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Striker's Grove

New Berkshire Connection

By: Karlin Dean

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Striker’s Grove: New Berkshire Connection is the second book in the series, following Striker’s Grove, where a group of friends affectionately known as the Six-Pack had gone through some difficult twists and turns. Continuing with the account of their lives in this book, some families remain together while achieving personal and career growth, and others endure life-altering circumstances, undesirable choices with consequences, and changes in family dynamics. An old love returns, friends move away, old friends move closer, some careers are budding, others are coming to a close, families are growing while others are fading. Through it all, the offspring of the Six-Pack enjoy life to the fullest, determining the paths their futures will take.

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1662441037

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A Touch of Voodoo

By: Dean Buchmeyer,Peter Gardner

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A Touch of Voodoo

By: Dean Buchmeyer,Peter Gardner

The story is set in the days before the revolution that deposed Baby Doc , and makes several swings between Haiti under the corrupt and repressive military rule, and the small Texas town of Longbottom. A U.S medical team comprising four physicians, a black dentist, Dr. Bailey, and two nurses, Zulla, also black, and Pam fly to Haiti under the leadership of Dr. Bone to conduct free clinics as a start of a help the poor program. During the stopover in Port-au-Prince, they witness a rada(mild) voodoo ceremony, meet shady Minister of Health de Villeneueve, co-sponser of the program, and discover that half their seperately medical supplies are missing. The team travels by minivan though the bleak countryside and over the mountains to the northern city of Cap Haitian, their base for the clinics, driven by the 20-year-old live wire Marcel, who has an important part to play in the story. Bone has a hard time maintaining harmony among his temperamental fellow physicians, one of whom, a married man falls for Pam. The team is put up at the once prosperous hotel owned by a German expatriot Hans Boch. The first and third clinics are conducted in the church of Reverend Purdy, something of a stufed shirt, who has a severly depressed wife, and in the course of his stay Bone befriends Judy Cawthorn. who is doing research on voodoo, and Father Morissot,a Catholic priest who enlists Bone's aide in saving the life of a certain Henri who has been place under a death curse by the powerful and slightly crazed houngan, or head voodoo priest, Chauvelin. During the second clinic, held in a small outlying school/church, Bone receives a threat from a Chauvelin henchman, and on his way back to Cap Haitian glimpses a zombie. Untoward events occur: Bone is nearly struck by a speeding car (careless driving? a warning?), and one morning comes upon signs of a voodoo curse ouside his door. Bailey, his interest piqued by voodoo, visits the home of Mambo Leboux, a local voodoo priestess, and finds evidence of the missing medical supplies. Back in Longbottom, bone's friend Hal, owner of a furniture store, as well as a Justice-of-the-Peace and the towns undertaker, learns that Zulla's husband Jake has seemingly disappeared. Jake, spied on by town gossip Aunt Povey, has been having a fling with a beautician, Gladys, who has drug connections, as Jake once had. Hal and his wife have a wayward adopted son who later features in the plot. In Cap Haitian, de Villeneuve goes to Leboux's house to meet Chavelin and receive from him half the money from the black market sale of the stolen medical supplies. Chauvelin, who has put a death curse on a woman who offended him, kidnaps Bailey and arranges to release Bailey if Bone will not undertake to interfere with the curse. Bone is dramacically relieved of his dilemma by Marcel, and boch rescuses Bailey. while a captive, Bailey had found a phial of zombie powder and takes it out of curosity. Home in Longbottom and reconciled with Jake, Zulla persuades members of her Ebony social club to participate in a trial "rada" voodoo ceremony with largely comic results. Morissot calls Bone to say Henri has been poisoned by Chauvelin, and Bone flies back to Cap Haitian to try and protect the priest, now under threats himself, and see that Chauvelin in brought to justice. In a remote village Chauvelin is about to perform a petro(sinister) voodoo ceremony at which he will sacrifice a baby. Bone goes there with Marcel and Leboux's marksman son Claude. The baby is saved, but Chauvelin escapes (later to be shot by Claude, Bone learns). Bailey has become obsessed with the beautiful Zulla and tries to seduce her, but is repulsed. Though a successful dentist, Bailey has deep psychological scars from hi

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0738826227

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The Promise of the Second Wind

It's Never Too Late to Pursue God's Best

By: Bill Butterworth,Dean Merrill

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The Promise of the Second Wind

It's Never Too Late to Pursue God's Best

By: Bill Butterworth,Dean Merrill

Fresh Fuel for Running the Good Race. At times we all feel as if we can’t go on. Our dreams have faded or crashed. We wake up one day and realize we’re just plodding through life. We’ve embraced life, but still we wonder what “might have been?” What happened to our hopes and plans for stronger relationships, greater career success, and lasting achievements? Why have we settled for what is instead of striving for what could be? When these conditions or other dilemmas leave you feeling trapped, you are an ideal candidate for one of life’s great surprises–a “second wind.” God wishes to give you such dramatic turnarounds in many areas of life. Just when you think you can’t go on, you can tap into the wellspring of God’s power and allow him to give your life a “jump start.” With this newly discovered energy, you can stop your plodding and once again run the race of life with a spirit of exhilaration and joyous abandon.

