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Peter's cat, Shadow, had been a birthday present from his mom. She had said he was old enough to be responsible for a pet. But now Shadow had disappeared. Peter knew it was up to him to find her. He begins his search in the neighborhood on the island where he lives. He puts up posters and asks the summer residents if they have seen his cat, but Shadow is not found. Peter realizes that his cat may not be in the neighborhood, but somewhere else ...

Kyle Pemberton, a Wall Street computer whiz, takes on an overseas assignment after the untimely death of his good friend and predecessor on a critical IT project at his firm. In his new role, he shadows a dubious consultant through cyberspace and stumbles upon a clandestine computer network called the Control Grid. In his quest to investigate, Kyle enlists the help of his trusted colleagues. Together, they launch an incursion into the labyrint...

The revolutionary antibiotic Lilacicin brings an end to a catastrophic epidemic, but depleted health care resources and the use of this expensive new medication leave the country's battered medical services in financial ruin. To revitalize the system, the government unveils its innovative universal health care plan, PointCure, and health care giant CelestaCare installs its modern cost-cutting computerized treatment units in hospitals across th...

The old woman stirred and with reluctance, raised her head, saying, "I can tell you this, " as she strained to sit up straight, "The man with you now will always serve you well. There is another, a flamboyant person in much distress who will come to you very shortly, who will prove to be invaluable." She paused to take some more breaths before continuing, "There is yet another, a very powerful soul, a male who is now a child. As an adolescent ...

The old woman stirred and with reluctance, raised her head, saying, "I can tell you this, " as she strained to sit up straight, "The man with you now will always serve you well. There is another, a flamboyant person in much distress who will come to you very shortly, who will prove to be invaluable." She paused to take some more breaths before continuing, "There is yet another, a very powerful soul, a male who is now a child. As an adolescent ...

The Man From Waukegan is a man born and raised in an industrial town halfway between Milwaukee and Chicago. Thirty years ago he graduated from its high school and left for foreign adventure. Twenty years ago he returned home to enlist in his childhood goal of the US Marines. He later left his twin homes of Waukegan and the Marines for a new life in Australia. Ten years ago both his parents died and he returned to Waukegan to bury them and sell...

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The II5 letters in this book were written by a woman whose life spanned the center of the twentieth century. Hers is a story of ordinary people - how they lived and loved and worked and died - during a period of extraordinary change. As Miss Edna's life unfolds, she is caught up in the abnormal rate of change that moved the world through the century. Her experiences move from slates to computers, from travel in buggies to airplanes, from homes...

Sonata Williams thought she was in England to scout out a new band for Reynolds Records. Sent there by her ex, Sonata was anything less than thrilled. Until the tall lean drummer, Eddie Sutcliffe, took center stage to sing a solo and looked deep into her eyes. Their love at first sight will have to overcome a rocky path ahead, as Eddie's band, The Travelers, take America by storm and becomes the hottest female rock group in music history! Eddi...

This is a compilation of Laws of Etiquette by A. Gentleman (1836) and Frost's Laws and By-Laws of American Society by Sarah Annie Frost. Both of these books, combined in one edition, are presented with minor editing, so that you may see how the antiqued etiquette of yesterday is highly viable today, and the humor of the 19th century seem freshly witty. The preview contains a list of topics.

Four young teenage girls find a giftwrapped box from Tiffany's, and they embark on an absurd journey in which they learn absolutely nothing. This one act comedy has inventive outer segments for in choral voices to frame the inner segments. Although this is a play with an easy audience in teenagers, adults also find humor in the witty mockery of shallow teenage girls.

This study illuminates various aspects of the relationship between Joseph Conrad's literary work and his roots in Polish and East-Central European culture. In particular, it examines various aspects of Conrad's relationship to Poland -- the evolution of his attitude toward his homeland, the influence of Polish literature on his work, his reception by Polish audiences -- and to Russian literature, particularly Dostoevsky and Turgenev.This volum...

Paper Hellion is a compilation of poetic works from a scattering of anthologies. Its contents address the mysterious, emotional metamorphosis from injured tenderness to uncontrived forgiveness.

The Council of Ancients returns to wreak irreverent havoc in the life of classic antihero, R.T. Stone. His latest mission? Deliver a new book of the Bible as told through the lives of not one, but two, reluctant saviors sent to save humankind. First, Stone must dodge assassination attempts, grapple with the amorous advances of an enchanting seductress, and face his own mortality. Will he learn to laugh with the Fates or will he succumb to the ...

The Council of Ancients returns to wreak irreverent havoc in the life of classic antihero, R.T. Stone. His latest mission? Deliver a new book of the Bible as told through the lives of not one, but two, reluctant saviors sent to save humankind. First, Stone must dodge assassination attempts, grapple with the amorous advances of an enchanting seductress, and face his own mortality. Will he learn to laugh with the Fates or will he succumb to the ...

Poetic words. They interpret life, give meaning anew to love found and lost, and either make the sad hearts laugh and the happy clowns inside every one of us wonder why we laugh so much so. Poetic words. They rise to the applause and sink from our after thoughts.

Before publishing Dreiser's European travel book in 1913, the Century Company editors had heavily excised autobiographical reminiscences, philosophical speculations, revealing portraits of prominent figures, Dreiser's relationships with women, and his carefully observed renditions of lower-class urban life. This newly edited text is based on the typescript that Dreiser himself had prepared from his holograph in order to preserve it fully for f...

Tief im Herzen Tibets geschieht ein ungewöhnliches Verbrechen.Shan, ein ehemaliger chinesischer Polizist, muß den Mord an einem Mönch aufklären - und dafür sorgen, daß eine alte tibetische Prophezeiung sich erfüllt. Er soll einen heiligen Stein in den Norden bringen, doch plötzlich ist ihm die halbe Armee auf den Fersen - und eine geisterhafte Mönchsgestalt, die angeblich aus Indien zurückgekehrt ist, um den Widerstand der Tibeter gegen ihre B...

Aufgrund der aktuellen Beschäftigungssituation in Deutschland gewinnt die Frage, welchen Beitrag Existenzgründungen zum Abbau der Arbeitslosigkeit leisten können, immer mehr an Bedeutung. Die Ergebnisse der Gründungsforschung sind in diesem Bereich bislang jedoch sehr heterogen und beschäftigen sich überwiegend nur mit hochinnovativen und technologieorientierten Unternehmensgründungen. Carsten Möckel untersucht, inwieweit durch eine höhere Ex...

Pragerdeutsche und sudetendeutsche Literatur scheinen auf den ersten Blick nicht vergleichbar zu sein. Zur selben Zeit im selben Raum entstanden, sind sie aber bei aller stilistischen und weltanschaulichen Geschiedenheit durch Autoren wie Melchior Vischer oder Periodika wie Witiko verbunden. Ausgehend von dem von Deleuze und Guattari an Kafkas Werk entwickelten Konzept der kleinen oder minoritären Literatur entwirft Christian Jäger eine Meth...