This book is about three things; 1. It's about the human condition and the devastating effects one experiences or may experience as a result of unemployment, and coping strategies that enable one to maintain some stability while being unemployed. 2. The book offers several different approaches to seeking and obtaining employment for public and private sector jobs. 3. The book shows people how to save money now and in the future on cell phone cost,, household expenses, and energy cost, phar...

The book aims to develop a clearer understanding of the influence of social dynamics on the educational opportunities of high school students of color in the urban setting of California’s Los Angeles area. Specifically, we examine how students’ backgrounds, high school experiences and own agency shape their college preparation processes and postsecondary aspirations. While some research has been done on high school students’ college-choice process, this book is unique in its broad and comp...

The authors commemorate their ancestors, descendants, and heritage with honor as a memorial stone for their children and their children’s children so they will know from whence they have come in this family history.That history includes Madison and Ella Ward, both born in the mid-1800s, married in 1876, and who raised eight children on one acre with one mule. They stood on their Christian faith and believed in God.Through their love and strength of family, they survived the...

他用一生的時間只求再見父親的一瞬間寂寞的小男孩，走過坎坷成長路，如今已是康乃狄克大學物理教授，經過三十多年的苦心研究，他終於發現......時光機器是可行的有些人的夢想很小，只要能出國度假，或擁有自己的房子，就心滿意足了，有些人的夢想比較大，他們想當國家領導人，或創一番大事業，但沒有人的夢想會比馬雷特還大，他要建造一部時光機，回到過去……一個沈默的小男孩從十歲起，就懷抱著一個夢：他要建造一部時光機器，搭乘它回到爸爸猝死之前，提醒爸爸要注意健康，並且說一句從來沒能親口對父親說的話：爸爸，我愛您。小男孩馬雷特本來有個幸福的家庭，勤奮愛家的爸爸是他的天，爸爸會陪他讀書，教他這世界上所有的事情，但就在慶祝完結婚十一週年的當晚，爸爸毫無預警的撒手人寰。爸爸不在了，小男孩很憂鬱，總是逃學、躲到家裡的地下室發呆，那是爸爸遺留下來的工具間。小男孩自暴自棄，絕望的思念爸爸，偶然讀了威爾斯的小說《時光機器》和愛因斯坦的相對論，便立下志願，要實現時光旅行的夢想。從...

This is the dramatic and inspirational first-person story of theoretical physicist, Dr. Ronald Mallett, who recently discovered the basic equations for a working time machine that he believes can be used as a transport vehicle to the past. Combining elements of Rocket Boys and Elegant Universe, Time Traveler follows Mallett's discovery of Einstein's work on space-time, his study of Godel's work on a solution of Einstein's equation that might allow for time travel, and his own research in t...

Ron Mallett was just 10 when his father died suddenly. Devastated, he found solace in the science fiction of H.G. Wells, believing that if he could build a time machine, he could go back into the past, warn his father and perhaps save his life.Ronald Mallett is now a professor of theoretical physics. Remarkably, this working-class African American boy from the Bronx stuck with his vision, overcoming poverty and prejudice in the pursuit of his obsession. This is the story of his extr...

Ronald Acuña Jr. and Rickey Henderson are two MLB base-stealing machines! With records and MVP awards under their belts, both superfast all-star outfielders are strong competitors. But when you match up their stats, who do you think comes out as ruler of the outfield?

In 1973 there were approximately 150 Fire Brigades protecting the United Kingdom – all with their own ideas on how to design and specify fire engines. However, local government reorganisation the following year was about to change that. This book is a unique photographic record by distinguished fire engine photographers John Toomey, who came especially from New York, and Andrew Henry. It documents the amazing diversity of British post-war fire engines. Captions and an expert commentary are...

This is the fascinating story of the development of early British steam fire engines by a renowned expert on emergency services vehicles and equipment. Ronald Henderson, a member of the Fire Brigade Society and an expert on steam engines, covers the history of the early inventions that coupled steam with fire pumps. This includes the concepts created by firms such as Braithwaite & Ericsson and their steam fire pump and also further inventions by Merryweather & Sons and Shand, Mason & Co., ...

Sometimes life just seems to get the best of us. The wounds can cut very deep on occasion: addiction, divorce, grief, feeling unloved and unwanted, and so many others. And the scars may never entirely heal. However, our Christian faith urges us to recall that Jesus rose from the tomb with visible but transformed wounds, demonstrating that nothing in life is wasted in the economy of God's mercy. Getting Through the Hurt offers timely reflections on how God's grace gently permeates...

This is the dramatic and inspirational first-person story of theoretical physicist, Dr. Ronald Mallett, who recently discovered the basic equations for a working time machine that he believes can be used as a transport vehicle to the past. Combining elements of Rocket Boys and Elegant Universe, Time Traveler follows Mallett's discovery of Einstein's work on space-time, his study of Godel's work on a solution of Einstein's equation that might allow for time travel...

As the creator of the 67-foot-tall “Big Sam” statue of Sam Houston that overlooks Interstate 45 just south of Huntsville, Texas, David Adickes is a pivotal, if sometimes enigmatic, figure in Texas art. Though he made many contributions to the early development of the Houston art scene and to Texas Modernism, which has experienced an upsurge in interest of late, Adickes’s life and work have had no thorough examination.Monumental: The Art of David Adickes tells the story of ...