Authorhouse aug 2004 (30 Ergebnisse)

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Do you ever find yourself saying, 'I just don't have the time to sit down and read any of those books on attitude, motivation or success ' Well here is the book that you've been waiting for. Just 10 minutes is all the time it takes to read a passage from this book, but the benefits have the power to carry you throughout your busy day with a renewed appreciation towards life itself!Entertaining and refreshing, this book will equip you to live life with passion and purpose.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Tribute To A Village tells of the austere but joyful experiences of a people who sought their independence amid many social difficulties. Imagine moving to a new village but there are no houses built yet. Envision living life for many years without running water, electricity, television, telephone or transportation. Life was full of activities for both adults and children. There were no such words as unemployment or boredom. People farmed and cultivated the virgin land that eventually bloomed into fruitful fields. They built houses without machines or major tools. The children made toys from common material found at home and created games to keep them stimulated and happy. Meals were cooked without electricity or gas and 'Wash Day' tells how laundry was done without a washing machine or dryer.Encounter the joys of life with the Author, Annette Sukarloo-Campbell, taste the pain of final separation of loved ones, be cognizant of your own mortality and discern 'The Dread Of Change'. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Leaders reported for white-collar mischief by the media haven't done it the first time in their lives. Life just isn't that way. Immorality is a habit one develops that usually ends in headlines.In Slipping to Normal, author Bill Arthur applies an adage, 'Every society normalizes its own moral sickness,' to show why we make bad choices. Slipping to Normal is about the leader whose bad choice is simply to look the other way and rationalize misconduct with attitudes such as: . Everybody does it, so why bother trying to change it, . As long as subordinates do their work, I don't worry about how.It is hard enough for corporate executives just to sustain focus on business objectives deep into the organization without trying to make people good. Financial reward is the only goal in business is a frequent complaint about business, but this doesn't reach the deep-seeded motivations down in the trenches.The declining influence of the church is also a factor, but it is still a player in our society. Slipping to Normal draws upon Biblical teachings to offer some ideas to regain our moral backbone.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - He dropped money bags from low-flying biplanes on remote rubber plantations and tin mines, spent nights in deep jungle longhouses, aboard fishing kelongs manned by aboriginals far out at sea, in mosquito-infested swamps collecting malarial parasites and on beaches where giant leatherback turtles came to lay their eggs. He accompanied commonwealth troops hunting for terrorists on the Thai-Malaysian border, flew reconnaissance patrols seeking guerilla camps and escorted Field Marshal Templer on his return visit to the country he had liberated from communist insurrection.He met Lady Edwina Mountbatten, wife of the architect of India's independence, interviewed actors Orson Welles and Sir Donald Wolfit, and was conversing with the French Ambassador when a ghost walked into the room. He worked with William Holden, Susannah York and Capucine on a film in which nearly everyone ended up miscast. He helped conceal an escaped prisoner in a hilarious fake jail-break, trailed the Sultan of Pahang on a regal progress through Malaysia's largest state and befriended one of President Soekarno's infamous red beret parachutists, sent on a sabotage mission during the height of Indonesian confrontation.Mostly he loved the land and its people, so much that he shunned the cocktail circuit and the city life for the simple pleasures of the kampong and the open road, learning the language and feeling his way towards what French author Henry Fauconnier had called 'the Soul of Malaya'. With Distant Archipelagos, Peter Moss follows up his account of an Anglo-Indian childhood, in Bye-Bye Blackbird, by painting a vivid portrait of another vanished world.…

