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The Collective
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The political environment of earth in 2169 has altered greatly from that of the time of Apollo 11. The early 21st century saw total economic collapse of many governments and the religious wars around 2030 resulted in social and economic realignment on a global scale. The remnants of the western democracies formed the Western Republic, the socialist regions formed the Peoples Confederation, and the Islamic Theocracies formed the Muslim Empire. The Western Republic was economically the strongest and funded the expedition to begin manned exploration and colonization of the solar neighbors. Epsilon Eridani is not the absolute closest (at 10.5 light years) but holds the most promising planet for colonization in near space. The 5th planet in the system, code named Eden for the expedition, appears to be a near perfect twin to Earth in astronomical studies. Additionally no electromagnetic signals have been detected from the region and so it is assumed holds no technology. Perfect planet for colonization by a population tired from years of conflict. No open wars but a very tense relationship with military often on high alert and small “incidents” are common.
CentCom’s worst fears were confirmed as suicide attacks and mines were used in an all-out effort to stop the Republic’s Gravity Drive Ship from leaving the solar system. The heroic efforts and sacrifice of the escort ships managed to safely see the Columbia on her way. On arrival to the Epsilon Eridani system the crew was relieved the long voyage was nearly over until they were attacked and barely survived a nuclear missile attack from Eden. Still sensing no electronic emissions from the planet, and indeed there was no propulsion or telemetry from the missiles, the crew are baffled and dejected until the Collective makes contact with Glory Callaghan, in her dreams. Would this be the start of an alliance or another enemy?

Exploring Personal Genomics
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essential component of the inevitable transition towards personalized health and medicine. As the medical establishment begins to explore and evaluate the role of personal genomics in health and medicine, both clinicians and patients alike will gain from becoming well versed in both the power and the
pitfalls of personal genomic information. Furthermore, it is likely that all students of the biomedical sciences will soon be required to gain crucial understanding in the emerging field of personal genomics.
Exploring Personal Genomics provides a novel, inquiry-based approach to the understanding and interpretation of the practical, medical, physiological, and societal aspects of personal genomic information. The material is presented in two parts: the first provides readers of all backgrounds with a fundamental understanding of the biology of human genomes, information on how to obtain and understand digital representations of personal genomic data, tools and techniques for exploring the
personal genomics of ancestry and genealogy, discovery and interpretation of genetic trait associations, and the role of personal genomics in drug response. The second part offers more advanced readers an understanding of the science, tools, and techniques for investigating interactions between a personal
genome and the environment, connecting DNA to physiology, and assessing rare variants and structural variation.
This book aims to support undergraduate and graduate studies in medicine, genetics, molecular biology, and bioinformatics. Additionally, the design of the content is such that medical practitioners, professionals working in the biomedical sciences or related fields, and motivated lay individuals interested in exploring their personal genetic data should find it relevant and approachable.

What Has Nature Ever Done for Us?: How Money Really Does Grow on Trees
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Global Entrepreneurship: Environment and Strategy
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Nir Kshetri’s Global Entrepreneurship: Environment and Strategy provides a window into the economic, political, cultural, geographical, and technological environments that affect entrepreneurs as they exploit opportunities and create value in economies across the world.
The book begins with a discussion of the theories, concepts, indicators, and measurements that impact entrepreneurship differently in different regions. From there, it offers helpful insights into global variations in entrepreneurial ecosystems and finance. Kshetri methodically examines entrepreneurship patterns in diverse economies through the lenses of economic system, political system, culture and religion, and geography (both by country and continent).
Offering case studies at the end of each chapter illustrating concepts learned, as well as three detailed cases in an appendix for broader reflection, the book also includes online data resources, and international business planning support, making it a valuable resource for students in entrepreneurship, and international business classes.

The Attachment Pregnancy: The Ultimate Guide to Bonding with Your Baby
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Studies have shown that parents have more influence over their child, both emotionally and physically, during pregnancy and the first years after birth than at any other point in life. With The Attachment Pregnancy, you will learn how to use this important time to form a deeper connection and introduce your child to a loving environment--even before birth. Childbirth experts Tracy Wilson Peters and Laurel Wilson guide you through each stage of development with advice for providing consistent and nurturing care as your baby grows, so that you can ensure that every need is always met.
From the moment your child is conceived to the day of delivery, The Attachment Pregnancy shows you how to strengthen your bond and give your baby the best life possible from the very beginning.

The Enlightened Organization: Executive Tools and Techniques from the World of Organizational Psychology
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Leadership from the Frontline: The Battle Against Management
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Champion of Simplexity® – “the art of creating a leadership environment in which elite performance reveals itself” – Dr Paul Thomas believes true democracy, freedom, creativity and trust need to be at the heart of every organisation for it to flourish, maximise efficiency and profits, and continue to exist in the 21st century and beyond. Only in this sort of environment will people excel and great leaders truly exist.

Agile Selling: Get Up to Speed Quickly in Today's Ever-Changing Sales World
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When salespeople are promoted, switch jobs, or face new business conditions, they need to learn lots of new information and skills quickly. It’s a daunting task, compounded by the fact that they’re under intense pressure to deliver immediate results.
What sales guru Jill Konrath calls agile selling is the ability to quickly learn all this new info and then leverage it for maximum impact. Having an agile mind-set, one that keeps you going through challenging times, is the crucial starting point. You also need a rapid-learning plan that helps you establish situational credibility with your targeted or existing customers in just thirty days.
In Agile Selling, you’ll discover numerous strategies to help you:
• Pinpoint “must know now” information and skills
• Home in on the business case for making a change
• Ferret out the most effective sales approaches
• Find fresh solutions to problems you’re facing
• Maximize your productivity
The result? You’ll become an overnight sales expert, slashing your path to proficiency. Today’s savvy, well-educated prospects expect you to be a knowledgeable resource from the first minute of your relationship. If you’re not, they’re unforgiving.
That’s why getting off to a fast start is so important. In changing times, your short-term success determines your long-term success. Yet few companies have implemented a sales onboarding plan to ensure that this happens. Most sellers are on their own to learn by osmosis, shadow an experienced rep, or go through a few days of training. Those strategies simply don’t work anymore!
In Agile Selling you’ll discover exactly what you need to do to be successful in the shortest possible time. If you want a no-nonsense guide to unleashing your untapped sales potential, this is it.

Flotilla
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Jim learns what hard work and responsibility mean while learning the ropes of a dangerous, lonely job. He is often at the mercy of Rick and his hustling friends. Daily adventures and brushes with death give Jim the chance to grow up and screw up. His new home serves as both the classroom and crucible he needs to put his past behind him. At the same time, the Colony is also a dangerous ecosystem. Drug-dealing, human trafficking and gambling create fortunes that people will lie, cheat and kill to protect. Jim doesn’t know how his father is connected but there are many signs that Rick isn’t there just for the free Scuba lessons.
The tension explodes when a terrorist attack hits nearby Los Angeles. Jim and his sister Nancy are safe for the moment aboard the Colony but Rick is drafted and taken ashore. Now the kids are left helpless to deal with angry drug pirates and crooked cops. Will Jim be able save himself and his sister? Is doing the right thing always the right choice? The answer will keep fans of Blade Runner, The Hunger Games and Firefly hooked until the last page.
Flotilla has already captured the hearts of readers worldwide as its issues are real and relevant to many young people who are growing up in today's risk-filled environment. This is a whirlwind adventure over two summers that paints a vivid picture of adventure and hardship. It is also a deeply moving look at the impact of sustainable technology on some hilariously dysfunctional, flawed characters. Readers are finding Flotilla to be a stirring coming-of-age tale that brings together fathers and sons and conquers loss through courage and inner strength.

HAB 12 (Scrapyard Ship)
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The Scrapyard Ship sci-fi "cliff-hanger" adventures continue with HAB 12, the second book in the series:
Captain Jason Reynolds faces new challenges, not only on Earth but from the far side of the universe as well. The only way to stop the Craing this time will be to square off with them on their home turf.
Jason's been informed that three powerful Craing warships, having similar technology as The Lilly, will soon be en route to Earth. The Alliance must destroy the Craing's wormhole means of distant space travel to avert Earth's total annihilation. Unfortunately, there's no way to reach the Craing worlds in time, at least not through conventional means.
It's up to Jason and his hand-picked assault team to traverse, by advanced phase-shifting means, through the hazardous environment of HAB 12. This is an adventure fraught with carnivores of a Jurassic Age magnitude, and a terrain so deadly that turning back may be their only hope of survival.
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Don't be surprised by cliff-hanger endings. I'll do my best to keep Scrapyard Ship as well as the Tapped In series books coming so you wont have long to wait for the next book. Enjoy!

Sophomore Sucks (Fanged School Series)
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Friending some unlikely people – they helped us on my quest to prove that my bestie was still alive and kicking.
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Plutopia: Nuclear Families, Atomic Cities, and the Great Soviet and American Plutonium Disasters
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In Plutopia, Brown draws on official records and dozens of interviews to tell the extraordinary stories of Richland, Washington and Ozersk, Russia-the first two cities in the world to produce plutonium. To contain secrets, American and Soviet leaders created plutopias--communities of nuclear families living in highly-subsidized, limited-access atomic cities. Fully employed and medically monitored, the residents of Richland and Ozersk enjoyed all the pleasures of consumer society, while nearby, migrants, prisoners, and soldiers were banned from plutopia--they lived in temporary "staging grounds" and often performed the most dangerous work at the plant. Brown shows that the plants' segregation of permanent and temporary workers and of nuclear and non-nuclear zones created a bubble of immunity, where dumps and accidents were glossed over and plant managers freely embezzled and polluted. In four decades, the Hanford plant near Richland and the Maiak plant near Ozersk each issued at least 200 million curies of radioactive isotopes into the surrounding environment--equaling four Chernobyls--laying waste to hundreds of square miles and contaminating rivers, fields, forests, and food supplies. Because of the decades of secrecy, downwind and downriver neighbors of the plutonium plants had difficulty proving what they suspected, that the rash of illnesses, cancers, and birth defects in their communities were caused by the plants' radioactive emissions. Plutopia was successful because in its zoned-off isolation it appeared to deliver the promises of the American dream and Soviet communism; in reality, it concealed disasters that remain highly unstable and threatening today.
An untold and profoundly important piece of Cold War history, Plutopia invites readers to consider the nuclear footprint left by the arms race and the enormous price of paying for it.

