Books published by Deborah Quick

The book has been written for Undergraduate as well as Post Graduate students covering major aspect of practical based literatures of "Principle of Biotechnology and Genetics".

"Oh God. Man, I am a techie...!!, no soldier !!" - thoughts abruptly broke the boundaries of brain and rode on the boisterous vocal cord of Rajiv.Rajiv is a geek, who is enthusiastic about computers and lives in an advanced world of robots, self-driven cars, and teleporting machines. He is happily married to Saumya and is an alien to his niece, Sneha, who love to hear his stories and not believe them. But the happy go lucky life of Rajiv, goes topsy-turvy, when he is entangled in an abduction drama engulfing his team lead, Sriram, and a few other colleagues. Rajiv soon emerges as the chosen one and only hope for Sheshan, who heads a covert facility, installed for the development of a highly confidential weapon program. Rajiv's esoteric skills are at loggerheads with that of an equally competent, if not superior enemy. As the layers unfold, the roots of the hostile guests are traced to the transnational boundary. Degree of threat not only increases, but becomes somewhat incalculable. It can only be conjectured. How may secrets can Rajiv Withstand? Can Sheshan meet the deadline of 20 days? If not, then what Can they all put together, tenterhook the enemy? Can Rajiv bail them out? Will Rajiv return to hug Saumya? Will he be able to complete the stories Sneha yearns for? Yes or no, whatever be the answer to all the above questions, the only constant remains is that each and every stakeholder will definitely end up with unforgettable memories.---"Kumar Nishant" is a marketing professional, born and brought up in the capital of Jharkhand, Ranchi.Things change for sure, as one move forward with studies and is befriended by the responsibility. The only constant Kumar could survive, was his love for music which slowly led him into writing small pieces. What started with few slowly met the mirage of horizon.A debutant with "War of Secrets", Kumar is the winner of "Foxclues India 100 Prime Authors Award - 2021" for the same.

The book covers all the basic and latest information on Ornamental Gardening & Landscaping in an easy and understandable language.

Every year on my birthday, my tormentor returns to claim one of my firsts. A DARK MAFIA / ARRANGED MARRIAGE ROMANCEOn my sixteenth birthday, a stranger from Corsica shows up at my party. Angelo Russo looks like an angel, but more the kind who decapitates dragons than the kind with soft white wings. He's dark like the ocean and breathless like water. He says he wants all my firsts as if he already owns them, but my father orders me to stay away from this man. No matter how hard I try, I can't escape him. No one can keep me safe. Every year on my birthday, he brings me a gift, each one having a detrimental effect on my life with unimaginable consequences. With every gift he offers, he claims another one of my firsts. Before I know it, he's taken control of my existence, turning me into a nervous wreck, because when I turn eighteen, I know what first he'll come for next. Note: Love Like Poison is the first book in the Corsican Crime Lord series and ends on a cliffhanger. Sabella and Angelo's story continues in Hate Like Honey, Book Two.

Peter, a middle-aged realtor, doesn't think he'll ever find love again and Danny, a friend of Peter's son, is content with one-night stands. Will they set aside their age difference and life goals when they cross paths at a business conference and their unexpected meeting heats up?Peter has a secret. One he has kept under wraps since he was a teenager. One he kept from his wife for 37 years. It's only after his wife passes away that Peter decides to explore the secret of his sexuality. After a misunderstanding, a young man who is a friend of his son and someone he knows through his real estate business ends up on his doorstep while at a conference in Vegas.Danny has no intention of ever being in a long-term relationship again. He was burned badly by his last one. He has his work as a high-end real estate agent to keep him occupied. The money pours in and he always thought that would be enough to fulfill him. Then he knocks on the door of someone who was supposed to be an anonymous one-night fling.With a 27-year age difference, will the chance encounter lead them both down a path they never would have expected? How are their families going to react?

Journey into the most intricate and awe-inspiring place you've ever known-your body. "The Abyss Inside" offers a captivating deep dive into the marvels of human biology, revealing the miracles beneath your skin. From the rhythmic dance of your heartbeat to the vast neural networks lighting up your thoughts, this book unveils the wonders that make you, YOU. Beyond just anatomy, it delves into the remarkable processes that sustain life, heal wounds, and generate the emotions you feel. Whether it's the cells' tireless work or the astonishing adaptability of your muscles, every revelation promises to amaze you. Perfect for those with insatiable curiosity, "The Abyss Inside" is a tribute to the extraordinary complexities and majesties of the human body.

