Jimmy never thought he’d be spending the apocalypse farming in Nebraska and worrying about Hunter. But when the plague killed their parents, along with everyone over the age of seventeen, Jimmy suddenly became head of the household. Then the oldest kid in town turned eighteen and the plague chased him down. Now Jimmy has one more thing to worry about--and he’s running out of time. Hunter finds a little girl named Catherine under a cottonwood tree in the middle of nowhere. When Catherine magically heals Hunter’s broken arm, Jimmy hopes he will survive his eighteenth birthday if he can protect her from the horseman responsible for unleashing the plague.
Prize, and ICA Euler Medal Thoughtful, funny, evocative, Ted Hill takes us through a life well-lived ... an intensely personal story that will appeal to every profession-and to every generation! -General Wesley Clark, former NATO Supreme Commander Ted Hill is an original. Mathematician. Adventurer. Activist. His life has seen both his mind and body tested to extremes ... insightful, entertaining and-in a very good way-unlike any other book you will ever read by a mathematician.-Alex Bellos, author of Here's Looking at Euclid and The Grapes of Math
Death stalks the kids of Independents as the Beast rises. Plague, famine and war have taken their toll on the kids living in Independents. Now the survivors of the apocalypse await the final horseman. Death is coming and no one is safe. After a reckless decision leaves Hunter at Death’s mercy, Molly must armor herself with faith if she hopes to rescue Hunter and protect Independents from the rising of the Beast.
Living in the apocalypse is tough. Made even tougher after Plague killed all the adults and Famine decimated the crops. Now there is fire everywhere throughout the Nebraska countryside. War is coming and she rides a foul-tempered horse, setting fires to the farmhouses beyond the outskirts of Independents. Tension mounts and fights break out among friends as the kids prepare for the next horseman of the apocalypse. Everyone is scared, and their fear is what War craves most of all. Scout, the spiritual leader in town, is too wrapped up with personal issues to tend to his flock. He misses Raven. She was a part of home, his real home back in the Lou. They’re both memories, but he still loves her. When springtime arrives, Scout rides out into the Big Bad to search for his lost girlfriend and discovers that she is more lost to him than ever before. He must now decide what he desires most as everything burns around him.
Grasshoppers have invaded Independents, and the crops are under attack. Hunter seeks out help from the kids in Cozad, but finds them served up like cold cuts at a deli to the emaciated horseman of the apocalypse known as Famine. After Hunter meets the eye-appealing Barbara, who prefers to be called Barbie, he has to constantly remind her that he has a girlfriend. Sometimes he reminds himself. The distraction is only temporary as he risks his life to protect the children from Famine’s hunger. With Barbie fighting at his side to free the Cozad kids, Hunter discovers he is immune to physical harm, even though the pain from his brother’s death remains heavy on his shoulders. He knows everything will be all right if he holds himself together long enough to make it back home to Molly, unless Famine and his swarm of insects arrive there ahead of him.
In a classic tale of a boy and his dog, this is the heartwarming story of Little-A and his pup, Lefty. But Little-A is not your average six-year-old, and Lefty is not your typical dog. They share similar physical challenges?and so much more. Set in lower Delaware, on an estate that is as picturesque as it is serene, boy and dog are united with the help of the Old Serge, a retired veteran and owner of the estate. Although the Old Serge is an expert with children, a revered father, and adored grandfather, well loved and respected by the wonderful family members we meet throughout the story, he has never come across anything quite like what he sees unfold between Little-A and Lefty. The bond between these two extends farther than that of any boy and dog he's ever known?and maybe even beyond the realm of human consciousness. Part mystery, part myth, this adventure explores the amazing possibilities that are present when a lot of love comes in contact with a little magic.
