Xlibris Jun 2012 (460 results)

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Corbett Hale knows the sea is an inscrutable lady-one day calm, the next a fury. But as he sets sail with a crew of three from the bay waters of the Chesapeake, heading to the Bahamas, Corbett cannot know what awaits them as he guides his beloved sloop, Gilead, into the Atlantic.Sailing south, he confronts haunted memories from a time he spent on another water, in another part of the world. Even as the violence of the seatests his courage and skill as a sailor, he finds himself both drawn back into the turbulence of the Vietnam War and pulled forward into a struggle for survival. Light on Dark Water tells the story not only of a battle for survival at sea, but of one man's fight with his own sense of incompleteness, anger, and remorse, as he attempts to come to terms with the raw interplay of loss and grace that is the essence of life itself.…

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Although a diagnosis of breast cancer is certain to be frightening and life-changing, with the help of supportive family and friends, it's possible to come through triumphant on the other side.In her new memoir, I Forgot to Cry, Claudean Nia Robinson shares the history of her personal breast cancer journey in 2008. Her story is about embracing the journey-despite the heartache and challenges that developed along the way. Learning and growing from those challenges was an integral part of the healing process for her, and it also allowed her to trust and have more faith in herself and God at a much deeper level. Being surrounded by her loving family and friends, day in and day out, was also an important part of her recovery.Having come through such an experience, Claudean decided to use her passion and purpose to inspire and encourage cancer patients and survivors as they were working to achieve their wellness. Through this journey, she learned that it's not the years in your life but the life in your years that creates a brighter tomorrow.…

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - How would you feel if you were confined in a millenary labyrinth thumb, no exit and full of mortal traps and enigmas Would you feel suffocated Scared Buried That¿s not much! And if - on top of - if you have to run away crazily to escape from a double-your-height-lion-body-woman-face creature, which target is to chase you to devour Ten people go into an archeological expedition in Egypt in current days. One of them revives the mummy of the sphinx - the Thebes mythological monster - and the only one way to avoid being shattered and devoured is deciphering its riddle. Who will survive This story mixes action, adventure, thriller and suspense to hold you from the first up to the ending page, inviting your intelligence to conduce the characters to the final conclusion: 'Decipher me or be devoured!'.…

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Taffinder Pulleine and Julia Dunn were married in Yorkshire, England, in 1870, and move to America two years later. They are not the typical immigrants: Julia was privileged and had had a maid her entire life, and Taffinder had just inherited a sizeable amount of money. Craving some excitement, however, they struck out for a faraway land they had heard so much about.After ending up in Kansas, the couple began a life of farming, weathering tornadoes, and dodging hungry sieges of grasshoppers. Their son, Percy Pulleine, would later document their trials and adventures.Imogene H. Pulleine, a descendant of Taffinder and Julia, compiled this family history for friends, family, and anyone interested in learning about some of the adventurers who built America. She includes correspondence, photos, and stories that trace her family's heritage. Take a journey through early America when neighbors were neighbors, people valued hard work, and families stuck together. It begins with Taffinder and Julia Dunne Pulleine, who took a chance and left a treasured legacy.…

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Times are tough in 1938 during the Great Depression when eighteen-year- old Leslie Charles hears that the navy shipyard in Norfolk, Virginia, is hiring college students. A talented musician endowed with exceptional math skills, Leslie believes he's a good candidate for work now that he has one year of college under his belt at Mars Hill College in Marsh County, Virginia. Leaving his parents, siblings, and the rest of his family behind in Asheville, North Carolina, Leslie becomes a welder's helper at the yard, and soon the lure of the navy snags him. He becomes an enlisted man, endures basic training, and begins his journey both as a sailor and as a man. A novel of military fiction, China Sailor narrates the story of Leslie's coming-of- age, including his life as a sailor, his experiences in China during its civil war and its war with Japan, and his personal relationships with women. It provides a glimpse into this exciting time in history leading up to the start of World War II.…