The Naked Future: What Happens in a World That Anticipates Your Every Move?
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In the past, the future was opaque—the territory of fortune-tellers, gurus, and dubious local TV weathermen. But thanks to recent advances in computing and the reams of data we create through smartphone and Internet use, prediction models for individual behavior grow smarter and more sophisticated by the day. Whom you should marry, whether you’ll commit a crime or fall victim to one, if you’ll contract a specific strain of flu—even your precise location at any given moment years into the future—are becoming easily accessible facts. The naked future is upon us, and the implications are staggering.
Patrick Tucker draws on stories from health care to urban planning to online dating to reveal the shape of a future that’s ever more certain. In these pages you’ll meet scientists and inventors who can predict your behavior based on your friends’ Twitter updates. They are also hacking the New York City sewer system to predict environmental conditions, anticipating how much the weather a year from now will cost an individual farmer, figuring out the time of day you’re most likely to slip back into a bad habit, and guessing how well you’ll do on a test before you take it. You’ll learn how social networks like Facebook are using your data to turn you into an advertisement and why the winning formula for a blockbuster movie is more predictable than ever.
The rise of big data and predictive analytics means that governments and corporations are becoming much more effective at accomplishing their goals and at much less cost. Tucker knows that’s not always a good thing. But he also shows how we’ve gained tremendous benefits that we have yet to fully realize.
Thanks to the increased power of predictive science, we’ll be better able to stay healthy, invest our savings more wisely, learn faster and more efficiently, buy a house in the right neighborhood at the right time, avoid crime, thwart terrorists, and mitigate the consequences of natural disasters. What happens in a future that anticipates your every move? The surprising answer: we’ll live better as a result.

Thinfluence: Thin-flu-ence (noun) the powerful and surprising effect friends, family, work, and environment have on weight
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How to recognize and combat the external factors that cause weight gain and make it difficult to lose weight
Tackling a weight problem is often viewed as a personal responsibility that requires making healthier choices. The latest research, however, shows that external factors—from family and friendships to advertising and the workplace environment—have an equal, if not greater, impact on America's growing waistline. Just look at the stats: A person's chance of becoming obese increases by 57 percent if a close friend is obese, 40 percent if a sibling is obese, and 37 percent if a spouse is obese.
That's where Thinfluence comes in. Through a research-based examination of the various social, environmental, and policy-based issues that are influencing the nation's health, Harvard researchers Dr. Walter Willett and Dr. Malissa Wood examine how relationships, workplace, media, and other factors are affecting readers' weight. The book offers a clear three-step action plan—analyze, act, influence—for readers to identify hidden factors affecting weight, develop a personal toolbox to combat external effects, and become positive influences on others around them.
Thinfluence doesn't tell readers to ditch their friends and family, change jobs, or move to another state. It helps them identify barriers to weight loss success and arms them with the tools to overcome these negative forces. This book takes a fresh look at today's weight control discussion, taking it where it has seldom gone before: outside of the individual.

Entanglement : An International Spy Thriller
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Magnus Gunnarsson, Shane's long time best friend and former high school rival, pays Shane a visit after not seeing him for several years. Magnus informs him that he now works for TAG, an organization that doesn't officially exist, but has the mission of countering international corporate espionage while also acquiring new forms of technology for the United States in the name of national security.
It is now up to Shane and Magnus, reunited best friends, to track down China's super spy and reclaim the technology before it's too late. But the infamous spy has a few tricks up his sleeve that neither of them see coming. Despite the odds stacked against them, they must succeed... America's economy and global dominance hangs in the balance.

Jane Goodall: 50 Years at Gombe
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Serendipidus
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The Earth has stopped rotating and no one seems to notice or care, except for bleeding-heart super model Venetia DeMille. While Mother Earth begins to fade into a silent death, Venetia clings to hope. She solicits the help of a scientist to help, but no avail.
Not to be hindered in her quest to save the Earth, Venetia sets out on a journey around the world to find like-minded people and caring souls - an exuberant youth, a magical healer and a man of God. Although together they are able to rekindle faith, their effort still does not provide results. It is a mysterious meeting of four horsemen that carry them to the east where they experience a connection to the earth and each other.
Could the forces that gather with their united efforts prove to be the remedy to save the planet?

Children's Book + E-Video :" Rover and the Dog Hotel" (Animals Habitats & Environment children's books collection)(Dogs Story): A fun bedtime story and a few moments of fun with your kids ages 3-10
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Time Folds: Author, The Sixth Lobe
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TAGGED: THE APOCALYPSE
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Voted #1- Best Zombie Fiction! #1 Best Speculative Fiction
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They own the night. These zombies are a new breed and fast; hair like women; teeth like lions and sharp claws. They hunt in overwhelmingly large packs like a plague of locusts. The government and military are overrun, retreating underground and leaving the populace to fend for themselves.
Lucky for Sven and his Cannabis growing crew they find shelter in a nuclear power plant. The lights keep them at bay - at least for a while. But how long will it last?
In the lawless environment they survive by their own code until the Government and military return to establish a new world order.
Fast, deadly zombies and end times biblical prophecy meet in this compelling new look at the apocalypse.

The Wonder Of It All
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Yellowstone
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Life on Earth changed forever then. Yellowstone is rumbling now.
Yellowstone, the novel, is a harrowing journey through a world besieged by a monstrous super-eruption of the planet's largest volcanic structure. The global economic mono-system that sustains us all teeters on the brink of collapse. Who will survive the barbarism, deprivation, and famine spawned by the Yellowstone mega-disaster?
Join citizens of a self-sufficient, sustainable New Age community -- Independency, Minnesota -- as the colony's residents endure hellish struggles against torrents of volcanic ash, against starving people who steal and kill for food, against National Guard troops sent to empty bulk grain storage silos and ship grain to desperate eastern cities, and against record-breaking volcanic-winter cold.
Enter Yellowstone National Park as it tears itself apart. Bear witness as day turns to night under clouds of smothering dust. And walk in the shoes of self-reliant techno-agrarian pioneers as they forge a new economic paradigm to replace the old. Dedicated to a hands-on lifestyle of local food, goods, and energy production, they find they may have the only avenue open to surviving the Yellowstone cataclysm.

Architect?: A Candid Guide to the Profession
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing People (with featured article “Leadership That Gets Results,” by Daniel Goleman)
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HBR's 10 Must Reads series focuses on the core topics that every ambitious manager needs to know: leadership, strategy, change, managing people, and managing yourself. Harvard Business Review has sorted through hundreds of articles and selected only the most essential reading on each topic. Each title includes timeless advice that will be relevant regardless of an ever-changing business environment.
Classic ideas, enduring advice, the best thinkers: HBR's 10 Must Reads.
Managing people is fraught with challenges--even if you're a seasoned manager. Here's how to handle them.
If you read nothing else on managing people, read these 10 articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you maximize your employees' performance.
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing People will inspire you to:
• Tailor your management styles to fit your people
• Motivate with more responsibility, not more money
• Support first-time managers
• Build trust by soliciting input
• Teach smart people how to learn from failure
• Build high-performing teams
• Manage your boss"

You Raised Us - Now Work With Us: Millennials, Career Success, and Building Strong Workplace Teams
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This ground-breaking book is an indispensable resource to help Millennials, Gen Xers and Baby Boomers create a more effective work environment. Beautifully written, the book separates myths from reality, and provides practical advice, based on detailed research, to strengthen intergenerational teams and develop the next generation of talented leadership.

China's Second Continent: How a Million Migrants Are Building a New Empire in Africa
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A prizewinning foreign correspondent and former New York Times bureau chief in Shanghai and in West and Central Africa, Howard French is uniquely positioned to tell the story of China in Africa. Through meticulous on-the-ground reporting—conducted in Mandarin, French, and Portuguese, among other languages—French crafts a layered investigation of astonishing depth and breadth as he engages not only with policy-shaping moguls and diplomats, but also with the ordinary men and women navigating the street-level realities of cooperation, prejudice, corruption, and opportunity forged by this seismic geopolitical development. With incisiveness and empathy, French reveals the human face of China’s economic, political, and human presence across the African continent—and in doing so reveals what is at stake for everyone involved.
We meet a broad spectrum of China’s dogged emigrant population, from those singlehandedly reshaping African infrastructure, commerce, and even environment (a self-made tycoon who harnessed Zambia’s now-booming copper trade; a timber entrepreneur determined to harvest the entirety of Liberia’s old-growth redwoods), to those just barely scraping by (a sibling pair running small businesses despite total illiteracy; a karaoke bar owner–cum–brothel madam), still convinced that Africa affords them better opportunities than their homeland. And we encounter an equally panoramic array of African responses: a citizens’ backlash in Senegal against a “Trojan horse” Chinese construction project (a tower complex to be built over a beloved soccer field, which locals thought would lead to overbearing Chinese pressure on their economy); a Zambian political candidate who, having protested China’s intrusiveness during the previous election and lost, now turns accommodating; the ascendant middle class of an industrial boomtown; African mine workers bitterly condemning their foreign employers, citing inadequate safety precautions and wages a fraction of their immigrant counterparts’.
French’s nuanced portraits reveal the paradigms forming around this new world order, from the all-too-familiar echoes of colonial ambition—exploitation of resources and labor; cut-rate infrastructure projects; dubious treaties—to new frontiers of cultural and economic exchange, where dichotomies of suspicion and trust, assimilation and isolation, idealism and disillusionment are in dynamic flux.
Part intrepid travelogue, part cultural census, part industrial and political exposé, French’s keenly observed account ultimately offers a fresh perspective on the most pressing unknowns of modern Sino-African relations: why China is making the incursions it is, just how extensive its cultural and economic inroads are, what Africa’s role in the equation is, and just what the ramifications for both parties—and the watching world—will be in the foreseeable future.

