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1000 tulosta hakusanalla John R. Howe
How Far Would You Go, And How Much Is A Friendship Worth? Kenny Hamilton, a wealthy descendant of U.S. founding father Alexander Hamilton, wants to create his own little empire and hatches a wild plan to capture a Caribbean paradise, The Cayman Islands. With spectacular dive sites and a heavenly climate, the Caymans are also famous for secret bank accounts and offshore tax shelters. But none of that interests Kenny. Wanting only power and prestige, he convinces his best friend Brad and his not-quite-yet-fiancE Traci to conspire with him to take over the islands, an operation he nicknames The Grand Slam. His plan, he promises, will be a home run. But pressures build, relationships fray, and the plan begins to spin out of control. Facing more than they bargained for, the lives of Kenny's band of mercenaries are about to change radically. Their outrageous plan winds up to a feverish pitch--then slams headlong into the wall of reality.
Breakthrough: Revealing the Secrets of Rebreather Scrubber Canisters
John R. Clarke
Wet Street Press
2022
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Breakthrough fills the knowledge gap for mathematical and computer modeling of carbon dioxide (CO2) elimination in underwater breathing apparatus (UBA). The intended audience is every UBA designer or diver interested in a better understanding of scrubber canisters and metabolic CO2 elimination. It introduces the reader to a new form of stochastic modeling using cellular automata to quantify and visualize the complex thermokinetics of the carbon dioxide absorption reactions that keep divers alive during rebreather diving.This technical monograph provides insights into the hidden chemical and mechanical machinery of rebreather scrubbers, a primary Underwater Life Support System component. The topic is most relevant to the categories of Life Support Systems, Technical Diving, and Rebreather Diving. It also pertains to the categories of Mathematical Modeling and Computer Modeling.
I met a beautiful woman whose interests lay in the design of destiny, miracles, and me-an average looking man whose naivet had been savaged while working for television news organizations in places like San Salvador and Beirut. Given our divergent views on the nature of our world, this meeting was a predictably bizarre exchange of explanatory experiences during which Bonnie dangled mystical intrigues from her novel-in-progress to secure my help adapting it for the screen. In addition to her clear interest in my personal exploits, her subsequent reluctance to reveal her plot made little sense: in spite of my persistent prodding, by evening's end I knew little more than her story involved a rescue mission of such massive proportion and intricate design that rescuers had to be stealthily recruited and indoctrinated to its methods before they were told what they were up against. Without this preparation, she apologetically explained, the quest would sound like pure fantasy. There was one other mystifying caveat for me; volunteers weren't welcome. In spite of these restrictive conditions, Bonnie flirtatiously cajoled me into role-playing a trainee's development to fulfil what she described as a critical element that was missing in her story. I blithely assumed this was because I articulated my cynicism well, and she recognized that her work needed a grim counterpoint to her Disney-like views. For the next four months we worked closely, occasionally combatively, discussing the supernatural precepts her characters were studying without revealing the mission's ultimate goal. Finally, she made a claim too ridiculous to contemplate, even in jest: Bonnie said she had been contacted by an ancient teaching Spirit who told her that mankind has reached an evolutionary cul-de-sac. This was the time of the Second Coming, being both a misnomer and not the end of the world: Our biblical characters had been here on many occasions, and it was the end of times "cycle" in which we were now repeating historical lessons unlearned. Awkwardly, I nudged her to admit that her cleverly persuasive staging was part of our role playing, but even when I adopted intimidating postures she steadfastly said only that her character's training entailed discovering a design in his life - a purpose. Reluctantly accepting that I had been chasing a brilliant lunatic, I decided to cut my losses and civilly left her home thinking about how I could quit our arrangement without becoming her final straw; she was so invested in her story as to be living it, not just for it. However, while gathering the courage to abandon her otherwise delightful companionship and our challenging discussions I demanded of the Universe, and immediately received, an experience that proved her ancient Spirit's existence. Later that same day, Bonnie said I was the first target of the rescue mission, beginning with exploring what I was really like. She said my reactive behavior was a consequence of extreme experiences that had been long ago seeded in the average man's beliefs, and nurtured by governments and cultural contrivances until they reached their final manifestation of apocalyptic behaviors. It followed that to excavate the core influences upon my values, which had become so harmful as to threaten to destroy me, would be to reveal how an otherwise intelligent race had managed to perch itself on the brink of annihilation. As I understood my circumstance, I was the metaphor for the self-destroyer, which constituted half of my life's quest. The other half was to learn how to heal myself - a process that did not end when I stopped being an idiot. I could also experience the realm of the emissaries if I had the courage to learn what they all had to know, before gaining access to knowledge that was true power. This second volume in the Stalking series deals with these lessons.
