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From the author of the New York Times bestselling Once a Runner,
acclaimed by Runner's World as "the best novel ever written about
running", comes that novel's prequel, the story of a world-class
athlete coming of age in the 1950s and '60s on Florida's Gold
Coast. Quenton Cassidy is the skinniest boy in school, and also one
of the fastest. Cassidy spends his afternoons exploring his primal
surroundings: the local river, the nearby ocean, the lakes, swamps,
and forests that dominate the landscape of the Florida everglades.
While adventuring, Cassidy befriends Trapper Nelson, an
iconoclastic hunter who lives in an isolated compound on the
riverbank. By junior high, Cassidy dreams of becoming a basketball
player, but Nelson's influence runs deep and Cassidy begins to view
running as a way to interact with the natural world. Warned of
Nelson's checkered past, Cassidy dismisses the stories as hearsay,
until his town is rocked by the disappearance and apparent murder
of a prominent judge and his wife. Cassidy's loyalty to his friend
is severely tested just as his opportunity to make his mark as a
gifted runner comes to fruition. Racing the Rain explores a small
town's secrets while vividly capturing the physical endurance,
determination and mindset required of a champion. "A celebration of
the purity of the sport", it is an epic coming-of-age classic about
the environments and friendships that shape us all.
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Between Sisters (Hardcover)
Evelyn L Parker; Foreword by Jack L. Seymour
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Combat Medic shares Corporal Vernon L. Parker's first-person
account of World War II. Parker, like many other young men drafted
in WWII, was transported from a simple, hard-working life in rural
America in 1942 to a complex, stressful environment that would
forever change his life. Nothing could have prepared him for the
experiences he encountered as a combat medic and ambulance driver
with the Third Army, led by "Blood and Guts" General George S.
Patton, Jr. Parker was part of the D-Day invasion. After landing at
Normandy, he spent more than ten months on the front lines,
supporting the armored divisions through five major campaigns in
France, Luxembourg, and Germany. A gifted storyteller, Parker
presents a self-deprecating narrative filled with keen insights and
colorful descriptions of day-to-day life with fellow infantrymen,
officers, civilians, and enemy soldiers. As his saga unfolds, it
describes the transformation of a naive and cocky country boy into
a battle-weary survivor struggling to maintain his dignity,
compassion, and humanity. In Combat Medic, Parker demonstrates a
startling recall of events from decades ago, including detailed
descriptions of people, places, and even conversations-indicating
just how much of an impact those war years had on him.
A sensitive, authoritative, and up-to-date guide to common
gynecological problems and procedures answers questions about the
diagnosis and treatment of fibroids, ovarian cysts, endometriosis,
pelvic pain, and related problems.
This book studies the Early Modern Spanish broadsheet, the tabloid
newspaper of its day which functioned to educate, entertain, and
indoctrinate its readers, much like todayâs "fake news." Parker
Aronson incorporates a socio-historical approach in which she
considers crime and deviance committed by women in Early Modern
Spain and the correlation between crime and the growth of urban
centers. She also considers female deviance more broadly to
encompass sexual and religious deviance while investigating the
relationship between these pliegos sueltos and the transgressive
and disruptive nature of female criminality. In addition to an
introduction to this fascinating subgenre of Early Modern Spanish
literature, Parker Aronson analyzes the representations of women as
bandits and highway robbers; as murderers; as prostitutes,
libertines, and actors; as Christian renegades; as enlaved people;
as witches; as miscegenationists; and as the recipients of
punishment.
Advances in genetics, such as the Human Genome Project's successful
mapping of the human genome and the discovery of ever more sites of
disease-related mutations, invite re-examination of basic concepts
underlying our fundamental social practices and institutions.
Having children, assigning responsibility, identifying causes,
using social and scientific resources to improve human well-being,
among other concepts, will never be the same. Our concepts of moral
and legal responsibility, cause and effect, disease prevention,
health, disability, enhancement, personal identity, and
reproductive autonomy and responsibility are all subtly changing in
response to developments in genetics. Biology, law, medicine, and
other disciplines are also evolving in response to mutating
concepts in genetics itself-for example, dominance, causation,
behavior, gene expression, and gene. The selections in this volume
employ philosophical and historical perspectives to shed light on
classic social, ethical, and philosophical issues raised with
renewed urgency against the backdrop of the mapping of the human
genome.
Again to Carthage is the "breathtaking, pulse-quickening, stunning"
sequel to "Once a Runner "that "will have you standing up and
cheering, and pulling on your running shoes" ("Chicago Sun-Times").
