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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Patrick Harrell's life was at a dead end as he helped deliver ale to the local taverns in Gloucester, Massachusetts, in the year 1778. The orphaned fourteen year-old boy was mistreated by Eli Smith, the wagon driver, who claimed to be protecting the youngster, but in reality mocked him and used him as an unpaid servant.Patrick is spotted by Captain Robert Morton, the captain of the American privateer ship Freeport. The captain invites Patrick to join the crew of the Freeport as an apprentice seaman and helmsman. Patrick sees the invitation as a way out of his unhappy life. During the next five months at sea Patrick must grow into an able seaman aboard the Freeport or end up back in Gloucester with no job or home. It is during the chase and attempted capture of several British merchant ships that Patrick discovers whether he has grown into an important member of the Freeport's crew.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Physicians have been known as healers long before they could provide cures for common ailments, but the art of healing is rarely found in the current era of managed care and five-minute office visits. Patients cry out for a physician who 'cares,' someone who will take the time to listen to their complaints.In Healing Through Empathy, Dr. Francis Adams illustrates the vital importance of the doctor-patient relationship through seven of his patients' histories. In these life stories Dr. Adams describes the role of empathy in this vital relationship and illustrates how a physician's emotional response to his patient's illness may educate him rather than blur his thinking. Healing Through Empathy allows the reader to see into the mind of one physician as he seeks the best outcome for his patients' problems.Dr. Adams offers suggestions for choosing a physician, and challenges physicians and managed care institutions to restore the balance between technology and the art of medicine.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Trent Matthews is attractive, educated and he is engaged to the beautiful, Lisa Cooper. To the world Trent is a heterosexual man. But in truth, Trent has secret sexual encounters with men.Lisa Cooper is engaged to Trent Matthews. How will she react when she learns that he has sex with men Read their story and find out.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The way to good nutrition is really so simple that we all forget to incorporate the easy steps in our lives that build and lead to good health. Building a Healthy Lifestyle: A Simple Nutrition and Fitness Approach contains a lot of sensible advice on how you can really change your life to be more physically fit and mentally alert simply by following some basic guidelines for proper eating and fitness.Building a Healthy Lifestyle: A Simple Nutrition and Fitness Approach is an easy-to-follow guide to taking personal responsibility for building your health. Using the strategies proposed in this book, readers can easily start to develop healthy lifestyle practices to replace bad ones. Building a Healthy Lifestyle: A Simple Nutrition and Fitness Approach offers an invaluable nutritional program for anyone wishing to achieve and maintain good health.Get started on living well every day of life today! Building a Healthy Lifestyle: A Simple Nutrition and Fitness Approach will help you:Learn the new basics of nutritious eating for a healthier youFind out how which foods provide the important antioxidants, vitamins and minerals that are crucial in maintaining your health and preventing chronic disease such as heart disease and cancerCreate a reasonable eating plan of delicious and highly nutritious foods, including tips for choosing healthy meals when eating outFind out how fit you are and the easy steps to get thereDe-stress with simple relaxation techniques and sleep betterEnjoy the benefits that come from good nutrition and fitness, from a more positive mental outlook to a more healthy glow on your skin.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Hannah Clark is a three hundred and thirtiesh-year-old witch, brought back from the Realm of Hungry Ghosts to the present day - her mission - to save planet earth from extinction in the time it takes for the moon to complete one revolution! Hannah is thrilled to be back in old Hastings and her sole wish is to bring her mummified cats back to life from where their cadavers are displayed on the wall of the Stag pub in a glass case. Hannah meets her friend and future accomplice Oliver Fisher the star physics student on the moment of her reappearance on earth, and he dubiously agrees to help her raise her cats from the dead and save the planet from being blown apart by a mighty magnetar.