author solutions inc aug 2007 (161 results)

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Terrorism and fraudulent election practices make for great headlines and documentary films, but for FBI Special Agent Donald Corbbitt, it's all in a day's work. In the wake of one of the most exciting presidential campaigns in United States history, Corbbitt is nearly stretched to his limit as he hurriedly works to thwart widespread death and destruction with a counterattack against a group of terrorists. The terrorists' goal: terminating railway transportation along the Eastern Seaboard. High-rolling liquor tycoon, Gordon Noble, confronts both political parties. As an independent candidate, he shifts the nation's political climate by challenging ineffective leadership. But a series of threats to Noble's family, the sabotage of his headquarters, and the kidnapping of his granddaughter only increase voter sympathy and media attention. Meanwhile, political pressures force the bureau director to assign Corbbitt to investigate Noble's campaign operation. Charged with piecing together a very complicated plan of global deception, Corbbitt holds the key to discovering who is manipulating the world's most powerful elected office-and who will control the world.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - When a young girl finds a mysterious silver bauble hiding beneath a cabinet in her grandmother's house, a spellbinding, epic tale unfolds.Wynne, a humble kitchen maid, and her friends, Princess Avariella, Prince Jared, and Aric, a stable hand, find adventure and wonder in the world of Lymeria. The four friends are pulled into a labyrinth of riddles and trickery in their desperate attempt to stop the evils of the dreaded wizard Cepheus.Kristina Coia, author of Falcon's Prey, has written a captivating tale full of twists and turns, in which four friends work together to outwit the forces of evil while discovering the power of love and the bond of friendship.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - From the moral dilemmas of an ordinary soldier to a man's infatuation with a past love, Tales for Sale, a collection of fifteen thought-provoking short stories, will touch your deepest emotions.'No Honor Killing' tells of a conflicted soldier who thinks hard about what he hears from his colonel: that there is honor in the executions that his men carry out as long as they dress in full uniform. But when the men are asked to kill their own drummer, they must decide whether to follow orders.In 'Stations', a man still enthralled by the scent of a past lover must decide whether to take her back when he hears from her for the first time in seven years.'Possibly Cursed Mirror' tells the story of a new homeowner who is desperate to give away a mirror that someone left at his home. The previous owner put it in a corner where no one could ever possibly stand directly in front of it. But the mirror has been moved.Matthew O'Malley delivers a compelling collection that runs the gamut of emotions from funny and sad to scary and light-hearted. Get ready for the unusual!

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - In the 1880s, William Bonney is a legendary outlaw of the American frontier-you might know him better as Billy the Kid. Scheduled to hang as a convicted murderer, Billy is represented in Lincoln County, New Mexico, by attorney Ira Leonard. But in a life spanning the continent and six of the most eventful decades in the nation's history, Leonard was much more than Billy's lawyer.After Billy escapes, is rediscovered, and killed, Leonard moves on to other adventures. In a time when many people were swept along by great economic and political currents, Ira Leonard helped to shape the landscape of the American West. Sidney Leonard Gardner, the great-grandson of Ira Leonard, takes us on a fictional journey that captures the essence of his great-grandfather's experiences and encompasses some of the most eventful decades in building up the United States.This intriguing novel, told as an interview, provides a glimpse into the last year of Leonard's life as he harkens back to his time as a printer, lawyer, and judge who moved from New York westward. Gardner presents Leonard as a 'just and determined man' who fearlessly played a leading role in the Lincoln County wars.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - What is your 'monkey' Many people have a 'monkey' on their back that weighs them down. They eat their way through their problems and blame the added pounds on a lack of knowledge and willpower, low self-esteem, laziness, self-doubt, or depression. How many diets must people fail before they realize the importance of addressing the monkey-the root cause of their problems and bad habits-if they are to succeed Learn how to change your nutritional focus and strategy with the self-help guide Eat that Monkey: Now Is the Time to Change Your Life! Author and lifestyle management coach Erica D. Porter can help you facilitate the creation of a lasting healthy lifestyle as she shows you how to make smart choices, change your bad habits, understand your relationship with food, and motivate yourself to exercise. By taking a head-on approach to dealing with the poor personal health management plaguing this country and much of the world, Eat that Monkey can help you gain control of your life and your weight, and most importantly, get healthy!

