He could have lived his life out in the shadows of impotence. He was an apartment house janitor and contact with others was always second-hand: the remnants of their lives in wastepaper baskets, suggestive letters dropped carelessly in balls, sometimes a crumpled, sexy photograph. His first impulse was to call the police. They were naked. So instead, he watched. And watched. And watched...

After years of prosecuting hard-core criminals, rising legal star Alan Bell took a private sector job in South Florida’s newest skyscraper. Suddenly, he suffered such bizarre medical symptoms, doctors suspected he’d been poisoned by the Mafia. Bell’s rapidly declining health forced him to flee his glamorous Miami life to a sterile “bubble” in the remote Arizona desert.As his career and marriage dissolved, Bell pursued medical treatments in a race against time, hoping to stay alive ...

As the Great Depression lingers in the Missouri Ozarks, a young boy is about to deal with his own series of depressing events. Dusty Brodie's high-tempered father tends his illicit still, manufacturing potent moonshine that only makes the man that much meaner. Dusty's part-Cherokee grandmother experiences unsettling dreams that will make her fear for the safety of her sons and her grandchildren. Dusty's mother has secrets of her own.It's going to be a challenging year for the Brodi...

The use of biodiesel as a fuel source has many benefits. Firstly, biodiesel is cleaning diesel engines from deposits accumulated over time. Secondly, biodiesel can be cheaper than traditional diesel fuel because raw materials such as used vegetable oil can be quickly and cheaply available in places like restaurants. However, the time and energy spent on creating biodiesel can make it more expensive than the available diesel fuel. Third, biodiesel is a clean, renewable source of combustion ...

Abbee is a worker bee who finds flowers and collects pollen to make honey. She is good at her job, but she has one problem: Her wings don't buzz like other bees, so she can't communicate with them. Abbee and her friend, Gabbee, go out to find flowers, but Gabbee gets into a sticky situation. Abbee must go back to her hive for help. But how can she tell the other bees how to save Gabbee? Guess what? Abbee finds a way.This book shows how bees -- or people -- who are different can be ...

Egypt is the pinnacle of the ancient world, the apex of culture, power and wealth. But in the centres of power, conflict erupts; a novel heresy threatens to undo the pantheon of elder gods and plunge the country into chaos. A monotheistic pharaoh, Akhenaten, is plotting to usurp the old religion and promote Aten as the only god.But the old gods will not go quietly. As the battle for power rages, the empire is placed in peril; and the people of Egypt are torn betwee...

Traditional biography often maintains a clinical distance between author and subject, leaving readers with a fragmented view of the emotional truths that shape a life. But what happens when the biographer steps into the frame-when the act of writing becomes a mirror for mourning, identity, and transformation? In an era where memoir and creative nonfiction blur the boundaries between fact and feeling, the stakes of biography shift. Loss, trauma, and personal history are not...

He could have lived his life out in the shadows of impotence. He was an apartment house janitor and contact with others was always second-hand: the remnants of their lives in wastepaper baskets, suggestive letters dropped carelessly in balls, sometimes a crumpled, sexy photograph. His first impulse was to call the police. They were naked. So instead, he watched. And watched. And watched...

When finding another location, redesigning a structure, or removing troublesome ground at a project site are not practical options, prevailing ground conditions must be addressed. Improving the ground modifying its existing physical properties to enable effective, economic, and safe construction to achieve appropriate engineering performance is an

Prenatal life is the period of maximal development in animals, and it is well recognised that factors that alter development can have profound effects on the embryonic, fetal and postnatal animal. Scientists involved in research on livestock productivity have for decades studied postnatal consequences of fetal development on productivity. Recently, however, there has been a surge in interest in how to manage prenatal development to enhance livestock health and productivity. This has occurr...

Neves and his older brother Seven are are engaged in sibling rivalry which can best be described as a personal civil war. Both were born of royalty, yet only one will inherit the Kingdom. For this reason, a silent battle has consumed them. One believes he deserves it by birth rite, the other by good deeds and honesty. Only one shall win.

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