A young, married couple with no skills and trouble making ends meet on overcrowded Earth takes up an offer to travel to Mars and work there, Luis Bellandia in the mines, and Jo Anne as a cleaning woman and kitchen helper. Two months out from Earth, on their six-month journey to the Red Planet, a meteorite shower shreds the space mirror that warms the north polar ice cap that supplies the mining colony with most of its water, now no longer possible. Arriving on Mars, Luis and Jo Anne find the dome's park plants and victory gardens, dead from the now strictly rationed water, supplied by a few inadequate aquifers and ice shipped from both poles to keep the colony going. Jo Anne, a plant lover and avid gardener, finds that she cannot tolerate the desolation after several months on the dead planet and becomes severely depressed. She decides to return home on the next available ship, thus voiding her contract and forfeiting the promised $200,000 when she completes her three-year contract. Wanting to stay, Luis becomes angry, the couple becomes estranged and no longer communicate with each other. However, several days before Jo Anne is scheduled to leave, an anomaly occurs on the Red Planet that forever changes the future of Luis and Jo Anne, Mars and all of mankind.
In his new book, Still a Kid at Heart, written with longtime New York baseball writer Phil Pepe, Carter writes of his love for the game, the personalities on and off the field who have enriched his life, and the years since his retirement. His experiences serve as a primer for all professional athletes who face the dilemma of what to do after the cheering subsided. Readers gain incisive insights into the game from the unique perspective of a catcher in this revealing and intimate portrayal of his life as a ballplayer and beyond.
Have you ever walked the beach on a sunny, windswept day? Lost a loved one? Laughed at some of the absurdities life throws your way? Been lonely? Wondered whether or not you had done enough of the right things in your life to get into heaven, or why people are like plants? Been terrified at Halloween or felt blessed at Thanksgiving? Held a grandchild in your arms? Lamented the one that got away? National award winning author Gary Carter brings these ideas, and many others, to the table in IMAGERY, poems about life, love, loss, loneliness, happiness and a multitude of experiences that run the gamut of being human. WARNING! This book examines some contentious issues and may not be for everyone.
In the near future, a young, married couple, Leandra and Crane Chandler, will lose their daughter, Marley, age 11, to an incurable form of cancer that is spreading around the world, killing hundreds every day. Her father, Walter McCormick, a Noble Prize-winning nuclear physicist, and his team of fellow scientists have recently constructed the world’s first time machine. They decide to send Leandra and Crane back in time to try and locate where the cancer first started and eradicate it before it can spread, thus saving Marley and the world from a new, decimating disease. The Chandlers begin their quest in Eastern Africa circa 1.5 million BC and, unsuccessful there, move forward, visiting sites that played a major part in the evolution and history of mankind. Follow the Chandlers as they also visit Bosgrove, England, circa 450,000 BC, Shanidar Cave, Iraq, 50,000 BC. Lascaux, France, 14,000 BC. The Black Sea (Noah’s Ark) 5,600 BC. Memphis, Egypt, 2,650 BC. Mojenho Darrow, Pakistan, 2,500 BC. Europe, 1,000 BC and Carthage, Tunisia, 750 BC. Leandra is captured by the king of Carthage and thrown into his harem, where she is impregnated. Crane manages to escape and makes it back to Colorado Springs, home of the time machine, hating himself for having to desert his wife. A rescue crew is mounted to go back and bring her home, and what transpires thereafter forever changes the future of planet Earth and all of mankind.
Sixth-grader Carter must adjust to the unwelcome presence of a know-it-all butler who is determined to help him become a gentleman, and also to deal with burdens from the past.
Retired naval officer Frank Warren quits his airline job and rejoins the defense department as a civilian. In the White House Situation Room, he challenges CentCom's plan to thwart Iran's naval forces in the Persian Gulf. Surprisingly, the president adopts Frank's alternative approach, but both sides' assumptions of the outcome are flawed.