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WaterBrook

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0307551687

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9780307551689

Managing Emotions to Learn from Failure

By: Dean A. Shepherd

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Managing Emotions to Learn from Failure

By: Dean A. Shepherd

This is the eBook version of the printed book. This Element is an excerpt from From Lemons to Lemonade: Squeeze Every Last Drop of Success Out of Your Mistakes (ISBN: 9780131362734) by Dean A. Shepherd. Available in print and digital formats. At some point, you will fail: here’s how to handle it—and gain from the experience! If you’re normal, you’ll have obstacles, setbacks, and outright failures. For some people, these sting like the dickens. For others, they lead to total collapse. I want to help prepare you not only to expect to deal with some failure, but to deal with it more effectively when it comes, and actually derive some good from it.

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Pearson Education

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0137082339

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Semantic Web for the Working Ontologist

Effective Modeling in RDFS and OWL

By: Dean Allemang,James Hendler

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Semantic Web for the Working Ontologist

Effective Modeling in RDFS and OWL

By: Dean Allemang,James Hendler

The promise of the Semantic Web to provide a universal medium to exchange data information and knowledge has been well publicized. There are many sources too for basic information on the extensions to the WWW that permit content to be expressed in natural language yet used by software agents to easily find, share and integrate information. Until now individuals engaged in creating ontologies-- formal descriptions of the concepts, terms, and relationships within a given knowledge domain-- have had no sources beyond the technical standards documents. Semantic Web for the Working Ontologist transforms this information into the practical knowledge that programmers and subject domain experts need. Authors Allemang and Hendler begin with solutions to the basic problems, but don't stop there: they demonstrate how to develop your own solutions to problems of increasing complexity and ensure that your skills will keep pace with the continued evolution of the Semantic Web.• Provides practical information for all programmers and subject matter experts engaged in modeling data to fit the requirements of the Semantic Web.• De-emphasizes algorithms and proofs, focusing instead on real-world problems, creative solutions, and highly illustrative examples. • Presents detailed, ready-to-apply "recipes for use in many specific situations.• Shows how to create new recipes from RDF, RDFS, and OWL constructs.

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Elsevier

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0080558380

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9780080558387

Abbreviations Dictionary

By: Dean A. Stahl,Karen Landen

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Abbreviations Dictionary

By: Dean A. Stahl,Karen Landen

Published in 2001: Abbreviations, nicknames, jargon, and other short forms save time, space, and effort - provided they are understood. Thousands of new and potentially confusing terms become part of the international vocabulary each year, while our communications are relayed to one another with increasing speed. PDAs link to PCs. The Net has grown into data central, shopping mall, and grocery store all rolled into one. E-mail is faster than snail mail, cell phones are faster yet - and it is all done 24/7. Longtime and widespread use of certain abbreviations, such as R.S.V.P., has made them better understood standing alone than spelled out. Certainly we are more comfortable saying DNA than deoxyribonucleic acid - but how many people today really remember what the initials stand for? The Abbreviations Dictionary, Tenth Edition gives you this and other information from Airlines of the World to the Zodiacal Signs.

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1351829815

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Semantic Web for the Working Ontologist

Effective Modeling for Linked Data, RDFS, and OWL

By: James Hendler,Fabien Gandon,Dean Allemang

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Semantic Web for the Working Ontologist

Effective Modeling for Linked Data, RDFS, and OWL

By: James Hendler,Fabien Gandon,Dean Allemang

Enterprises have made amazing advances by taking advantage of data about their business to provide predictions and understanding of their customers, markets, and products. But as the world of business becomes more interconnected and global, enterprise data is no long a monolith; it is just a part of a vast web of data. Managing data on a world-wide scale is a key capability for any business today. The Semantic Web treats data as a distributed resource on the scale of the World Wide Web, and incorporates features to address the challenges of massive data distribution as part of its basic design. The aim of the first two editions was to motivate the Semantic Web technology stack from end-to-end; to describe not only what the Semantic Web standards are and how they work, but also what their goals are and why they were designed as they are. It tells a coherent story from beginning to end of how the standards work to manage a world-wide distributed web of knowledge in a meaningful way. The third edition builds on this foundation to bring Semantic Web practice to enterprise. Fabien Gandon joins Dean Allemang and Jim Hendler, bringing with him years of experience in global linked data, to open up the story to a modern view of global linked data. While the overall story is the same, the examples have been brought up to date and applied in a modern setting, where enterprise and global data come together as a living, linked network of data. Also included with the third edition, all of the data sets and queries are available online for study and experimentation at data.world/swwo.

