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Who's Killing All The Gringos?: A Paraguayan Murder Mystery
David Leroy Nelson
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2015
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Investigator Juan Maria Le n Saavedra takes charge when bizarre murders disturb Paraguayan tranquility. The victims are foreigners with secrets to hide. Operating out of the exotic Center of old Asunci n, Juan uses the philosophy of Augustine of Hippo to solve crimes and to guide his own life. Juan has never fully recovered from the hit-and-run death of his beloved wife Teresa. As Juan confronts the gringo murders, he relies increasingly on the resourceful and lovely policewoman Sara D az. Sara also has a secret past. The uniquely Paraguayan scene includes police commissioners, revolutionaries, indigenes, priests, doctors, businessmen, prostitutes, playboys, and foreigners, all of whom compete in a war of good versus evil.
Aging And Its Alternatives: A Sprightly Novel of Love, Rejuvenation, Adventure, and Generational Confiict
David Leroy Nelson
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2015
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A Phenomenologica Study of Self-Initiated Expatriate Adjustment
David Dushan Nelson
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2016
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Unlock Your Internal GPS: Understanding how to use the Law of Attraction Workbook
David Dushan Nelson; Laurie A. Nelson
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2016
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What is the Law of Attraction?This term has been around for a very long time. The Law of Attraction is one of the better known universal laws. The theory behind the Law of Attraction is that we create our own realities. Not only do we attract things we want, we also attract things we don't want. Simply put what you put outto the universe you will get back. Although the theory behind the Law of Attraction is very simple, putting it into practice on a conscious level takes work. Negative and limiting belief systems are buried deep inside us. The good news is changing or ridding yourself of ideas and old habits that defeat you at every turn is very possible.
Snip, Burn, Solder, Shred is packed with fun craft and toy-making projects for geeks on a budget. Inside, you ll find illustrated instructions for 24 quirky playthings. Part I: Kid Stuff contains child-friendly projects like the Lock-N-Latch Treasure Chest and a PVC TeePee; Part II: The Electro-Skiffle Band is devoted to homemade musical instruments; and Part III: The Locomotivated showcases moving toys, like a muzzleloader that shoots marshmallows and a steam-powered milk-carton boat. Each project costs just £10 or less to make and is suitable for anyone, regardless of experience level. As you build, you ll learn useful sewing and carpentry skills, and the appendix offers a primer on electronics and soldering. You (and your kids) will have hours of fun making projects like: A simple electric guitar An oversized joy buzzer that (safely) administers a 100-volt jolt Cool, mess-free, screen-printed T-shirts Kites made from FedEx envelopes Booming Thunderdrums made from salvaged x-ray film Classic board games like Go, Tafl, and Shut-the-Box Whether you re a mom or dad in search of a rainy day activity, a Scout leader looking to educate and entertain your troop, or just a DIY weekend warrior, the projects in Snip, Burn, Solder, Shred will inspire and amuse you. Now, roll up your sleeves and make!
Making music doesn t have to be about dropping big bucks in the guitar shop or endlessly fiddling with expensive software. You can make good noise out of bits of wood and wire, plastic and steel. When you build your own instruments, creating your own sound comes naturally. Junkyard Jam Band is a step-by-step guide to making a full array of complete musical projects no previous carpentry or electronics experience required. Each build includes tips on how to coax the best sounds out of the instrument and encourages you to mod the project to fit your own style. Learn how to: Bust up your old tape decks for a handheld old-skool Scratchbox Give your voice a robotic makeover with the Droid Voicebox Circuit-bend unsuspecting childhood toys into mutant glitching jazz-punk machines Transform cigar boxes into thumb pianos and electric ukuleles Build a crackling, multifunction Mud-n-Sizzle Preamp to attach to any electric music machine Along the way, you ll explore the physics behind wind instruments, discover how harmonics work, and get your feet wet with some music theory. To top it all off, the back of the book includes a soldering primer for total beginners, along with extra circuits to customize your instruments even further. Build your own band your way!
Written just for you, your family, or someone you know. This keepsake of forty-story devotions will keep you reading. They are about compelling situations and events in 2020-21 that we can relate to in our own lives. Each devotion is founded on the belief that God cares and is watching over us no matter what. "Mother had just blown out the candles. All of a sudden, the lights went out. Everything was dark all over town. There had been a power failure due to the fires that were raging in the hills above...?" (From "Can You See the Light?") "It was the first day of class after weeks of lockdown at home. Everyone was wearing masks, their desks were apart, and the teacher stood a great distance away from the students. 'I'm so grateful to have you here, ' she said." (From "Thankful to Whom?") "It had been several months since Dad's job had been closed down. Mom was working long hours at the nursing home. Money was tight, tempers were short, and the kids were feeling the tensions in the house..." (From "Homeless")
Inspired by a true event in the Big Sky Country of North Central Montana in the 1970s, Mariah Is Missing tells a compelling tale about a small town and the memorable people who live, work, love, and drink there.In his debut novel, David Henry Nelson reimagines the story behind a crime which occurred in 1974 while he served as the county attorney in Pondera County, Montana. He realized years later that this case had a long-lived ripple effect on many people, which prompted him to write this book.In Maria Is Missing, Ana McGuire, a prosecuting attorney, must solve the disappearance of an attractive young school teacher who is reported missing from her Monday morning class, while navigating a male-dominated professional world of law and local politics. She tangles with a zealous sheriff and an egocentric county commissioner as she deals with complications in her past and present relationships with two men in her life, Rib Torgerson and Fat Jack Moser, and encounters a variety of colorful townspeople. This suspenseful novel offers a dramatic recreation of the past and a fascinating insider view of what it's like to investigate a murder.