The Ultimate Guide To Waking Up Early - How to Start Your Day at the Crack of Dawn and Transform Your Life
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Throughout history millions of successful and famous people have attributed their success to getting a head start on the day. This book will show you what successful early risers do once they are up and teach you step-by-step how YOU can become an early riser.
Based on scientific research and neurological studies, among many other topics, this book will explain you how genetics and hormones influence your sleep rhythm, what “REM sleep” and the “Circadian Rhythm” actually are, how the food you eat before going to bed and how your bedroom temperature will affect the quality of your sleep.
The numerous benefits of rising early far outweigh any temporary discomfort as you learn to adjust to the new time and routine. If you stick with the tips in this book, within months (if not weeks), you’ll start to see a difference in your own life, making it all worthwhile.
Your early morning time is your time. It benefits you and helps you achieve your goals and be the success you want to be.
In a nutshell, this book will teach you:
• The pros and cons of rising early
• Inspiring stories of some successful early risers
• How your sleeping environment should ideally be
• What foods you should eat to get a good night’s sleep
• How to increase your productivity, especially at 5 AM
• Some Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
If you're really serious and want to start changing your life, then act now and get this ebook!
Here’s what people who’ve read this book have to say:
"I'm getting up early every single morning since a couple of months now! Before having read this book I was struggling to even get up at 8 or 9 AM, this book showed me exactly how to make the transition from being a night owl to becoming a morning lark!" - Joanna McAllister
"I've read multiple books on becoming an early riser, but none of them provided a step-by-step guide that actually works. I can really recommend this book to anyone who wants to benefit from quiet of the morning." - James Goldenberg
"I already knew that many successful entrepreneurs start their day while every one else is still sleeping, but this book explains exactly what they do in their morning routine that makes them so successful. It's a great read and I've received a lot of useful advice that I can use in my everyday life." - Naomi Meyer
“This book is very well written, full of scientific facts and contains loads of interesting information about sleep. If you really consider becoming an early riser, get this book. It will give you a plan, motivation and some great tips. Good luck!” – Natalia Rothstein

Goodbye Piccadilly: War at Home, 1914
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Rending Skies / 2012 (Faulkner's Curse Series)
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Robert Faulkner became rich at the young age of ten. He became the sole heir to the Faulkner fortune - millions in stock, bonds, bank accounts, investment properties throughout Zincbeck and a large track of land that surrounds more than half of Durga Lake where the old house he lived in for the first ten years of his life stood abandoned. For more than five decades, he never touched the money, desperately wanting to deny his namesake. But after the Black Day of 2010, Robert felt drawn to return to the lake, so he claimed his inheritance, built his home near the old home place and split the properties and money with his children. Joe, his oldest son, and Eve, his youngest daughter had also built homes and lived on each side of him. Paul, his middle son, was in the early stage of building his home there as well. Sandra, his oldest daughter, was his only child who hadn’t made plans to move to the lake. Billy, Robert’s youngest son had been shot in cold blood in 2005, and Mary his wife died soon after Billy’s death.
Two children are born – one capable of destruction and death, the other capable of peace and life. In the balance of good and evil, which way will the scales tilt? Lanie Truitt along with her twelve year old daughter Seren, who was born with a gift to bring peace, has fled from the predators that have tracked them from Miami. Lanie is seeking sanctuary with the Faulkner family, but what Lanie doesn’t realize is they’re heading into an uncharted land where more malevolence exists than imaginable. Will the Faulkner family’s Arcanum be able to stop the force of maleficence that engulfs the lake and promises no survival for anyone on December 22, 2012 apocalypse?
Felix was born with no conscience, but with powers so resilient, he is capable of changing the biological makeup of the environment…everything. Jena, his mother, has sheltered him for fear of what would happen if anyone discovered what he was. She homeschooled him and never allowed him to leave the apartment unless she was with him. Jena tried to convince herself she was protecting him, but deep down, she knew she was protecting the world from Felix. Most of the time she spent with her son were failed attempts at teaching him morals. No matter what she did, he held no shame. Her only hope was to bring Seren back into his life. As long as Seren was by Felix’s side, he only wanted to do good. When Lanie left with Seren, Felix’s anger multiplied, and she had no power to stop the hideous crimes her son committed. Jena has to leave Felix alone as she hunts for Seren, with the intention of bringing Seren back to Felix regardless of who tries to stop her; she won’t let anyone stand in her way. But Felix is tired of waiting for his mother to return, so he sets out on a deadly path to find Seren.
As the evening progresses, the characters are all heading for the lake in pursuit of Lanie and Seren. As ruthless as the hunters are, their wickedness can’t compare to the evil that lies beneath the surface of the beautiful but deadly landscape. The Faulkners are surrounded by evil hearts as they gather on the cursed land. Will anyone survive as the skies split open to reign perdition onto the earth as the Mayans predicted?

Words are our Sorcery
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You know those ….. drifting kinds of thoughts? When it’s easy to believe that someone else is dreaming you? Well that’s Trance Poetry.
Words are the writer’s sorcery, our dark arts and our sleight of hand. They’re our enchantment and our temptation
The aim of the poetry in this book is to demonstrate how words alone can lift you up and take you places, how they can enchant and bewitch, creating the illusion that just for a few minutes everything’s alright with the world.
When I started to write poetry I searched around for subject matter, and chose colour. Not yellow, red and blue, but Paprika, Jet, Ochre, Huckleberry Blue, Fiesta etc. and went inside trying to see where that ‘colour’ would take me. From this I created a series of poems which I entitled Colour-oetry, and I’ve included these here as well.
If you enjoy poetry writing or poetry analysis then you might like to take a chance on this book.
But while I would perhaps class this in the New Age Spirituality genre, there’s much more here. Only half of this book is poetry, well 56% to be precise. A while ago I took an interest in the parallel lives of the chef and the writer, cooking up a storm in the kitchen. How the chef creates his magic in the chaotic environment of the kitchen compares well to how writers create their hocus-pocus in the peace and quiet of the study. A chef’s wizardry is in his ingredients, whilst a writer’s sorcery is in his words. So I wrote a few chapters on food, following it all over the world at one stage, attempting to paint pictures with my words, comparing the trades of chef, bricklayer, and even Masai Warrior with that of the writer.
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Whether I’ve succeeded or not, only the reader can tell.
“Brilliant, thought-provoking writing”
“This is an easy read yet gets the mind stimulated and can lead to some deep thinking if one so wishes”
“Class writing by a top-notch, and sometimes controversial, author. I loved it”
I’ve finished the book with three chapters on parenthood. Fatherhood to be precise. True stories actually. My goal here is to use the writer’s sorcery to establish emotion and hopefully leave you with a lump in your throat
I hope you enjoy reading this, because I loved writing it!
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The Gift of Fear
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A stranger in a deserted parking lot offers to help carry a woman's groceries. Is he a good Samaritan or is he after something else? A fired employee says "You'll be sorry." Will he return with a gun? After their first date, a man tells a woman it is their "destiny" to be married. What will he do when she won't see him again? A mother has an uneasy feeling about the nice babysitter she's just hired. Should she not go to work today?
These days, no one in America feels immune to violence. But now, in this extraordinary groundbreaking book, the nation's leading expert on predicting violent behavior unlocks the puzzle of human violence and shows that, like every creature on earth, we have within us the ability to predict the harm others might do us and get out of its way. Contrary to popular myth, human violence almost always has a discernible motive and is preceded by clear warning signs.
Through dozens of compelling examples from his own career, Gavin de Becker teaches us how to read the signs, using our most basic but often most discounted survival skill - our intuition. The Gift of Fear is a remarkable, unique combination of practical guidance on leading a safer life and profound insight into human behavior.

Otherwise (Globe and Mail Best Books)
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Farley Mowat has been beguiling readers for fifty years now, creating a body of writing that has thrilled two generations, selling literally millions of copies in the process. In looking back over his accomplishments, we are reminded of his groundbreaking work: He single-handedly began the rehabilitation of the wolf with Never Cry Wolf. He was the first to bring advocacy activism on behalf of the Inuit and their northern lands with People of the Deer and The Desperate People. And his was the first populist voice raised in defense of the environment and of the creatures with whom we share our world, the ones he has always called The Others.
Otherwise is a memoir of the years between 1937 and the autumn of 1948 that tells the story of the events that forged the writer and activist. His was an innocent childhood, spent free of normal strictures, and largely in the company of an assortment of dogs, owls, squirrels, snakes, rabbits, and other wildlife. From this, he was catapulted into wartime service, as anxious as any other young man of his generation to get to Europe and the fighting. The carnage of the Italian campaign shattered his faith in humanity forever, and he returned home unable and unwilling to fit into post-war Canadian life. Desperate, he accepted a stint on a scientific collecting expedition to the Barrengrounds. There in the bleak but beautiful landscape he finds his purpose — first with the wolves and then with the indomitable but desperately starving Ihalmiut. Out of these experiences come his first pitched battles with an ignorant and uncaring federal bureaucracy as he tries to get aid for the famine-stricken Inuit. And out of these experiences, too, come his first books.
Otherwise goes to the heart of who and what Farley Mowat is, a wondrous final achievement from a true titan.
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Kellie's Diary #4
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This is the fourth entry in the Kellie's Diary series.
Almost four years after the events of "Kellie's Diary #3", Kellie and her younger sister have steadily grown accustomed to life around them. They've long since left Texas, traveling with a mobile community. It's the longest they've ever stayed with one group, but remaining steady in a moving environment has it's share of challenges... and secrets.
This issue also contains the short story "Sarah's Despair" (also available in the collection Kellie's Diary: Decay of Innocence).
Great for fans of zombie fiction and "The Walking Dead"!