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Morgan & Claypool

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1450376150

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9781450376150

Business Forecasting

By: John E. Hanke,Dean W. Wichern

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Business Forecasting

By: John E. Hanke,Dean W. Wichern

This top-selling book presents, in a straightforward, application-driven manner, the basic statistical techniques necessary for preparing individual business forecasts and long-range plans. The emphasis is on the application of techniques by management for decision-making. This essential book provides understandable coverage of several important topics, often omitted from other books, including econometrics; autocorrelation analysis and the use of Box-Jenkins techniques; judgmental forecasting techniques; and the means of selecting the correct forecasting technique and analyzing data. The book also reviews statistical concepts prior to introducing material that requires an understanding of those concepts. The sixth edition of Business Forecasting has been revised to include instructions on using Excel spreadsheets and the statistical package MINITAB in forecasting. An essential reference for every professional in a business of any size, from large corporations to small family-run firms.

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Pearson Educación

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9702607590

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9789702607595

Search and Destroy

By: Dean Hughes

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Search and Destroy

By: Dean Hughes

RICK WARD WANTS TO GO TO WAR. And he's not sure why. Maybe he's running from his dad and his crazy temper. Maybe he's running from his girl, who seems to think he's more of a joke than a man. Or maybe he's just running -- to find himself. But after Rick ventures into the Vietnam jungle, he discovers that no one -- not protestors, politicians, or writers -- has got a clue. War is far bigger, scarier, and more complicated than anything he ever could have imagined.

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Simon and Schuster

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1439115729

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9781439115725

Frankenstein: The Dead Town

A Novel

By: Dean Koontz

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Frankenstein: The Dead Town

A Novel

By: Dean Koontz

Dean Koontz’s enthralling Frankenstein series has redefined the classic legend of infernal ambition and harrowing retribution for a new century and a new age. Now the master of suspense delivers an unforgettable novel that is at once a thrilling adventure in itself and a mesmerizing conclusion to his saga of the modern monsters among us. FRANKENSTEIN: THE DEAD TOWN The war against humanity is raging. As the small town of Rainbow Falls, Montana, comes under siege, scattered survivors come together to weather the onslaught of the creatures set loose upon the world. As they ready for battle against overwhelming odds, they will learn the full scope of Victor Frankenstein’s nihilistic plan to remake the future—and the terrifying reach of his shadowy, powerful supporters. Now the good will make their last, best stand. In a climax that will shatter every expectation, their destinies and the fate of humanity hang in the balance.

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Bantam

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0553593684

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9780553593686

Imaginings

Selected Stories

By: Dean Warren

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Imaginings

Selected Stories

By: Dean Warren

Dean Warren has had a distinguished and varied career. As a young veteran of the Bikini Atom bomb tests, he attended UCLA, The London School of Economics, and Harvard. While in London, he and two other graduate students drove from London to New Delhi, India. Later, he sold Lockheed Aircraft in Southwest Asia and was promoted to Director of Marketing for Lockheed International. The State Department then lured him to run Program Planning for the Agency of International Development. He finished his working career as Director of Strategic Planning for Lockheed Martin Electronics and Missiles Group in Orlando, Florida. His experiences and writing skills have led him in retirement to publish illustrated memoirs of his nuclear and car trip adventures, as well as five science fiction, speculative novels. They have also produced short stories, from which collection he has selected twenty four. They all involve modern issues and propose adventurous solutions. They include: the clash of science with culture the gender war means of avoiding the ills of age and death the future of mankind deployment of Star Wars the politics of a space empire facing the disasters brought by global warming death dealing with the invasion of aliens genetic hybridization peacemaking inventing faster than light travel settling a new planet corporate behavior a Palestine solution

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1477145281

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9781477145289

A Better Yesterday

Living Life After Abuse

By: Roger Dean Kiser

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A Better Yesterday

Living Life After Abuse

By: Roger Dean Kiser

Reflects on the positive memories in the author's childhood of abuse, the kind people, loving animals, and heart-warming events that comforted him, shaping him into the person he is today.

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Health Communications, Inc.

