A tragic death takes place on the beach of Santa Cruz, California on the occasion of a USO dance during the last days of World War II. The incident involves three young sailors, close friends for years, who try to cover up what happened. News of the atomic bomb destroying Hiroshima overshadows the investigation which then lies dormant for years until a retiring sheriff reopens the case. Circumstances haunt the three dispersed suspects who believed that their part in the incident was well behind them. “Incident in Santa Cruz” is a mystery and Jack Petro's third book. “No Ordinary Spy” chronicles his exploits as a US Navy Classified Materials Courier during the Korean War. “Santa Line Murder” is a journal of his notes taken during his tenure as foreman of the jury in one of Cleveland's most famous murders.Jack is a WWII Navy Pacific and Korea War Sixth Fleet veteran. In his 38 years with General Electric, he managed several manufacturing facilities. He now operates a Web Site where he critiques live theatre in North Central Florida. Also to his credit are numerous awards for short stories including “The Princess” which made the top 100 list in the 79th Writers Digest Writing Competition. Jack lives in The Villages of Florida with his darling wife, Jan.
A brush with death; an encounter with a homeless girl; a cookie crèche; one last flight; treasure hunting at the dump; just another patrol in Vietnam; romance; mystery; psychos and Indians in the old west; surprises galore … and a mermaid. The Creative Writer's Notebook presents the winners, honorable mentions from its 2011 Short Story Competition.Immerse yourself in an evening of pleasure. Experience the joys of mystery, romance, adventure, horror, humor and fun – all from the creative minds of these talented writers.
A mutt; a secret; a live oak; a perceptive biker. Add a dandy surprise to complete the winning stories from the 2013 Creative Writer's Notebook Short Story Contest. The Honorable Mention short stories are just as diverse. Discover:An ancient ritual; an unlikely friend; an unexpected encounter—Vengeance, revenge, and retribution— Young love; new love; old love; lost love—Cats, ghosts, crazies, and messages from beyond— Journeys VII presents a variety of characters, plots, and emotions in disparate genres, taking the reader along pathways into the imaginations of these award-winning authors.Enjoy!
A wise pot scrubber; an assignation; a teacher's nightmare; a love story; survival in Vietnam; a mad obsession; a chandelier; a secret; a Holocaust survivor's revenge; a lost letter; a dog's loyalty; a mouse's tail; the last lamplighter in Edinburgh, Scotland ... Creative Writer's Notebook presents the winners and honorable mention short stories from its 2009 Short Story Competition. Immerse yourself in an evening of pleasure reading-reading as you used to do. Experience the joys of mystery, romance, adventure, horror, humor and fun - all from the creative minds of these talented writers.
No Ordinary Spy It is 1953. The war in Korea is at a stalemate. The Chinese have dug in close to the 38th parallel. Truce talks are going on, but the U.S. is wary that another series of human wave attacks could prove demoralizing. In Europe, the Russians sense the preoccupation of NATO's leader. It is their opportunity to add temperature to the cold war. An invasion of West Germany using the armed East German Police Force is being considered, but an outright assault of Western Europe by Russian troops is not out of the question. The main communications link from Washington to its NATO partners is through the Embassy at London. When two couriers based there are suddenly "lost" and no trained replacements are available, orders go out to the Naval attaché responsible for security at the Embassy: "...get another courier, NOW". Plucked from a prosaic assignment as Top Secret Communications Officer on a Destroyer with the Mediterranean Fleet, Lt. James Parker unwittingly becomes a player in the Cold War. When the desperate Embassy expands his courier assignments to include espionage, they find out that their man, Parker, is No Ordinary Spy.
The liner on the cover is the Empress of Scotland, the flagship of the Canadian Pacific Steamships, known as CPR, a very elegant liner. In the year of 1951 at the age of eighteen I was one of the three officer’s stewards on board the liner. That same year Princess Elizabeth and her husband Prince Phillip had completed a tour of Canada and America. The princess was returning to England for her coronation which was taking place on the 2nd June 1953. In her party were five Canadian Mounted Police. Throughout the seven day voyage, the princess and duke spent every day on the bridge deck of the liner in the company of the ship’s captain and officers. One of my duties was to serve beverages to the princess, the duke and the officers. I was eighteen years of age.
Its corporate name is hardly a household word, yet Owens-Illinois, Inc., located near a small town in northwestern Ohio, is the world’s largest manufacturer of the glass bottles and jars used to provide food, beverages and medicines every day to millions of people around the globe. Unlike most corporate histories, The Glassmakers, Revisited, is a page turner....a book filled with illuminating facts and interesting anecdotes about the company that became a global giant due to the mechanical genius of Michael J. Owens, who, in 1903, invented a machine to blow bottles, automatically, and Edward D. Libbey, the astute glassmaker who bankrolled him.