Publishers face a "Copernican change." Until recently, the book was"the sun" of a publishing solar system, and all other opportunitieswere subsidiary rights revolving as planets around it. Now, theintellectual property is the sun, and the book becomes just one of theorbiting opportunities. To be successful in the 21st centuryenvironment, publishers must produce agile content: content that canbe rendered in different forms without great additional expense. XMLprovides both a path to agility and opens opportunities for currentand future digital content revenue streams. StartWithXML is an industry-wide project to understand and spread theknowledge publishers need to move forward with XML. It's about thebusiness issues driving the "why" of XML and the technical andorganizational issues, strategies, and tactics underlying the "how" ofgetting started. This research report takes a pragmatic look at XMLworkflows, addressing questions such as: Where am I and where do I want to end up? How much benefit do I want to obtain from content reuse and repurposing? How much work do I want to do myself? How much time and money will this take? What can I do internally to increase my chances of success?
Why Write A New Think and Grow Rich? At first exposure the very idea of rewriting the greatest success classic of all time sounds like some fruit from California announcing he's re-written the Bible. However, looking at it correctly, wouldn't it be amazing if a "how-to" manual didn't need updating after 70 years of service? What other body of knowledge and practice has not progressed dramatically in the intervening years?! Can the science of personal achievement be any different? So what kinds of changes can you expect? Certainly modern advances in neuro-science, motivation, NLP, and quantum reality make it easier to grasp the secret, and have been included. Also, those uncomfortable "isms of an antique age" have been eliminated. You no longer have to be a white American male to achieve success..thus the language, quotes, examples and stories include, while retaining much of the familiar work, women, other races and nationalities. More accessible for young people, who need it most!
FINALIST FOR BEST RELIGIOUS FICTION - NEXT GENERATION INDIE BOOK AWARDS Faith, religion, godliness--these things have caused more pain, suffering, and death than all the plagues of history combined. In Fortinbras, a city built in the aftermath of a religious war that nearly ended all life on the planet, religion is considered a disease. The residents are taught that they are all that is left of humanity and the cold law of logic and reason rule their lives. Sabrina Sabryia, a young police cadet, is a resolute enforcer of the law until her loyalties are torn between her best friend Lindsey Mehdina, a charismatic spiritual leader, and her uncle Angelo D'Agosta, the head administrator of the city. The conflict drives Sabrina and Lindsey across a radioactive wasteland pursued by cyborg bounty hunters. They quickly learn that what they took for truth in Fortinbras was not all that it seemed. Meanwhile terrorists plot a religious uprising that threatens millions of innocent lives and Sabrina and Lindsey must choose sides. Their choice pits friendship against family, war against peace, and eventually, faith against doubt.
Poppies in the springtime have always been such a wonderful sight to me! I always shout, "Look at the poppies!" Then, I saw an elderly lady standing by her wheelchair and lovingly looking at a field of poppies and singing a joyful song. I greeted her and we sang a song together. We have been friends ever since. A fine lady enjoying spring and the joy of poppies. Join me as we laugh and play with the Poppies on the Hill!
A collection of cartoons, illustrations, and paintings that condense the complicated narratives of famous books into one-page works of art. "A subversive volume that translates a series of complex works of literature into a single-page illustration . . . A variety of artists rise to a unique literary and visual challenge." —Kirkus Reviews The Catcher in the Rye. Lolita. Moby-Dick. Infinite Jest. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. A Room of One’s Own. Native Son. These are but a handful of classic works spectacularly distilled by Mr. Fish and a very talented group of painters, illustrators, graphic designers, and political cartoonists into succinct snapshots that are at times funny, sad, inspiring, rude, crude, beautiful, profound, stomach-turning, and mind-blowing. Includes original artwork from: Mr. Fish, Ted Rall, Stephanie McMillan, Sarah Awad, Eli Valley, Wes Tyrell, Tamara Knoss, Keith Henry Brown, Sam Henderson, Lodi Marasescu, Surag Ramachandran, Tami Knight, Eric J. Garcia, Marissa Dougherty, Siri Dokken, John G., Andy Singer, Tara Seibel, Gary Dumm, Clare Kolat, Nate Ulsh, Benjamin Slyngstad, Ron Hill, JP Trostle, John Kovaleski, and Beth McCaskey.
