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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - As an author, I feel this book has a fair amount of potential and sincerely hope that you, too, think along the same lines. This book is for you to read and mull over within your team, and ultimately I would like for it to be published and distributed for all young people to view and read.Thank you for your time, and I look forward to hearing from you very soon with your thoughts on this project.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Ursula, like any other nine-year-old, has an occasional tummy ache. Ursula's tummy aches, however, become more serious and she needs to find out what is causing her pain. This story follows Ursula through her journey with a new diagnosis. This book was written to help others understand and combat ulcerative colitis. It is written in a way that is easy for children to understand yet addresses the issues in an empathetic, compassionate, and gentle way. Illnesses can be scary. This book helps to take the fear away and helps to understand the illness, what it involves, and what to expect during the journey.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - It took me twenty-two years to write a complete book of poetry. It can't be forced; there has to be some serious emotion behind it, and this extremely intense journey-this last twenty-two years of my life-is part of the structure I am made of. Writing is in my soul. It flows so smoothly through all that I am and comes out through a pen on to a page in my book. I find my center and reorganize my goals because I am putting the best part of myself forward, knowing I am not perfect and neither is my work. The funny thing is, my biggest successes have come from overcoming my biggest fears and then realizing I found comfort and safety during the battle. So this is what you get. Just me! Only me!

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book is filled with devotionals from days 1 through 31. Every day is a fresh biblical perspective that the devotional is centered around. As you read each devotional, there will be a word of inspiration from yours truly, along with a short prayer and scripture reflection pertaining to the daily devotional.I strongly urge you to use the scripture reflections as you meditate on the Word of God. This can also be used as a way to have a personalized Bible study individually or within your religious groups. Praise is a powerful weapon that we can utilize in our daily lives. Let these devotionals serve as a form of praise and gratitude unto the Lord.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - World War II was on. Bombs were exploding over Austria, and Adele was a very young girl there. Hitler was in power. Across a big ocean and a thousand miles of land, there was a place called Texas. Paul was a Texas boy and was three years older than Adele. What could these two have in common, and how would they meet decades and a world of experiences later What important things happened in their lives before and after they met It is an amazing story!

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Love is one of the most profound, mysterious, and complicated emotions known to human beings. There are many types of love, which can be expressed in numerous ways. We seek to establish a means of relating to another to achieve deep and meaningful fulfillment that nurtures and sustains us. Love is commonly experienced by way of a romantic relationship with a partner with whom we feel compatible.Loving another has many events that can affect us several ways. We can experience joy, anguish, longing, desperation, and confusion. Love Bites illustrates the story of emotions experienced by two people who share a connection unlike any they have ever known and provides a visual perspective to explain feelings that can be difficult to express in words.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The publication The Great Barrier Beach Field Guide is the result of several years of beach surveys of the Northeast coast, Long Island, New York, New Jersey, New England, and the coastline of North and South Carolina. 'In its natural state, the barrier beach is a fascinating mixture of opposites: high and low elevations, wet and dry, hot and cold, sterile and fertile, windblown and sheltered.' It is the combination of these factors that, with a strip of land varying in width from a few thousand feet to a few hundred or less, have produced several distinct zones of flora distribution. Considering the mixture of abiotic elements of the various zones, the flora that occupy a zone must be genetically equipped to adapt or be replaced by a genetically equipped species. The environment is the selecting agent; it determines and selects the most genetically equipped to survive and perpetuate.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Geist Esser is the mystery/thriller story of the quest of Matthew Thomas and Luther St. Johns.As young boys, they find a dying man who gasps out the word 'Anima' with his last breath. That was forty years previous. Now, upon the death of their childhood buddy, they are on the quest to discover why many dying people are once again gasping out the word 'Anima' with their last breath. Their journey includes visits to the library and to a real estate office for information, where they run into someone whom they believe knows something about what is going on. They visit a church that is painted black, with red trim. They think that this place may be central to their quest. Interspersed amid their travels are the causes of the word 'Anima.' People's souls are being removed from them. The description of the soul removal operation is this: 'Suddenly, his hearing begins to disappear. When it is completely gone, immediately he hears a slurping sound like a straw sucking the last of a liquid from the bottom of a can. It ends with a hollow echoing sound. His eyes go blank like a dead man's eyes. 