Originally self-published in 1978, "Once a Runner "became a cult
classic, emerging after three decades to become a "New York Times
"bestseller. Now, in "Again to Carthage, "hero Quenton Cassidy
returns.
The former Olympian has become a successful attorney in south
Florida, where his life centers on work, friends, skin diving, and
boating trips to the Bahamas. But when he loses his best friend to
the Vietnam War and two relatives to life's vicissitudes, Cassidy
realizes that an important part of his life was left unfinished.
After reconnecting with his friend and former coach Bruce Denton,
Cassidy returns to the world of competitive running in a desperate,
all-out attempt to make one last Olympic team. Perfectly capturing
the intensity, relentlessness, and occasional lunacy of a serious
runner's life, "Again to Carthage "is a must-read for runners--and
athletes--of all ages, and a novel that will thrill any lover of
fiction.
One Little Candle is the story of Jessica L. Malone, a girl who
journeys from the hills of Appalachia to her new home in Ohio.
Certified to be a teacher, she begins work immediately, and
teaching proves more wonderful than she dreamed it could be.
Captivated by family and love for her students, years pass swiftly,
but life presents pitfalls and tragedy strikes again and again.
Jessica's belief in Christ, however, uplifts her spirit and
minimizes her pain.One Little Candle is a story of faith, love,
hope and endurance. It speaks of struggle, disappointment, and
heartache that tries to steal the joy of living but is overpowered
by the warmth, peace, and contentment of God. It is a story of
losing one's dreams only to attain reality in a brighter way.
There's an unfailing blueprint for setting your heart aglow ...
simply BELIEVE, and your life will be blessed.DR. LENA L. PARKER is
a retired educator who holds advanced degrees in Guidance and
Counseling and Educational Leadership. She is a devoted wife,
mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother who loves her family and
values the joy of being a Christian.
Thrips (fhysanoptera) are very small insects, widespread throughout
the world with a preponderance of tropical species, many temperate
ones, and even a few living in arctic regions. Of the approximately
5,000 species so far identified, only a few hundred are crop pests,
causing serious damage or transmitting diseases to growing crops
and harvestable produce in most countries. Their fringed wings
confer a natural ability to disperse widely, blown by the wind.
Their minute size and cryptic behavior make them difficult to
detect either in the field or in fresh vegetation transported
during international trade of vegetables, fruit and ornamental
flowers. Many species have now spread from their original natural
habitats and hosts to favorable new environments where they often
reproduce rapidly to develop intense damaging infestations that are
costly to control. Over the past decade there have been several
spectacular examples of this. The western flower thrips has
expanded its range from the North American continent to Europe,
Australia and South Africa. Thrips palmi has spread from its
presumed origin, the island of Sumatra, to the coast of Florida,
and threatens to extend its distribution throughout North and South
America. Pear thrips, a known orchard pest of Europe and the
western United States and Canada has recently become a major
defoliator of hardwood trees in Vermont and the neighboring states.
Local outbreaks of other species are also becoming problems in
field and glasshouse crops as the effectiveness of insecticides
against them decline.
This book studies the Early Modern Spanish broadsheet, the tabloid
newspaper of its day which functioned to educate, entertain, and
indoctrinate its readers, much like today's "fake news." Parker
Aronson incorporates a socio-historical approach in which she
considers crime and deviance committed by women in Early Modern
Spain and the correlation between crime and the growth of urban
centers. She also considers female deviance more broadly to
encompass sexual and religious deviance while investigating the
relationship between these pliegos sueltos and the transgressive
and disruptive nature of female criminality. In addition to an
introduction to this fascinating subgenre of Early Modern Spanish
literature, Parker Aronson analyzes the representations of women as
bandits and highway robbers; as murderers; as prostitutes,
libertines, and actors; as Christian renegades; as enlaved people;
as witches; as miscegenationists; and as the recipients of
punishment.
First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &
Francis, an informa company.
These essays emerged from papers presented under the auspices of
the American Academy of Religion. The contributors explored cases
that highlight the development of "historical consciousness" in
diverse Christian traditions from the early sixteenth century to
the early twentieth century. Topics considered range from Erasmus
of Rotterdam and Richard Simon to nineteenth-century Anglicanism,
Catholicism, and European and American Protestantism. Like a
mosaic-with many disparate parts-definite patterns begin to emerge.
First, the contributors demonstrate that historical consciousness
grew out of Christian scholarship, not eighteenth-century
enlightenment thought. Second, they highlight how historical
scholarship implicitly asserted the scholar's authority to critique
cherished assumptions about Christian truth. Finally, the essays
explore how ecclesiastical authorities reacted to these critiques
as challenges to their spiritual authority. This volume contributes
to scholarship that explores Christianity's role in modernity, the
ongoing implications of historical controversies, and the
importance of history in Christian theology.
