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Super Rich: A Guide to Having it All
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From Publishers Weekly Simmons--rap impresario and founder of Def Jam Records, Phat Farm, and the Hip-Hop Summit, and with Morrow coauthor of Do You!--explores what it means to be truly rich and fulfilled through two tenets. The twin paths to enlightenment, according to Simmons, are, first, remaining fully conscious and connected to the world, and second, believing that the universe will then reward and flood you with gifts and opportunity--the second precept drawing heavily from the laws of attraction found in such books as The Secret. While these lofty ambitions may seem too fanciful, the steps are sensible and actionable. He encourages readers to re-evaluate what being prosperous means to them and incorporate giving back. Simmons urges readers to move to self-acceptance, live without regrets, and move past worry. With personal stories, he offers insight into his personal striving for peace and prosperity, and offers those willing to put in the effort an opportunity to achieve that same abundance. (Jan.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved. About the Author Dubbed the CEO of Hip-Hop by BusinessWeek , Russell Simmons is the mastermind behind many wildly successful ventures, including Def Jam Records, Phat Farm, Def Comedy Jam, and the Hip-Hop Summit Action network, which promotes empowerment in young people. Do You!: 12 Laws to Access the Power in You to Achieve Happiness and Success , was a national bestseller. He lives in New York. Chris Morrow cowrote the bestselling Do You! with Russell Simmons. He is a journalist based in Brooklyn, New York.
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It's Not Your Smarts, It's Your Schmooze
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About the Author Thomas “Ty” Freyvogel is an entrepreneur who has founded or transformed more than a dozen small and million-dollar enterprises. As the author of It's Not Your Smarts, It's Your Schmooze: How to Succeed Without Being Brilliant, and Seize the Century! Turnaround Tactics for Success, Ty travels the nation as a public speaker.
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Him
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Review Gripping, involving, heartbreaking ... really interesting and thought-provoking on the impact of shame and silence.― Laura Marshall, author of Friend Request What a wonderful debut! It was dark, addictive and ultimately heart breaking .― Ruth Hogan, author of The Keeper of Lost Things Gripping and kept me guessing - and so emotionally true .― Sophie Kinsella Him is dark, gripping, original and totally heartbreaking . Clare Empson writes like a dream: taut and sophisticated, not a word wasted. I loved this book. ― Francesca Jakobi, author of Bitter Addictive, elegant and pacey writing. Brideshead recalibrated by way of Big Little Lies .― Lex Coulton A compelling and unforgettable novel in which silence speaks louder than words and relationships are not what they seem. I was utterly gripped from the first sentence.― Elisa Lodato, author of An Unremarkable Body There are shades of Brideshead in this elegantly written novel that explores the devastating effects of a doomed love affair. A captivating read. ― Karen Perry, author of Girl Unknown A dark love story.― Daily Mail Beautiful writing, tense atmosphere, a dazzling debut .― Lara Dearman Loved this gripping, brilliant, heart-breaking and thought-provoking book.― Karen Hamilton, author of The Perfect Girlfriend Wow! Just wow! This was truly amazing! Completely adored it. ― Amanda Reynolds An addictive read.― Heat Heartbreaking and beautifully drawn. HIM stays with you long after the final page .― Victoria Selman About the Author Clare is a journalist with a background in national newspapers - small business editor, finance correspondent and fashion at the Mail on Sunday and the Daily Express, freelance for The Sunday Telegraph, The Sunday Times, the Evening Standard and Tatler amongst others. She currently works as editor/founder of experiential lifestyle website www.countrycalling.co.uk.
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Don't Mind If I Do: How To Transform Your Life With The Power of Jewish Mindfulness
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About the Author DORON LAZARUS is an ordained rabbi, author, educator, entrepreneur and sleep coach. He is the director of the J-Life Chicago. Lazarus studied Psychobiology at UCLA and has been speaking and writing on the topic of Mindfulness since 2011. He is the author of Journey Through Medical Ethics. He lives with his wife and children in Chicago.
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Ted, White, and Blue
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About the Author With over 35 million albums sold and more media face-time than most active politicians, Ted Nugent has earned his status as an American icon. A noted outdoorsman and supporter of law enforcement, Ted has been lauded for his work as a national spokesman for D.A.R.E. and the non-profit Ted Nugent Kamp for Kids. The Ted Nugent Spirit of the Wild TV Show has time and again been voted the #1 Hunting Show on the Outdoor Channel. His previous books include God, Guns, & Rock N Roll (a national bestseller), Kill It & Grill It and Bloodtrails I and II.
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MILLÓN. El juego más Crazy (Serie The Crazy Haacks)
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About the Author The Crazy Haacks es el nombre que Mateo, Hugo y Daniela Haack eligieron para su canal de YouTube en 2015. Desde entonces, estos tres divertidos hermanos acumulan más de 800 millones de visualizaciones y sus videos de retos, juegos y vlogs divierten cada día a sus más de 2 millones de suscriptores. La familia Haack cuenta también con un canal de manualidades con casi 3 millones de suscriptores y la más pequeña de los hermanos, Lady Pecas, tiene su propio canal de juguetes y aventuras con un millón de suscriptores. Son, además, embajadores de la ONG Educo en pro de la infancia, colaboran con marcas de primera línea y han sido galardonados con numerosos premios, además de aparecer recurrentemente en radio, prensa y televisión. Ahora, gracias a los libros de «The Crazy Haacks», llenos de ilustraciones y humor, la lectura se convierte en otra aventura más para disfrutar con los hermanos más locos de YouTube.
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Agency in The Hunger Games: Desire, Intent and Action in the Novels
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Review “Skillfully dissects…difficult topics in a manner that will prove thought-provoking to academics as well as engaging to non-scholarly readers”― Children’s Literature Association Quarterly About the Author Kayla Ann has taught composition courses at California Baptist University (CBU) in Riverside, California.
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Kybalion: A Study of the Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece
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From the Publisher Kessinger Publishing reprints over 1,500 similar titles all available through Amazon.com.
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The Genesis of Neo-Kantianism, 1796-1880
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Review " The Genesis of Neo-Kantianism represents another important contribution from Beiser, whose numerous lengthy tomes have done much to illuminate our understanding of German philosophy in the 18th and 19th centuries. This illumination is particularly welcome in the case of NeoKantianism, which represents a largely untrodden area of inquiry in the English-speaking world" -- Evan Clarke, Philosophy in Review "Recommended." -- Choice "...Beiser has the ability to inhabit the philosophical perspective of each thinker to such a remarkable extent" -- Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Online "Frederick Beiser's book is a valuable contribution to the revival of neo-Kantian studies characterizing the past few years: a trend that is blowing the dust off this important, yet hitherto neglected chapter of the history of philosophy. The quality of Beiser's writing is excellent throughout, showing mastery of an impressive range of sources and treating with equal competence a variety of topics in epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, and philosophy of religion." -- Journal of the History of Philosophy "Neo-Kantianism is enjoying a renaissance in a number of areas. Continuing debates about the fate of Kantian philosophy will benefit greatly from the richness of Beiser's account. Zurück zu Neukantianismus!" -- The Review of Metaphysics About the Author Frederick C. Beiser, Syracuse University, New York Frederick C. Beiser was born and raised in the US, and studied in the UK at Oriel and Wolfson Colleges, Oxford. He also studied in Germany and lived in Berlin for many years, receiving stipends from the Fritz Thyssen Stiftung and the Humboldt Stiftung. He has taught in universities across the US, and is currently Professor of Philosophy at Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York. Beiser is the author of Schiller as Philosopher (OUP, 2005), Diotima's Children (OUP, 2009), The German Historicist Tradition (OUP, 2011), and Late German Idealism (OUP, 2013).
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Turning Japanese: Expanded Edition
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Review "This book has something of [a balming] effect in its exploration of the many complexities of identity and romance." ― Publishers Weekly "Sure to resonate most strongly with females facing similar challenges of young adulthood." ― Kirkus "In Turning Japanese , Mari’s unflinching honesty, open heart, and hard-earned wisdom challenges us to embrace the unexpected detours that unfold in our own lives." -- Yumi Sakugawa, Your Illustrated Guide to Becoming One With the Universe About the Author MariNaomi (she/they) is the award-winning author and illustrator of Kiss & Tell: A Romantic Resume, Ages 0 to 22 (Harper Perennial, 2011), Dragon’s Breath and Other True Stories (2dcloud/Uncivilized Books, 2014), Turning Japanese (2dcloud, 2016), I Thought YOU Hated ME (Retrofit Comics, 2016), the Life on Earth trilogy (Graphic Universe, 2018-2020), and Dirty Produce (Workman Publishing, Nov. 2021). Their work has appeared in over eighty print publications and has been featured on websites such as The New Yorker’s Daily Shouts, The Rumpus, LA Review of Books, Midnight Breakfast and BuzzFeed, and has been translated into French (Devenir Japonaise, Editions IMHO, Feb. 2021) and Russian. MariNaomi’s comics and paintings have been featured in the Smithsonian, the de Young Museum, the Cartoon Art Museum, the Asian Art Museum, and the Japanese American Museum. In 2011 and 2018, Mari toured with the literary roadshow Sister Spit. They are the founder and administrator of the Cartoonists of Color Database, the Queer Cartoonists Database, and the Disabled Cartoonists Database. They have taught classes for the California College of the Arts Comics MFA program, and was a guest editor for PEN Illustrated. They were cohost of the Ask Bi Grlz podcast with author Myriam Gurba. MariNaomi lives in Southern California with their spouse and a menagerie of rescue cats, dogs, and butterfly babies.
