Xlibris us nov 2012 (101 Ergebnisse)

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - You don't feel well, so you call your doctor and get put on hold. The first available appointment is in three weeks. They ask about insurance. You tell them, 'HMO.' It is now four weeks. You quickly say, 'PPO.' It's back to three weeks. You plead and then yell. They say next week, angrily. You are now afraid they will mark your file and give you expired drugs made for rabid cows. You mention lawsuit. They'll squeeze you in tomorrow. You arrive fifteen minutes early, wait three hours, and see the doctor for two minutes. The prescription drug you get keeps you in the bathroom. Your insurance refuses to pay. Collectors call. You now have high blood pressure, so you call your doctor. You're put on hold. The first available appointment is in three weeks.Hassles like these are inherent in the idiocy, incompetence, and illogical nature of America's health-care system. Author Bruce Abrahams is not a doctor; instead, he's a person with so many medical conditions that his medical alert bracelet simply states, 'Never mind.' As a perennial patient, Abrahams shares embarrassing anecdotes and provides valuable tips in dealing with health-care difficulties for both healthy and 'health-challenged' individuals. While carefully dissecting common difficulties using humor, Abrahams explores how to take charge of your health care. Prescription for Laughter offers practical advice from a patient's perspective that will keep you laughing as you successfully navigate a complicated health-care system.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Influx into the Choctaw Nation in the late nineteenth century included the development of a town that began when a wheel-less boxcar was left beside the KATY railroad tracks. That town is Durant.The Catholic Church received a visible, permanent status in Durant with the establishment of Saint Catherine's Mission. The mission became a parish in 1912 with the assignment of a resident pastor. By the middle of the twentieth century, new facilities were necessary and, when a new church was built, the name of the parish was changed to Saint William.The author sketches the history of Saint Catherine's and Saint William's from its beginnings to the present day, which is the centennial of the congregation's status as a parish. Not only are the clergy and religious who served the people featured, issues faced over the years are detailed. Also, a few of those laypersons whose support escapes the anonymity normally afforded the congregants are mentioned.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Validation of Existence is a collection of writings by four different authors covering different aspects of living. D. J. Blue, the main author, contributes a variety of writings, some auto-biographical, some social commentary. Xetteangel makes her debut with a series of poems and free verse. Slyme also contributes a few writings of his own. S. K. Black rounds out the guest writer's section with a collection of poems. Put them all together and you have a tapestry of life's experiences and emotions, expressed in different ways and from different viewpoints, the end result being.a validation of existence.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In the year 1900 the German Mathematician David Hilbert gave a curious address in Paris, at the meeting of the 2nd International Congress of Mathematicians - he titled his address 'Mathematical Problems'. In it, he emphasized the importance of taking on challenging problems for maintaining the progress and development of mathematics. The problems numbered 1, 2, and 10 which concern mathematical logic and which gave birth to what is called the entscheidungsproblem or the decision problem were eventually solved though in the negative by Alonzo Church and Alan Turing in their famous Church-Turing thesis. The later Turing and Gumanski's attempts are criticized as inadequate or doubtful. So the decision problem is still unsolved in the positive. This book provides a positive solution using what the author calls the General Theory of Effectively Provable Function (GEP). Tremendous insights on computer development and evolution also come to light in this research. Obviously, this book is an audacious attempt to solve a problem that has lasted for more than a century and defied the best minds of logic's greatest era.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - At the age of fifty, Bob is in his prime. Being a journalist for a leading paper takes him around the world uncovering some of the most dangerous stories in history, but nothing could prepare him for the journey he's about to take. While driving his Jaguar down a straight stretch, he sees a shadow on the road. Not knowing what it is, he swerves to the left then looses control. He is taken to the nearest hospital where he receives four units of blood and undergoes surgery for the broken bones. Several days later, he notices a small change in his personality. Over the next four months, he continues to change into someone he doesn't know. He questions is it because he realizes he's not immortal or is it from the blood he received With the help of a friend who works in the blood donor department, he researches case after case of donors and recipients. His findings are alarming. It becomes apparent that his research wasn't meant to be uncovered. Someone who has way too much to lose has to eliminate him before any information can be revealed. Has he discovered the means to create a super human being.