Transfer Pricing Answer Book 2014
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The phenomena of increasingly global business enterprises with valuable intangible property expose companies to transfer pricing enforcement by different countries around the world. Many of these countries are increasingly aggressive in enforcing their local transfer pricing rules, as they attempt to protect their tax revenue base. To avoid double taxation of the same income in this environment, companies often are required to deal with the highly specialized, bilateral treaty-based competent authority process developed to prevent double taxation at a time when trade mainly involved only two established countries. Even more challenging today, companies and tax authorities increasingly are faced with the potential for multiple taxation of the same income, as supply chains cross many borders and as the tax authorities of emerging countries become players in the global taxation process, and the resulting stresses, strains, and limitations of the bilateral treaty-based competent authority process have become more apparent.
In light of the high-dollar risks presented by the increased enforcement efforts of tax authorities worldwide, the complexity of the ever-changing, inherently uncertain transfer pricing standards, and the continually evolving business models of businesses adapting to the constantly changing global economy, companies need practical guidance to permit them to develop and defend their transfer pricing strategies.
Transfer Pricing Answer Book 2014 gives companies such guidance by discussing all aspects of transfer pricing, from initially planning a transfer pricing strategy, to alternative ways to defend the strategy from attack by two or more tax authorities, to resolving a case before competent authorities, to bringing a transfer pricing case to court. The book’s non-technical discussion is presented in a question and answer format that will appeal to readers regardless of their prior level of experience or familiarity with taxes in general and transfer pricing in particular.
Transfer Pricing Answer Book 2014 is an invaluable resource for company executives and their advisors who are seeking to better understand this important area of tax law that has become such an important economic facet of so many businesses.

The Mangle in Practice: Science, Society, and Becoming (Science and Cultural Theory)
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The Mangle in Practice opens with a fresh introduction to the mangle by Pickering. Several contributors then present empirical studies that demonstrate the mangle’s applicability to topics as diverse as pig farming, Chinese medicine, economic theory, and domestic-violence policing. Other contributors offer examples of the mangle in action: real-world practices that implement a self-consciously “mangle-ish” stance in environmental management and software development. Further essays discuss the mangle as philosophy and social theory. As Pickering argues in the preface, the mangle points to a shift in interpretive sensibilities that makes visible a world of de-centered becoming. This volume demonstrates the viability, coherence, and promise of such a shift, not only in science and technology studies, but in the social sciences and humanities more generally.
Contributors: Lisa Asplen, Dawn Coppin, Adrian Franklin, Keith Guzik, Casper Bruun Jensen,Yiannis Koutalos, Brian Marick, Randi Markussen, Andrew Pickering, Volker Scheid, Esther-Mirjam Sent, Carol Steiner, Maxim Waldstein

Flowers In Gods Garden
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Please Miss We're Boys
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Fresh from the innocence of a girls’ grammar school and absurdly unreal teacher training in rural Sussex, she has some rapid learning to do as one of the first women employed to teach urban teenage boys in the raw.
Please Miss We’re Boys is the true story of how one naive young teacher faced down the challenges in that sex-fuelled environment, and eventually worked out how to do the job in those pre-Ofsted, pre-league table, pre-National Curriculum 1960s.
Susan Elkin is a freelance author and journalist with over thirty books to her credit. She taught English in secondary schools for 36 years.
Today, her busy working life includes being education editor at The Stage and blogging for The Independent

Sea of Slaughter
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The Sultan of Monte Cristo: First Sequel to the Count of Monte Cristo
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Amazingly, the prose so closely matches the mood, tone, pacing, and richness of environment of Dumas' The Count of Monte Cristo that this feels like the natural continuance of those lives. The sequel manages to introduce such a microscopic view into the full-flesh world our colorful characters engage in that readers can't help being sucked in. We cannot help but run breathlessly alongside them throughout the journey, to imagine the consequences between their words, to ponder on their insights and their woe-filled courses of action. We stand next to Mercedes as she lives and breathes; we get that rare glimpse into the future of the characters that Alexandre Dumas himself surely intended.
Through well-defined and multilayered plotlines, the story's laser-point pacing, and rich character building, this work lends the quagmire of adventures, missteps, and danger-filled mysteries a guarantee of unforeseen, adventurous turns and cathartic "a-ha" insights. The Holy Ghost Writer seems a literary time-traveller: the swiftness with which he carries us straight into the 1800s is mind-boggling and a rare feat even in the best historical fiction writing. Excellent novel, and highly recommended!" Peanut's review

The Z Redemption (The Z Redemption Trilogy)
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Is passionate love the transforming force that forges heroes? David James, ex-CIA agent and co-founder of a quasi-paramilitary group called the Zs, never expected to find passionate love in Mexico with a married business woman, Ana Valdez. Ana herself had surprises in life. She unwittingly became a living symbol, a national icon for the Mexican people sick to death of the corrupt government leaders who could not protect them from the bloody excesses of the Mexican drug cartels. While trying to hide their affair, Ana and David get sucked into the violent world that they are trying to upend.
They have friends in high places, including the President of the United States. In Mexico, their associates shockingly orchestrate a military coup. The Mexican Armed Forces sequester the Mexican President and most of the members of the Federal and State governments. With the help of the Zs, David and Ana feverishly work to manage the chaos which ensues in Mexico. Things quickly take a desperate turn when El Gato, a boss in Mexico’s most powerful drug cartel, personally targets David and Ana for his own self-serving purposes. He has shocking plans: to exploit them in his mission to build a "Narco-continent." The bedlam of civil disturbance in Mexico and the United States as a result of the coup provides the perfect environment for him to accomplish his goals.
In addition to the Presidents of Mexico and the United States, the cast of characters includes leaders of international drug cartels; military commanders; DEA agents; young Zs, like Enrique Santos, who fight for freedom and public safety; the Zeta, a cold-blooded executioner; and Eduardo Ortiz, the crafty “king maker” behind the scenes of Mexican politics. In the center is David Wilson James, a man whose life of intrigue is book-ended by two passionate affairs with Mexican women who shape his extraordinary life. These are Annie Ortiz, Eduardo’s daughter, who is the ardent flame of David’s youth, and Ana Valdez, the younger woman of David’s older years, for whom David would give his life.
Redemption can only be achieved through blood and high purpose. Are the personal sacrifices of David and Ana sufficient to pay the ransom that will stop the advance of unconscionable evil? In this sexy suspense thriller, The Z Redemption cuts into the deep entrenchment of organized crime in the world we think we know. It shows the kind of courage ordinary people will be forced to muster in order to fight its cancerous growth. Experience romance and danger in Mexico, and ask yourself if you would go on the front lines!
Among Latino books and Monterrey, Mexico, novels, this one in English about heroes and love in Mexico is certain to become one of the top fiction books for Kindle. Read also the second volume of this mystery suspense series: Corvette Nightfire!

The Martian: A Novel
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Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there.
After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he’s alive—and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive.
Chances are, though, he won't have time to starve to death. The damaged machinery, unforgiving environment, or plain-old "human error" are much more likely to kill him first.
But Mark isn't ready to give up yet. Drawing on his ingenuity, his engineering skills—and a relentless, dogged refusal to quit—he steadfastly confronts one seemingly insurmountable obstacle after the next. Will his resourcefulness be enough to overcome the impossible odds against him?

Contempt of Congress: Baby Boomers Talk Sex, Race, Politics, Environment & Revolution
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Join the fun. It’s a private, provocative, freewheeling satirical conversation. The subjects include sex, culture, race, environment, politics and revolution. Nothing is sacred. Think you heard it all before? The talk swings between the real and the cartoon. Find out what can happen when a private exchange of ideas is taken out of context and made public. Why and when does farce become a serious matter?
The French people eliminated their wastrel nobility. Our own American Revolutionaries violently broke away from the British because of “taxation without representation.” Does the United States Congress resemble those two past, doomed ruling classes before they were dealt with? Do we also have a limit to our patience?
Evolution inevitably leads to caricature and cartoon. That’s why Congress became grotesque. The players in the book also ask how Congress can be reset to a sustainable normal? What is normal? Is a national normal that’s administered by Congress possible or even desirable? Or is a sustainable normal only possible and welcome at the local level? If local is the goal then Congress has to go. Be provoked, read this book.

The Parthenon Enigma
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In this revolutionary book, Joan Breton Connelly challenges our most basic assumptions about the Parthenon and the ancient Athenians. Beginning with the natural environment and its rich mythic associations, she re-creates the development of the Acropolis—the Sacred Rock at the heart of the city-state—from its prehistoric origins to its Periklean glory days as a constellation of temples among which the Parthenon stood supreme. In particular, she probes the Parthenon’s legendary frieze: the 525-foot-long relief sculpture that originally encircled the upper reaches before it was partially destroyed by Venetian cannon fire (in the seventeenth century) and most of what remained was shipped off to Britain (in the nineteenth century) among the Elgin marbles. The frieze’s vast enigmatic procession—a dazzling pageant of cavalrymen and elders, musicians and maidens—has for more than two hundred years been thought to represent a scene of annual civic celebration in the birthplace of democracy. But thanks to a once-lost play by Euripides (the discovery of which, in the wrappings of a Hellenistic Egyptian mummy, is only one of this book’s intriguing adventures), Connelly has uncovered a long-buried meaning, a story of human sacrifice set during the city’s mythic founding. In a society startlingly preoccupied with cult ritual, this story was at the core of what it meant to be Athenian. Connelly reveals a world that beggars our popular notions of Athens as a city of staid philosophers, rationalists, and rhetoricians, a world in which our modern secular conception of democracy would have been simply incomprehensible.
The Parthenon’s full significance has been obscured until now owing in no small part, Connelly argues, to the frieze’s dismemberment. And so her investigation concludes with a call to reunite the pieces, in order that what is perhaps the greatest single work of art surviving from antiquity may be viewed more nearly as its makers intended. Marshalling a breathtaking range of textual and visual evidence, full of fresh insights woven into a thrilling narrative that brings the distant past to life, The Parthenon Enigma is sure to become a landmark in our understanding of the civilization from which we claim cultural descent.

