227 Ergebnisse - Zeige 221 von 227.

Students of all Schools For The Blind can find themselves between the covers of Dreaming In Color. Special needs students in the public schools across the nation can relate to the story of Mary Beard and her struggles with an alternative education. Meanwhile, mainstream students more than ever find themselves as friends and classmates of the visually impaired, especially in today's classrooms where assimilation is encouraged and often times re...

The Department of Health and Human Services estimates that there are 14 million Americans who use illegal drugs and perhaps 17 million Americans who are alcoholics or abuse alcohol. Shrapnel from each abuser's actions impact the lives of countless family members, friends, and acquaintances significantly raising the toll attributable to this national crisis. While there are a variety of programs geared to addressing the needs of the abuser and ...

In El Sombre, Shadow of the Saguaro, the author has attempted to blend together actual historical figures, events, and facts, of the early 1800's with fictional heroes and villains. In as much as possible, these true life figures and forerunners of the West were picked by the author, because they were contemporaries of the era. The author has left it entirely up to the reader to sift the truth from the fiction, in order to pique your interest ...

In 1942, Jack was selected to command the 1st Polish Air Force Wing, one of the many foreign units that were an integral part of RAF. In 1939-40, when they were reconstituted in Britain, the Poles distinguished themselves and played a significant role in defeating the Luftwaffe while the Nazis were ravaging their native country. Jack met the love of his life who eventually left him, and met the passion of his life who disappointed him. The wom...

*Have you ever "just known" something about someone close to you or "just known" that something was going to happen and not been able to explain it? *Have you ever had a dream, feeling, or vision about something happening to someone you know, then have it actually come true? "Soul to Soul Connection" is a compilation of true stories that delve into the mysteries of "knowing" future events before they happen. These premonitions or "warnings", s...

This is not a comfortable book, there are poems in it such as "Brain Disease, " which take the serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer as subject matter. And yet in other poems madness is not without its own point of view, and its own touch of humor. Other poems attempt to resolve any tendencies toward violence and self-destruction that the author himself might have experienced. And in so doing, to help explain some of the personal, political, and spirit...

In 1971, Paul Murdock was a Special Ops soldier in Vietnam - until a bullet severed his spine. Confined to a wheelchair ever since that day, Murdock now works as a high-price private investigator, taking on cases that no one else will touch. When convicted crime boss Leo Grimaldi decides to turn informant, Murdock is hired to retrieve documents that could not only set Grimaldi free, but put many of his competitors away for life. Murdock figure...