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Two runaway teens struggle to make it together on the streets, facing obstacles and adventures. They go from city to city with the constant fear of being brought in by the police.Feeling frustrated and alone, Christy, a restless young teen, strikes out on her own. Fleeing a town and family she can't seem to fit into. Christy hitch-hikes to Denver to hide out at her uncles' house. A short lived freedom when in the middle of the night her parents arrive to drag her back home. Despite their efforts, she barely escapes by hopping a train in the dark.Fate lands Christy in the arms of a boy named Bon, another runaway. She introduces herself to him as Echo, and soon a romance buds between them. Determined not to return to their previous lives, they head for the coast, getting by however they can. Pan handling, hitching on the open highways and enduring every conflict and adventure together.After years the two runaways realize that sometimes life is about making hard choices. Bon and Echo vow that they will find each other again one day-but only time will tell what fate has in store for them. …

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - On a stormy, winter night in nineteenth-century Massachusetts, young Joshua Jenkins becomes orphaned by a blizzard. For a short time two loving strangers, Tom and Belle, care for the boy, but they know the nearby Shaker village will provide him with a better upbringing. It is here Joshua grows and learns the goodness and values of the Shaker people.As Joshua matures into a young man, he falls in love with Sara. They leave the community to start a new way of life in a growing America. The enterprising Joshua establishes a fine foundation for his family by building a factory-only to have tragedy take it from him. But his Shaker upbringing and values lead him to fight back and regain the American dream for himself, his family, and his grandson Rags.Rags, although having inherited the abilities of his grandfather, is different from his grandfather Joshua in many ways. However, unbeknown to him, he too will have to one day raise a son, a young boy named Patches who has adopted Rags as his family.Spanning several generations, Rags tells of hard times and good times, of more simple times and more complex times, and brings us back to a way of life in the hard but fun-filled 'good old days'.…

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Approximately 25 percent of otherwise normally developing young children experience feeding difficulties. These may not only be disruptive to the child's physical and emotional development, they also may affect the whole family. In When Your Child Won't Eat or Eats Too Much, author Dr. Irene Chatoor teaches parents how to navigate the challenges of early feeding development and help their children establish healthy eating habits.Based on clinical experiences and research studies, Chatoor helps you understand your child's specific feeding problems-whether your child has difficulty feeling hunger, has difficulty determining fullness, refuses to eat certain foods, or is just plain scared to eat. When Your Child Won't Eat or Eats Too Much presents specific suggestions and practical tips on how to understand and manage each of these feeding problems while promoting a healthy eating environment for the whole family. It also describes how feeding difficulties can be prevented and how discipline can be established without resorting to coercive measures.Chatoor, a pediatric psychiatrist who has made fundamental contributions in her field, helps parents better understand and deal with the challenges of early feeding development and the special feeding issues of their children.…

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - It is 1933. As a beat-up truck travels down a road away from Arkansas, seven-year-old Molly May Dowden can only hope a better future awaits her parents in Thistleway, Oklahoma.They have no idea of what is about to come. With their money safely tucked away in a mattress, the Dowdens feel hopeful as they pass through Oklahoma City. But their hopes for an improved life disintegrate a hundred miles further west when a dust storm swirls dangerously around their truck. Forced to take shelter inside a dingy cafe with a band of quirky strangers, the Dowdens soon realize that life in Oklahoma may not be as easy as they had hoped. After the family finally settles in their two-room workers' shanty, one hardship piles up after another as they battle spider bites, rancid water, strange rashes, loneliness, and death. Left with no choice but to bravely persevere through the never-ending drought and dust, Molly and her family soon discover a fortitude they never knew they had. In this historical tale based on true events, a young girl embarks on a coming-ofage journey where she and her loved ones must nobly fight to survive the Great Depression and the Oklahoma Dust Bowl.…