The Key Class: The Keys To Job Search Success
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It doesn’t matter who you are, what you do, or where you want to go, if you don’t have the proper social etiquette the doors to success will not easily open for you. Our society is based on social interactions, from obtaining our first job to landing large promotions, starting our own business, traveling in foreign countries, enrolling in universities, or speaking about causes and experiences closest to us.
Social etiquette is at the heart of success. Social etiquette is a universal language that knows no boundaries. ˃˃˃ Those who master social etiquette feel comfortable, confident, and able to communicate effectively in any social situation.THE KEY CLASS is your go-to-guide for mastering social and business etiquette. Taught by world-renowned special event producer John Daly, The Key Class presents a rare and unique program custom tailored to fit the needs of any organization, school, corporation, or individual. Although the keys to social and business etiquette are universal, there is no one-size-fits-all route to achieving personal success.
The Key Class works with you to meet your own individual goals. ˃˃˃ Through Partners in Education, The Key Class is currently being taught in the majority of high schools in the Santa Barbara, California School System.Whether you are an educator seeking a valuable social skills resource for your students, a professional student needing that extra edge in job searching, a foreigner who needs to know American etiquette, a returning veteran, or a director of a non-profit or corporation looking for ways to increase employee value within your organization, The Key Class has the unique trajectory to help you reach those goals.
˃˃˃ WHAT DO I GET FROM THE KEY CLASS?The purpose of The Key Class is to teach the tools of successful social and business skills for anyone, especially youth, who wants to succeed in life. In both personal and professional situations, every society has traditions in place that determine the way people are judged by the people they meet. Understanding these guidelines in society can make or break a person in social and business circles.
The Key Class teaches students how to get along with others, behave properly and treat others respectfully in the workplace or in social situations.Along with being informative, The Key Class is user-friendly and fun! The use of high-energy interactive teaching methods increases student participation and enhances the learning environment. A series of four classes provides lecture, interactivity and role-playing to give students the knowledge to enter worlds that might not otherwise be achievable without it.
The course covers a variety of techniques, including:- communications technology modifications, involving cell phones, email and social media
- handling applications;
- research;
- securing appointments;
- phone etiquette;
- proper introductions;
- positive body language;
- conversing;
- following up after an interview;
- creating an effective resume;
- what to wear and what etiquette to use for interviews that take place over a meal;
- financial literacy.

Introductory Time Series with R (Use R!)
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Yearly global mean temperature and ocean levels, daily share prices, and the signals transmitted back to Earth by the Voyager space craft are all examples of sequential observations over time known as time series. This book gives you a step-by-step introduction to analysing time series using the open source software R. Each time series model is motivated with practical applications, and is defined in mathematical notation. Once the model has been introduced it is used to generate synthetic data, using R code, and these generated data are then used to estimate its parameters. This sequence enhances understanding of both the time series model and the R function used to fit the model to data. Finally, the model is used to analyse observed data taken from a practical application. By using R, the whole procedure can be reproduced by the reader. ~pscowper/ts.
The book is written for undergraduate students of mathematics, economics, business and finance, geography, engineering and related disciplines, and postgraduate students who may need to analyse time series as part of their taught programme or their research.

The Top Ten Operational Risks: A Survival Guide for Investment Management Firms and Hedge Funds
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• Is the firm managed and staffed by qualified people?
• Are workflows properly documented and consistently followed?
• Are employees cross-trained to handle one another’s jobs?
• Does the firm keep track of collateral in the hands of prime brokers?
• How does the firm plan ahead for changes in the regulatory and competitive environment?
In the aftermath of the global financial crisis, clients and prospects want to know the answers to these and many other questions. And they will not entrust assets to orga¬nizations whose day-to-day operations are chaotic or whose long-term business prospects are doubtful.
“In worst-case scenarios, an investment firm’s failure to identify and mitigate operational risk can result in significant di¬rect costs and a devastating loss of reputation,” write Holly H. Miller and Philip Lawton. “It may take years to reassure investors, regulators and trading partners that the firm is well-managed.” Internationally known as dynamic speakers and engaging writers, the authors of The Top Ten Areas of Buy-Side Operational Risk draw upon their extensive practical experience to offer clear, compelling and—above all—useful advice about how to recognize and lessen the risk of loss due to inadequate internal processes, people and systems or external events.
Starting with complacency on the part of senior management, each of this book’s central chapters addresses one of the ways in which investment management firms may be exposed to unwelcome surprises. There are succinct, readable essays on staffing, training and the special attention due hand-offs among individuals, teams, systems and external service providers. Other chapters focus on technology, workflows and aspects of the segregation of duties that are especially significant in the investment management industry, such as observing the distinction between the firm and the funds it manages. The authors additionally bring their experience to bear on reconciliation gaps, the importance of knowing the firm’s counterparties and the regulatory regimes to which they are answerable, and the challenges of effective strategic planning in a rapidly changing marketplace.
C-level executives and middle managers in sales and marketing, client and consultant relations, compliance, human resources and internal audit will find The Top Ten Areas of Buy-Side Operational Risk intriguing. Their colleagues in risk management and investment operations will find it indispensible. As Milton Ezrati writes in the foreword, “The investment of an hour or two will offer managers numerous ways to improve their firm and their client service and, critically, a means to guard against rather large, unexpected expenses.”

Common Sense on Mutual Funds
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Since the first edition of Common Sense on Mutual Funds was published in 1999, much has changed, and no one is more aware of this than mutual fund pioneer John Bogle. Now, in this completely updated Second Edition, Bogle returns to take another critical look at the mutual fund industry and help investors navigate their way through the staggering array of investment alternatives that are available to them.
Written in a straightforward and accessible style, this reliable resource examines the fundamentals of mutual fund investing in today's turbulent market environment and offers timeless advice in building an investment portfolio. Along the way, Bogle shows you how simplicity and common sense invariably trump costly complexity, and how a low cost, broadly diversified portfolio is virtually assured of outperforming the vast majority of Wall Street professionals over the long-term.
- Written by respected mutual fund industry legend John C. Bogle
- Discusses the timeless fundamentals of investing that apply in any type of market
- Reflects on the structural and regulatory changes in the mutual fund industry
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Securing your financial future has never seemed more difficult, but you'll be a better investor for having read the Second Edition of Common Sense on Mutual Funds.

Butterflies and Caterpillars: A Kids Fun Facts Butterfly and Caterpillar Nature Book
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“Butterflies and Caterpillars…” shares lots of interesting facts about butterflies and caterpillars, along with the anatomy of a butterfly, through its metamorphasis and on to its migration. Your child will learn a lot and is sure to be fascinated by reading this great book.
The beautiful pictures are tied in with smaller blocks of text that are easy to understand. This book can be enjoyed by kids who already have mastered the skill of reading, or you can read it together with your younger children. Either way, it is sure to provide a joyful and educational experience.
Set at a low introductory price, you can download this book at the Amazon Kindle store in minutes. Why not share the wonder of the butterfly world with your child today.

And No Birds Sang
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Eleven Town
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Like everyone else on the station, Deni follows the rules. But when a deadly disease strikes the station this fragile civilisation quickly disintegrates. Everyone is trapped inside with the disease and there’s no way out.
Deni encounters members of a disaffected but enlightened underworld who reveal the true purpose of Eleven Town and their revelations challenge everything he thinks about his world.
As the disease tightens its grip on the station, Deni realises the people of Eleven Town are heading towards a new future. One he never dreamt possible.
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‘Some interesting characters and concepts with a nice twist, reminds me of Isaac Asimov.’
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‘This wonderful novella reminded me of an episode of The Twilight Zone or the work of any number of esteemed sci-fi writers. Thought-provoking and packed with atmosphere, the author slowly peels away the facade of Eleven Town and each piece of new information serves to heighten the reader's enjoyment.’
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‘This book finds those moments that you don't see coming, and that somehow sparkle in the imagination to take the story in a new direction.’
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‘The story develops into some major twists and turns which delight and entertain.’
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‘The best book I've read in ages, I read this book in one afternoon, I couldn't put it down.’
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‘It takes something "simple" and twists it around into a shape that is disturbing not for itself but for what it says about what could happen.’
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The Electric Life of Michael Faraday
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Alan Ellman's Complete Encyclopedia for Covered Call Writing
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It took me four years to complete but here is the book you have been asking for. My goal when I started this project was to create the most comprehensive book ever written on the subject of covered call writing and gear it to the average retail investor, The Blue Collar Investor. I hope you feel that I have achieved my mission. This book completely updates the information in my previous two books, adds a wide range of new information that better fits today's investing environment. In addition to what we believe to be the most complete coverage of covered call investing available anywhere, this new edition provides coverage of a wide range of related subjects that have been taken from my popular Journal Articles that I have published over the last few years and will give you the background that will make you a better investor. It includes the “how to” of stock and option selection, calculating option returns and management of positions via exit strategies. We are particularly proud of the fact we have provided full color graphics...something not available in other investing books...which will dramatically improve your understanding of the material. In order to realize my objectives stated above my third book contains: * Over 500 pages packed with solid information, no useless filler material * 151 charts and graphs most of which are in color for better visualization * Chapter outlines to summarize the material located in each chapter * Questions and answers at the conclusion of each chapter to highlight the key points * 14 appendixes to supplement the information found in the 20 chapters * 4 flow charts that summarizes the stock selection and exit strategy processes My aspiration is that this book assists you in our mission statement of becoming CEO of your own money and ultimately financially independent.

At the Water's Edge
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Set in the near future, At the Water's Edge explores how science and technology have shaped a world in which natural resources are so scarce that even parts of Antarctica and its surrounds are being exploited. At the same time, relentless climate change dominates the urban environment to the point where an elderly man chooses to leave the streets behind and live in the forest. A seemingly chance encounter brings one of the friends into contact with this man and they become good friends. The old man is tuned in to nature in surprising ways after living in the forest for some time and warns his young friend of the dangers that lay ahead. This inspires the young man to take action to change the way people think. His father works on an oil rig off the coast of Antarctica, worlds away from the heated city streets. However, both environments become as linked and combined as two faces of the same coin when tragic events eventually unfold.

The Triumph of Improvisation: Gorbachev's Adaptability, Reagan's Engagement, and the End of the Cold War
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In The Triumph of Improvisation, James Graham Wilson takes a long view of the end of the Cold War, from the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in December 1979 to Operation Desert Storm in January 1991. Drawing on deep archival research and recently declassified papers, Wilson argues that adaptation, improvisation, and engagement by individuals in positions of power ended the specter of a nuclear holocaust. Amid ambivalence and uncertainty, Mikhail Gorbachev, Ronald Reagan, George Shultz, George H. W. Bush, and a host of other actors engaged with adversaries and adapted to a rapidly changing international environment and information age in which global capitalism recovered as command economies failed.
Eschewing the notion of a coherent grand strategy to end the Cold War, Wilson paints a vivid portrait of how leaders made choices; some made poor choices while others reacted prudently, imaginatively, and courageously to events they did not foresee. A book about the burdens of responsibility, the obstacles of domestic politics, and the human qualities of leadership, The Triumph of Improvisation concludes with a chapter describing how George H. W. Bush oversaw the construction of a new configuration of power after the fall of the Berlin Wall, one that resolved the fundamental components of the Cold War on Washington's terms.