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - William A. James, Sr., in seven chapters, details how Lincoln Black was 'Rudely Awakened,' early one morning. His sister-in-law, Patty, called to announce that Cory, his youngest Brother, was in a coma in a Maryland hospital. Later, Tommy, the Brother next to Lincoln, announced that Cory had died from HIV/AIDS. Lincoln never recovered from the shock of the above news. He lost control of his emotions and his physical being, and he temporarily lost his sanity. At Cory's 'Homecoming,' (Funeral), Lincoln was a basket case.When he had sufficiently recovered, Lincoln went into 'Deep Contemplation.' He wanted to know how his macho Brother could have become Gay, and died from a 'Gay-Disease 'Lincoln read every piece of available literature he could find about HIV/AIDS. He came to believe that HIV/AIDS was 'The Doorway To Ruin,' for African-Americans, Africans and all nonwhites in the world. 'A Killer Virus Was Created,' by 'The Doctors Of Death,' to perfect the genocidal removal of the world's nonwhite peoples. A Coalition of European and American scientists had created HIV/AIDS, and Lincoln faced this fact after 'Coming To Grips With The Truth.'.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Sexual love was once regarded as so sacred and holy that the Sacred Sexual Mysteries were taught within the temple itself--a time when the great Goddess was considered the Creator of the Universe.Harlots and Heresy is an exciting, fictionalized account of five of these women, Jezebel, Delilah, Salome, Athaliah and Lilith. Each tells her own compelling story.The Old Testament was written at a time when Yahweh's followers were in conflict with the Goddess worshippers.Learn how these magnificent, powerful women were demonized as politics and faiths collided.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Carlo E. Ravin is a self-styled Aquarian Age herald, and, like his contemporaries, is dedicated to furthering the era's mandate of Knowledge for All. Like Voltaire, the author intends ultimately that nothing enfranchises like education. Love Conquers All is partly a sequel to Venus Trines at Midnight by Linda Goodman, and contains a collection of modern astrological poetry inspired by this great poet and astrologer.Often playful and puckish, at other times introspective and inquisitive, and sometimes bold and brash, the works within examine archetypal and allegorical themes, events, and characters, and, like Venus Trines at Midnight, is seeded by the word druids and guided by God/dess. Ravin muses and fuses the two languages, arts, and sciences of Astrology and of Love, to explore and to celebrate circumstance, environment, film, and literature through poetry.Love Conquers All is at once a poetic commentary on la agrodolce vita in turn-of-the-century America, a primer and study guide for the astrology student who yearns for an expansion of the boundaries of astrological expression, and a faithful companion for the knapsack of the humble 21st century traveler and troubadour.in essence, it is a book for you. Join the author in his merry and facile footnoting of a New Millennium of Truth, Beauty, Laughter, and Love, since, after all, love conquers all.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This fictional story is based upon a mercenary operation in Mozambique where three ageing ex-soldiers were tasked to restore order in the area of the port of Maputo and railyard complex so that aid and commercial vessels could conduct their business. This war-ravaged country, which had seen a fifteen-year conflict between the factions of Frelimo and Renamo, was at an end, and had left a lawless and hopeless situation for the starving population. The story, beguiling yet spiced with startling scenes of horror and violence, is told with humour based upon the team's comradeship, where they operated in spartan conditions dealing with horrific situations until the completion of their contract, leaving them somewhat battered, but alive. The story ends with a suitable twist in the tale, and the question of whether they would ever do it again.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In the summer of 1959, the tranquility of a small town in rural Georgia is shattered by the violent acts of a few, forcing young Jesse Wheeler to reach manhood in a hurry.A fast paced, bittersweet memoir that will keep you turning pages well into the night.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'A Woman Named Catherine' begins with the birth of Catherine de Medici in Florence, Italy. The story follows the story of the woman who grew facing immense challenges and threats to her life and achieved nothing less than to rise as Queen of France.Facing an unwelcoming court, this Queen not only controled the fate of France for thirty years, but secured the throne of the fleur de lis for her three sons.As France entered its most dificult period during the wars of Religion, which would not end well until after Catherine's death, Catherine was faced with the challenge of a dead husband and the survival of the ten children she bore for France.Remembered best for her role in the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre, Catherine was responsible for carrying France from the era when the nobles ruled over the King, to a new era of total monarchical rule.