OCD, anyone? Here, everyone is obsessed with something . . .Twisting in the excruciating abyss of adolescent self-rejection, Kristi Lou Jones was a freakishly tall seventh-grade girl. Agonizing insecurity compelled her to feel grossly unfeminine. Exacerbating her fear of height (her own) was the daily presence of her diminutive teacher who felt unmasculine because of his shortness and over whom she towered. Both viewed the contrast on display Monday through Friday as a cruel exhibition of genomic injustice: Why is he so squat? . . . She stole my genes!Now, she's 21 and ready to use her vertical surplus to her advantage. Deciding to take a hiatus from college, she turns to Downtown Secrets, a Detroit brothel operating under the guise of a blues music club. The blasphemous nightspot is pleased to employ all 6' 1" (she prefers 5'13") of Kristi Lou-including her 44-inch legs. While harvesting mounds of cold cash and meeting an array of odd personalities, she indulges her raison d'être: her obsessions.Soon, this impassioned heretic stumbles into a bizarre milieu of vehicle theft and vengeance-fueled, retaliatory savagery. Who are these mercenaries?Grappling with self-doubt about her venture into harlotry, extreme self-analysis, zealous dogmas about sexual unfairness perpetrated against men, and a near-maniacal zeal regarding atheism, Kristi Lou, whilst coming to recognize her oppressive loneliness, finds humor and warmth as she journeys through a hot August that delivers her to the threshold of answering her question: What am I supposed to be doing with myself?
When two murders shock the active-adult community where Emily Christopher lives and her ex-husband turns out to be the prime suspect, she is put into the uncomfortable position of trying to solve the mystery. Using her contacts in the police department and her own investigative experience, she must unravel the connection between the two victims and the strange gatherings occurring in the neighborhood. The information she uncovers sends her to the North Georgia mountains and the small town of Blue Ridge in search of strange stones called fairy crosses. With the assistance of her best friend Linda-an "expert on superstitions"-and her very patient boyfriend Nick, Emily discovers the truth behind the criminal activity taking place in her community. But before identifying the murderer, they must weather a violent storm and unmask a stalker.
To escape a life of poverty, and to avoid getting trapped in a seasonal agricultural lifestyle where just gettin' by was all you could ask for, I chose the only way out available to me: enlisting in the United States Air Force. That was the start of a forty-year federal career. Twenty-nine of those years were in federal law enforcement, a career that, at times, could be extremely boring, especially when working long, stationary surveillances. But when all goes according to plan, it can also be extremely rewarding. When it doesn't, all hell breaks loose and your job is suddenly on the line. Well-planned operations can unravel into chaos, nothing goes as expected, and everything becomes an embarrassing debacle with life-and-death implications.Investigating drug-smuggling organizations on the Mexican-American border was no less dangerous, and it took years of running down low-level players, cutting deals, and working your way into the system, to finally move in on the major players. While busting a 660-pound cocaine shipment can lead to accolades, it can also create big problems. And, as they say in law-enforcement, big case, big problems; little cases, little problems; no cases, no problems.Unfortunately, I had to learn that the hard way after stumbling into some big cases and even bigger problems.
Born in Switzerland but raised on good ol' American Westerns, Hermann Gammeter always yearned to visit the fabled land of milk and honey and ride alongside real live cowboys and Indians. The journey to America would be long, but it would definitely not be boring. In America's Been Good to Me, Hermann takes us along on his travels, some exciting and full of adventure, others miserable and dark. More often than not, however, his escapades are bursting with humor. Straight-forward and honest, Hermann does not mince words and tells it like it is. Having spent many years as a hotel executive, Hermann's story is full of places and people those in the industry are sure to recognize. Better yet, he also shares some of his favorite recipes as a chef who excels in his craft.America's Been Good to Me is the enjoyable story of an immigrant who loves this country and the larger-than-life adventures it has brought him.
EJ Lee is tired of being forgotten. The youngest of three kids in a typical Midwestern home, EJ finds herself longing for an opportunity to take her life from boring to blast-off. When a mysterious golden door that only she can see appears in her basement, EJ finds her curiosity taking over - until she's sucked into another universe without so much as a goodbye. She spills out in place called Magalor, where the citizens have tentacle arms and telepathic abilities, not mention a secret about who EJ is and her purpose in life: facing down a gigantic monster only EJ can defeat. Can she defeat the monster, save the day, and return back to her family? Or will she even want to?
A small-town musician from North Carolina tries his luck on the biggest stage of all: New York City. And he hits the jackpot. Mere months into his NYC gambit, guitarist Jeffrey Lee Campbell is catapulted from selling candy in Broadway theaters to touring the world with rock legend Sting. Go behind the scenes with the provincial, wide-eyed rookie as he fakes his way around the globe, shoulder-to-shoulder with his longtime musical hero.Do Stand So Close is a layered, coming-of-age memoir, recounting Jeffrey Lee Campbell's glamorous (and grueling) twenty-five country, six-continent trial by fire on Sting's "Nothing Like The Sun" World Tour. Filled with humorous anecdotes and poignant revelations, Do Stand So Close follows Jeffrey's amazing odyssey-from relocating to NYC and miraculously landing the high-profile gig, to life on the road with one of the planet's biggest rock stars, to his humbling crash-and-burn after the tour. Buckle up!