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - When soon after I started to meditate, I seemed to find myself inside of the beautiful birds body, flying so free. It was a beautiful feeling, the feeling of free flight, and I was able to fly wherever I wished and when suddenly I returned to my own body, there underneath the tree, I felt like a new person. I felt as if I was one with all that surrounded me in nature. The Fearless Falcon Where time is lost and truth begins, the chains are finally broken. All without you find within, once scarred and tangled, now silken. The worldly lust that pained once so, seems now just an ancient token. The Fearless Falcon flies so high, True love can never be broken. I read 'Cochise' and I congratulate John!' 'Cochise' is free, beautiful, interesting and full of surprises. It is sensitive and able to fully convey the spirit of an era, the hippie generation. An enjoyable universal crossroad, John Leslie Fultz, Cochise for European basketball fans, is a psychedelic author, who writes as creatively as he scored baskets. His college rivalry with the great Julius 'Dr. J' Erving, adventures with the late, great John Belushi, his friendship with Italian singers Vasco Rossi and Lucio Dalla and his teammates, Claude English and Dino Meneghin are all included! Luca Maggitti- Journalist and Writer. Conducts basketball TV programs. Journalist for Il Tempo since 2001. 'They Called Me Kociss' is an intense, fast paced, vibrant story. It is pure, sincere and honest like the man who decided to write it always was both during happy and difficult times. A great and important message that should be beneficial to the new generation. It is story that is not only for those who love basketball! Marco Tarozzi -Won Coni- USSI's Award as 'Sports Writer of the Year' (2004).…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - For women of all ages, whether married, single, a mother or not, S.O.U.L. Mama is about what happens when you wake up to a life that doesn't seem to be your own. It no longer fits. It is the realization that it's not the life you want. Vidette shares her personal story of finding herself unfulfilled as a corporate employee, a mother of two young children, and a wife. One devastating night changed the trajectory of her life and awakened her to the realization that she no longer wanted the life she had. But what happens when you wake up to that realization, yet you have a life organized around you that you can't walk away from Use S.O.U.L. Mama to:\* Create an epic revolution in your life.\* Discover daily principles and tools to use to permanently make every day an experience of an epic life.\* Create and enjoy healthier relationships, more purpose in your life, more money, and successfully transform your life from ordinaryto extraordinary.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Canyon Song is a story of the four journeys Jonah Stone must take to find his true identity and higher self. In having to find the Old Man, to find the cause of the canyon song that threatens The Project, Jonah Stone must also find the cause of the demons within the canyons of his own mind.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In the beginning, there is an almighty power, known by the name the Lord God, his royal majesty. His greatest creation, Lucifer, stands on his right and is the almighty's go-to divine servant. The almighty does ask Lucifer to complete many tasks, such as creating the heavens and the earth. But Lucifer also has a few ideas of his own, some of which are cause for speculation.In The Greatest Fall from Grace, the most devilish character in history experiences mind-bending adventures through time and space, breaching heavenly and hellish bodies both physical and otherworldly. Lucifer understands that being the first of anything is difficult, but being the first created to fall from grace is even more difficult. Trying to redeem himself and trying hard not to fall in love, are challenges he faces.This drama follows Lucifer through his life's adventures and answers the question of whether or not he, the others, and earth will survive the catastrophes this universe and beyond can create.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Family man Jason Corliss is a small-town banker who is making every attempt to stay sane despite his rat race through life. Seemingly self-assured, Jason is good at putting up a front. Deep inside, he knows he is unhappy, but he has no idea how to make it better. But when a traumatic personal experience forces him to question his rather unenthusiastic views about God and his church, Jason embarks on an unorthodox prayer journey in an attempt to uncover meaning in his life.With guidance from his pastor, Jason begins praying every night. While perched in a leather chair in his den, Jason closes his eyes, opens his heart, and pours out his questions, fears, and hopes to a spiritual being he is not even sure is there. As God gently places new thoughts, ideas, and understandings in his mind, Jason asks God to help give him a new start, to fill the emptiness in his soul, and to help him find the purpose of his life.In this compelling spiritual story, a man desperate to confront the issues in his life turns to faithful prayer for the answers, ultimately remaking not only his life, but the lives of those who love him.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Emotions in Rhyme is not only a book of poetry that encompasses life over a span of many years but also includes a true and compassionate accounting of a horror that should have never happened to one of our older citizens. There will be poems - perhaps many, that will touch your life in some way and may leave you with a feeling that you are not alone. In other words, you may find yourself in a poem or two! There are poems that deal with life and some have good advice for those who are looking for an answer! There are few solutions but no lack of encouragement.