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Watching is a 35,000 word narrative fiction story that takes place in the Chain-of-Lakes region of Central Florida.The story is about the disappearance of fifty or so people over a ten-year period never to be found and the investigation of what has happened to these people. The narrator has befriended his next door neighbor who is a policeman. The policeman has a confidential file on the cases, all unresolved, who, out of frustration, shares the information with the narrator to give a different perspective that may spark something that would give him a lead to the resolution of these disappearances.The narrator's other neighbor who is a frequent fishing partner, introduces an old street person, half Seminole, half Sudanese. This old man speaks in riddles and is frequent to drink, but eventually convinces the narrator and his neighbors that a large, ferocious animal traveling the Chain-of-Lakes is the cause of the missing people.A quiet search begins by the narrator, his two neighbors, a wildlife officer and two other people they manage to convince others of the story. Encounters with the large creature take place and there is a resolution at the end, or so it is believed.

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'What, Where, and How Much' were the key concerns of the author's life for the seventeen exciting years that he lived in the Far East. This epic journey started with him working for our Uncle Sam, sailing Chinese junks in the South China Sea. After leaving Uncle Sam, he started 'smuggling' heavy boxes and people; money was hand-over-fist and a small fortune was banked.Honk Kong nightlife, with 'Long Dress Dancers' and 'Sing Sing Girls' was the tease of plenty of men, and every seaport town had its own specialty, offering 'Silk and Lace' to the big spenders. You'll be able to read and feel the night breeze of Singapore and see the steam coming off the food carts of Buogy Street, as people watch the 'Playgirls on Parade.'Returning to Hawaii, where he had grown up in poverty on a sugarcane plantation, the author became a successful real estate developer, developing many projects, several of which changed the skyline of Honolulu. Romances along the way led to heartaches, the pain of which led him to his next pursuit: poetry.the Sun 'Peeking' stole the night.'My Little Hummingbird' sat on air.and happiness was a new pair of shoes and a 'Love Mate' I didn't want to lose.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Bob Lenon came to Yuma as a first-grader in 1914, only two years after Arizona became the last of the contiguous 48 states to join the union. He remembers vividly the transformation of that primitive land, with dirt roads and tire tracks where Interstate Highways stand today.Bob grew up listening to tales of his neighbors--old prospectors and miners. Inspired by them, he became a mining engineer and an intrinsic part of the process by which copper, gold, and other metals were extracted from Arizona rock. In his 90 years of residence in Arizona, he has witnessed many changes, and, in fact, he mapped a lot of them!In this first of two volumes, he describes how his family came from their ancestral home in Scotland to Pennsylvania, Iowa, Nebraska, and finally Arizona. Then, in detail, he recalls the Yuma he knew as a boy--a town of a few thousand souls with many stories to tell. Now he is ready to tell his own.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - THE COURAGE OF MY CONVICTIONS is a true story and an invaluable resource for anyone re-engineering their career, who is part of a dual career household, and who considers personal integrity and family their top priorities.'After graduating Texas Christian University, Peter Duffy takes a sales position with Procter & Gamble and quickly climbs the ladder.Duffy meets and marries Barbara, a technology wiz, and moves to Pittsburgh to become the company's youngest district manager.When the couple's first daughter arrives, Barbara is offered an exciting opportunity in New York and Duffy encourages the move resulting in disastrous consequences for his own career. This begins a five-year ordeal in which Duffy endures seven job changes.The recession of the early nineties finds Duffy working in a delicatessen. The couple has two young daughters, no savings, and they're approaching bankruptcy.One final, desperate attempt at a corporate job is a complete disaster when Duffy finds himself in a tangled mess, and is fired.The Courage of My Convictions is ultimately a success story and an inspiration for anyone who has been fired or is part of a dual career household.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A quiet, but powerful revolution is underway. as the Internet and TV worlds converge; corporations are becoming increasingly interested in creating their own corporate TV networks. One of the biggest reasons for this push is the desire to communicate with customers, offer them helpful friendly advice and in so doing, build a relationship of trust.Unfortunately, TV content and corporate content are vastly different. Corporate content is usually dry and typically delivered by a single subject matter expert in a speech or training program. Conversely, TV content is based on story telling, entertaining and informative story packages and is based on a variety of messengers, including heroes, luminaries, and experts.Succeeding in this brave new world may be easier said than done. In order to thrive, corporations must learn three things: how to create content that focuses on what the audience wants to learn, not what you want to sell, how to use the right media and technology to leverage that content, and how to use it effectively in marketing programs. This book teaches corporate communicators how to do exactly that.