Next Stop Chicago

Author : Bill Heitland
Publisher : Archway Publishing
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2023-11-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781665753494

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Next Stop Chicago by Bill Heitland Pdf

Three friends are reunited through unlikely circumstances five years after their high school graduation in Jasper, Illinois. A violent storm causes Jody Hansen to make some ill-fated decisions that land him in jail, accused of car theft, possession of an illegal firearm and assaulting a police officer who later died. Although he is innocent, Jody's family lacks the funds to hire a seasoned criminal attorney, settling instead for one used to handling simple domestic cases. His opponent is a high-priced prosecuting attorney who relishes an easy conviction. Anna Sanchez returns to Jasper, Illinois from her home in Chicago to help her father Miguel who suffered a stroke during the storm. When she learns Jody is also in town, she realizes the feelings she had for him in high school are still very much alive. Anna's amorous feelings intensify when Jody informs her that he planned to begin a marketing internship in Chicago prior to his arrest. When Jody sees how Anna has transformed herself into an attractive woman with the physique of a competitive runner, he can't stop thinking about her. Aaron Cole, who makes up the third member of the trio dubbed fuerzas especiales or special forces, returns to Jasper from his home in New York to come to the aid of his brother, who was arrested while protesting the George Floyd murder. Jody's legal predicament isn't the only conflict in his life. When he learns it's been his father's dream to work as a fatther/son tandem at a local hardware store he now owns, Jody feels torn. Does he honor his father's wishes or act on a desire to move to Chicago to be with Anna, the woman he now loves? It will take a galvanized effort from all three, plus an overmatched lawyer's determination to right a wrong for the group to have any chance at proving Jody's innocence. If he can secure his freedom, Jody must now choose between breaking his father's heart or his own.

Author : Marvin B. Eppard
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781466995154

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A Heritage Not Forgotten by Marvin B. Eppard Pdf

A Heritage Not Forgotten is based on the adventurous lives of four of the author’s great-grandparents who were among the first settlers in Mower County, Minnesota, in the 1850s. Adam left his family in Germany, sailed the Atlantic, worked at a lumber camp, and hopped the freight trains to arrive in Wisconsin as a farm laborer. Matilda, a teenage girl, left Hamburg with her family for a grueling journey to Wisconsin. The book includes the romantic account of Adam and Matilda’s courtship and marriage in Wisconsin and their eventful journey to Minnesota by covered wagon. Phillip, a lonely, discouraged young man, left Germany and worked his way through the port in Amsterdam onto a ship bound for New York. As a lumberjack and a farm hand, he found his way to Minnesota Territory. Lucinda, as a nine-year-old girl, traveled with her family about six hundred miles by covered wagons from Ohio to Minnesota Territory. When she was sixteen, Phillip convinced Lucinda’s father that she was old enough for courtship and marriage. Woven into the stories are the faith longings of these four people that drew them to transforming conversion experiences that sustained them through the hardships of pioneer life. These two couples conscripted land, raised large families, and were pillars of faith who helped establish a dynamic church in the author’s hometown of Racine, Minnesota.

Author : Lois Silverstein
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2012-07-17
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781477127377

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Crown Us with Laurel by Lois Silverstein Pdf

"Crown Us With Laurel" is an exploration of the writing consciousness, illustrated through author Lois Silverstein's personal journey as a writer and teacher. It uses her writing and that of students to show how the mind creates works of art. "Crown Us With Laurel" includes Silverstein's poems, short fiction and essays, as well as samples of her students' work and her original play "VALIA: The Story of a Woman of Courage."

