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Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - This collection of exciting stories, featuring good will and joy are waiting to jump-startyour holiday mood. Each story was writtento add sparkle and inspiration into your life and how you can bring sunshine into the life of others.

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - This is a book of short stories with no particular theme. Though some will deal with real issues in our society, which all can relate to not only in America but anywhere there is poverty and violence, others are for simple enjoyment. It is my hope that everyone who reads this book will in some way be changed by its contents in a positive direction and that it will help those who do not understand the less fortunate to open up their eyes to the world around them. After all, we are all the same.…

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Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - When the Arcturian ships first settled into Earth's orbit, the world watched breathlessly, filled with curiosity, hope, and no small amount of uncertainty. So little was known, and there were so many questions.Who were these visitors Where did they come from Why were they here What did they want When the reptilian aliens finally revealed their more sinister intentions, it was too late. Earth had no defense, no hope, and apparently no future. But the members of one ordinary family-Paul, Karen, and their young child, Stacy-find themselves thrust into the middle of the conflict. They are tasked with determining which pathway humanity would follow. The stakes couldn't be higher for the Stansfields or humanity: make the wrong choice, and the human race will be exterminated. Their remaining options are few and fraught with peril. One family stands alone of the edge of a foreboding tomorrow.…

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - Words of Life celebrates love and friendship in verse and shares in the life of someone who has been through life experiences shared by so many. In a world where there is such uncertainty and chaos, the emotions expressed in these poems appear in tranquil and peaceful words of the heart. The collection has been divided into three distinct sections: 'Love and the Heart,' 'Strength and Courage,' and 'Dedication.' From the joy of finding love to the agony of discovering that your beloved does not love you, the emotions that this collection explores will not soon be forgotten.There is LoveThrough the storm of diminishing lifeThere is loveThrough the pain that cuts like a knifeThere is loveThough there are risks you are takingIt is the time you are makingTo create a love that will lastA remedy to the pastThere is loveDo not look back, erase your fearHold the one you love close and nearDo not second guess your feelingsHold on to your continuous reelingsThere is loveKeep each other in your hearts safe and warmAlways let your love whether every stormRepel the worrywarts and non-believersTogether, you will be the achieversThere is love .…

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Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - Sixteen-year-old Lauren Hart's summer is shaping up to be a first-rate disaster. Even after she asks God to make things the way they used to be, Lauren's reality is still as harsh as ever. Her parents are separated, and now she has to help care for her terminally ill grandma. Just as Lauren wonders what else could go wrong, it does. Lauren and her horse, Dawn Treader, are ranked number one in the Junior Hunter Division and are headed to the national finals-that is until Dawn leaps out of the paddock and is seriously injured. Worse yet, her grandmother-who has always been a rock in Lauren's life-is knocking death's door, leaving Lauren to wonder what is next. But after Lauren meets the staff at Hope Haven Therapeutic Riding Center, everything is about to change-not only for her, but for her beloved horse as well. In this heartwarming, coming-of-age story, a teenager rediscovers her faith and hope through tender friendship and the healing power of horses. PATH International, formerly NARHA, is a federally-registered 501(c3) nonprofit and was formed in 1969 as the North American Riding for the Handicapped Association to promote equine-assisted activities and therapies for individuals with special needs. More than 6,500 PATH Intl. members help more than 42,000 children and adults with physical, mental and emotional challenges find strength and independence through the power of the horse each year. With every purchase of Hope Haven, you will be helping PATH Intl. continue to advocate for safe equine-assisted activities and therapies for people with special needs.…

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - In her memoir The Shining Places: From the End to the Beginning, Hetty Clews retraces a lifetime of travels, not only in landscape, but also in literary pursuits, theatrical experience, and the exploits of her much-loved family.Clews begins with recollections about a childhood largely circumscribed by war, but also sprinkled with such touching moments as sharing the top of her father's egg on Sunday mornings and the realization that he would carry her when her legs became too tired. As she details life experiences from more than eighty years that include entrance to a university that opened an exciting pathway to an astonishing new world of books and a career in teaching, Clews also offers essays and anecdotes about marriage, family, and the uncertainties and joys that accompany any coming-of-age journey.In this compelling, sometimes humorous memoir, one woman illustrates through her diverse personal experiences how beginnings can ultimately be discovered in endings.…

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - For Randy Wilson, a junior at St. John's College in northern Indiana, life's challenges include dealing with his parents' tragic deaths. Meanwhile, as the school's star center fielder, his home-run hitting and defensive ability attract the interest of baseball scout Charlie Becker. Recommended by Becker for employment in a sporting goods store and a place on a men's team in southern Illinois, Randy has an opportunity to hone his athletic skills and mature as a person. In Ashville, he not only encounters his boss, and the boss' son and niece, but an array of characters also facing personal conflicts.…

