Amazon digital services llc kdp aug 2008 (10 résultats)

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - 'First Light' follows the life of Banty Witter, a college student who is trying to stay sober long enough to survive his senior year. Banty meets both Hannah and cocaine at a party and is thrust into an abusive relationship. When things go bad with her what had begun as an occasional snort quickly turns into a daily routine. Banty goes home for break before returning for his senior year more concerned with partying than attending class. Trapped on a small New Jersey college campus Banty is forced into contact with his ex as well as a new girl who lives outside his world of partying. The threat of not graduating along with this new girl's different lifestyle forces Banty to battle within himself between self-destruction and salvation.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - Black Apple is a dynamic, often raw poetic examination of the modern urban landscape. Joyce Angela Jellison uses verse as a microscope to examine politics, sexuality, race, poverty, class and feminism. The book moves fluidly into short stories and essays that delve into the complexities of human lives and attempts to chip away at the many fascades we may cultivate in order to assimilate into modern society. The book introduces us to characters such as Michael, a homosexual black male, married to a white woman and determined to live in two worlds opposing one another.We also meet Arun Ray, a blind man whose love for his brother's wife lead to the supernatural. In the tradition of Lucille Clifton, Nikki Giovanni and Sonia Sanchez - Ms. Jellison has cut a lyrical vein and poured her creative vision onto the pages of Black Appl.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - Solving Employee Theft: New Insights, New Tactics is a how-to guide written in everyday language for both small business owners and theft investigators. This book lives up to the promise of its title by outlining step-by-step procedures that will solve most employee theft cases that business owners are likely to encounter. More than thirty years' experience as a theft investigator and polygraph expert have provided author James W. Bassett with an uncanny knowledge of how sticky-fingered employees think. Now he shares this knowledge so employers can stop internal theft. Solving Employee Theft is filled with case studies and amusing anecdotes that bring the author's insights to life. Additional topics in the book include effective applicant screening, theft-proofing your business, how employers are unknowingly complicit in employee theft, and how the Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA) can benefit employers as well as employees.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - How would the world react if the existence of the human soul could be scientifically proven Austin Cole is a young neural surgeon who makes an unusual discovery at Emory University's Neural Laboratory in Atlanta. The world quickly becomes interested in his findings and Cole soon finds himself pitted against the kings and gods of politics, science and religion. Yet things are not as they seem. An altered autopsy report, a double murder, an underworld figure with unlimited resources and a powerful political candidate all add to the swirling mystery and to a conclusion that will blow away the current understanding of man's place on earth.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - I have written this book, because in order for a person to eat healthy and live in health, they need to be educated about how to eat healthy and how the body functions and operates with proper and balanced nutrition. It is evident that the countless 'diet' books out there today are not educating the person, but only confusing the person more about nutrition. Thus, the rise in obesity, diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and the myriad of other health problems.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - Translation of poetry of 16th century Spanish Mystic, St. John of the Cross. A revision of the 1991 edition published by Longwood Academic. Includes original poems on facing pages, scholarly notes, bibliography, and color illustrations.

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - Betty was up against the wall of her son Raymond's disabilities. Organizations and agencies in her community hadn't responded to her repeated pleas for support. She had knocked on every door and was about to give up when she found Jo Ann Boyle, whose fresh view of Raymond helped her see that things could happen for him that she had never let herself consider. Some members of the group that grew up around the new plans and ideas for Raymond were pioneers in the new concepts of 'futures planning.' They they worked together with Betty and her family to make Raymond's dreams real. States are now implementing through consumer-directed programs for people with disabilities what Raymond's group realized for him. It took patience, creativity, dogged stubbornness, an ability to dance with bureaucracies, and a taste for fried fish. Raymond's story shows others how this CAN be done today.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - A detailed look at backstage life during the Civil War with an emphasis on the tragic events that took place at Ford's Theatre, April 14, 1865, when Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. This unique perspective on a well-known historical event is viewed from the standpoint of the stagehand caught up in the mystery and intrigue of that night, Edmund Spangler.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - For Morgan Buckner, guard duty at Abu Ghraib prison turns deadly during the fall of 2003 when his only friend is murdered during a prison riot. The young soldier exacts his revenge in a manner that elicits valuable information from the murderous prisoner but violates the Geneva Conventions. When the information pays dividends that save American lives, General Robert Tannerbeck must decide whether to put the welfare of his men ahead of international law and his own personal honor. But when U.S. Marines capture an American journalist embedded with Sunni terrorists, the resulting chain of events leads to corruption at the highest levels of the military, within Congress, and at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Throughout it all, General Tannerbeck fights a losing battle to retain his honor, while Buckner comes to embrace the concepts of Duty, Honor, and Country.…