Stolen Vegetable Soup By: Gary Jones What happens when a bunch of friends and family get together and one of them just happens to be a professional chef? They tend to find more excuses to keep getting together. In a year filled with special occasions, Chef Gary Jones has found a way to bridge the gap between these celebrations. In Stolen Vegetable Soup, with the assistance of team SVS, a roadmap of various party fare is laid out in a way that illustrates not only how to prepare the dishes, but through chatty asides on personal adventures invites you to join the party. So, if you are having a get together, if no one else can help and if you can find them, maybe you can hire… the SVS team.
We cannot control a lot of things in the world. The only thing we can control is what we decide to do. Have you ever felt like you made a bad decision? Have you ever felt like you could make better decisions? Have you made decisions that altered the course of your life in a direction you did not intend on going? Have you made decisions that made you slap your forehead and yell, Duh? Do you want to improve your world and live with less stress? By using the Four Rules, you can take control of your choices and the decision-making process that directs your life. We can change the world, but change has to start somewhere. Lets start with us. Me First! Gary Jones is not an ivory tower academic, a Harvard MBA, a television evangelist, or a political consultant. He is a simple man with a simple message: four rules to change your decision-making life. We all have some type of psychological system to make decisionsGarys system works! Mike Bishop, PhD., professor of marriage and family therapy, Capella University
Straight talk from up on the farm Raised on a small dairy farm in the Driftless Area in the mid-twentieth century, Gary Jones gets real about his rural roots. In this collection of interrelated stories, Jones writes with plainspoken warmth and irreverence about farm, family, and folks on the ridge. Readers will meet Gramp Jones, whose oversized overalls saved him from losing a chunk of flesh to an irate sow; the young one-room-school teacher who helped the kids make sled jumps at recess; Charlotte, the lawn-mowing sheep who once ended up in the living room; Victor the pig-cutter, who learned his trade from folk tradition rather than vet school; and other colorful characters of the ridge. Often humorous and occasionally touching, Jones’s essays paint a vivid picture that will entertain city and country folk alike.
For three decades the Kungsholm Miniature Grand Opera was a cultural gem in Chicago. Here is the account of the performers who worked "understage" and the abrupt finale of the Kungsholm Miniature Grand Opera in 1971.
Revisiting the thinking on vulnerability to HIV and risk of infection, this book provides better understanding by considering the risk of HIV infection alongside notions of personal and collective resilience, dignity and humiliation. The work shows that young people in the urban slum dignify their world and, in doing so, establish priorities and draw on a set of references oftentimes intelligible to them alone. Moreover, humiliation, as an interpersonal event, adds to a sense of vulnerability and lies closely behind choices directly affecting personal health and livelihood. Thus, dignity and humiliation are shown for the first time to have a critical role in health seeking and risky behavior related to HIV, and this is an area in great need of further research. The crucial focus of this work is further emphasized by the rapid growth of urban slums, and high rates of HIV among both slum dwellers and young people, who continue to bear the brunt of the AIDS epidemic, thirty years on. This comprehensive literature review provides a compelling argument that the time is right to further explore the nexus of risk and resilience from a people-centered perspective. Fresh insight is critical to reach the goal of ending AIDS by 2030.
Spunky Finds a Home is a story about a misunderstood coyote in search of food, water, and friendship. Written and illustrated by Gary Jones. For more information, please visit www.folkartforartfolk.com.
Long ago in the kingdom of Bateer, a powerful book of spells and incantations that was hidden for years is found by the vengeful Lord Belasco. He intends to use "The Book of Shreeves" to kill King Culdor and take over the kingdom.The monastery of the Absolute Church responds to his threat. It activates a group of young adults known as the PENTA to be led by Paulos, a novice monk, to construct a square-base pyramid. The structure will enclose Lord Belasco's castle and to use the white magic power of the pyramid moving along its five medians to destroy all the good and evil magic being used in the great hall of the castle.The cast of players in the sci-fi fantasy adventure Power of the Pyramid also includes Lord Belasco's evil minions and the teenage followers of Paulos, who wage a valiant battle against stronger forces.Gary Jones is a retired secondary school mathematics teacher in England. "I realised one day after a lesson that the properties of a square-based pyramid lent themselves to be the basis of a magic battle book.
