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Author : Peter David,Dave Stern
Publisher : Star Trek
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 067174142X
As the U.S.S. "Enterprise" searches a distant nebula for a missing starship, the crew discovers a long-forgotten colony of humans that is fighting a civil war over whether or not imagination should be legal--Novelist
Author : Aron Ralston
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2011-02-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781849835091
On Sunday April 27, 2003, 27-year old Aron Ralston set off for a day's hiking in the Utah canyons. Dressed in a t-shirt and shorts, Ralston, a seasoned climber, figured he'd hike for a few hours and then head off to work. 40 miles from the nearest paved road, he found himself on top of an 800-pound boulder. As he slid down and off of the boulder it shifted, trapping his right hand against the canyon wall. No one knew where he was; he had little water; he wasn't dressed correctly; and the boulder wasn't going anywhere. He remained trapped for five days in the canyon: hypothermic at night, de-hydrated and hallucinating by day. Finally, he faced the most terrible decision of his life: braking the bones in his wrist by snapping them against the boulder, he hacked through the skin, and finally succeeded in amputating his right hand and wrist. The ordeal, however, was only beginning. He still faced a 60-foot rappell to freedom, and a walk of several hours back to his car - along the way, he miraculously met a family of hikers, and with his arms tourniqued, and blood-loss almost critical, they heard above them the whir of helicopter blades; just in time, Aron was rescued and rushed to hospital. Since that day, Aron has had a remarkable recovery. He is back out on the mountains, with an artificial limb; he speaks to select groups on his ordeal and rescue; and amazingly, he is upbeat, positive, and an inspiration to all who meet him. This is the account of those five days, of the years that led up to them, and where he goes from here. It is narrative non-fiction at its most compelling.
Author : Angie Stanton
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-24
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780062272553
When you fall in love with a rock star, anything can happen. . . . Libby In an instant, Libby's life went from picture-perfect to a nightmare. After surviving a terrible car accident, Libby is abandoned by her father and left with her controlling aunt. A new town, a new school, no friends—Libby is utterly alone. But then she meets Peter. Peter The lead singer in a rock band with his brothers, Peter hates that his parents overly manage his life. Constantly surrounded by family, Peter just wants to get away. And when he meets Libby, he's finally found the one person who only wants to be with him, not the rock star. But while Peter battles his family's growing interference in both his music and his personal life, Libby struggles with her aunt, who turns nastier each day. And even though Libby and Peter desperately want to be together, their drastically different lives threaten to keep them apart forever.
Author : Tony Evans
Publisher : Moody Publishers
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2010-10-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1575675633
You know the story: God told Abraham he would become a great nation. Then he told him to sacrifice his own (and only) son, Isaac. Abraham obeyed God and was about to kill Isaac—when God intervened. This is a classic 'between a rock and a hard place' situation. So how was Abraham able to obey in the face of losing it all? Or to bring it closer to home—what would you have done? In this powerful book, Tony Evans reveals what to do when your love for God is tested. According to Evans, “When you don’t know God, or when you either forget or dismiss what is true about Him, then you don’t know how to respond…” Moving through passages in both the Old and New Testaments, Evans makes a powerful case for obedient living as the key to an abundant life.
Author : Mark O. Hatfield
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 087680427X
Autobiography of Oregon Senator Mark Hatfield.
Author : Alden R. Carter
Publisher : Turtleback Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0613113292
A wilderness trek becomes a life-and-death situation in this riveting tale by the award-winning author of Up Country and Dogwolf. When their canoe tips, two boys--one of whom is diabetic--lose all their supplies and must depend on sheer wits and courage to survive.
Author : Anthony Godby Johnson
Publisher : Sphere
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : AIDS (Disease)
ISBN : 0751509418
The autobiography of a 15-year-old New Yorker who is dying of AIDS. Anthony Johnson was born in 1977 and for 11 years was physically and sexually abused by his parents. However, this book is not a grimly explicit account of those years; it is a journal about the strength of friendship and the joy of growing up in New York, the wonders of knowledge and the happiness in his new adopted family. The voice is that of a bright teenager who has belief in the goodness of mankind despite the horrors he has and is suffering.