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Inspirations of Love, Life and Loss demonstrates the author's vision of hope under any type of hardship. After the loss of his young wife, Esrig is faced with the challenges of raising two young children on his own. His demonstration of emotions is clear in a chapter titled 'The Feeling Zone'. Wrestling with day-to-day events includes the emotional conflicts we all experience. His compelling poem 'The Emotional War' ties together the conflict of feelings.Mr. Esrig's career has been as a Hospital and Healthcare administrator and his wife, Jill, was a compassionate nurse. Their family has experienced first had the devastation of diseases and losses that rip into so many families. The chapter entitled 'Honey we need to talk. (After the Game) and the poem of the same name places the reader face to face with the issues of receiving a positive diagnosis to cancer all the way through the struggle that follows.The need to give back to the community is a theme that is clearly demonstrated in the chapter entitled, 'Days Wasted can never be replaced'. Esrig, who volunteers to chair community events for the American Cancer Society as well as the local hospital, reminds the reader that it is never to late to get involved.Internationally acclaimed, this authors first book was embraced by Miramax, Borders Books and Records and articles in the Miami Herald, the Sun Sentinel and the Palm Beach Post, all hail Esrig as an author who touches his readers hearts and souls. Without espousing one religion, the chapter on prayer evokes a universal need for faith and prayer. Described as 'a man with feelings' at the Miami International Book fair, Esrig offers something special for young and old alike.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Like Sharing With Angels, Sharing With Angels II is a directed journal to help people cope and sort out their feelings. In this journal the emphasis is for those struggling with possible drug and or alcohol addiction.A collection of poems, and questions are written to help inspire thought, conversation, and resolution of the myriad of issues that face a person who is dealing with problems surrounding addiction. In between are blank pages to be filled in by the owner of each journal.While there are many other books of poetry and anyone can buy a blank diary, Sharing With Angels II focuses the reader on issues specific to them and encourages and inspires at a time when the reader may need encouragement and inspiration the most. Challenging and Inspiring . Sharing With Angels II offers wisdom that can benefit us all.'I really enjoyed the journal. It is something I will use personally with my clients. The journal can benefit a lot of people struggling with drug or alcohol addiction.'Robert TimminsCertified drug & alcohol counselor for 30 years.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Beyond Life's Storms is a powerful account of a mother's loss and subsequent healing journey.Part one eloquently expresses the grief Isabel Cuerrier endures when her 16 year-old daughter is killed in a car accident only days before playing the role of Anybodies in her high school's production of West Side Story.Part two shows us the resilience of the human spirit as Isabel recounts her struggles to heal from one of life's greatest tragedies, the death of one's child.While wading through the depths of pain and loneliness, more tragedies strike, making her healing journey even more difficult. In the space of less than three years, other deaths of family members follow, including the murder of the last of her surviving sisters and the torching of her last sibling.At one point during her battle to survive, when she can no longer go on, she loses her waning grasp on life and tumbles into an abysmal pit. It is only through the hands of Providence that she surfaces again. Later, a car accident of her own, nearly three years following her daughter's death, gives her precious gifts.Throughout most of her journey, Isabel finds strength and solace in her beliefs and various coping strategies. She also is gifted with many spiritual experiences, including miracles and visitations from her daughter, who has become her angel. For anyone seeking encouragement or inspiration, this is a must-read book.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Ukrainian Soul saves the lives of two American pioneers from Ukraine. Through their own accounts, as well as those of others, we follow their lives from 'the old country' to America. As David DuVal writes, 'We can listen to the stories from that time and assume that Pesach and Motley could relate to them, nod their heads, and say, 'Yes, our experience was a little different, but that's the way it was.''Ukrainian Soul also includes, in autobiographical form, the life of one of their children as the lives of their entire family unfold in La Crosse, Wisconsin where they eventually moved.