What is a Social Business? Tips and Framework to Give Your Business a True Competitive Advantage in the Networked Era
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Building a Social Business is no longer an option but rather it is a necessity in today’s complex and ‘always on’ business environment. It will provide you with a competitive advantage today as well as in the months and years to come! Best of all social media tools and platforms can also help you conduct your business more efficiently and effectively. So if you need to collaborate with colleagues, partners and suppliers, engage in genuine conversations with your customers and grow your customer base you need to become a Social Business as soon as possible.
Here’s something else to consider, according to IBM’s 2010 CEO Study, 57% of companies who invested in Social Business tools, out-performed their peers citing collaboration and teamwork as having a direct impact on their organization’s growth. So, if you want to compete in today’s business environment, you can’t opt out of becoming a Social Business.
Finally, this book has been developed to assist you in building a Social Business so your business will become even more successful and profitable in the coming years because a Social Business is a connected business.

The Horse Boy: A Father's Quest to Heal His Son
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THE HORSE BOY is the dramatic and heartwarming story of that impossible adventure. In Mongolia, the family found undreamed of landscapes and people, unbearable setbacks, and advances beyond their wildest dreams. This is a deeply moving, truly one-of-a-kind story--of a family willing to go to the ends of the earth to help their son, and of a boy learning to connect with the world for the first time.

So What's Next! (So What! Stories)
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But leaping those fences does not prepare the ambitious Molly for a dramatic fire and the confusion of a new passion in her life, in the form of Oliver Shrimpton. Will he become that significant someone, or is he just another obstacle for her to overcome?
G J Griffiths' latest novel, in the So What! series of stories, is still based firmly around the events that take place within the "walls" of Birch Green High School. It follows some of the trials and tribulations of Molly Pearson, a previous novice teacher who was mentored by Robert Jeffrey - the main character from the first book. Molly's efforts to spread the important message, about protecting wildlife and the natural environment, reflect something that has always been important to the author. For that reason some of the proceeds from the sales of this book will be donated to wildlife charities.

Freak of Nature (IFICS)
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When seventeen-year-old Kaitlyn checked the box, she never suspected she’d have her life–and her body–stolen from her. She awakens one day in a secret laboratory to discover that her body is now half-robot and is forced to hide her own secret: that she still has human emotions and a human mind. If the scientists who made her find out, they’ll erase what remains of who she was.
Kaitlyn finds an unlikely ally in Lucas, a handsome, brilliant scientist who can’t get over the guilt he feels knowing she was once a vibrant, beautiful young woman. He never expected a science project to affect him the way she does. As he tries to help her rediscover her past, he finds himself falling for the brave girl struggling to find her place and acceptance between the human and computer worlds.
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Work 2.0. Nowhere to hide
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The recession is said to be over, but you'll never get your old job back - it's disappeared and you can't even blame the Chinese! Your job no longer exists - it's been automated. Book "Work 2.0" isn't just a description of what is happening to the labor market, how we're working nowadays, it's a complete how-to guide for successfully navigating today's treacherous jobs environment, mitigating the risks of job loss, job insecurity, and increasing automation. Book is discussing the repercussions of automation, changes in the economic balance between East and West in terms of work, the growing importance of innovation and creativity for creating value, how companies can take advantage of the new situation and how can individuals stay competitive on the labour market.
How do you survive and thrive in the new labour market? How can workers cope in an economy which doesn't generate stable lifelong careers? How can companies remain competitive and manage armies of dispersed hyperspecialists? You've become the newest victim of Work 2.0, a force you can't possibly fight - but you can join it! If you are looking for a job - why not create one for yourself? If your company is losing its best talent - why not listen to what your workers are saying. Let them work anywhen. After all, there is nowhere to hide from the wave of creative destruction.

The Fall of the Euro: Reinventing the Eurozone and the Future of Global Investing
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What does the crisis in the Eurozone mean for our markets—and how can you protect your portfolio against a breakup of the Euro? A leading currency expert explains
Little has been written about the instability of the Euro, but it’s a very real threat to investors worldwide, as well as to the global economy. In The Fall of the Euro, the Global Head of Currency Strategy at Nomura describes why the breakup of the Eurozone remains a real risk and outlines investment strategies for the most likely scenarios.
Over the last two years, swings in global asset markets have been increasingly driven by developments in Europe. This is something new: in the past, Europe was one of the most stable parts of the global economy, and its typically minor economic fluctuations would have little bearing on US equity markets. In the new environment of European turbulence, Europe's economic and political developments will be a persistent source of shocks for global financial markets. If the path ahead involves a disorderly breakup of the Eurozone, the instability to come will be much more intense than what we have seen to date. As an investor, you need a roadmap. This book provides it.
Jens Nordvig is Managing Director, Head of Fixed Income Research, Americas and Global Head of Currency Strategy at Nomura, the global investment bank. Previously, Nordvig worked as a Senior Currency Strategist for investment management firm Bridgewater Associates, the largest hedge fund in the world.

50 Spectacular Settings on Earth (Bravo Your City!)
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Australian Animals and Their Animal Friends
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Inside you will find a high quality, professionally photographed image of each animal along with a funny joke, clever poem and interesting facts about each amazing creature.
This book is not only great value for money but it is also packed full of pictures and useful information about Australia’s native animals and many of their animal friends, it makes for a great educational book in your home or classroom.
Over 100 Animal Pages, Photographs and Poems for your enjoyment.

Nigeria and Boko Haram Sect: Adopting a Better Strategy for Resolving the Crisis
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Love's Promises
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All Greg Linsey wants is for his work to mean something. His job at TRPA gives him the opportunity to fight for the environment he loves and make a difference in his small corner of the world. But with the sophisticated Monica Scott’s arrival, his dedication is tested as never before, especially when Monica turns to his unscrupulous nemesis for assistance.
As Greg and Monica’s animosity turns into something far sweeter, can they learn to accept each other’s promises and avoid the growing danger to their lives and hearts?

SYUKANSAIENSUJYANARU: MENEKIKINOUNISINHAKKENOBOKATASINOHONSINKYODAISITURYOUGINGADAN (Japanese Edition)
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Between Hearts and Sheets: About A Girl
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These Poems are a Collection of my first Two-Three Years of living in the second largest City in America; Los Angeles. Inside you will find the modern man’s struggle of trying to find his true love in an urban jungle. Often urban words are used to express his feelings it not focuses on the search for true love but also other struggles a modern man in his mid-twenties is prone to go through in an urban environment in 2014.

Energy, Honesty, Analysis, and Arjun Makhijani: A long-form essay introducing Dr. Makhijani and analyzing his book, Carbon Free Nuclear Free, a Roadmap ... Issues of Energy and Human Sustainability)
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Lock In
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Fifteen years from now, a new virus sweeps the globe. 95% of those afflicted experience nothing worse than fever and headaches. Four percent suffer acute meningitis, creating the largest medical crisis in history. And one percent find themselves “locked in”—fully awake and aware, but unable to move or respond to stimulus.
One per cent doesn't seem like a lot. But in the United States, that's 1.7 million people “locked in”...including the President's wife and daughter.
Spurred by grief and the sheer magnitude of the suffering, America undertakes a massive scientific initiative. Nothing can restore the ability to control their own bodies to the locked in. But then two new technologies emerge. One is a virtual-reality environment, “The Agora,” in which the locked-in can interact with other humans, both locked-in and not. The other is the discovery that a few rare individuals have brains that are receptive to being controlled by others, meaning that from time to time, those who are locked in can “ride” these people and use their bodies as if they were their own.
This skill is quickly regulated, licensed, bonded, and controlled. Nothing can go wrong. Certainly nobody would be tempted to misuse it, for murder, for political power, or worse....
John Scalzi's Lock In is a novel of our near future, from one of the most popular authors in modern science fiction.
At the publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management software (DRM) applied.

1603:The Queen's Revenge: The Legacy of the Queen of Scots, Book 3
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Together Works: The Ultimate Guide to Effective Ecollaboration
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To be successful today, we need to master collaboration and communications in order to improve and operate at the most effective levels possible. We can accomplish this by taking advantage of the technological advances of the past decade, which has resulted in what we now call ecollaboration.
Ecollaboration is all about interaction between people over the Internet, and it is vital in both real and virtual organization arrangements, where people co-exist or work together independent of time and location. Ecollaboration covers a broad range of topics, from underlying technological structures to fundamental mechanisms that are relevant to ecollaboration and virtual organizations. This book presents an overview of many of the important themes and developments in ecollaboration. It provides an essential resource of practical knowledge, applications and ideas, which you can use in both the real and the virtual world.
Some people are dragging their heels against the inevitable trend towards collaboration using technology. Read this book for practical ‘heads up’ tips on how to release the full value of effective ecollaboration in the context of a 'New Paradigm' in communication and the way work is done!
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Diary Of A Kudzu Salesman (Prepper Reconstruction)
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The characters from the classic Prepper Trilogy have moved from their survival retreat on the lake and have taken up city living in one of the FEMA reconstruction towns. The government is attempting to jump start the economy once more after a solar storm took down the grid and the economy ten long years ago. Politics and a religious cult leader who is a decedent of a Kudzu salesman threaten to upset the survivor’s plans to restart their lives as the stresses of rejoining civilization mount. This book contains several recipes and uses for Kudzu that help the community contend with the calamity.
Perhaps no other part of the natural environment is more closely identified with the South than this invasive and fast growing vine and evidence of everything that is wrong with big government.

