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As Quies takes his new family to the streets of Colorado to start a new life, he has to come up with a plan that will take him to the top and fast. And have two down ass bitches on his side makes it a little bit easier. But everything is not so easy after all, Quies run into a little trouble while he was on the run.

Madelon's fourth book continues with more of her unique take on the current social scene. In addition, she has included recipes told to her by friends and her mother. Now a Pennsylvania transplant, grandmothering still brings her joy, even if it's in one hour slots. Maddy still dabbles in painting, and jewelry-making. Currently, as an avid believer in lifelong learning, she is studying Hebrew and taking courses in writing and crafts.

Mad Dog and the Call to Duty begins when Filer is contacted by Charlie Boyd, a former Seabee who served with Filer in Vietnam. Charlie offers Filer a job to retrieve a Mini bulldozer they used on a dangerous mission to repair a Marine Corps helo pad at firebase Foxtrot. Charlie wants the Mini for his personal Museum. Filer has doubts bout accepting the job, but after consulting his Coffee Crew buddies and his female pal Hoops, he accepts the job. Now Filer recruits Ted Johns, a gaffer, he met when he was a stuntman on the Copper Thieves, a movie made in part about his first job as a lineman. Next, they recruit Jordan Cross, an independent film and documentary producer who used the two as security for her Burning Man Festival filmed at Black Rock City in the Nevada desert. The last member of the team is Erica Franklin, a Fresno school teacher, Filer met at the Burning Man. After landing in Chu Lai, Vietnam where Filer was stationed in Vietnam Filer meets up with Michael, a renegade Frenchman, living by his wits in a country that expelled his grandparents and parents. Michael advises Filer to hire a Filipino crew to help retrieve the Mini. Once the Mini is found and prepared for transport to the states by a cargo plane Filer and his team make plans to visit Angor Wat in Cambodia and finally a well-earned beach vacation in Thailand-job over and done. But their adventures are not over.

"e;Fragments of Her Mind"e; is a culmination of poetic works by the author. The content ranges from experiencing and processing mental health issues to critiques of our modern world. This writing is a raw, unvarnished account of a teen's emotional metabolism of her experiences.

Born cinched in the Bible Belt, I worked the land, loving God and family. I married my high school sweetheart in college. Time revealed him to be an alcoholic/addict. In love, I was desperate for his recovery. We met an intentional community having locations spanning the globe, their own government, a tall ship for trading overseas, organic farms, soap shops, biodiesel and solar energy. My husband joined. Alcohol and drugs were prohibited. I followed. I became ill. Touting sickness and death to be punishment for sin, their leaders proclaimed God smote me over insubordination to men. Years later I found proof God wasn't to blame, involved possibly. Something supernatural had transpired when I survived. Keeping a journal, capturing details, crippled and bleeding internally, I left, sought medical attention, got divorced, emerged a single mother, and began my recovery. It wasn't their intention, but I made it out alive! Never underestimate your power ... you just might unleash a Phoenix.

Three guys are Bonded together by Loyalty. As they come together and build their empire, each of them use their own skills to hold their weight around the house, and for them that means hustling at all cost as they move through the streets of Atlanta.

Eva Mae has come a long way from the 70's, having a ruff child good to becoming a world wide hustler. But as she pass the game down to her daughters her hold life changes. And its left up to the girls to make it right. Has they go through the city making a name for themselves and keep their mother name a live.

The information in this book on being transformed is designed to help you change your life from the inside out, or from the heart. It is meant to help new believers begin their walk with the Lord on the "e;right foot."e; The author has met several Christians who confuse their salvation with their walk with the Lord. They are separate events!One lady she met expressed her disappointment and confusion about being a Christian. She thought that once she accepted Jesus as her Savior, she would not have any more problems. She did not know that Jesus wants to guide us through our problems and bring us to a better understanding of what is involved in the Christian walk. The author attended a church in Phoenix, Arizona where the pastor, now deceased, taught his congregation how to use the teachings of the Bible and God's promises to change their lives. She has used this method many times with success and now walks in the peace and love of God.

Jeanne Cassidy never dreamed she would fall in love so deeply, especially after age forty. But as soon as her husband, Tom, saw retired racing Greyhounds featured on an episode of The Joan Rivers Show and encouraged her to take a look, the beautiful dogs immediately captured her heart. In a poignant retelling of her experiences with Greyhounds, Jeanne begins by detailing a visit to a Connecticut residence in 1990 where she and Tom were introduced to a quiet, two-year-old female who was cringing at the back of her crate. After adopting and naming her Ping Ping, Jeanne discloses how she and Tom welcomed her into their home nestled in the foothills of the Berkshire Mountains, helped her adjust to her new environment that included a sister cat, and showered her with unconditional love without realizing that this adoption would not be their last. Unconditional is a touching narrative that shares insight into an East Coast couple's experiences as they adopted, nurtured, and enthusiastically loved retired racing Greyhounds.

