War's Desolation" begins on the eve of world war III, with invaders exploiting America's weaknesses, and courageous individuals simply attempting to survive. Hours after the opening of hostilities, one man, running for his life from unknown enemies, awakens in a hospital X-ray room, his memory gone. The effort of this man to survive, to reclaim his identity, and to resist the enemy, is the foundation for this exciting, heart warming, and edifying book. "War's Desolation" is the first in a series of four completed books to be published during the next year. Adults and teens alike will be inspired and challenged by the varied responses of its characters as they begin to discover real purpose for their lives.
Combining classical scenario thinking (the gentle art of perception) with the analytical power of big data and artificial intelligence, Real Time Strategy presents the decision making of the future which enables decision makers to develop dynamic strategies, monitor their validity, and react faster.
Calvin Becker’s family are good Bible-believing missionaries; it’s their duty to spread the Word to everyone they meet. But now they face their greatest spiritual challenge right in their own home: Grandma. Foulmouthed, foul-tempered, and heathen through and through, she’s staying in the spare room, recuperating from a broken hip—and making it next to impossible for the Beckers to do the Lord’s work. Calvin’s pious mom is determined to save Grandma’s soul, even if she’s doing it through gritted teeth. His father’s spending more and more time in his room, blasting opera records to drown out the old lady’s voice. And Calvin wishes things would just get back to normal so he could go on vacation and see his beloved Jennifer. But now Calvin’s starting to understand Grandma a little better—and appreciate her a little more. After all, misery loves company.
The tale of a big man and a homeless dog, which team up to hunt and trap the great North West. Skillful shooting, alert eyes and ears saw them through brutal winters to prosper and survive for many years. Some hair raising encounters with Indians and animals.
The son of missionaries finds the family vacation in Portofino an embarrassing bore when his parents' behavior ruins his summer, almost, driving the teenager to seek some less-than-holy pleasures. Reprint.
Calvin Becker's strict fundamentalist upbringing means he's never seen a film, watched television or danced. He even has to hide his five second-hand copies of Mad magazine in the attic. Now he and his family - his embarrassingly devout missionary parents and his sisters, the tyrannical 18 year-old Janet and the angelic Rachael - are on their modest annual skiing holiday in Switzerland. For the Beckers, the Hotel Riffelberg had always provided a safe haven from the jazz-loving sinners who congregate further down the mountain in Zermatt, but this is 1966, the year of peace, love and the Beatles, and the world is changing. As is the irrepressible Calvin... In his innocent 14 year-old body the hormones are raging, awakening a volcanic sexual curiosity and he willingly succumbs to the ample charms of Eva, the young waitress who introduces him to ecstasies beyond his wildest dreams. But then Calvin's mother catches him supposedly in the act and things start to go awry, triggering a climactic end to his childhood (and the family holiday).
Broadcast Journalist John Sipos of "oUR TAMPA BAY" warned, "The aftermath of the 2004 Florida hurricanes was overwhelming. But Katrina's devastation eclipsed those four storms. And a thermonuclear device triggered by terrorists wouild produce unimaginable horror. You need this book!
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