Xlibris dez 2006 (25 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Twice Born, spans the years from 1935 to 1958, it is set in England and Australia, and the oceans between. The story follows the first twenty-one years of an extraordinary boy's life. After having strangled his twin brother, Bunny, with his own umbilical cord, Bobby Shafto is untimely ripped from his mother's womb in the twenty-eighth week of her pregnancy. At birth, he is tiny, weighing only three and a half pounds. He has webbed fingers and eyes that never close. Like all identical twins, Bobby Shafto's rapport with his twin brother, remains potent; their symbiotic relationship continues, long after he is strangled in the womb; Bunny becomes his inner voice. Bobby's tiny body is the corporeal crucible for his giant spirit. He strides through life's challenges with fearless optimism, as though he were protected by a Guardian Angel. 'You cannot see the angel, unless you believe it is there.'. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Outside the Inner Dialogue, the first book in the Lake Parking Trilogy, is a collection of Haiku poems written during the turn of the Millennium. The task of writing 'A Haiku a Day for a Year' emerged from Don searching out a constructive and productive means in dealing with his Grandmother's passing. While sticking with the traditional 5-7-5 line syllable structure, he's chosen to play with the Haikus in unconventional and contrasting ways, exploring any and every subject that comes to mind. It's about taking notice of our surroundings to the most minute and finite degree.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Dr. Nicholas Steiner is a Park Avenue internist in his mid-forties. He has a successful medical practice, a stable marriage with a home in the suburbs and enjoys good health. But when he develops melanoma, a potentially fatal type of cancer, everything changes. With a worsening prognosis his marriage dissolves and he is unable to work. As time runs out, the combined efforts of two unlikely individuals ~ an expert in Chinese herbs and a highly unusual younger woman ~ play critical roles in his survival. Many of the narrative's turbulent and surprising developments are unforeseen consequences of decisions and events from earlier in life. The author concludes that the cancer that almost killed him 'was the best thing that could have happened to me.'.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - CYCLES is a riveting account of one woman's triumph over many of life's obstacles. This novel will encourage you, provoke you and challenge you! It explores Prececa Morriston's weaknesses and strengths and how she becomes a true woman of substance through it all. Through all the snares, rejection, pain, confusion and being misunderstood, Prececa is still here . And she has a testimony. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Willa By Mary Katherine Arensberg \* Set in 1860's \* Rural Ohio, Chicago, The southern battlefields of William Sheridan, the Eastern Theater of war, Washington City. \* Characters are: Wilhelmina Rolf(Willa), Spinster daughter who inherits the family farm. Louie Rolf, younger brother to Willa. Seamus Rhyce, family friend and newspaperman, proposes marriage to Willa. Annie Coates, former teacher and confident of Willa. Joseph Finney, stable hand and friend to Louie. Amelia Butler, socialite, nemesis to Willa. Matthew Allison, artist, war correspondent, proposes marriage to Willa. Doc McCann, veterinarian, proposes marriage to Willa. Mother Bickerdyke heads up nursing school in Chicago. Thomas Revelle, furniture maker, a black businessman and his wife Odessa. Clara Spencer traps Mathew Allison into marriage. Little Louie, Clara's son, real father killed in battle before he was born or parents were married. Dr. Longworth, physician at Camp Chase. \* Spinster Willa Roth inherits the family farm at her tyrannical father's death; this causes quite a stir in the local community as the son (Louie Rolf) usually inherits land. Her only friends are a rescued border collie named Poseidon, and two large Percheron draft horses named Bea and Rollie. Always bound to the farm, Willa must go in to town to settle her father's affairs, the trip is terrifying for her, but she seeks out Seamus Rhyce. Her father's friend to give him his bequest. They become friends of a sort he a teacher and she an apt student of the world outside her farm; at one point he offers marriage to 'protect her'. She refuses. Annie Coates, once her childhood teacher, becomes her confident and social guide to life in the bustling town of Columbus, Ohio. Louie Rolf, Willa's much younger brothers makes friends with the livery boy, Joseph Finney, a hapless lad who is always breaking one bone or another. Amelia Butler is a vicious local beauty who pours out her hatred and frustration on