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Job Bank Phoenix (9th) (PHOENIX JOBBANK)
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About the Author Adams Media provides helpful, funny, and inspiring books on a wide variety of topics, so no matter who you are, we’ve got you covered. Our editors are just like you—living, loving, and learning every day. Our personal experiences and expertise in our given book categories allow us to bring you some of the best content on the market—from parenting to relationships, to the paranormal, cooking, and humor—we cover what you care about.
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The Shady Oaks Division
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Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"From assassin retiree Jill's unconventional nocturnal habits to the seamless oscillation between her past and present, Coppa's storytelling held me captive till an unpredictable end. ⏳ A standout for its authentic dialogue, balance of action and intrigue, and an idiosyncratically flawed protagonist who makes the novel all the more compelling." - Literary Titan
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Adam's Alphabet
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Review " Adam's Alphabet is the latest children's book by Reg Down and continues to document his impressive storytelling talents. Exceptionally entertaining and original, Adam's Alphabet is especially recommended to the attention of young readers ages 7 to 12, and would prove to be a popular addition to family, school and community library collections." Midwest Book Review About the Author Reg Down grew up in Canada, Namibia, South Africa and Ireland. He trained as a eurythmist, an art of movement and gesture, in England and Germany. The father of three, he has taught eurythmy in Waldorf schools in Australia, Canada and the United States, as well as at Rudolf Steiner College in Sacramento, California. He is the author of Leaving Room for the Angels , a book on eurythmy and artistic pedagogy, Color and Gesture - the Inner Life of Color , and a novel, The Fetching of Spring . He now lives in Thornhill, Ontario, Canada after spending many years in the USA.
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Second Thoughts: Investor State Arbitration between Developed Democracies
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Book Description International investment experts provide thoughts on investor-state arbitration in Canada and other parts of the world and its place between developed democracies. About the Author Armand de Mestral is a CIGI senior fellow and professor emeritus at McGill University.
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China: Empire of Living Symbols
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Review Guardian 7/5/08 “An evocative, compelling celebration of language as a carrier of culture.” Toronto Globe & Mail 7/5/08 “[A] delightful cultural and linguistic history.” Boston Globe “Deserve[s] special mention…Lavishly illustrated.” London Review of Books , 2008 “A fascinating introduction to Chinese language and culture. Beautifully designed and illustrated with photographs, calligraphy and drawings.” Shelf Awareness’s “Top Ten of 2009,” 12/15/2009 “For those of us fascinated by Chinese, this offers detailed histories of many basic characters, showing their earliest forms, which often were representational, and their stylized modern versions.” About the Author Cecilia Lindqvist lives in Stockholm and lectures widely. She has just published a book on Chinese music.
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Astrology Gems: Aries
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About the Author Internationally known self-help author Monte Farber's inspiring guidance and empathic insights impact everyone he encounters. Amy Zerner's exquisite, one-of-a-kind spiritual couture creations and collaged fabric paintings exude her profound intuition and deep connection with archetypal stories, color, and healing energies. She sells her one-of-a-kind creations exclusively through Bergdorf Goodman in New York City. For more than thirty years Amy and Monte have combined their deep love for each other with the work of inner exploration and self-discovery to build The Enchanted World of Amy Zerner and Monte Farber: books, card decks, and oracles that have helped millions answer questions, find deeper meaning, and follow their own spiritual paths. They have sold more than 2,000,000 books around the world in fourteen languages. Together they've made their love for each other a work of art and their art the work of their lives. Their best-selling titles include The Chakra Meditation Kit, The Tarot Discovery Kit, Karma Cards, The Enchanted Spellboard, Secrets of the Fortune Bell, Little Reminders: Love & Relationships, Little Reminders: The Law of Attraction, Goddess, Guide Me!, The Animal Powers Meditation Kit, Astrology Gems, True Love Tarot, The Enchanted Tarot, The Instant Tarot Reader, The Psychic Circle, The Pathfinder Psychic Talking Board, The Truth Fairy, The Ghostwriter Automatic Writing Kit, Spirit of the Ancestors Altar Kit, The Mystic Messenger, Wish Upon A Star, The Breathe Easy Deck, The Healing Deck, Tarot Secrets and Healing Crystals. Their popular website is TheEnchantedWorld.com
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Long Dead Lover
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About the Author Born and raised in Massachusetts, Robert Boisvert has made a living as a stable manager, stockbroker, and magazine writer. Having lived in New York City, Virginia, and for short stints in France, Spain, and Portugal, he eventually settled in Charlotte, North Carolina where he works as a news anchor.
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Biodiversity and Environmental Philosophy: An Introduction (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology)
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Book Description This book explores the epistemological and ethical issues at the foundations of environmental philosophy.
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The Egyptian File
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About the Author Janis Susan May is a seventh-generation Texan and a third-generation wordsmith who writes mysteries as Janis Patterson, romances and other things as Janis Susan May, children's books as Janis Susan Patterson and scholarly works as J.S.M. Patterson. Formerly an actress and singer, a talent agent and Supervisor of Accessioning for a bio-genetic DNA testing lab, Janis has also been editor-in-chief of two multi-magazine publishing groups. She founded and was the original editor of The Newsletter of the North Texas Chapter of the American Research Center in Egypt, which for the nine years of her reign was the international organization's only monthly publication. Long interested in Egyptology, she was one of the founders of the North Texas chapter and was the closing speaker for the ARCE International Conference in Boston in 2005. Janis married for the first time when most of her contemporaries were becoming grandmothers. Her husband, a handsome Navy Captain several years younger than she, even proposed in a moonlit garden in Egypt. Janis and her husband live in Texas with an assortment of rescued furbabies. www.JanisSusanMay.com www.JanisPattersonMysteries.com
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I Should Have Written A Book: A Sailor’s Journey from Omaha Beach to Japan during World War II
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About the Author Tom Grannetino credits his father, William, for his strong work ethic and technical abilities, which have brought him great success in the construction industry as a craftsman and construction superintendent. He also spent years listening to his dad tell stories about his experiences in the US Navy during World War II. After hearing his father lament numerous times, I should have written a book, Tom decided to write the book himself for his children, grandchildren, and anyone else with an interest in military and US history.Tom describes himself as a religious person who is committed to his church, where he occasionally fills in for his Pastor leading worship and delivering the sermon. He and his wife, Kathleen, live in Palmerton, Pennsylvania, and have two daughters and five grandchildren, with whom Tom loves to share quality time with. Tom enjoys studying theology, traveling, hunting, fishing, and watching both golf and football. --This text refers to the hardcover edition.
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Opera Offstage: Passion and Politics Behind the Great Operas
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Amazon.com Review Here's the scoop on how 27 operatic classics came to be, from the inspiration for the character of Carmen to tales of a few of Richard Wagner's vicissitudes. A good choice for those who like to know the story behind the story, well-written and presented. From School Library Journal YA. History, mythology, literature, politics, even the everyday experiences of the composer?all have a part in the composition of opera, as illustrated by this engaging book. Each of the 26 chapters deals with a separate opera, and opens with a plot summary often containing photographs and other illustrative material. Those new to the subject need not fear being overwhelmed, but there is enough detail to interest even the most seasoned music buffs. For example, a chapter on Richard Strauss's Salome traces the evolution of the libretto from its inception as a play written by Oscar Wilde in a French cafe. Eight pages of references and an index make the book all the more useful.?Pamela B. Rearden, Centreville Regional Library, Fairfax County, VACopyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. Review Brener narrates background stories of 27 operas in an informative and entertaining fashion. He details the early successes, failures, and revisions of cherished operas... readers will discover in these "stories behind the stories" a lode of neglected information -From The Library Journal and Choice History, mythology, literature, politics, even the everyday experiences of the composer-all have a part in the composition of opera, as illustrated by this engaging book... there is enough detail to interest even the most seasoned music buffs. -From Pamela B.. Reardon, Centreville Regional Library, Fairfax County, VA From the Author Milton Brener's website is http//miltonbrener.com email: [email protected] Read more
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0802713130
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Fables from A to Z (From Aesop to Zuñiga)
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About the Author Luis Andrés Zúñiga was a celebrated Honduran lawyer, poet, essayist, fabulist, and playwright. His writings, poems and essays rank among the best in Central American literature. His masterpiece was The Fables, published in 1919, where he satirized the political establishment of his day. He did not realize that, with uncanny precision, he was also parodying our present-day life struggles and political conflicts. He died in 1964.
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Inside Out: A Memoir of Entering and Breaking Out of A Minneapolis Political Cult
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Review Invaluable . . . honest . . . intelligent. --Doris Lessing About the Author Alexandra Stein was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, and has also lived in England, France, and the United States. She writes creative non-fiction and is currently studying for a doctorate in sociology at the University of Minnesota. She lives in Minneapolis with her two children.
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Energy... Beyond Oil
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About the Author Dr Katherine Blundell is a Royal Society University Research Fellow and Reader in Physics at Oxford University and a Science Research Fellow at St John's College, Oxford. Her interests include extreme energy phenomena in the Universe, for example around black holes. She is frequently invited to speak at conferences and different institutes around the world and has published extensively on astrophysical jets, relativistic plasma and distant galaxies. She has co-authored the book "Concepts in Thermal Physics" (OUP, 2006) and was recently awarded a Leverhulme Prize in Astronomy & Astrophysics. Professor Fraser Armstrong is Professor of Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry, Oxford and a Fellow of St John's College. His interests are in biological chemistry, bioenergetics and in the mechanisms and exploitation of enzymes related to energy production. He has received a number of awards including the European Award for Biological Inorganic Chemistry, the Carbon Trust Innovation Award, the Max Planck Award for Frontiers in Biological Chemistry and the Royal Society of Chemistry Award for Interdisciplinary Chemistry. He travels widely giving invited lectures on topics including catalysis, bioenergetics and renewable energy.