'If Matthew and Luther had looked at him at that moment, they would have seen his eyes grow blank and empty as if in a dead man.' The persons collecting the souls are Geist Essers-soul eaters. They look like ordinary people dressed like anyone else. For good reason, they are ordinary people like you and me. Matthew, who is a theological professor at the college, weaves pertinent theological insight, helping Luther to better understand what is going on and, more importantly, why. As the boys accumulate clues and evidences, they eventually end up in the climactic scene at the black church. Two hundred Geist Essers assemble to deliver their accumulated cache of souls, which they carry in big stainless-steel bowls. One by one, they dump the contents of the bowls into a large vat at the front of the church.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book is intended for those who feel hopeless during their times of struggles because had it not been for God on the author's side, where would she be Thus, it is an urgent call to those who do not know Christ to repent, accept Christ, and trust that God knows the plans he has for you. In this book, there will be subjects exploring an understanding of who God is, the names of God depicting his attributes, and how those names relate to God's glory and honor, along with why believers should give all glory and honor to God, not in word only but by their deeds as well.To demonstrate honor and glory to God is when one recognized that God alone is the 'only wise God' to whom all reverence belongs as he is immutable, unchangeable, and eternal. Glory and honor should be given to Jesus Christ the redeemer and mediator of the sins of the world. Thus, the author renders a testimony of who God is to her and how personally knowing Christ has affected her journey. One shows reference of God's glory by honoring and acknowledging those who are elderly, parents, and those who are given authority to watch over the souls of humanity. What does it mean to make sacrifices as glory and honor to God The book will further detail who the devil is and how he is at odds with the work of God, Christ, and human beings. Mankind created in God's image brings glory and honor to God. Thus, God grants promises, which are derived from giving glory and honor to God as revealed by sending the Holy Spirit to empower all humanity to live holy unto Christ.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Allen Beamer had been interested in New Age since he had had a few episodes where his spirit seemed to float around in his room during twilight sleep. He had noticed that while he was out of his body that he was connected to a silver cord. Sometimes he dreamed that he was flying high over his house or to places he had never been. He always seemed to wake up with a jerk and the feeling of falling. After some research on the subject, he began experimenting with what he found was called astral projection. Little did he know the dangers that he would encounter during his astral journeys and those whom he would meet on the way.He met up with a Jamaican conjurer who warned him not to project too far and told him that if his silver cord was severed he would not be able to return to his body. In one of his projections, his cord was broken, and he was caught in limbo unable to get back. Jenny, his former girlfriend, was the only other person who knew where he was. She had to make a decision whether to project herself to find him or leave him to be trapped forever to roam the earth in his spirit body. The Charleston newspaper obituaries had been full of people in a certain area of town who had just died in their sleep for apparently no reason. Was it an epidemic, or had their silver cords been broken and they could not get back.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - After I retired from working, I decided that now that my wife of thirty-nine years had passed away, I needed to relate about the events I experienced for the benefit of my children.I had been involved in working at several jobs over my lifetime, and I wanted my children to recognize what their parents had gone through. I wished my own parents had been able to relate what they had seen and experienced in their lives. But that was not to be. They were too busy trying to raise a growing family during the trying years of the Great Depression. I never agreed that there was anything great about the Depression of the 1930s. Possibly this will encourage others to take time to write of their own life for their children.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - J. G Mack, a resident of McHenry, IL. for 33 years, and retired Union Plumber. A proud father of two very successful adult children raised in McHenry as well. A US Navy vet (1974-1980) Honorable Discharge. An Academic researcher and fledgling writer. A newly published author and huge fan of the McHenry Public Library and staff.