Carter Jones is astonished early one morning when he finds a real English butler, bowler hat and all, on the doorstep—one who stays to help the Jones family, which is a little bit broken. In addition to figuring out middle school, Carter has to adjust to the unwelcome presence of this new know-it-all adult in his life and navigate the butler's notions of decorum. And ultimately, when his burden of grief and anger from the past can no longer be ignored, Carter learns that a burden becomes lighter when it is shared. Sparkling with humor, this insightful and compassionate story will resonate with readers who have confronted secrets of their own.
Does John 1:1 really prove the Trinity? What is our purpose in life? How will Jesus Christ return to Earth? What about bones, fossils, and ancient ruins which predate the Bible? Answers to these questions and much more are found in this fresh new book about God’s word, the Bible!
Unbeknownst to him, Benny, a four year old is the object of contention between two strong-willed females in his family. One is Sylvia, the woman he has lived with his entire life and he knows as mother. The other is Isabella, the oldest child in the family and Benny's birth mother who he affectionately calls Issie. After Sylvia accidently sweetens tea with LSD laced sugar cubes while at Issie's apartment, she and her husband decide Benny is not safe in her care. Determined that she will not be separated from Benny, Issie, with the help of three odd ball friends, Dennis the dwarf, and Slim and Jim the midget Siamese twins, spirit Benny away while the family is at church. Dennis and the twins have a problem that Issie wasn't aware of - they owe a crime boss for a large supply of marijuana they took. The crime boss sends two of his men to find them to collect. When it's discovered they don't have the money nor the supply the crime boss decides to place all of them in a rigged wrestling tour, taking on a volunteer from the audience who happens to be working for the crime boss. Benny has to pretend he is a midget because Issie doesn't want them knowing he is a child. Along the way deep friendships develop. Benny wants to find a way to free himself and Issie from the crime bosses clutches and thinks he knows how once he discovers by accident that a walking stick Dennis carries with him is capable of belching fire and causing damage.
Gary Jones Harris author of "Harness The Power Within and Without," brings you yet another work of inspiration. The Book of Hai/Clue can be considered a verbal map for those seeking God in a dark world. Now that moral guidelines are becoming fuzzy, and wrong is becoming right, with precision this powerful book fortifies both biblical and ancient truths upon which human family structure has been built. Hai/Clue contains intellectual nuggets of rare and powerful wisdom that are being systematically watered down. The Book of Hai/Clue merges spiritual, scientific, historical, and cultural truths in a diverse delicacy of sublime wisdom. Prepare yourself to be awakened by the God inspired revelations of The Book of Hai/Clue. Read more at: www.rev-press.com
I believe that becoming a police officer is a calling from God. Most are called to do God’s will, to help, to protect, to serve the community, Some do it for the wrong reasons, power, dominance, to carry a gun and a badge, to abuse others. These things are not the will of God!
Latinos in the New Millennium is a comprehensive profile of Latinos in the United States: looking at their social characteristics, group relations, policy positions and political orientations. The authors draw on information from the 2006 Latino National Survey (LNS), the largest and most detailed source of data on Hispanics in America. This book provides essential knowledge about Latinos, contextualizing research data by structuring discussion around many dimensions of Latino political life in the US. The encyclopedic range and depth of the LNS allows the authors to appraise Latinos' group characteristics, attitudes, behaviors and their views on numerous topics. This study displays the complexity of Latinos, from recent immigrants to those whose grandparents were born in the United States.
Veterinary virologist Jason Mitchell can’t keep his mouth shut, can’t lie convincingly, and can’t follow orders. He’s an unlikely candidate to help the CIA locate and destroy a deadly hybrid virus stolen from Jason’s lab at the University of Minnesota. From Washington to Djibouti, From Minneapolis to Yemen, Marines cringe, Senators turn livid, and CIA agents shudder as Jason struggles to prevent the virus from becoming a biological weapon in the hands of insurgents.. Jason and Ann Hartman, veterinarians, lovers, and graduate students, conduct a study of BCV in calves, a common virus that causes diarrhea in cattle. A recently arrived Chinese student accidentally exposes the calves to the SARS virus, a close relative of BCV. The calves and the Chinese student develop a severe and puzzling pneumonia. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) isolates a hybrid BCV-SARS virus from the Chinese student and the calves. The FBI is notified of the new and dangerous virus. Meanwhile, Ahmed, more con man than graduate student, discovers samples of Jason's that contain the virus. He steals them and flees to Yemen where he pretends to be a devout Muslim to get funding from a terrorist group that believes the virus will be valuable as a biological weapon and as bait to lure the CIA into military action that will kill innocent civilians and increase hatred of the US. In a very serious situation with a bumbling hero and unexpected situations, Jason and an unconventional CIA agent redefine “thinking outside the box” as they con Ahmed, dodge bullets, and thwart the bad guys. "A medical thriller that will keep you guessing and engaged while offering subtle humor as the good guys triumph.
