This is the 8th published collection of poetry by Mark A. Leon. With a continued focus on relationships, love, life and everything in-between, get lost in the words of this American poet.
This is the sixth published collection of poetry by Mark A. Leon. Mark has been writing for 25 years, focusing on the emotional connection of life and existence. His pursuit of writing and ability to connect with others has inspired his passion for the written word.
This is the fifth collection of poetry from Mark A. Leon. This new collection is entitled "Wonder" and continues his journey of life through poetry. We hope you enjoy this latest installment.
Alan Fain and hacker Lew Slack are about to remake history by blasting off to the stars on a quest for fame, great wisdom and bizarre adventure. For far beyond this insignificant gravity pit called Earth are euphoric answers to the mysteries of the uiverse and the punchline to the greatest joke ever played on mankind. From the author of Mindsurfer and The Gaia War.
Mark A. Leon, The Voice of Modern American Poetry. Through the use of characters, nature, emotions, religion, spirituality, pain, life, death and raw energy, Mark has been able to capture the cornerstone of everything we feel each and every day. He is in all of us. Everything we are afraid to say or share is depicted in his words. Life is a journey and this book captures one man's journey to find enlightenment. You will walk away from this book attached to many of these verses. Everyone that reads this book will open a part of themselves that may have been hidden for years. It isn't just the words but the energy and power behind them. By the end of this book you will feel heightened emotion that you have never felt before. If you are a parent, a child, a soldier, in love, or in remorse, Sonni's Abyss should be a part of your life.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A fast-paced debut...Espionage buffs will savor this vibrant account." — Publishers Weekly A U.S. naval counterintelligence officer working to safeguard Pearl Harbor; a Japanese spy ordered to Hawaii to gather information on the American fleet. On December 7, 1941, their hidden stories are exposed by a morning of bloodshed that would change the world forever. Scrutinizing long-buried historical documents, NCIS star Mark Harmon and co-author Leon Carroll, a former NCIS Special Agent, have brought forth a true-life NCIS story of deception, discovery, and danger. Hawaii, 1941. War clouds with Japan are gathering and the islands of Hawaii have become battlegrounds of spies, intelligence agents, and military officials - with the island's residents caught between them. Toiling in the shadows are Douglas Wada, the only Japanese American agent in naval intelligence, and Takeo Yoshikawa, a Japanese spy sent to Pearl Harbor to gather information on the U.S. fleet. Douglas Wada's experiences in his native Honolulu include posing undercover as a newspaper reporter, translating wiretaps on the Japanese Consulate, and interrogating America's first captured POW of World War II, a submarine officer found on the beach. Takeo Yoshikawa is a Japanese spy operating as a junior diplomat with the consulate who is collecting vital information that goes straight to Admiral Yamamoto. Their dueling stories anchor Ghosts of Honolulu's gripping depiction of the world-changing cat and mouse games played between Japanese and US military intelligence agents (and a mercenary Nazi) in Hawaii before the outbreak of the second world war. Also caught in the upheaval are Honolulu's innocent residents - including Douglas Wada's father - who endure the war's anti-Japanese fervor and a cadre of intelligence professionals who must prevent Hawaii from adopting the same destructive mass internments as California. Ghosts of Honolulu depicts the incredible high stakes game of naval intelligence and the need to define what is real and what only appears to be real.
Coping with a dead-end job and a lackluster romance, computer programmer Lew Slack finds his world turned upside down when a mysterious stranger hands him a crystal, a woman he has never met claims to be his lover, and his cat disappears. Original.
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Edited by an expert editorial team from leading dermatology centers, this set consists of two books: Mild to Moderate Psoriasis, Third Edition and Moderate to Severe Psoriasis, Fourth Edition. Using a practical and problem-focused approach, these updated texts equip dermatologists, family practitioners, and internists with a state-of-the-art guide to the clinical management of all forms of psoriasis. The set provides up-to-date treatment strategies for optimum patient management.
Now in its 11th Edition, CURREN'S MATH FOR MEDS: DOSAGES AND SOLUTIONS is the preeminent authority on drug dosage calculations, ratio and proportion, and medication safety. Often imitated yet never equaled, the book delivers proven material with a concisely organized approach that takes you from basic to complex using a building block approach. . Coverage begins with chapters designed to review and confirm basic math principles. Common drug measures are introducted next, followed by detailed lessons on medication labels and dosage calculations. Instructions on body weight and body surface area, intravenous calculations, and pediatric medication calculations follow. This new edition of CURREN'S MATH FOR MEDS: DOSAGES AND SOLUTIONS features full-color photos of drug labels and syringes, as well as hundreds of examples, practice problems, self-test questions, and more for developing learners into safe and effective practitioners. Deliver your course with help from the master, Anna Curren, and CURREN'S MATH FOR MEDS: DOSAGES AND SOLUTIONS, 11th Edition�the only calculations text to reach more than a million learners!