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Food, Family, and DysFUNction: A Second Helping is another amazing journey through the life of Sofia Azzerella. Sofia is a thirty-something Italian-American woman. Her life has been full of ups and downs. Now, life is better than ever! She is doing well in her professional life (co-operating her family-owned produce company), and her personal life. She has even learned to bob and weave her way through the drama of her hilariously dysfunctional family. She has two quirky, yet fun best friends who she happily shares everything with, and she has a hot new beau! Sofia and her two besties take a well-deserved road trip. It is on this trip that the girls meet a seemingly vulnerable woman. Sofia believes that she and this woman can help each other. But can they Has she made a mistake in bringing this woman into her home Watch as her past, present, and future unfold in an explosive showdown. Fasten your seatbelt for this hilarious yet touching ride through crazy town. To catch up on Sofia's adventures, be sure to check out the first of this series, Food, Family, and DysFUNction. You can follow M. Angelina on Facebook.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Lora Davies is beyond frustrated with the singles scene. After dating for years without success, she contacts her old college flame, Ken Howard, to confess that she still has feelings for him. With encouragement from herfriends Katie, Sandra, and Keisha, Lora prepares to travel to Los Angeles in an attempt to capture his heart once again. A few days later, as she settles into her airplane seat, Lora knows she has just taken the first step in becoming closer to the man she has secretly admired for almost a decade. But what if he does not feel the same way Katie's life seems perfect from a distance, but she is harboring a horrible secret from her friends. Trapped in an abusive marriage, Katie keeps her troubles quiet for fear of scaring her friends into making commitments. Yet as the secrets of her marital woes are revealed, a tragedy strikes that causes all the women to carefully examine their own relationships and discover that fantasies can never resemble real life.In this contemporary romance novel, four women determined not to part ways or live miles apart follow their hearts to a new territory where they hope to find solace, peace, joy, laughter, and, most of all, true love.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Increase our joy;Push aside our anger.Learn perfect love for one and each other;Eliminate the sorrows that the desire toCoexist may grow strong, oh so strong-thatHate will have no place among we.Even that we may find untold pleasuresIn coexistence with one and the other! YourBrother or sister.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - AS A CHILD I WAS SOMEWHAT aware of the differences between colored life and white life but it was not so much based on race, I thought is was just the way it was. I lived in the ghetto and white children lived in the suburbs. I'd seen the way they lived when a gang of us would take our shovels and ride the bus to the suburbs to shovel snow for a quarter a yard. Beautiful houses and yards and white kids who didn't have to shovel, just watched us from their windows do the work. The differences were magnified when we saw television and especially the commercials where white women dressed in bright clothes just to mop the beautiful floors in their beautiful homes, or stand at the door and wave goodbye to their men going off to work in suits and ties and wide brimmed felt hats. I thought the most beautiful houses in the world were those houses we shoveled snow from the 200 feet driveways in Shaker Heights. The houses, mansions, were huge white siding mansions with black Shutters on the windows; maybe one hundred windows, or so it seemed. The roofs were black asphalt shingles which set the house off even more than the dozens of trees, mostly pine, around the property. The lawns were so big you could play Hide the paddle, or It and never be found just hiding behind those massive trees. The grass, yes grass, in the yards looked like it had been carpeted with each blade the same height. In the winter the grass would be so white and pure looking you would think it was painted by Thomas Kinkade.…

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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Insubordination in the Garden of Eden: Ripple Effects on Human Posterity, this is an expository and a must read account of a detailed Bible content discussion of varied human disobedience to God. The aim is not judgmental. Rather, it is an alert signal for the readers to brace up because the days are evil. Therefore, we, believers really need to prove ourselves much better than most of those people we read about in the Bible. Among the topics discussed in this book are as follows: ¿ Origin of unyielding woman¿ Adam and Eve lost their Apartment¿ Germination of the first fruit of the Garden of Eden¿ The best among the worsts¿ Actions of the New breed on the new Universe¿ The Adulterous Generation¿ Household of Isaac and family politics¿ The wave of immorality in Jacob's family¿ Jesus remains a mystery to many, even to His Own disciples and to today's Christians.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Fire and Stone is another collection of poems by Diana Prince.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - We all have choices to make. What we sometimes fail to realize is that with each choice comes a consequence.Eric Daniels has put together a short compilation of his life story, the choices he made, and the life he has led as a result of those choices. Some choices were good ones and some were not so good, but each choice taught a lesson.If the reader takes even a few of these lessons and applies them to their own life, then the time spent reading this book will be more than worth it. In all, Daniels has 105 lessons.All the lessons keep bringing the reader back to the biggest lesson of all; 'The Choices We Make, Dictate The Life We Lead.'Serious, funny, sad, and extremely real, this life story will keep you entertained as you learn what choices are all about.