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Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - And Joseph Hall, a twenty-one year old police officer, who took a career in law enforcement after graduating from high school-he tried to support his family without succumbing to corruption that he faced each day on the job. The drug dealers were protected by cops, in a small town that becomes the richest town in the world; They're busy getting rich, gambling, drug trafficking, destroying case files and they want Hall to get on their band wagon-or fired. For Hall, eight years in law enforcement have come down to this: a solo war for his life and job against a corrupted Sheriff, his colleagues with a badge/gun and a drug king pin.…

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - John Henry Holliday steps off the train at Atlanta's Union Station, fresh out of the Pennsylvania Dental College, and into Mattie's arms. But the storybook romance between the young dentist and his cousin is cut short by disease and family strife. Some close relatives are grousing at the couple to break off their relationship, but they are unwilling to bow to family pressures. However his financial reverses and physical health conspire to make that happen. John Henry is diagnosed with tuberculosis and doctors suggest a dryer climate in the West. Mattie pleads to go with him but John Henry says no and travels to Dallas alone. The dry climate stabilizes his condition, but he is unable to make a living from his dental practice. Dispirited and alone he is eventually attracted to saloon life where he takes a new name and calling -- Doc Holliday -- frontier gambler. Kate Elder, a spunky little saloon girl, sets her sights on Doc. And when trouble comes at Ft. Griffin and a noose is about to be tied around Doc's neck Kate executes a daring escape plan and the two ride north, through Indian territory, to Dodge City, Kansas. Doc sets up a dental practice in the cattle town and becomes acquainted with the likes of Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, Luke Short and Eddie Foy. When a wild bunch of drunken cowboy's corner Wyatt Earp Doc hurries to his rescue with a 38 in one hand and a 44 in the other. That moment was the beginning of a lifelong friendship. Wyatt Earp would never forget that day at Dodge City when Doc Holliday using courage and grit saved his life. Doc's tenuous relationship with Kate dragged along simply because he was beholden to her for saving him from the hangman's noose at Ft. Griffin. Their tumultuous relationship continued though as they follow the migration of the Dodge City crowd south to Tombstone, Arizona. A corrupt political ring backs the cowboy-outlaw faction with the complicity of the Cochise County Sheriff. Doc has friends in both camps, but joins Wyatt and his brothers on the side of law and order, where his courage and loyalty are once again tested, when he stands with the Earps, in the shootout, at the Ok Corral. Doc survives the gunfight, but death from tuberculosis is never far away. Mattie, desperate in her loneliness, writes that she had become a nun, and with those vows has taken a new name -- Sister Mary Melanie. Doc is stung by the news, but he is quick to realize that it was his own neglect that had placed Mattie in the nunnery. He is fully aware that his days are numbered, but he never wavers in his love for the girl back home. Following Doc's death Wyatt Earp spoke of his friend and said, 'Doc was the most skillful gambler and the speediest, deadliest man with a six-gun I ever knew.'.…

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Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Instead of continually trying to apply the usual golf mechanics to your swing, this book argues that the key to real improvement is exploring your own timing, balance, and power. It then helps you do that.The book also covers the mental side of golf, emphazing a key distinction beteen concentration on the practice tee and focus on the course.…

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Orion Too is a business/ people managment book with a unique approach. Author shares with readers an adventurous outdoor hunting journey into the 'Last Frontier' of Alaska. He takes time throughout the journey to reflect back on over 35 years of human resource management. Reflections include comments on the many posiitive changes that have taken place in business.The book is written in a humorous and coversational way readers will find enjoyable. Many 'real-life' work examples are provided that support principles of disciplined, cost effective and professional human resource management.In business we are all people managers and too often we miss opportunities to extract the best work performance. Often these opportunities cost little financially yet secrure outstanding performance results. Author submits these people management ideas with actual work site examples.This book is fun to read and yet provides a great learning opportunity.…