Author : Richard Bressler
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2020-12-28
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781476682044

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Frank Selee by Richard Bressler Pdf

One of the best managers in the early years of professional baseball, Frank Selee (1859-1909) built two great teams. The Boston Beaneaters of the 1890s won five National League pennants during his tenure. The Chicago Cubs won four National League pennants and two World Series immediately after his period as manager--mostly with players he assembled. Selee's teams earned reputations for sportsmanship during an era known for dirty play, and Selee himself was known as a congenial man at a time when many managers and players had were considered loutish or combative. This biography tells the story of one of baseball's notable nice guys, who honed his craft to succeed in a ruthlessly competitive business.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1124 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations
ISBN : UIUC:30112059887239

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Cumulative List of Organizations Described in Section 170 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 by Anonim Pdf

Author : Larry Warkentin
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 609 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2012-06-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781477131091

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Bloodline: of Peasants, Pilgrims and Poets by Larry Warkentin Pdf

Bloodline spans a thousand years of murder, sex, suicide and insanity,balanced by faith, family loyalty, pacifism and pilgrimage. It follows a family from the Middle Ages in Holland to the Twentieth Century in Oklahoma. The family chooses a unique faith--Anabaptist-Mennonite--and for that reason they are hounded across Europe by the political and religious establishment. The historical details have been carefully researched, however most of the characters are fictionalized. Each character is a storyteller speaking in the first person. Dialogue is written without quotation marks and identification of the persons speaking must be determined from the words spoken.

Author : Bernie Finkelstein
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2012-04-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780771047947

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True North by Bernie Finkelstein Pdf

One of the all-time greats in Canadian music recounts his life and times in the business from the 1960s to the present. Whether acting as a producer, record label owner, or manager of great singer/songwriters and bands, Bernie Finkelstein, recipient of the 2006 Juno Special Achievement Award, has played a pivotal role in bringing great Canadian music to the rest of the world. Bernie Finkelstein has been a prominent figure in the Canadian music industry for nearly five decades. Now, a couple years after selling his beloved True North label and only recently stepping down from his role at MuchFACT, which has given out more than $63 million in grants to Grammy-winning acts like Sarah McLachlan, Nelly Furtado and Arcade Fire, Bernie is finally ready to talk. In this wildly entertaining and outspoken memoir, the producer, label owner, and artist manager opens up about his childhood, breaking into the Greenwich Village scene with The Paupers at age 19, discovering Bruce Cockburn, producing the "loudest band in the world," Kensington Market, managing and producing Murray McLauchlan, Blackie & The Rodeo Kings, and Rough Trade, winning 40 Junos, and much more.

Author : Michael H. Burnam
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-29
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781785355769

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The Next Step by Michael H. Burnam Pdf

It’s been five years since Mickey passed the Europans’ test, saving the Europans and planet Earth. Pam and David are living on Europa in a wondrous habitat where anything seems possible, and have twins with unusual abilities. Earth is transforming into a Utopian paradise thanks to the Sphere, an alien hard drive filled with advanced technology gifted to Earth by the Europans. But Mickey, who chose to remain on Earth, suspects the Europans of having a secret, more sinister agenda. When he severs his connection to the Sphere and begins to investigate, Mickey is captured by the Sphere Cult and put on trial for his life... The second book in the thrilling YA sci-fi series from Michael H. Burnam, The Next Step, asks what happens when Evolution progresses to immortality?

Author : Fernando Briceño
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781453509524

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Memoirs of an Illegal Alien by Fernando Briceño Pdf

MEMOIRS OF AN ILLEGAL ALIEN AN AMERICAN ADVENTURE Fernando is a table tennis player representing his school from Ecuador at the US Open in Miami in 1986. After the tournament, with his brother Jaime and his teammate Douglas, he gets on a New York City bound Greyhound bus. Fernando is captivated by the grandeur of the city and, after his return to Ecuador, dreams of going back someday. Three months later he returns to the United States. This time he overstays his visa and becomes an illegal alien. He struggles on account of things varied in nature and overcomes most of them. He also gets to savor some triumphs. He gets married in 1997 and obtains a work permit. In 1999, he gets a DEA-sensitive clearance, and he starts to work in the wiretap department. His marriage ends up in a divorce before getting a green card, and he is in limbo. He continues to work wiretaps for the DEA, Customs, IRS, ICE, ATF, and others. His dedication, passion, and work quality, despite the fact that he is a high school dropout, catapult him to the top of his game, and he is offered to work directly for the DEA by starting his own company. He jumps at the chance, and with great success, he manages to work for the government in some of the most exciting drug-smuggling cases in the United States. Almost twenty-four years after his arrival to this country, Fernando is in need of a lung transplant. He still is an illegal alien and hopes that someday he will get his green card and maybe die a United States citizen, in the country that he loves. His father, an American citizen, filed a petition on his behalf in 2004, and the wait to legalize his status goes on.