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Born An Angel
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About the Author A former native of Germany, Bettina Walsh now lives in Saginaw, Michigan with her husband and four children. Her desire to reach out to other mothers who like herself have lost an unborn child compelled her to write her debut novel, Born an Angel.
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The 401(k) Cookbook: Investing made easy as pie!
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From the Author Do not be afraid of the most valuable benefit your employer provides. Take 15 minutes and discover how to utilize your 401(k) plan to secure your family's future. About the Author Ron's other books include "The Rollover IRA Cookbook" and "The ETF Cookbook."Ron has nearly 20 years of financial experience and is one of the most credentialed financial professionals in the country. Ron's diversified investment experience includes the management of both stock and bond portfolios. He has been the Director of Equity Research of an investment firm focusing on large and mid cap stocks and has run the equity investment division of a regional bank focusing on both active and passive-indexing stock portfolios. He has taught finance courses at North Carolina State University and Strayer University, in addition to earning the following credentials:BBA - Finance, University of OklahomaMBA - Finance & Accounting, New York UniversityCFA - Chartered Financial Analyst, CFA InstituteCPA - Certified Public Accountant, North Carolina and MarylandCFP - Certified Financial Planner, CFP Board of Standards Ron grew up in Great Falls, Montana and graduated from C.M. Russell High School. He now resides outside Raleigh, North Carolina with his wife and 6-year old boy/girl twins.
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In the Shadow of Frankenstein: Tales of the Modern Prometheus
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About the Author Stephen Jones is one of Britain's most acclaimed horror and dark fantasy writers and editors, with more than 140 books to his credit. He is a Hugo Award nominee and the winner of three World Fantasy Awards, three International Horror Guild Awards, four Bram Stoker Awards, twenty-one British Fantasy Awards, and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Horror Writers Association. You can visit his web site at www.stephenjoneseditor.com or follow him on Facebook at Stephen Jones-Editor. He lives in London, England. Review "Editor Stephen Jones has selected a stunning array of stories. In the Shadow of Frankenstein does Mary Shelley’s legacy proud." ― Diabolique Magazine " In the Shadow of Frankenstein will haunt your dreams. A first-rate example of how the creature’s heart has continued to pump life into the horror short-story genre." ― PopMatters "A superb selection of short stories." ― This Is Horror --This text refers to the hardcover edition.
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The Interpreter (Dedalus Europe)
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Review "This is more of a romp than the other two novels, more comedic, albeit a very dark kind of comedy; part investigation into the properties of language, part thriller." -- Nick Lezard's Choice in The Guardian About the Author Diego Marani was born in Ferrara in 1959. He works as the Policy Offer in charge of Cultural Diplomacy for the European Union in Brussels. He writes columns for various European newspapers about current affairs in Europanto, a language that he has invented. His collection of short stories in Europanto, Las Adventures des Inspector Cabillot has been published by Dedalus. In Italian he has published eight novels, including the highly acclaimed trilogy New Finnish Grammar, The Last of the Vostyachs, and The Interpreter and the detective novel,God's Dog.Award-winning and highly acclaimed translator from French and Italian
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The Complete Poems of Robert Southwell, S.J. : for the First Time Fully Collected and Collated With the Original and Early Editions and Mss
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About the Author Robert Southwell, SJ, was an English Jesuit priest and poet who lived from 1561–1595, when he was hanged at Tyburn. Peter Davidson is a professor of Renaissance Studies at the University of Aberdeen and the editor of The Clarendon Anthology of Seventeenth Century English Poetry, The Clarendon Poems and Translations of Sir Richard Fanshawe, and Poetry and Revolution . Anne Sweeney is the author of a published monograph on Southwell, Snow in Arcadia: Redrawing the English Lyric Landscape. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.
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Partisanas: Women in the Armed Resistance to Fascism and German Occupation (1936-1945)
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About the Author Ingrid Strobl was born in 1952 in Austria. There she studied German language, art and art history. Today, she lives as a freelance researcher and author, and for the last twenty years has been lecturing, publishing books, and making documentary films on the topic of Jewish resistance/the resistance of Jewish women against the German occupation and "Final solution." Martha Ackelsberg is a Professor of Government and a member of the Women's Studies Program Committee at Smith College, where she teaches courses in political theory, urban politics, political activism, and feminist theory. She has contributed to a variety of anthologies on women's political activism in the United States.
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Ask Others, Trust Yourself: The Entrepreneurial Woman's Key to Success
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From the Back Cover Are You Afraid to Ask for Help for Your Business? The Most Successful Entrepreneurs Have Mentors They Rely On. Here is a complete business resource guide that helps you, the small business owner/entrepreneurial woman, ask for the help you need to reach your goals and dreams. You will learn how to: · Ask for Business Advice and Help. · Listen to Others Objectively and Filter the Information Received. · Transform Criticism, Opposition, and Negativity into Positive Action. · Move Forward and Do What's Needed to Be Successful. · Get Free and Low-cost Resources to Help You Succeed. · Trust Yourself at All Times. This self-help business book helps you take a deep look at yourself and your venture. It teaches you how to ask for the business help you need to move forward! About the Author Elisa Balabram is the founder and editor of WomenandBiz.com, an online magazine for women business owners established in 2003. She is an author, business coach and speaker and was named the U.S. Small Business Administration New York District 2008 Women in Business Champion of the Year, "For significant contributions to, and dedicated support of, small businesses." Prior to moving to New York, Elisa Balabram assisted in running her family's business (Coffee shop and chocolate business) in Brazil. She holds an MBA in Entrepreneurship Management from Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College, CUNY, and a Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering.
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Firebird: He Lived for the Sunshine
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About the Author Brent McCorkle wrote and directed the film Unconditional . His previous movie, The Rift , is a metaphoric story about adoption and won the Doorpost Film Project in 2009. Brent and his wife have five children. Amy Parker has written more than twenty books for children, teens, and adults including My Christmas List , the best-selling A Night Night Prayer , and two Christian Retailing’s Best award winners. Amy and her husband have two children. Rob Corley achieved his life-long goal of becoming a Disney animator in 1990 after completing his illustration studies. Over his years at Disney, Rob had a hand in creating such Disney characters as the Rescuers Down Under , Beauty and the Beast , The Lion King , and Brother Bear . Corley is the owner of Funnypages Productions in Franklin, TN. Chuck Vollmer began working as a Disney background artist in May of 1991, and had a hand in creating Disney classics including Beauty and the Beast , The Lion King , and Lilo and Stich . Chuck works as lead staff artist at Funnypages Productions in Franklin, TN. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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The Angry Foods (Caramel Tree Readers Level 1)
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About the Author Travis Baker is an experienced ESL teacher and the author of Mike the Genius and No Eggs Maria . He adapted Puss in Boots and Rumpelstiltskin in the Caramel Tree Readers Level 2 series.
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Dylan Thomas - The Pubs
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Review Thomas fans will love this book. The color illustrations of the pubs by Wyn Thomas greatly add to its appeal. --Library Journal
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Acorn Soup
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From the Back Cover L. Frank's drawings create a whimsical, improbable, yet oddly familiar world. A descendant of the Tongva and Ajachmem people of Southern California, she works with a surgical precision and uniquely twisted sense of humor much admired by natives and non-natives alike. Her drawings address everything from creation stories to the ironies of indegenous life today, often witht he help of Coyote, California's native trickster. L. Frank's images--collected into book form for the first time--bring withthem an enticing sense of hte ancient life of native California and a taste of hte eccentric, intelligent, subtle humor that has helped it to survive to this day. About the Author L. Frank Manriquez is a member of the Tongva and Ajachamen tribes of Southern California. She is an artist and tribal scholar active in cultural and language preservation throughout California. In 1995, she was recognized by KQED as one of the "Unsung Heroes" of the San Francisco Bay Area Native American community. She is currently teaching Native American Studies at University of California at Davis, and is living in Santa Rosa.
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A Misguided Thought: A Book of Poetry
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About the Author A voice of hope and inspiration for a new generation... Jaelyn D Jordan likes to think of himself as a creative, charismatic individual who finds solace in his own writing and hopes that others will as well, as he expresses love, lust, and loss through his work. He started writing poetry at the age of sixteen and could have never guessed then that this was something he wanted to do career-wise. He has even started his own publishing lable, DJ's Legacy Inc. He prays that this time will be different; that this is his time, his blessing, and he hopes that his poetry will be touching and will help the readers just as it has carried him far in life.
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Survival at Any Cost
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About the Author Nelson Regner the author, lived in Brazil for a period of his youth, where he joined a research medical group involved in telepathy and telekinesis. He was in the field of eye care as a profession, also a private pilot and transportation. He is now retired in Florida.
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CHRISTIAN PERSONALITY THEORY: A Self Compass For Humanity
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Review "An incomparable resource for grappling with who we are and how we can be made whole." -- Gabriel Fackre, Abbot Professor of Christian Theology Emeritus , ANDOVER NEWTON THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL "I appreciate the Montgomerys' refusal to serve us either reductionist psychology or simple minded theology." -- David Bartlett, Professor Emeritus of Christian Communication , YALE UNIVERSITY DIVINITY SCHOOL "A Judeo/Christian theory of personality with the best in multi-dimensional theorizing about personhood." -- H. Newton Malony, Senior Professor of Psychology , FULLER GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGY "Dan and Kate Montgomery's Christian Personality Theory bridges the gap between personality theory and Trinitarian faith." -- Linda Marten, Psychologist, Department of Biblical Counseling , DALLAS THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY "A comprehensive theory of personality that is biblically sound, theologically insightful, and psychologically well-informed." -- Thomson K. Mathew, Dean, School of Theology & Missions , ORAL ROBERTS UNIVERSITY "An excellent example of the integration of psychology and religion from a Christian perspective. I will recommend it to colleagues and clients alike." -- Tom Plante, Professor of Psychology , SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY About the Author Dan Montgomery, Ph.D., has held dual licensure as a Psychologist and Marriage & Family Therapist for 30 years. He has taught at Pepperdine Graduate School of Psychology and the University of New Mexico. Kate Montgomery received her Master's degree in applied psychology from the University of Toronto. She has served as a professor of Human Development for 20 years. The Montgomerys' critically acclaimed Compass Series brings psychological depth to Christianity and inspires a faith-oriented life.