Willa. Thomas and Odessa Revelle are friends of her fathers, he is a furniture maker, they are black. The rumor of cessation sparks a heated political contest and both Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln come to town to debate the issue; giving her the opportunity to meet the future president. The outbreak of the Civil War marks the opening of a military camp within two of Willa's farm and the daily news of the battles come right to Willa's front door. It is at the camp that she meets many important men destined to greatness in later life. She also meets the charming and urbane war correspondent and artist Matthew Allison, who falls for her on first sight. He must return to the Washington City and they agree to exchange letters. Much troubled by the young men she sees being inducted she gives thanks to God that her brother is too young to fight. Louie and his friend Joseph Finney use a visit to relatives to secretly enlist, both falsifying their age and are sent south to Arkansas before Willa even knows about their deception. From here the story is told from three different experiences, Willa at home, Louie marching to Atlanta with General Sherman and Matthew Allison as he sketches the battlefields in the east. \* Willa becomes restless at the farm. Matthew Allison passes through for a visit. Seamus and Annie, bitter adversaries, unite in a truce to help their friend cope with Louie leaving. Willa joins the Ladies Aid Society and knits and sews for the 'boys at the front'. On an outing to her farm to pick blackberries, Amelia encounters a fearsome danger and is saved by Willa; a strained understanding is born in that moment. The impending birth of Bea's and Rollie's colt brings Doc McCann, the local vet to the farm. Trying to reassure her, he tells an ancient Scottish tale and then suggests they might make a good match. Once again she refuses to marry. An act of hatred is perpetrated against the Revelle's. …

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - I met this exceptional man, Aaron Vandenberg, in a concentration camp in the former Dutch East Indies. We suffered starvation, illness, beatings and torture. My father was tormented from a rare skin disease. I tried to care for my dad while also having to do hard labor for the Japanese occupiers. Aaron, though vilified by others, was an exceptionally caring and loving person who sacrificed his life to save some one else's. When I talk about this extraordinary man, my voice trembles and my eyes fill with tears, even though he died more than sixty years ago when I was 15. Aaron has defined my character and morals for the rest of my life. The book not only tells about the deplorable conditions under which we had to live, but more importantly about the human behavior of my concentration camp comrades; some rising to unequaled levels of compassion and love, others to the lowest levels of greed and corruption, often by people from whom one would least expect it. It is an account of a part of history that is not taught in schools, an account from a survivor of a brutal and nearly forgotten episode of World War II: the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies and imprisonment of hundreds of thousands of its people. This 3 1/2 year occupation was immediately followed by a bloody revolution and the creation of modern Indonesia. It is a deeply moving story of a young boy who was born in the colonial Netherlands Indies and spent more than three years as a captive of the Japanese. It gives the English-speaking reader a glimpse of what has been called the 'Other Holocaust', the brutalities of the Pacific War. The story ends with a poor but hopeful immigrant arriving in the US and how he built a successful life as an entrepreneur and family man.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Open your eyes, Faith! The harsh voice awakens her from internal slumber. She is Ophelia, the fourth of five fragmented personalities. She opens her eyes, a witness to murder. Her father is the murderer. A renowned physician in the light of day, under the cloak of night he obeys commandments of a sadistic creed. The idyllic setting of his lakefront home conceals the sinister reality. It is the temple of a demonic god. Ophelia is his bride. Her pact with the deity offers freedom, but not without cost. The monsters from her past return. They threaten those she loves. Only she can save them. Gods and demons vie for the minds of mortals in this tale of heroes and villains, fidelity and fanaticism, sacred oaths and prophecies, cryptic symbols, disguised identity, and the elusiveness of memory. The history is factual. The lunar tabulations are correct. The medical and psychiatric diagnoses are accurate. Despite its dark undertones, Blindspot is in essence a romance. The hero is noble. The heroine is beautiful, gifted, and brave. She is