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - My inspiration is life/death and what transpires in between. With the ability of expression I expose raw emotions. Deep honest feelings and values that may co-exist with your very own. Walk with me if you may through my life and times. My pain, pride happiness and struggles. My first book of times. I give you 'My Testament'.…

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - For almost 10 years, I spoke to captivated students and professionals about the 'Lost or Found' analogy that covers critical everyday life-changing issues on leadership, relationship, management, and the complexities of dealing with change, personal growth and self-restoration. One of the commonality of concerns raised by those surveyed for this book was why 'most employees joined their corporations with a high sense of commitment, enthusiasm and satisfaction and over time, lost their motivation and focus and literarily functioned as non-inspired employees driven solely by financial needs and/or dependence Over the years I observed how some of these professionals took on increasing levels of stress and anxiety over problems they couldn't control. To assist with strategies of addressing stress and change, I began to discuss a concept known as 'peaceful anxiety.' Peaceful Anxiety simply means, If you do not have the ability to change events and situations that impact your life, do not overreact to such situations. As we develop the ability to control our reactions to problems or issues outside our realms of control, we begin to develop a higher sense of peace. In 2002, a set of questions were developed and over 1500 undergraduate and graduate students with professional careers ranging from mid to executive levels were surveyed. My overall findings lead to this book being titled, Are You Lost or Found Ever Wondered: The percentages of women who prefer male bosses The percentages of men who prefer female bosses Why 62% of professionals are Lost If you are Lost or Found.…

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Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Narrated by a London physician who gets an opportunity to treat--and befriend--the infamous general, Ben's Tale delves into the true story behind the most infamous treason event of American history. Born in Norwich, Connecticut in 1741, 'Ben' Arnold answered his first military calling in the mid-1750s by joining the Norwich battalion. The zealous soldier fought bravely and contributed immensely to the American Revolutionary cause. After the battles of Danbury and Ridgefield in Connecticut, Ben was promoted to Major General. What, then, would cause this brave and cunning officer to be branded as the biggest traitor of the time Find out whether the story of Ben Arnold is one of slanderous legend -- or that of an extraordinary man wrongly accused.…

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Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Rev. Emeka Obiezu, OSA has attained a remarkable achievement in his book. Both academics and workers in the field focusing on contemporary Africa, especially Nigeria, as well as those interested in our global reality can all find that Fr. Obiezu speaks clearly and urgently to them. I can think of only one audience who will not gladly welcome these well-researched, well-written pages--those people who now profit from an oppression that causes suffering for others. John Paul Szura, OSA, St. Augustine Center of Studies, Quezon City, PhilippinesWhat Emeka Obiezu offers with his particular type of analysis is a Christian political theology applicable to the specific situation of Nigeria, but whose implications are global as well. As I read him, Obiezu seems to be advocating for a more robust political theological action that blends the best of Christian theological views and values of compassion with a realistic approach to the actual situation in Nigeria. Marsha Hewitt, Professor of Ethics and Contemporary Theology, Trinity College, University of TorontoTowards a Politics Compassion. includes a wide range of reading in various different areas: philosophy and theology of suffering and compassion; socio-political theologies of liberation and current socio-political issues in Nigeria. It brings the areas of spirituality, political theology, and socio-moral thought into constructive and integrative dialogue. This is a significant contribution from a fine young scholar. Michael Stoeber, Professor of Spirituality and Pastoral Theology, Regis College, University of Toronto.Emeka's book, Towards a Politics of Compassion., exposes his dogged power of reasoning and down-to-earth response to duty. He typically makes a very strong case for the functionality of compassion in operative theology. Emeka's diligent analysis and illustration, makes Christ's participation in sinful humanity without being a sinner very lucid, and thus compels every reader to participate in the cause of poverty eradication in Nigeria and other lands. I am glad that it is coming to Nigeria now that we need such a powerful proposal to reinvent our nation Nigeria. Bartholomew Chidili, OSA, PhD, Professor of Religious Studies at Kaduna State University, Kaduna, Nigeria.Among other noticeable virtues of Towards a Political Compassion: Socio-political Dimensions of Christian Responses to Suffering are its simplicity of structure and clarity of focus. The case made on behalf of 'politics of compassion' is done in the light of two viewpoints: (a) an explicit recognition of the inadequacy - even bankruptcy - of self-interest, ambition and force for achieving political and economic justice, and (b) it takes its stand on a Christian premise: that the 'way' of Jesus is in fact the most promising 'way' for empirically healing and advancing genuine community at all levels of human and environmental relationships in Nigeria. Jack Costello, SJ, Adjunct Professor of Philosophy, Regis College, University of TorontoEmeka Xris Obiezu, OSA, an Augustinian priest, is a doctoral student of Political Theology at Regis College, University of Toronto, Canada. He has special interest in issues that relate to the socio-political dimension of the mission of the Church especially the Church's relation with international organizations.…