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'I Held the Sun in My Hands' is the story of a young girl raised in a traditional Jewish family in Hungary prior to and during WWII. When Germany occupied Hungary on March 19th, 1944, Erika Jacoby was deported to Auschwitz, together with her mother. She was among the youngest that escaped the selection of Dr .Mengele and together with her mother, who was among the oldest, she endured and outlasted the atrocities and deprivations of the Nazi persecutors. In her book she describes how the teachings and values that she absorbed and incorporated into her life in her home helped her survive Auschwitz and the other concentration camps. She writes movingly about her painful disappointments in the behavior of her fellow human beings, while never losing her faith in God. This unshakable trust in the divine personal protection inspired others as well not to give up hope. In her memoir we witness how this young girl took upon herself the enormous responsibility for her mother's survival, and the impact of that on their relationship after the war and, indeed, throughout their lives. The author, a clinical social worker, examines this relationship with much insight and compassion.This book is a remarkable account of one person's resiliency, ability to cope with adversity and survive not only physically but also spiritually.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The early 1930's were a period of dire foreboding for the entire world. The dark clouds of World War II were rapidly gathering, as the Jewish population of Europe was becoming especially vulnerable to the most hideous form of genocide that had ever been devised. It was with this background that a young boy made his way to school on the morning after Kristalnacht. In the fascinating and absorbing chapters that follow, the author, Norbert Weinberg, vividly describes how his family made it to the shores of America, via a year in London. Dressed in European-style knickers and hardly able to speak English, the boy tackles his social and educational challenges. His success is apparent when he is ordained as a rabbi at Yeshiva University in New York. Many captivating incidents and situations are discussed as the rabbi meets with personages such Senator Edward Kennedy, President Jimmy Carter and opens a session of the House of Representatives with an invocation. But the heart of the book lies in his warm relationships with congregants, members of other faiths and family. The pages are infused with humor as when, for example, the rabbi is housed in a small hotel in Quebec City, Canada, for a rabbinical interview. A brooding portrait of Jesus stares at him from over his bed. How do they get along Or when, in that same city, he was invited to a formal event at which everyone raised a glass of wine to toast the Queen and his wine was not kosher. Was this a soluble predicament The poignant pages of this book promise to warm the heart of every reader.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Mud Heaven is a collection of short stories. There are stories to make you laugh, to make you cry, to entertain you and to inform you. If you enjoy having a dog around, you are bound to enjoy this collection. If you aren't accustomed to having a dog around, then some of these stories may even mystify you.This book has reading flexibility. The stories are presented to you in the order the author chose; however, they may be read in any order you choose. Go ahead. Pick up the book, open it to any story and start reading. You will be hooked and find yourself needing to read one more and then, one more. All too soon the last story will have been read, leaving you looking for more. Just like good potato chips, you won't be satisfied with one.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The year is 2012. America's global war on terror is at a fateful crossroads. The rise of Laskar-e-Muhammad, the most audacious and sophisticated terrorist network the world has ever seen, imperils America's national survival. As President Middlefield and top deputy Jim Constance rally America to confront the threat, worldwide criticism hampers their efforts, many detractors arguing for a policy of appeasement. Dr. Jane Crandall Offman, high profile professor and social commentator, joins Islam's intellectual elite in undermining the war on terror. Denounced in the court of world opinion and outmaneuvered by Laskar-e-Muhammad on all fronts, America finds herself abandoned and isolated. With Constance as his only trusted adviser, President Middlefield desperately tries to prevent a final act of terror that will result in the unthinkable: The ultimate doom of the United States and her collapse as a civilization.A factual epilogue is appended to the conclusion of America 2012 to demonstrate the fictional elements of the novel have their basis in fact. A riveting political narrative in the tradition of The Ugly American, America 2012 is both a futuristic thriller and the cautionary tale of our times written by two authorities in the field. For more information visit america2012.info.