While most people try to avoid death for as long as they can, Tryke Harper can't get close enough. But even in his chosen profession as a paramedic, he struggles to witness those final moments of life. Tryke's obsession to find the human soul is matched by a much darker desire. He soon becomes entangled in the violence and injustice behind the emergency calls he must answer. When these two pursuits meet up on the streets of Dallas, they take him down a path he never could have imagined. Ride along with Tryke as he explores the world of murder, suicide, and fatal accidents - and wrestles with his mother's illness, his father's mysterious journal, a new romance, a partner's crumbling marriage, and his own childhood trauma. Written by a paramedic, this fictional story takes you behind the scenes and inside the action.

This book takes a friendly and humorous approach to many of the most common grammar, spelling, and usage problems. It also walks the reader through the various stages of essay writing, from conception to first draft to revision. Rules are addressed in terms of their context: what may be okay in speech or a creative writing class assignment may not be okay on a standardized writing test. Cartoons appear throughout. The book also features dozens of practice questions and exercises. Perfect for junior-high and high school students, and anyone who needs to improve writing skills.

Actually, nearly eleven hundred important words. Each entry includes pronunciation, definition, other forms, and the word used in a sentence. This book was designed as a companion to "500 Key Words for the SAT," so there is little duplication between the two.

This book does more than teach the reader which words to learn. It teaches how to learn them. Permanently. Using visual images, 500 Key Words for the SAT builds a bridge between unfamiliar word and simple meaning. It also points out look-alike and sound-alike words used as traps on the SAT, and provides correct pronunciation, alternate parts of speech, and sample sentences. More than one hundred humorous cartoons add to the effectiveness of this powerful vocabulary-building tool. Make sure you order the latest version of this book: the 2013 edition