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Adolf Loos: Works and Projects
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About the Author Ralf Bock is an architect and has worked with Massimiliano Fuksas since 1994 on projects in Austria and Italy. He has been working on the Loos project since 2001. He lives and works in Vienna. Philippe Ruault has photographed the works of architects such as Jean Nouvel, Rem Koolhaas, Richard Rogers, and Massimiliano Fuksas. His photographs are published regularly in architectural magazines including, Domus , architecture d´ aujourd´hui , and Architecture Review .
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Wondrous One Sheet Origami (B&W Edition)
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Review Meenakshi Mukerji is one of today's masters of modular origami, designs comprised of multiple pieces of paper. In her newest book, she brings her ingenuity and creativity to designs made from a single piece of paper. Among the most appealing aspects of this book is the way she subtly manipulates a purely geometric form to fold a flower, a leaf, a butterfly, or card suits. She provides crystal-clear diagrams with lucid text. The book is worth the price of admission all on its own yielding riches in perpetuity! -- Peter Engel , author of Origami Odyssey , 10-Fold Origami , and Folding the Universe
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Dancing Through Cancer
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About the Author Laurie grew up in La Jolla, California, where she spent most of her time at the beach - swimming and watching surfers. She also loved to spend time at her aunt's ranch in Alpine where she would ride horses and climb rocks. Besides California, she has lived in Mexico, Spain, Germany, Puerto Rico, Argentina, Virginia, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and now Massachusetts. She has traveled to China, Southeast Asia, Europe, South America, the Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Morocco, Hawaii, Australia and New Zealand. Laurie attended Mary Washington College, then the University of Virginia where she graduated with a B.S. in Education. Later she attended Boston University, graduating with an M.Ed. (Masters in Psychological Education). Much later she became a Professional Certified Life Coach (PCC). Professionally she has taught high school English and Spanish and been a guidance counselor. For years she was an instructor for Outward Bound Professional Programs and for the Appalachian Mountain Club's Leadership School; she has been a career transition specialist for Lee Hecht Harrison and Right Management; she developed numerous community education programs for the Cape Ann Mental Health Center. She is a consultant and trainer who has developed many diverse programs/workshops over the years. Bi-lingual, she has taught and consulted in Spanish. Besides dancing, Laurie loves to ski, hike, bike, kayak, windsurf, and sail. Now happily single, Laurie was married for 28 years. She has two sons and three grandchildren with whom she tries to spend as much time as possible. She lives in Gloucester, MA, overlooking the ocean where she has time to write and reflect and "dance through cancer."
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The House: Sequel to The Head (The 3 H's)
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About the Author Brian Barr is an American author. Brian has been published in various short story anthologies and magazines, including New Realm, Nebula Rift, Under the Bed, Queer Sci Fi's Discovery, NonBinary Review, Dark Chapter Press's Kill for a Copy, and Mantid Magazine. Brian collaborates with another writer, Chuck Amadori, on the supernatural dark fantasy noir comic book series Empress, along with Sullivan Suad and Geraldo Filho. His first novel, Carolina Daemonic, Book 1: Confederate Shadows, was published by J. Ellington Ashton Press in 2015. His second novel is Psychological Revenge: The First Super Inc. Novel. His short story collection, Daemensions, is also available on Amazon. Amazon Author Page: http: //www.amazon.com/Brian-Barr/e/B010Y0MEJU/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1465147335&sr=8-1 Website: www.brianbarrbooks.com
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How Can One Sell the Air?: Chief Seattle's Vision
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Review Chief Seattle's impassioned plea to respect the "Sacred Web of Life" has been translated worldwide and has become a rallying cry for the environmental movement. But what did he really say? This edition features the version of Chief Seattle's speech that the Suquamish elders from Seattle's tribe include in their oral tradition, and gives valuable insight into the three most often quoted speeches attributed to Chief Seattle.. This revised edition also includes background information on Chief Seattle, the history of the region at the time, and the culture of the Suquamish then and now. Includes rare photographs from the Suquamish Tribal Archives of 19th century village life. Book Description Sets the record straight as to what the authentic version of Chief Seattle’s speech was. About the Author Eli Gifford was a teacher with an MA in US history who conducted an in-depth study on the origins of Chief Seattle's famous speech. Michael Cook was the editor of How Can One Sell The Air? . Warren Jefferson worked with the Suquamish tribe for further authenticity about the Suquamish people. Read more
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A Ho Needs 2 Stay in a Ho's Place
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About the Author Tonja Ayers owned and operated a women's store in Detroit, Michigan for 15 years before deciding to write her first book, "A Ho Needs 2 Stay in a Ho's Place" which was based upon the many stories of infidelity her customers would tell her about. Ayers decided to write books regarding the most popular discussions held between her and her customer base which led to her second book "How to Start Your Own Business", "Is Your Man Gay?" "Cheaters: The Who, What, When, Where and Why of Cheating" and her first novel; "The Apple Don't Fall Far From the Tree" with Tracee Boyd.
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Giant Humans, Tiny Worlds: Adventures in the Universe of Graphic Novels: Adventures in the Universe of Graphic Novels
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About the Author John David Ebert is a cultural critic and the author of seven previous books, including "Art After Metaphysics," "The New Media Invasion," "Post-Classic Cinema," "The Age of Catastrophe" and "Dead Celebrities, Living Icons." His video discussions of great philosophers are available on YouTube.
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Going the Other Way: Lessons from a Life In and Out of Major League Baseball
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Review "A fresh and insightful book.... Bean...excels at capturing the rhythms of the game. -- The San Francisco Chronicle "The courage Bean shows in telling his story is incredible." -- The Los Angeles Times "[Billy Beans] passionate memoir...will draw empathy even from those who are uncomfortable with homosexuality." -- Sports Illustrated About the Author Billy Bean played major-league baseball from 1987 to 1995 for the Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Dodgers, and San Diego Padres. He now lives in Miami Beach with his partner Efraîn Veiga, with whom he shares a business redeveloping residential properties, and he competes in tennis and basketball and often travels around the country playing in organized tournaments, in hopes of raising the visibility of athletes of diversity. He lives in Miami Beach. Chris Bull is the Washington correspondent for The Advocate and co-author of The Accidental Activist and Perfect Enemies.
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Saint Paul Trois Châteaux: 1948: A Novella By C. JoyBell C.
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Review "Like a dream or a trance...""...can be either frustrating, or exciting and wildly compelling for a reader.""...palpably provocative and powerful." --ForeWord Clarion Reviews"I felt as though I were a spy listening in on a personal conversation. I was able to follow the conversation and lived each emotion as the evening went on." - Tara T. For Readers Favorite"It was a perfect escape!! I found myself intrigued as each new clue was discovered." - Tara T. For Readers Favorite From the Author There is a relationship between the eye contacts we make and the perceptions that we create in our heads; a bond between the sound of another's voice and the emotions that we feel in our hearts; an affinity between our movements in space all around us and the magnetic pulls we can create between others and ourselves. All of these things (and more) make up the magic of every ordinary day. These are the white spaces in life, the spaces in between the written lines, the cracks in which the sunlight filters into. Herein is found mystery, enigma, understanding, answers. Some of us swim in the overflowing of the wine glass of life, we stand and blink our eyes in the sunlight reaching unseen places, we know where to find the white spaces, we live in magic! About the Author An American born self-taught writer of Anglo-Celtic European and Asiatic descent, C. JoyBell C. grew up in-between cultures and bridging borders, prefers the feel of airports and train stations, and is awe-inspired when exposed to unknown languages and new terrain! She is famed for her philosophical ponderings, well- known for her poetry, prose, novel writing, and loved for her genuine sincerity. In all likelihood, she is enjoying a train ride at the moment whilst wearing rose-colored glasses and munching on cherries! Read more
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The Bell, Unrung: A Novel
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About the Author Kimberly Evans grew up among the artifacts of earlier decades, spending summers in the cool dark rooms of her grandmother’s 1863 farmhouse. As a child her diversions there were solid and simple—wooden blocks, corn husk dolls, and thirty-year-old fashion magazines. She made candles, dyed eggs with onion skins, and fed hay to the neighbor’s horse through the rectangular holes in a wire fence. As an adult she studied history and economics at Smith College to better understand “why.” As an ongoing occupation she is a nosy, eavesdropping, buttinski compelled to look inside the human heart and write some stories. Ms. Evans currently lives in Savannah, GA. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.
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Freedom Over Me:: A Cherokee Boy From Slavery To Freedom
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About the Author Dr. Neil Cabe came to fiction writing after a career as a clinical counselor, primarily with children. His background as a counselor and a child of southern parents, as well as his enduring encounters with the Cherokee Indians led him to this volume. In this book, he lives through the lives of a 12-year old Cherokee slave boy and a 12-year old son of a North Georgia farmer. The boys grow up together and learn about the farm and its culture, and about Cherokee legends and culture.Together, the two boys escape the South via the Underground Railroad, on routes that are still in existence today. Luke, the Cherokee, goes to Oberlin College in Ohio, which was the first college in the United States to accept children of color. Isaac, his companion, goes north to join with the Union forces to fight against the Confederacy.