Ophelia, the novel's narrator. The villain of the piece, Max Mahler, is a brilliant and handsome doctor, a healer of the hopelessly ill. A patchwork of pagan myths and satanic rituals guides his actions. Few in his village north of Detroit know that he pays homage to a demonic god, the master of the moon. Those who know participate. Vile ceremonies take place at an altar in a tunnel that connects his lakefront home and clinic. His theology is organized and fully communicated. He steers family discussion across a broad swath, from the holy wars of the distant past to the actions of his former compatriots in Austria during the Nazi era. In this scheme of things his god, the master, appears more temperate than other gods. Though he burdens only a chosen few, those he chooses suffer greatly, most of all his consort Ophelia, the queen of the night. Her father serves as the master's surrogate in the cruel rituals. Fear and pain rupture her identity. Ophelia's life begins in 1946. Three others preceded her, including the first girl, Faith. They share what needs to be shared in a common journal or face-to-face, but not memories of the violence that fragmented them. Only one person, George Jenner, a schoolmate, uncovers the secret of the multiples. The brief friendship makes her ordeals more bearable. He will be the novel's hero, but not yet. At sixteen they part. Ophelia becomes the dominant personality. She accepts the master, but not the family's interpretation of his nature and his will. She believes that the master will send her a husband to be her knight and a daughter to protect. He sends the husband and the daughter when she is eighteen. The husband becomes a disciple, not a knight. The fifth alter emerges. Her husband dies. The fifth girl dissolves into oblivion, no longer needed. Soon after, her mother dies. Max lets Ophelia leave with her infant daughter Amy, confident that she will return in the year foretold by his lunar charts, 1980. Time passes in deceptive tranquility. Prophecies foretell a turbulent future. In the predicted year, a new patient knocks on Max Mahler's door. George Jenner's wife Mara suffers from a lethal disease. Max gives her Ophelia's phone number. George telephones and blurts out what Max wants his daughter to know. Amy visits him and aims to heal the rift. To counter his charisma, Ophelia returns, still loyal to the god she calls the master, still rejecting her father's interpretation of the master's will. Three years later Mara dies and Amy's daughter is born. George's vows end with his wife's death. Ophelia remains bound by hers. The fifth girl returns, permitting romance. Love is possible. Marriage is not. Max bides his time. He intends to offer Amy's daughter to the master when she turns five. Amy's inability to spot the evil core beneath her grandfather's pleasing demeanor imperi.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Pirouettes and PassionsGrowing up behind the CurtainBy Mia NadasiThis memoir is for readers interested in ballet and theatre and life of the privileged artists behind the ex- Iron Curtain. It fills a gap about a period and Hungary's artistic life not much written about in English.My parents were both ballet dancers, my father rose to be the Artistic Director of the Hungarian State Ballet Company. I followed their footsteps and became a dancer and an actress. The journey of our family which starts in the 19th century is typically European as it encompasses locations of several countries: Germany, France, Russia, Switzerland, even South America and of course mainly Hungary.The history of their families could not have been more different. My father was an illegitimate child and had to overcome a poverty-stricken childhood to become a much awarded leading artist of his day, regarded today as one of the founding father of classical ballet in Hungary. He personally encountered great names in the ballet world; took classes with Cecchetti, where his fellow dancers included Nijinsky and Karsavina and watched Fokine creating his ballets. My mother hailed from a wealthy bourgeois family of French/German extraction yet the two of them ended up dancing together all over Europe before settling in Hungary.Having established their ballet studio in Budapest they became well-known and successful members of the glittering pre-war Budapest society. I was born during the war and after the communist take-over life has changed fundamentally. Initially my parents were regarded as capitalists, but soon their expertise was recognised and like so many other artists, they became privileged within the constraints of the regime.From an early age I was groomed to become an artist. I describe my years as a ballet student in the State Ballet Institute, based on the system of the Russian school. As a child I started acting at one of the most distinguished theatre companies (Vigszinhaz) and later I joined as the youngest ever member. At the same time I made my debut in a successful film, as a result I became one of the well-known faces in the country. When I graduated from the State Ballet Institute my partner was Ivan Nagy. However, I turned my back on ballet and decided to become an actress.In the nineteen-fifties and sixties I got to know the most important 'players' in the ballet, theatre and film world. During that period I grew up and matured both as a performer and a young woman. My sentimental education, crushes, romances and heartbreaks were all informed by that milieu.I was a schoolgirl during the 1956 uprising and experienced the so-called soft dictatorship that followed. However, my perspective is always personal; the great historical events only feature as much as they touched my life. There is more emphasis on everyday life and the small human dramas that shaped my fate and those of my friends. It was also fate that made me to give up my homeland and take a flight to England.…

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - EXTREME COP:CHICAGO PD is the true story of JERRY ARDOLINO, the wildest, most violent cop in the history of the Chicago Police Department and that would mean: in the history of the world. Jerry Ardolino is the book's author and it is the first true, full-length on-going story about the Chicago Police written by an insider. It has never been done before. Jerry Ardolino was a star-carrying member of that horde of hard-edged cops; the largest and deadliest 'gang' in Chicago or anyplace else. The gang in midnight-blue leather police jackets who had the tools and the talent that enabled them to become known throughout the world, as the most violent, corrupt, out-of-control and; toughest police force ever to stalk the streets. And Jerry was to become known in that department from patrol levels, all the way to the High Command as being:'Extreme.' There have been many Chicago cops who have committed violent acts. Some have wounded or killed criminals in questionable shootings. Some have been drug dealers and pimps and many were burglars. But, none of them ran even close to Jerry in all-around violent acts, dangerous car chases on a regular basis (some at 130 in heavy traffic), maniacal behavior during arrests, the torturing of criminals, the rule violations-which nobody had the nerve to commit-and unprecedented civil rights violations all on an almost daily basis. The others committed one or two big incidents; got punished, fired, wound up in prison or they behaved until retirement. Jerry chose not behave. He chose to 'light all the fuses' and run through the 'explosions' and then keep on going. His spree of violence and wired behavior; the enjoyment of engaging in fast outlaw acts almost every hour of every tour of duty lasted nearly five years. It had never happened before and could never happen again. Nowadays, just one day of doing some of the things he did or even one act would land a cop in jail. How did he do it and get away with it all It was just something that was supposed to be. He was a force of nature with a thirst for danger and did whatever he felt like doing immediately, without ever looking back and in true Chicago Police style; always aggressively advancing. The language is very strong; his erotic and sexual encounters with hot, beautiful willing women are 'meltdown-level'; his partners' street-sex encounters with female beauties are raw and real; and the violence is as graphic as it gets in print. However; this is not a 'tell all' complaint book. On the contrary,EXTREME COP: CHICAGO PD glorifies the violent and corrupt ways of the Chicago Police but mainly, you experience 'living' his ways of fast violence; fast driving; the heavy partying; the breaking open of constitutional law to suit each case and the breaking of criminals' skulls and body parts. Jerry wrote most of EXTREME COP: CHICAGO PD in 1999 and then completed it on through the millennium. There have been some small diary-type reports in the past and even though his project was kept as confidential as possible during the production stages, word got out in literary circles and a small recent work was attempted by others, but those contain nothing that one can't glean from the major newspapers and of course, don't contain Jerry Ardolino's story. But in any case, nobody has ever given you the real inside stories of the Chicago Police. He takes you inside the department. You get inside his mind and inside the minds of other violent and colorful cops he worked with; inside the violent acts, the bloody nights, the massive and lightning-fast destruction of property and people that only Chicago Police are capable of. You feel the wet heat of an erotic female cop's sexual acts; gain an insight into the alleged mob-connected hit man cops' ways; you're in on the heavy inside deals within the department and Jerry's five-year wild ride-everything. You'll know what it's like t.