Imagine if you had a clear and concise guide that could help you easily master the basics of finance and accounting. Well, there is. This book was written to empower you with strong financial acumen so that you can make better, informed decisions in your career and business.

The notion as to which historical figure if any, was used by Bram Stoker as the original model for his fictional character Count Dracula, has never been adequately resolved for some fans. Some argue it was his boss at London's Lyceum Theatre whilst others show cause why it was a composite of the landlord class during Ireland's Potato Famine. Sean Robert Curran however, the expert in Celtic history and folk-lore who lectured at the University of Ulster, stated Dracula was probably based on the fifth century Celtic Chieftain Abhartach from Derry, who drank tainted blood and subsequently died. According to Dr. Curran, Abhartach supposedly rose from his grave as an undead and demanded bowls of blood from his subjects. The word for tainted blood in Gaelic is 'droch'fhoula' pronounced 'droc'ola' (Agence France-Presse). Since at a young age Bram's mother introduced him to Irish folk-lore and later he became a student of history, there's every chance he would have known about Abhartach. Whoever the original model was, it is later explained in Bram's novel when, in the second entry in Mina Harker's journal of September 30, Van Helsing is quoted thus ". . . I shall then make it known to you something of the history of this man . . ." ". . . I have asked my friend Arminius of Buda-Pesth University, to make his record . . ." The reply Van Helsing received from Arminius, as recorded in Mina Harker's journal, was: "He must indeed, have been that voivode (military ruler) Dracula . . ." ". . . for centuries after he was spoken of as the cleverest and the most cunning, as well as the bravest of the sons of the 'land beyond the forest' (Tran(s)-sylvania) . . ." "The Draculas' were," says Arminius, "a great and noble race." Historically this fits the blood-thirsty Vlad III Tepes (one of the meanings of Tepes was Impaler), aka Vladislaus Dracula (or to be patronymically correct, Drăculeşti) whom in Eastern Europe was a knight whom following on from his father, was a member of the Sacred Order of the Dragon. The word Drac in 15th century Romanian had two meanings; one was dragon and the other was devil. Some suggest that Stoker's Dracula refers to the Devil. They also assert that he was modelled off the Tepes Drăculeşti family, they can't have it both ways. This prominent dynasty fought under the Christian banner of a Sacred Order. No such order would have tolerated a name which meant devil. So the Tepes family surname of Drăculeşti, definitely meant dragon and never devil.

Our Care-Fort friend, Oliver Otter, learns the value of allowing friends to help him.

A Burning Ship at Sea, a Lost Statue and the Soul of a Kingdom When the captain of the cargo ship G.F. Haendel hoisted anchor in Bremerhaven on August of 1880, bound for Honolulu, he would never have accepted the idea that the bronze effigy of a Hawaiian king lashed to the deck might have anything to do with the violent gales that threaten to tear away the masts, or with the coal fire that has started deep in the hold where the crew won't be able to stop it. Captain Gerhard Schrock's mettle is brutally tested by the collision of two North Atlantic storms that climax in the ship's tumultuous near-sinking. When next a ship fire is discovered, the physical limits and emotional state of the crew are laid bare with freezing weather in their perilous race to reach the Falkland Islands on the burning vessel, where Schrock will witness his ship and the cargo, including the statue of the "Savage King," be lost to the sea or destroyed by the fire. A maritime hearing on the disaster looms in a small Falkland Islands courtroom, while Shrock questions his will to go to sea again. Forced to confront the dangers and the solitariness of his occupation, the dilemma is magnified by what he had with a Sydney harbormaster's daughter who-like his ship-he had loved and lost. Although the captain is exonerated and makes his way to Hawaii to find work on land, he is incredulous to learn a kahuna sorcerer purportedly 'prayed down' his ship. Introduced to another kahuna dream healer who claims to have been involved in saving the ship until it reached the Falklands, and to have 'seen' Schrock on his ship far out at sea, he must try to unravel this strange reality with the help of his new friends. The Captain & the King is a story based on real events blending an ordeal at sea, a cross-cultural love story of resolve, and an exploration of how men of logic confront the supernatural. Author Jack Champlin has infused a piece of late 1880s Hawaii history with canny storytelling filled with unforgettable characters and evocative details, taking the reader to another time in an unusual place. At the same time, the story portends what the Hawaiian Kingdom will someday become and why the first king's mana, or soul, takes on such importance for present-day Hawaii.