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - Daisy has only been a Physical Therapist for a short time. She has a wonderful support system including coworkers, friends, and her wonderful husband. She is very active and compassionate; however, her compassion for her patients begins to interfere with her own life as they begin to readily pass away. Daisy begins seeing and hearing things that she would have been able to disregard if everyone around her were not having the same experiences. She begins to question how her home and place of business can both be haunted by the same beings, and why they are her former patients. Finally, she realizes that she must combat her past in order to fix her life and her future.…

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - George Miller and George A Romero are both superb filmmakers. They have given fans exactly what they expect, creative, entertaining and at times horrifying films. Their visions have often been copied but never duplicated. But imitation, they say, is a form of flattery. George Miller created an almost mythical world based in a post apocalyptic holocaust future. Where knights drive supped up hotrods instead of horses and wear leather instead of armor. The line between good and bad can be as thin as the radiation in the air. George A Romero has too created a world gone mad. But, this is a world where the dead return to feast on the living. In this world your best friend may literally become your worst nightmare. Death has become a way of life. for the living and the undead. These two masters created two separate worlds gone mad. But, after careful review it comes shockingly clear regarding the truth of these two worlds. Was it a zombie outbreak that destroyed Max's world Is that the real reason he went 'mad' You decide. See the clues. Compare the films (in order of release). See how they interconnect and then you be the judge. They say the weak share inherit the Earth and that only the strong shall survive. these films prove just how equally true those statements are. …

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - The book, 'Fearless At Any Cost' sustains a real episode from the life of the author during the 1980's in communist Romania. In a country, where the expansion and public adoration of communism were holy laws. In a country, where contradicting communism and its faithful followers were synonymous with death. In a country, where the spokesmen of religion or of human rights were prosecuted. From this country, I, the author, tried to escape, longing for freedom. My first attempt to escape was unsuccessful. I was caught at the Rumanian border. In this book, I had describe a faithfully all the suffering, the inhuman treatment I was subjected to. The unfair punishment of hard labor only to try to break my spirit, and my desire for freedom. Did they succeed No. I had tried to escape a second time. Unfortunately, my second time had failed also. This time I wasn't captured, for I had lost myself in a deadly swamp. This deadly swamp was my salvation, so I didn't stand get back into the hands of the murderous communists, and didn't stand in front of another unjust court. This second failed endeavor almost broke my fighting spirit. But what choice did I have I was gambling with my young life, as a hustler and I risked everything again with a third try. I knew, this third one would be the last. Whether I make it or not, I won't have another chance. For if I fail again, the protecting heroes of communism are going to finish me. At this time, luck was with me. My third attempt was the real thing. I succeeded and I finally achieved my long awaited freedom. In this book, I had described all the pain and suffering my family and I had to endure. Exciting complications, daring actions, overcoming deadly dangers, they are all here. I had described the seven days spent in a locked freight car without any food. All the real events of my escapade. The reader will find in this book every reason to respect freedom. Also, every reason to abhor communism. One can understand how often we are frighteningly close to death and hope redemption only from God. One can understand why thousands upon thousands had risked their life for freedom, and how it is that freedom is wroth all the pain and unjust suffering. In a communist country, to reach for freedom seems as realistic as to reach for the stars. The book: 'Fearless At Any Cost' might bring tears into the eyes of the reader, until the happy ending, where he can sigh: 'Thank God, after all that suffering he had reached his freedom.'.…

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - KINGS of the GREEN JELLY MOON presents a searing collection of poetry written by a group of Vietnam veterans-each successful in their craft, all award-winning poets in their own right. The title Kings of the Green Jelly Moon recalls the innocence of childhood, a time when children believed the moon was made of green cheese. Then Vietnam changed an innocent generation as truth of war became their reality. From the impact of war on young men and how they are forever changed to the stark reality that ¿ghting in a foreign country, the poems in the collection öer, in verse, a Vietnam veterans' reunion.These soldiers were forever changed by the experience that war forces upon those who ¿ght and return from battle. Those who were lost can never be forgotten. 'Kings of the Green Jelly Moon bares the still aching soul of the Vietnam veteran. Whether the writers pick at the scab, pour salt into a still bleeding wound, or lave on cooling salve to ease the hurt, the poetry herein will make a lasting impression the reader will not soon forget.'-D. H. Brown, award-winning author of Honor Defended and Honor Due.…

