The year is 1969, and it'sonly a month after Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, when four teenage boysexperience an adventurethat would change their lives. They agree to challenge themselves by riding theirbicycles to a town15 miles away.The simple bicycle excursion manifests into an endeavor that hasmore twists than the road itself. Early into the trip, the boys give a hitchhiker a ride. After a few miles the hitchhiker decides to go in a different direction. Before he leaves, he gives ...

Pat Davis grew up in a small town in Wisconsin. Hes about to embark on a journey that would change his life forever. While his mother and sister take him to college in their familys station wagon they reminisce about the many childhood adventures of the wonderful decade of the 60s. His large family, combined with a neighborhood of boys is the perfect ingredient to conjure up stories that contain humorous, adolescent behavior along with heartfelt emotions. Although his limited travels have ...

A Handful of Mischief: New Essays on Evelyn Waugh is a collection of essays based on presentations at the Evelyn Waugh Centenary Conference at Hertford College, Oxford, in 2003. There are twelve different essays by authors from various countries, including Australia, Canada, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The essays cover a wide range of material, from Waugh's early novel Black Mischief (1932) to his last travel book, A Tourist in Africa (1960...

Taking a disease-based approach, Fish Viruses and Bacteria: Pathobiology and Protection focuses on the pathobiology of and protective strategies against the most common, major microbial pathogens of economically important marine and freshwater fish. The book covers well-studied, notifiable piscine viruses and bacteria, including new and emerging diseases which can become huge threats to local fish populations in new geographical regions if transported there via infected fish or eggs. A con...

After spending two years in the army, Mac returns home to discover that the uncle raised him had totally changed. Seems like he has given up on caring for his property and everything that used to be important to him. He owed it to his uncle to get him back to where he once was. His obligation was to an uncle that had to drop his existing life and raise a kid that suddenly had no parents. He is also heartbroken by the fact that the girl he loves is with somebody else. Mac has hoped that his...

Spiritual Illustrations From “I Am”By: Patrick Davis Sr.After countless prayers and studies of the Bible, author Patrick Davis’s eyes were opened by God to His comforting verses. From this, Spiritual Illustrations From “I Am” was born. We should learn to open our minds and hearts to know and see God’s awesome glory.Readers will get a better understanding of the power and grace that Our Lord Jesus has for all of humanity. God is the key to our lives, and He has given ...

How to Relax is a concise yet comprehensive presentation of the fundmental priniciples and basic techniques of effective relaxation training. It is for anyone who wishes to learn to more effectively manage stress or stress related physical, emotional, or behavioral problems. The format is short enough that anyone can read the entire book and get started learning the skill of relaxation right away. There is no unnecessary history, theory, or fluff to slow the learning process. Dr. ...

After being unfairly denied promotion by a vindictive general, Air Force investigator Major Burton Webber resigned his commission in disgust. While working in his wife's shop outside South Korea's Osan Air Base, he's asked for help by an old friend from the service. A local Amerasian bar beauty has been savagely murdered in a lavish apartment -- and the powers that be want the case solved quickly and quietly.But when his investigation points him toward the upper ec...

Bonita Stickles is a college senior who decides to start searching for a man. There are many moral standards and religious principles that she must uphold. This high standard of behavior is due to her still Living with her preacher father and missionary mother. Maintaining her beliefs is challenging to do. How she thinks she should carry herself to help attract a man conflict with her upbringing. She forces herself to disregard her principles. In neglecting her beliefs, she intends to dres...

Colonel John Quinn was a young, ambitious Air Force pilot who loved to fly - until an Iraqi missile nearly ended his career, and his life. Three surgeries and four years later, Quinn is functional, but not good enough to fly. Assigned to the Pentagon, he's prepared to spend the rest of his career in a series of boring staff jobs. Then a military Lear jet crashes shortly after takeoff in the rural farmlands outside Washington, and Quinn is called to lead the biggest investigation of his lif...

From leading researchers, this book presents important advances in understanding how growing up in a discordant family affects child adjustment, the factors that make certain children more vulnerable than others, and what can be done to help. It is a state-of-the-science follow-up to the authors' seminal earlier work, Children and Marital Conflict: The Impact of Family Dispute and Resolution. The volume presents a new conceptual framework that draws on current knowledge about fami...

A masterful treatise on how the esoteric world really works from a master at his topic. This is a journey that we all in our hearts wish to go on (should we dare to). It becomes easier to take up the challenge of the deeply esoteric with Patrick Desplace on the page beside you. This is a hugely rewarding book.