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Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Many of us have spent years living ourromantic lives as if we are victims of ourcircumstances. We may have invested somuch time and energy into complaining,fretting, and despairing over our circumstancesthat we now defi ne ourselves by ourperceived obstacles, bad luck, or mistreatmentby others. Seeing hope through thesefi lters is almost impossible.The Miracle I Almost Missed offers timely,practical advice for navigating through this maze of relationship disappointment to a place of hope and empowerment. It provides information that points the way to a more positive and hopeful approach tofinding and keeping romantic relationships.Each chapter features a reality check that includes Finding Clues-questions that are designed to help you see your romantic life from a new perspective-and a Challenge, which offers alternative next steps.For anyone who has been burned by love,feels unattractive, is stuck in a dead-endrelationship, or faces uncomfortable datingchallenges, The Miracle I Almost Missed can be the first step to new hope.…

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - On a December day in 1957, schoolteacher Louise Copeland and her six-year-old daughter, Lyra, come home to discover that Louise's gentle war-hero husband has suddenly become psychotic and has slashed his wrist with a razor blade.From that moment on, everything Louise has believed in unravels. In their inner-city Southern neighborhood, situated between a cemetery and a madhouse, a place of leafy oak trees and ghosts, three other people become involved in Louise's crisis: Rosa, the scandalous divorcee who entertains men for a living; Uta, the mysterious elderly lady who casts spells; and Max, the clairvoyant gravedigger.In 2004, as Louise is dying, her daughter returns home, and she and her mother confront how the family was torn asunder in 1957. Louise finally reveals the long-held secret that haunted the family for the next fifty years. This poignant novel is a gripping drama of madness and prejudice in which a mother leaves her daughter, ultimately, with hope. Praise for Linda Lightsey Rice'Against the Ruins contains such gorgeous writing that it nearly takes your breath away, with a sense of humor and a fine appreciation of the ridiculous even amid great agony.' -Natalie Goldberg 'Rice has a fiery, incandescent talent.' -Pat Conroy.…

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - If you enjoyed the 1994 fictitious movie Forrest Gump, you'll love Roy Story, the remarkable, rags-to-riches true account of the colorful, comical and quick-witted Roy Bucek, who succeeded beyond his wildest dreams on the football field, the battlefield and in numerous business fields with a combination of a tremendously strong backbone and an incomparable funny bone. Bucek came from such poverty that he and his family barely noticed the so-called 'Great Depression.' His athleticism earned him a college scholarship, where he became the first official track and field All-American in Texas A&M history and helped the 1939 Aggies win the football national championship. Bucek lost his eye in the historic Battle of the Bulge in World War II, but he became a man of remarkable entrepreneurial vision. He built so many successful businesses in Schulenburg, Texas that he resided in a sprawling home he built just south of Interstate-10 and at the end of.Bucek Street. His fascinating stories are guaranteed to mesmerize you and motivate you to pursue your own dreams, no matter how far-fetched they may seem. Roy Story is a captivating read that will take you back in time and challenge you to build a brighter future.…

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Dr. Antonietta Francini has not had an easy life. Stricken with post-traumatic stress syndrome after World War II and subsequent terminal cancer, she is a true example of courage, determination, faith, and the ways in which one woman can walk through struggles and come out a better person for it in the end. Now retired, Dr. Francini shares the compelling details of the second part of her life and how she has attained a happy, rewarding life-even into her eighties. She divides her story into two parts that first detail the story of her life and then explain the philosophy that guided her behavior throughout her extraordinary spiritual journey. Upon receiving her cancer diagnosis in 1965, Dr. Francini shares how she found healing with the help of surgery, diet, yoga, meditation, visualization, and breathing exercises. But it was not until she experienced a spiritual awakening in India that she learned to completely heal her soul and understood the power of unconditional love. As she offers a glimpse into her journey, she shares the cultural and spiritual factors that influenced her well-being and how she eventually evolved through forgiveness and selfless love. Seeking Health and Joy shares the extraordinary life story of one woman's hard-earned, joyful wisdom as she learns to embrace the cosmic powers for successful aging.…