Author : Oiva W. Saarinen
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780889206229
Where else can that well-known phrase be better applied than to a study of the Finns in Sudbury? “Rock” defines the physical reality of the Sudbury setting: rugged hills, mines, farms and forests set in the Precambrian Shield. “Hard” defines the human setting: Finnish immigrants having to contend with the problems and stresses of relocating to a new culture, with livelihoods that required great endurance as well as a tolerance for hazardous conditions. Since 1883 Finnish immigrants in Sudbury, men and women alike, have striven to improve their lot through the options available to them. Despite great obstacles, the Finns never flagged in their unwavering fight for workers’ rights and the union movement. And as agricultural settlers, labour reformers, builders of churches, halls, saunas and athletic fields, Finns left an indelible imprint on the physical and human landscape. In the process they have played an integral part in the transformation of Sudbury from a small struggling rail town to its present role as regional capital of northwestern Ontario. This penetrating study of the cultural geography of the Finns in the Sudbury region provides an international, national and local framework for analysis — a model for future studies of other cultural groups.
Author : Elaine Graham
Publisher : Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2013-07-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780334045984
Public theology is an increasingly important area of theological discourse with strong global networks of institutions and academics involved in it. Elaine Graham is one of the UK's leading theologians and an established SCM author. In this book, Elaine Graham argues that Western society is entering an unprecedented political and cultural era, in which many of the assumptions of classic sociological theory and of mainstream public theology are being overturned. Whilst many of the features of the trajectory of religious decline, typical of Western modernity, are still apparent, there are compelling and vibrant signs of religious revival, not least in public life and politics - local, national and global. This requires a revision of the classic secularization thesis, as well as much Western liberal political theory, which set out separate or at least demarcated terms of engagement between religion and the public domain. Elaine Graham examines claims that Western societies are moving from 'secular' to 'post-secular' conditions and traces the contours of the 'post-secular': the revival of faith-based engagement in public sphere alongside the continuing - perhaps intensifying - questioning of the legi¬timacy of religion in public life. She argues that public theology must rethink its theological and strategic priorities in order to be convincing in this new 'post-secular' world and makes the case for the renewed prospects for public theology as a form of Christian apologetics, drawing from Biblical, classical and contemporary sources.
Author : Robert Parker Mills
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2010-11-23
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781456700409
This book is about the first fear of AIDS case tried in America. It tells the untold story of the trial that the general public heard nothing about. By telling the true story from the perspective of the lawyer who actually represented the Estate of Rock Hudson it is hoped the reader, acting as the 13th juror, will see the gross injustice done to the late actor by Christian and Rocks alleged friend, Mark Miller, as well as the court, the jury, and the press, all of which were blinded from the truth by this newly discovered disease called AIDS. Marc Christian claimed he was given a death sentence because Rock didnt tell him of his AIDS diagnosis and continued to have high risk sex with him. 25 years later Christian died not from HIV or AIDS. He was never HIV positive. How could this be if he was telling the truth that he continued having anal sex with Hudson 3 to 5 times a week for 8 months after Rock was first told he had full blown AIDS? Christian was either superhuman and they should clone his blood as a cure for AIDS, or he simply didnt tell the truth at trial, where Rock Hudson could not defend himself because Christian waited until Rock died, and found out he wasnt in his Will, before bringing his lawsuit.