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - With an entertaining blend of comedy and action adventure, Chance of A Lifetime depicts a gold hunt that taps into the heart of a contemporary American family with humor and sensitivity. Burnt-out middle-aged geology professor Wilson Trebourne is fed up with the social, economic, and ecological blight of Southern California. Much to his family's chagrin, he quits his job at the university, sells everything he owns, including their beautiful house in the suburbs, then gambles his entire life savings on a remote gold mine in the mountains of Northern California. They discover their cabin is occupied by a recalcitrant old squatter, Pinto Sweet, who refuses to move out. As if abandoning the American Dream isn't enough, Wilson is swindled by unscrupulous developer, Bill Dixon, who has other plans for Wilson's new-found paradise. Dixon is not a man to be trifled with. He always gets what he wants by employing a gang of threatening, but hilariously incompetent, local thugs who remove squatters from public land so he can resell it. The magnanimous Wilson befriends two such displaced folk, Molly Carter, a young tough carny and sharpshooter, and Julian Ogilvy, a former librarian. Wilson¿s conflict with Dixon escalates when Wilson interferes with Dixon and his mega-resort project. Some underhanded business and nasty confrontations take place in this funny story, as Wilson attempts to restore balance to the community, the environment, and to his family life. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Parker's Paradise is the author's fifth book, and yet it is about the beginning of his writing career. It's a story about the audio-visual business, sight and sound media that takes place in 1950, at WWII's end. Socha got a lucky break after graduation from college and looking for writing jobs. There weren't any. It was a period where America was getting back into peacetime activity, building new automobiles and replenishing consumer products that were rationed and scarce during the war. And the whole world was rushing into competition for our market. So selling jobs were much in demand. Fortunately, an opportunity opened in the sales training and promotion business. They needed a writer-trainee in the audio-visual industry, someone who would work cheap and learn the business. Joe Socha by-passed a fine paying job as a salesman and took on that trainee position. And that's what this book is about.A special talent is involved in sales training and promotion work. It's not just a matter of writing words. There is the need for applied psychology, being aware of the psychological reasons why people buy. There is knowing how to write copy that is VISUAL, not so easy to do. It is an acquired skill. There is another element involved which separates the men from the boys, as they say. That is to deliver acceptable copy to meet hard deadlines. The author watched many exceptional writers fail because they could not cut the deadlines. Where creativity is involved, it's not a matter of putting in more time to do the job because the mind often tends to rebel when pressure is applied. It's a tough combination. A tired mind tends to respond with dull, unacceptable copy.In Parker's Paradise the author tells a story honest with his experience. He started as a trainee at age 30, for gosh sakes. Most people his age were locked into careers already. In the book you see how the business is run, creating copy, surviving the politics of the business where those in power make a lot of money and resist losing that power.And how do you handle the client who often does not really have a good idea what he wants in the programs he pays for. It's a matter of communication, trying to read the client's mind, and handling his insecurity and indecision when meeting those deadlines is endangered. A lot of ulcers in this business. And a lot of quitters who just can't handle the heat.Bear in mind that the story is about the 1950s era when we used TYPEWRITERS. Made duplicate copies with carbon paper. Used erasers to correct mistakes. No word processors in those days.So what's this Paradise thing The paradise idea is something anyone can make use of to control stress. Could help the man who is under a lot of pressure on or off the job-to survive that pressure. I think even housewives can use this Paradise system. They work hard at the family business and feel unappreciated.Read the book. You will find it interesting, very informative, and maybe even cast new light on your 'tough' life, and how to handle it.