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - I Search My Mind For Answers is a modern exploration of the world as seen through the eyes and hearts of the McCallister brothers. Thought provoking, yet eerily familiar, I Search My Mind For Answers will have you reflecting on your own connection to the people you love and the world in which you live.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Warring religions. Violence in the name of God. Clashing ideologies. Clearly, religious conflict has divided and polarized the modern world.No longer are discussions about religious intolerance limited to historians and theologians. One cannot turn on the television, listen to talk radio or surf the Internet without being bombarded by messages--many filled with bias and inaccuracies--about religious differences. Once viewed by world leaders as a harmless artifact of the past, religion has moved from the periphery of society to the center of the battlefield.Viewing Meister Eckhart Through the Bhagavad Gita breaks new ground in inter-religious dialogue. Smashing through barriers of time and place, it focuses on key concepts by one of the greatest Christian thinkers of all time through the lens of a beloved Hindu classic.'A unique and engaging look at the profound truths found in both the writings of Meister Eckhart and the Bhagavad Gita. Informative and clearly written, the book is a welcome addition to comparative mystical literature.'--Pravrajika Vrajaprana, author of Vedanta: A Simple Introduction'(Dr. Holt) masterfully navigates the contours of both the Eastern mystical tradition and Western philosophy. She is at home in the medieval mind and soul.(and) illustrates common elements found in these two distinctive works.'--Michael J. Christensen, Ph.D., Affiliate Associate Professor of Spirituality, Drew University. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The book chronicles not only the adoption of their three children abroad, but follows each of their children (including their biological son) into young adulthood. It vividly depicts their difficulties in raising teenagers in a cross-cultural, transracial home, and also exposes the frightening conditions facing today's kids in our public schools, including gang issues, drop outs, and culture clashes. It provides valuable insights to parents and non-parents as well. This book was a real eye-opener and awakened me to the harsh realities our teens must face in what I would have thought were quality schools. Although told from a parent's point of view, they very effectively explored the emotions, indeed the angst, of their teenage children.--Jo-Anne Weaver, adoptive parent of a Chinese daughter placed by Los Niños International, and Senior Acquisitions Editor of Education and Developmental Psychology for Harcourt Brace.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - De la SoleA story about the right people, the wrong reasons and some shoes.'Stupendous. My two-year old laughed so hard, she threw her back out.'-Anissa Powell-Brisette, Vancouver, BC'Funny, original and outrageous. A story that even the ugly will enjoy.'-Olivia Dunkley, London, England'As a life-long victim of both plus-size discrimination and marching band intolerance, I celebrate the chance to sec someone else get whaled on.'-Jonah Streckwood, Decatur, IL'Honked up. For no tale will better hilarify your buttocks and electrify the prancing of your thighs.'-James Wiggles, Stenwick, VL'Dark, twisted and salty. Not unlike the box of Pennsylvania Dutch pretzels I polished off while reading.'-Frank Marinaco. Philadelphia, PA.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A strange man is called upon to rescue the beautiful niece of an important European industrialist kidnapped by terrorists. Only he has the ability to perform the rescue. Matthew Yeager, (Matyas) is almost eight hundred years old and a Werewolf! 'The man-Beast is dead! See!, I have destroyed him. I cannot be cursed '. The old man spoke a warning to Matyas, 'His blood has mingled with yours. His blood has invaded your body. But this curse from the hell-hound is tempered by the blessing of your woman''s love. You will become a Werewolf only. Only when evil stings you!' Almost eight hundred years later, Matthew is in Beirut. searching for the kidnapped Marta--- He knew exactly where to look. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Did you imagine the love of your life would come from another world, neither did I. The journey I took ended a loneliness of life, it wasn't plane sailing all the way. There is always someone who is hell bent on spoiling things for their own gain. What started out a need for power, turned into a hunt for me, hurting the people I left behind brought me right into his trap. This book shows loves that has no bounds, and trying to help your fellow man can feel like hitting your head against a brick wall. We fear what we don't understand. We put up defences which come from out senses.