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - Pursuit and Other Poems offers a new collection of poetry presented in two parts, each of which highlights an extreme event that is part of a romantic experience. The first part is entitled 'Ode in Emerging from an Overdose,' a single long poem that describes author David J. Murray's feelings when he was rescued from an unpremeditated suicide attempt. The second part is entitled 'Pursuit' and contains 114 poems that chronicle Murray's emotional experiences with unrequited love.Deeply personal and yet universal in nature, Murray's verse speaks to the hope and heartbreak of the human experience with love.'If' RevisitedIf you can grab your woman too abruptly,If you forget that her birthday is today,If you assume your desire for her is equalledBy her desire for a romp with you in the hay,If you dare think a fuzzy morning stubbleTurns her right on, and that she desires you more,If you assume that it is her bounden dutyTo have the dishes done the night before,If you dare think that your mind analyticalIs prejudice-free and objective more than hers,And that her place is really in the kitchenAnd not among élites or raconteurs,Then you will trail behind her in the mall,While she looks out for someone rich and tall.…

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - Professor Morse Brulay is writing to us from his jail cell in Ecuador. Brulay is a roamer and a seeker of the mysterious, the new, the erotic - but also of enduring wisdom. In his search for the Deep Code - the secret of time travel - he runs afoul of the Fomors, the dark spirits of the Druidic world. Cursed with terrifying ¿ashbacks to his prehistoric past, Morse loses his moral bearings and ¿ees to the Amazon jungle in search of spiritual rebirth. There among the Indians he finds the knowledge he seeks and is joined in his new vision by Lotte, the beautiful biologist. In their effort to protect and nourish this knowledge, Morse and Lotte now ¿nd their own lives in danger. Only the power of the discovered wisdom will determine what happens to them, and to the wisdom itself.…

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - Paul Westfield had left for the longest mission in NASA history, Magellan, the first manned mission past the orbit of Saturn and his son Casey was only ten years old. A mission long enough that internment into stasis was necessary. Shortly after the wake up call the Magellan mission went MIA, and Casey would be wondering what actually happened to his dad and that mission for a long time to come. Now Casey has become an astronaut himself and thanks to the discovery of a chamber inside the face on Mars, he has been chosen by the United World Space Agency to go on the most prolific mission in human history. 80,000 light years to the other side of the galaxy, to visit a society that predates humans by well over a billion years. With a tour guide to help, he has to remember as much as he can because it's a one time offer to exist in a completely alien world, and then return with all his experiences and information. Then an opportunity arises and Casey feels he should roll the dice. Everything is not quite what it seems though, and Casey must survive the court appearance of a lifetime, along with making a decision that could reduce the human race to a footnote in the galactic history log.…

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Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - Right now, the Middle East is a region undergoing intense and extensive changes; however, life in the past was quite peaceful and joyful. Terrorists, extremists, and jihadists are some of the people who are now commonly associated with the Middle East and Islam-but as the saying goes, there are two sides to every story. The Enchanting Contradiction tells another side to the commonly accepted view of life in the Middle East. It is the story of a unique woman who, with her seven-year-old daughter in tow, took a chance and moved to the region to live for more than a decade. After spending several years in Dubai, author Patricia Heurtaux felt a strong need to write about what everyday life is really like in this part of the world. The Enchanting Contradiction offers a collection of memories, perceptions, and some criticisms too-but we properly criticize only those we love. Heurtaux does not claim to be an expert on the world situation and geo-political matters, especially the Arab world, but she is a woman with a brain and a heart. She expresses her perceptions and analyses, uniquely hers and from her own unique experiences. Bittersweet and humorous by turns, she recalls of the best years of her life as she came to know The Enchanting Contradiction that is the Middle East.…

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - Thirty-something and stunningly beautiful Karmella LaRew has the brain of a scientist and the body of a runway model. Focused on her rewarding career as a lawyer in Miami, Florida, Karmella is a strong,independent woman who seems to have everything-a long-term relationship with a man who adores her and a fulfilling career. Used to getting whatever she wants, she is ready to marry the charming, romantic Tevin Anthony and become a mother to his children. But first, she must win the affections of Tevin's seven-year-old daughter, Natalia.Despite her bratty nature, Natalia can do no wrong in her father's eyes. Influenced by her mother, Ciarra, Natalia harbors resentment toward her potential stepmother-something Karmella is determined to overcome. As Natalia and Ciarra team up and pull one prank after the other on Karmella, Tevin is unable to see the problems Ciarra is trying to create. He loves Natalia and Karmella, and the only thing he wants is for bothof his girls to be happy and in his life forever.But Tevin may have underestimated the power of a woman ruled by jealousy, unrequited love, and the overwhelming desire to cause a disturbance like no other.…

