The North Koreans decide to bomb both the Republican and Democratic National Conventions, to throw the United States into disarray by wiping out the leaders from both parties.The Koreans create Radiological Dispersal Devices (RDDs), and with Iranian help smuggle the bombs into the United States. Domestic terrorists then disguise the bombs and hide them near the convention centers where the two political parties will meet to choose their candidates.Can the FBI, led by Chicag...

Achieve your goal of a self-sufficient, sustainable lifestyle, no matter where you live, with instruction on a range of basic home skills inspired by old time country living.As big box stores and foreign-made, disposable goods take over commerce, the drive to get back to the origins of what we consume and how we sustain ourselves is becoming ever more compelling. Whether you are a country dweller or an urbanite, or somewhere in between, you can respond by l...

In this inspirational and informative piece, the author sheds light on the pitfalls of life. The lessons provided will encourage good habits and dispose bad ones. They will also offer a systematic approach to gradually remove or smooth out the rough edges that appear to cause blockages and other distractions hindering one’s success. Part one, Trinity of Life, explains the three most influential factors shaping one’s life: faith, family, and friends. Faith, family, and friends correlate to ...

Jeff’s method is not a Get Rich Quick scheme. Instead, his insight and experience will help you to find, invest and grow your wealth with real estate.

A full-cast comedy production by the Great Northern Audio TheatreDrummer Crowley is finally able to build the house he always dreamed of, a geodesic dome in the woods. That’s because they finally released on CD the three albums his band, Bent Sunshine, made back in the 1960s. He hires a carpenter and enlists his son and daughter-in-law to help, but they find that the inside of the dome seems to contain a different world. Drummer is feeling better than he has in years, and that carp...

Dr. Joe Green, a software engineer, is leading a team developing a defense against cruise missile attacks. He is given unexpected assistance from a Russian physicist, who is falling for Joe. The Iranians have purchased an old Russian submarine, now retrofitted to fire cruise missiles - and they have developed a couple of nuclear bombs for the missiles. Can Joe get his blasters in place before the Iranians can reach America's shoreline, and attack? Will the blasters do the job, when if even...

In this celebrated book, UP THE CREEK WITHOUT A SADDLE, award-winning poet Jerry Johnson has created a universal memoir of life experiences. Animals, the natural world around us, people, first loves, loss, joy, and so much more breathes in his poetry full of treasured images. The words portray life on many levels, the images stay with you, and there is a feeling of kinship with what is described. It is a joy to read this book, and to give it as a gift to others that will be treasured forev...

How to Become a Commercial Truck Driver in Less Than a Week, Even If You Haven´t Studied in YearsYou're heading to the office for another day that is inexplicably both mind-numbing and stressful. But the repetitive administrative work, unreasonable deadlines, and aggressive office politics easily explain this dreadful dynamic. Sigh…Perhaps not so surprisingly, your long drive into work is now a highlight of your day. You pass through some spectacular nature...

This professionally challenging volume--focusing on the performance and status of Certified Occupational Therapy Assistants (COTAs)--serves as a basis for reexamination and redefinition of the relationship between occupational therapists and assistants. Experts offer constructive possibilities for resolving some of the ongoing conflicts about the appropriate functions and education of COTAs and promote examination of the appropriate levels of function and education for the occupational the...

People all around us are dying every day. People who have no hope, no understanding, and no assurance of what will happen to them when they take their final breath in this world. Countless people live in the paralyzing fear of death, fear of their unknown eternal destiny. It is an unfortunate fact that in this very unpredictable world we live in, none of us are guaranteed to still be alive tomorrow! You are going to die! I am going to die! And it could even be today! That fabled grim reape...

This essential Handbook presents international research on rural and remote education. With contributions from authors across Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and the Americas, the Handbook on Rural and Remote Education explores major challenges in diverse contexts and suggests innovative strategies for future development.Expert scholars discuss educational policy and practice within remote settings, drawing on case studies ranging from small village schools in Nor...

Audiobook of the Year, Nominee — 2023 Audie AwardsSelected as a best book of 2021 by NPR, The Washington Post, Forbes, and Ms. Magazine, Wake is an imaginative tour-de-force that tells the powerful story of women-led slave revolts, and chronicles scholar Rebecca Hall's efforts to uncover the truth about these women warriors who, until now, have been left out of the historical record. Originally published as part graphic n...