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Farah Faucet's starring role in 'The Burning Bed' is the inspiration that gave me the strength I needed to escape my abuser. Most likely I would not be here to write my autobiography if I had not left my abuser. In hopes of helping others living in the same situation to get out before the violence escalates and they are possibly killed, which I would beg for him to do. I had only one reason to continue living, to find a way out and save my children from the abuse we suffered by escaping and finding a new life together.…

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - (A) masterpiece. This brilliant presentation will be of immense benefit to today's youths, who are growing up in an increasingly complicated and fast changing world . (The book) shows how to overcome the many difficulties that hinder progress. highly recommended for use in schools and leadership training. - P.N. Njoku (Guidance: Counsellor, Educational Consultant). This book is a great read and one every family, school, company, government and their key arms should endeavour to consult. - Thisday Newspaper (February 25, 2007). In this classic work, Eze handles the issue of moral and responsible commitment in leadership with unusual clarity and an artistic skill that is legendary. - Tony Ujubuonu (Political Scientist, Essayist, Publisher). A very good work written in a straight forward language. Eze should write more. - Odia Ofeimun (Distinguished Poet; President, Association of Nigerian Authors). Brilliant and compelling .best-seller.leaders of every cadre should be made to read this book. - George Chukwu (Executive Broadcaster). A great work from a great mind. - Chidinma Eze (Senior Prefect, NTIC, Abuja). A mighty pen in the hand of an erudite scholar produced this excellent work. - Obediah Tohomdet (Attorney, Journalist, World Bank Consultant). (This book) is driven by good observation and sound research. - Megan Nicolay (Writer, Publisher). Important book, topical subject . a must read for all those experiencing the intricate interplay of life's complex forces and burning with the desire to be a success story. - Ozi F. Chukwu (Political Leader). The book is a unique piece of literature which portrays some leadership qualities that would benefit those aspiring to positions of leadership. It is relevant in the teaching of moral education, leadership and societal ethics. It is recommended as a reference material for social studies in schools, libraries and offices. - The Education Resource Centre of Nigeria. I like the strength of thought in your writing. -Chinwiezu (Distinguished Scholar, Author.) His works show Eze to be a great thinker, writer, scholar and leader. Okenwa Okere (Economist, Columnist, Author).…

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Children are not born with any particular knowledge or skills, therefore everything they need to know about how to survive in the real world they have to either learn at school or from you, their parents. Sadly, children don't learn vital financial lessons in school; therefore it's up to you to teach them not just how to scrape by in life, but how to thrive! The Family Bank is a full home financial system, which will not only teach your children how to use a checking account, credit cards and loans; but how to: build a resume, prepare for a job interview, succeed at work on a daily basis, budget, and how to avoid getting into debt over their heads. Even what to do to get out of financial trouble if they do fall down that hole. The Family Bank will also teach your kids how credit works in our society and how to maximize their credit scores, in order to take advantage of all the benefits that come with 'good credit'. The true beauty of The Family Bank though, is not the volumes of information it will help you to teach your kids; it's the elegantly simple way it does it. The Family Bank is a simple, yet thorough and complete outline of everything you need to know in order to create an actual 'Family Bank' in your home; where your children will be your bank members. To develop a 'Family Bank' on your own would take you years, but who has the time With The Family Bank and a few minutes of your time each week, your children will enter the real world armed with the knowledge they need in order to be financially successful, stable adults. Let's get started. …

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Filling My Life with Joy is a guide to the discovery of the better self inside of you. The book is designed to instruct and guide you through all the hurt and pain that life's situations place upon us.There are three essential things that will bring joy into our lives: something that's right for us to do, something that's right for us to love and, something that's right for us to hope for, and these three are the gardeners of our soul that cause it to bloom.…