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Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - In Life's Passions, Lori Maurizi presents a poetry collection consisting of her life's work to date. Her poetry, stemming from her own experiences and springing from her heart and her empathy, traces a journey through life's many ups and downs. Her work addresses many of today's issues, ranging from love, heartbreak, and abuse to addiction and the eventual search for tranquility. This is an emotional journey through life's passions. From the innocence of childhood to the pain of unexpected tragedy, the emotions of a life are exposed and explored in this heartfelt poetry collection.Today I Heard a StoryToday I heard a storya story of the bittersweeta heart in need of mendingit began with a sad trutha tale of neglecthow the opening chapterbroke my heartI could have weptinstead with thatsolemn feeling I chose to rewritethe next chapterverse by verseto enchant youwith a new storyto tellabout what you are truly worththe nurturing that should have beenhugs and kissesall that is sweettoday I changed a storya story of woeto a story everyone should expect.…

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - At the start of the American Civil War, three best friends-all teenage boys-yearn to serve in the Confederate Army but are turned away for being too young. But as soon as they are old enough and brave enough, the boys-now on the verge of becoming men-join a Southern army unit headed for battle. They are willing to sacrifice everything for what they believe. Low on supplies and with diminishing morale, the Confederate States of America sees itself pressed in on all sides by the advancing Union forces. They find themselves encamped outside of Mobile, Alabama, the most fortified American city at the time. Their camp soon becomes the stage for the final great battles of the war. Pitted against each other in bloody conflict are Americans from farms, cities, and small towns north and south of the Mason-Dixon Line.Ben, Josh, and Caleb, along with thousands of other Southerners, engage the Northern military might at Fort Blakely in a battle that will set the United States on a new, uncertain course. In a few short months, the boys become men as they experience patriotic zeal, comradeship, and horrors that human beings should never encounter.These young men find themselves locked in a symbiotic struggle for survival. As they mature as individuals, so does the nation. For a young nation on the brink of union, can its citizens leave behind a country struggling for its identity to search for a country united in its quest for greatness.…

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - On what should be the happiest day of her life, Rebecca Ross is panic stricken. Rebecca has just wed Craig Jacobs, but she realizes she put more thought into choosing her florist than she did in choosing the man she's just pledged to love for the rest of her life. Before Craig, Rebecca, a talented Long Island girl, dreamed of following in her grandmother's footsteps with an acting career. Unfortunately, she was cut down to size by years of disappointment, and by her first love-a Hollywood director. She returned to Long Island a lost and broken woman, and ended up in the last place she ever wanted: her old bedroom at her parents' house. But Rebecca's mother, an overzealous convert to Judaism, has a long held dream too: marry off her three daughters to Jewish men. So no one is more thrilled than her when Rebecca meets and marries bon vivant Craig Jacobs, the man who has won over the whole family. Too bad they're all about to discover that underneath his charismatic shell, this Prince Charming is anything but! 'Wedlocked is a funny, warm, and engaging story about life, love, marriage and family. This page-turner is the perfect summer read!' -Wendy Walker, bestselling author of Social Lives.…

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - Single and known for never finishing a romance novel, Laurie Wilcox is a creature of habit whose work consists of picking up after customers and helping them choose skimpy, yet still legal, outfits. In Fall River, Massachusetts, life is mundane to say the least-that is, until a handsome stranger walks into her store and changes her life forever. While the stranger pays for his purchase, his hand grazes Laurie's. Suddenly, she is fed an image of a man with fangs who is about to bite. As he smiles and leaves, Laurie experiences a weird, almost déjà-vu feeling. But when the stranger returns and invites Laurie and her co-worker to a dance club, Laurie is disturbed. Something about Alexander Young is making her feel uneasy, but despite her worries, she finally agrees, opening herself up to new experiences and a potential romance. But when a part of Laurie's life is put into question-as well as the people in it-she must decide whether friendship, life, and most importantly, love is worth all the sweet deception. …

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - Fifteen-year-old Max Mayhem just wants to be a regular guy who goes to school, rides his skateboard, and has no idea that the secret world of Underverse exists. More importantly, he wants to tell his best friend, Lydia, how he feels about her. But one frosty December night, all his dreams for a normal life are turned upside down when Max learns that his neighbor, Peter, is a vampire who needs help. Max soon finds himself on a dangerous hunt for Peter's missing girlfriend-a pursuit that leads both him and Lydia to a hidden town in northern British Columbia. As Max gazes at the town's steep roofs and deserted streets, his gut tells him that everything is not as it seems. But when the sun sets and cries begin echoing throughout the forest, Max realizes it is too late. The sleepers in the woods are awake and they smell blood. As darkness falls and evil stalks, finding the missing girl is the last thing on Max and Lydia's minds. Only time will tell if they will survive to see the next sunrise.…

