Dew is a Drop of Rain. He enjoys being Rain. Until he meets him. HIM...a different Drop from all the rest. He claims he can fly, and worse, claims Dew can as well. So begins the adventure of Dew and the mysterious colorful Drop named Bowe. The pair forge a new path in our hearts and minds, whereby they show that a life of success, riches and fame, is not a life well lived without Significance. Damon White is a Fortune Teller. Instead of reading your future by examining the creases and callouses of your palms, interpreting images and numbers on Tarot Cards, or gazing deeply into the starry murk of a crystal ball, he tells a story which finds a certain fortune within you. Dew Drop's fortune is Significance.
In past of the future, a boy lost his family in a terrible fire and wandered through his lonely journey until he befriended a telepathic albino panther. Together, both fulfill their destiny when they meet an old man who had a long history with the boys father. In turn, he helps and trains Kangol to be the youngest captain of the fledgling fleet. Ready to strike, Kangol and his crew hunt down the tyrannical world prime minster, Malpheus, the man who is responsible for the death of his family and seized the throne wrongfully from the St. Johns Clan. Once the exiled Queen Raina St. Johns sides with the outcasts, nothing can withstand their spread of goodwill!
Congregation: Magic Means Book 6 takes us into the lighter side of life in the Van Veld Building and Old Town. After the heavy events of Books 4 and 5, Mack, Lilith, Valerie, Scott, the twins, Samantha, and their friends refuse to let their new enemy stop them from enjoying life. Mack focuses on keeping Lilith happy and that leads to a technical innovation that will change their lives forever. Amy, a refugee from a cult-like church goes to Samantha for help. She reveals that the same people responsible for the tragedy days before are going to start protesting the store, and everyone begins to prepare for the upcoming picketers, who will complicate things for everyone.In the meantime, Ruby, the once lost succubus, begins to discover that there's much more to her abilities and identity than anyone expected. All the while, Scott takes Isabel on their first date, hoping to show her a good time out of the bedroom, at least until then end up there again later.
The main character of Costi and the Raindrop Adventure is an imaginative 6 year old boy, who is upset because it's raining and is magically taken on a journey with Raindrop to learn the importance of rain. Along the way he learns about how people and animals need the rain to live.
The ways of memes. Memes are "viruses of the mind"—symbols, ideas, or practices that are transmitted through speech, gestures, and rituals. Understanding how symbols like the peace sign or ad slogans like "Where's the beef?" or viral videos become part of our common culture has become a primary focus of sales and marketing companies across the globe. The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Memes explains how memes work, how they spread, and what memes tell us about how we make sense of our world. • First book to cover all types of memes, including viral memes in the digital age • Features the Most Influential Memes in History and the Ten Biggest Internet Memes
Book 1: A small book of poems that sends you on a journey of a life Lost, Found and Lost Again. The poetic journey leaves you with a mystery of what happened and what could have happened, of how he lost what was most precious to him. Use your imagination, use the mystery, use what you may suspect of what has happened and what will happen to him.The journey will continue with a most unexpected twist that no human can fathom, and his struggle to live death. Will he find, who or what, made him lost once again? Book2: Rebirth, continues his most unexpected journey death. Will he find, who or what, made him lost once again? Book2: Rebirth, continues his most unexpected journey.
Disaster management is a vibrant and growing field, driven by government spending in the wake of terrorist attacks and environmental debacles, as well as private-sector hiring of risk managers and emergency planners. An ever-increasing number of practicing professionals needs a reference that can provide a solid foundation in ALL major phases of supervision – mitigation, preparedness, response, communications, and recovery. As climate change leads to further costly catastrophes and as countries around the world continue to struggle with terrorism, the demand for solutions will only grow. This revised edition of Coppola’s revered resource meets said demand head-on with more focused, current, thoughtfully analyzed, and effective approaches to disaster relief. Expanded coverage of global approaches to disaster management with enhanced data and research on disasters around the world, including Cyclone Nargis, the H1N1 pandemic, and the tsunami in American Samoa More material on risk management, mitigation, myths that affect behavior during crises, and post-disaster evaluation of the response Up-to-date information on the role of aid organizations and international financial institutions like the World Bank in disaster response, as well as commentary on the latest research in disaster management and policy studies
Introduction to Homeland Security: Principles of All-Hazards Risk Management, Fifth Edition, provides users with a substantially updated version of previous versions, clearly delineating the bedrock principles of preparing for, mitigating, managing, and recovering from emergencies and disasters, while also offering a balanced account of all aspects of homeland security. This new edition features coverage of the Boston Marathon bombing, analysis of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework for critical infrastructure protection, and examines the DHS “Blue Campaign to stop human trafficking. To provide added perspective, this edition features additional “another voice sections and examines the emergence of social media as a tool for reporting on homeland security issues. Provides users with a comprehensive understanding of the bedrock principles of preparing for, mitigating, managing, and recovering from emergencies and disasters Features coverage of the Boston Marathon bombing and analysis of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework for critical infrastructure protection Examines the emergence of social media as a tool for reporting on homeland security issues
Dew is a Drop of Rain. He enjoys being Rain. Until he meets him. HIM...a different Drop from all the rest. He claims he can fly, and worse, claims Dew can as well. So begins the adventure of Dew and the mysterious colorful Drop named Bowe. The pair forge a new path in our hearts and minds, whereby they show that a life of success, riches and fame, is not a life well lived without Significance. Damon White is a Fortune Teller. Instead of reading your future by examining the creases and callouses of your palms, interpreting images and numbers on Tarot Cards, or gazing deeply into the starry murk of a crystal ball, he tells a story which finds a certain fortune within you. Dew Drop's fortune is Significance.
