North American Survivors explores seven species of mammals that existed in the North American continent, lived through the last Ice Age, and endured to the present. It reveals the ancestral origins of the animals, the opinions that humans held towards them, and the way they affected the biodiversity in the environment in which they live.North American Survivors considers the way these animals survived so that humans may learn and integrate the animals' resilience ...

Decorated Afghan vet JAKE TOLBERT barely escapes with his life when assassins nearly wipe out his entire homeland special ops team. Jake must hide in plain sight as he embarks on a cross-country motorcycle trek when the FBI identifies him as "a person of interest." As well-informed and well-financed assassins and unrelenting FBI agents close in on him, Jake taps into the escape and evasion skills he honed in Afghanistan while battling the psychological demons of PTSD. If he survives, he ma...

Think your Mac is powerful now? This practical guide shows you how to get much more from your system by tapping into Unix, the robust operating system concealed beneath OS X’s beautiful user interface. OS X puts more than a thousand Unix commands at your fingertips—for finding and managing files, remotely accessing your Mac from other computers, and using freely downloadable open source applications.If you’re an experienced Mac user, this updated edition teaches you all the basic c...

It's been four years since Dave Harlow's wife, Helen, passed away. Since then, he has renewed his passion for researching his family roots. He uses his magnifying glass to stare into each and every one of the hundreds of family pictures --- the old housing, clothes, and hairstyles. From horse-drawn carriages to old cars, this was a time gone by.He is now focused on the picture of a family of nine. His great-great-great-grandfather and grandmother, along with their children, standin...

Shell scripts are an efficient way to interact with your machine and manage your files and system operations. With just a few lines of code, your computer will do exactly what you want it to do. But you can also use shell scripts for many other essential (and not-so-essential) tasks.This second edition of Wicked Cool Shell Scripts offers a collection of useful, customizable, and fun shell scripts for solving common problems and personalizing your computing environment. Eac...

Paul: Rising Through the Storm is a powerful true story of endurance, healing, and transformation.Paul's childhood was scarred by pain and experiences no child should ever have to endure. Yet, rather than allowing his past to define him, Paul embarks on a courageous journey of self-discovery and recovery-one that tests the limits of his spirit and reshapes his destiny.Through the raw and often turbulent process of therapy and reflection

Defining momentswe all have them. All of us can look back and remember moments when events occurred and decisions were made that drastically altered the course of our lives. Defining moments shape our perception of the world, and they become major forces in defining who we are and what we are capable of. They become the scales by which we measure our worth. Our reality is anchored in our interpretation of those moments, and how we respond to them often determines how we respond in life.

Change is Accelerating.Managing a chamber of commerce and providing leadership in a community have never been more challenging. Navigating complexity is certainly more than showing up at a picnic and tossing a horseshoe, hoping to get a ringer. It takes intelligence, strategy, and focus to win prosperity.In Horseshoes vs. Chess, veteran chamber executive and former mayor Dave Adkisson shares the insights he gained from more than 40 years observin...

Scan the QR codes to reveal the answers in the coolest quiz book craze sweeping the internet!This interactive quiz book allows you to instantly find out the answer just by scanning the QR code with your mobile phone. The answers are contained within the QR code - just scan the code and it will pop up in your app.Use any QR code scanner app for Blackberry, Android, iPhone or Windows devices. If you donât have one already installed then find out where to get one from at the...

Hearts of Darkness is the story of a generation's coming of age through the experiences of its three most atypical pop stars. James Taylor, Jackson Browne, and Cat Stevens could never have been considered your typical late-sixties songwriters – self-absorbed and self-composed, all three eschewed the traditional means of delivering their songs, instead turning its process inward. The result was a body of work that stands among the most profoundly personal art ever to translate into...

"It is always nice running into you..."Yes, indeed. But I wasn't talking to you per se; I was talking to "Good Songs".There are 31 stylish songs on this album, and Dave Isaacs has taken time to tell stories from each of them:which songs are good to dance to?Where are some Genius signatures of the artist? ...Who can I dedicate it to?What are the lessons... and many other breakdowns...

Gestalt Therapy: The Basics provides an accessible and concise overview of the approach and its substantial theory.Experiential exercises, clinical vignettes and examples from everyday practice are included to enrich understanding of gestalt’s theory and its clinical application. This book explores: the history of gestalt therapy, gestalt maps, philosophical beliefs, creative experimentation and ethical considerations. Useful chapter summaries are featured throughout to ai...