When it comes to fear, horses and humans are not so different; emotions can overtake reason. The rubber snake might as well be a real snake - the nightmare reality - when they elicit the same response. Blind fear will make both horse and rider try to outrun lions, even when those lions are made of paper. Blind fear can send you straight over a cliff, and even if you manage to pull up before the edge, that is no way to live life.It is only through training, training, and more training, and then testing that training, that you learn to turn and face fear, find courage, and welcome the ride, wild though it promises to be.These are the rings of fire, the trials that lie ahead for all of us, whether they be taking command of a spooky horse or navigating more human problems. Once trained, with worthy companions marching with you, shoulder-to-shoulder, you are ready forthe ride.Welcome to The Dressage Chronicles IV: Rings of Fire.
Edward Mack had everything: a wife, a newborn son, and his dream job. But as a West Point graduate stationed in the Philippines, his life changed forever on December 7, 1941. Not long after, he would survive the Bataan Death March, Camps O'Donnell and Cabanatuan. At Cabanatuan, he headed an underground operation to get food and medicine for his fellow prisoners. His final destination was Fukuoka, Japan, but first he was forced to endure the Hell Ships. In the end, only his ashes returned to his family in 1948. Then, in 2007, his son received a phone call: his father's West Point ring had been found in California.
While passing through southern Mississippi in 1913, "itinerant tinker" William Cantwell Walters was drawn into a maelstrom involving a missing child, a case of mistaken identity, state and local politics, and deep prejudice toward the "lower" classes.
Margot tells Lizzy that nothing in life is ever really settled, not until they "pack the earth over your grave, darling."And of course, as usual, Margot is right.Although Lizzy is living her dream at Equus Paradiso Farm, there is no guarantee that her future is settled. She is terrified to think that despite her hard work, despite her commitment and desire, her efforts may not be enough.Regardless of the shifting sands beneath her feet, Lizzy still has a job to do. It is a job with growing responsibilities, without regular hours, without weekends off, that pays almost nothing and beats her up physically and mentally.And while success is not guaranteed, failure in part or whole appears to be.Maybe she is foolish with her rainbow and unicorn thinking; maybe the naysayers were right all along and reality is coming to kick her in the rear and eject her out of paradise and back out into the ordinary world.Not all good deeds are rewarded, or efforts even appreciated as the territory of her daily routine gets trickier to navigate.Life is not fair. But giving up before the battle is finished is not an option.Though she'll be tested, though she'll know doubt and failure, she will come to discover that she is indeed the right girl for the job.
This little primer will provide guidance on tapping into the wallets of Angel Investors and getting them engaged in your new venture. Uniquely, Angel Investors can provide not only needed seed capital but often expertise, guidance, and referral contacts that they have aggregated from years in the business world. From this book, you will learn how to write a business plan, a tight one page Executive summary, and how to produce a compelling 20 minute PowerPoint presentation. You will learn valuation methodologies, capital structure, and how to assemble a management team and advisors, even when you have limited funds. Angel Investors want an exit strategy in two to four years. This book will offer proven alternatives to insure a return of their invested capital. I hope you enjoy this clear and concise book and use it often for reference as you journey down the exciting road of Entrepreneurship. I wish you a successful and prosperous journey.
Imagine that you're lying down, completely immobile-you can't move a muscle. The only part of your body that you can control is your face. Consider, if you're able, that you are forever frozen in this position. Now, with your body paralyzed, there's only one thing left to do-smile. Smile? If you're wondering how anyone could smile in that situation, let me introduce you to Chucky Mullins.
At H-Hour on D-Day-June 6, 1944-the 4th Infantry Division landed on Utah Beach, becoming the first Allied division to land on the shores of Normandy, France. For the next eleven months, the 4ID fought across France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Germany until the war in Europe ended on May 8, 1945. The division suffered over 30,000 casualties-killed and wounded. This book, the first of a three-book series, tells the history of the 4th Infantry Division in WWII through the stories of those who fought the battles. Volume I of this two-volume series covers: The D-Day landing The fight to liberate the port of Cherbourg The hedgerow fighting through June and July 1944 Operation Cobra and the St. Lo breakout on July 25, 1944 The continuing fight that culminated with the liberation of Paris on August 25, 1944. Volume II continues the story with: The breaching of the Siegfried Line on September 11, 1944 The bloodiest fight of the division's history in the Hurtgen Forest Holding the southern shoulder of the Battle of the Bulge The fight back through the Siegfried Line, Prum, across the Rhine, and continuing the fight until V-E day on May 8, 1945. Volume III covers the 4ID in Vietnam from 1966 to 1970. These three books are subsets of War Stories: Utah Beach to Pleiku, first published in 2001.
You know what happens to all those girls who are just crazy about horses?Once they discover boys, the horses are history.Or maybe not.For Lizzy, and others like her, no boy, no man who knows what's good for him, speaks the unspeakable-"It's me or the horse."It's no contest.And so Lizzy snips the threads that hold her, however tenuously, to a conventional life and begins her journey into the world of horse sports.She signs on as a working student for dressage superstar Margot Fanning, heading to south Florida with her six year old mare, for "the season."She immerses herself in an extraordinary world of high-dollar horses and ambitious women and receives an incredible education in morethan just riding dressage.And she's taking notes.Welcome to The Dressage Chronicles.
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