Xlibris okt 2005 (21 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Mitchell Roberts' father was a drunk. His fathers' father was a drunk. His mothers' father was a drunk. In the family tradition Mitch was a drunk. Mitchell, however, did something none of the others did. He found recovery. Much to his disappointment he's still knee deep in dysfunction. His ex-wife wants to remarry, and he's not sure he's not really in love with his ex-girl friend. The hole he's dug with twenty-eight years of drinking is not easily escaped. What starts out as a very co-dependent relationship becomes real love, as he learns to form a true partnership with another human being. Mitchell has a lot of challenges to face in recovery, and so far he's making headway, but when life takes something from him that he's not prepared to lose, reality hits him like a freight train. Why go on Does the answer lie in the gun laying on the little chapel floor The one brought in by a drunk priest. What is the point to life anyway.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The author of, 'Faceting History: Cutting Diamonds and Colored Stones' has for a long time had a deep interest in learning how the early faceters (cutters) of diamonds and colored gemstones were able to complete their work. What methods did they use What equipment did they have to make success possible How soon did they discover how to complete the many phases necessary to accomplish their work How did the equipment and methods differ between fashioning diamonds and faceting colored stones These are just a few of the questions that the author wanted to find the answers for. In looking for answers to these and other questions, the author found that there were bits and pieces of information available in many previous books, but there was not a good book available that would answer most of his questions. Upon hearing the author's remarks about this fact, one of the librarians at the wonderful library located at the Gemological Institute of America's Carlsbad campus said that if such a book was not available, 'maybe you should write the book!' Well, the author had been thinking of doing just that, but the remark caused the author to see the light and agree to get started on the project. Little did he know then that the project would require many months of eight hour days over seven day weeks to get the book completed. He decided to write a book that would answer these and other related questions that he had. The thought also occurred to him that such a book would be a valuable volume to be placed in libraries of individual faceters around the world. He realized that such a book would also be of great value to anyone who works behind a Jewelry store counter. A successful sales person is one who is knowledgeable about the products that they are selling. A book of faceting information would be extremely valuable if read and re-read from time to time. A customer in the Jewelry store will no doubt be favorably impressed by a sales presentation that is made with the use of interesting and informative information about diamonds and the various colored gemstones. The customer will be convinced that the sales person knows about what they are talking. The author has spent nearly three years on the project of researching the GIA library and other libraries, along with the extensive personal library of gemstone related books that he personally possesses. Many conflicting reports were noted in his study. He has made the statements in his book reflect the most commonly accepted opinions, of the most respected authors' works that he has found in his research. History is only obtainable from the earlier works of other authors. We cannot go back to the long past centuries ourselves, to see first hand what really happened and when it happened. A study of faceting history requires making the best choices of the information that is available. This completed book answers questions as to why the fashioning of diamonds was/is so different from the faceting of colored gemstones. The book compares the needed equipment and the methods that have brought the greatest successes. In addition, a great deal of other information connected to faceting is included. There are seven chapters in the book and there are over 125 photographs of the early equipment and methods that were used. The photographs show the faceters, the workroom conditions, and the tools and equipment that they used to complete beautiful and lasting gemstones. The book chapters are titled: An Introduction to Faceting, Early Man's Stone Appreciation, Diamond Fashioning Procedure and Equipment, Colored Stone Faceting Procedure and Equipment, The Evolution of Cut Designs, Famous and Historic Gemstones, Sources of Diamond and Colored Stone Rough, and lastly, Advances in Faceting Over the Past One Hundred Years. Within each of these chapters the reader will find a multitude of additional and interesting information. Chapter One: Early Faceting Inform.…

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - GOD and JESUS (JE'SU) have given me numerous Visions, Revelations, 'BANDS OF LOVE' from Heaven, (some of the many 'Bands Of Love' I included in this book) countless Blessings, and much more. JESUS Appeared to me in the year 2000 dressed as a KING! Father God had me spend five days in a Cenacle in the year 2004, where much occurred through Divine Intervention - Father and Jesus had me visit a Nursing Home often. Jesus brought Homeless people into my life; one of whom Jesus healed, when doctors told this woman that she would never walk again. Jesus revealed Heaven to me -.…

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - During the American Civil War, the lads of the 69th Pennsylvania.

