December, 1961Marta is a young girl who saw thirty miles of barbed wire appear across her city overnight, separating Berlin into West and East—with Marta's home on the Communist Bloc-controlled eastern side.January, 1989Now a spray-painted concrete monolith, the Berlin Wall bisects the city. Kurt, a young East Berliner, often wonders what those living on the other side must think of their unseen neighbors. Do they hate the people of...

"Nonstop action, real history, serious danger. You gotta read these books!" —Alan Gratz, #1 New York Times bestselling author of RefugeeApril 29, 1975In the early morning hours, Malcolm and Violet are woken by their dad and told to pack up and be ready to leave in three minutes. Their dad works for the United States Embassy in Vietnam and the North Vietnamese Army, alongsi...

Are You Doing What God Created You to Do?Can you identify your spiritual gifting or understand God's purpose for your life? If you can't confidently answer yes, you're not alone. Yet there is a simple, biblical framework to finding your God-given gifts and finding His purposes for your life—and it leads to a relationship with the Trinity you never imagined.Offering clear explanations and biblical depth, veteran ministry leader Andy Reese offers a fresh and ...

Artem lives in the sleepy city of Stalingrad, which has mostly been cut off from war with Nazi Germany—until the summer of 1942. That July, martial law is declared as the Nazis begin their unprecedented march toward the city. Artem's older brother is a soldier in Stalin's Red Army, so Artem is worried for his brother's safety once he and his family have evacuated the city.Then the announcement comes. Stalin has ordered that no civilians be allowed to leave Stalingrad. The city whic...

For anyone who has loved and lost, loved and not had it reciprocated, tried and failed, tried something else and failed again, run from something, locked something away or set something free, hidden from the world, or reached for a dream, there is something in my lifeand thus this bookto relate to.

The late Professor Reds Wolman in his Foreword to the award-winning second edition said, "This is not your ordinary textbook. Environmental Hydrology is indeed a textbook, but five elements often found separately combine here in one text to make it different. It is eclectic, practical, in places a handbook, a guide to fieldwork, engagingly personal

“Noelle Ihli has mastered the art of keeping readers on the edge of their seats.” —John Marrs, bestselling author of The OneA compelling and unforgettable thriller that’s both a riveting standalone and a prequel to the blockbuster Ask for Andrea, about a woman whose daughter goes missing, but as she follows the trail begins to believe that her daughter, Andrea, is somehow guiding her towards the shocking truth...Sh...

As media coverage of terrorism and terroristic acts has increased so too has the discussion about the identities, motives, and gender of the perpetrators. Over the past fifteen years, there have been over 150 reported suicide bombings committed by women around the world. Because of its prominence in media reporting, the phrase “female suicide bomber” has become loaded with gendered notions and assumptions that elicit preconditioned responses in the West.Female Suicide ...

Over the past several years, sellers who offer high-value products and services to businesses have experienced profound changes in the way they do business. Winning the Professional Services Sale argues for fundamental changes in the sellers mindset. Rather than pressing to sell, salespeople must help their clients buy, even if that purchase ends up with a competitor. The book rejects myopic, conventional sales wisdomsuch as the need for elevator speeches, cold calling, and presumptive clo...

Research in information, communications and signal processing has brought about new services, applications and functions in a large number of fields which include consumer electronics, biomedical devices and defence. These applications play an important role in advancing technologies to enhance human life in general. Recent Advances in Information, Communications and Signal Processing aims to give students, researchers, and engineers information pertaining to recent advances in these field...

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Effective communication is the ultimate, but often daunting, purpose of any medical research or review. This book provides the practical information necessary to turn first drafts into concise, unambiguous text, without loss of individuality. Written by a consultant anaesthetist and an experienced medical editor, and also illustrated by an accomplished medical editor, all of whom are sympathetic to the problems and needs of medical writers, this book deals with the basic craft of writing, ...