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This is the author's first venture into publishing her works. She hopes that you enjoy her day-to-day reflections on life.This is a collection of poems dedicated to her family and friends.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Tristis is a fascinating a story about a bird, a goldfinch with a brilliant human like mind who observed human activities and tried to emulate them including building a house that burned down when he tried to cook in it. He also debates with a blue bird who tries to slow him down. The story suggests that the bird took the many photos and told the author the story of the book. In reality, the very unique photos the book contains were taken by the author, my father in the 1930's using a blind and 4X6 black and white camera and wild birds that he was able to partially tame to picture them in human like activities. Tristis ultimately fails in his efforts to live like a human and the story ends with his realization that 'only by being himself could he find happiness'. - A moral that all of us could appreciate.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - James Black personifies his inner struggles, dubbing them Waldo. As he grows to understand himself, he realizes that many of his troubles stem from unresolved childhood issues. It is through a migratory trip to a world foreign to him that James is truly able to see himself as he is, reflected in his choices and situations he finds himself in and the people he attracts. Mr. Black, through an uncanny series of events, develops a close-knit relationship with his newfound friends. As he sorts through the mess inside himself, he encounters messy situations he once wallowed in. Through these relations, a wealth of memories of his checkered past are brought to the fore that not only reveals to him the key to his poor habits but provides insight to help Lorraine and Jaden through a tumultuous time in their relationship. James experiences some of the hardships that many immigrants experience. It is in these low moments that his pride is broken and he is able to see the seed of opportunity that lies in moments of hurt and failure. Through James's growth process, he wrestles with the existential questions 'Who am I ' and 'What is my purpose ' It isn't long before James Black's inward journey sets him right on his journey without. Lorraine and Jaden join him on his journey to fully understand the link between his attitude and his actions in one wild roller-coaster ride. Come along for the ride in Waldo: And the Ramblings on Man!

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - At Compass Art School, the kids are known for being creative but with the trouble triplets it is like chaos in a war zone-you never know what is gonna happen next. From guppies in the toilet to run away rats, sit back and be ready to laugh.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book is about twenty years of having a spiritualist guidance, a lifetime of accomplishments and thoughts on a spiritual power with physical nature implications.

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Every year most of all set huge goals for our lives. However only a small number of us, actually achieve those goals. Women, especially mothers struggle to set aside time and energy to dedicate to seeing their dreams come true. This book proposes a new way to go after your goals each year that is more aligned with women's natural ability to (Peaceful, Purposeful, Progress) one day at time. The author takes you through a step by step process that will allow you to become your own life coach and motivator on the journey to manifesting what you want the most.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In the twenty-first century, the residents of Canterbury Hall gathered around a table to tell each other tales just as Chaucer's pilgrims did on their way to Canterbury in the fourteenth century. Like Chaucer's stories, these fifteen tales are contemporary to their times, and sometimes the account of the persons who tell these tales are as interesting as the stories themselves. Written in Chaucer-style verse, The Canterbury Hall Tales are a treat for people, young and old, who enjoy the humor and adventure of Chaucer's stories. The author has made no attempt to capture Chaucer's bawdiness.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - King and Kyron were just average stick-up kids until one day, they stumbled across the lick of a lifetime. The best friends were not into selling drugs and would rather take money from local dealers who made their neighborhood drug infested. The two friends had to make the ultimate choice after finding out who the major plug really was. Will blood really run thicker than water, or will greed be enough to make the young goons put the murder game down.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Out of the Blue and Into the Light are stories about the six sons of Maudie and Paul Perkins. Moon over Dryden is actually the first book in the Dryden series. In it, the reader will meet Maudie and Paul and watch them from the start, putting into practice the faith they so strongly believe in.It is a story of faith-the faith of young Maudie as she calls her aunt back from death's door after childbirth and the faith of young Paul Perkins and how he wins the hand of Maudie Geibel even though her father was against their marriage. It is a story of faith when their two-year-old daughter is found floating face down in the pond. Throughout their lives, Paul and Maudie prove God's faithfulness and pass that faith on to not only their six sons and their niece, Sally Anne, whom they raised after her parents were killed in an accident, but they also witnessed and won their neighbors in the small town of Dryden, New York. It is a story of hope. No matter how dismal things look, God always has a plan. They prove in their lifetime that all things do work together for good for those who love the Lord.