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0757313604

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9780757313608

From Lemons to Lemonade

Squeeze Every Last Drop of Success Out of Your Mistakes

By: Dean A. Shepherd

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From Lemons to Lemonade

Squeeze Every Last Drop of Success Out of Your Mistakes

By: Dean A. Shepherd

Learn More from Failure, Learn It Faster...and Use Those Lessons to Achieve Breakthrough Success! We all fail. And we all want to learn from our failures. But learning from failure doesn't happen automatically. It requires very specific emotional and rational skills. You can learn those skills-from this book. Drawing on leading-edge research with hundreds of failing and successful entrepreneurs, Dr. Dean A. Shepherd offers powerful strategies for managing the emotions generated by failure-so failure becomes less devastating, learning happens faster, and you grow as much as possible from the experience. Shepherd shows how to clarify why you failed, so you can walk away with insights you can actually use...how to eliminate â€œsecondaryâ€ stresses that aggravate failure or make it more likely...how to master the self-compassion you deserve in times of trouble...and a whole lot more. Failing will never be easy or desirable. But this book will make it less catastrophic, and more instructive-so you can get back to success and get there fast. Mourn your failure faster, so you can learn from it sooner Learn how to â€œundoâ€ your emotional ties to failure Grow from the experience of failure Absorb the lessons that don't fit with your preconceptions Discover when to â€œpull the plugâ€ on a failure in progress Know when to move on, so failure won't last longer or feel worse than it has to Stay committed to excellence, no matter what Keep focused on success, even in environments where multiple failures are commonplace

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Pearson Prentice Hall

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0131362739

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9780131362734

Young Love - Boxset

By: Dean Amory

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Young Love - Boxset

By: Dean Amory

Dean Amory chronicles the hero's life through the thrills, heartbreaks, joy and despair of the final years in high school and the consecutive transition to a labour environment. Sean and Katherine fall in love the day they first meet. When the relationship becomes too serious, Katherine decides to put studies before love and breaks up. But she promises Sean she will return to him after they graduate. Sean doesn't believe this is possible. After the traumatic end of the school year, Sean tries to move on with his life, but once back in school, both young people discover that it isn't easy to be in the same class with your ex. After some time, Katherine invites him to reunite. Are second chances really possible? Can recreating the past help the young couple to create a different future? And is Sean even willing to accept Katherine's terms?

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Lulu.com

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132631923X

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AMERICAN ORPHAN-The Life and Times of Roger Dean Kiser

By: Roger Dean Kiser

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AMERICAN ORPHAN-The Life and Times of Roger Dean Kiser

