Dan Floyd, a retired and widowed lawyer, is doing his best to fill his time – attending church, keeping in touch with his two adult sons, and reading up on epidemics.
When he comes down with what seems like garden-variety flu, he amuses himself by studying plagues, both modern-day varieties and the biblical kind. Dan and his sons, one of whom is a doctor, share information and speculate about epidemics. Meanwhile, in the community around him, he begins to hear of people dying from complications brought on by the flu – many of whom attend his church. Dan soon finds himself investigating members of the Starkherz family, three generations of doctors; it seems the Starkherzes were working with the H1N1 influenza virus—the source of the flu epidemic of 1918–1919 – in an attempt to neutralize it. Could their work serve as the source for a twenty-first-century flu pandemic?
In this novel, a retired lawyer works with his sons to discover the source of a deadly influenza epidemic that threatens their lives and the lives of everyone around them.
The author provides abundant, compelling, anecdotal evidence for what is really wrong with American education, and it isn’t what both the U.S education establishment and the politicians (“No Child Left Behind” & “Common Core”) have led Americans to believe it is.
What’s REALLY wrong is that it is the re-arranging of the deck chairs on the Titanic of a rigid, mechanistic education paradigm that has characterized American schools from the 18th through 20th centuries, but is inappropriate and inadequate for the 21st.
It goes on to describe how it SHOULD be, which is humane and Socratic, rather than sterile and dogmatic.
Marijuana is the largest cash crop in the United States in part because it safely satisfies the universal need for diversion and self-transcendence. This book describes how it can also be harnessed for self-exploration, situational analysis, personal growth, and creativity.
“An incredible creative work! If you believe that learning finance has to be dry and boring, this book will change your mind with its creative spin on key concepts.”
Aswath Damodaran, Professor of Finance at the Stern School of
Business at New York University
“The author wrote an innovative workbook on financial management combining deep financial knowledge with an entertaining method of training”
Prof. Dr. Dr. Dietmar Ernst, CFM
“Very creative, and the puzzles are a fun way to learn or reinforce accounting and finance terms and topics!”
Jeff Thomson, CMA, CAE, Presisent and CEO IMA®
BusiWord includes major 350 business terms, concepts, models, and formulas in the accounting, finance, investment, management, economics, and marketing fields. The purpose of this book is to learn or assess your information while you are enjoying solving crossword puzzles. It is a fruitful use of time! A book in your bag everywhere! It can be on the road, at the airport, in the office, or at home. It can be solved in private, with your colleague, or within a group.
Rumors travel fast!
A long time ago, in a faraway land, everyone knows the legend of the Crystal Cave, a place that holds fabulous wealth and riches—which extends far beyond any man’s imagination.
According to the story, a few people have found it, only to die before claiming the ultimate prize. That is until the daring adventurer, Alaric, came along. Just like other men, he had hoped to find the cave of riches. But for years, all the clues always lead him to a dead end.
Yet just when he decides to stop looking for the treasures, his intuition kicks in and he is pushed into a journey full of dangerous adventures. He then finds something unwarranted that is much more valuable than a chest full of gold and a bag of rare gemstones.
Scuba diver Eric Rayner disappears while diving at Dean's Blue Hole in Long Island, Bahamas. Atlantis researcher Allison Chandley is approached by Italian billionaire Sergio Franca. USGS political liaison Walker Reade is studying a report by a young seismologist detailing a possible eruption of the Yellowstone Caldera. Each of these seemingly unrelated incidents is tied together, leading to an incredible journey back in time to the ancient kingdom of Atlantis. While following in Eric's footsteps, Allison is whisked away, pulled 70,000 years into the past to end up in the fabled Atlantis. She finds the kingdom in shambles and under constant attack by strange creatures called the Abaddon. When Allison is captured by the creatures, the people of Atlantis deploy an ancient biological weapon to destroy them. Eric and Allison must join together to find a control system called The Terminal, which can alter time and space. The Terminal is a stunning sci-fi thriller that adeptly explores how a past civilization could exist and what that existence could teach today's world.
“Everybody knows that you need light to be able to see things. But is that really true? The doctor “sees” the unborn baby by using ultrasound. And in a slightly different way so does the bat. The air traffic controller “sees” the oncoming plane by using radar. Soldiers use heat wave to “see” the hidden enemy. Then of course the artist “sees” by using his imagination. And there are more examples: the scanning microscope uses electrons to “see” very small animals, etc. So, seeing with light is just one way of perceiving the world around you. The images in this book are made by using x-rays (the x-rays for finding broken bones). And you will see that x-rays help you see the world in another “light”.”
One hundred years ago, the victory of Chinese October Revolution led by Dr. SUN Yat-sen and the victory of Russian October Revolution, headed by V.I.LENIN, opened up the new era of the Infant Socialist Revolution that has dominated the world affairs ever since. They pioneered the socialist revolution, yet they may have not realized the infant nature of such revolution. Without existing successful example to follow, they naturally always try to compare their behavior to the standard of Marx’s Orthodox socialist theory: that often caused them to make the mistake of leaning too far left. Yet there is no reason to expect that the Infant socialist countries which came from feudalist or undeveloped countries should be perfect; it cannot be, simply because they created such unprecedented social systems-beyond any revolutionary’s wisdom.
This book comprises:
- Contributions of main revolutionary theorists and practitioners, selectively chosen; to the present day socialist camp, from Karl Marx to Mr. DENG Xiao-ping; theory of Infant Socialist Revolution.
- 77 pieces of revolutionary songs, poetry.
- Some scientific articles dealing with health issues; some articles show that bourgeois scientists or experts make pseudo statements or judgments because they cannot tell right from wrong, white from black.
It is impossible for anyone with bourgeois ideology to not express his or her bias. The main contents are contained in 101 passages. Yet, the people of the developed countries, of the third world and of the Infant socialist countries are waiting for the coming perfect socialism to happen. That will be the Orthodox socialist revolution, the most important part of the world socialist revolution, the main leading force of the world revolution.
Anyone who had first-hand knowledge of the greatest American conflict has long since passed into their grave. Today, personal knowledge of that period comes through viewing deteriorating grave stones or walking through the few surviving antebellum homes where men and women lived, loved and sometimes died. Occasional visits to dressed up battlefields helps visitors to reconnect to the most terrible or triumphant moments of that war. Viewing Civil War re-enactors who stage mock battles while wearing and carrying clothing and equipment duplicating the 1860s items, adds a vital look at the enormous efforts that terrible war required. With the exception re-enactors, the modern American has lost all personal connection to the men and women who fought, suffered and died to carry our nation into its present.
This book as an effort to return the civil war reader to a more personal identity with the men and women of yesterday. It started by focusing solely on a specific group of men, the men and boys who were the rank and file of Company B of the Ninth Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment. But, as the research proceeded deeper into the past, it became apparent that their story had to be told as part of a larger narrative. The narrative now includes the entire Ninth Michigan Regiment and especially Colonel John Gibson Parkhurst who did have a story worth telling.
Compiled for the common person for everyday use at all levels, Decision Making from the Grass Roots Up is based on years of both military leadership and professional civilian experiences. Larry Langlois, Sr. believes that we can prepare everyone to become part of the industry improvement team.
So, he provides a simple but effective method for the “Train the Trainer” concept and how to deliver a presentation on decision-making. This training offers a logical, progressive, yet simple format for creating solutions presented in a professional manner, both written and oral.