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - From the several thousand poems written over the course of more than seventy years-but by and large unpublished until now-a first selection of 141 poems has been made, ones written between 1941 and 2004. All these poems are glimpses one after the other into the life to which the long journal that was written simultaneously with the poems gives detail and context and particularity. The first volume of the journal, describing a boyhood in Missouri, the years 1932 to 1941, was published by Xlibris in 2004, and the second volume, devoted to a first year at Harvard and a summer in New York, the years 1941 and 1942, will be published by Xlibris in 2006.…

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Katharine Epstein, a sixty-one year old woman, has lived her life in the lap of luxury. Her father was a successful attorney and her mother was from a prominent Protestant American family. She has two sisters, Phebe and Gloria. Katharine fell in love with a handsome Jewish medical student, Laurence Epstein, when she was in her late teens and ultimately married him. She converted to Judaism. Laurence.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This project is based on the reminiscences of Elizabeth Hawley Bowen Everett (1857-1940). She originally compiled these stories, records, and reflections about her life and her family in response to curiosity expressed by her grand-daughter, Betty Bowen Hanes. Her collection is called, The Olden Time or Stories for Betty. As we immersed ourselves in this family's history, we became convinced that the experiences of its various members represented those of countless Americans. Their participation in this country's struggle for independence, the western migration, the establishment of towns on the prairie, in school teaching from Maine to Mississippi and Nebraska, make this story significant beyond its interest to the family's descendents. In consequence, we made the decision to annotate the collection in an effort to aid the modern reader with obscure references and to provide some historical background. We have presented Elizabeth Hawley's own work with only the slightest editing and occasional rearrangement, and we have clearly identified our additions as footnotes, by brackets or a change in typeface. Several observations should be mentioned here. The influence of New England culture on the prairie society is marked. The interest in education is attested by both the number of schools established in these small towns and the number of students who enrolled. Women and girls attended school as well as boys and young men. Women taught, even in male preparatory schools, and ran their own schools. Religion, in the form of protestant denominations, was a strong influence and along with it temperance societies. Little distinction was made among the various protestant traditions as long as the preaching was 'faithful' and 'effective,' for the church of one's family might well be unrepresented in a new town. Customs of dress and manners were transported from New England along with the settlers. Land divisions took similar forms as did the governing bodies of townships. As a family history, this is an odyssey of school teachers. Their devotion to education is represented first in Maine, by The Reverend Reuben Nason's Gorham Academy, now located on the campus of the University of Southern Maine, and finally, at the end of the western journey, by the presence of the family home facing the campus of the University of Nebraska. There were teachers in each generation, both men and women, in preparatory schools and seminaries from Maine and New York to Mississippi, Iowa, and Nebraska and, beginning with Reuben Nason's graduation from Harvard in 1802, students at Bowdoin and Dartmouth Colleges, at the University of Illinois and finally the University of Nebraska, where the young Hawleys studied. We offer this collection of memories, stories, and anecdotes to all who are interested in this period of American history and to the descendents of these hardy folk.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - When Ben Hardesty burned out as a big-city reporter, he turned to teaching, but he was not a typical college professor. He didn't care about tenure or textbooks. Instead, he gave his journalism students hands-on experience. But his final exam turned out to be a tragic mistake.Now police detective Jo Ferris must discover whether the test was just an unfortunate accident or whether ugly undercurrents of race and greed at a state university prompted a cold, calculated murder.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The year was 1966, and America was in the throes of upheaval. Inspired by the goals of the Civil Rights Movement, and by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s vision of a world in which children would be judged not by skin color but by 'the content of their character,' Augustus Trowbridge and his wife, Marty, dreamed of establishing a school where children of all races and creeds would be educated together. 'Differences must be immediately experienced, treasured, and understood,' Trowbridge wrote in the school's inaugural brochure, 'because a school that avoids differences places education outside the context of living.' In this unflinching memoir, Trowbridge tells the deeply human story of the first three decades of Manhattan Country School through the experiences of those who lived it, and those who, even now, are helping to shape and interpret the dream.'For me the days at your school have always been a fountain of encouragement.'Erik H. Erikson'To the extent that you, your students, parents, and teachers have remained true to that future not yet seen in society, you are bearers of a vision.' -Coretta Scott King'Manhattan Country School represents what American public school was ideally supposed to be but rarely became.' -Barbara Walters'I think of your school as a small part, as one piece, of the beloved community, a community that is free of violence, racism, and hate. Thank you for making a lasting contribution to generations and generations of young people.' -John Lewis'Your school.is totally unique, and therefore offers incredible richness of future information for all of us who are interested in children and their education.' -Robert Coles'Differences among individuals will not, and should not, disappear; rather, they will emerge as assets, hopefully ceasing to be viewed as causes for estrangement.'-Gus TrowbridgeOn the basis of this idea, Manhattan Country School opened its doors in September 1966. Begin With a Dream traces the evolution over three decades of what has been called the nation's first realistically integrated private school. Augustus Trowbridge, its cofounder and visionary, frankly explores the politics of race, class, and gender that, at certain periods, threatened to derail the school's mission. The result is a compelling portrait of a small would-be utopia that holds lessons for us all.…