A complete sourcebook for how to create architectural and building design presentations. With design strategy chapters using the right media for applications in architectural engineering design. Intended for beginner, intermediate, and advanced studies in architectural engineering. A great sourcebook for students, professors, and professionals.

The fact that Jorge Hernandez is contemplating 'doing good' in the world should be enough to send a shiver through anyone's spine. He may be living a seemingly legit lifestyle with his family in Canada, but don't be fooled; this former Mexican cartel boss holds a powerful grip on everything from politics to media, and he's never beyond getting a little blood on his hands. When his daughter Maria steps up to someday head the familia, it is with great pride that Jorge breaks down the lessons that will secure her position in life. Giving her a glimpse into his daily activities, she quickly witnesses the stark view of the criminal mastermind at work. It doesn't matter if he's yelling at the prime minister or making plans to take someone down; Jorge does so with a powerful and unapologetic swoop. But how much is he willing to reveal? Is he ready for his daughter to learn about his brutal, murderous side? In a world where trust is essential, Jorge teaches her the powerful lesson; Loyalty above all. There are no exceptions.

The Enigma code machine was used extensively by German armed forces in WWII. To counter its use, the British developed a massive codebreaking project which successfully captured and decoded huge numbers of German messages. This effort was so secret that information about the Enigma and the codebreaking did not reach the public until the 1970's. Since then the general interest in the Enigma and the codebreaking has steadily increased. This book concisely discusses the Enigma design and use and shows functional data flows through the system. Some discussion of British codebreaking is included. To develop his own understanding , the author wrote a computer simulator of the Enigma and the source code is included in the book.

Join John Cramer who at the moment is at the top of his game. Filthy rich and on his way to the good life. Watch as one moment of daydreaming starts his life on a fast pace downward spiral that carries him to the very gates of hell. And watch as a single emotion causes the journey to become a rollercoaster thrill-ride like no other.

From the Ridges is a story, a history, a genealogy of two families--the Rines and the Waynes, the strong pioneers who came to Rines Ridge and Waynes Ridge in Marshall County, West Virginia. It traces their descendants for many generations of strong people and loving families. It is well-researched and entertaining, well-written and informative.

In a unique and utopian South Africa of the far future, a secret agent crosses paths with a doomed man, a few adventurous children, and a unit of nurses. He also meets a murdered woman, which is highly unusual since crime is just about unheard off in the Age of Integrity. To a background of wild South African landscapes and phenomenal technology, investigations continue. However, it is not the agent but the nurses who get to have most of the adventures. But will they uncover the truth about the dead woman? And will they discover the identities of the two John Does, lying unconscious in their hospital?Joy Sebenza, Better Than Hope, is a utopian sci fi drama, sleuth detective adventure, with hints of romance and a sprinkle of fairy tale flavor, but most of all, it is an origin story.

This book on Rapidity: Time Management on the Dot is about a focused and adaptive approach to time management. The theme is to do something with rapidity. In ordinary parlance, rapidity is a noun denoting the attribute of doing something with great speed. Some favorite thesaurus options for rapidity are swiftness, quickness, speed, speediness, briskness, expeditiousness, dispatch, alacrity, promptness, and immediacy. Rapidity, as a conveyor of time management on the dot, implies an alignment of time, cost, and quality of getting things done. The book also covers the need to deal with a pandemic-disrupted landscape of time management. Several guides and tips are provided in the book.

The prediction was part of a hypothesis seeking to investigate whether God endowed his right to liberty from school attendance and contained in a typewritten letter to the president of the United States in 1965, Lyndon Banes Johnson. Mr. Meyer was nine years old at the time and does not retain a copy of that letter, but remembers its contents due to the scientific knowledge of average survival age for men and women and the principle of thirds that governed its formation.

This is a humorous guide to end of life, as I experienced it. It details a day-by-day description of my general "e;well being"e; and "e;not-so-well-being"e; as it had arisen to the end of my days! Hopefully you will be able to call on this expedition to track your own journey.

