Author: Forrest Hubbard
Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
ISBN: 1098016270
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
When you read a map and you think you're an accidental hero, but actually, you're the villain, welcome to the World of Dreydens-no, welcome to the Way of Zelos. After requesting a copy of an artifact map from the librarian and meeting up, Zelos, Tai, and Elise set out on a search for the truth surrounding the myths of the history of their world. After being thrashed in Mt. Azure, they are transported to another world where a group of rebels requests their help and where Atlas, the Overwriter, begins his operation. The operation that will gently steer this trio into believing their own hype, warp their sense of worth, and cause them to become the game of Russian roulette that will end with each other.
Dreydens
Author: Forrest Hubbard
Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
ISBN: 1098016270
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
When you read a map and you think you're an accidental hero, but actually, you're the villain, welcome to the World of Dreydens-no, welcome to the Way of Zelos. After requesting a copy of an artifact map from the librarian and meeting up, Zelos, Tai, and Elise set out on a search for the truth surrounding the myths of the history of their world. After being thrashed in Mt. Azure, they are transported to another world where a group of rebels requests their help and where Atlas, the Overwriter, begins his operation. The operation that will gently steer this trio into believing their own hype, warp their sense of worth, and cause them to become the game of Russian roulette that will end with each other.
Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
ISBN: 1098016270
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
When you read a map and you think you're an accidental hero, but actually, you're the villain, welcome to the World of Dreydens-no, welcome to the Way of Zelos. After requesting a copy of an artifact map from the librarian and meeting up, Zelos, Tai, and Elise set out on a search for the truth surrounding the myths of the history of their world. After being thrashed in Mt. Azure, they are transported to another world where a group of rebels requests their help and where Atlas, the Overwriter, begins his operation. The operation that will gently steer this trio into believing their own hype, warp their sense of worth, and cause them to become the game of Russian roulette that will end with each other.
A Street Called Darwin
Author: Kent Freeland
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595531121
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
A Street Called Darwin is based on a real individual: Charles Darwin Foard. This man grew up in southwestern Wisconsin, was drafted into the United States Army in 1941. He applied for and was accepted into the Army Air Corps, the forerunner of the present day United States Air Force. Darwin trained in Texas, learning how to fly a B-24 bomber. His first assignments were long-range bombing missions in the South Pacific against Japanese-held installations. He was killed in a tragic runway crash on Biak Island in 1944. While this book is about the military life of this remarkable young man, it also reveals his very human side as he interacts with family and acquaintances. The basis for this biography of Darwin is a collection of letters, photos and documents which were kept by his parents and relatives. The author came into their possession in 2007 and quickly discovered that there was a story that just had to be told.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595531121
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
A Street Called Darwin is based on a real individual: Charles Darwin Foard. This man grew up in southwestern Wisconsin, was drafted into the United States Army in 1941. He applied for and was accepted into the Army Air Corps, the forerunner of the present day United States Air Force. Darwin trained in Texas, learning how to fly a B-24 bomber. His first assignments were long-range bombing missions in the South Pacific against Japanese-held installations. He was killed in a tragic runway crash on Biak Island in 1944. While this book is about the military life of this remarkable young man, it also reveals his very human side as he interacts with family and acquaintances. The basis for this biography of Darwin is a collection of letters, photos and documents which were kept by his parents and relatives. The author came into their possession in 2007 and quickly discovered that there was a story that just had to be told.
You Again
Author: Mary Burns
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0992002621
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
The third in a trilogy that began with Shinny's Girls (Talon, 1989), and continued with Flashing Yellow (Turnstone, 2001), You Again brings to a crescendo the eccentric family saga of a single mother and her three daughters by three different fathers. What makes us who we are? This question thrums in the background as grandson Matthew tries to escape an identity theft scam, and daughter Elfie's pregnancy forces Shinny to reveal a long held secret. Praise for the Shinny's Girls novels: ""I really liked Shinny. I was absorbed. You get a wonderful sense of the reality of these people."" Peter Gzowski, CBC Radio ""Superb... The whole life of an uncommon woman."" Books in Canada ""Elegantly captures the remarkable way in which Family has been redefined in the 21st century in North America."" Julie Cruikshank, author of Do Glaciers Listen?