SPIDERWORT: noun, Tradescantia. The people's radiation monitor; fifty times more sensitive than a dosimeter. Chuckle with nostalgia and outrage as you relive the Sixties. From Woodstock to Three Mile Island, this book is fast becoming a ult classic'. During the construction phase of Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant, an angry Viet Nam veteran and a stoned hippie are paired together in the work force, and a jack Amishman weighs the potential benefits of technology against his love for the land. The fury of hurricane Agnes, charged by an added dose of surrealism, LSD style, becomes a catalyst to expose the bigger-than-life nemesis of the nuclear peril. This is a horror novel. The monster is frighteningly real. The zero tolerance necessary to achieve nuclear power combined with man's unlimited capacity for error make for a reading thrill that will captivate all. "Bravo! A Book that should have been written." -- C.R.O.W. Magazine
A white rock ’n’ roll guitarist on stage with the Godfather of Soul In this unvarnished account of toiling under one of popular music’s most notorious bosses, Damon Wood details his six years spent playing guitar for James Brown’s Soul Generals. In a memoir certain to fascinate Mr. Dynamite’s millions of fans, as well as musicians and industry insiders, Wood recalls how a chance encounter with James Brown led him to embrace soul and funk music under the tutelage of its greatest progenitor. Numerous interviews with bandmates provide multiple perspectives on James Brown’s complex character, his leadership of his band, the nature of soul and funk, and insights and sometimes harsh lessons learned along the way. This is a sideman’s story of the gritty reality of working close to the spotlight but rarely in it. Damon Wood describes life on the road — often on James Brown’s infamous tour bus — with one guitar, a change of clothes, and two dozen comrades-in-arms as they brought the funk to clubs, theaters, and the biggest music festivals on earth. Working for James Brown could be fear-inducing, inspiring, exhilarating, and exasperating — all in the space of a single performance.
There is often a time in someone's life where they turn a corner. They say to themselves, ""Enough is enough."" They head a new direction in life. This is a story about a man who turned that corner. With his decision to change a powerful gift was given. That gift was a relationship that changed Richard's life forever.Are you ready for a change?
This illustrated book shows exactly what can happen when you take three very different horror, fantasy and sci-fi writers, dismember their work, and then fiendishly stitch it back together in the form of an anthology of their compiled short stories. A contorted mixture of sinister sci-fi horror, ghostly goings on and true-life terror, carefully combined within the cover of this book. An anthology of 15 stories all built around a theme of the darkness within, usually resulting in murder or death. Each story is introduced with an illustration to entice you into what may follow... Story titles include: River of Dreams, Community Spirits, To Play the Game, Geoff, Shadow of January Gloom, Sensation Seekers, Miss Hate, Redundancy, Eyes in the Dark, Bramble Cottage, Lady Luck, Writer's Block, Disturbance, Just the Three of Us & The Beast.
Provides a comprehensive account of past and current homeland security reorganization and practices, policies and programs in relation to government restructuring.
The climate has changed and communities across America are living with the consequences: rapid sea level rise, multi-state wildfires, heat waves, and enduring drought. Living with Climate Change: How Communities Are Surviving and Thriving in a Changing Climate details the steps cities are taking now to protect lives and businesses, to reduce their vulnerability, and to adapt and make themselves more resilient. The authors included in this book have been directly involved in the successful design and implementation of community-based adaptation and resilience programs.
The "War Between the Sexes" is over . . . the men won. There have been casualties. There have been scars. There have been secrets . . . Enter Forrest Baxter: The "mystery man." Is he just acting weird? Or has he stumbled onto a real mystery? Follow Forrest as he unwinds the truth of his strange alternate world, rediscovering love along the way.
Each year, disasters such as house fires, car accidents, tsunamis, earthquakes, and hurricanes impact hundreds of thousands of children. Child victims can suffer disproportionately and the physical and psychological damage sustained can far outweigh the same effects in adults, often requiring years of therapy. Sadly, emergency planners to date have
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