Author : Ronald Ian Heiferman
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780786485093

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The Cairo Conference of 1943 by Ronald Ian Heiferman Pdf

For four days in November 1943, Winston Churchill, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Chiang Kai-shek and Madame Chiang Kai-shek met in Cairo to discuss the future of the war in the China-Burma-India Theater and plans for the ultimate defeat of Japan. This would be the first and last time that these leaders would meet. This book chronicles the Cairo Conference, the events leading up to the conference, and the consequences of the decisions, understandings and misunderstandings that resulted from the summit. The only book-length study of the subject, this text examines the enormous impact the conference had on the course of the war in Asia and post-war Sino-Western relations.

Author : Carol L. Farrand
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781469712154

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Behind the Marble and Mirrors by Carol L. Farrand Pdf

One of the first lessons author Carol Farrand learned was that opportunity lurks where you least expect it. When she took her daughter to a local resort to apply for a seasonal position, she had no idea how her own life would change on that fateful day. She was over forty years old and had just sold the small resort she ran with her husband. She was looking forward to a summer of relaxation, freedom, and fun. Instead, a new path was laid before her-one that would take her to top resorts all over the United States and the world. As a new project manager for an international hotel chain, she had the world at her feet. The trouble was that not everyone would prove welcoming. Carol quickly learned how to deal with the many challenges facing a female manager in a male-dominated industry: sexual harassment, bigotry, sexism, and more. Eventually, she adjusted to life on the road; once she dug deep enough, she found the strength to triumph over the stressful situations she encountered. But the greatest lessons she learned was that she was stronger than anyone thought-and that life truly can begin at forty.

Author : Kathleen Wyndham
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-16
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781483668710

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Traveling Across America with Joe and Kathleen by Kathleen Wyndham Pdf

Driving across Americas roads was a wonderful experience. Seeing the Nations beautiful scenery and landmarks was breathtaking. The Statue of Liberty, Mount Rushmore, Niagara Falls, the Grand Canyon, Death Valley, and Yellowstone National Park are but a few of the many spectacular places that we visited on our journey across America. Seattle, Atlanta, Dallas, Green Bay, Chicago, San Francisco and Tucson are a few of the cities we visited. Each trip was a carefully planned event that created a special memory for my husband and me to last a lifetime.

Author : Marc-Christian Riebe
Publisher : The Location Group
Page : 1500 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2014-02-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783952427910

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Retail Market Study 2014 by Marc-Christian Riebe Pdf

The Retail Market Study 2014 of The Location Group is the one and only study of its kind with 150 of the most notable international cities of the fashion and retail world and 3'000 store openings on 1,500 pages. Over 1,000 retailers, 800 shopping streets and 500 shopping centers were analyzed. The study reached more than 100,000 readers worldwide so far.

Author : Mike McGovern
Publisher : Infobase Learning
Page : 105 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2015-05-27
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781438142241

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Michael Jordan by Mike McGovern Pdf

The life and career of the greatest basketball player of all time.

Author : Bill McGuire
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2003-03-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780595270972

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Tales of an American Culture Vulture by Bill McGuire Pdf

Too much has been written about relations and negotiations between the governments of the United States and the former Soviet Union. But, what about the ordinary people-to-people contacts between the two countries? How were young, Russian-speaking Americans treated in the Soviet Union? Why did Soviet citizens stand for hours in the cold, rain and snow to visit American cultural exhibitions? What elaborate trips for Soviet dignitaries were organized by the US State Department? What happened when a Soviet delegation met with the John Birch Society in Iowa? What caused the Voice of America to stop hiring Russian-speaking Americans and to replace them with recent Soviet émigrés? Author Bill McGuire was part of this unusual world of exchanges, as well as a broadcaster on the Voice of America. This book is based on his experiences in the USSR and in the USA.