Clint Jackson is living in a tiny apartment in San Francisco when, after waking from an alcoholic haze. He receives an unwelcome phone call from his brother John in St. Louis. John informs Clint that their baby sister, Melanie, has gone missing in Peru, that their father, with whom Clint has had a toxic relationship, has had a debilitating stroke, and that he needs to return home prior to leaving for South America to find out what happened to Melanie. Reluctantly, Clint agrees, soon finding himself forced to confront unforeseen challenges as he searches for his sister in the Andean region of Cajamarca in Peru. Stymied by American and Peruvian officials, he needs to overcome his own weaknesses, resentments, and self-loathing if he has any hope of solving the mystery of Melanie's disappearance. Caught up in a complex and shifting situation in a culture and landscape that is totally foreign to him, he struggles against overwhelming odds to overcome the many obstacles in his path to finding his sister but also to come to grips with his own destiny.

Like a time-capsule buried long ago our Father's story was dug up when we stumbled over family secrets hidden beneath the surface. With a strong desire to preserve Family history me and my sister set out to put his story on paper for future generations. Spanning five decades Royal's story will take you on a historical journey through times long forgotten. Revisiting the people and places that shaped his life helped us know him in a way we never had before. Royal is a story of discovering who you are in light of where you've been and is meant to inspire, motivate and encourage you to discover what lies beneath the surface of your own Family Tree?

I love to tell the story of heroic knights, great battles, evil doers, and the Dark Prince of Naples, a complex man who traveled over two continents to find himself. In his travels he was accompanied by his two cousins. Arturo the skillful. A deadly swordsman second only to the Dark Prince. His other cousin is Baldassare the ferocious. The strongest man in Naples. A quiet man, but when aroused, his legendary strength and brute force is savage and terrifying. A good story needs a villain. We have one. A miscreant who is called Greco. What about love you ask? Ravenaire, the love of the Dark Prince and she of him. Oh, and did I mention the Assassins of Syria and their relationship to the Dark Prince? And least I forget, the Knights Templar. Well, my friend, let me introduce myself to you. I am called Brother Tristan du Lyonesse, a Templar knight.

The Milky (nurturing) Galaxy is a combination of two related novellas set in the same small, unregarded corner of the multiverse. In the first novella, in the 24th century, the Earth is ruined. Bio-diversity is gone. What is left is foul air, poisoned soil, filthy water, and a greatly reduced population of Humans struggling to survive in the dystopian environment. The wondrous beauty of a living globe more than four billion years old perfectly suited to support millions of diverse species is no more. Only the Rich live comfortably in geodesic domes five miles high which selfishly preserve some of the former glorious wonder, the clean air, water, and healthy food of the now collapsing Earthly biosphere. In the fragmented slums between the Domes, descendents of the former Working Class - whose livelihoods were usurped by robots mid-21st century - cling to a precarious secret existence in old buildings sealed against the raw, polluted, unfiltered air and water of ruined Earth. Living in peace with the ultra-privileged Dome dwellers, except as slaves whose lives would be worth nothing, is clearly impossible. Large, green, ameboid Aliens come to Earth and take away members of the former Working Class to settle them on healthy planets elsewhere in the Galaxy. The Aliens accidently leave an Alien child behind. Zee (the ameboid Aliens have only one gender) struggles to survive outside the Domes and find a way to Reproduce, to save hir memories for the future of hir species. In the second novella, a wastrel young man belonging to a Rich Dome family is sent against his will by his authoritarian father out into space to find a suitable, un-ruined planet where the Rich Families of Earth can transfer their "e;civilization:"e; their food animals, their enslaved women, and their capitalist economy. Past the worm-hole in the alpha Centauri star-system, the young man finds a thriving Anarkhist society of Human beings - living with green, ameboid aliens and others - inhabiting a star system with three suns. To his surprise, he falls in love with a free-Human female; and yet he still intends to conquer the planet and bring to it the "e;blessings"e; of Capitalism, because it will make him a Rich Earthman. Disaster ensues.

They told themselves it had all the makings of one of their classic road trips; though Chad and Monty lacked one essential: their youth, the ultimate trump card. Then the breakdown of Monty's Bricklin-noted for its flawed design-and the rescue of two women, in a VW van, alter the paradigm. Recently divorced Monty is taken by free-spirited Cara, an artist; and Chad, eventually drawn in by Maylee-a writer with a penchant for conjuring perceptive poems-thinks he has found true happiness, until a family issue and huge career break determines a new path in the lives of all four characters.

When Karen Hoffmeister suddenly and mysteriously goes missing from her home, her strange disappearance sets in motion a tangled web of intrigue, duplicity, treachery and puzzlement. Riddle weaves a tantalizing thread through the lives of those involved with Karen, culminating in an astonishingly startling conclusion.