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - During a Fulbright year (1993-94) in Turkey, I discovered these letters while working in the library of the Christian shrine, Meryamana Evi, located in the mountains above the ruins of Ephesus. Written in Latin and Greek on vellum and papyrus, they were apparently composed by a Roman matron named Calpurnia to her husband, Gaius Plinius, whom she also addresses as Caecilius and Lucius. According to tradition, the shrine of Meryamana Evi is the ancient heart of the Johannine Community whose members composed the Gospel of St. John; it is recognized by Roman Catholics as the location of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven. I found the manuscript among a jumble of archaeological documents, votives left by cured pilgrims, and religious relics donated for decades by Christian and Muslim visitors from all over the world. I traced the manuscript to an ancient papyrus dump discovered by Grenfel and Hunt in the 1890's near 'Behneseh' at Oxyrhynchus, Egypt, 300 kilometers south of Alexandria. During the last decade, I have been trying to authenticate my discovery. My attempts were complicated by tragic circumstances of the 1999 earthquake in northwestern Turkey that resulted in the disappearance of the original manuscript; to protect it, I have copyrighted my translation under the title Letters from Calpurnia, Pliny's Wife. This collection, with the letters organized into eight books and an epilogue, is as sequential as I have been able to determine. The selected, annotated bibliography reflects sources I have used in my research. Links to the bibliographic sources may befound on the website indicated in the bibliography. I am currently compiling additional letters for a second volume, with commentary by my friend and colleague, Dr. Arthur Saunier.Apparently, Calpurnia wrote most of the letters\* I include here to her husband Pliny the Younger, from Ephesus between 111-113 A.D. while he was Emperor Trajan's legatus in Bithynia, a Roman province in what is now northwestern Turkey. It was from there that Pliny wrote his famous letter to Trajan about the behavior and fate of local Christians. Having studied the letters of Calpurnia side by side with her husband's published letters, I now read Pliny's epistle to Trajan as a frantic plea, couched in legitimate Roman terms, for the safety of innocent members of the new Christian cult, which included his wife. In her letters, Calpurnia tells Gaius about her fascination with this new religious cult, whose god she feels holds the best hope of curing the infertility she has suffered since a miscarriage during the first year of their marriage.It appears that Gaius, in an effort to distract Calpurnia from this risky mission and to keep her mind occupied, asks his wife to send him mundane information like recipes and remedies (which I would caution against trying), notations and lyrics for the music she composes on the kithyra, and her opinions about Roman religion and politics. Gaius also arranges to send her manuscripts from the extensive library of his Uncle Pliny the Elder, together with those he discovers in a network of libraries during his travels throughout the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire, telling her to translate parts of them from the original into either Latin or Greek. Calpurnia obediently sends Gaius her translated summaries of bits and pieces of works as diverse as Asclepius's Treatice onDreams and Soranus's Gynecology. She explains her midwife experience with Soranus, whom she has met at Ephesus, and describes the snake treatment she takes for her infertility at the Asclepion center of healing at Pergamum. Included in her letters are prescriptions for anthrax and other diseases. She also expresses anxiety about the behavior of her young artist protégé, the genius Stephanos (whose artist ancestor, Stephanus, is mentioned in Book XXXVI of Pliny the Elder's Natural History), and worries about what to do with the blood-stained Shrou.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - You Are Never Beyond Hope, received from God's throne for such a time as this and presented from the heart of God's overflowing compassion, uncovers the precious gem of hope earmarked with a definite future for you. God wants you to know that wherever you are, or whatever challenge you face, you are never beyond hope. You can never go beyond the reach of God and His love for you. Meditate on these truths, Scripture passages and inspirational poems, and live a good life, a life that pleases God. Expect God's favor to increase in your life.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Journalists should avoid cliches, but they are just too useful. 'A picture is worth 1,000 words,' and in the case of the 38 'Gulf Breeze UFO' photos shot by Ed Walters in 1987-1988, millions of them -- weird, angry, hilarious and profound words. Words by Dave Barry, Mike Royko and Fox Mulder. Words on 'Unsolved Mysteries' and 'Oprah.' With the 20th anniversary approaching I think about another cliche with a twist: 'Truth is funnier than fiction.' As a reporter in Pensacola, Fla., I found myself in a 'War of the Words.' TV networks flocked to town, Believers and Debunkers battled over Ghost-Demon photos and Army deserters arrived in search of the Second Coming. With the mayor and police chief on one side, and community leaders and the local paper on the other, I went looking for the last word on the subject. I found a spaceship. …