By: Roger Dean Kiser

These are my stories of my abuse, years that I suffered while living in a Jacksonville, Florida orphanage. The pain, suffering and mental anguish is not easy to read. These stories tell of my feelings. How I took that suffering boldly and how I tried, as best I could, to ease the pain of others. The abuse, hurt and pain I suffered as a child has never left my mind and I feel it as strongly today as I did when I was a child. Forever these memories live with me as a reminder of where I came from and who I am. If the quote above is indeed true, then why I did not turn out to be an abuser. Many who read my stories of my abusive childhood marvel at how I could become a contributing member of society. How I can become a published author with only a 6th grade education, how I can focus on the horrible abuse, and how I earnestly strive, through my books and my media coverage, to seek public and government reform. How can I help others when so much in me goes unhealed? So, why did I not turn out to be an abuser myself ? It is because I could no longer stand to see the pain abuse causes in the hearts and mind of my fellow man. I know the desperation very well. I was there and it happened to me. I cannot recall even one instance where I physically abused my children. I suppose this is because the abuse, the hurt and the pain that I suffered as a child has left such a devastating effect on me I promised myself I would never do this to my children. I find I make that conscious decision everyday. My children are grown and have children of their own. Now, I reaffirm my decision for my grandchildren's sake. I choose not to abuse. It is a decision that I make every day of my life. I help others because I have no choice. When I see the pain of others, my own past reappears and it hurts me so badly. I see myself in their faces, I understand their mental torture, and I know their hopelessness. I need to let them know that I am here and I am a friend. I understand because I have been where they are. Nobody was there for me but I am determined I will be there for them. I must do what I can to save them in order to save myself. Roger Dean Kiser's Bio Published author and internet writer Roger Dean Kiser's stories take you into the heart of a child abandoned by his family and abused by the system responsible for his care. Through his stories he relives the sadness and cruelty of growing up an orphan in the early 1950s. Today Kiser lives in Brunswick, Georgia with his wife Judy, where he continues to write, publishing most of his work on his internet web site: www.rogerdeankiser.com and short story index at: www.geocities.com/trampolineone/survive/noframe.htm. Since it's beginning "AMERICAN ORPHAN" has become one of the most read child abuse web sites in the world. At last count it had a readership of about 4.6 million since November of 1999. It is through his writing that Kiser has begun healing the pain, suffering and sadness of the orphan within him. Unknowingly at first and by the power of the internet Kiser's stories have touched millions. In the vain of Mark Twain Roger Dean Kiser's collection of almost 400 stories have captured the drama and emotion of not only his childhood but of his current day tales. Kiser's short stories carry with them strong images and feelings that search out and find that common thread which connects each of us to our own emotions. Roger will never forget how he and about 300 other children were treated as though they were less than human while living in a Jacksonville, Florida orphanage in the 1950s and 1960s. Roger's has taken those feelings and has done his very best to help those less fortunate than himself. Roger's short stories have also been published in books and magazines around the world. Publications such as: Chicken Soup for the Grandparent's Soul, Chicken Soup for the Horse Lover's Soul, Chicken Soup for the Caregiver's Soul, Chicken Soup for the Friend's Soul (USA), Heartwarmers (USA), Heartwarmers of Love (USA), A Cool Collection I and A Cool Collection II (Israel), Faith & True Stories of Friendship (USA), Teen Miracles (USA), Man's Best Friend (Australia), The Next Voice You Hear (USA), Soul Disclosures (USA), Dog Buddies (Australia), Skyline Magazine IV (USA), Venice, Gulf Coast Living, Petwarmers CD Collection (USA), Kiwanis Magazine, as well as his own CD titled "The Life and Times of Roger Dean Kiser". Roger's short story "The Bully" was made into a short film by Nicholas Delfino and Edward Asner (Mary Tyler Moore Show) and has been entered into several major film festivals in the United States. Between Edward Asner's bustling, award winning career and a busy political agenda the actor has still made himself available to lend his support and voice to Roger Dean Kiser. Asner is credited as a factor in the publishing of Kiser's first book Orphan in 2001 and was the Executive Producer on the short film The Bully, written and directed by Nicholas Delfino and adapted from the Kiser short story by the same name. More recently he recorded two of Kiser's works Butterflies and Elvis Died in a Florida Barber College as audio stories for Bear-Buca Entertainment. Asner has also been very supportive in the development of a possible feature film or television series based on Kiser's stories.

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818253030X

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Young Love - Part 2: First Love's Shadow

By: Dean Amory

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Young Love - Part 2: First Love's Shadow

By: Dean Amory

In "Young Love part 1", Sean and Katherine fell in love, but Katherine broke up when she got afraid that things became too serious. Things became complicated when Katherine promised Sean she would return to him after they graduate from high school. After trying for months to convince herto reconsider, Sean gave up. "Young Love Part 2, First Love's Shadow", starts at the beginning of the summer holiday. Sean has accepted a holiday job in the seaside resort Ostend. He tries to move on. It's difficult though to forget about Katherine, when so many of the issues he experiences in his new relationships look almost identical to what he went through before with her. At the start of their last year at school, Sean and Katherine discover that it isn't simple to spend most active hours of every day in the same classroom with your ex. After some time, Katherine invites Sean to date again. Are second chances really possible? And is Sean even willing to accept the terms Katherine's offer comes with?

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1326318721

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Road Tripping the Great River Road

Volume 1: 18 Trips Along the Upper Mississippi River

By: Dean Klinkenberg

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Road Tripping the Great River Road

Volume 1: 18 Trips Along the Upper Mississippi River

By: Dean Klinkenberg

Looking for the ultimate adventure along the Mighty Mississippi? Look no further! The third edition of this comprehensive travel guide (updated in 2024) will take you on a journey through the heart of America, showcasing the rich history, diverse culture, and stunning natural beauty of this iconic waterway. From the bustling cities of the Twin Cities and St. Louis to the peaceful backwaters of the Driftless Area, you'll discover something new and exciting at every turn. Packed with insider tips and local insights, this guide is the perfect companion for your journey down the Mississippi. Explore the quiet spaces and bustling places along the Great River Road, from historic small towns to culturally rich big cities. Find out which hikes come with dramatic views of the Mississippi River and which day cruises offer the best chance to spot wildlife. Get recommendations about which museums are worth your time and where to find good local music. Discover which festivals offer quirky fun, and where to sample regional food specialties such as a juicy lucy, wild rice and walleye, and gooey butter cake. The book includes: · 18 regional tours from northern Minnesota to southern Illinois · Local and regional history · Parks and recreation areas to hike and camp at along the Mississippi River · Tips to save you time and money · How to get on the river (outfitters, cruises) · Where to eat and sleep at locally owned establishments So come along and explore the magic of the Mighty Mississippi! Author Dean Klinkenberg has been exploring the places along the Mississippi River and the Great River Road since 2007. He's found a wealth of underappreciated treasures awaiting visitors. Are you ready to explore one of the best American road trips? Buy Road Tripping Along the Great River Road and start your trip today.