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Draven and Secore. The only thing more powerful than their hatred for each other is their hatred for what they¿ve become. Vampires. They are cursed for an eternity, enslaved to protect the innocent and hunt down the worst that humanity has to offer. For over four hundred years they have searched for a way to end this horror and have been left with only more tragedy and despair. But now a book of magic, the Daigo, has resurfaced in the mortal world, found by a young museum curator, Cynthia Larkin. She has unwittingly set into motion the end of their world. Though the Daigo may have the power to reverse the spell it also holds the key to untapped magic. That is why the evil Vampire King Dathomeer will stop at nothing to ensure its secrets are known only to him. The lines are drawn. The battle is set. The evil is real. Dathomeer will pit all his skills and an army of the supernatural against Draven and Secore. The two must protect Cynthia and the book while trying not to kill each other. With the fate of the world in their hands things just don¿t look too good for the human race.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - On a sunny day at the beach, Skye Randy discovers that the earth is inhabited by ghosts who also like beautiful places. Something follows him home and his house will never be the same as it is haunted by bizarre occurrences. The spirit is friendly and even fun at first, but soon becomes something far more dangerous and serious. The secrets that are revealed are both shocking and horrifying. When Skye figures out what it is and what it wants, his life will change forever. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Much has been written about the miners who responded to the discovery of Gold in California, yet little has been said of the church and community leaders who came along with them. The life of William Brier is a forgotten story of one pioneer and Presbyterian minister who came to California to change the newly emerging society. This biography begins with his neglected tombstone, and works backward to recreate his colorful and controversial life history. He founded over 27 churches, shaped the California school system, stood up for law and order, and protected the rights of Chinese workers.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In PSYMBOLS-Logos for the Mind, author, psychologist, and graphic artist Carl Pickhardt Ph.D. combines abstract drawings and verbal commentaries to illustrate over sixty dimensions of the human experience such as Rivalry, Loyalty, Hope, Fear, Confrontation, and Contentment. By integrating the visual representations with verbal commentaries, readers are encouraged to create personal meaning of their own, as drawings and words combine to both please the eye and provoke the mind to thought.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Ynara Diri has been searching for her son, Skaya for five years, having lost him to a disreputable batch of gamblers called the Bollen in an impossible scenario. Ynara has struggled within herself to conquer her own weakness to become the strength she will need to get him back. Now, on the verge of finding him, she gains the aid of a stranger who seems eager to help her at a duplicitous cost. The final piece she needs to get her son is an old friend who has supported her during her struggle to reunite her family. Danuno, the Bollen head of an illegal mining colony on a floating deserted rock, called Centrix has been searching for years to find an elusive prize to make him ultimate authority in the sector. With the use of slaves, he has been digging away beneath the surface of Centrix in hopes that he has finally located the source of power. Skaya's memories of his mother were deliberately damaged and deteriorated over the last five years as he finds himself maturing into manhood. The Bollen that have held him captive have done everything they can to make sure that he remains a slave to their mining community, but their efforts would not be enough. The biological modifications they made to Skaya when he was brought to Centrix would be the very undoing of the captivity to which Skaya belonged.…