The Alliance: Managing Talent in the Networked Age
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The employer-employee relationship is broken, and managers face a seemingly impossible dilemma: the old model of guaranteed long-term employment no longer works in a business environment defined by continuous change, but neither does a system in which every employee acts like a free agent.
The solution? Stop thinking of employees as either family or free agents. Think of them instead as allies.
As a manager you want your employees to help transform the company for the future. And your employees want the firm to help transform their careers for the long term. But this win-win scenario will only happen if both sides trust each other enough to commit to mutual investment and mutual benefit. Sadly, trust in the business world is hovering at an all-time low.
We can rebuild that lost trust with straight talk that recognizes the realities of the modern economy. So, paradoxically, the alliance begins with managers acknowledging that great employees might leave the company, and with employees being honest about their own career aspirations.
By putting this new alliance at the heart of your talent management strategy, you’ll not only bring back trust, you’ll be able to recruit and retain the entrepreneurial individuals you need to adapt to a fast-changing world.
These individualsflexible, creative, and with a bias toward actionthrive when they’re on a specific tour of duty”when they have a mission that’s mutually beneficial to employee and company that can be completed in a realistic period of time.
Coauthored by the founder of LinkedIn, this bold but practical guide for managers and executives will give you the tools you need to recruit, manage, and retain the kind of employees who will make your company thrive in today’s world of constant innovation and fast-paced change.

A Safe and Sustainable World: The Promise Of Ecological Design
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The dynamics and the resilience of the living world were the Institute's model and the inspiration for their research. Central to their efforts then and now is, along with science, a spiritual quest for a more harmonious human role in our planet's future. The results of this work have now entered mainstream science through the emerging discipline of ecological design.
Nancy Jack Todd not only relates a fascinating journey from lofty ideals through the hard realities encountered in learning how to actually grow food, harness the energy of the sun and wind, and design green architecture. She also introduces us to some of the heroes and mentors who played a vital role in those efforts as well, from Buckminster Fuller to Margaret Mead. The early work of the Institute culminated in the design and building of two bioshelters--large greenhouse-like independent structures called Arks, that provided the setting for much of the research to follow.
Successfully proving through the Institute's designs and investigations that basic land sustainability is achievable, John Todd and the author founded a second non-profit research group, Ocean Arks International. Here they applied the New Alchemy's natural systems thinking to restoring polluted waters with the invention and implementation of biologically based living technologies called Ecomachines and Pond and Lake Restorers. A Safe and Sustainable World demonstrates what has and can be done--it also looks to what must be done to integrate human ingenuity and the four billion or so years of evolutionary intelligence of the natural world into healthy, decentralized, locally dreams hard won--and hope.

The Cursed: Volume 1
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BEN: Friendly monster, or monstrous friend? You decide!
GROWTH SPURT: What happens when a mother wishes her son were a bigger man? He has a growth spurt.
SNOW: 'Legs' the Enforcer ponders the purifying effects of snow.
SPIKE ZONE: In the distant future, a human colony ekes out an existence on a distant planet. Can they survive the Spike Zone?
Totalling 14,000 words, 'The Cursed - Volume 1' delivers five compelling short stories, all featuring people having a really bad day.

Fiji: A Novel (The World Duology)
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As the pharaohs of ancient Egypt build their mighty pyramids, and Chinese civilization evolves under the Shang Dynasty, adventurous seafarers from South East Asia begin to settle the far-flung islands of the South Pacific. The exotic archipelago of Fiji is one of the last island groups to be discovered and will remain hidden from the outside world for many centuries to come.
By the mid-1800's, Fiji has become a melting pot of cannibals, warring native tribes, sailors, traders, prostitutes, escaped convicts and all manner of foreign undesirables. It's in this hostile environment an innocent young Englishwoman and a worldly American adventurer find themselves.
Susannah Drake, a missionary, questions her calling to spread God's Word as she's torn between her spiritual and sexual selves. As her forbidden desires intensify, she turns to the scriptures and prayer to quash the sinful thoughts - without success.
Nathan Johnson arrives to trade muskets to the Fijians and immediately finds himself at odds with Susannah. She despises him for introducing the white man's weapons to the very people she is trying to convert and he pities her for her naivety. Despite their differences, there's an undeniable chemistry between them.
When their lives are suddenly endangered by marauding cannibals, Susannah and Nathan are forced to rely on each other for their very survival.
Written by father-and-son writing team Lance & James Morcan (authors of The Orphan Trilogy), Fiji is an historical adventure-romance published by Sterling Gate Books. A feature film adaptation of Fiji is currently being developed.
Reviews: ★★★★★ "Fun Adventure in Foreign Locales" -Jason Letts (author of 'The Inevitable Trilogy') ★★★★★ "Exciting story from beginning to end" -Lynelle Clark (author of 'A Pirate's Wife') ★★★★★ "The book is packed with adventure" -Karine Brégeon (author of 'Francette and the Mystery of the Deaf Soldier')
★★★★★ "The extensive research is evident and the plot electrifying" -MyShelf.com
★★★★ "A wonderfully entrancing read" -Joan McGrath (historical author)
★★★★★ "Awesome book!" -A Bit Of Everything Reviews
★★★★ "You'll enjoy the voyage this book takes you on" -Have You Heard Book Review
★★★★★ "A fabulous novel, beautiful for its blunt rawness, exotic scenery, and fascinating storyline"
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★★★★★ "A well-written, totally absorbing novel" -J.B. DiNizo (author of Comings and Goings)
★★★★ "A fantastic combination of romance and action"
-The Kindle Book Review UK
★★★★★ "A perfect plot, flawless writing and a consistent storyline with no kinks or glitches throughout" -Review Buzz ★★★★★ "The richly woven world of Fiji sometimes comes across as a human Jurassic Park"
-Greg Kuhn (author & quantum physicist)
★★★★★ "A journey not only of adventure, but of heart, and most definitely of soul"
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★★★★ "Reminiscent of the great South Pacific tales of Jack London and James Michener"
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This Mess We're In (MacKenna Family)
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Damien is trapped by his past, in a small town on the northern coast of California. All he wanted was live out his life as a tattoo artist and MMA fighter at home in LA. Things had been going fine until a biker gang came along and blew it apart. He was biding his time in the little town, doing free tattoos for degenerates, until he met Claire.
This book contains adult situations, strong language, and deals with subjects such as suicide, mental illness, and drug addiction.
These themes take place in the hero and heroine's environment, and they are not directly involved in them.

The Kid Sensation Series (Books 1 - 3)
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SENSATION (Kid Sensation #1)
Like millions of other kids, Jim grew up wanting to be a superhero. Unlike most of his contemporaries, however, Jim actually had the goods: a plethora of super powers that would have been the envy of any meta on the planet. But when his tryout with the Alpha League - the world's premiere group of supers - goes disastrously wrong, Jim basically becomes an outcast.
Two years later, Jim is still bitter about what happened to him. However, he soon finds himself the centerpiece in an odd turn of events that gives him a second chance at his dream. But nothing is as easy as it sounds, as Jim soon discovers. Among other things, he's made an enemy of a prospective super teammate, he's being stalked by an unknown pursuer, and a shadowy cabal bent on world domination has identified him as the only obstacle to their plans.
It's a lot for one super to handle, even with a smorgasbord of abilities. But if saving the world were easy, everyone would do it...
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MUTATION (Kid Sensation #2)
Kid Sensation is back! The intrepid teen super with the plethora of powers returns in a new adventure.
Having saved the planet and earned a place with the world's premiere superhero team, Jim (aka Kid Sensation) is preparing to attend the prestigious Academy, where teen supers from every corner of the globe learn to master their abilities. At the same time, however, he is approached by a mysterious government organization that wants Jim to work for them - and they won't take "No" for an answer.
Moreover, at the Academy itself, an insidious and highly contagious virus is running amok through the student population, striking at the heart of their abilities. Students are losing control of their powers, with lethal consequences...
Now, in addition to evading the machinations of government agents, Jim must solve the mystery behind the virus - and how to stop it - before every super everywhere becomes fatally infected.
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INFILTRATION (Kid Sensation #3)
Having a surfeit of super powers is great for battling bad guys and saving the world, as Jim (aka Kid Sensation) is finding out, but less useful in dealing with day-to-day situations - like bonding with his superhero father, adjusting to a team environment, and coping with what might be perceived as a growing rivalry between himself and another teen super. On top of all that, despite having a serious girlfriend, he finds himself inexplicably drawn to a new female super he's just met.
At the same time, some villain has just gotten himself a new toy: an unknown weapon of tremendous power that is able to strike without warning, causing unprecedented destruction and loss of life. Perhaps more terrifying, the wielders of this weapon make no demands and issue no threats; they simply attack. Even the Alpha League, the world's greatest superhero team, is not immune, suffering an assault on their very own doorsteps.
It quickly becomes clear that the only way to stop this new evil is from within. With his unique abilities, Jim is the only person capable of infiltrating the enemy's ranks. It's up to him to figure out who is behind these attacks, what they want, and find a way to stop them - and their secret weapon - before they bring the entire world to its knees.

Outback Fear
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Savannah Harris is determined to raise her three-month-old daughter in the best possible environment, and returns home to Grace Creek, an inheritance from her recently deceased mother.
But even this peaceful property cannot cocoon her from her abusive husband or a stranger who plans to rip her life apart.
In an atmosphere thick with fear, Savannah realises she cannot keep running, she must fight back or risk losing not only her life, but the only family she has left, her precious daughter.

Democracy at Work: A Cure for Capitalism
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“Ideas of economic democracy are very much in the air, as they should be, with increasing urgency in the midst of today’s serious crises. Richard Wolff’s constructive and innovative ideas suggest new and promising foundations for much more authentic democracy and sustainable and equitable development, ideas that can be implemented directly and carried forward. A very valuable contribution in troubled times.”—Noam Chomsky
"Probably America's most prominent Marxist economist."—The New York Times
Capitalism as a system has spawned deepening economic crisis alongside its bought-and-paid-for political establishment. Neither serves the needs of our society. Whether it is secure, well-paid, and meaningful jobs or a sustainable relationship with the natural environment that we depend on, our society is not delivering the results people need and deserve.
One key cause for this intolerable state of affairs is the lack of genuine democracy in our economy as well as in our politics. The solution requires the institution of genuine economic democracy, starting with workers managing their own workplaces, as the basis for a genuine political democracy.
Here Richard D. Wolff lays out a hopeful and concrete vision of how to make that possible, addressing the many people who have concluded economic inequality and politics as usual can no longer be tolerated and are looking for a concrete program of action.
Richard D. Wolff is professor of Economics emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is currently a visiting professor at the New School University in New York. Wolff is the author of many books, including Capitalism Hits the Fan: The Global Economic Meltdown and What to Do About It. He hosts the weekly hour-long radio program Economic Update on WBAI (Pacifica Radio) and writes regularly for The Guardian, Truthout.org, and the MRZine.