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1735242829

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The Director Should've Shot You

Memoirs of the Film Trade

By: Alan Dean Foster

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The Director Should've Shot You

Memoirs of the Film Trade

By: Alan Dean Foster

The #1 New York Times–bestselling prolific author recounts his storied career as one of the top novelizers of films and television in Hollywood. Author Alan Dean Foster is a Grand Master of Media Tie-In Fiction. He has written both original tie-ins and script novelizations since the 1970s, bringing his straightforwardness—a favorite to readers but a nuisance to directors—to his many projects. For Foster, Hollywood is a unique world that has allowed him to chat with Catwoman, ask out Diana Rigg, attend a movie screening with Alice Cooper, and have burgers and milkshakes with John Carpenter. To think, he was almost a lawyer . . . In The Director Should’ve Shot You, Foster shares all the colorful stories behind his adaptations of films, TV shows, and video games. He had the honor of working on big-name properties like Star Trek, Terminator, and The Thing. He served as ghost writer for the novelization of the original Star Wars and got to write the sequel—sort of. There are, of course, his lesser-known works, like an adaptation of the special two-part abortion episode of Maude . . . that never made it to print. And in between his work for Hollywood, he managed to become a hugely successful science fiction and fantasy author with series like the Adventures of Pip & Flinx and the Icerigger Trilogy With humor and wit, Foster retraces his path to “Grand Master,” with all the successes, disappointments, and lumps he’s taken along the way. In the process, he shines a spotlight on the unusual world of studio marketing in Hollywood. The result is a memoir that will have you looking at some of your favorite films in a whole new light. Praise for The Director Should’ve Shot You “Foster puts all this down in easygoing prose that . . . is quite readable. . . . I can’t see how this book could not be a must-read, and indeed, it is must reading, pure and simple.” —The Bedlam Files

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1504085086

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Elusive Innocence

Survival Guide for the Falsely Accused

By: Dean Tong

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Elusive Innocence

Survival Guide for the Falsely Accused

By: Dean Tong

With the rise in divorce and child custody battles, child abuse charges have become a weapon of choice, often times false, and it is these accusations that are tearing apart lives, affecting all involved. The Child Welfare system supposedly designed to help children is actually helping children to destroy their lives. This book affords those falsely accused and their defence attorneys, who often find themselves in a 3-ring circus...juvenile, family and/or criminal courts, a vehicle for countering and defeating abuse allegations. The book is a life jacket for the falsely accused parent and inexperienced attorney. Dean Tong is an internationally known forensic consultant on related child abuse, domestic violence and child custody cases.

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Breaking into the Boys' Club

The Complete Guide for Women to Get Ahead in Business

By: Jane K. Stimmler,Peter J. Dean,Molly D. Shepard

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Breaking into the Boys' Club

The Complete Guide for Women to Get Ahead in Business

By: Jane K. Stimmler,Peter J. Dean,Molly D. Shepard

Breaking into the Boys' Club is the ultimate guide to success for women in business. No matter what stage in your career or what job position you hold, this book offers you practical, relatable ways to evaluate your work style and workplace culture in order to better understand behavior that may be holding you back from advancing in your field.

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The Soth Initiative

Book 2: Fallout

By: Dean Brior

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The Soth Initiative

Book 2: Fallout

By: Dean Brior

The Soth Initiative Book 2 The Sect of the Heald Chronicles The software has been released, the world now knows the truth, and the world is awakened to a new direction. There is a dark force resisting this awakening, one that will work to wipe out the Sect of the Healed who yearn to share the truth with the world. Come with us on a worldwide journey of intrigue, mystery, and miracles as Professor Lindey Batchelor and the SOTH family share their archaeological treasures with the world. You will see what artifacts and literary treasures the world will experience. Many will embrace the truth, but many will seek to snuff it out along with all those associated with the great awakening. The Soth Initiative is a book about truth, power, resistance to the light, overcoming the darkness, and the power of God living in everyday people. Come with Lindey and his team as they travel the world, rescue the innocent, engage the darkness, and overcome evil to share the truth the world needs to hear.

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Discovery and Invention

The Urban Plays of Lanford Wilson

By: Anne Dean

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Discovery and Invention

The Urban Plays of Lanford Wilson

By: Anne Dean

Above all, Wilson wants to tell the truth; for him, reality is almost - but not quite - enough. By creating his drama out of his own rich life experiences, he finds little need to exaggerate. Eugene Ionesco once observed that one discovers more than one invents, and that invention is really discovery or rediscovery.

