial Conversations and discover how to communicate best when it matters most. This wise and witty guide gives you the tools you need to step up to life’s most difficult and important conversations, say what’s on your mind, and achieve positive outcomes that will amaze you. You’ll learn how to: Prepare for high-impact situations with a six-minute mastery technique Make it safe to talk about almost anything Be persuasive, not abrasive Keep listening when others blow up or clam up Turn crucial conversations into the action and results you want Whether they take place at work or at home, with your neighbors or your spouse, crucial conversations can have a profound impact on your career, your happiness, and your future. With the skills you learn in this book, you’ll never have to worry about the outcome of a crucial conversation again.Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler are top international corporate consultants and cofounders of Vitality Alliance, Inc., and VitalSmarts. Together they have developed dozens of corporate training programs for dozens of Fortune 500 companies. |