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0992002621
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
The third in a trilogy that began with Shinny's Girls (Talon, 1989), and continued with Flashing Yellow (Turnstone, 2001), You Again brings to a crescendo the eccentric family saga of a single mother and her three daughters by three different fathers. What makes us who we are? This question thrums in the background as grandson Matthew tries to escape an identity theft scam, and daughter Elfie's pregnancy forces Shinny to reveal a long held secret. Praise for the Shinny's Girls novels: ""I really liked Shinny. I was absorbed. You get a wonderful sense of the reality of these people."" Peter Gzowski, CBC Radio ""Superb... The whole life of an uncommon woman."" Books in Canada ""Elegantly captures the remarkable way in which Family has been redefined in the 21st century in North America."" Julie Cruikshank, author of Do Glaciers Listen?
The Twin
Author: Gerbrand Bakker
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1459608275
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
When his twin brother dies in a car accident, Helmer is obliged to return to the small family farm. He resigns himself to taking over his brother's role and spending the rest of his days 'with his head under a cow'. After his old, worn-out father has been transferred upstairs, Helmer sets about furnishing the rest of the house according to his own minimal preferences. 'A double bed and a duvet', advises Ada, who lives next door, with a sly look. Then Riet appears, the woman once engaged to marry his twin. Could Riet and her son live with him for a while, on the farm?'The Twin' is an ode to the platteland, the flat and bleak Dutch countryside with its ditches and its cows and its endless grey skies. Ostensibly a novel about the countryside, as seen through the eyes of a farmer, 'the Twin' is, in the end, about the possibility or impossibility of taking life into one's own hands. It chronicles a way of life which has resisted modernity, is culturally apart, and yet riven with a kind of romantic longing. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1459608275
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
When his twin brother dies in a car accident, Helmer is obliged to return to the small family farm. He resigns himself to taking over his brother's role and spending the rest of his days 'with his head under a cow'. After his old, worn-out father has been transferred upstairs, Helmer sets about furnishing the rest of the house according to his own minimal preferences. 'A double bed and a duvet', advises Ada, who lives next door, with a sly look. Then Riet appears, the woman once engaged to marry his twin. Could Riet and her son live with him for a while, on the farm?'The Twin' is an ode to the platteland, the flat and bleak Dutch countryside with its ditches and its cows and its endless grey skies. Ostensibly a novel about the countryside, as seen through the eyes of a farmer, 'the Twin' is, in the end, about the possibility or impossibility of taking life into one's own hands. It chronicles a way of life which has resisted modernity, is culturally apart, and yet riven with a kind of romantic longing. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Skookum Chuck
Author: Stewart Edward White
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
"Skookum Chuck" by Stewart Edward White is a thrilling novel about a young veteran man who encounters a healer of souls. These two agree that the veteran, in order to get a better view of life, must do everything the healer asks of him for three months. If at the end of the test, he still feels disillusioned, he will owe the healer thousands to pay for his time. The two thus head out on an adventure through Vancouver in search of joy.
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
"Skookum Chuck" by Stewart Edward White is a thrilling novel about a young veteran man who encounters a healer of souls. These two agree that the veteran, in order to get a better view of life, must do everything the healer asks of him for three months. If at the end of the test, he still feels disillusioned, he will owe the healer thousands to pay for his time. The two thus head out on an adventure through Vancouver in search of joy.
Al's Blind Date
Author: Constance C. Greene
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504004450
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Al has not one but two blind dates—what if they both go terribly wrong? When it comes to boys, fourteen-year-old Al is the first to admit she isn’t exactly an expert. Even Brian, the boy she met at her father’s wedding, has only ever sent her one letter. Just when she’s starting to wonder if any boy could ever really like her, she suddenly finds herself with two blind dates in one week. Al isn’t sure if she’s ready to take this next step. What if the boys are boring, or strange, or really short? Or what if they abandon her to dance with other girls? The more Al thinks about her upcoming dates, the worse they sound. Dating is scary enough, but blind dating? That’s enough to terrify even a girl as brave as Al.