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Mia Perrone is a New York horticulturist and sometimes clairvoyant, who consults for the NYPD. For the most part, she's helped on routine cases, but when asked to assist on a homicide strange visions start to appear leading her into a world she'd never believed existed, not even in New York. Detective Jayson Thorten is the lead on a serial homicide case and needs Mia's help to find a killer. However, when an unusual autopsy report and a past he's been hiding from begin to surface, he's forced to handle more than just catching a killer. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Vacation is a fictional story that is filled with drama about a young family that goes on vacation for the first time. The Father [Collins] works, and his wife [Lanette] is a stay-at-home Mom,who watches over their grammar school age daughter [Cassey],and son[ Sam]. While on the road to their destination,tragedy strikes the Family,and their whole world is turned upside down. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Imagine growing up in small Indiana towns in the 1940s in a very strict religious family and then realizing at the age of six that there was something sexually 'wrong' with you. You had no name for it, and you didn't really understand it, but you knew it all the same. By the time you were seven and eight years old, you heard adults talk about sexual perversion and teenagers using the terms 'faggot' or 'queer' as if they were describing the plague. But you knew deep inside it was you they were talking about!Then skip forward a few years when you felt compelled to find someone else like you. You knew you couldn't be the only one, and you didn't think you could survive on erotic dreams or daydreaming. And so you began to sexually experiment with older men who called themselves queer, but you knew it didn't describe you.Then, at age seventeen, you found yourself in your first small gay bar, where you finally discovered you weren't the only one like you on this planet!But when your mother discovered you'd been invited to a gay party, she told you that you would burn in hell if you didn't become heterosexual.And that was just the beginning.Following My Path is the true account of the author discovering who he was and all the things that happened along the way. Some of the things are serious, and some are funny, but all are interesting and vital to understanding what many gay people have had to endure.Reading Following My Path may:\* change your mind about whether being gay is a choice or not;\* make you see gay people differently and with more understanding, particularly those who are older and in the closet longer;\* teach you to love your children unconditionally, even if there are parts of them you can't understand or accept;\* teach you not to lay guilt trips on your children; and\* teach gay LGBT people not to leave God out of their lives, as we, too, are made in his image, and he wants us to lead happy and fulfilling lives.Following My Path is the author's confirmation in his belief in God and his comfort with being an 'outed,' gay Christian. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The 'relationships' picture in America is not pretty. People don't cry out loud about it the way they did a few decades ago. But, if asked, almost anyone can cite the going divorce rate. Young, old, male, female agree generally that a healthy, long-term relationship is as'.hard to find as good help' these days. Why is this so Do things have to be this way Is this situation beyond cure or correction; is the remedy too complex, too costly Is it Me Or Is It You tackles all of these questions in a way that can best be described as an act of bravery. It plays the 'blame game' without hesitation and points fingers without pity. And, as the title implies, it challenges the accused, abused, and aggrieved alike to consider whether a behavior or attitude change is warranted. Fast-paced and easy-to-read, the volume is part observations, analysis, and advice. Some of each element appears in all six chapters to clarify, instruct, amuse, and -admittedly at times- to serve as a red flag in the face of the already agitated. Always, the author's aim- to keep hope alive or create it where needed - is stated or hinted. Because of its no-holds-barred tone, Is It Me Or Is It You readily gives rise to two questions about the author: What do you know and why do you care The author's views and advice are drawn from personal experience- some dire and tragic-- as a husband and family man- and from a wide-range of interactions as a businessman called upon to serve as s role model and Christian confidant to hundreds of the young and not-so-young over the years. His 'knowledge' about relationships began with the hardnosed rules of a rigid step-mother; it includes the experience of a marriage that ended in the untimely death of his first wife shortly after the birth of their first child and subsequent marriage that remains 'the delight of his life' after more than 21 years. He is 68, the father of 4 and the author of a precious book, The Real Deal About Real Estate: No Crap (AuthorHouse, 2007).