Author : John E. Roueche,Suanne D. Roueche
Publisher : American Association of Community Colleges(AACC)
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015032297452
Showcasing 12 community college programs recognized as successful in serving the needs of at-risk students, this book reviews the impact of limited resources and a growing high-risk student population on community colleges, examines successful programs and strategies, discusses faculty selection, and reviews program evaluation criteria and methods. Chapter 1, "Focusing on the Problems: America between a Rock and a Hard Place," describes the economic, technological, and demographic imperatives providing the impetus for American community colleges to remain viable, open-access institutions. Chapter 2, "Back to the Future: Getting Here from There," provides a brief history of two-year colleges, describing the events leading to the growing population of at-risk students, the proliferation of programs and strategies for dealing with these students, and the criticisms surrounding such efforts. This chapter also describes a 1992 survey of program directors from 12 award-winning two-year college programs for dealing with at-risk students. Chapter 3, "Designing Programs To Work: Shifting Paradigms for Changing Times," reviews the goals, objectives, and achievements of successful at-risk student programs. Chapter 4, "Selecting and Developing Faculty: Getting to the Heart of the Matter," reviews findings from studies of excellence in teaching, and describes strategies for identifying and selecting faculty. After discussing problems facing at-risk students, chapter 5, "The Door Opens with Identification, Orientation, and Involvement: Who Am I? and What Am I Doing Here?" describes the importance of student orientation and involvement and considers issues of assessment and placement. Chapter 6, "Instructional Strategies: Identifying Some Realities of 'How' To Get There," reviews theories of student learning and examines specific institutional strategies that support instruction. Chapter 7, "Program Evaluation: The Proof of the Pudding," describes current legislative initiatives and other strategies for program evaluation. Finally, chapter 8, "Through the Looking Glass: Toward a Vision of Student Success," provides a series of recommendations for responding to the needs of at-risk students. Contains 355 references. (PAA)
Author : James Lester Ballou,R. Blake Stevens
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 469 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Browning automatic rifle
ISBN : 0889352631
Complete authoritative study of the Browning automatic rifle (BAR) which remained one of the most popular and respected weapons in the U.S. arsenal for over four decades. It features chapters on all military models and experimental variations of the BAR produced as well as its trials and uses in foreign countries.
Author : Raphael Kaplinsky
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780745672656
Globalization is characterised by persistent poverty and growing inequality. Conventional wisdom has it that this global poverty is residual - as globalization deepens, the poor will be lifted out of destitution. The policies of the World Bank, the IMF and the WTO echo this belief and push developing countries ever deeper into the global economy. Globalization, Poverty and Inequality provides an alternative viewpoint. It argues that for many - particularly for those living in Latin America, Asia and Central Europe - poverty and globalization are relational. It is the very workings of the global system which condemn many to poverty. In particular the mobility of investment, and the large pool of increasingly skilled workers in China and other parts of Asia, are driving down global wages. This poses challenges for policy makers in firms and countries throughout the world. It also challenges the very sustainability of globalisation itself. Are we about to witness the implosion of globalisation, as occurred between 1913 and 1950? Using a variety of theoretical frameworks and drawing on a vast amount of original research, this book will be an invaluable resource for all students of globalization and its effects.
Author : Kent Hodgson
Publisher : Amacom Books
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0814450377
You discover your best sales rep has been taking thousands of dollars from the company on the side. She begs for mercy. What do you do? Your company's legal department advises you to "trap" an incompetent subordinate into dismissal by giving him an impossible workload and then documenting his failures. You agree he's incompetent--but he's also a decent person. What do you do? Your biggest client says that if you don't fire an employee who has admitted being gay, you will lose his business. What do you do? In the twilight world of ethical dilemmas, where every option seems difficult or painful, you can find yourself frightened, paralyzed, or just plain miserable as you try to decide what to do. And in a business environment, the choices become even more crucial as you wrestle with how they will impact on the company, profits, co-workers, and customers. But there is a way to make decisions that are both ethical and better for business. A Rock and a Hard Place gives you a system for making decisions that are responsible, practical, and defendable. Author Kent Hodgson, who has a Ph.D. combining psychology, management, and business organizational behavior and is a consultant to major companies, sheds light on the gray zone of ethical quandaries. He shows you how to methodically examine a sticky situation and then make a decision you can live with--personally and from a good-business point of view. "This book is a road map leading you to ask the right questions on the way to dilemma solutions," explains Dr. Hodgson. "It will draw out your personal and organizational values in order to help you make your own best choices." A Rock and a Hard Place sets out his unique three-step process, which combines business values and principles with ethical values and principles. Dr. Hodgson illustrates the process with real-world examples and offers you short exercises to complete, which bring the process into focus. Decision making is probably the most critical of your professional tasks. In A Rock and a Hard Place you will learn how to examine the problem objectively; determine who the key stakeholders are and what they each want; analyze the values and company norms at play for each stakeholder; project possible outcomes of different choices; discover what actions are necessary for a given choice and how those actions will affect you and the other stakeholders; and evaluate the options to get a clear sense of which one is the most responsible, given all the circumstances. A Rock and a Hard Place doesn't promise you will make perfect decisions (in many cases, there is no perfect decision), but you will be able to make better decisions. You'll deliver stronger, faster, more consistent decisions--and you'll move confidently between the "rocks" and the "hard places" of the business world whenever and wherever you find them.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015037290015