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504004450
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Al has not one but two blind dates—what if they both go terribly wrong? When it comes to boys, fourteen-year-old Al is the first to admit she isn’t exactly an expert. Even Brian, the boy she met at her father’s wedding, has only ever sent her one letter. Just when she’s starting to wonder if any boy could ever really like her, she suddenly finds herself with two blind dates in one week. Al isn’t sure if she’s ready to take this next step. What if the boys are boring, or strange, or really short? Or what if they abandon her to dance with other girls? The more Al thinks about her upcoming dates, the worse they sound. Dating is scary enough, but blind dating? That’s enough to terrify even a girl as brave as Al.
ORBIT
Author: Laurence J. Alison
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0197545971
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
ORBIT (Observing Rapport Based Interpersonal Techniques) is an approach to interviewing high-value detainees, encompassing not only analysis and research into the methodology, but also a framework for training. ORBIT: The Science of Rapport-Based Interviewing for Law Enforcement, Security, and Military offers comprehensive treatment of ORBIT's unique perspective on human rapport and the role it plays in the interrogation of difficult subjects, including suspects, detainees, and high value targets. Alison and colleagues provide an overview of ORBIT, which was developed from analysis of nearly 2000 hours of recorded interrogations. They go on to define rapport, explaining how and why it works by reference to this corpus of data--by far the largest of its kind in the world. ORBIT reveals what this data shows: that rapport-based methods work, and that coercion, persuasion, and threats do not. Outlining the development of their own unique stance on rapport and its influences, the authors demonstrate, through real-life examples and careful analysis, why harsh methods must be rejected and why compassion and understanding work.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0197545971
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
ORBIT (Observing Rapport Based Interpersonal Techniques) is an approach to interviewing high-value detainees, encompassing not only analysis and research into the methodology, but also a framework for training. ORBIT: The Science of Rapport-Based Interviewing for Law Enforcement, Security, and Military offers comprehensive treatment of ORBIT's unique perspective on human rapport and the role it plays in the interrogation of difficult subjects, including suspects, detainees, and high value targets. Alison and colleagues provide an overview of ORBIT, which was developed from analysis of nearly 2000 hours of recorded interrogations. They go on to define rapport, explaining how and why it works by reference to this corpus of data--by far the largest of its kind in the world. ORBIT reveals what this data shows: that rapport-based methods work, and that coercion, persuasion, and threats do not. Outlining the development of their own unique stance on rapport and its influences, the authors demonstrate, through real-life examples and careful analysis, why harsh methods must be rejected and why compassion and understanding work.
Some Like It Scot
Author: Donna Kauffman
Publisher: Brava
ISBN: 0758260504
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
There Goes The Bride. . . She's cautious, careful--and about to lose control of her future to a marriage of inconvenience. So, what can reluctant bride Katie McAuley do? Easy--let a modern-day prince charming spirit her away for a month to his Scottish castle. There she can take refuge from her overbearing family and finally figure out what she really wants. But the more Katie sees of Graham McLeod, the harder it's getting to keep their arrangement strictly business. . . As McLeod clan leader, Graham had always placed duty to his heritage and people before everything else. Now with Katie as his "betrothed," he's finally satisfied a ridiculously outdated Marriage Pact to wed a McAuley descendant, letting him focus on more pressing matters, like preventing a ruthless relative's takeover of his home island. If he could just keep Katie's courage and honesty at arm's length, not to mention their all-too-sizzling attraction. . . "Kauffman's characters are both sexy and intelligent." --Romance Junkies "Their Scottish brogues and sexual prowess will tingle your spine and. . .just make you feel good." --Romantic Times on Bad Boys In Kilts "No one does a Scot quite like Ms. Kauffman." --Coffee Time Reviews
Publisher: Brava
ISBN: 0758260504
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