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book takes you on an adventure, an adventure into why you are the way you are, and hence why the world you live in is the way you perceive it. It is a challenging adventure-this seeing why you are the way you are and your world is the way it is. Most people don't care, but they end up regretting not understanding this whole business of perspective in their lives gone by. You are holding in your hands the prescription for avoiding that all-too-common regret at the end of life. Herein are the tools for understanding the one thing in your life you can do something about now-your perspective on things.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The aftermath of murder would continue to baffle me at some times and bring me to the depths of pain at other times over the years. I had to deal with distance in the family, divorce, and the loss of friendships, where people drifted away due to the inability to cope with the reality of murder. Then there were my own physical limitations to consider as I went through it all. I found that I had a need to be with other survivors and had a strong connection to other mothers who had lost children. All of this made me feel less alone in all that I was going through. Recovery does not start at the same place and neither do the stages of grief. I have had to speak openly and freely to not feel ignored in coming to grips with myself in being able to understand my own grief. I know now that murder does not just happen to other people. I had an intense need to talk about it, but I found that I could not talk about it to everyone.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This is the story of Albert Hausmann, an orphan, a brilliant boy who succeeds in becoming an obstetrician; a researcher concerned with genetic replication, for the good of humanity. One of his main goals in life is to find his mother.The National Socialistic government of Adolph Hitler grasps upon this research to perpetuate Aryans for Germany. An anti-Semitic Albert is sent, as a researcher, to a concentration camp for experiments on live subjects. He ultimately is placed in charge of a lebensborn facility (one where unwed, Aryan women are sent to have Aryan men's babies) and ends up using one of the infants, a Semitic-looking child, as a cover for escaping Germany. He does this, boards a Turkish dingy, child in hand. The unseaworthy craft is about to sink and instead of ending up in Syria as he had planned, he is picked up by a ship carrying Jews to Palestine. He remains there ultimately becoming a medical officer in Israel's defense forces. We read of the handsome Albert's affairs with women and his trials and joys in life. We realize through this life that it is one which is emblematic of forming the character he has become. He discovers his mother in Israel and realizes he is Jewish. Albert grows to love the child as if it were his own. He becomes a changed person. Ultimately, the reader may well bond with Albert in his effort to atone for his sins. The story is packed with action and suspense. It takes place in Germany, Italy, Austria, Russia, Poland, Syria and the United States.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - When a wealthy man named Vince and a lovely woman named Eliza meet at the grocery store where she's working, it's love at first sight when their eyes meet. But the more they find out about each other, the more strange and mysterious things seem to get between them and their surroundings. They begin to fall in love rather quickly regardless of each having some deep, dark secrets. Do they forgive each other when they find out each other's secrets Does she run for her life in fear of what may happen next As the relationship progresses further, their path to love may be more destructive than either could have foreseen. Their friends try to step in and help, but they only cause tumultuous waves for everyone. Can Vince and Eliza overcome the hurdles that lie ahead, or will the unforeseen forces tear them apart.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This story is set in the year 880, two years after King Alfred's famous victory over the great heathen army at Edington, which had been led by Jarl Guthrum. Until the formal peace treaty is ratified, there remains an uneasy peace between what remains of Mercia and the Saxon Christian Kingdom of Wessex and the north-eastern part of Mercia and East Anglia, now known as the Danelaw. It is ruled by Guthrum, who, on becoming a Christian, is now known as King Æthelstan. Constant raiding and fighting along the unratified borders has left England in turmoil, even with the uneasy peace between Alfred's Wessex and Guthrum's Danelaw. Raiding by Norse Vikings is still continuing all along the coast of Wessex. King Alfred has started to protect his kingdom by building fortified burhs across his lands and to build his own navy. Into this tumultuous upheaval, almost by chance, is Wulfric, the seventeen-year-old son of Earldoman Hrothwulf. Along with his friends Acca, Raulf, and Brother Cahir (a Benedictine monk), the young Saxon lord embarks on a series of adventures, which take him from a youthful life of carefree privilege into the world of violence, treachery, betrayal, and love. For the young Wulfric, the transition from youth into manhood is swift and terrifyingly brutal. Wulfric helps to save a young Norse lord named Alrik and his friend Arnkell from the wrath of his father, Hrothwulf, as he hunts down Alrik and his men.