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A teenage, pregnant, junkie named Danielle ... a barren, divorced Nurse named Betty ... a middle-aged, family-oriented Cardinal named Gary ... a powerful, three-member clandestine organization called the Concilium Tria, which is overseen by the strongest, evilest force known to man since its inception almost 2000 years ago, are all connected. It all begins with Nurse Betty's reoccurring dream night after night until it becomes a shocking, sudden reality. A male, newborn is kidnapped from the hospital shortly after being delivered. Danielle almost dies giving birth. After decades of faithful service, Cardinal Gary abruptly leaves the Catholic Church when he decides to go against what he is asked to do by the Pope. The Concilium Tria starts its desperate search for the last prophet. A war involving every soul-living and dead-will happen if the Concilium Tria discovers the whereabouts of the last prophet. Humanity's only chance is the last prophet not being found. A dangerous, deadly storm is on the horizon. Will man's innate capability for benevolence conquer its lewd desire for the materialistic?

Originally puublished in 1915. PREFACE: The extensive use and increasing popularity of centrifugal pumping machinery make it necessary for many to become familiar with this subject in all its phases. In this book an effort has been made to cover the following ground To illustrate and explain all the essential features of construction of modern centrifugal pumps, to present a clear and intelligible theory which shall be entirely general in its nature, to explain by this theory the pump characteristics and connect the theory with the actual facts, to present a thorough discussion of the factors affecting efficiency, to considerthe characteristics of varioustypes ofpumps and their suitability for different services, to compare centrifu- gal with displacement pumps, and to present various general laws and factors leading to a better appreciation of the field of service of such pumps and a better means of selecting the proper combinations. While this is not primarily a book on design, it is believed that a thorough study of the foregoing will be of value to prospective designers, and in addition the methods of design of centrifugal pumps are outlined. The material in this book is based upon a study of the performances of 123 turbine and 51 volute centrifugal pumps made by 17 and 12 different companies respectively. The field covered by them ranged from 1 to 11 stages, heads from 7 to 1843 ft., capacities from 108 to 132,000 gal. per minute, speeds from 62 to 20,000 r.p.m., and efficiencies from 30 to 87 per cent. A considerable portion of the work is also founded upon the anal- ysis of tests made by the author upon a volute pump and a turbine pump for both of which all information regardingdimensions and other quantities was obtainable. With the turbine pump an extensive and accurate series of tests was made at various speeds from 700 to 2,000 r.p.m. Both of these pumps were regular commercial pumps of good design, not freak pumps built for experimental purposes only. The author has drawn upon trade catalogues and several books and papers for much of his material, due credit for which is given in the text, but it is believed that a very great deal of the following treatise will be found to be new. The common usage regarding terms employed has been followed as far as possible, but in cases where there were no precedents or where the usage was illogical and confusing, new terms have been created. It is hoped that eventually some of these things may become standardized. The book has been so written as to serve the needs of the practising engineer who wishes to obtain a grasp of this subject. By the insertion of problems and questions it is believed that it will be found equally well adapted for use as a text. Contents include: PREFACE v CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1 Definition Classification Reaction turbine vs. turbine pump Historical development Conditions of use Pump size Rated head and discharge...

A teenage, pregnant, junkie named Danielle ... a barren, divorced Nurse named Betty ... a middle-aged, family-oriented Cardinal named Gary ... a powerful, three-member clandestine organization called the Concilium Tria, which is overseen by the strongest, evilest force known to man since its inception almost 2000 years ago, are all connected. It all begins with Nurse Betty's reoccurring dream night after night until it becomes a shocking, sudden reality. A male, newborn is kidnapped from the hospital shortly after being delivered. Danielle almost dies giving birth. After decades of faithful service, Cardinal Gary abruptly leaves the Catholic Church when he decides to go against what he is asked to do by the Pope. The Concilium Tria starts its desperate search for the last prophet. A war involving every soul-living and dead-will happen if the Concilium Tria discovers the whereabouts of the last prophet. Humanity's only chance is the last prophet not being found. A dangerous, deadly storm is on the horizon. Will man's innate capability for benevolence conquer its lewd desire for the materialistic?

The book is a collection of short stories and poems that were written as I moved through several relationships over a four year period. I wrote blogs that were originally supposed to be a part of this. I charted and chronicled every step of my healing, every growth, every realization. Rehabilitating one's personality is hard. At the beginning, the book was supposed to be a chronicle of my recovery from my divorce, but I made the mistake of going straight from my marriage into a bad relationship with a younger woman. Getting away from that relationship almost killed me. 5 years of marriage plus 5 years of abusive relationship plus ten years of custody battle equals fifteen years of pain and suffering (the first five of the custody battle were served concurrently with the abusive relationship). But really, the pieces collected in this book were the expressions that came out of the healing period, from 2006 to 2011. These were the creative parts, the art therapy. I decided to leave out the blogs, the rants, the emotional gushing, the instant message transcripts. I suppose at some point, if there's ever an interest, those things might be restored. They're all stored somewhere. Now that I've bummed you out, realize the collection is hopeful. I'm still alive, and on the other side of it all... my life is picking up momentum, and I'm doing more with the time afforded me now than I ever have before. There is a novel that I'm very proud of, coming very soon. So a personal thank you to all those who helped create what's inside. I can't list the names, because apparently that's gauche, and besides, there are enough first names dropped to make the curious have something to salivate over. But thank you to all of them nonetheless; thank you for the laughter, and the tears, the anger and the fears, thank you for the pain and the joys that have helped me bring me to this point, to who I am today. I am still alive. The story goes on.

Just another vampire novel? No, this is the vampire novel that makes all other vampire novels come together. Horror fans know the story of Vlad the Impaler, a real-life Wallachian tyrant who became the basis for one of the most iconic characters in the history of horror fiction. But what if the vampire Vlad became was NOT fictional? What if, to convince people he did not truly exist, Vlad Tepesch told his story to an author, who then published the story as fiction, leading people to believe that the creature Vlad the Impaler became did not actually exist? And what if other vampires picked up the strategy and took over the media, with the idea of disseminating disinformation through hundreds of horror "fiction" productions? This strategy is at the core of "The Tepesch Agenda." Not just an interview, "The Tepesch Agenda" is an in-depth exploration of vampire psychology, the ins and outs of what it truly means to have walked the earth for centuries. Daniel Tiernan, aka Morrigan, may just change horror "fiction" forever.

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In the debut Mixtape book, the audience saw two poets: Joshua Robert Long & Justin David Koontz, mesh their two styles together between the covers of one book. Based on the success of the original, the pair have issued a follow-up: Mixtape: Volume II, From Yellow Springs to Flagstaff. This follow-up chronicles the pair of young men's lives since their separation, with Justin traveling across the country to find himself now residing in Flagstaff, Arizona.