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Fabrice plays with a butterfly knife, Dragomir explodes bombs, and Fausto is the leader of the Mafia. Ms. Psi, the Instigator Par Excellence, has a master plan to bring about their downfall. Everything is going well until two jealous Instigators decide to sabotage her plan. Chaos and the loss of innocent lives are the results of their interference. When terrorists kill Fausto's wife and son during a soccer game in Bremen, Germany, he seeks revenge. In Houston, a European drug lord beats and rapes the daughter of a former modern pentathlon champion. Jane Kari Callahan, her mother, seeks revenge. Jane hires Wolfgang von Sturm, a former GSG-9 field agent, to track down the notorious drug lord. The Instigator Par Excellence devises a new master plan. She intends to use the anger and hatred in the hearts of Fausto and Jane to complete the original plan. Will it work.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - It's 1952 and summer vacation looms, full of possibilities. When best friends Josh and Billy find an old, collapsed cabin in the middle of the woods, they decide to search the rubble for treasure. They look for weeks and eventually find a chest buried within the cabin's foundation. But instead of treasure, it's filled with old journals that belong to Wendell, a Christmas elf who came to town fifty-six years ago with Santa but fell off the sleigh and was lost.Josh and Billy begin reading through the journals in hopes of unearthing a clue that will lead them to the elf. Soon, the entire town learns about their discovery, and now everyone wants to help find Wendell.Locating him turns out to be an easy task compared with what they face next: finding the magical gold chain, that when reconnected to the watch, will allow Wendell to become an elf again and live forever. With a blizzard quickly approaching, the whole town pitches in to help get Wendell home before it's too late!

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - In Magic Happens!, Michael Likey teaches us how we all have the keys to love, success, and happiness.Through various psychological and metaphysical exercises, affirmations, and techniques, you can eliminate various emotional hindrances to success. Likey shows you how you can turn a negative outlook on life into a positive one almost immediately. In this way, the road to prosperity becomes clearer and manifesting can begin.Using the tools and meditative techniques contained in Magic Happens!, you can create a life filled with prosperity, success, and love.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - In the tradition of A Prairie Home Companion and The Waltons, A Return to Grandpa's House celebrates the down-home American values of a simpler time: honesty, hard work, and family. Set in rural Minnesota in the 1970s, this heartwarming memoir shares the story of a typical Midwestern family through the childhood memories of Michele L. Larson.At Grandpa and Grandma's farm, there's never a shortage of visitors: aunts, uncles, cousins, grandchildren, and plenty of farm animals come and go throughout the year. And there's never a shortage of emotions: joy in celebrating holidays together and holding a newborn baby, sadness in saying good-bye after a loved one's death, and pleasure in delivering Grandpa his lunch or sitting on the front porch during a summer evening.Full of treasured and uplifting moments, A Return to Grandpa's House honors a family's love and devotion throughout the generations and explores the true meaning of home.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - What if your HMO came up with the perfect way to make money What if it killed you Tom Kanon is an international expert in nanotechnology who uses microbots to deliver healthcare directly to the organs and cells of the human body. He envisions a world where disease has been vanquished and designer robots police the human body. Microbots with specialized tools will remove cardiac plaque, carry hormones and enzymes where they are needed, and act as portable insulin pumps, miniature defibrillators, and pacemakers.Kanon's nanobot research soon attracts the attention of Jack Taylor, the CEO of Omni Health HMO. Taylor shrewdly woos Kanon into accepting a position as the head of the emergency room at Omni to tighten the company's stranglehold on the market. Kanon thought he knew everything about his field-until people start dying at his hospital and none of the other staff members care.As Tom struggles to find out why, he races against time to ensure the safety of his patients and loved ones against those who want them dead. But wanting to trust someone and knowing whom to trust are two very different things in the world of global corporate domination fueled by the bottom line.