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Untold Stories, Him & Her

By: Wayne Dean

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Untold Stories, Him & Her

By: Wayne Dean

Achieving compatibility with the opposite sex can be an intricate process. While navigating our way through intellectual, emotional, physical, and spiritual compatibilities, we must also find a way to value our self-worth to our mate. Unfortunately, we often only see things from our own experiences and perspectives. In a raw, unapologetic, and energetic presentation, Wayne Dean provides a behind-the-scenes glimpse into “him and her” thoughts and actions. While mostly focusing on “her” from his perspective, he also highlights the male viewpoint by creating settings that address the various issues one might encounter in a relationship while balancing its faults and merits. Dean’s enlightening, thought-provoking, and often humorous essays vividly explore the rollercoaster epics either played out in public or behind closed doors in a relationship, the mystery of what a woman really wants and needs from a man, the woman with a scarred heart who detests men, why an interracial relationship can be challenging for both sexes, and much more. Untold Stories, Him and Her shares a brazen peek into the nuances of male and female relationships while highlighting the negatives and positives of not only our actions, but also our deepest thoughts.

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1665535865

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Seize the Night

A Novel

By: Dean Koontz

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Seize the Night

A Novel

By: Dean Koontz

BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Dean Koontz's The City. There are no rules in the dark, no place to feel safe, no escape from the shadows. But to save the day, you must...Seize the Night. At no time does Moonlight Bay look more beautiful than at night. Yet it is precisely then that the secluded little town reveals its menace. Now children are disappearing. From their homes. From the streets. And there's nothing their families can do about it. Because in Moonlight Bay, the police work their hardest to conceal crimes and silence victims. No matter what happens in the night, their job is to ensure that nothing disturbs the peace and quiet of Moonlight Bay.... Christopher Snow isn't afraid of the dark. Forced to live in the shadows because of a rare genetic disorder, he knows the night world better than anyone. He believes the lost children are still alive and that their disappearance is connected to the town's most carefully kept, most ominous secret—a secret only he can uncover, a secret that will force him to confront an adversary at one with the most dangerous darkness of all. The darkness inside the human heart.

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0307414116

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The Soldiers Of Fear

Invasion! #2

By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Dean Wesley Smith

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The Soldiers Of Fear

Invasion! #2

By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Dean Wesley Smith

Long ago, before the dawn of civilization, they were banished to the realm of nightmares. Now the terrors are real... A generation ago, another Starship EnterpriseTM fought off a ship of exiled aliens intent on conquering all of the Alpha Quadrant. Starfleet thought the foe had been repelled forever—until now. The Furies have returned in might warships even more powerful than before. But their weapons are more than merely physical, for these aliens are the origins of all the demons and monsters of ancient myth, and they have found a way to project fear directly into the minds of their enemies. To defeat the Furies, and save the Federation, Picard and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise must first conquer the darkest terrors of their unconscious minds.

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Simon and Schuster

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0671040960

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Playful Approaches to Serious Problems

Narrative Therapy with Children and Their Families

By: Jennifer C. Freeman,David Epston,Dean Lobovits

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Playful Approaches to Serious Problems

Narrative Therapy with Children and Their Families

By: Jennifer C. Freeman,David Epston,Dean Lobovits

The authors describe their success with narrative therapy, a lighter, playful approach to the serious problems encountered in child and family therapy. They provide case vignettes in the first two sections which show how children who might have been labeled belligerent, hyperactive, anxious, or out of touch with reality are found to be capable of taming their tempers, controlling frustration, and using their imaginations to the fullest. They address the helpful role of family members, as well. The third section of the text offers five extended case stories. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393702294

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The Indiana Torture Slaying

Sylvia Likens' Ordeal and Death

By: John Dean

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The Indiana Torture Slaying

Sylvia Likens' Ordeal and Death

By: John Dean

A republication of the 1965 Bee-Line Books nonfiction thriller that shocked the world: The story of how Gertrude Baniszewski and a coterie of neighborhood children tortured 16-year-old Sylvia Likens to death in a lower middle class Indianapolis home.