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Ruth Danson, a feisty seventeen-year-old Pennsylvania farm-girl abandons her family in the spring of 1863 to be with the man she loves, nineteen-year-old William Jay Lytell, a private with John Mosby's 43rd Battalion of Virginia Cavalry--the famed Mosby's Rangers. Through the lush panoramic beauty of Virginia's Shenandoah Valley and across the vast expanse of war-ravaged Virginia, Li'l Bud thunders across the pages in a maelstrom of cannon smoke and musket fire. Robert E. Lee and U.S. Grant; Phil Sheridan and George Custer; A.P. Hill and John Hancock are seen through the eyes of Li'l Bud and Jay as they fight and love through the killing years of the Civil War.It is the heartbreaking story of sister against brother as Ruth rides against her brother David of the 116th Pennsylvania Infantry. In raids and skirmishes Li'l Bud encounters hometown friends in the Ringgold and 22nd Pennsylvania Cavalry blurring the lines between North and South. Amidst the flames and anguished cries as the Shenandoah Valley burns from Union torches, Li'l Bud, with a pair of Colt .44s and her faithful chestnut filly, Princess, will let nothing stand in the way of love in the arms of William Jay.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - How do you care for ageing parents without destroying the family emotionally or financially Author Dan Taylor has answered that question in The Parent Care SolutionT. Dan helps you to initiate the Six Conversations you must have with your parents to plan for their care. Using a unique Conversation Strategy he strips away the reluctance and the awkwardness that often surrounds this topic. Once the Six Conversations are completed he provides effective tools for organizing finances, making gifts, selling the family home, evaluating a care facility and selecting someone for the role of a The Parent Care SpecialistT. Dan has taken all the complexity around this subject and reduced it to a simple confidence producing set of conversations and actions.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The true story of the 1944Rangoon DIsasterwhen only 1 of 11 B-29sreturned to its home basewhen 18 men died, and29 airmen were capturedby the Japanese. All this wasthe result of a very baddecision by our commandingofficer which had a dramaticimpact on the lives of 47 men.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'The Average Joe's Diet', is a complete weight loss program. It includes 49 different meal plans, a no-nonsense exercise program, shopping guidelines, and a dining guide to 56 of America's top restaurants. This is not a trendy diet, it is a life changing program to help you once and for all: get back your health, energy, body, and most of all, your opportunity to live. Don't get dragged into any 'get thin quick' schemes. If you truly want to change your life and not put the weight back on, then this is the program for you. You did not get fat overnight, so the book will take you through step by step instructions to get rid of 50 to 250 pounds in six months to a year, and keep it off for a life time.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A powerful producer in Hollywood Sylvester Stevens, has drowned off his beach house in Malibu. Did he really drown Or was it murder The coroner is suspicious. And what about the elaborate cover up If he was murdered, who killed him His vindictive Beverly Hills wife, the wealthy daughter of the owner of Pyramid Pictures, where Stevens is feared by all Or could it be the former actress wife, who he tried to cheat out of a twenty million dollar hawaiian property Perhaps Carlos, the chauffeur, who is in love with his wife Maybe, an aspiring actress he raped, or the lighting technician he fired Another suspect, the tour bus driver, Billy, who pleaded for his mother, shunned years before by Stevens Or Cupcake Chase Then, there's the astrologer to the stars Did the powerful studio cover up a crime, controlling the Los Angeles Police Department Does it go through the District Attorney all the way to the Governor of California Homicide detective Visconte told detective King that the writer of the movie, couldn't get creative control, and he threatened to kill Stevens, but, then, they all did!All the evidence was destroyed, the rainy night the winds blew the movie script up in the air! How can the homicide detectives solve the hated man's death It's a daunting task. From the motion picture sound stages and the Beverly Hills mansions, to the 'casting couches' of Hollywood, it will keep you guessing!It chooses, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes'. Like tonight, he thought. The tremendous hit on the head, from behind, caused Steven's mouth to click. His hands dropped the script, pages flying in the wind! He fell forward, and toppled on the spotless carpet, blood streaming out of the wound. The rain came in through the open sliding doors, while the wind carried pages up into the air, swirling around in circles, some falling like huge flat sheets of snow, over and around the body.'.