Infiltration: A Kid Sensation Novel (Kid Sensation #3)
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At the same time, some villain has just gotten himself a new toy: an unknown weapon of tremendous power that is able to strike without warning, causing unprecedented destruction and loss of life. Perhaps more terrifying, the wielders of this weapon make no demands and issue no threats; they simply attack. Even the Alpha League, the world’s greatest superhero team, is not immune, suffering an assault on their very own doorsteps.
It quickly becomes clear that the only way to stop this new evil is from within. With his unique abilities, Jim is the only person capable of infiltrating the enemy’s ranks. It’s up to him to figure out who is behind these attacks, what they want, and find a way to stop them – and their secret weapon – before they bring the entire world to its knees.

Decoding Anorexia: How Breakthroughs in Science Offer Hope for Eating Disorders
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• How environment is still important and influences behaviors
• The characteristics of people at high risk for developing anorexia nervosa
• Why anorexics find starvation “rewarding”
• Why denial is such a salient feature, and how sufferers can overcome it
Carrie also includes interviews with key figures in the field who explain their work and how it contributes to our understanding of anorexia. Long thought to be a psychosocial disease of fickle teens, this book alters the way anorexia is understood and treated and gives patients, their doctors, and their family members hope.

Nothing in Common: Story One
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Doctor Ava Bancroft is on her way to vaccinate children against polio in a remote village. Her escort, security expert Mack Dalton is exactly what she expects a man like him to be, strong and capable. What she didn't expect was her reaction to him.
Keeping clients safe in a hostile environment is a matter of pride to Mack Dalton. So why does he let the cool and aloof doctor distract him so badly that he crashes the car, forcing them to spend the night on the road? And what in the world made him suggest they share a sleeping bag?
As he allows her to tempt him, he forgets one crucial fact: they are not safe.
Short story, 8500 words. Adult content.

Gli anni di Airone: Racconti del naturalista 4 (Italian Edition)
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Renato Massa è stato professore di Biologia animale presso l'università di Milano e poi Milano Bicocca fino al 30 settembre 2009, data alla quale si è dimesso per dedicarsi unicamente alla saggistica e alla narrativa

What Now ? Urban Disaster Readiness
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What would you do if a disaster strikes? What happens when you call 911 and no one comes? What if the electrical grid goes down and you are left to fend for your family for days or even weeks? Do you have the tools, supplies and skills necessary to protect and provide for you and your loved ones if a disaster strikes?
This book is designed to be a practical survival, self sufficiency and information resource for the average family. It will offer advice on steps you can take to increase your ability to be more self sufficient and survive the aftermath of almost any disaster situation. It is expected that you will take this book and build on it, making your own unique disaster plan suited for you and the lives of your loved ones.
With that being said it is time to get to work making ourselves a little more independent and free.

Beyond Dark Waters (Dark Water Series)
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Terry Treetop and the Lost Egg: (Adventure & Education series for ages 2-6) ( Animal habitats & Environment ) (Bedtime Stories Children's Books for Beginner Readers)
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This fun children's picture book is about a boy with red hair and freckles named Terry, yet everybody calls him Terry Treetop because he loves climbing trees.
Terry finds a small egg, and his quest is to bring it back home to its mom. But where is the egg's home? Does the egg belong to a turtle on the sand or a crocodile's spring water?
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The HDR Book: Unlocking the Pros' Hottest Post-Processing Techniques (2nd Edition)
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When it comes to HDR, only three key ingredients are needed: hardware, software, and post-processing technique. Hardware is simple–there are only a few things you need to set up and shoot an HDR series. Software is vastly improved, making it easier for anyone to create an HDR image. The hard part is the post-processing technique. There are only two options: hours and hours of experimentation or The HDR Book.
Featuring real-world interviews with passionate HDR photographers, this updated edition of the popular The HDR Book, by Rafael “RC” Concepcion, is more than a how-to and different from any other HDR book out there. While other books on HDR tend to lean toward the esoteric or formulaic, this book takes another approach. It's a complete and total HDR workshop that teaches you the one thing that most other books miss— once you've tone mapped your image with HDR software, you're still not finished.
Within the pages of this book, you'll find 10 projects–now updated!–shot with everything from a point-and-shoot to a 37-megapixel, medium-format camera. The projects are designed to show you how the subtle differences in each scenario (lighting, subject, environment, etc.) dictate the post-processing needed to achieve one of the many final looks covered. You'll learn not only the different tone map settings RC used, but you’ll also learn the final steps taken in Photoshop to complete each image. Then, you'll recreate these looks your self using the exact same RAW files that RC used! Plus, you get four bonus images to play with and create your own look. The end result: a more intrinsic understanding of the nuances of HDR that will help you create the images you’ve always wanted.
Best of all, The HDR Book is written using the three top HDR processing programs in the industry today: Photoshop’s HDR Pro, Photomatix Pro, and HDR Efex Pro. No matter which program you use, you'll be able to follow along and create your own stunning looks in no time.

Our Beautiful, Fragile World: The Nature and Environmental Photographs of Peter Essick
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Our Beautiful, Fragile World features a career-spanning look at the images of photojournalist Peter Essick taken while on assignment for National Geographic magazine. In this book, Essick showcases a diverse series of photographs from some of the most beautiful natural areas in the world and documents major contemporary environmental issues, such as climate change and nuclear waste.
Each photograph is accompanied by commentary on the design process of the image, Essick's personal photographic experiences, and informative highlights from the research he completed for each story. Our Beautiful, Fragile World takes the reader on a journey around the globe, from the Oulanka National Park near the Arctic Circle in Finland to the Adelie penguin breeding grounds in Antarctica.
Our Beautiful, Fragile World will interest photographers of all skill levels. It carries an important message about conservation, and the photographs provide a compelling look at our environment that will resonate with people of all ages who care about the state of the natural world.
Foreword by Jean-Michel Cousteau.

How Architecture Works: A Humanist's Toolkit
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An essential toolkit for understanding architecture as both art form and the setting for our everyday lives
We spend most of our days and nights in buildings, living and working and sometimes playing. Buildings often overawe us with their beauty. Architecture is both setting for our everyday lives and public art form—but it remains mysterious to most of us.
In How Architecture Works, Witold Rybczynski, one of our best, most stylish critics and winner of the Vincent Scully Prize for his architectural writing, answers our most fundamental questions about how good—and not-so-good—buildings are designed and constructed. Introducing the reader to the rich and varied world of modern architecture, he takes us behind the scenes, revealing how architects as different as Frank Gehry, Renzo Piano, and Robert A. M. Stern envision and create their designs. He teaches us how to “read” plans, how buildings respond to their settings, and how the smallest detail—of a stair balustrade, for instance—can convey an architect’s vision. Ranging widely from a war memorial in London to an opera house in St. Petersburg, from the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., to a famous architect’s private retreat in downtown Princeton, How Architecture Works, explains the central elements that make up good building design. It is an enlightening humanist’s toolkit for thinking about the built environment and seeing it afresh.
“Architecture, if it is any good, speaks to all of us,” Rybczynski writes. This revelatory book is his grand tour of architecture today.

The Tree in the Front Yard
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Feng Shui: Feng Shui Mastery! For Home, Health, and Happiness.. (Feng Shui, Home, Health, Happiness)
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There are people who consider Feng Shui as a miracle cure. Feng Shui is primarily based on the concept of Qi or Chi energy. This practice aims to balance this energy. The belief in Qi energy originates from Taoism.
Based on the belief of the Chinese people, Feng Shui is a philosophical system that can harmonize the existence of human with the environment. The literal meaning of Feng Shui is wind-water and it is a cultural shorthand that originated from now non-existing Classic of Burial, which is documented in the Gou Pu’s commentary.
This is also among the Five Arts of Chinese Metaphysics, whereby it is noted as physiognomy- the act of observing the appearances using calculations and formulas. This practice involves the building, in metamorphic terms, of the so-called invisible forces. These invisible forces are what bind the man, Earth, and Universe, and they’re referred to as Qi or Chi energy.
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Prefabulous World: Energy-Efficient and Sustainable Homes Around the Globe
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Welcome to the Perv Palace
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Minnesota civilly commits more sex offenders per capita than any of the twenty other states which have such programs. When patients come close to graduating through the program, the state changes it and moves the goalposts. The annual cost per offender is $120,000.

Go Suck a Lemon: Strategies for Improving your Emotional Intelligence
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We may be strengthened when we learn to be emotionally self-reliant, to free ourselves from emotional helplessness and our dependence on others for our emotional solutions.
MESSAGE TO READERS: I am truly honored that you’ve chosen Go Suck a Lemon to help achieve your goal of improved emotional intelligence.
I meet with people from all walks of life, all economic and educational backgrounds and lifestyles. These pages resemble in nearly every way how I plan and implement my encounters with my own clients in face-to-face therapy. Of course there are some variations in how approach each client with whom I work, but I always begin with PREPARING my client’s mind for learning – providing an environment for growing accustomed to the unfamiliar concepts they will hear more about as therapy progresses. Subsequent sessions build upon one another, eventually providing opportunities for acquiring more complex skills. You might plan to listen to these audio texts with that in mind.
The degree of improvement in emotional intelligence (EI) you wish to achieve may take time. After all, you’ve been doing what you do now most of your life. Replacing your self-defeating thoughts and behaviors with a more rational, intentional system of emotional problem-solving won’t be easy.
INTELLECTUAL INSIGHT (knowing and understanding what you are reading and learning) alone cannot be relied upon to bring about the EI improvement you are likely seeking. You will have to commit to both intellectual insight and ACTIVE BEHAVIOR CHANGE. It isn’t enough to simply understand. I will provide you with the information. You will have to use that information to begin to behave differently.
It will take the force of will to do that.