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The reader will enjoy and appreciate the author's account of his rise from relative obscurity in one small Calabrian town to being a major factor in the Italian olive oil industry. His career spanned a period of much change in Italian society which began at a time when nineteen century customs and values were still dominant to the present day at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Throughout he maintained a strong commitment to family in periods of adversity as well as in good times. He provides a close look at small town thinking and customs as he moves from times of scarcity to times of well-being. Lessons he learned early imparted to him by mother and teachers were reinforced by dealings with neighbors and businessmen. He was truly a 'barefoot businessman' not taken too seriously at first but who made good and won admiration.and some envy. But all was not business. He did not hesitate to take action against someone who he thought impugned his sister Maria's honor and paid for it. For a time like many of his countrymen he sought to make his fortune in a new world, in this case, Australia. There he learned as well as gave some lessons. But the love of fiancée, family and country was too strong and he returned. He survived the loss of his eldest brother to whom he was deeply devoted and the parting with his younger brother. Very early he gained the respect of a lawyer (his consigliere) on whom he relied for advice and support for much of his life. He was asked to manage the local soccer team for several seasons and now owns two teams. Matteo Giuseppe earned and kept the respect of neighbors and associates alike and competitors found him a tenacious opponent.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Four hundred years ago a Chinese porcelain maker loses his family in a plague. Grief stricken, he becomes a Taoist monk and rids himself of his fortune in gold, concealing it in the bottom of four priceless vases. Unwittingly he includes a deadly cache of the recent virulent plague.Bashir, a present-day terrorist on the hunt to resurrect such ancient plagues, traces in archives the story of the lost vases, but loses the trail when the ship is wrecked off the Balinese coast. Watching closely are agents of the American President's newly formed Terrorist Threat Integration Centre. When one of the ancient vases turns up at an antique auction in Bali, the hunt is on for the other three. On a collision course with the terrorist group and the TTIC agents is Lim, an importer, who has learned of the hidden gold.In their way is Chad Handelmann, a Balinese-Australian importer and ex-SAS captain, whose family are the guardians of a map leading to the vases. The thrilling race to the burial place of the vases leads to a ruined temple deep in the rainforest of Mt Agung. Nobody is prepared for the danger that lies inside. Suddenly, it is no longer only about recovery of the sacred vases. It is a struggle just to stay alive.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Odds And Ends is a collection of stories, essays, and poems. It is the author's second published book.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The word cookbook does not do justice to this work. It is far more than a collection of delicious recipes, although that's not a bad start. It's really an insurance policy for longevity and good health. Bioflavins are not just another food fad, they are serious nutrition. They are the 'magic bullet' that everyone seeks to help the body defend itself against a broad spectrum of ailments. This book will show you how to obtain their benefits without ever having to buy a bottle of vitamins or swallow a pill. Just eat, enjoy, and stay healthy.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A collection of short stories, poems, and postcards that range from the amusingly playful to the provocatively thoughtful. The underlying theme is triumph through focused effort and mutual support over the life crises that all of us must face The stories are presented in a bite-sized format and are designed to appeal to the palates of mature adults who have had some difficult life experiences of their own. The book is divided into several segments. It begins with Reflections, a short collection of personal reveries and inspirational tracts, that establishes the theme for what follows. A Cats' Tale is a series of stories about the adventures and idiosyncracies of the family pets that begins with the story of Sparky, The Christmas Cat. Next comes Snippets which chronicles the greater and lesser adventures of a couple who found each other after stumbling, unsuccessfully, through their first marriages and who strive through their own trial and error experiments to create a happy life together. Relationship Survival Kit, that follows, is a humorously presented set of 'do's' and 'don'ts' for couples in committed relationships. Finally, Myths That Maim cautions us about the hidden pitfalls of a mindless, bumper sticker-approach to life.