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - It's hard enough fending off ogres when you're a powerful wizard or a knight with an enchanted sword. Just try doing it with nothing but the wits you were born with. That's exactly what happened to Cassie Malloy when ugly, smelly, hairy creatures began appearing in her town. Now Cassie has to save herself from these six-foot beasts as they chase her and her siblings through the lonely streets of Paterson, New Jersey. But Cassie doesn't only have to save herself. The ogre band has come with a plan to turn Ike, her brother, into a fish, dooming him to spend forever swimming in the pond. They've even kidnapped Cassie's best friend, Deirdre, though no one really knows why. Finally, Cassie learns that the ogres are here because of the Powermongers Company and their excessive pollution. It's going to take everything the Malloy kids have got to win this battle. One thing's for sure they had better be clever, or they are all goners.…

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Gender Games is a novel written in an innovative, experimental form in short chapters related by a narrator who lives in a world where Gender definition is irrelevant since the characters he meets appear male and turn out to be female. And vice-versa. This world exists as a metaphor for the narrator who gives us solutions on how to change societal structures by using several techniques: transformations, ubiquity, metamorphosis, and even violence. Possibly, a life changing experience. The question of Gender is explored in a metaphorical way to clarify that all human beings are complex and cannot be defined as just male and female. Mr. Hernandez is the author of a book of poetry: Lullabies of Revelation, a collection of three plays: The False Advent of Mary's Child, and has other publications of plays, essays and poetry.…

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Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - For the last few years, Dregs Marrow's life has followed a pattern: get far, experience collapse, start over, fail again. Now, the twenty-six-year-old seeks to build a band from scratch and is looking for like-minded people to join him in this venture in Portland, Oregon. After placing an ad online, Marrow meets with a variety of talents who espouse different philosophies about creativity and making music.Spanning a year in Marrow's life as a struggling musician, Old News focuses on musical aspirations, social paradigms, mental lapses and breakthroughs, current affairs, the dichotomy of personal motivations, and creative thinking. This novella provides insight into Marrow's most inner thoughts and emotions while providing a glimpse into the music world, how music is made, and the expression of art. Old News narrates a story of perceptions in the creation of music-it is conceivable by hard work, an open mind, fearlessness of failure, and practice. …

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - The New Universe encompasses the New Milennium, and many years beyond. This is a first book in a series on Creation and the proper use of one's energy in creating a new life. Heaven on Earth is a reality. Heaven is an energy field which exists in the Pleaidian Star System. The New Universe discusses the changes we are all experiencing at this time. The New Universe is about FREEDOM. When we truly know who we are, we are set FREE. We then move ourselves into a different time and space. The New Universe created centuries ago is allowing us to create HEAVEN ON EARTH at this time. This is the first book in a chronology wherein we can experience a new creation of BE-ING.…

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - In 1927, in a town deep within the Calabrian mountains, an oppressed and isolated family lives under the tyranny of a violent baron who wantsto subdue and recruit the brothers Pietro and Ferruccio by any means possible. When the brothers reject his offer, the enraged baron exacts his revenge on the family in a brutal attack-on their children. Heattempts to kill Ferruccio's toddler son, Nicola, and forcefully adopts Pietro's now-orphaned four-year-old niece, Carmen. As astute as he is dangerous, Pietro-now calling himself Zione-insinuates himself into the baron's inner circle, waiting for the perfect moment to exact his own revenge.Years pass, and the world is at war. Ferruccio returns from the horrors of the Russian Front with a frostbitten foot, only to find there are battles to be won at home as well. Nicola, now a man, is engaged to Carmen, who carries his child. But the baron forbids his adopted daughter to marry. Under threat of death, Ferruccio flees to Miami. There he seeksprotection and help from a local boss. Back in Italy, Carmen gives birth to their child before joining Nicola in Florida, in the hopes of starting a new life in the New World. Together they open an Italianrestaurant and try to find happiness so far from home.They will never forget the Great Sila, the viddanedda, the beech forest, the fountains, and the procession of Santa Caterina. They willalways remember their lost Calabria with love.…

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Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - A young American enlists and begins his life in the Army with pink-cheeked optimism. The realities of combat and imprisonment during World War II test his will to survive. Written for his children and grandchildren with both rawness and humor, this journey to a labor camp in Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia conveys both despair and hope.…

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