The energy industry is boiling over with changes. Deregulation, new opportunities in foreign fields and markets and environmental challenges are rushing together head-on to shape the energy and utilities business of the future. Extremely deep offshore wells in the Gulf of Mexico and offshore of West Africa are being drilled at immense cost. Meanwhile China has become a major energy importer and Russia has become a major exporter. In the U.S., Europe and Japan, renewable and alternative energy sources are developing quickly, including big breakthroughs in wind power and fuel cells. This exciting new reference book covers everything from major oil companies to electric and gas utilities, plus pipelines, refiners, retailers, oil field services and engineering. Petroleum topics include upstream and downstream. Additional topics include coal, natural gas and LNG. More than a dozen statistical tables cover everything from energy consumption, production and reserves to imports, exports and prices. Next, our unique profiles of the Energy 500 Firms are also included, with such vital details as executive contacts by title, revenues, profits, types of business, web sites, competitive advantage, growth plans and more. Purchasers of either the book or PDF version can receive a free copy of the company profiles database on CD-ROM, enabling key word search and export of key information, addresses, phone numbers and executive names with titles for every company profiled.
At a time when too many of the world’s political leaders are consolidating power by playing on divisions and stoking fear, Unlikely Insider, a memoir by former federal cabinet minister and senator Jack Austin, comes as a welcome reminder of the value of public service as a force for economic progress, social justice, and nation-building. With both historical perspective and an eye to the future, Austin reflects on events and people whose impacts are still felt, and on the enduring challenges of Canadian life. Moving away from colonial domination of Indigenous Peoples, navigating our pivotal relationship with the United States and engagement with China, the nature and purpose of the Senate: these remain timely concerns, to which Austin has made significant contributions. Sharing insights into policy as well as into the personalities of colleagues and friends, Unlikely Insider paints vignettes of figures from Premier Zhou Enlai to Queen Elizabeth and recounts the author’s travels with Pierre Trudeau after the prime minister’s retirement. As a British Columbian, Austin worked to ensure that his province’s perspectives and interests mattered in Ottawa; as someone who came from a disadvantaged background, he is sensitive to the need to make the country a place of fairness and opportunity for all. Unlikely Insider reminds Canadians that inclusion – regional, social, and demographic – makes our nation both stronger and more just.
There are few industry sectors in the world today with more potential than renewable and hydrogen energy. Clean, green and renewable energy technologies are receiving immense emphasis from investors, environmentalists, governments and major corporations. Today's high prices for crude oil, coal and natural gas will increase the demand for renewables of all types. A wide variety of technologies are being researched, developed and implemented on a global basis, from Stirling engines to wind power, from advanced nuclear plants to geothermal and fuel cells. Our analysis also includes tar sands (oil sands), oil shale, fuel cells, clean coal, distributed power, energy storage, biofuels and much more. You'll find a complete overview, industry analysis and market research report in one superb, value-priced package. It contains thousands of contacts for business and industry leaders, industry associations, Internet sites and other resources. This book also includes statistical tables, an industry glossary and thorough indexes. The corporate profiles section of the book includes our proprietary, in-depth profiles of the 250 leading companies in all facets of the alternative, renewable and hydrogen energy business. Here you'll find complete profiles of the hot companies that are making news today, the largest, most successful corporations in the business. Purchasers of either the book or PDF version can receive a free copy of the company profiles database on CD-ROM, enabling key word search and export of key information, addresses, phone numbers and executive names with titles for every company profiled.
Written by leading Conflict of Laws scholars, Conflict of Laws: Cases and Materials, Eighth Edition, presents a balanced study of Conflict of Laws, otherwise known as Private International Law. The book begins with a discussion of traditional approaches to choice-of-law problems, both inter-state and international, followed by an examination of how modern courts and commentators have struggled to formulate new and better approaches. The remaining broad topics—constitutional limitations on choice of law, personal jurisdiction, conflicts in the federal system, recognition and enforcement of judgments, extraterritorial application of federal law, choice of legal regimes, and choice of law in complex litigation—are considered in light of the wisdom derived from consideration of the basic choice-of-law problems. New to the Eighth Edition: Addition of new co-author Carlos M. Vázquez, a leading scholar in Conflict of Laws as well as the adjacent fields of International Law and Foreign Relations Law Expanded coverage of Conflict of Laws in the international context, with a focus on the increasingly important topic of extraterritorial application of federal law New Supreme Court decisions on personal jurisdiction and constitutional limits on choice of law Expanded coverage of choice of law in marriage and divorce Discussion of draft Third Restatement of Conflict of Laws Professors and students will benefit from: A balance of historical and recent cases, with problems that test application of case precedents A balance between theoretical and practical aspects of Conflict of Laws, with coverage of state law and comparative perspectives where appropriate Focus on Choice of Law Broader coverage of extraterritorial application of federal law than any leading Conflict of Laws casebook Modern applications to internet disputes, complex litigation, party autonomy, and jurisdictional competition, among other cutting-edge topics
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