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Jacob's Choice: Return to Northkill, Book 1 Expanded Edition
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Review "Ervin Stutzman's intimately imaginative entrée into the most famous Amish experience in colonial America is woven around documented historical and geographical data. Jacob's Choice will confront readers with equally inescapable choices of our own." --John Ruth "Reviews" "In this evocative and gripping story, Ervin Stutzman details the love, the loss, and restoration of Jacob as fervently as Jacob pursued his own rebirth from the ashes of a terrible past. All of this occurs within the stunningly depicted confines of Amish life and history." --Sherry Gore "Reviews" "Stutzman's keen knowledge of time and place brings to life the Hochstetler family's testing through the Indian attack and captivity and their commitment to Anabaptist values. Nonresistance, forgiveness--and romance--are just some of the choices this most widely known family in the original pioneer Amish settlement must make." --Daniel Hochstetler "Reviews" "This novel of Amish life in eighteenth-century Pennsylvania allows us to imagine the joys, tears, doubts, and religious devotion of the earliest Amish immigrants. In retelling the story of the Hochstetler massacre, Stutzman reminds us that the family was real and that their sacrifice was both a human tragedy and a triumph of faith." --Karen Johnson-Weiner "Reviews" "Using historical facts and a vivid imagination, Ervin Stutzman does a beautiful narration of nonresistant Amish life." --Sam Stoltzfus "Reviews" About the Author Ervin Stutzman is a leader, a teacher, a writer and a life-long observer of the human longing for significance and security. He enjoys leafing through papers in historical archives, imagining the unspoken dynamics that produced those artifacts. His woodturning hobby provides a creative outlet for the desire to produce something hand held and of lasting value.
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Creating Shared Value to get Social License to Operate in the Extractive Industry: A Framework for Managing and Achieving the Social License to Operate (Emerald Points)
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About the Author Cesar Saenz , PhD, is a researcher and consultant in social management in the extractive industry. He has published many articles in international scientific journals based on his research in shared value creation and social license to operate. A Professor of the Department of Administration at ESAN University, he holds a PhD from ESADE and an MBA from ESAN University, and with student exchange in Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University of Holland. Cesar is also author of the book Return on Investment in Corporate Responsibility: Measuring the Social, Economic, and Environmental Value of Sustainable Business , (Emerald 2018). --This text refers to the hardcover edition.
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Her Secret Sons
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About the Author New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Tina Leonard has sold over 3 million books and published over seventy titles with Samhain Publishing, Harlequin Books, London Bridge, Random House Loveswept and Diversion Books. Leonard is known for her sparkling humor, endearing communities, snappy dialogue, and memorable characters that include sexy hunks with attitude and heroines with plenty of sass. Join her at tinaleonard.com, facebook.com/authortinaleonard and twitter.com/Tina_Leonard.
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The Anguished Adolescent: Enter Her Mind...
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About the Author Resylin Black is a psychological horror author who enjoys horror, psychological thrillers, creepy pastas, hard rock music, individuality and strong, good-warmhearted people. When it comes to writing, for Resylin, it is a time of therapeutic creativity, expression and passion. She loves to write about a mixture of horror, drama, thriller and deep psychological suspense, all based off of true happenstances; no story she writes is what she considers ''genuine fiction.'' She finds her occasional writer's block, due to frequent absent-mindedness to be the most challenging part of writing. As Resylin Black gets older she hopes to continue to deeply touch and interest many people with her intense and expressive works of as she calls it: ''Psychological Art.'' Her advice for her audience both young and old is: "No matter what walk of life you come from or what challenge you face, no matter how many doors are shut in your face and no matter how many bridges are burning or have been burned, never give up on yourself and settle for less in anything. Never give up on yourself and always remember to love yourself and bless others in despite of the selflessness of existence. Be original. Never fit the common mold of the world. The sun goes down for the purpose of our divinity... being or becoming a combatant is mandatory for survival. When the sun goes down again, we know how to collide with the arrows of the dawn. Persistence ignites intelligence."
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La Belle Saison: Living Off the Land in Rural France
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About the Author Patricia Atkinson has lived in south-western France for 15 years, having left her city job to work in the vineyards. Her first book, The Ripening Sun, describes her transition from novice amateur to expert, award-winning winemaker.
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Plague: A Story of Science, Rivalry, and the Scourge That Won't Go Away
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Review “In elegant prose, Marriott makes the scientific struggle emotionally compelling . . . He also brings plague into contexts that cannot help but resonate—horrifically at times—with present-day readers.” — The Portland Oregonian “Told with a zippy flair . . . Marriott makes a compelling case that an epidemic of plague could occur in New York without the assistance of terrorists.” —USA Today About the Author Edward Marriott is the author of Savage Shore (0-8050-5556-8) and The Lost Tribe (0-8050-6449-4), a New York Times Best Travel Book. A recipient of the Thomas Cook and Banff Awards, he lives in London, where he contributes regularly to the BBC, the Times , and Esquire magazine. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. From Plague :By Wednesday evening eight people were suddenly dead, although speculation had pumped this figure to nearer one hundred. To every death there was a common theme: the afflicted were all young, or at least in early middle-age. Soon there was a growing crowd outside Surat's New Civil Hospital. Wards were close to capacity, the wail of ambulance sirens was audible across town. In the main lobby a huge concrete concourse, with rusty splashes of betel phlegm along the walls—crowds were fighting to get to the drug counters. From the balcony above, a line of doctors scanned the melee: dressed head to toe in white, their faces masked, only their dark eyes visible. "As if the deaths were not bad enough," said Dr. Shailendra Vajpeyee, "no one had any idea of the cause." An emergency meeting was called. Senior doctors, surgeons and administrators argued furiously. One said it was dengue fever, another a mutant strain of malaria. A third carried news from a nearby hospital, where two more people had died, both with the same symptoms. Finally, into a room suddenly silent, one of the doctors spoke softly, with certainty. "It's the plague." Read more
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The Point of Return: A Novel
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Review “Siddhartha Deb has imagined a kind of Indian Don Quixote.” — New York Times Book Review “Magnificent.” — Booklist (starred review ) “Movingly dramatizes the immersion of individual lives in the flow of history.” — Publishers Weekly “The interplay of political events and intergenerational conflict is wonderfully portrayed.” — San Diego Union-Tribune “Deb’s touch is sure, his voice pure, his understanding faultless.” — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel About the Author Siddhartha Deb was born in northeastern India in 1970. His first novel, The Point of Return , was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. His reviews and journalism have appeared in the Boston Globe , the Guardian , The Nation , the New Statesman , and the Times Literary Supplement . He came to New York on a literary fellowship in 1998, and now divides his time between India and New York.
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Heart Mandalas: Coloring Book 1: Simple and Challenging Designs from Planet Heart, for Ages 4-10
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About the Author Tali Lehavi is a prolific inventor, writer, illustrator, jewelry and room décor designer, game inventor, nutrition educator, creator of the ballet-yoga-pilates fusion class HeartMark Yogalates, (tm) to name a few of her titles. She also cooks original recipes for her three daughters and then contributes these recipes to Iguana Magazine for children in Spanish. Lehavi's creations all come out of Planet Heart, (tm) an ideal place that she hopes will educate and inspire us to live up to on Planet Earth. For that purpose, Lehavi directed her UC Berkeley education to writing TV show episodes, a movie script, creating endearing personalities, a unique Heart vocabulary, and securing several US Patents and trademarks, including the patented and trademarked hands-creating-a-heart gesture called the HeartMark. (tm) Lehavi sends a loving HeartMark to everyone who's ever inspired her, which is everybody and everything.
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Killed In Action: The Life And Times Of Sp4 Stephen H. Warner, Draftee, Journalist And Anti-war Activist
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Review "Killed in Action is a thoroughly-researched and perceptive account of Stephen Warner's Vietnam experience." -- Testimonial, J. Roger Stemen, Professor Emeritus of History, Gettysburg College, May 8, 2003. ...superbly focused portrait of a single complex soldier...in his own mind an invulnerable observer of "America's greatest...mistake." -- Carlin Romano, Philadelphia Inquirer, April 11, 2004 From the Author Killed In Action is based primarily on Steve Warner's letters, and notebooks that he kept in 1970 and 1971. These are housed at the Musselman Library at Gettysburg College. The author also interviewed a number of individuals who knew Steve in college, law school and the Army, as well as family members. About the Author Arthur J. Amchan was drafted into the Army in 1969 after his second year of law school. He began basic training at Ft. Dix three weeks after Steve Warner and also arrived in Vietnam three weeks later. Arthur was assigned to Army Procurement Agency in Saigon from April 1970 through March 1971. He became aware of Steve Warner's compelling story in 2001 through the Gettysburg College's on-line exhibit of some of Steve's photographs. Arthur has written several other historical books that are available through Amazon.com Marketplace. These include a biography of the Civil War/Indian War hero Nelson A. Miles and "The Kaiser's Senator" an account of Sen. Robert M. LaFollette's opposition to American participation in World War I. Read more
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Called to Be Sent: Co-Missioned as Disciples Today
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About the Author Anthony J. Gittins, CSSp, is in his twenty-fourth year at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago and is currently professor of mission and culture. Born in Manchester, England, he earned an MA and PhD from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. He has taught and worked in some thirty-five countries. His pastoral outreach includes ministry in cultures from Africa to the Pacific, and work with Chicago's disenfranchised, especially homeless women. He is the author of fifteen books and numerous articles. Father Gittins also lectures and leads retreats nationally and internationally. He continues his anthropological work by spending periods of time in local churches, especially in Africa and the Central Pacific, working on inculturation by bringing learnings from cultural anthropology and theology together. His commitment to homeless women in Chicago, whose stories he told in Where There's Hope, There's Life: Women's Stories of Homelessness and Survival, is ongoing.