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Joe Kaye was an American poet, philosopher, schoolteacher, and author of 11 books. Born in New York City, Joe taught in New York, Hawaii, and Michigan. In Hawaii, he started writing and by the age of 25 he published his first manuscript. He later moved to Michigan and then to Wisconsin, where he developed a tumor which began to give him delusions. His delusions led him to construct a giant labyrinth on a tropical island. He also had an obsession with looking for a message he believed he had left for himself in a past life, in the form of a poem, song, or story. He went insane with paranoia and believed the karma police were coming to take him away. He also became obsessed with cheating death, practicing a religion called Voodoo Botany, believing it would make him a god. On a late night talk show, he made a prophecy about the extinction of the human race. He was sent to rest at Fennimore Place Institute. The maze was never finished. He died broke and penniless. What most books won't tell you about the life of Joe Kaye, The False Prophet of Fennimore Place, is that before he thought he might be the reincarnation of Mark Twain, and after he thought he was the reincarnation of Jim Morrison, he thought he might have been a very strange science fiction writer named Philip K. Dick. During the time Joe Kaye believed he might have been Philip K. Dick, he wrote a novel called Blind Savior, in which he not only attempted to blend all major religions (Hindu/Jewish/Buddhist/Christian/Muslim/Taoist) into one, but also attempted to say all major religions were started by the same person reincarnated again and again. He buried the story in an unknown location. The world was not ready.…

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - He grabbed my wrist, as I slapped him and was about to walk away. We stood there in a deadlock, and glared at each other. I was not prone to displays of temperament but he incensed me so much that I could barely see beyond my rage. I told him that he could not control me. It took more than arrogance to be my Master. Whatever power he had, I would give him, and that was how it works. I will submit to the man who changed my world and had dominance over things I did not. To master me was to master the path in front of me. It would have to be a way of life and not a game.…

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Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - The story in this book contains nothing spectacular. It is a simple account of two people who lived, laughed, loved and served in the second half of the twentieth century. They were not famous and did not associate with famous people. They are representative of thousands of others who quietly live their lives in a changing world.However, running beneath this everyday story is a second account which is not commonplace. It describes the way God took two ordinary people and without formal theological training placed them in a ministry that over a period of forty-five years impacted thousands of lives. It is a demonstration of what God can do if we are willing to step out in faith. The narrative takes us from a handful of folk in a country chapel to a sizable congregation in a multi-million dollar sanctuary; from a five-minute devotional on a local radio station to a Bible teaching ministry that covers much of the world. This was God's doing and it is marvelous in our eyes.As you read these pages, think back over your own life. Will you record it for the encouragement and inspiration of the generations to follow, or will your testimony fade from history and be lost for ever The hymn-writer wrote these words:'Time, like an ever-rolling stream,Bears all its sons away.They fly, forgotten as a dream Dies as the opening day.'One way to avoid this tragic loss is to record your experiences on paper. Others will read them and be inspired to do likewise.…

