In May of 1984, the summer Olympic Games will return to America. Jeff Dillon prepares to run in the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials in Buffalo, New York. He will face the deepest field ever assembled. It is the pinnacle of his professional running career. Unfortunately, the marathon goddess does not smile on Jeff as he crosses the finish line last, exhausted and depressed. His misery is interrupted by Bill Atlee, an Olympian who won the 1928 marathon trials. Bill offers to coach the strugglin...

In “We Want Better Education!”, James B. Barrera offers a detailed and comprehensive analysis of the educational, cultural, and political issues of the Chicano Movement in Texas, which remains one of the lesser-known social and political efforts of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. This movement became the political training ground for greater Chicano empowerment for students. By the 1970s, it was these students who helped to organize La Raza Unida Party in Texas.This...

Presenting the first interdisciplinary consideration of his political thought, Updike and Politics: New Considerations establishes a new scholarly foundation for assessing one of the most recognized and significant American writers of the post-1945 period. This book brings together a diverse group of American and international scholars, including contributors from Japan, India, Israel, and Europe. Like Updike himself, the collection canvases a wide range of topics, including Updike’s too o...

Stay Sharp: 52 Ways to Keep Your Mind, Not Lose It is your once-a-week journey into the intricacies of the human brain - how it functions best, how to keep it healthy, how its health relates to your health in general, and the role of relationships and spirituality and other subjects not often discussed in a book on this subject. This book will help you cut through the fog of hype and overstatement out there about brain health, often intended to try to sell you something. Chapters are short...

WOULDN'T YOU LOVE TO FEEL GREAT TODAY? CHANGING YOUR outlook and injecting energy into your day often begins with small steps. In 52 Ways to Feel Great Today you'll discover an abundance of simple, inexpensive, fun things you can do to make a big difference in how you feel today and every day. Tight on time? No problem. Each chapter is written as a short, easy-to-implement idea. Every idea is supported by at least one true story showing how helpful implementing that idea has been to someon...

James Dille realizes that we can never completely understand the omnipotence and omnipresence of God. Therefore, we are asked to utilize faith when understanding fails. Through logic, experience, and mostly faith, he believes that God not only exists, but also exists within us.In a compilation of spiritual writings and reflections, Dille explores the Bibles many truths and demonstrates how its timeless words can be applied to contemporary life. By sharing real-life examples of stro...

Summarises latest research on IWM principles and methodsAssesses current challenges facing herbicide useDetailed review of the range of cultural, physical and biological methods of control available for IWM.

WOULDN'T YOU LOVE TO FEEL GREAT TODAY? CHANGING YOUR outlook and injecting energy into your day often begins with small steps. In 52 Ways to Feel Great Today you'll discover an abundance of simple, inexpensive, fun things you can do to make a big difference in how you feel today and every day. Tight on time? No problem. Each chapter is written as a short, easy-to-implement idea. Every idea is supported by at least one true story showing how helpful implementing that idea has been to someon...

Everyone wants to live a healthy, long life. The A to Z Guide to Healthier Living is a practical, scientifically reliable, biblically sound, and easy-to-read handbook that combines current research on living healthfully with important findings on the connection between longevity and faith. From commonsense advice to innovative ideas on how to live better one day at a time, this book is a unique and welcome resource for healthy living.

Stay Sharp: 52 Ways to Keep Your Mind, Not Lose It is your once-a-week journey into the intricacies of the human brain - how it functions best, how to keep it healthy, how its health relates to your health in general, and the role of relationships and spirituality and other subjects not often discussed in a book on this subject. This book will help you cut through the fog of hype and overstatement out there about brain health, often intended to try to sell you something. Chapters are short...

Blerdrotica I: Sweet, Sexy and Special Darkis a delicious literary assortment of sweet, spicy, smart and sexy erotic tales written by or about members of the African diaspora, specially blended with your favorite genres for those who have an abiding taste for variety and for all things, chocolate."The Competition" by Penelope FlynnPaula is on her way up the corporate ladder but finds her upward climb threatened by Jason, the new emp...

This is a group of essays concerning author James Francis Dilles views of our spiritual connections. He has chosen to tell personal experiences of God answering prayers and showing love and support to him a sinner. He has discovered that God talks to all of us if we pay attention. His prayer is that others may benefit from these essays, supported by Bible verses, and grow in their spiritual walk.