This book is based on a real-life story of the military experiences of Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Hindowa Sandy, a British- and US-trained Sierra Leonean officer who has served the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF) for thirty years. He started as an other-rank, or enlisted, as it is called in the US army, and was later commissioned as an officer.It is a book about God providing a path for a fine officer whose experiences range from fighting against the guerilla rebel gro...

The threats of Climate Change to society are much more dire than typically portrayed, up to and including the demise of modern civilization as we know it due to the world's eventual inability to feed a growing population. Meeting the climate change community 2050 greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction goal will require major emission reductions from both electricity generation and transportation sectors. Business-as-usual such as adding some renewable electricity to the power grid and adding batte...

This book includes an in-depth analysis of the environmental and energy security impacts of replacing the internal combustion engine vehicle with various forms of electric vehicles and replacing gasoline and diesel fuel with alternative fuels including electricity, hydrogen and biofuels. In addition to a detailed “well-to-wheels” analysis of local air pollution, greenhouse gas emissions and oil consumption for each alternative vehicle, the book estimates the market penetration potential of...

This new innovative resource aims to give physiotherapy students and those new to respiratory care a simple, easy-to-use guide to the process and procedures used in the assessment of adult respiratory patients. Cardiorespiratory Assessment of the Adult Patient begins by identifying the scope of respiratory physiotherapy and listing some key aims of assessment with an overview of different approaches. It then goes on to provide a selection of 'assessment checklists' for the main clinical se...

Set against the rugged backdrop of Klovharun, a barren skerry in the Gulf of Finland, ´Notes from an Island´ invites you into the intimate world of Tove Jansson and her partner, graphic artist Tuulikki Pietilä, known affectionately as "Tooti." Aided by Brunstroem, an unconventional fisherman, Jansson races against time and the elements to build a cabin that would serve as their sanctuary for thirty summers. A declaration of the beauty of solitude, ´Notes from an Island´ is a touching homag...

Beverly’s husband seems more interested in his smartphone than in her, so she flirts outrageously with a black man in a bar. Soon she’s in his room having raunchy sex while her shocked and excited husband watches. Now she’s hooked on BBC, and one sexy black waiter won’t be enough to satisfy her desires. Her husband takes her to a seedy bar where she’s used by six seriously built black studs.~~~~~ PG Excerpt ~~~~~My husband surprised me with a dress for my birthday. The enti...

In August 1862, nineteen-year-old Edward G. Granger joined the 5th Michigan Cavalry Regiment as a second lieutenant. On August 20, 1863, the newly promoted Brig. Gen. George Armstrong Custer appointed Granger as one of his aides, a position Granger would hold until his death in August 1864. Many of the forty-four letters the young lieutenant wrote home during those two years, introduced and annotated here by leading Custer scholar Sandy Barnard, provide a unique look into the words and act...

Without a deep understanding of your company's culture, any change effort you undertake will fail. Bestselling author Jon Katzenbach and his coauthors identify the four most critical cultural elements leaders need to focus on.Every organization has a unique culture, but they all have one thing in common. Whenever they have a big change to make, powerful emotional forces in their culture appear, at first, to resist it. But there are other culture forces under the surface that can be...

Rafe Marshall never dreamed he'd ever find that perfect woman to complete his life until Jane Crenshaw stumbled into his life making him happier than he thought humanly possible. It was also with her help that he was able to secure a life with his daughter and her future with him. You get more than you bargain for with the Marshalls when the other two brothers find romance also. The hotels they build and operate are the backdrop of their changing lives. Of course, they don't go easily, but...

When sexy hotwife Tania is captured by the ruthless BaMa gang, she and her lover, Sarah, are thrown into a dank jail cell. Then she’s taken and violently used by Bear, their powerful but grotesque leader. Can her devoted husband’s team of hand-picked mercenaries rescue her in time? Or…now that she’s finally experienced ultimate fulfillment…will she even want to be rescued?~~~~~ PG Excerpt ~~~~~I sat on my cot after Bear left one day and tried to think about the future. Even...

Brooke is a virgin when she marries one of her college instructors, but James wants a sexy, exciting hotwife: a woman who will call the shots, and let him watch her on video chat as she has affairs with other men--and other women. Brooke is taken by a virile roughneck and a horny English lady before finally succumbing to her exciting alpha male black boss.~~~~~ PG Excerpt ~~~~~Russell was new to the crew. Like all the men, he slept in the crew quarters, which was large barr...

Focused on actively using systematic review as method, this book provides clear, step-by-step advice on the logic and processes of systematic reviewing.Stressing the importance of precision and accuracy, this new edition carefully balances a need for insightful theory with real-world pragmatism; it introduces a wide range of cutting-edge approaches to research synthesis including text mining, living reviews and new ideas in mixed methods reviews such as qualitative comparative anal...