How far would you go to save yourself?Leelee Steel loves post-punk music, night drives, and her black cat, Pluto. What she doesn't love is the violence she experiences at the hands of her alcoholic husband and the chronic pain endangering her dream of becoming a veterinarian. Despite her precarious circumstances, she's determined to regain control of her life.Then, a senseless act of cruelty forces Leelee to make a drastic choice. With the help of her best ...

My dear friend,I dreamt of a swarm of locusts, of wheat rotted in the fields, and the burning fires of perdition... I awoke, journeying onward along the walking path. Ahead lay the doom of desire, but behind, the wonder of a direction opposite. Has not this road I've traveled so far led me here to the sorrow of my condition? I wonder, dear friend, if behind lay the hope I'd abandoned and the answer to my prayers? What might become of me should I turn and walk the other way? Should ...

They say a good book can change your life, but what happens when you become a part of the story?Jonah just wanted to be like everyone else, a normal guy, living a normal life. But some people were never meant to be normal. Normal people don't grow gills and talk to fish. Normal people don't get into arguments with surly owls. Normal people don't have to try so hard to be like everyone else. Is Jonah just some overimaginative fool, or is there something more to him? What if his stra...

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As if waking from a dead sleep, Jim Jones discovered himself behind the wheel of the family sedan barreling down some remote highway. Vaguely, he recalled that they were taking their family vacation— a place called Boiling Springs. Overhead, he watched the black wings of a vulture circling on the horizon, sending a chill down his spine. There was something strange about this place, something sinister… and it was hot. Unreasonably hot.Trapped inside a nightmare, Jim Jones m...

John Wesley created an independent Methodist Church in 1784 in order to provide the sacraments to its members in America. The system created, however, did not seem to have the same understanding of the Lord's Supper that Wesley had, and it did not allow for the frequency to receive Communion that Wesley desired. Steven Bruns analyzes the writings of Wesley and those early Methodists involved in this process to discover what actually happened and why. In this book, Bruns looks at figures su...

"Walter Edge is a terribly dangerous guy to sit down with in a back room."In 1916 three men sat in a room and cut a deal that decided who would run New Jersey for the next thirty years. You have heard of two of them. One ran Atlantic City. One ran Jersey City. And the third one, the one they made governor, you have never heard of at all.That was not an accident.Walter Edge was governor of New Jersey twice, a United States senator, and ambassador to ...

A QuickBooks workbook geared to helping teach David Robert's QuickBooks 101 training sessions. Includes: Getting Started/Choosing the Right Software Package.Lesson One – Creating a QuickBooks CompanyLesson Two – Navigating QuickBooksLesson Three – Setting up Users and PasswordsLesson Four – Company Tab ContinuedLesson Five – Customer’s TabLesson Six – Vendor’s TabLesson Seven – Employee TabLesson Eight – Banking TabLesson Nine ...

This is a tale of a small adventure of two school boys on a magical school trip to an imaginary land full of fun and excitement.

to the 1969 Edition In describing military operations through the Civil War the contributors have pointed out, more that in later chapters, the application (or violation) of the principles of war that are discussed in the introductory chapter. In the interest of getting on with the narrative, they necessarily omitted many other illustrations that will undoubtedly occur to the thoughtful reader. The century since the Civil War receives greater attention in this text than in its predecessor,...

Second Edition Includes The Last Domino and Preparing Blog Posts with updated commentary on previous articles and writings!YOU DO NOT NEED A KINDLE TO PURCHASE THIS BOOK, WILL DOWNLOAD TO PC, iPhone, or iPad as well.WARNING: Do not buy this book unless you "get it". I will not try to convince you that it's going to happen, I don't have time. This book is less about why the Dollar will collapse than about what everyday people, like you and I, can do to prepare themselves for...

The FIT Rule is a book written from author David Roberts' close to twenty years experience in helping small business owners with their small business needs. In it, he examines the three principles that make a business successful, these three principles he has named The FIT Rule.FINANCE - There is more to just having money available to start a business and more to keeping track of revenues and expenses. It is the very life-blood of a business and yet the most neglected of the three ...