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Oxford Textbook of Movement Disorders (Oxford Textbooks in Clinical Neurology)
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About the Author David Burn, Professor of Movement Disorders, Clinical Ageing Research Unit, Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK David Burn is Professor of Movement Disorder Neurology at the Clinical Ageing Research Unit, Newcastle University, Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
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Exam Ref 70-339 Managing Microsoft SharePoint Server 2016
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About the Author TROY LANPHIER, MCTS, MCITP, MCP, MCSE, and Managing Consultant for Catapult Systems, is a senior-level IT professional with extensive infrastructure, architecture, and design experience. As a long-standing member of the computer geek community, he has been hooked on computers since 1980, when his father brought home a brand new TRS-80 microcomputer (and the all-important TRS-80 computer cassette recorder for storing bits of BASIC language code). Troy has been involved in enterprise server infrastructure design since the mid-1990s, when Banyan VINES, DEC Alpha, Novell Netware, SGI Indy, and Windows NT 3.1 servers roamed the IT world. Since the early 2000s, he has been training, working on, or writing about Windows server technologies, including the Microsoft SharePoint family of technologies (since the 2003 beta). When he’s not working on (or writing about) SharePoint, Troy enjoys spending time restoring vintage cars and motorcycles, playing video games with his daughters Samantha and Katherine, browsing antiques with his wife Marlene, and collecting Hot Wheels and Star Wars memorabilia.
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30 Days In Belfast
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Review "Gordon's novel will attract romance lovers of every stripe, especially those who prefer a bit of mystery and drama." — Kirkus Reviews "Gordon's debut offers readers a winning combination of intrigue and romance, revealed slowly through the lens of opulent travel and luxurious living." — BookLife Review "I loved the relationships between the characters, the storyline was heartwarming and after a while, I couldn't put it down. Would definitely recommend!" — LoveReading, starred review About the Author Rita Gordon is a California native who resides in the SF Bay Area, where she earned her Bachelor's Degree in I/O Psychology from San Francisco State University. She is an avid reader and has amassed an extensive collection of books that fill the rooms of her house. When not reading and writing, she spends her time traveling, drawing flower designs for future coloring book projects, or volunteering in her community.
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Grandes esperanzas
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Book Description Una ingeniosa novela, mezcla de ironía, realismo y misterio del gran maestro de la novela victoriana. About the Author Charles Dickens (Portsmuth, 1812 – Gadshill, 1870) ha llegado hasta nosotros como el autor más importante e influyente de la literatura victoriana. Sus obras y su peripecia personal, íntimamente relacionadas, plasmaron no sólo el pulso social de su época, también el terrible estado moral de una sociedad atrapada en la desigualdad y las convenciones. Dickens experimentó la miseria, el éxito popular, la cárcel, el hambre... sólo logró cumplir con el más íntimo de sus anhelos, la libertad, entregándose a la literatura. Aunque muchas de sus obras gozaron de un extraordinario favor popular, baste decir que muchas de ellas fueron publicadas por entregas, en formato folletín; serían las críticas entusiastas de George Gissing y G. K. Chesterton las que encumbrarían a Dickens como el autor más importante de la literatura inglesa del siglo XIX.
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The Essentials of Florida Mental Health Law: A Straightforward Guide for Clinicians of All Disciplines (Norton Professional Books)
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About the Author Stephen H. Behnke, J.D., Ph.D. , is Director of the Program in the Practice of Scientific Investigation at the Harvard Medical School Division of Medical Ethics. He is on the Psychology Faculty of the Massachusetts Mental Health Center, and an Instructor in Psychology in the Harvard Medical School Department of Psychiatry. Alina M. Perez, J.D., L.C.S.W. , is in private law practice in Miami, Florida. Bruce J. Winick, J.D. , is Professor of Law at the University of Miami School of Law since 1974, and co-founder of the school of social inquiry known as therapeutic jurisprudence. He has authored and edited numerous books, including most recently, The Right to Refuse Mental Health Treatment and Therapeutic Jurispreudence Applied: Essays on Mental Health Law .
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Millennialism: The Two Major Views
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About the Author Charles Lee Feinberg (1909-1995) was dean emeritus of Talbot Theological Seminary. He was born and reared in an orthodox Jewish home and studied for 14 years preparing for the rabbinate. After his conversion, he received a Th.D. degree from Dallas Theological Seminary and a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Feinberg was well known throughout the world as an outstanding authority on Judaism and is a popular Bible conference speaker and lecturer. He authored 11 books, contributed articles to Moody Monthly, Bibliotheca Sacra and other publications, and wrote portions of the IVCF Bible Dictionary, Wycliffe Bible Encyclopedia and Commentary, and the Zondervan Bible Encyclopedia. He served on the Scripture Translation Committee of the Lockman Foundation and for 12 years was a member of the Scofield Reference Bible Revision Committee.
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The Clairvoyant Path: Follow Your Inner Wisdom to Healing, Empowerment & Change
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About the Author Michelle DesPres (Fort Collins, CO) is a clairvoyant medium with a private practice. She gives readings, teaches classes and workshops, and provides seasonal energetic forecasts. DesPres is the former host of Insight, a community talk-radio show dedicated to providing a conscious perspective on today’s issues.
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PHPList 2 E-mail Campaign Manager
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About the Author David Young Ankur Patel David Young's first experience in documenting the open source world was the official 2003 manual for JAJC, a popular jabber client, which he authored in XML using Docbook. He followed this with the development of "Bandersnatch", the whimsically named Jabber message logger, which remains the de facto open source platform for recording and archiving messages on a Jabber server. After founding and successfully running an open source consulting company ("Funky Penguin") for several years, David "retired" to full-time employment. David now works for a respected New Zealand IT consulting firm (Prophecy Networks Ltd) and pursues the odd "Funky Penguin" project in his spare time.
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Disciple's Quest: The Adventure Begins
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From the Author The purpose of these books is to bring Glory and Honor to our Lord Jesus Christ, while holding up His word as our supreme guide in life. For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God which brings salvation to all those who believe... Romans 1:16
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Victor Boys: True Stories from Forty Memorable Years of the Last V Bomber (The Jet Age Series)
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Review "Blackman builds a compelling case for the Victor as the most successful of the V-Force platforms." Air Power History About the Author Tony Blackman has spent his life in the aircraft industry as a test pilot, as an avionics specialist and then on the Board of UK Civil Aviation Authority as the Technical Member.
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Bruised and Beautiful: My Soul's Journey from Privilege to Prison to Peace
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About the Author Allison Doan was born and raised in Dallas Texas, where she continues her battle with cancer and lives with her husband Keith. She has two children, Megan and Grant, and two step-sons, Daniel and Peter. Allison is an advocate for lung cancer research.
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Haunted Richmond: The Shadows of Shockoe (Haunted America)
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About the Author Scott and Sandi Bergman own and operate the Haunted Richmond Ghost Tour & Haunted attraction, which combines walking ghost tours and a haunted theatre. Both Scott and Sandi are members of the Virginia Historical Society and the International Association of Haunted Attractions and have a close working relationship with the Poe Museum. In the past, Scott and Sandi worked together to adapt several of Poe's stories for a presentation in the Haunts of Richmond attraction and the Poe Museum.
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Success Journal: Tools for Empowering Women
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About the Author Having experienced many of the same situations as those of my clients, I am compassionate about the issues facing women today. I have found my creative outlets in presenting educational curriculum regarding natural health, developing and implementing programs designed to empower women and to further their professional development, facilitating community outreach programs, creating, marketing, and distributing environmental products throughout the U.S., and writing books, blogging, and speaking for women's empowerment, natural health, and environmental awareness and conservation.
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Forever Since An Apple
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About the Author ABOUT KEN Ken Welsch has worked as a writer in southeast Michigan since 1994. As a news reporter, his work has been published in numerous publications, including the Detroit News, Bay City Times and News-Herald. He has also worked as a copywriter for ad agencies Team Detroit and the Detroit Media Partnership. Born and raised in suburban Detroit, Ken studied journalism and creative writing at Central Michigan University in Mt. Pleasant, a campus and town that provided the inspiration for the fictional Great Lakes University and Wanishing in "Forever Since An Apple." He currently lives in Trenton, Michigan, with his wife and three children.
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Unmoored: Coming of Age in Troubled Waters
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Review JR Roessl’s fascinating book about the years her family traveled the sea on a homemade boat is much more than the memoir of a sailing adventure; it’s an explosively rendered family drama, a deeply honest coming of age story, but perhaps, more than anything, it’s the wonderful debut of a writer with an urgent voice, ironic sense of humor, and a beautiful ear for dialogue. If I could say one thing to the author of Unmoored, it would simply be, 'More, please. More.' -- Michael Zam, writer/co-creator of FEUD: Bette and Joan The fantasy of sailing a beautiful homebuilt schooner around the world obsesses a troubled father in this gritty memoir recounting how a brave sixteen-year-old, her mother, and her sisters crewed Heritage, a vessel that would become a crucible of overcoming. -- Toby Neal, author of Freckled: A Memoir of Growing Up Wild in Hawaii and the Paradise Crime mysteries "J.R. Roessl unflinchingly turns the traditional family sailing saga on its head. Months of hardship at sea don’t coalesce into emotional bonds. Instead, as a sixteen year old, the author faces down the truth that she must dig deep within herself to untether from a splintered family dream veering disastrously off course." — Cynthia Barrett, author of Three Sheets to the Wind: The Nautical Origins of Everyday Expressions About the Author For more than thirty years, J. R. Roessl traveled the world, working as a model and commercial actor, before settling in the Hudson Valley to raise her family. She is a graduate of New York University, where she studied creative writing; Unmoored is her debut memoir. She currently resides with her husband and daughter in Pittsburgh. You can connect with J. R. Roessl through Facebook (@jrroessl), Instagram (@jr.roessl), and her website, www.jrroessl.com. To contact J. R. for book club events or speaking engagements, you can reach her through her website.