Little Soft Paw is a story about an adventurous wolf pup who gets separated from his pack by hunters. He escapes but has an encounter with a hungry mountain that almost ends his young life. He manages to reunite with his pack, only to be tricked into becoming part of a human family. Follow his adventures, and see if he can find his way home again.
The ultimate guide to running a tax-efficient home-based business Today, millions of people are making either a full- or part-time living selling things on Internet auction sites like eBay. Still more are making a living selling products from their homes--think Mary Kay and Avon. If you're just entering the home-based or online business arena, you might not be aware of your potential tax liability. With J.K. Lasser's From eBay to Mary Kay, leading tax consultant Gary Carter walks you through the challenges of accounting for a home-based business. Topics covered throughout this comprehensive guide include: * Can you deduct the use of your home? * Are there ways to avoid taxes entirely? * What types of taxes might you owe? * How do you account for your inventory? * What are the rules on collecting sales and use taxes? The advantages of operating a home-based business are countless, but many owners don't realize--and are often unprepared to handle--the host of complex tax issues surrounding them. J.K. Lasser's From eBay to Mary Kay will show you how to account for your home-based business and avoid unnecessary tax trouble. J.K. Lasser--Practical Guides for All Your Financial Needs Please visit our Web site at www.jklasser.com
The 1988 David W. Carter High School football team captured the attention of America on and off the field. It was the ultimate story of triumph and controversy as the Cowboys steamrolled to the Texas 5A Championship. They were featured in the book and movie Friday Nights Lights. They were coached by the legendary Freddie James and set a national record with 18 players signing college letters of intent. Suddenly, things took a turn for the worse. Several players landed in prison for a series of armed robberies and left a proud community forever tarnished. Gary Edwards, a star cornerback and tailback, was the center of it all including the famous grade contoversy.
* Completely updated for all the new tax laws * Capitalize on every deduction! * Sole proprietor, corporation, or partnership? The Ultimate Guide to Running a Tax-Efficient Home-Based Business The advantages of operating a home-based business are countless, but what many owners don't realize, and are often not prepared to handle, are the host of complex tax issues surrounding a home-based business. The completely updated Fifth Edition of J.K. Lasser's Taxes Made Easy for Your Home-Based Business clarifies the current tax environment with regard to home-based businesses, and shows you how to make the most of the new tax laws. This perennial guide answers home-based business owners' questions, with a special focus on the changing tax laws and deductions for the home office. Expert advice and in-depth insights will help you avoid costly mistakes and take advantage of opportunities you would otherwise miss. Critical coverage will help you: * Navigate the details of the new tax laws and IRS rules * Increase your knowledge of deductible expenses * Keep your records up to IRS standards * Organize and run a home-based business for maximum tax benefits * Make filing easy by utilizing sample tax forms
After surviving a helicopter crash during the 1968 Tet offensive in Vietnam, Marine corporal Jason McBride and his fellow survivors are captured and tortured by a sadistic Viet Cong captain. Afterward, orchestrating a harrowing escape, Jason is awarded the Silver Star for bravery. Now, in contemporary America, with the world on the brink of war over dwindling oil supplies, Jason finds that he and his men are being hunted down by the CIA, under orders from the President to get them off the streets, dead or alive. What happened in Vietnam to make Jason, now a rich and powerful attorney, the victim of a nationwide manhunt? Betrayed by the country they sacrificed for, can Jason and his fellow Marines get to the bottom of things before they are killed? Or will they go the way of countless other veterans, caught up in a web of lies and deceit with some of the most powerful men in Washington?