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - DID THE DEVIL MAKE ME DO IT The Purpose and Premise of this book. The Purpose: The book was not written simply to offer proof of the existence of the Devil, or to just characterize his behavior. It was written to offer a deep and detailed study on his existence, yes, but also on his origin, objectives and role in the affairs of human beings. Further, it was written to lay out the evidence of his involvement and offer biblical strategies to defeat his efforts to destroy the human family. The Premise: if mankind is enlightened enough to acknowledge the Devil's existence, recognize his actions of evil toward them as individuals and mankind in general, defeat him in their daily walk of experience by relying on God's Word and the Holy Spirit, as did Jesus, they can and will live abundant, peaceful and fulfilling lives.The Book explores question such as: Is the Devil real or a myth Who is the Devil What are his intentions toward Man How can humans protect themselves from his attacks Does human nature play a part in mankind'sinvolvement with evil What does human nature and evil have in common Why hasn't the Devil been destroyed Why do the righteous suffer How to be blessed in the midst of the Devil How to overcome both the Devil and self. …

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - The authors take you back in time to Northern Germany where the Aßmann/Ahsmann/Aszman/Arsmann/Arszman ancestors originated; share HOW the name has changed; WHY the name changed; HOW and WHY dates appear as they do (explain the 'double date' issue); and most importantly, HOW the family became what it is today and much more.Begin your journey back in time to discover your ancestors.…

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - When Julianna's father dies suddenly of a heart attack, Julianna and her mother are left to operate their huge plantation in the Mississippi Delta. Although Julianna is an intelligent, independent seventeen-year-old, she finds herself alone and very overwhelmed by the changes in her life. Blake is the rugged high school coach who has worked closely with Julianna and her father on the farm over the past three summers. As Blake helps Julianna through this transition, their feelings for each other become too strong to ignore. They did not mean to fall in love. There were so many reasons why it was a bad idea, but life had thrown them together for reasons beyond their control. Julianna and Blake find themselves desperately in love, but fate begins pulling them apart. When Blake is offered the coaching position of a lifetime in Tennessee, Julianna finds herself alone trying to save her plantation from financial ruin. Julianna refuses to let Blake give up his dreams for her and when she discovers she is pregnant, she makes choices that will change everything. Jackson Bridgestone is a wealthy prominent landowner with property adjoining Julianna's place. As Julianna realizes that Jackson is falling in love with her, she decides to use him to save her plantation and herself. Julianna's choices prove to be detrimental as she spirals downward after the loss of her son. When things start to fall apart between her and Jackson, Julianna is involved in a near fatal car accident followed by months of hospitalization and rehabilitation. When Julianna and Jackson decide to go their separate ways, Julianna begins her new life in a new town, but her past catches up with her, and she discovers how her decisions nearly ruined her life and the only chance at true love she would ever have.…

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - BEHIND THE HEDGEA Corruption o Time, Talent & Treasure Tom Whitman, behind the wheel on Route 66 heading east with Allison at his side and their cat Caesar curled up on the backseat, would soon find himself immersed in a maelstrom of unimagined dimension. Newly appointed headmaster of Florence Bruce Seminary, Tom was heading toward an unexpected clash of styles and of cultural expectations. His ingrained instincts for sound management were about to challenge the charismatic but lackadaisical leadership style let behind by the former headmaster. In some respects, the differences would be as great as the clash between Indian and white had been three hundred and fifty years earlier. Violence perpetrated on the school and the community by both bystander and combatant would be traumatic. Rules, laws, agreements, accepted tenets of human behavior, simple decency, contracts-written and unwritten-among people of accepted good standing and integrity would be thrown away with abandon or gleefully ignored. In their place, frontier justice-any means to achieve the ends-would be sufficient justification or actions of intense cruelty. The most basic assumptions regarding safety, fair play, due process and continuity would be destroyed; and those who believed that the operating assumptions at Florence Bruce Seminary were based on decency, dignity and respect would be horrified at the level to which these values were betrayed.…