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'A fascinating expose of the power, the treachery and the life and death struggles behind the headlines of today's glamorous high fashion art scene in New York and Paris, delivered in a page-turning thriller format. I couldn't stop reading. This is certain to appeal to anyone who loves art!'Don GerrardEditor and former publisher, Bookworks BooksWhen New York City's top art agent, April Mercier, discovers the hidden, presumed destroyed and blood-tainted Paris Collections she realizes that her family's famous name is built upon the murder of Jewish families and the pillaging of their art. Haunted by memories of abuse and murder, hunted by vengeful enemies and hounded by a Nazi hunter, April Mercier's life and sanity are teetering on the brink. But April needs to keep the Collection, not only to save her career, but to understand her damaged past.Forever Art follows April's journey of discovery and self-discovery through the twisted, shadowy channels of the international art world, its openings, auctions, back stabbings, jealousies, dirty-deals and the overriding beauty of its substance. Based upon historical events and including today's scandals, Forever Art is a thriller that rings truer than fiction; it exposes the naked soul of a powerful but decadent business.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Anthracite Reds is a documentary history of Communists in the Pennsylvania anthracite [hard coal area] during the 1920s, the decade when these radicals were most involved in the work life of the hard coal miners. During the 20th century about one million Americans passed through the Communist Party of the United States [CPUSA]. In the first half of the century in the Pennsylvania anthracite, hundreds of men and women, mostly Eastern and Southern European immigrants who lived and worked in the region, also joined the CPUSA.Many books have been written about American communism in diverse regional settings; yet, no author has penned a volume that deals with these American radicals in one of 20th century America's major industrial centers, the anthracite fields of northeastern Pennsylvania.Anthracite Reds serves several purposes. It can be read as a reference work that would be useful to libraries, museums, and researchers. It may also, however, be read as a compelling narrative that tells an interesting story for general readers.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Many plumbers work hard their whole lives without making the profit that they deserve. Most have never had any real training in how to deal with customers or how to sell products to make a better profit. Many millions of dollars in lost opportunity goes unearned each year because plumbers simply don't know how to spot these opportunities and meet their customers needs to make all of that extra money.This book will give you the skills you need to make much more money starting on your very next job! Whether you work for someone else or are in business for yourself, you will learn how to make more money for your pocket while growing a better customer base that will keep you working and making great profits even when times get tough and others are out of work. The techniques, tactics and skills that you need are all right here in this book.Start here and start putting much more money in your pocket without working any harder than you already are.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Dear Joseph is a book about redemption and learning how to forgive yourself and others. At a very young age Joseph is separated from his family and endures hatred and cruelty in an orphanage in the 1930s. His only connection to them is through a collection of letters he receives throughout his life, in which he learns of their adversities and struggles to survive. Later he receives a personal letter written from the Creator that explains how everyone's life is important-nothing is truly lost or thrown away. As an old man Joseph is absorbed in selfishness and bitterness. Through out-of-body experiences, he discovers valuable lessons that will restore his soul and give new purpose in life.This book is about how caregivers come into our lives at the most tragic times to redeem and restore us, even when we find nothing good in ourselves. It is for everyone who is called to be a caregiver and a life motivator. Like Joseph you must answer the call.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Hugo Gwinn is making a living driver a cab, but that wasn't what he trained for. He was a police officer and it was an incident that causes him to lose his job and left him very much bitter.The city of Cleveland, Ohio should have been exciting place because a new sport stadium along with the Rock and Roll Museum was opened. However, there's a shadow of fear hanging over the city. A serial killer is stalking through the streets and what is worst. He's targeting children.It was in this atmosphere that Hugo was surprise and a little irritates that his ex-partner and at one time best friend, Orlando Rivera, climb into his cab. He was there on orders from the mayor and the police chief who want Hugo to help out with the investigation.After listening to Rivera. Hugo told him that he's not interested in helping out the police now or ever. That was until his godson was the next victim of this merciless killer. So, he became involved. If only he knew that his life and the lives of his love ones would be in peril.