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Opening the Borders
Illegal immigration. About the only agreement in the vitriolic debate is that it's one of America's thorniest hot-button issues and will play a pivotal role in the 2008 presidential election. But right now, politicians are tap-dancing around the topic with few solutions. So the big question remains: Is there a logical and humane solution that benefits the United States and Mexico? Renowned journalist and author Larry Blasko dives head-first into this raging controversy. You have one side shouting 'Deport Them ' and the other side shouting 'Love Them ' says Blasko. But the reality is hand-wringing and finger-pointing solve nothing. A logical solution could be implemented by now with all the energy both sides have expended screaming for extreme measures. With political irreverence as refreshing as the new ideas he proposes, Larry Blasko tells why and how to make the U.S.-Mexico border more open and at the same time more secure against illegal crossings. -Walter Mears, Pulitzer Prize winning political reporter
Frost
This biographical drama tells the story of Robert Frost's life, primarily using his own words and works. In 'Frost' Robert Frost has come back to life and stepped onto the stage in all of his former glory. He takes the reader with him on a journey of discovery as we share his triumphs and failures, his loves and hates, and most of all his insecurities and arrogance. Whether you already love Robert Frost's poetry, or you are only vaguely aware of his work, you'll come away understanding the man and his life's work. Playwright William Roetzheim has won awards that include winning or finalist in 'Best Books' National Poetry Anthology of the Year and Poetry Book of the Year; Benjamin Franklin Audio Book of the Year; Foreword Magazine Audio Book of the Year; Faulkner Society Poetry Award, Oberon Prize, and the Bill Fisher Award for Best New Fiction.
Old-School Software Development
After more than a dozen books, hundreds of articles, lecture tours around the world, and successfully founding and selling two software companies author William Roetzheim collected together his most important thoughts and lessons in this book to share with the industry.The book covers risk management, estimating, planning, strategic planning, process management and quality assurance, and preparing a company for sale. Included are chapters on Software Project Audits, Litigating Failed Software Projects, Estimating Project Costs and Benefits, The Seven Habits of Highly Successful Organizations, The Relationship between Strategic Planning and Process Improvement, Ten Questions a CEO Needs To Ask About Process Improvement, Customized Process Improvement, Process Control, and Project Documentation. Everyone involved with software projects, from the Task Lead through the Project Manager and right up to the CEO will benefit from the information in this book.
Why Things Are
Traditional science focuses on understanding the individual pieces of a problem. How does a cell work? How does a neuron work? How does an individual investor behave? Tremendous strides have been made in answering these questions.The next logical step was to take knowledge about the individual components, and use that knowledge to understand the behavior of groups of components. That didn't work, but complexity theory may hold the answers. Many scientists believe that complexity theory may answer many of life's most puzzling mysteries. Complexity theory includes areas such as chaos theory, genetic programming, and fractals. William Roetzheim discusses complexity theory in an understandable manner that will appeal to all audiences. This book takes the approach of explaining concepts through the use of examples and demonstrations rather than mathematics and theory.
One Good Year
This debut popular novel tells the story of a down and out wide receiver given one last shot playing for a second tier football team. Larry's writing style is laugh-out-loud funny and the characters are vivid and memorable. 'This guy Gaffney has got some hard miles on him/in him, but he has come through, and man can he write! Open anywhere, read a paragraph or three, and hear the real thing: mind and heart made vivid by way of the world's body. Save room on your best shelf for him.' -William Heyen / National Book Award Finalist, 2004 'Larry Gaffney is incredibly adept at creating characters who drive themselves, quite reasonably, towards excrutiating failure. Indeed, much of the humor and pathos of Larry's writing comes from watching-through your fingers- each of these characters' understandable and ill-fated decisions.' -Wayne Gladstone, Author
Lightspeed
Lightspeed is a continuous saga of one family's search through the centuries to find the secret of light--enabling man to travel in space throughout earth's solar system and the vast galaxies in the universe.
Double Bubble Trouble
There's trouble afoot in Dennis Goldberg's latest adventure caper, Double Bubble Trouble and it's up to siblings Allison and Todd to bring order back to the magical land of Chicle before it's too late. Allison and Todd get more than they bargained for when they accept a piece of rainbow-colored gum from a mysterious clown at a local fair. After popping it in their mouths, the two find themselves transported to a whole new world - a world full of creepy gnomes, well-meaning trolls, scary dragons, beautiful tri-corns and many other strange and unusual creatures. Following in the footsteps of such children's classics as C.S. Lewis' The Chronicles Of Narnia and L. Frank Baum's The Wizard Of Oz, with its colorful characters, strong moral lessons and rich imaginary, Double Bubble Trouble is the perfect book for young readers ages 8-12. With its easy to read prose and fun plays on words, readers are drawn in trying to figure out how Allison and Todd get out of trouble - double bubble trouble.
Trapped Inside the Story
Story of Naomi's life as a child in Poland during the Holocaust is told in first person.
The Best of Border Voices
San Diego's Border Voices has been one of the nation's largest poetry festivals for fourteen years, featuring nationally renowned poets, prize winning student poets from San Diego county, and a cadre of poetry teachers from throughout the school district. This poetry book collects together the best poems from fourteen years of festivals, featuring poems by students, teachers, and national poets. Includes biographical notes on major poets. Major poets include Francisco X. Alarcn, Billy Collins, Robert Creeley, Dana Gioia, Galway Kinnell, Steve Kowit, Philip Levine, Sharon Olds, Robert Pinsky, Adrienne Rich, Luis Rodrguez, Gary Snyder, Gary Soto, and Mark Strand.
Annexing Mexico
The border between the United States and Mexico isn't just a boundary between nations; it's a chasm that separates a wealthy global superpower from a poverty-stricken Third World Country. To millions of Mexicans desperate for a better life, it's a finish line-to cross it undetected means to seek prosperity in America. In 1844 the United States annexed Texas and over the next few years took most of the current Southwest United States. Today, the Mexican people south-of-the-border see the benefits of life in the good-old U.S. of A. and according to polls, they're willing to finish things up and give us the rest. Columnist Erik Rush proposes that we take them up on the offer. Erik Rush say, '40% of Mexicans claim that they would move here if they could. Let's save them the effort and bring the U.S. to them.'