There Goes The Bride. . . She's cautious, careful--and about to lose control of her future to a marriage of inconvenience. So, what can reluctant bride Katie McAuley do? Easy--let a modern-day prince charming spirit her away for a month to his Scottish castle. There she can take refuge from her overbearing family and finally figure out what she really wants. But the more Katie sees of Graham McLeod, the harder it's getting to keep their arrangement strictly business. . . As McLeod clan leader, Graham had always placed duty to his heritage and people before everything else. Now with Katie as his "betrothed," he's finally satisfied a ridiculously outdated Marriage Pact to wed a McAuley descendant, letting him focus on more pressing matters, like preventing a ruthless relative's takeover of his home island. If he could just keep Katie's courage and honesty at arm's length, not to mention their all-too-sizzling attraction. . . "Kauffman's characters are both sexy and intelligent." --Romance Junkies "Their Scottish brogues and sexual prowess will tingle your spine and. . .just make you feel good." --Romantic Times on Bad Boys In Kilts "No one does a Scot quite like Ms. Kauffman." --Coffee Time Reviews
Just a Song at Twilight
Author: Donald J. Richardson
Publisher: Author House
ISBN: 1491835796
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
Like many writers, I suppose I have an idealized picture of the past, of my youth, when everything was green and golden and all the calves sang to my huntsmans horn. All the potential was ours, all that mattered was the immediate present, and the future belonged to some non-threatening, never-to-be-achieved time when we might--God forfend--actually get older. So here it is--my paean to my youth--long gone--but never--oh dear Lord above protect us in our innocence and naivete--never to be forgotten.
Publisher: Author House
ISBN: 1491835796
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 375
Book Description
Like many writers, I suppose I have an idealized picture of the past, of my youth, when everything was green and golden and all the calves sang to my huntsmans horn. All the potential was ours, all that mattered was the immediate present, and the future belonged to some non-threatening, never-to-be-achieved time when we might--God forfend--actually get older. So here it is--my paean to my youth--long gone--but never--oh dear Lord above protect us in our innocence and naivete--never to be forgotten.
Across America by Bicycle
Author: Alice Honeywell
Publisher: Terrace Books
ISBN: 0299248836
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
Biking from Oregon to Maine is no small feat, especially for two newly retired women who carry everything they need for three months, powered only by the strength of their legs and a desire for adventure. Alice Honeywell and Bobbi Montgomery invite readers to follow their ride by bicycle across the United States, as they face scorching sun, driving rain, buffeting winds, equipment failures, killer hills, wild fires, and even a plague of grasshoppers. As Alice and Bobbi pedal along their 3,600-mile journey, they test and deepen their friendship, defy their aches and pains, experience the vast and varied beauties of their country, and discover the challenges and satisfaction of a scaled-down lifestyle. And, they encounter unfailing generosity from people they meet—from the prayers of a North Dakota woman for their safekeeping, to the offer of a house in Michigan, to invitations for dinner and a place to sleep at stops all along the way. And there are incidents to laugh over, too, such as the bewildered woman who asked them, “Well, but where do you pack your dresses?” Ride along with Alice and Bobbi as they embrace retirement with gusto and live their dream. Winner (Gold Medalist), Travel Essays, Foreword Magazine’s Books of the Year
Publisher: Terrace Books
ISBN: 0299248836
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
Biking from Oregon to Maine is no small feat, especially for two newly retired women who carry everything they need for three months, powered only by the strength of their legs and a desire for adventure. Alice Honeywell and Bobbi Montgomery invite readers to follow their ride by bicycle across the United States, as they face scorching sun, driving rain, buffeting winds, equipment failures, killer hills, wild fires, and even a plague of grasshoppers. As Alice and Bobbi pedal along their 3,600-mile journey, they test and deepen their friendship, defy their aches and pains, experience the vast and varied beauties of their country, and discover the challenges and satisfaction of a scaled-down lifestyle. And, they encounter unfailing generosity from people they meet—from the prayers of a North Dakota woman for their safekeeping, to the offer of a house in Michigan, to invitations for dinner and a place to sleep at stops all along the way. And there are incidents to laugh over, too, such as the bewildered woman who asked them, “Well, but where do you pack your dresses?” Ride along with Alice and Bobbi as they embrace retirement with gusto and live their dream. Winner (Gold Medalist), Travel Essays, Foreword Magazine’s Books of the Year