When the elegant foreigner, Count Ferencz Nadasdy, appeared in the small Florida town of Fort McIntyre, Angelique Gaudet was fascinated--and inexplicably drawn to him. But Angelique was in mortal danger of becoming a soulless pawn in a nightmare of eternal evil.
Since forever altering the course of the youth ministry world with his best-selling, groundbreaking book, Purpose-Driven(R) Youth Ministry, Doug Fields' mind--but especially his heart--has been focused on the many unique needs of new youth workers.
Doug translated his passion, insight, and vision for his beloved "rookies" into what you're now reading, Your Fist Two Years in Youth Ministry--hands-down the most comprehensive companion to not o...
This book explores corporate purpose-- a company's expressed overriding reason for existing--and its effect upon strategy, executive leadership, employees, and, ultimately, on competitive performance. The author challenges the conventional wisdom that corporations should be dedicated to shareholder wealth creation, and argues that instead the path to competitive advantage and outstanding long-term financial performance lies in a customer-focus...
The smash "New York Times" bestseller by the author of "Sex in the City" gives an insider's look at the romantic intrigues, liaisons, and betrayals among Manhattan's elite. Four women--a model, a columnist, a socialite, and a writer--face turning points in which each must choose between her passions.
In his electrifying first novel Joe Buff instantly established himself as the ultimate chronicler of 21st-century warfare by taking military fiction and submarine combat to a new level of authenticity, vision, and power. Thunder in the Deep picks up where Deep Sound Channel left off, bringing to life a frightening seascape where technology pushes warriors to new extremes, and warriors push technology to the max. This time the difference betwee...
When a Greenwich billionaire discovers a gambling ring ripping off his Jai Alai fronton, the leader of the ring ends up dead. But when detective Pierre Appollon gets close to the truth he discovers that money talks and the wealthy walk.
A dream vacation to ancient pyramids and discovery of a treasure lead Dr. Randalls, his son, and nephew into a deadly situation. At gunpoint, thieves demand the treasure--but more threatening is a trap set by mummies that guard it.
With uncommon sensitivity and intelligence... [this] book offers parents a window into their kids' often tumultuous relationships with classmates." - TimeFriends broaden our children's horizons, share their joys and secrets, and accompany them on their journeys into ever wider worlds. But friends can also gossip and betray, tease and exclude. Children can cause untold suffering, not only for their peers but for parents as well. In this wise an...
This collection of Joanne Kyger's work reveals her as one of the major experimenters, hybridizers, and visionaries of poetry. Kyger is a poet of place, with a strong voice-delicate, graceful, and never wasteful, her poems explore themes of friendship, love, community, and morality and draw on Native American myth as well as Asian religion and philosophy. Kyger's love for poetry manifests itself in a grander scheme of consciousness-expansion an...
Part of a major new "Combat Classics" series, looking at the technical specifications and operational history of the "American Spitfire". 16pp illus. *Also appeared in July Buyer's Notes*