This first Caliber Rounds preview issue clocks in at a large 38 pages with interviews from Kevin Van Hook on doing Rocky Horror Picture Show, Ben Sherrill and his Ballad of Rory Hawkins, Mayen Briem on the genesis of Horror City, and Steve Jones takes a look at Dracula and wants to know why the Count can't gain popularity ala Sherlock Holmes. Plus a look at all the releases from Caliber's first year since it returned to publishing. There's also a sneak peak at some upcoming titles.
Saints, Sinners, Survivors" --- an exciting and true portrayal of the classic battle of the "good guys" versus the "bad guys" in today's modern law enforcement profession.
In 1986, the U.S. Gov't. entered into a Compact of Free Assoc. (Compact) with the Fed. States of Micronesia (FSM) and the Rep. of the Marshall Islands (RMI). The Compact granted these former Trust Territory dist. their independence and provided a framework for future governmental relations and financial pay. from the U.S., including compensation for effects from the tests of U.S. nuclear weapons in the RMI during the 1940s and 1950s. This report examines: cost to the U.S. of providing assist. to the FSM and to the RMI in accordance with the existing Compact from FY 1987 through FY 1999, and funds provided prior to FY 1987 for the effects of nuclear weapons testing to what is now the RMI.
Substitutions - Michael Marshall Smith Michael Marshall Smith recalls: "This story came about in the simplest way, the way I always enjoy most - something happening in real life that makes you think 'What if?' "Our household gets a lot of its food via an online delivery service, and one day when I was unpacking what had just been dropped at our house I gradually realised there was something...not quite right about the contents of the bags. "There's two things that are strange about that experience. The first is that - given that every household is likely to buy at least some things in common - you don't realise straight away that you've been given the wrong shopping. You don't immediately think 'This is wrong', more like . . . 'This is weird'. The second is how personal it is, gaining accidental access to this very tangible evocation of some other family's life. You can't help but wonder about the people the food was really destined for. "In real life, I just called up the delivery guy and got it sorted out: but in fiction, you might tackle things slightly differently . . ." Out Back - Garry Kilworth "'Out Back' was written for a group of friends," Kilworth recalls, "who appear as characters in the story under their initials, as I do myself. Those who know me well will recognise the protagonists. "Iken is a real village on the edge of the marshes behind Snape Maltings in Suffolk. Two years ago I wandered along the periphery of the reed beds which stretch down towards the coast as a green and golden sea, the waves created by the winds that blow across the flatlands. Looking at the church that sits on a knoll above the marshes I thought, 'This is a perfect setting for a horror story.' And so . . ." City of the Dog - John Langan "This story arose from my desire to see what I could do with the figure of the ghoul," reveals Langan, "and as I've tried to indicate within the narrative, I drew inspiration both from H.P. Lovecraft ('Pickman's Model') and Caitlín R. Kiernan (Daughter of Hounds). "The miserable years in New York State's capital, though, were mine alone.
Like many of us, Ted and Christy Dawson had it with city life. They were tired of the noise, the pollution, the high crime rate and especially the rude people. They wanted a simpler, slower paced life, in a rural setting, in which to spend their golden years. They had purchased the perfect land in the perfect area. Their new home was finally completed. From now on, their lives would be different! But from the very first night they meet the welcoming spirit of their new home, you begin to wonder if they picked out the land or if the land picked them. It would take the death of a very close friend and a disastrous fire to make them realize they were not welcome, by someone. But the determined couple would not be run off their land. Instead, they would band together with their neighbors to solve a fifty year old mystery, a mystery that only outsiders like the Dawsons, could have recognized. Solving it would require all their inner courage, and help from some rather unusual friends. In the end, it would all prove to be worthwhile. The heroes would undo a terrible injustice to a great nation, and in so doing, receive a reward that would last through all eternity.
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