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Dylan Miller, author of this semi-fictional narrative blazes a trail through prejudicial group activity, documenting the destruction of great teachers and the crippling of a profession. The main character, Jill Franklin, is retiring after thirty-two years as a teacher in Northwest Chicago schools. You'll follow her through her last year and encounter some outrageous antics that commonly occur within the school environment. If you have ever experienced the schemes and traps that go on in a political workplace and disapprove, you'll be rewarded by reading this candid novel. Many of the villains are punished and their victims become heroes by delivering some well deserved justice. Unfortunately, injustice is more common in the real world. Whenever people are allowed to get away with devious behavior, they will take advantage. Since unprofessionalism is systematically allowed---and encouraged--- by higher ups, we often see frenzied colleagues grouping together, eagerly debasing deliberately isolated individuals. Jill and her friends exchange stories demonstrating that predator teachers spend considerable time and effort clawing and bashing for their measure of clout within the system, which gives rise to the question: who are they to judge as they spend less concentration and energy on education The author in this semi-fictional narrative has created a stunning portrayal of teachers mired in a hostile environment of political intrigue. Their savage stories will break your heart.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The morning of August 27 was like most mornings in August: very hot and humid. The residents of Saint Bernard Parish were taking care of their everyday business. The streets of our small community were filled with cars and trucks. However, on this day, there was a new concern in the minds of the people. As with every summer, it was the height of hurricane season; the months of August and September were usually very active. The local news channels had posted a hurricane warning for Louisiana and the neighboring states. I was working offshore on an oil production platform for BP. They were monitoring the situation also. I called home and asked my wife to fill the SUV with gas. This was part of our action plan when a storm was in the gulf. My wife told me she had to wait one hour before she was able to fuel up because of the long line at the pump. The Saint Bernard local government had begun their evacuation plans for the parish. BP also decided to evacuate all personnel from there platforms in the affected areas. There were many things that had to be done to prepare a production platform for an evacuation. The field I was working in had over twenty-five platforms. They quickly sent all the operators out to the platforms to tie down loose objects, close all block valves to shut down the production of the wells, and isolate any piece of production equipment that could be a threat to the environment. After a long day, it was finally time to board the boat for home. I had about a two in a half-hour drive to reach my home in Chalmette. However, there was a lot of traffic as people were beginning to evacuate their homes. The local news channel said that it was about thirty-six hours before Katrina would make landfall. The New Orleans officials were going to begin contraflow to ease the traffic during the evacuation process. What this involved was reversing the direction of lanes on several main roadways, making all the lanes flow out of the city. They were going to begin contraflow at 4 p.m. that evening. I still had an hour's drive time before reaching the parish. The possibility of getting caught up in gridlock was beginning to cross my mind. This would be a serious problem because I had many things to do to prepare for the storm. In any case, I finally made it home. I looked at the news that afternoon. Katrina's winds were about 118 miles per hour. The city parishes had issued a mandatory evacuation for all low-lying areas. Many people had begun to exit the city. I began to be complacent about evacuating. This was because the winds did not seem to be that bad, and for the past two summers, I evacuated for storms only to find everything as I left it when I returned. So the end result was I had gone on this long and tiring drive for nothing. On into the night of August 27, the more I thought about leaving, the more I just wanted to stay home. That afternoon, I had my son bring me to home depot to pick up some tin to cover my windows. By this time, it was getting late, so my wife and I turned in for the night.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - With my words here, I will attempt to share with you what life has been like for me, what feelings I was experiencing, what thoughts ran through my mind, and why I am who I am. It's only one side of the story-your mama's side. Everyone has a story.