Will Brister's sons are at a loss as to what to do with the elderly widower who was once their vibrant, charismatic father. A chance newspaper ad and a pleasant voice on the phone lure the family to Remington Hills, a large assisted living facility on the northern edge of San Antonio. There, Will emerges from his grief to instill life and energy to what had become a peaceful, but monotonous environment.Remington Hills provides a memorable read about courage and triumph . ....

With eyewitness accounts and contemporary reports—linked together by succinct analytical commentaries—Richard Hofstadter and his young collaborator, Michael Wallace, have created a superb documentary reader that is, in effect, a history of violence in America through four centuries.Here, as experienced by men and women who lived through them, are not only the familiar, chilling eruptions—Harper’s Ferry; the Civil War draft riot in New York; Homestead; Centralia; the Detroit ghetto; ...

Tess Burgess, expert in medieval warfare, is building siege engines in France, while running a sting operation against collectors of stolen artifacts. She finds these collectors through her ex-boyfriend, Peter Gagné, heir to an oil fortune.Obsessed with the collapse of civilization, Peter's latest grandiose scheme is a simulated war, like a giant paintball match for billionaire survivalists, but with crossbows and catapults. He asks Tess if she is good enough to de...

The twenty-first century is an unpredictable place. While you cannot predict or prevent disasters, you can prepare for them with effort and planning.A quick survey of the headlines for any given day in the twenty-first century will highlight global market-affecting disasters such as superstorms, data breaches, pandemics, system failures, and strikes.With the detailed guidance found in the thoroughly updated version of this handbook, your company’s survival ...

Michael Wallace presents the first book in his Alliance Trilogy.

Killed in battle, the ancient Athenian Prometheus, awakes inside a body that is not his, in a future world unfamiliar to him. Trapped in modern day Denver during the annual Zombie Pub Crawl, he is surrounded by humans with their strange language of moans and hisses. Joined by a growing number of living dead, the new arrival helps them form into a well organized army during the zombie uprising. Only they are not here to destroy the living, they have come to save their species. The future of...

Neurosurgeon Julia Nolan places cortical implants into the brains of field operatives to record data from their auditory and visual cortices. One of her subjects, an operative named Ian Westhelle, suffers a psychotic break and kills his handler before he can be recovered.Julia tracks Ian to an asylum where the CIA warehouses insane former soldiers, scientists, and others with security risks too great for conventional psychiatric wards. Agents from the national intelligence director...

The book is for everyone because it explores the use of human energy for positive outcomes. We need energy to survive and succeed in the world. Understanding when, where, and how energy can be used will help individuals to get on the road to success. The book addresses the critical areas where managing energy use is essential for our success. It includes human energy, personal growth, managing emotions, trust and truthfulness, individual responsibility, the hierarchy of learning, dreaming,...

Sharpen your mind and get in shape at the same time, with an innovative new workout stimulating multiple areas of the brain as it strengthens and tones the entire body. Acclaimed sports trainer Michael Gonzalez-Wallace ( O magazine's "go-to guy" for anything about the body) shows readers a daily ten-minute workout that optimizes muscle power while boosting brain activity—training the brain by training the body.

Economic Divergence in the European Community (1981) looks at the widening differences between the economies of the member states of the European Community. The economic designers of the common market had confidently assumed that the removal of trade barriers would bring about a natural convergence among national economies, and an acceleration in the pace of economic growth. This book closely examines the assumptions and suggests ways in which the Community’s limited financial ins...

The twenty-first century is an unpredictable place. While you cannot predict or prevent disasters, you can prepare for them with effort and planning.A quick survey of the headlines for any given day in the twenty-first century will highlight global market-affecting disasters such as superstorms, data breaches, pandemics, system failures, and strikes.With the detailed guidance found in the thoroughly updated version of this handbook, your company’s survival ...

Ruthless. Wicked. Predator.I've been called many things, most of which are true.But when you're an outlaw, you wear those words like badges of honor on your cut.I grew up in the Devil's Skull MC. It's all I know. It's all I've ever wanted to be.Until I met her.She's feisty, smart, and way too good for the likes of a dirtbag like me.But I can't stay away from her.For two years I've watched her from a distance, wishing our circumstances...