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - This history brings to life the Syracuse Athletic Association (S.A.A.) football team in Syracuse, New York, from 1890 to 1900. Conflict plagued the organization throughout its existence. Temporary disbanding, forced resignations, and internal squabbles were the norm, but the team rose above it all to win multiple city championships. It was established as the team to beat-and they rarely were.No other independent team could match the success of the S.A.A. at the time when some of Syracuse's best players donned the red and white for the organization. Bobby Adams, Bert Hanson, and Sam Jacobson battled on the gridiron, and Physical Director Charles McCormick worked his magic Charles McCormick worked his magic.In the end, the Syracuse Athletic Association laid the groundwork for teams of the future, making football in Syracuse no longer just a collegiate sport. The S.A.A. proved that independent teams could compete on the local gridiron and be successful.The Syracuse Athletic Association football team left a lasting mark on amateur athletics in Syracuse that could not be duplicated and will never be forgotten. Relive this exciting time in football history with the story of the S.A.A.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - The City of Lakeside was once a small city but is now starting to grow beyond its means, like many other cities and towns in the State of Florida. Lakeside is a few counties to the north from the City of Miami. The population of Miami has grown to over two million people and is just getting too crowded for some. Quite a few people have moved north from the Miami area to get out of big city atmosphere. Lakeside is also growing at such a rapid rate that there are many demands on the community and the local government. Lake side is located on a big lake that provides the citizens a place for boating, swimming and fishing. I am a Construction Forman working for a local contractor. I moved to Lakeside from Miami several years ago and worked my way up to the position of Forman with this company. I have been married for two years to a wonderful woman named Shirley who has her hands full keeping me in line. Shirley is a wonderful wife as well as a friend. Several of my co-workers and me are taking a lunch break at the small restaurant across the street from my job. The events that occur after lunch will change my life forever. My name is Robert Walker and my friends all call be Bobby. This is my story of how I made a career decision from Construction to law enforcement. I hope you enjoy Socially Accepted Murder.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Are you ready to open your mind and stretch your horizons Randolph T. Cuthbert's stirring collection of thoughts and poems reflects one man's life and his attempts to understand it with all of its many surprises.Cuthbert went through some harrowing moments in his life, from being sexually molested to losing his younger brother in a car accident. In an effort to deal with his emotions, Cuthbert put pen to paper to produce an honest and moving compilation of his personal experiences.Perhaps you will see something of yourself in Cuthbert. Reading One Man's Thoughts may give you the courage to deal with your own life problems. But Cuthbert ultimately hopes his words will 'make you think about the world around you and the role that you may play in it. If I can open one mind, free one thought, or stimulate growth in the smallest way possible, then my job has been done.'.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Carlo 'Diablo' Mora is a twenty-three-year-old baggage handler at the Albuquerque airport. He never finished high school, belonged to a gang from the age of eleven, and is a fast talker. He's never had money, and the problem has grown with his marriage to Megan Marie. While loading baggage for a flight, he finds a wooden box filled with diamonds, and it's only a short step to stealing it.But Carlo finds out he's taken on a lot more than he can handle as he creates anguish and misery for his loved ones. Kenny James Wilcox, a man who likes to hurt people, and Adel Avelo, his violent lesbian cohort, are sent to retrieve the diamonds. They kill Carlo's mother, rape his wife, and hide her in the Sandia Mountains to flush out Carlo and the diamonds. Carlo asks himself if he really wants to risk the diamonds and what they could bring for himself and his wife.When ex-cop Jeffery 'J. T.' Thorn is hired to bring back those linked to the diamonds, he doesn't hesitate to use violence to achieve his objective, fueling the already explosive situation.Filled with murder, sex, and suspense and reminiscent of a Quentin Tarantino movie, this fast-paced novel reveals the ultimate price of greed.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - A resounding response to the environmental devastation and hardships-of-youth going on all over the world. Communal home designs are the last lines in the sand left to draw!