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - Terri-Jean Bedford is one of Canada's most notorious citizens-but few know her under that name. As Madame deSade, however, she was Canada's most famous dominatrix, a well-known public figure. These are her long-awaited memoirs. Terri-Jean was born into abject poverty and put into a foster home at age six, where she suffered abuse. She was later moved into facilities for children and lived there until she was sixteen, when she left to make it on her own. She survived by working numerous unskilled jobs, until she entered the world of prostitution. Her talents and interests helped her move into the elite world of the professional dominatrix, and her life would never be the same. Located just outside of Toronto, her elaborate Bondage Bungalow became the target of a spectacular raid. Six highly publicized years of trials and appeals later, she was convicted under bawdy-house laws and paid a small fine. In 1999, she opened a similar facility in downtown Toronto, one that closed without police interference in 2002. She remains a vocal advocate for civil rights and the disenfranchised. She has been a plaintiff in a major constitutional challenge, and, as a result, Canada's prostitution laws were struck down in 2010. Because of Terri-Jean's failing health, Madame deSade hung up her whips and is now happily retired. Today, Terri-Jean leads a quieter life, enjoying the company of her daughter and grandson. Hers is a story of survival, trial, and triumph.…

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - For veteran financial advisor Mac McGregor, it is the worst of times. A plunging stock market, a global panic, and worried clients create a trifecta of agony. Against this backdrop of guaranteed sleepless nights, McGregor gets a bizarre request from an old friend, former SEC commissioner Sam Golden, who now heads the transition team for the new president. Their ambitious mission is to 'clean up Wall Street.' Golden suspects that Jeremy Lyons, one of McGregor's former colleagues, is running a large, powerful hedge fund. And the government can't find him. Why would a hedge fund manager want to remain under the radar The question is intriguing enough to secure McGregor's involvement; however, what begins as a favor for a friend evolves into the uncovering of an insidious financial strategy. McGregor's loyalty is tested when he learns that Lyons is not above using torture and murder to increase his bottom line. Although he realizes that he is in way over his head, the analytical McGregor cannot help but put the pieces of the puzzle together. Yet the closer he gets to the target, the closer danger gets to him. Even with the FBI in charge, will they be able to catch a cunning genius who prepares for every contingency.…

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - When Jeffrey Lawler inherits a pair of masterworks by two famous European painters, he discovers unexplained gaps in their records of prior ownership. Determined to find the reason, he decides to investigate. He draws up a list of art dealers and gallery owners through whom the artworks may have passed. But just as he is getting closer to solving the mystery, he is killed by a hit-and-run driver-and the list turns up missing.Anxious to avenge Jeffrey's death, his beautiful widow, Rebecca, enlists the help of two experts, Georges Lartigue, a provenance specialist from Paris, and David Neville, an old friend and former lover.The trail leads them from the port of Balboa to the art galleries in Madrid, through the salons of Lisbon and Paris, to the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin. There Georges finds the key to the missing piece in the puzzle, but not before Rebecca suddenly realizes that the same people who killed her husband have targeted her for death too.…

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - More than thirty years ago, Tom Walker published Fort Apache: New York's Most Violent Precinct, introducing the world to the 4-1, a South Bronx precinct that was home to more murders than the entire city of San Francisco. To this day, his story about life as police lieutenant in the 4-1 precinct remains the definitive account of the vicious cycle of violence that griped urban America in the late twentieth century.The battle between criminals and law enforcement did not end in 1971, but massive controversy over the book's publication precluded the release of a sequel-until now. With Return to Fort Apache: Memoir of an NYPD Captain, Walker finally tells the rest of his fascinating life story.Return to Fort Apache was written to counter the prevailing politically correct opinion that the officers in Fort Apache used their weapons first and their wits last. In addition, Walker hopes to memorialize the courageous officers he served with in the 4-1, to remember forever their sacrifices, their courage, and their daily brushes with death and violence.…

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - A 31-year-old marketing director experiences a tragic event over a decade ago that causes her to lose trust in God and question His so called empathy. Her anger and indifference towards life creates a bitter outlook for herself. Refusing to let go of the past, the Universe sends her another tragic event to test her ill-faith. Nevertheless, the latest event compels her to seek the guidance of a church leader. He assists in transforming her life and teaches invaluable lessons and also instills wisdom that no amount of money can buy. Will she discover true happiness through forgiveness and peace while on her journey to healing Or remain bitter towards her hatred towards God.…