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - August Mendo, a young successful novelist, falls in love with the beautiful and unique Sarah Gordon. At the height of his stellar career August suffers a tragic loss. He comes to realizations that force him to stop writing and retreat to a special sanctuary in the woods, a decision that will alter his life as well as Sarah¿s.'to live at the mouth of rivers' is a story of art, fame, fortune, tragedy, dreams and Truth: the awesome powers of Nature, the Human Spirit and Eternal Love. Life¿s greatest adventure is the Journey within: the perils and limitless possibilities of self-discovery.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Quiet Observations Summary: This book is made up of verses about the simple act of being. You know, the moments when you are quietly reading between the lines of encounters in everyday life. How deep these waters run. I felt compelled to write these feelings in rhyme after my mother's death. I am the fourth daughter in a family of five girls. We are as different as five sisters can be. For years I did not understand how we could be so different. We did in fact; grow up in the same household exposed to the same teachings (except for the eldest). One evening shortly after my mother's funeral, I was fascinated talking to my sister Deborah about one past experience, the painful time of our parents break-up. I could not believe how we could view the same series of events and interpret them completely different. I did not see her view as wrong. There were many things she expressed that had never crossed my mind. There was great disharmony among the five of us regarding the finalization of my mother's affairs. It was much like the impact of an earthquake that changed the landscape of our relationships forever. Once your view changes, everything shifts. I began to notice more and more how each of us see life through our own filter. This filter or viewpoint seems to be made up of in-born tendencies of personality and emotion mixed with socialization. When you add it all together it equals our expectation of the world around us. This filter can cause us to see things in others that are not there or not see character traits that are there. I am an avid lover of art, music etc. I have no formal training in sociology. These writing are by no means a perfect view of anything except the view from me. I want to see how many people relate to the words on these pages. I have come to the conclusion that I am happy, sad, angry etc. because of my expectations, internal make up and beliefs, not because of other people or the world around me. The first poem I wrote was Puppy which reflects the sadness of the loss of my Mom. I come to view all events in my life in a new way. Many of the things I've perceived as painful were neither good nor bad. They were however, necessary for the birth of a new outlook. It is a blessing that I did not get some of the things I have wanted looking back over my life. Real rebirth has a period of hard labor, just as any birth would. If our lives are to be satisfying, we must go through many of these periods of hard labor repeatedly so we continue to sidestep stagnation throughout our lives. These views are reflected in Savor the sound, Torn, Turns, Expectations and others There is also the lighter side of life written as Child of summer, Seven Minutes from Me, Dear to Me and the poem in the book that is really close to my heart, Miles, expressing my feelings regarding my darling nephew by the same name. I have attempted to include poems from many angles. This little book of thoughts and rhymes gives the reader a chance to add your personal quiet observations in the back. I hope you come to treasure what you've added in your copy. Lastly, I realize all the things that make me different from my sisters, yet there is a long list of things we share. I apply this to my feelings toward our larger human family. We are like brothers and sisters. At times we are at odds in our viewpoint, yet always deeply connected at our core. Peace Always, Beverly.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This love story is about a young, innocent and beautiful lady who suffered a great deal in her love life. She was very much troubled, confused, that lunacy, drove her to lose fate and trust to all men. She wonders, who will take away the pain that is tormenting her. In her journey searching that winding road looking for that perfect love. But, how can she tell if she's in love or not She doesn't even know how it feels like to be in love again. How can she trust men again.…