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Fritz Dorfmann was simply a good soldier trying to serve his country during World War II.Taken prisoner early in the war, he's shipped to a POW camp in America where he discovers things he never expected to find.Along the way, he finds love-- and peril.A war time prisoner normally spends his entire time in captivity planning an escape. Fritz finds that he is forced to make an entirely different and unforeseen choice. A dramatic climax worthy of the Great Plains setting in which it takes place, worthy of being played out in the OK Corral, is the final act in the story, the Fate, if you will, of Fritz and his friends-- and his enemies.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The book is a romantic story of a Nobel laureate who is from the Argentine but who lives in the U.S. and is a professor of international finance. The story follows the path of the professor who leaves the university and joins a huge hedge fund. His experiences on Wall Street become shocking when he realizes there is impending doom for the world economies due to the magnitude of the hedge funds' financial machinations. The financial meltdown happens despite the professor's constant lamentations and warnings. Some of the events in the novel are true but the names have been changed.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Laura Steele Pendleton, intelligent and still beautiful at 54, finds herself restless and unable to cope with recent retirement from her hectic life as a career woman. A chance meeting with an English actor at a gala benefit in New York changes her life. Laura and the actor John Langston surreptiously begin an improbable but ardently romantic affair. Her husband of thirty years, Amos Pendleton, a prominent New York attorney, discovers her duplicity, and after bitter argument, Laura leaves him to live with John in his rented Greenwich Village apartment.When John must return to London to resumes his acting career, he asks Laura to come with him to London and marry him. Laura is at first hesitant, unsure that she can manage to adjust to a new life in strange surroundings. Her decisions to elope with John, and then to carry an unexpected pregnancy to term, have far-reaching consequences for members of both her first and second families.The story explores the complexities of the family relationships that develop as the outgrowth of Laura's original unconventional choices. The narrative takes the characters from New York to London and Cornwall, to the ski slopes of Chamonix and the Palais Royale in Paris, and to a clapboard seaside house on the coast of Maine. It is a novel of intergenerational love and its consequences, both happy and tragic.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Drafted is a coming of age comedy about Eli J. Jones, a college student, who is illegally drafted, and thrown into the U.S. Army during the life-threatening era of Vietnam.Despite his mantra of 'I'm not supposed to be here,' Eli quickly adapts, making many new friends -- Harry, Tex, Steve, the Professor, ex-football star, Sam, and the lovely Nurse Sara. They help Eli cope with the insane Colonel Clark, and defeat Sergeant, 'Must kill Eli' Worlinski. Eli's adventures continue through AIT and infantry officer candidate school, where he overcomes 'Mad Dog' Drummond, nude fire drills, a million push-ups, Miss Tiger Tactics - a snake-charming stripper, brass pickers, and being buried alive.After a brief, but fulfilling, romp with three stewardesses in Seattle, Eli finds himself in steamy Da Nang. Will his charm, and the help of the seven dwarfs, let Eli survive combat and an appearance on Bob Hope's Christmas show Will the 1968 Tet offensive cancel his program on Armed Forces Radio in Saigon Don't miss the exciting conclusion as Eli fights for his freedom and the right to go home.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - It is time to be tested for apprenticeship into a female society that feeds on the life-energy of other beings. The price of initiation leaves Cynderet reeling from loss and the mortal target of the society's very source of power. Cynderet seeks solace within her own mind. Latent telepathic powers begin to blossom while the society seeks to destroy her.In a desperate act she befriends a battle proven lord and his circle of great warriors. She discovers she is a part of a saga that started long before her birth and a pursuit that traverses the planes of existence.Burning questions demand answers: What murderous secret demands Cynderet's life Why is her mother in league with the vilest of creatures How did she arrive in the hall of these blade masters Who are the children that haunt her dreams Pursuing answers, choices must be made challenging everything she understands, everything she values. She must choose to either ally with her society or with complete strangers in a futile attempt to preserve the lives of those whom her society feeds upon. No matter which choice she makes her life will be the cost.