…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - American Heartland flows from the Midwestern childhood of the author who learned the values of loyalty, bravery, and honesty with love for God and country. LTC Peterson's poetry is a unique portrayal of those values, as a substantive down to earth word painting, but with a transcending perspective, yet substantive down to earth painting with words everyone can unequalled by modern poets. His down to earth prose combined with his acumen, wit, and wisdom is comparable to Benjamin Franklin in Poor Richard's Almanac. Like Longfellow he portrays a nostalgic past and like Poe, Roy's mystic moments in Fall Fantasy are seductive. Two sections of humor, however, set him apart as a poet for the ages.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Something is happening in the small town of Blackford, Indiana, that no one expected. Not just death, but brutal killings, and the criminals are still out there. At the same time, mysterious strangers renovate an old house and are welcomed to the neighborhood. Now the people of Blackford are beginning to wonder if there is a connection between all of these strange events. Who will survive The Trench Coat Killer.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book is 10 years in the making and was conceived out of watching the experiences of people, and the resultant effects of those experiences. As a theologian, Bishop Wilson, was able to capture or relate theses issues with Naomi in the book of Ruth. Do life's negative experiences make us, 'bitter or better' As individuals read this book, many bottled up feelings will become unlocked and freedom will take place as people honestly reflect upon how life experiences have negatively affected them. The good news is wherever one finds himself; this book provides not only a diagnosis of the problem but also a clear direction on how to get back on the right track in life.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Essence of this BookThis book is about losing that very very special loved one in your life! Sometimes it's more that one person you have lost to the monster of death. However, as Christians we are promised victory over death, even as our forerunner Jesus Christ - having conquered death through his all powerful resurrection, which assures us of victory over death as well.Knowing this gives us hope as we look upon the frail body of the one we love so dear, as they venture through the pathway to death's awaiting arms. We are comforted in the fact that Jesus takes away the 'sting' of death for all His children, though to us it looks excruciatingly painful, ugly, gross, and so very unlovely.The great monstrosity death with a all that it has brought to us in life as Christians shall be 'swallowed up' in victory! And we all shall shout even as our LORD! O grave where is 'thy' victory! O' death! Where is thy 'sting' But thanks be to God Who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Corinthians 15.51-58). This book reveals the happiness and joy you can have even though sickness, pain, heartache, lonely nights, suffering, loss of a dear loved one in this life, yet, in spite of it all you can live the victorious life because you are in the everlasting hand and arms of your loving savior Jesus Christ. (John 10.28 & 29, Deut. 33.27).Friend, God is our 'dwelling place' and underneath us are His everlasting arms of love, even in our trouble and trials that strength and love remains. I saw that in losing two wives one to Lupus, and one to breast cancer. Yet their joy and victory stayed intact and remained. Both were awesome women of God in this 21st century.Read on and be immensely blessed by their lives and their circumstances as they eventually faced what many are facing throughout America, the world, and perhaps in your family. the monstrosity called death. God gives victory, joy, peace, care, and love, amidst the pain and sorrow we face. He is a loving God. He is a caring God. He is the omnipotent God, from all our births until we all reach immortality at His coming through His Son Jesus Christ!The author, L.D. Hunter. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In this second collection of poems, author Alise Versella takes to the mirror. Self reflecting on the images of herself, her world, and the person who was once a part of it. In beautiful prose she shatters the mirror and lets us read through the pieces. Undoubtedly bringing to light the very images we all wake up every morning to face.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Recipe for Matrimonial Magic And Mayonnaise1 cup of a groom who spends his wedding night in jail, ¿ cup of a grandmother whose magic recipes attract older suitors and encourage young lovers, Add 3 Tablespoons of a malicious neighbor intent on political mayhem Stir in four young lovers, a Texas judge, a heart doctor and a smart, young computer executive. Mix thoroughly all ingredients and bake in Iowa at a spring temperature. Turn out on a platter on a beach in the summer or by a fire in the winter and read this humorous novel based on an extended Iowa family and exploring the truth that when you visit heaven or a farm or house in Iowa you will be offered food. If no food is offered, then you are not in heaven and certainly not in Iowa! Enjoy.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Can a naive southern girl and single mother of three sons thrive in the glamorous world of the rich and famous Can she survive the seedy world of meth addicts to protect the lives of five beautiful, innocent little girls Can she do all this while traveling the world and protecting her own family It will surprise you what a tiny, headstrong Irish woman can accomplish when she is forced to confront evil.Go with the Author to tour the world and meet famous actors at the Hollywood Studios. Then take a roller coaster ride from hell with violent meth addicts and doped up crooked cops and judges. It's a ride you won't want to miss.…