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Set in a small mining town in eastern Kentucky and abundant with amusing characters, The Blistered Cat beautifully illustrates the universal struggle between the lure of adulthood and the safety of childhood.The first day of his summer job at his father's funeral home, fourteen-year-old Chuck Moretti experiences the tragic death of Johnny Tuttle, a young disabled U.S. Army veteran. Catapulted overnight into adulthood, Chuck's summer is adrenaline-packed as he participates in hair-raising ambulance rides, witnesses the aftermath of a mining accident and a fatal shooting, and faces the sorrows of natural death.The Blistered Cat interweaves the true-to-life activities of a funeral home with the mischief and musings of a teenage boy, creating a brilliant coming-of-age story rich with Southern style and adolescent conflict.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - What if Jesus never died for you What if his sole intention was to teach unconditional and universal love not only for you but for the entire world Michael John Bohoskey challenges us to take a different look at the role of Jesus Christ-and religion in general-in his spiritually awakening memoir, Waking from a Fallen Dream.Even though a variety of Christian teachings defined Bohoskey's early life, he eventually discovered that many of his beliefs had to do with feelings of personal unworthiness and mistrust of his own nature. A former Episcopal priest, Bohoskey began a journey of self-discovery, questioning the most basic fundamentals of Christianity. In Waking from a Fallen Dream, he questions the beliefs that teach us that we are sinful by nature and separate from God. Instead, he believes that we should all wake to our own 'knowingness' and empowerment, abandoning the collective programming we have allowed to control us.This is a book about giving oneself permission to question, explore, choose, live, and love without apology. Waking from a Fallen Dream is Bohoskey's heartfelt story of how he shed multiple uniforms of belief and behavior while following the yellow-brick road of inner knowledge, allowing him to experience spiritual integrity and give unconditional love the opportunity to unfold.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Water. It's always there, always available, and Americans always take it for granted. But a terrorist group is about to change all that.Endour, a Middle-Eastern-financed corporate giant with deep pockets and an insatiable thirst, has acquired the legal means to carry out a vicious hidden agenda with the help of a corrupt U.S. senator. When Endour assumes control of much of the nation's potable water distribution systems, rates suddenly spike, residents howl in protest, and newsman Peter 'Mac' McDermott knows he may be onto the biggest story of his career.McDermott goes fishing for leads, but that only makes Endour's leaders anxious to permanently silence him. As the stakes rise, McDermott and the staff of Baltimore's weekly North Bay Times are all that stand between Endour and its secret backers-and a parched America exposed.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - In 1972, thirty-two-year-old Ann Garrity couldn't ask for more. She has a satisfying teaching career, a comfortable marriage, two wonderful daughters, and a quiet little farm. But when she discovers a lump in her breast, she is thrust back to the agonizing day her mother died of breast cancer. Ann undergoes a biopsy and wakes to discover that her right breast has been removed. Her ultimate fear has come true: like her mother did before her, Ann has cancer.Ann makes a complete physical recovery, but her self-esteem plummets as she questions her very worth as a woman. Her husband is unable to cope and abandons her, leaving Ann to sink even further into depression. Ann's daughters, Michelle and Holly, stand on the edge of a precipice. Cancer runs in their family, and they know full well they could be the disease's next victims.After more than twenty years of working through her grief, Ann finally finds peace and acceptance with her life-until her daughter Holly develops terminal cancer at the age of thirty-three. But a scientist's astonishing discovery of a unique genetic defect shared by the two sisters-but not Ann-sends the three women toward a discovery and a shocking revelation that finally leads them down the path to healing.