"Ghost Squadron" is a book about a pre-Teen growing to a teenage boy, Peter Walker who goes to live with his aunt, uncle and two cousins in Burghfield in the United Kingdom. Peter's parents were killed in a German Luftwaffe bombing of his home town of Vauxhall, on the suburbs of London. Peter's parents were killed in a German Luftwaffe bombing of his home town of Vauxhall, on the suburbs of London. Twelve-year-old Peter becomes friends with a WWI pilot/ace, Roland Bauer, and learns how to fly British aircraft as well as German Luftwaffe aircraft. The goal is to attack a local airfield captured by the Luftwaffe in the town of Burghfield, 45 miles south-west of London. The story tells of Peter's experiences learning to fly aircraft and the intricacies of piloting aircraft to fly them and perform specific maneuvers used by British pilots from WWI. Maneuvers the German Luftwaffe of WWII have not been taught. Peter soon finds out that much of the town and outlying areas of Burghfield are mostly part of a British Underground called the Resistance. He also discovers that there are some in Burghfield that are sympathetic to the German Third Reich. As well as the Nazi Germany movement in hopes of gaining favor with the German military and the German National Socialist regime in the possibility of Hitler's victory over Europe.
"Ghost Squadron" is a book about a pre-Teen growing to a teenage boy, Peter Walker who goes to live with his aunt, uncle and two cousins in Burghfield in the United Kingdom. Peter's parents were killed in a German Luftwaffe bombing of his home town of Vauxhall, on the suburbs of London. Peter's parents were killed in a German Luftwaffe bombing of his home town of Vauxhall, on the suburbs of London. Twelve-year-old Peter becomes friends with a WWI pilot/ace, Roland Bauer, and learns how to fly British aircraft as well as German Luftwaffe aircraft. The goal is to attack a local airfield captured by the Luftwaffe in the town of Burghfield, 45 miles south-west of London. The story tells of Peter's experiences learning to fly aircraft and the intricacies of piloting aircraft to fly them and perform specific maneuvers used by British pilots from WWI. Maneuvers the German Luftwaffe of WWII have not been taught. Peter soon finds out that much of the town and outlying areas of Burghfield are mostly part of a British Underground called the Resistance. He also discovers that there are some in Burghfield that are sympathetic to the German Third Reich. As well as the Nazi Germany movement in hopes of gaining favor with the German military and the German National Socialist regime in the possibility of Hitler's victory over Europe.
There Was a Crooked Man, He Flipped a Crooked House
David Erik Nelson
Independently Published
2018
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Stop Don't touch the fence. Don't unlock the door. And whatever you do, don't look at anything in the library-because this house keeps itself occupied.If you like "golden age" Stephen King and Twilight Zone, or modern Lovecraftian cosmic horror, you'll be absorbed by David Erik Nelson's There Was a Crooked Man, He Flipped a Crooked House. Read it instantly for free with Kindle Unlimited.Praise for There Was a Crooked Man, He Flipped a Crooked House: "absorbing horror novella" (Recommended Story)-Rich Horton, Locus, Sept 2017 "This is a very entertaining and readable story, and what makes it even better is the sheer amount of incidental detail that Nelson includes. At the end, just when I thought it was coming off the boil a little, there is a neat little twist that pulls it back up again, as well as allowing for sequels. One for the 'Best of the Year' collections."-Paul Fraser, writing for sfmagazines.com"Downtrodden architect Glenn Washington and his none-too-bright sidekick Lennie help a crooked real estate baron flip houses in downtrodden Detroit. A house comes up that is too good to gut for parts. Too good to be true. Waaaay too good. Thing is, nothing leads where it should - go through the front door, step out the door on the back porch. Best library ever. And why are the cops nosing around? Non-Euclidian architectural petty-crime adventure, and all that implies."-Adrian Simmons, writing for Black Gate magazine.
Task Practice Sequence in Computer Based Instruction
David W Nelson
AV Akademikerverlag
2012
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Revision with unchanged content. Can the sequence of practice tasks affect the transfer of complex cognitive skills? Researchers have sifted through findings of instructional and cognitive science to find the most effective practice strategies by which to design practice tasks. Such strategies would enable learners to abstract principles, build schemata, and transfer their cognitive structures to improve performance of their skills in further learning or in the workplace. One such practice strategy, the random sequence of practice tasks-high contextual interference-has been applied in computer-based instruction. Although block sequence of practice-practicing parts of skill in contiguous sets-results in quicker and easier skill acquisition, random sequence of practice-mixing skill parts in practice sessions-results in superior transfer to unpracticed variants of a skill. This 'contextual interference effect' has been found quite consistently in motor skills. How can this 'transfer paradox, ' as it has been called, be most effectively applied with complex cognitive skills? Curriculum planners, instructional designers, and researchers will find design and research suggestions that might help guide their work
Museos, Sujetos E Identidades Contemporaneas
Rincon Nelson David
Eae Editorial Academia Espanola
2013
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Estructuración y validación de un modelo de negocio
Nelson David Torres Mateus; Ana María Ortega Álvarez
Editorial Académica Española
2020
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