Digital Work in an Analog World: Leveraging Psychology in Software Engineering
John R. Fox
Studio City
2014
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"And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud" (Gen. 9:14). John R. MacDuff uses God's promise to Noah-and to all humankind-as a metaphor for His suffering saints. There will be clouds (trials) in every life; but God promises to provide with the clouds a rainbow (His reassuring presence and promises).The author continually encourages the Christian to look to the sovereign God, who desires to use our severe trials to bring glory to himself, deepen our faith, and to produce a greater maturity in our understanding and walk with him. MacDuff demonstrates godly wisdom as he comes alongside the suffering believer, pointing him and her always to the unchanging and compassionate Father of mercies. He was clear about who his target audience was in writing these thirty-one devotionals: "This little book is intended to be seen by no eyes but weeping ones. It addresses no hearts but broken ones. It is to speak of sorrows with which a stranger cannot intermeddle." Read this book and be encouraged in the Lord
Third Degree: Leadership, Project Management and Old School Masonry
John R. Hill Jr
Hill Communication Services
2014
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Finalist, 2014 Spur Awards of the Western Writers of AmericaLa Grulla is a bold story of impetuous youth, uncommon friendship, and timeless romance, unfolding in the stunning American Southwest. A violent confrontation with the vaquero Jaime Lucero on a cold November 1882 morning in Taos leaves young Jeff Cameron relentlessly pursued. While no one's fool, strong Maggie MacTeague is drawn into this survival struggle, and into the love of her life. Savor the wry humor of the frontier Scotsman, Sandy, distinguished equally in battle and in whiskey-fueled fun. Your heart will stop as the story resolves in Jeff's final, desperate ride on the remarkable Bonnie Blue.
Offender Motivation and Values in International Security
John R. Cencich
Hague Press International
2014
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The Behavioral Analysis of Violent Crime: Selected Readings
John R. Cencich
Hague Group
2014
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A spinoff group from the Occupy Movement kidnaps a scientist who's unlocked the secret of gravity.An international anti-terrorism team intercepts their plans to distribute the weaponized negative-gravity technology to activists around the globe. World governments fear the terrorists could rain icebergs on cities unless they meet their demands.With the clock ticking, the FBI-led team is desperate for help and taps an unusual source - celebrity chef Nathan Sherlock and his business partner Bonnie Nakagowa. Sherlock, known as Nate The Nose for a superlative sense of smell that guides his cooking, has olfactory abilities far beyond what his fans suspect. He can smell murder.The anti-terrorism squad has secretly observed Nate and Bonnie's anonymous crime-fighting for years and recruits them into a world of intrigue. The culinary duo soon discovers nothing is what it seems. They can trust no one along a dark journey that at every step puts their lives and freedom at risk.Fans of Sherlock Holmes and chef Jamie Oliver will appreciate the first novel to feature the dark and delicious world of Nathan Sherlock. His dining magic gives aged couples a hormone blast from the past, making them act and feel like randy teenagers.His nose also points him to a sizzling adventure that gives new meaning to genre blurring with a recipe that includes a dash of sci-fi, a cup of international terrorism, a sprinkling of superhero action, a pinch of revenge, and side dishes that include a business thriller, a foodie adventure, and humour.Here's what reviewers had to say: "John Matsui's Gravity Games is an innovative novel, way out of the box - it's not your run-of-the-mill thriller. The characterization is extraordinary .... The plot weaves in and out, up and