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This Christmas, the Barnes family will receive a gift that will teach them about life; about sacrifice and about giving. When the perfect Christmas Gift turns out to have a serious medical problem, the Barnes family relies on their faith to keep things in perspective. They find a way to turn a critical prognosis into a blessing. In true Collie tradition, Jack rescue a lost Boy Scout, chases off an intruder and saves the Barnes girls and the neighborhood from dangerous wildlife on more than one occasion. Jack seems to help most situations just by being there, but let's not forget the never-ending mischief that this Collie brings to the Barnes home causing everyone to stay on their toes 24x7! ...
This international bestseller and essential reference is the "bible" for digital video engineers and programmers worldwide. This is by far the most informative analog and digital video reference available, includes the hottest new trends and cutting-edge developments in the field.Video Demystified, Fourth Edition is a "one stop" reference guide for the various digital video technologies. The fourth edition is completely updated with all new chapters on MPEG-4, H.264, SDTV/HDTV, ATSC/DVB, and Streaming Video (Video over DSL, Ethernet, etc.), as well as discussions of the latest standards throughout. The accompanying CD-ROM is updated to include a unique set of video test files in the newest formats.
Sqi Taylor (pronounced SKY) has lived an amazing life, including over ten years of work in law-enforcement, 20 years working with both juvenile and adult offenders and being a foster parent to over 60 youth. She has worked with prisons, directed two non-profit agencies, owned her own business and was once nominated as a "Woman of Distinction" in her community. In Casper, Wyoming she and a handful of believers founded a Therapeutic Riding Academy for people with physical, mental, emotional, financial or spiritual disabilities. Her pen name is an "on-air name" her daughter Lacy gave her, while working as a radio personality as a second job to make ends meet. Interestingly enough, "Sqi" was a f...
DescriptionAFTER by David Wardop is a story about mental anguish and suicide told in two parts. Keith Campbell is a quiet and shy boy who loves comic books and science fiction until he begins to contemplate suicide. The first part of the story, which is told in reverse order, describes the world of tragedy that is left after Keith dies with his family struggling to understand why he kills himself. The second half of the story, on the other hand, describes the world that Keith lives in because he did not commit suicide. This is a reflective and revealing account of one person's mental struggle with suicide and the effect that it has on his health and those who care about him. What sets this n...
The name 'Jack the Ripper' is instantly recognised throughout the world, yet many people probably don't know that the famous nickname first appeared in a letter or that this was where the whole legend of Jack the Ripper really began. This title poses a controversial question: was 'Jack the Ripper' merely a press invention?
To survive the violent streets of Belfast in the 1970s, young Darren McCann learns to fight. The IRA are interested in recruiting him but, though he is a Catholic, he refuses to take sides until a family tragedy allies him with "the cause". His specialist training turns him into an efficient sniper and covert operative. One brutal interrogation earns Darren the reputation as "The Butcher of Belfast" and pairs him with his infamous knife, The Killer. After a high profile assassination, he takes refuge in Spain where he works with ETA terrorists and takes part in an audacious bank raid. He returns to Ireland to continue the fight, but the seeds of doubt are planted in his mind by a British MI6 officer with shocking information and plans to turn him into a double-agent.
Set primarily in the political world of Washington D.C., Race 2K is a contemporary thriller involving competing assassination attempts. Jack Murphy, a young Secret Service Agent, struggles to prevent would be assassins from assassinating the President of the United States. To do so, Jack must grapple with a disgruntled D.C. cab driver bent on seeking revenge against the white race and the Fourth Reich, a dangerous white-supremacist group supported by a powerful United States Senator.
A haunting story of choices and consequences, darkness and light, and two men leading two very different lives. One man is a ruthless, calculating businessman who has successfully built up a corporate empire on the backs of those he has trod into the dust to achieve his goals. Unwavering and dedicated in his career, Jack Krantz knows the ins and outs of the business world, but ignores the emptiness in his own heart. He will do anything to reach his definition of success, including swindling his ex-partner and friend, Tyler Emerson, out of his livelihood. Bowed by sorrow and beleaguered with financial worries, as well as caring for his sister in the home they have been threatened to lose, Tyler watches as not only his life crumbles around him, but his old friend is losing his soul. For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? (Mark 8:36)
Keith Johnstone's involvement with the theatre began when George Devine and Tony Richardson, artistic directors of the Royal Court Theatre, commissioned a play from him. This was in 1956. A few years later he was himself Associate Artistic Director, working as a play-reader and director, in particular helping to run the Writers' Group. The improvisatory techniques and exercises evolved there to foster spontaneity and narrative skills were developed further in the actors' studio then in demonstrations to schools and colleges and ultimately in the founding of a company of performers, called The Theatre Machine. Divided into four sections, 'Status', 'Spontaneity', 'Narrative Skills', and 'Masks and Trance', arranged more or less in the order a group might approach them, the book sets out the specific techniques and exercises which Johnstone has himself found most useful and most stimulating. The result is both an ideas book and a fascinating exploration of the nature of spontaneous creativity.
DEA Special Agent Keith Heiden is up on charges for brutality. He faces an investigation by Internal Affairs. He is ordered to have a psycho review, as he would call it. With pressures at home from his cheating, abusive wife, disrespectful teenage children, and a vengeful drug lord lurking in the shadows, Agent Heiden is heading towards destruction! But worst of all his unhappy childhood memories are crawling to the surface. So dealing with all these issues at the same time is making Special Agent Heiden a very unhappy camper.