Did you know there's an adult version of the alphabet? If not, you know now! That's because we're all grown up and "e;A"e; isn't just for Apple anymore. In "e;Learning Our ABCs"e;, author Terri *Lovie* Delaney offers a new and unique look at the A-to-Z alphabet. Uplifting, positive , and filled with "e;glowingly good mood"e; words, this little guide helps you find a small piece of peace among the chaos, craziness, and commotion of the world today. From "e;Appreciate to Zest"e;, Delaney shares a grown-up version of the alphabet, nudging you to experience a calmer, cooler, and more collected state of being.

Meet Mara and Mya - instant best friends from the moment they meet on the swing set. Opposite from each other in many ways, they happen to have very similar-sounding names. So much so that their tongue-tied Kindergarten teacher gives them adorable nicknames, which are not only much easier to say, but which also embrace one of their most obvious "e;opposites"e;. This is the charming - and true! - story of how Mara and Mya become "e;Curly"e; and "e;Straight"e;. Themes of friendship and the embracing of individual differences will leave readers smiling both inside and out.

Losing a Hand was written by Ed with over forty eight years experience. It documents how he first came in contact with amputee friends, and then tells of how he chose amputation for himself and then with the aid of a power saw removed his own hand. The book follows with stories of his adaptation -- and success -- into amputee life. The lessons he learned and how they learned them should be inspiring to all, but especially to those people who know amputees or are amputees themselves, either by choice or by fate. The book also contains many case studies of others who lost one or more hands. It's written in a wonderful (and easy to read) down-to-earth style and comes highly recommended.

Defense attorney Kellan Keegan and her team try to unravel the truth in defense of a well-respected medical doctor who has been accused of committing a murder he didn't committ. Mystery, suspense, and intrigue unfold as our trio of characters find themselves stalked, threatened, and attacked when they get nearer to the truth of what really happened. It's Urban Fantasy populated with humans, aliens, alien-human hybrids, and witches in this tale to keep you guessing and turning pages. It's not stop, action and intrigue as our heroes solve the mystery in a final courtroom showdown.

Understanding human behavior is generally a difficult task because of the complexity of the individual (or the group of individuals) that is subjected to intertwined factors, forces, values, and other motivational resources that are influencing behavior. A qualitative model of the individual was developed to account for the factors and forces exerted on the individual and the individual's goals. Personal behavior was further modeled by a vector with a magnitude and a direction. The magnitude depends on factors and forces that may be unleveraged or leveraged. The direction of the behavior vector represents the goals of the individual. The behavior model was extended to a group of individuals by considering a group vector. The role of past experience and resources supporting and influencing the indivual and the group were identified and discussed. Decision processes for the individual and the group were developed since it is through decisions that behavior is developed and adopted. The model also includes immutable factors to guide the individual toward a task-oriented or relationship-oriented human behavior. An error process was also developed to identify and correct errors so that the decisions taken are accurate, complete, and uptodate. Several illustrative applications of the human behavior model are presented and discussed. These applications relate to the individual and the group with specific goals and in particular situations.

This story starts with a kid by watching television heard the theory that the Earth will be consumed by the sun, the fear of this caused an incredible journey, from the Moon to the center of The Milky way, and the inventions of a group of people that made journey possible. Joseph Stine is the main character; he developed a new computer system using Nanites. He called the system MANN, this system morphs into the main character over thousands of years of evolution of the Nanites, this happened due to Joe experimenting on himself with medical Nanites to keep him strong and healthy. He sold a copy of MANN to the U.S government, but felt he needed a way to control MANN and MANN 2, and creates a Special Nanite, implanted into himself and his daughter Crystal, Joe wanted to use Nanites for the good of Mankind, Crystal not so much. Joe goes to the far reaches of space, Crystal stayed behind on Earth and became a dictator, but was killed by an act of God. That bothered Joe and he would think of it often. On the space craft named "e;Home"e;, the Joe and the crew slept for 20 years in a Hybercell and would wake up for a week at a time, over hundreds of years Joe convinced the crew to agree to enhancing themselves with Nanites for their health and wellbeing. They agree, and their evolution began. They colonize a planet, and find life on exo-planets, some odd, some awfully familiar. Alien life that had depleted their home planet of everything and forced to recycle minerals, and everything they needed from other places. In order for Joe to get their technology he infected them with Nanites, speeding transportation to faster than the speed of light. A thousand years later Joe, no longer existed, and had become Special. Special then evolves into a mass of Nanites and after a few thousand years they try to return to Earth, but something was keeping them away. Special makes a final attempt to escape to gravity of Sagittarius A*, when it meets God.