Late December 2119, world population is down to six billion. The great cities, capitals, and ports have been eaten by sea water. Catastrophic death is an everyday occurrence.Alena Rivera's husband and daughter have died in Beirut. To survive her grief, she has transferred back to Bogata. A drug expert in CIMI, she is tagged to head the station. Now she is lying grievously wounded on a forest floor below the eastern Andes. Sabotaged, she thinks, passing out again. Allegiance can change quickly.Rescued by Patron Salvador and his people, her first words warn of a CIMI move against his drug-producing finca. Then she falls into a two-week coma. Salvador, and other refugees at Bien Fuente, sit with her as the medical staff fights to save her.Once she revives, her loyalty is questioned by some in command, especially after her past life is revealed. Not, however, by Salvador. She has vowed to withdraw from life and love, but destiny has other ideas.

Pocket Retreat is an introduction to prayer following the monastic practice of Lectio Divina and the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, including 27 selections from A Jesus Breviary, a description of Lectio Divina, and 8 lists of scripture passages for prayer: Hebrew Scripture readings on the love of God, Jesus Incarnate, Jesus Miracles, Jesus Parables, Jesus Sayings, the Paschal Mystery, the Holy Spirit, and the Christian Life. For more information visit idjc.org.

This book is a real testimony, it is one without apology, one without shame, and is certainly one without religiosity. You will read how one woman appeared to be on a merry-go round of rejection, bondage, victimization, loneliness, and deep emotional pain. Through God's Mercy and Grace, she was brought into Life, Love, Wholeness and Purpose, enabling her to boldly declare things, as they once were and as they are now.

Survival of the education field is dependent upon the status of its educators who are becoming endangered or extinct at alarming rates. New teachers hold a profoundly significant place in the educational hierarchy. Consequently, there is a mounting concern relative to the substantial increase in the shortage of new teachers in the field of education. This is rapidly becoming a national concern. As new teachers enter the professional field of education it is essential that they received the level of support needed from all members of their organization to assist them in becoming successful educators. "School districts have a duty to provide site-based support for their new teachers at each school site. Programs that promote effective monitoring and supportive induction help a new teacher build: 1) self-confidence and self-efficacy, 2) positive dispositions, and 3) on acquiring and strengthening knowledge and professional skills. Other advantages include 1) lower attrition rates; 2) increased teacher effectiveness and efficiency in their classroom; and 3) saves school districts money" (Lambeth, 2012, p. 1). As a means of addressing this issue, the author asked herself three questions: 1) Why are turnover rates increasing so quickly nationwide; 2) What is causing the new teacher attrition; 3) What can be done to slow down and eventually eliminate this educational obstruction? After completing research which afforded the author the opportunity to closely analyze this matter; she decided that a tool of support for new educators was needed. Here it is!! "Bridging the Gap: From Outside to Inside the Classroom".

Survival of the education field is dependent upon the status of its educators who are becoming endangered or extinct at alarming rates. New teachers hold a profoundly significant place in the educational hierarchy. Consequently, there is a mounting concern relative to the substantial increase in the shortage of new teachers in the field of education. This is rapidly becoming a national concern. As new teachers enter the professional field of education it is essential that they received the level of support needed from all members of their organization to assist them in becoming successful educators. "School districts have a duty to provide site-based support for their new teachers at each school site. Programs that promote effective monitoring and supportive induction help a new teacher build: 1) self-confidence and self-efficacy, 2) positive dispositions, and 3) on acquiring and strengthening knowledge and professional skills. Other advantages include 1) lower attrition rates; 2) increased teacher effectiveness and efficiency in their classroom; and 3) saves school districts money" (Lambeth, 2012, p. 1). As a means of addressing this issue, the author asked herself three questions: 1) Why are turnover rates increasing so quickly nationwide; 2) What is causing the new teacher attrition; 3) What can be done to slow down and eventually eliminate this educational obstruction? After completing research which afforded the author the opportunity to closely analyze this matter; she decided that a tool of support for new educators was needed. Here it is!! "Bridging the Gap: From Outside to Inside the Classroom".