down, backwards and forward, creating several riveting, spiraling illusive sub-plots. The science of 'negative gravity, ' the hidden agendas, all the underlying lurid details portray a mind-boggling narrative."Five Stars - Cheryl E. Rodriguez for ReadersFavorite.com. "Delightfully different in its approach, even Nathan's nose for trouble is challenged in Gravity Games, which winds science into the mix and invites mystery fans to investigate realms that usually lie outside the typical genre read ... Terrorism and food usually don't mix; but here they are explored in exquisite passages that keep readers guessing and involved. The hallmark of a solid mystery read is its ability to captivate even the most avid of genre readers: Gravity Games doesn't just involve; it immerses readers in the finer details of the story. Highly recommended for any mystery fan who also happens to cultivate an affection for food and special problem-solving abilities. Five stars - Diane C. Donovan for Midwest Book ReviewThe characters could have been enough to carry this novel, mind you, but no, it's also a plot of very finely crafted gears and super-satisfying games that had me chortling and had me nodding my head when it came to the big issues, too.It was fun, fascinating, and I haven't had this much fun with antigravity in... um... EVER Five Stars - Bradley Horner, Top Goodreads Review
A compelling, thrilling tale of love in slavery times.When house-servant Abednego is sold away south, his broken-hearted field-hand lover Cyrus snaps and flees the estate on which he has lived his entire life. Leaving everything he knows behind him, and evading patrollers and dogs to head north and find freedom, in the midst of a dismal swamp Cyrus receives the revelation that Abednego is his true North Star, and, impossible though it seems, he determines to find and rescue his lost lover from slavery.Ten years in the writing, NAACP Image Award nominee John R Gordon's Drapetomania is an epic and exciting tale of black freedom, uprising, and a radical representation of romantic love between black men in slavery times."We've seen the African-American slave narrative told from many perspectives, but in this groundbreaking novel, Gordon becomes the first to explore this experience through the eyes of a gay slave. The result is an all-out masterpiece. With this bold, painstakingly historicized effort, Gordon arguably makes a bid to join the ranks of some of the greatest writers of the African-American experience - Baldwin, Haley, Morrison, Walker. This book is just THAT good. It's no easy task to write what feels like a classic American novel in the 21st century, but Gordon has done just that."- Patrik-Ian Polk (Blackbird; The Skinny; Noah's Arc)"John R Gordon's novel, Drapetomania Or, The Narrative of Cyrus Tyler & Abednego Tyler, lovers is a riveting, masterful work. Set against the brutalizing, material captivity meant to break the soul, that came to define the chattel enslavement of Africans in the American south, "Drapetomania" tells the compelling story of two men whose love for each other reimagines the erotic contours of what was possible under the whip and scrutiny of catastrophic bondage. Here is a story of love so powerful, so achingly present, it dares to consider not just the past but the future, as vital to freedom; and in doing so, defies any notion of the black enslaved body as an ugly, unpalatable thing, unworthy of the sweetness of love. Gordon's novel enters the company of such classic works as Edward P. Jones's The Known World, Toni Morrison's Beloved, and Barry Unsworth's Sacred Hunger. We will be reading and talking about this extraordinary novel for years to come."- Alexis De Veaux, (author, Yabo and Sister Outsider: A Biography of Audre Lorde)
The World We Left Behind Book Two: A Journey from Georgia to Maine
John R. Morris
World We Left Behind
2016
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[Re]Create the Organization You Really Want!
John R Latham
Organization Design Studio Ltd
2016
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