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - It is essential for the reader to remember that this is a memoir; in otherwords, a record of events based on the author's experiences and feelings. Because of the secrecy restrictions at the time these events occurred, and in some cases for many years thereafter, the author kept no diary, notes, or record and wrote no letters describing his work. Furthermore, almost without exception, all the people with whom and for whom he worked are now dead. Consequently, in writing this book, the author has been entirely dependent on his memory. At the age of ninety-one, this memory may have at times been defective or twisted. However, there can be no doubt the story is true. Careful research of the archives of the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, the U.S. Navy, and the CIA should substantiate this. But even here, there will be difficulties due to secrecy and the 'deindexing' of the FBI's Latin American files by its then-director rather than turn them over to the hated CIA. Moreover, the author's foolish refusal to accede to the request of his commanding officer to write the history of the naval operation Road's End immediately after its conclusion and for which he had received a commendation has erased forever the details of that historic event. Finally, the tragic suicide of the CIA's director of operations subsequent to the Kim Philby espionage scandal diminished the possibility of a proper analysis of events surrounding it in Washington . . .…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - IN THE ABSENCE OF GEORGIA Chloe notices that her mom is bleeding and rushes to the neighbors. Her mom is 8 months pregnant and has lost too much blood. Georgia dies on the operating table. Chloe is left with six years of memories of her mom. Will this be enough of a foundation to sustain her for the rest of her life In less than a year, her father marries a woman who is tormented by voices, sees shadows, and screams damnation at Chloe and her siblings. The step mom tells Chloe that her mom did not love her, and that she abandoned her because she was a bad girl, but Chloe remembers the pain in her mom's eyes, the blessing she bestows on each child as she leaves for the hospital. Chloe remembers the funeral. Chloe is told that if she speaks about the abuse, she and her siblings will be separated and put in orphanages. Chloe will never see her brother and sister again. Chloe cannot undo the fact of being the 'other woman's child.' Chloe greatest fear is that she will be cruel, hateful, and vindictive, because that is what surrounds her life. Chloe lives with the shame of not being worthy of love, because if your mom abandoned you who else could love you Georgia's death, puts Chloe in the hands of a cruel step-mom. What can a six-year-old child control One day she discovers her guardian angel, 'Big Mama'. Her angel reminds her everyday, 'Georgia is your mom, and she loved you with all her heart.' The six years of memories become her lifeline. Through this journey, Chloe is touched with the compassion of teachers, neighbors, and friends. They are like pieces of a quilt bringing hope, love and courage into her life. Will trust become part of this quilt Perhaps trust can be the piece that will hold the shattered pieces together.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Twice Born, spans the years from 1935 to 1958, it is set in England and Australia, and the oceans between. The story follows the first twenty-one years of an extraordinary boy's life. After having strangled his twin brother, Bunny, with his own umbilical cord, Bobby Shafto is untimely ripped from his mother's womb in the twenty-eighth week of her pregnancy. At birth, he is tiny, weighing only three and a half pounds. He has webbed fingers and eyes that never close. Like all identical twins, Bobby Shafto's rapport with his twin brother, remains potent; their symbiotic relationship continues, long after he is strangled in the womb; Bunny becomes his inner voice. Bobby's tiny body is the corporeal crucible for his giant spirit. He strides through life's challenges with fearless optimism, as though he were protected by a Guardian Angel. 'You cannot see the angel, unless you believe it is there.' 288 pp. Englisch. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Do you really know America's story Most of us have been taught an alternative reality of how the ethnically mixed United States, especially as relates to the mélange of African-Americans, Native-Americans, and Caucasians, came to be and is. What really happened This book opens the door to that pathway of truth.…