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1493069950
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Intercessory Worship: Combining Worship & Prayer to Touch the Heart of God
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About the Author DICK EASTMAN is international president of Every Home for Christ, a global evangelism ministry that has planted over 2.3 billion gospel messages home by home in 194 nations. His books on prayer, evangelism and Christian growth have sold more than 3 million copies worldwide. Dick also serves as president of Americas National Prayer Committee.
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0830760571
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El Cuadro de Mando Integral: The Balanced Scoreboard
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Review "El Cuadro de Mando Integral puede revolucionar el trabajo controller y los sistemas de información de la dirección. Es un libro de los que marcan época.""Kaplan y Norton presentan una innovadora perspectiva de gestión que puede utilizarse para traducir la estrategia de crecimiento a términos operativos. Representa el inicio de una amplia y proesable teoría de gobierno y ejercicio del poder.""El Cuadro de Mando Integral presenta un modelo de aplicación eminentemente práctica y basado en múltiples experiencias que nos permite coordinar la reflexión estratégica con la implantación a corto plazo del control y evaluación de resultados.""Quienes se sintieron atraídos por el carácter rupturista del libro anterior del profesor Kaplan, Relevance Lost: The Rise and Fall of Management Accounting, verán en el Cuadro de Mando Integral el mejor ejemplo de creatividad en la búsqueda de soluciones." Book Description El libro de referencia sobre la estrategia empresarial About the Author David P. Norton es fundador de Palladium Group. Comenzó su carrera académica en el Polytechnic Institute de Worcester donde se licenció en Ingeniería Eléctrica. Tiene también un máster en Investigación de Operaciones del Florida Institute of Technology, un MBA de la Florida State University y un doctorado en Administración de Empresas por la Harvard Business School. Son coautores de los bestsellers El Cuadro de Mando Integral (2000), Mapas estratégicos (2004) y Alignment (2006), todos ellos publicados por Gestión 2000.Robert S. Kaplan es profesor emérito de Desarrollo del Liderazgo en la Harvard Business School. Anteriormente pasó dieciséis años en la Graduate School of Industrial Administration de la Universidad Carnegie-Mellon, donde ocupó el cargo de decano de 1977 a 1983. Kaplan se licenció en Ingeniería Eléctrica por el MIT y tiene un doctorado en Investigación de Operaciones por la Universidad de Cornell. Read more
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8498750482
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Ghost of the Forbidden City (Keiko Kenzo STEM Travel Adventure Series)
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Review The book is entertaining with its mysteries, eeriness, and educational content. The author weaves mystery into the school trip, making it an adventurous yet informative storybook for children. There are a lot of interesting facts about the places in China that the children visit, yet at the same time the book keeps readers glued till the end with the ghost and haunted parts. The illustrations are mysterious, like the stories, and they breathe life into the story and characters. The educational content makes it a good book for all school and children's libraries, and the mystery part makes it good for classroom read aloud sessions as it tells children about China and the important things to see there. - Readers' Favorite 5 star review by Mamta Madhavan
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1523215852
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Magical Midlife Madness (1)
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About the Author K.F. Breene is a Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Washington Post, and Amazon Charts bestselling author of paranormal romance, urban fantasy, and fantasy novels. With over four million books sold, when she's not penning stories about magic and what goes bump in the night, she's sipping wine and planning shenanigans. She lives in Northern California with her husband, two children and out of work treadmill.
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Algebra (Pure and Applied Mathematics: A Wiley Series of Texts, Monographs and Tracts)
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From the Back Cover "A one-of-a-kind introduction to abstract algebra. Does the world need another algebra book? Yes, if it is as clearly written and succinctly presented as this one. Addressing the needs of students at the senior/graduate level as well as mathematicians in the market for a comprehensive reference, Algebra combines an exceptionally accessible discussion of the basics with a remarkably thorough and well-organized treatment. Readers can pick and choose from a broad array of important topics, learn how various concepts relate to one another, and acquire a sense of the scope and thrust of contemporary algebra as well as its practical application. Under major headings devoted to groups, rings, fields, rings and modules, and other structures such as universal algebras, categories, and lattices, this unique resource: Features a careful selection of important examples. Incorporates exercises that help develop research skills. Shows how results in one area have applications in another. Promotes conceptual understanding of the field as a whole. Provides appendices on numbers and set theory. About the Author PIERRE GRILLET is an alumnus of the Ecole Normale Supérieure and a Professor of Mathematics at Tulane University. His main areas of research are the structure and construction of semigroups, category theory, universal algebra, and lattices. He has published more than sixty research papers and monographs, and has written two books.
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0471252433
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The Final Cut
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Review "The twists to the story are nonstop, and the characters sparkle like precious stones...One of the best thrillers of the year."--The Associated Press "Fast-paced and action-packed, with the promise of romance to come, this entertaining thriller merges fact and fiction to superb effect."--"Library Journal "(starred review) "A fantastic thriller...an exciting page turner."--"Tulsa World" "Coulter and Ellison have created a new son of Bond licensed to shine in future thrillers. Genre fans will find the action nonstop."--"Kirkus Reviews" "A thriller that manages to be both intricate and full of jaw-dropping action sequences...Drummond connects in entertaining fashion with Coulter's main series heroes, FBI agents Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock...Ingenious disguises, daring bluffs, and hair-breadth escapes add to the fun of the chase."--"Publishers Weekly" "Coulter and Ellison do an excellent job blending their writing styles in this pulse-pounding novel and have produced an outstanding chase thriller that is riveting from beginning to end. This could be the start of a great partnership!"--"RT Book Reviews" (4 1/2 stars) "I think Drummond and Caine will probably be an entertaining series...a fun tale."--criminalelement.com About the Author Catherine Coulter is the author of the "New York Times"-bestselling FBI thrillers "The Cove, The Maze, The Target, The Edge, Riptide, Hemlock Bay, Eleventh Hour, Blindside, Blowout, Point Blank, Double Take, TailSpin, KnockOut, Whiplash, Split Second, Backfire" and "Bombshell." She lives in Sausalito, CA. J.T. Ellison is the bestselling author of nine critically acclaimed novels, including "Edge of Black" and "A Deeper Darkness," and her work has been published in over twenty countries. Her novel "The Cold Room" won the ITW Thriller Award for Best Paperback Original and "Where All The Dead Lie" was a RITA(R) Nominee for Best Romantic Suspense. She lives in Nashville with her husband.
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The Future of Public Employee Retirement Systems (Pension Research Council Series)
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About the Author Olivia S. Mitchell is the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans Professor of Insurance and Risk Management, the Executive Director of the Pension Research Council, and the Director of the Boettner Center on Pensions and Retirement Research at the Wharton School. Concurrently Dr. Mitchell is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and a Co-Investigator for the AHEAD/Health and Retirement Studies at the University of Michigan. Dr. Mitchell's main areas of research and teaching are private and public insurance, risk management, public finance and labor markets, and compensation and pensions, with a US and an international focus. She received the B.A. in Economics from Harvard University and the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Gary Anderson is a consultant on public pension issues; previously he served as Executive Director of the Texas Municipal Retirement system which covers municipal employees and retirees for many Texas cities. He is also an Advisory Board member of Wharton's Pension Research Council, and he served with the National Association of State Retirement Administrators and the Government Finance Officers Association. He received the BA in Political Science from Texas A&M University, and the MA in Public Management from the University of Houston-Clear Lake City.
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0199573344
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Postcards from Vermont
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Review "This sixty-three page volume delivers just what its title advertises: a series of postcards, sent by Nichols from his future wife's grandmother's Vermont farmhouse to publisher Griff Williams in San Francisco. The artist, the short intro explains, was there preparing for his wedding, painting the house and dredging a pond. The seemingly offhanded missives, some reproduced close to actual size, are drawn on index cards, tabbed manila folders, sandpaper, floral greeting cards, and various other bits of paper- whatever Nichols could find on the farm. All the images and notes are inspired by the mundane and the modest. One appears to be a grocery list: LEMONS, ICE, MATCHES, WHISKEY; others consist of charming non sequiturs like WATERFALLS ETC, and EATING AFTER EATING, all either scrawled quickly or written more intentially in block letters. The rest are drawings of insects, flora, and colorful abstract forms. In concept, if not in form, Nichols's project echoes On Kawara's "I Am Still Alive" postcards by whimsical way of American backroads..." '...Postcards exudes a folksy conceptual simplicity that is echoed in Nichols's other work, which takes visual form directly on gallery walls or as framed works on paper.' - Glen Helfand --Art on Paper About the Author Tucker Nichols (born May 14, 1970) is an American artist. His artwork usually involves drawing on paper or directly on walls and windows. Common themes include found text, buildings, branches, bottles and other ambiguous remnants of our everyday world. He has a BA from Brown University and an MA from Yale University, both in the history of Chinese Painting. He lives near San Francisco.
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0977744213
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Teleworld (Colorworld)
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About the Author North Carolina is my homeland. But North Dakota is my heartland. I've lived in all kinds of places from east to west, hold a Bachelors in Computer Science and a Masters in Psychology. 4 kids. A husband, aka boyfriend, aka bearded hunk of manliness, aka love of my life. And then there was writing... Make no mistake, I am obsessed with writing. It kind of crept up on me a few years ago. Before that, I think I just didn't have much to say. Mostly I was just a reader back then. I've never really been a book worm. I'm an addict. There is no such thing as a few chapters before bed in my world. I can't put the thing down and when and if I manage to, I wake up way too early to finish, my kids barely get fed that day, and my house is a dump. I think I need a reading buddy to call me up at night and ask me if I made it home. So I write mostly now. Because at least then I can feel like I am accomplishing something. And it turns on the lights inside, because writing is the process of taking your soul out and examining it more closely. And that's me. I'm a regular person like you just trying to get her soul on paper.