This MBA-level communication manual applies the rhetorical principles of writing and speaking to managerial communication. It offers guidance for specific tasks of writing and of speaking, with end-of-chapter exercises to provide practice in common forms of communication.
Napoleon Hill led prayer more than one time... At different times, naturally, the words flowed differently - but he never varied from his life's theme. These are the prayers Napoleon Hill prayed.... This one has been my favorite for years. I have it written in my heartfelt book, I have it memorized, and find myself saying it and marveling in it regularly. I've structured it into my life, it's such a good guide: "I ask not for mere riches, but for the wisdom with which to recognize, embrace, and properly use the great abundance of riches I now have at my command." "I ask not for mere riches..." Why? Because the sayer of this prayer knows they can get all the riches they want using the power of their mind - a gift the great I AM has already given the person. And those riches could be denominated in dollars and cents not yet in the bank, or in assets; it could be in a skill or ability as a musician, a dietician, a doctor, a writer, a marketer. You see, this whole prayer is a gratitude prayer. It's simultaneously an affirmation. It's simultaneously auto-direction. If it changes what you believe about yourself - and in these prayers you are in direct communion with the greatest Force in all creation - in a manner of natural outworking, it changes the things you do in life. It's simultaneously living in a state to project what you expect. It's simultaneously living it now. ..". recognize, embrace, and properly use the great abundance of riches I now have at my command." Think-there's a cause. These riches at your command are a cause you can direct to "grow rich," the result. "I try to benefit all with whom I come in contact," his mission, "by teaching them the way to enduring riches," his ministry. Hmmmm... it's a good idea. Think this thing through, read the written version, say the prayer, write it out, put it on your wall, repeat it daily in the morning, salute it, go out to conquer. The masters have much to teach us. This volume, like all books in the Sub 4 Minute Extra Mile Series is a collection of short, focused, intense, intended training sessions making you a more insightful, directed, successful marketer and person. To whet your appetite, here's a few more training session titles inside... > When You Pick Your Empowerment Triggers, > Government Against The Citizen > It's The Blue Pill Or The Red Pill-Which One Do You Really Prefer? > Government Of The Average, By The Average, For The Average > When An Old Man Comes Hobbling Through Your Life > A Bad Retirement Day In prayer you are in direct communion with the greatest Force in all creation - could anything bad come from your mindful approach? Brought to you by http: //Sub4MinuteExtraMile.com
Winter Is Past By: Ted Britain Winter Is Past is a collection of real-life events in the life of Pastor Ted Britain that will provide great encouragement to those who are going through tough times. The Lord never said it would be easy, but He did say He would be with us. These stories are a testament to that.
Ted Cohen was an original and captivating essayist known for his inquisitive intelligence, wit, charm, and a deeply humane feel for life. For Cohen, writing was a way of discovering, and also celebrating, the depth and complexity of things overlooked by most professional philosophers and aestheticians—but not by most people. Whether writing about the rules of baseball, of driving, or of Kant’s Third Critique; about Hitchcock, ceramics, or jokes, Cohen proved that if you study the world with a bemused but honest attentiveness, you can find something to philosophize about more or less anywhere. This collection, edited and introduced by philosopher Daniel Herwitz, brings together some of Cohen’s best work to capture the unique style that made Cohen one of the most beloved philosophers of his generation. Among the perceptive, engaging, and laugh-out-loud funny reflections on movies, sports, art, language, and life included here are Cohen’s classic papers on metaphor and his Pushcart Prize–winning essay on baseball, as well as memoir, fiction, and even poetry. Full of free-spirited inventiveness, these Serious Larks would be equally at home outside Thoreau’s cabin on the waters of Walden Pond as they are here, proving that intelligence, sensitivity, and good humor can be found in philosophical writing after all.
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