The Uniqueness of Christ for Salvation (Rolf Hille)View of
Salvation in Early Christianity and Early Judaism (Eckhard
Schnabel)John?'s Gospel and Jewish Monotheism (Andreas K
stenberger)Martin Luther and the Jewish People (Berthold
Schwarz)The Early Pietistic Movement and Jewish Evangelism (David
Dowdey)Urgent Issues in Jewish Evangelism Around 1900 (Kai Kj
r-Hansen)Germany's Romantic Nationalism and Anti-Semitism (Mike
McDuffee)Messianic Jewish Reflections on the Holocaust (Michael
Brown)Two Covenant Theology and Jewish Missions (Henri
Blocher)Implicit Universalism in Some Messianic Judaism (Richard
Harvey)Replacement Theology and its Implications (Darrell L.
Bock)Karl Barth, Mark Kinzer, and the Jewish People (Eckhard
Schnabel)Resources and Current Practices in Jewish Evangelism
(Tuvya Zaretsky)
This collection of essays by a host of leading scholars of religion
reflects on the urgent theological questions of our day. They
present a worthy commendation of the life and academic career of
William M. Shea-particularly his instinctive empathy for the
'other' and the contribution of multiple voices in our
understanding of humanity, of religion, and of Christianity. These
selections address contemporary challenges in the church, academy,
and society, such as epistemology, culture,
ecumenical/inter-religious dialogue, and the manifold nature of
human religious experience.
A study of the legacy of nuclear contamination in the Soviet Union.
It gives the location and characteristics of the accumulated
radioactive material and wastes by each sector, from ore and mining
to use and disposal. It describes types of storage, capacity and
utilization, age and location. It gives information on the
territories and locations contaminated, by normal operations and by
accidents, from which strategic plans for remediation can be
formulated.
Product Note: Garland Publishing
First published in 1980, the second volume of Energy Development in
the Southwest analyses water conditions and habitat life in the
Upper Colorado River Basin, based on alternative national energy
scenarios and attempts to assess some of the economic, demographic,
and environmental impacts of each development scenario. The energy
development scenarios considered in this book involve coal
development and use, oil share production, and uranium mining and
milling. This title will be of particular interest to students of
Environmental Science.
First published in 1980, the first volume of Energy Development in
the Southwest analyses four potential energy development scenarios
for the Four Corner states (i.e., Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico,
Utah, and Wyoming) and for the Upper Colorado River Basin, based on
alternative national energy scenarios and attempts to assess some
of the economic, demographic, and environmental impacts of each
development scenario. The energy development scenarios considered
in this book involve coal development and use, oil share
production, and uranium mining and milling. This title will be of
particular interest to students of Environmental Science.
Originally self-published in 1978, "Once a Runner" captures the
essence of competitive running--and of athletic competition in
general--and has become one of the most beloved sports novels ever
published..
Inspired by the author's experience as a collegiate champion, the
story focuses on Quenton Cassidy, a competitive runner at fictional
Southeastern University whose lifelong dream is to run a
four-minute mile. He is less than a second away when the turmoil of
the Vietnam War era intrudes into the staid recesses of his
school's athletic department. After he becomes involved in an
athletes' protest, Cassidy is suspended from his track team. Under
the tutelage of his friend and mentor, Bruce Denton, a graduate
student and former Olympic gold medalist, Cassidy gives up his
scholarship, his girlfriend, and possibly his future to withdraw to
a monastic retreat in the countryside and begin training for the
race of his life against the greatest miler in history. .
A rare insider's account of the incredibly intense lives of elite
distance runners, "Once a Runner" is an inspiring, funny, and
spot-on tale of one man's quest to become a champion..
First published in 1980, the second volume of Energy Development in
the Southwest analyses water conditions and habitat life in the
Upper Colorado River Basin, based on alternative national energy
scenarios and attempts to assess some of the economic, demographic,
and environmental impacts of each development scenario. The energy
development scenarios considered in this book involve coal
development and use, oil share production, and uranium mining and
milling. This title will be of particular interest to students of
Environmental Science.
First published in 1980, the first volume of Energy Development in
the Southwest analyses four potential energy development scenarios
for the Four Corner states (i.e., Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico,
Utah, and Wyoming) and for the Upper Colorado River Basin, based on
alternative national energy scenarios and attempts to assess some
of the economic, demographic, and environmental impacts of each
development scenario. The energy development scenarios considered
in this book involve coal development and use, oil share
production, and uranium mining and milling. This title will be of
particular interest to students of Environmental Science.
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