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Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - If you have always wanted a cat but are put off by their reputation of being snooty, uncaring, and messy, then it's time to learn more about possible feline ownership by picking up So! You Want to Get a Cat.As someone who has lived with cats most of her life, Audrey Fox Frederick knows about the joys they can bring. But she also understands that they can cause sleepless nights and be expensive. Frederick delves into the world of frisky felines and explains that being the owner of a cat does not simply consist of putting down a dish of food and water. She teaches you how to address problems that take cat owners by surprise, explains why cats behave in strange ways, and helps you understand how they think.Dog owners and cat owners alike will enjoy this informative look at one of the world's most beloved creatures. So! You Want to Get a Cat is a straightforward guide about cat ownership that will help you decide whether or not to become a cat owner.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - For twenty-four years, Ray Martinez served as a police officer in Fort Collins, Colorado, working everything from minor crimes to hard-to-solve homicides. But all that time, a personal mystery nagged at him. Ray was adopted, and he desperately wanted to find his biological mother.Ray delved into his search in April 2005, soon after retiring. He was hopeful but not overconfident since his past searches had always ended in failure. This time, he put the investigative skills he acquired as a police officer to full use.By searching through public records, visiting Web sites to study ancestry, and traveling through small towns in Colorado, Ray gathered clues with dogged persistence. In the process, he met new people, developed lasting relationships, and gained a fresh perspective on life. But by far, the most significant outcome was finding his mother, four sisters, and brother-the family he had been without for fifty-four years.Baby Boy-R is a heartwarming story of a son who refuses to give up trying to discover where he came from and the courageous mother who welcomes back the boy she thought died at birth.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - A missing-person case opens in Masonville, North Carolina, on April 9, 1975. Christine Wild, a local married woman, is never found. As the years pass for a local policeman looking for a break in the case, the leads slow down and the trail gets cold. But no case ever becomes so cold as to be entirely forgotten.Thirty years later, the lives of three men intersect in the search for answers: an author searching for a new story, a retired judge looking for closure, and a rural-county police detective wanting to clear the case from the books.With no leads, memories fading, and time being their worst obstacle, the men look for a break in the case that went nowhere more than thirty years ago. Packed with intrigue and suspense, Cold Trailwill take you on a trek through the years toward an explosive conclusion you never expected.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - As a Christian and a U.S. legal consultant to Third World countries, Paul is amazed by how citizens of even the most impoverished areas and living in the most wretched of conditions manage to foster benevolence, goodwill, and peace in their lives and lands. But in the rich Western world, much of it either godless or mired in aggressive religiosity, these goals are seldom achieved.Paul is deeply troubled by this anomaly, and he finds himself engaging in a lively debate with an imaginary visitor, Kierkegaard's clown. Named after the mid-nineteenth century Protestant philosopher, the clown challenges Paul's Western complacency and draws a curious link between religion, war, and poverty by taking Paul to 'circus tents'-poor and despondent sections in America, India, and Iraq.It's in Baghdad where Paul's journey to enlightenment truly begins. Along with a group of like-minded individuals-Christian, Muslim, and Jewish-and with the clown as his unwavering guide, Paul searches for the theological and philosophical answers to his questions and discovers that the ultimate truth lies within his own heart.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - After ten years on the Texas cattle trail with little to show for it, twenty-six-year-old Clinton James heads west in hopes of striking it rich in the California gold fields. Lady, his salt-and-pepper gray, is getting old; he knows this will be her last drive. Riding into the dusty little town of Bitter Creek, James is broke, out of grub, and he has to find work-quickly.While wondering if he made the right decision, Clinton meets the first of many people along the western trail who will forever mark his life-from the greedy merchants who would readily take advantage of him, to the old stockman who tells Clinton of the riches to be had at the Lost Ravine Gold Mine, and a beautiful young woman with a little girl, both stranded after losing their belongings and their families.Clinton's journey to the Lost Ravine Gold Mine, one of the richest strikes around, is a lonely trail with danger waiting around every bend, where a lone rider could disappear and never be missed. Will James make it to the gold fields, or will romantic escapades and ruthless outlaws force him to abandon his dream.