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - When an asocial, religious sect intervenes into a family's way of life, the once harmonious, natural flow of daily living can be destroyed. This young adult novel reveals the effect that the WatchTower Bible and Tract Society, best known as Jehovah's Witnesses, has on two teenagers, Jack, 16, and Susan 15, by exposing the reality that dwells behind the Society's façade.The New York-based WatchTower Bible and Tract Society reaches around the world with more than 25 million semimonthly issues of the WatchTower magazine printed in 147 languages; and with 22 million semimonthly issues of the Awake magazine printed in 81 languages. The Society has over 6,000,000 members, 15,000,000 adherents, and more than 94,600 congregations. It is, in fact, a worldwide cult. Although known around the world the vast majority of the public is not aware of Jehovah's Witnesses' true eccentricity, which this novel has attempted to reveal.The story is divided into three parts.Part I discloses much of the Jehovah's Witnesses' beliefs and the effect on proselytes and their families.Part II describes Jack's and Susan's experiences on the road as they travel from Michigan to the Florida Everglades.Part III introduces Jim, a Cow Creek Seminole, his world of the Everglades, and his relationship with Jack, Susan and their natural father, Michael.And yes, sadly, the headlines on the back cover are factual.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The ALSATIAN SHEPALUTE is an indispensable guide to this new and unique breed that was created solely for the purpose of a companion dog. Most breeds were bred for hunting or working and are hyperactive. Being a companion dog this dog is laid back. This breed was bred to never bark unless an intruder was around. Lacksidasical means this breed does not care to dig up your yard or run after cars. The Alsatian Shepalute was bred for his intelligence and the ability to read body language. This breed pays attention to what is going on around him and is easier to train than most breeds. 'This new breed of dog shall resemble the old extinct giant wolves that use to roam throughout the North'. With his yellow eyed stare he seems to look right through a stranger as if to say 'Don't come any closer'.The following is a list of the book contents:THE HISTORY OF THE BREED(c)THE MEANING OF THE WORD ALSATIAN(c)THE NORTHERN BREEDS(c)THE GERMAN SHEPHERD(c)THE ENGLISH MASTIFF(c)THE WOLVES(c)GENETICS OF THE DOG(c)BREEDING FOR INTELLIGENCE(c)THE LATEST NEW BREEDS OF DOGS(c)THE OFFICIAL STANDARDS OF THE BREED(c)THE ALSATIAN SHEPALUTE CLUB AND REGISTRY(c)DOG TRAINING TECHNIQUES(c)GENERAL HEALTH CARE(c)DOG LAWS(c)CREATING NEW BREEDS.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Paul was born in '37, the son of Maple City's first illegitimate child. Because of his father's illegitimacy, the elitists in his hometown shun him. Although brilliant, his childhood was miserable and worsens when alcoholism claims his father. A second father image teaches Paul to box and run distance. Sports earn him respectability and the enduring friendship of a black athlete, John. He finds love. Paul has found happiness, but his family's history haunts him.He attacks a pedophile for molesting his sister. After his crime is discovered, he is forced into the military at seventeen. In the military, he learns his biological grandfather owns a cattle ranch in Montana. After four years, Paul is discharged. Unable to return to Maple City, he finds his grandfather. After inheriting the ranch and a fortune, he marries. Now, Paul can return to Maple City and avenge his family's persecutors.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Gabriell es una adolescente que desde los primeros días de su vida siempre era sobreprotegida por su madre Catalina que intento esconderle el pasado de todos sus familiares. De aquellos que tuvieron e hicieron un pacto con espíritus que amaron a cada uno de sus elegidos. Y que ahora son juzgados por la nueva generación por miedo y respeto a todos los acontecimientos que rodearon la muerte de los viejos y poderosos maestros de la magia y el ocultismo que siempre han nacido dentro de su estirpe. Y mientras su madre seguía pensando que era mejor alejarla de todas esas historias para cortar así con la tradición. Gabriell es absorbida lentamente por la magia de Ellos que la envolvieron entre besos de pasión y embrujo para empezar con una nueva historia.…