Despite the dramatic circumstances of its founding, Israel did not inspire sustained, impassioned public discussion among Jews and non-Jews in the United States until Leon Uris's popular novel Exodus was released in 1958. Uris's novel popularized the complicated story of Israel's founding and, in the process, boosted the morale of post-Holocaust Jewry and disseminated in popular culture positive images of Jewish heroism. Our Exodus: Leon Uris and the Americanization of Israel's Founding Story examines the phenomenon of Exodus and its largely unrecognized influence on post-World War II understandings of Israel's beginnings in America and around the world. Author M. M. Silver's extensive archival research helps clarify the relevance of Uris's own biography in the creation of Exodus. He situates the novel's enormous popularity in the context of postwar America, and particularly Jewish American culture of the 1950s and early 1960s. In telling the story of the making of and the response to Exodus, first as a book and then as a film, Silver shows how the representation of historical events in Exodus reflected needs, expectations, and aspirations of Jewish identity and culture in the post-Holocaust world. He argues that while Uris's novel simplified some facts and distorted others, it provided an astonishingly ample amount of information about Jewish history and popularized a persuasive and cogent (though debatable) Zionist interpretation of modern Jewish history. Silver also argues that Exodus is at the core of an evolving argument about the essential compatibility between the Jewish state and American democracy that continues to this day. Readers interested in Israel studies, Jewish history, and American popular culture will appreciate Silver's unique analysis.
Half human, half lion, all hero. Leon Garrett is a sixteen-year-old photography intern working at the newspaper in Sedalia City, Indiana, when his best friend, Joe Vantrice, begins talking one day at lunch about an urban legend that Leon was purportedly secretly involved with while living in another town. There is no question that Joe believes in the Beast of Salemburg who disappeared four years ago. But what he does not know is that Leon is not who he thinks he is. Since he was a toddler unwittingly involved in a laboratory accident involving lion DNA, Leon has been protecting the innocent while hiding behind a secret identity. Leon is really Leoman, a half human, half lion superhero. After his identity emerges during a violent confrontation, Leon confesses his secret to Joe. As he continues his investigations into crimes involving superhuman vigilantes while worrying if Joe will keep his monumental secret, now only time will tell if Leon can outwit the police who are hot on his trail and stay true to his mission. Leoman is the exciting tale of a teenage superhero who must rely on his lion-like abilities to rescue the innocent from criminals with dark intentions.
This book is the combination of four books- Angus: A Story About Finding Home, Angus Returns: Amber's Discovery, Angus: A New Beginning, and Angus: Kara's Journey. A sample of a few of the reviews on Amazon. "I felt an emotional connection with Angus from the beginning to the end of this book. The book has a way of capturing your attention and keeping the reader hooked and feeling compelled to keep reading just one more chapter. Kinds from "the country" will relate and enjoy the how to survive in the wilderness descriptions in this story. For the kids who are "city kids", it gives them a great escape into a whole new world. I think every child can relate to Angus and his struggles. I also loved that reading books was his safe place when he needed an escape. I think that is an important message for the kids of today to learn. I think kids and adults will find this book to be a great and memorable read." Michelle Ailworth (verified purchase) "I fell in love in love with reading the classics like My Side of the Mountain and Where the Red Fern Grows. Mark Leon Reeves has written a book that is in the same spirit as these classics. While on the surface this is a book of nature, adventure, and the great outdoors, the true beauty of this book is the themes of heartbreak, struggle, redemption, love, and the resilience of the human spirit. We see the spirit of a boy begin to transition into the wisdom of a man. Whether you are a lover of adventure in the great outdoors or just someone looking for a smooth, entertaining read, this story will leave a smile on your face." Jason King "After the loss of a few tears, some intent nail-biting, and (I'm ashamed to admit) a couple of books being thrown across the room a few times...lol, now that I've finished all four, I have to say I am SUPER impressed with the Angus books! I'm not gonna lie, I had the fear that they wouldn't hold my attention because they aren't the typical type of books that I read, but just two pages into book one, and I couldn't put it down and books 2 & 3 proved the same. Then this, the fourth book, I read the whole thing, cover to cover, in just one night. There was no way I was going to bed without knowing how it all ended! I highly recommend reading the entire series!" Tamara Coleman Still not convinced? Check out more reviews on my four individual Angus McGuire books on Amazon and then order your copy of all four books combined in this one convenient book!
This book describes the two excursions accessed from the Monterrey International Airport on the north side of Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. Excellent exposures of salt diapirs and flanking strata in La Popa basin, northeastern Mexico, contain world-class examples of salt–sediment interaction that provided the basis for the concept of halokinetic sequences. The basin also contains one of the first secondary salt welds described in outcrop. Two one-day excursions described here provide an easily accessible overview of salt–sediment relations within a short distance of Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. Excursion 1 constitutes an introduction to basin stratigraphy, an introduction to halokinetic sequences at El Papalote diapir, and a visit to a salt-cored detachment fold near Hidalgo, Nuevo León. Excursion 2 is a visit to La Popa salt weld, where stops at several parts of the weld permit comparison of different structural styles developed along the weld. Each excursion begins and ends at the Marriott Courtyard Aeropuerto Hotel, near the Monterrey airport.
This book describes the two excursions accessed from the Monterrey International Airport on the north side of Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. Excellent exposures of salt diapirs and flanking strata in La Popa basin, northeastern Mexico, contain world-class examples of salt–sediment interaction that provided the basis for the concept of halokinetic sequences. The basin also contains one of the first secondary salt welds described in outcrop. Two one-day excursions described here provide an easily accessible overview of salt–sediment relations within a short distance of Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. Excursion 1 constitutes an introduction to basin stratigraphy, an introduction to halokinetic sequences at El Papalote diapir, and a visit to a salt-cored detachment fold near Hidalgo, Nuevo León. Excursion 2 is a visit to La Popa salt weld, where stops at several parts of the weld permit comparison of different structural styles developed along the weld. Each excursion begins and ends at the Marriott Courtyard Aeropuerto Hotel, near the Monterrey airport.
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