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The Magicians' Card
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About the Author Lori Zuppinger is a fantasy writer and historian, from Toronto, Canada. In her non-writing free time, she goes to a lot of concerts, plays a lot of board games, and wears a lot of knee socks.
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Miranda
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About the Author Ayrich Mutch lives in Utah, nestled in the Rocky Mountains, a stone’s throw from the NSA’s not-so-secret Data Centre, and a few miles from the Dugway proving grounds. This is just where all good conspiracy theories should come from. Ayrich began writing in 2001, seeking to bring cohesion to some very eclectic (and improbable) theories regarding illuminate and conspiracy. This field has always interested him with its mythical, grandiose, and magnetic qualities. He spent many years working as senior management for enterprise level data storage companies where he gained insight into the workings of corporate America. Many of the concepts used in his writing are inspired from this environment. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.
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The Shadow Thieves (2) (Rules for Thieves)
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About the Author Alexandra Ott holds a BA in English from the University of Tulsa. She currently lives in Oklahoma with her tiny canine overlord. She is the author of the Rules for Thieves and Seekers of the Wild Realm series. Visit her online at AlexandraOtt.com and on Twitter at @Alexandra_Ott. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. The Shadow Thieves
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Death on Northeast Cape
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About the Author Michael Lewis McPherson began his career as a professional actor, director, and writer. He has written several plays and short stories, but Death on Northeast Cape is his first foray into mystery fiction. He is happily married and a staunch animal lover and defender. He served as a theater professor at California State University, Loyola University, and Pasadena Community College.
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1480891444
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Homework Helpers: Chemistry
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About the Author Greg Curran is the author of Homework Helpers: Chemistry (Career Press). He has a B.A. in biology and psychology from SUNY-Purchase and an M.S. in curriculum and teaching from Fordham University. He has been teaching science for 15 years, and currently serves as chairman of the Science Department at Fordham Preparatory School. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.
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Pecado original (Spanish Edition)
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Book Description La agente Faith Mitchell llega tarde a todos sitios. Se suponía que tenía que recoger a su bebé a mediodía, pero no para de llamar a su madre a casa y no le responde. Evelyn Mitchell, capitana de la policía de Atlanta ya retirada nunca sale de casa sin decirle a alguien adónde va, especialmente si está cuidando de su nieto. La preocupación de Faith se intensifica después de horas de llamadas sin respuesta? About the Author Karin Slaughter es autora de varias series superventas de novelas criminales situadas todas ellas en el Sur de los Estados Unidos. Como buena residente de Atlanta que es, divide su tiempo entre la cocina y la sala de estar.
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8499187498
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Horror Video Games: Essays on the Fusion of Fear and Play
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From the Inside Flap In this in-depth critical and theoretical analysis of the horror genre in video games, 14 essays explore the cultural underpinnings of horror's allure for gamers and the evolution of "survival" themes. The techniques and story effects of specific games such as Resident Evil, Call of Cthulhu, and Silent Hill are examined individually. From the Back Cover In this in-depth critical and theoretical analysis of the horror genre in video games, 14 essays explore the cultural underpinnings of horror's allure for gamers and the evolution of "survival" themes. The techniques and story effects of specific games such as Resident Evil, Call of Cthulhu, and Silent Hill are examined individually. About the Author Bernard Perron is a professor of film and game studies at the University of Montreal. He has edited, co-edited and written many essays and books on film and video game theories as well as on horror films and horror video games. Read more
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0786441976
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Silver Spire: A Nero Wolfe Mystery (The Nero Wolfe Mysteries)
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Review "It's time to state the blasphemous but no-less-obvious truth: Goldsborough does a better job with Archie Goodwin, Nero Wolfe, and company than did their creator, Rex Stout." -- "Booklist" "Wolfe's chef, Fritz Brenner, NYPD homicide detective Lionel Cramer, and fully realized minor characters flesh out this brisk and beguiling page-turner." -- "Publishers Weekly"
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1799908445
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William Speirs Bruce: Forgotten Polar Hero
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About the Author Isobel P. Williams is a retired Medical Consultant Physician who has gone on to become a widely respected author, cruise speaker and lecturer on polar matters. Her work includes biographies of Edward Wilson and Edgar Evans. She lectures regularly on Shackleton, Wilson Edgar Evans, Bruce, Mawson, also on Antarctic subjects and has published papers on these great men.John Dudeney spent 40 years as a research scientist and then as the Deputy Director of the British Antarctic Survey. He travelled to Antarctica often and and spent two winters there in the late 1960s. In retirement he has become engaged in research on the political history of Antarctica from the 1880s through to the present day. He has published several papers in recent years that have looked at myths that surround the British explorers of the heroic age, with emphasis on Shackleton and Bruce. He lectures widely on Antarctic matters, including annual visits to Antarctic as a historian/guide. --This text refers to the hardcover edition. Review 'This book reminds us of William Speirs Bruce's outstanding contributions in the Heroic Age of exploration both in science and to British policy for Antarctica. He was in advance of his time in exploring and charting both Polar regions; in the south he focused purely on scientific advance without commercial emphasis, whilst in the north he promoted controlled exploration of its resources whilst combining this with wildlife protection. It is an excellent read!'--Sir Ranulph Fiennes --This text refers to the hardcover edition.
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B07BRN6FBP
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Moving Experiences
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About the Author Bill Rhodes completed his PhD at Kansas State University and his post-doctorate at the University of Florida, before beginning his career as a plant breeder with Clemson University. During his career, he worked in China-first as a consultant for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, and then returning to China several times as a consultant for Chinese academic and business institutions. After his retirement in 2002, he abandoned technical writing to write about the human experience and to enjoy life in the beautiful Ozark Mountains of Arkansas. He has three children and four grandchildren.
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Geist and Zeitgeist: The Spirit in an Unspiritual Age
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From Publishers Weekly Though best known to American scholars as an unsung master novelist (The Death of Virgil; The Sleepwalkers), Austrian-born Broch (1886-1951) also penned challenging, provocative essays. The six collected here, among the few to have been translated into English, represent the dominant themes in Broch's writings. For most of his life, the author concerned himself with the role of art in an era he felt was undergoing a "dissolution of values." Indeed, all but one of these essays are based on Broch's belief that Western culture had lost its unifying value-set, and was thus floundering, ethically and esthetically, as it waited for the emergence of another prevalent set of values. Not surprisingly, he champions art that represents universal human experience; he repeatedly cites James Joyce's Ulysses as being uniquely of its time, even as it revived the principles of Homeric myth. In "Evil in the Value-System of Art," Broch argues that kitsch, because it is imitative rather than original and seeks beauty rather than truth, is "the evil in art." Broch's ideas and ideals are nothing if not rarified, but the rigor of his thought and the strength of his belief in art's ability-duty, even-to restore a culture's universal mythic knowledge is striking. Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. Review "Broch is the greatest novelist European literature has provided since Joyce." -- George Steiner About the Author Hermann Broch was born in Vienna to a prosperous Jewish family in 1886. At the age of 41 he sold his family business and devoted himself to the study of philosophy and mathematics and began a career as a writer. Having escaped from Germany just before the outbreak of the Second World War, he lived most of the rest of his life in the United States. He died in New Haven in 1951. Read more
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Federal Tax Study Manual (2018)
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About the Author Edward C. Foth, Ph.D., CPA, is an Associate Professor and Administrator of the Master of Science in Taxation Program at DePaul University. He is a contributing author to the CCH Federal Taxation: Basic Principles and CCH Federal Taxation: Comprehensive Topics textbooks, and co-author of CCH's S Corporations Guide tax research subscription service. He is also a contributing author to Delaney's CPA Examination Review.
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080804625X
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Swimming Pools: Design and Construction, Fourth Edition
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Review `...an excellent starting point for anybody involved in the design, construction or maintenance of swimming pools.' ASI Journal December 2000 `...cover many common construction programmes in a clear concise manner.' ASI Journal December 2000 `...This book is truly a valuable, comprehensive standard reference on the topic.' Concrete November/December 2000 About the Author Philip H. Perkins
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0419235906
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The Fume in the Tomb (Ready-For-Chapters)
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About the Author Katherine Pebley O'Neal has written many magazine stories for children and one other book, in addition to the Stink Squad series. She has even been a fifth-grade teacher. Her favorite smells are fresh flowers, new rubber tires, and cinnamon apple cider. She lives in Colorado with her husband, three sons, and daughter. They all think odors are funny, especially the ones they create themselves.
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0689857039
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An Outline Of 19th Century European Painting: From David Through Cezanne
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About the Author Lorenz Eitner is Osgood hooker Professor of Fine Art emeritus at Stanford University.
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0064302237
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Crank
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Review “With pitch perfect tones, inflections, and emotions, Flanagan is as poetic in her narration of Kristina's story as Hopkins is in telling it.” ( Publishers Weekly )“[Hopkins] creates a world nearly as consuming and disturbing as the titular drug.” ( Klaitt )“The characters are relevant and interesting and the story gives readers an opportunity to dip below surface appearances.” ( School Library Journal )“Hopkins creates compelling characters in horrific situations.”
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1598877526
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HAFIZ: TONGUE OF THE HIDDEN A Selection of Ghazals from his Divan
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About the Author Paul Smith is a poet, author and translator of over 80 books of Sufi poets of Persian, Arabic, Urdu, Turkish and other languages including Hafiz, Sadi, Nizami, Rumi, 'Attar, Sana'i, Jahan Khatun, Obeyd Zakani, Mu'in, Amir Khusrau, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Khayyam, Hallaj, Rudaki, Yunus Emre, Lalla Ded, Mu'in, Majnun, Mahsati and many others, as well as his own poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, kids books and a dozen screenplays. --This text refers to the paperback edition.
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B008DY2JW2
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