Mocked and ridiculed in his North Country home for being unable to change with the times, a stubborn, ignorant old man lights out for Alaska at 72, taking with him the daughter of a skinflint farmer he has worked for years back. Clarence knows little of women or of living with anybody or even of living in the present tense, nor does he really know where...

If you are working in a China-U.S. company, then this book is written with you in mind.

“It is very difficult to work with China folks,” “The U.S. team doesn’t understand China.”

Disconnects like these are at the center of most China-U.S. companies. They run deep. They do not spare anything, contaminating the company’s day-to-day decisions, its execution...

Addressing the issues of how and why illness occurs, this informative guide provides fresh Eastern perspectives on wellbeing and health. With easy-to-understand explanations, clear illustrations, and straightforward treatment alternatives, previously unexplained signs and symptoms can be researched, understood and dealt with. Tried-and-true techniques...

Moral Right Truth, aka MRT, really screwed Satan over. Now, each mortal soul has its own custom-set damnation point. Luckily, certain classics (greed, gluttony, and especially lust) can still be counted on to make the quota. Despite crops of mundane malefactors, Lucifer revels in bringing down finer grade souls. No other mortal soul – and no other mortal...

When Thaddeus Grainger's rival turns up dead in an alley just hours after their inconclusive duel, only one suspect comes to mind. Charged with murder, Grainger's fate is sealed before his trial even begins. A young gentleman of means but of meaningless pursuits, Grainger is cast into the notorious Bellstrom Gaol, where he must quickly learn to survive in...

Roddy Dolan, a successful suburban surgeon, long ago left behind his past--one that nearly landed him in jail at 17. When he's approached by an old friend about becoming a silent partner in a Manhattan steakhouse, he's understandably wary. So he consults with his lifelong blood brother, Danny Burns.

Danny's convinced this "vanity project" is the perfect...

The only thing Beatrice Ball enjoys in life is singing onstage. The rest of the time she may as well be dead. Famous since childhood, her most significant relationship is with her controlling single mother, who keeps practically everyone else away from her.

Restless, Beatrice begins to sneak out in public incognito. When she wakes up in the ER to discover...

A captivating story set in modern times about a young man afflicted with an ancient curse and the young woman with strange powers that help him. The events unfold with all the magic and drama of J.R.R. Tolkien's, "Lord of the Rings."

The pursuit of self-knowledge is becoming a lost art - overrun by the speed, anxiety and distractions of contemporary life. This has allowed ideologies, religious and secular, to dominate the landscape of human consciousness. How can we foster a bolder, more independent approach to the age-old question, "Who am I?

Pursuing this question outside of...

“Together we shared a mostly happy journey—facing and overcoming obstacles, meeting fascinating people wherever we went while falling completely in love with the people of Kenya. This book is a tribute to my co-laborers and in writing this book I hope to show that one does not need to be a hero to step out, take risks and make the world a better, healthier...

From falling for a girl with no-good-for-sports stick arms and beautiful penmanship, to jumping freight trains, smoking cigarettes, projectile vomiting, and accidentally robbing the local Ben Franklin, first grade at Mary Queen of Our Hearts parochial school changes everything for Patrick Cantwell. Patrick and his friends hang out at their secret fort near...

Set in the mid-21st century, this story is about an American astronaut, named John Cavendish, who is sent to the south pole of the moon on a special mission to explore an unusual geophysical location called ‘the peak of eternal light.' This location is of great interest since satellites discovered that it is emanating unusual electro-gravitational energy...

Even a good man may feel driven to sign on with the devil.

Paul Clark is a Catholic priest who's been on the fast track to becoming a bishop. But he suddenly faces a heart-wrenching problem, when choices he made as a young man come roaring back into his life. A mysterious woman, who claims to be with "an agency of the federal government," offers to...

Consider this book your healthcare GPS - an essential reference and toolkit filled with practical advice on navigating this country's complex medical system. With insider information and personal stories from 200 medical professionals, award-winning author empowers you to be well informed and proactive in your own medical care. Learn how to prevent medical...

This title contains unclothed human figures, reader discretion is advised.

Artists in search of figures in intense action-flying through the air, punching, kicking, and crouching-will find more than 100 poses of male and female models in 28 categories of dynamic movement in the latest addition to the Art Models series. Informed by diverse sources such as...

Los Angeles is no stranger to glamour, celebrity . . . and murder. When Susan Kaplan moves to L.A. to become a TV writer, she's thrilled to be hired as a writers' assistant on the well-regarded but low-rated TV series Babbitt & Brooks. The last thing she expects, however, is that she'd find herself working for the beautiful yet seriously neurotic Rebecca...

Lavishly illustrated by award-winning illustrator, Demi, this magical and inspiring story of the adventures of a flock of wayfaring birds in search of their king will delight children with its tales of overcoming fear, physical hardship, and inner limitations. Based on an 800 year old classical parable, and retold by mother of three, Alexis York Lumbard, it...

In this beautifully illustrated book by Caldecott Medal winning author Paul Goble, readers can discover the fascinating story of how horses first appeared to the tribes of the American Plains. In his final collection of "stories from the tipi," Goble features a collection of 23 traditional stories from the Blackfoot, Lakota, Assiniboin, Pawnee, and Cheyenne...

Michael Aaron Rockland has a natural gift for storytelling. The author of thirteen books and professor at Rutgers University, Michael Rockland can turn an every day event into an amusing story. It is then no surprise that he turned his years of diplomatic service into a book containing cocktail parties, movie stars, Nazis, a dictator, bullfights, and bombs...