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Borf Books

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0960489479

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Winning Back America

By: Howard Dean

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Winning Back America

By: Howard Dean

GOVERNOR HOWARD DEAN'S GRASSROOTS BID FOR THE PRESIDENCY IS GENERATING EXCITEMENT IN EVERY CORNER OF AMERICA. In Winning Back America, Governor Dean writes for the first time about his life and the people and events that have shaped him, beginning with his upbringing in New York and taking us through his medical career, eleven and a half years as governor of Vermont, and finally into his presidential campaign. Howard Dean writes about: • The years at college that changed the way he looks at America • His decision to attend medical school and the origins of his commitment to children and to universal health care • Meeting his wife, Judith Steinberg, and bringing up a family in Vermont • One dramatic day that he began as an internist and ended as governor • The successes of his governorship • His decision to run for president of the United States • His vision for the country Winning Back America is Howard Dean in his own words. Dean tells his story with characteristic verve and forthrightness and also with emotion as he reflects on the death of his father and on the disappearance of his brother Charlie in Southeast Asia at the end of the Vietnam War. Howard Dean's personal recollections bring us a full portrait of the candidate as a father, a husband, a son, and as a political leader.

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0743262492

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Fallen Angels

By: Walter Dean Myers

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Fallen Angels

By: Walter Dean Myers

Seventeen-year-old Richie Perry, just out of his Harlem high school, enlists in the Army in the summer of 1967 and spends a devastating year on active duty in Vietnam.

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0590409433

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Veins of Ice

By: Mary Dean

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Veins of Ice

By: Mary Dean

Detective Fawlkner Dundee thought that the Rose Garden Motel in beautiful Port Macquarie would be a quiet place to rebound from his marriage breakdown, but he was sadly mistaken. The murder of Edith Campbell leads him into emotional turmoil as he investigates her dark past, years of abuse, kidnapping and blackmail on a larger scale than he had ever imagined. There soon becomes so many suspects it is hard to define who the killer may be, the real surprise is that she had not been murdered sooner. His heart goes out to his suspects as he hears their sad stories. Travelling across N.S.W. he gets to experience the history of the beautiful places that his investigations will take him. In his search he is also able to find a new prospective on life as he chases down the killer. Veins of Ice, is Mary Dean’s latest exciting novel.

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Australian Self Publishing Group

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1922327743

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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry Church

Finding a Better Way to Influence Our Culture

By: Dean Merrill

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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry Church

Finding a Better Way to Influence Our Culture

By: Dean Merrill

Written by a former vice president of Focus on the Family, this is a book for Christians who want to take the high road in the personal and corporate war on culture. Far from a prescription for apathy, this book is a passionate call to Kingdom activity--and our mission as ambassadors to a world Christ died for, not as conquerors who would remake it in our image.

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Harper Collins

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0310213088

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The Highline Trail

By: Dean Nichols

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The Highline Trail

By: Dean Nichols

Mountain peaks, especially, are often shrouded in a mantle of cloud; their sides shrouded in a mantle of snow. But to the observant, listening heart, they are also shrouded in a mantle of mystery, a mantle of Spirit. And that Spirit speaks, and flows, and calls. Thirty miles north of our home, in White Salmon, Washington, "Our" Mountain, 12,307 foot, Mt. Adams, waits, and calls, and sends out her silent, inviting song. Summer, 1955: It has been written, "Without dreams, even unfulfilled dreams, we should die."Our family was very much alive. And so it was really not unexpected that the dream of walking the nearly sixty mile, "Round the mountain trail," should begin taking the form of a vision. According to U.S. Forest Service maps; there was an "Around the mountain trail." And, the Forest Service people assumed us, dangerously, what we were to find, "Oh yes, there is a good trail, all the way around the mountain." Ah, but the irrepressible optimism of the human spirit. This story chronicles the results of that optimism, optimism held by two pairs of very ordinary parents, and by seven, very ordinary, but vibrantly alive, young children. It wasn't until we were well out on the trail, that that Spirit of the Mountain began to really stir the soul of this young, unpolished author, that here, indeed, was a dramatic, family adventure unfolding. So stay with this simple story, and travel the Highline Trail with us.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1725229919

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An Endless Journey

By: Jade Dean Krieman

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An Endless Journey

By: Jade Dean Krieman

He knew it is An Endless Journey to make amends. Though it is a long one, he has accepted it. And author Jade Dean Krieman shares his life story of gripping challenges and trials in and out of prison in this memoir. An Endless Journey is about one man’s journey from his earliest recollection, beginning with the physical and emotional abuse suffered as a child. The way he dealt with that and how it affected his outlook on others and life are all unveiled in this memoir. Through his journey, he hurt and terrorized others, including himself. Somewhere along the journey, he experienced love, pain, and many hardships, which helped shape the road he travelled. The journey is ever changing and each experience brings him closer to the last person on his list, the final amends. The author hopes that everyone will find valuable lessons in his personal story. Although it isn’t going to be an easy journey for him, he knows that it will be worth it in the end. That’s what he also wishes for those people who went through life like he did.

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1456870157

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