The All-Star catcher for the Montreal Expos and New York Mets looks back on his eighteen-year major league career and shares his impressions of teammates and opponents
CAREER PATHS “I like how Carter, Cook, and Dorsey have balanced the perspective and needs of the employee with the needs of the organization. They’ve provided a practical toolkit for practitioners, rooted in a strong conceptual model. I have looked at other sources on career paths in organizations, but this is the book I’d actually use to design a system.” Steven D. Ashworth Ph.D, Manager, Human Resource Research & Analysis, Sempra Energy Utilities “If you are, like me, a consultant who helps organizations develop and utilize their talent toward maximum performance; or a business leader building a worldclass organization with limited financial resources; or a Human Resources manager whose Generation Y employees are anxious to get ahead – you need to read this book. It clearly defines the ‘why’ and ‘how’ of using career path models as the foundation for a comprehensive talent management process.” Gena Cox Ph.D, Managing Consultant, Human Capital Resource Center Career Paths offers a career path model and useful tools and tips for developing, implementing, and integrating career paths into talent management systems. The authors describe the value of career paths from individual employee, organizational, and industry standpoints and show how career path efforts can be integrated with recruitment and hiring, strategic planning, succession management, employee development, and retention programs. With a sample career path guide and a list of resources for organizations, this book is an indispensable reference for HR professionals, managers and executives, training and development professionals, and organizational consultants.
Growing up is hard, especially for young Scott James in a 1954 suburban Southern California town. During a mystical summer of race riots, sit-ins, a baseball championship, wizards, murder, mayhem and a firestorm, Scott meets a young Mexican maiden from opposite sides of the track and the sparks begin to fly. Besieged by parents and peers alike for flaunting racial and religious barriers, Scott and Henri fall in love and manage to bring a racially torn town back from the brink of disaster. A multi-cultural love story, Mystic Summer will take you back in time to the land of milk and honey, a place where rock 'n' roll began, and drive-in movies and restaurants were all the rage. An age still glorified in movies and on TV as the greatest time in American history to be a teenager. Or was it?
Many women wonder, “Is there a complete man anywhere?” They have a good question. At the same time many men wonder, “How can I get the attention of a good woman?” The Complete Man deals with practical subjects that stimulate men in the direction of completeness.It is a short book. Many men like that fact. Each of the chapters can be read out loud in less than ten minutes. This makes it great reading material for discussion. A man can talk about it with his mentor or coach. A man and a woman can shut off the TV and the computer and read a chapter together on a couch.One thing is certain: if any man takes seriously some of the suggestions here he will be changed. And it is highly likely that the women in his life will find him becoming more and more complete as the weeks and months go by!
The catcher for the New York Mets recounts his twelve years in the major leagues, as well as the 1986 championship season, from spring training to the World Series
For years mankind has pondered the existence of Dragons and extraterrestrials, along with the mysteries of Stonehenge, Nazca, the pyramids and countless other unexplained phenomena. Now, in the near future, four prominent individuals bring things together as an alien invasion of massive proportions threatens the world. Can Jacob, Marsha, Pappy, and the President of the United States stop the invasion before it is too late? Or will mankind follow in the footsteps of Neanderthal man, the dinosaurs, and countless other species by simply disappearing off the face of the Earth, leaving any future sentient beings to ponder our sudden disappearance?
Explore the principles of city transformation - including keys to: .Discovering the "Redemptive Purpose" of your city .Defeating Leviathan / spiritual terrorism .Building effective local church prayer teams .Effective and "safe" spiritual warfare .Apostolic leadership today .The corporate anointing .Understanding "jurisdictional authority
Have you ever wanted to go to another level? Another place? This collection of stories will take you on journeys you never thought possible until now. These fantasy' stories, invite you to journey; to come, see and discover other exciting possibilities. As you read each story and meet the main characters, (women and men) your imagination is launched on a unique journey. You encounter creatures, situations in Death Stealers. You enter into dimensions, time, space and places unknown in The Darkness. There is love at first sight' in the Touch stories. The stories provide you with quick choices; challenging reading. Is experience your best way to know' about life? Do you welcome experiences whether they're mental or emotional; more than physical? If so welcome to some very unique' experiences. J
The surprisingly simple method to grow your church. All you need is a few good people to start conversations in the right way to find responsive people ready to give your church a try.
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