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - California Senator Bryce Camshaw's daughter, Lisa Devalera, has vanished. While hiking in the California mountains, the nature photographer disappeared, and the dying senator wants some answers. He calls in private investigator Napoleon Fontaine for help, and Fontaine agrees to uncover the real circumstances surrounding Lisa's disappearance and presumed death.When a friend of Lisa's points Fontaine to a declining self-help organization, The Harmollenium Institute, that Lisa was involved with, Fontaine discovers that the Institute, reborn as Harmonescape, markets a new virtual imagination program called VISAGE. The new director has recently wrested control from the inventor of VISAGE, and Fontaine smells a cover-up.In his investigation, Fontaine crosses paths with sexy reporter Cara Andrade. Drawn together in their pursuit of the mysterious secret behind VISAGE, Fontaine and Andrade search for clues to Lisa's whereabouts. But they face a deadly nemesis, one that could spell disaster for everyone involved.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - How can one pilot cram so much into a single lifetime Climb into Captain Terry Reece's cockpit, fasten your seatbelt, and hold on for an exciting journey into the world of aviation.Born to a family of transplanted North Carolinians who moved to Washington State, a young Reece explored the hills of the Pacific Northwest. Hiking in the mountains and being a fire lookout gave him a taste of adventure, but he craved more-and he got it.Reece's first flying lesson ended in a cloud of billowing dust, ripped metal, and broken Plexiglas. But that didn't keep him grounded. Over the next few years, he navigated his Lockheed C-130 to steamy nights in Rangoon, risky undercover aircraft deliveries to Libya, icy Arctic expeditions, and desperate flights out of the desert with machine guns pointed at his gut, to landing Boeing jets on short, icy runways on Alaska's Aleutian Chain.Reece's entertaining biography delves into the fast-paced world of aviation and is filled with compassion, danger, bits of humor, and the follies of youth. It's also the remarkable tale of how Reece and his wife, Nancy, sought to keep his dream of flying alive through the years. From the freezing, isolated North Pole to the heat and heart of Africa, Flying North South East and West takes you to every direction on the compass and leads you to the adventure of a lifetime.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Spiritual Fitness Training in Valor is a bold spiritually-directed training guide that helps us to shift from a crisis to Christ. In his second volume of Crisis intervention/Christ-is Intervention, the author/psychologist expands his spiritual balance training program to include a series of spiritual strength, weight, resistance and cardio-aerobic exercises. Dr. Cosenza shows us how to use 'weights of prevailing' in crises. We learn how to handle life's pressures through spiritual resistance training. Finally, we encouraged to walk in our completeness in Christ through spiritual cardio-aerobic techniques. This unique spiritual fitness program in courage and resilience has major applications for crisis intervention by spiritual leaders, mental health professionals, teachers of pastoral counseling, health fitness trainers, and loyal followers of the Lord Jesus Christ who wants to help others.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - 'Denny, what's the biggest learning for you in this process of taking the Diamond Leadership Model throughout your organization ' Bob asked.It was a great question. I thought for a few seconds.'The biggest learning for me so far is that leadership development has to be elevated to the level of strategic initiatives-the same as marketing, product development, capital investments and other high level objectives. As a senior manager, the thing that I can impact the most in my business is developing leaders. So far, the results are proving that to be true. And I find that I am having fun again.'.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - After a career of excitement and danger, former U.S. Air Force special agent Alex Porter retires and looks forward to leading a simple, civilian life. He celebrates the successes of his daughter, a college honor student and pilot candidate in the ROTC program, and is just starting to dip his toe into the dating pool again. But when he comes upon an accident-turned- crime scene involving New England Mafia don Vince Vionelli, Porter lands in serious hot water.Vionelli is charged with murder, and Porter is the U.S. Justice Department's star witness against the crime boss. With the trial just days away, Vionelli's son terrorizes Porter and his daughter, forcing Porter to choose between testifying against the Mob and saving his own and his daughter's lives. But when other, even more deadly threats begin surfacing, Porter suspects there's yet another player in this ruthless game-one who wants him eliminated no matter what.Full of danger, deceit, and revenge, Solemnly Swear is an action-packed suspense thriller that explores the fragile balance between justice and self-preservation.