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Are You Sealing the Deal in Your Relationships? While every relationship has its issues, only those who are willing to work at them-truthfully and without judging-can enjoy the successes that come with building them up. Seal the Deal is an intimate book about looking at one's self and learning to accept the person in the mirror in order to facilitate healthy relationships with others. With examples from the author's life, this book guides the reader through their own personal journey, allowing them to explore areas that they feel confident in and to examine other areas in their relationships that could use some work. Seal the Deal is an easy-to-follow, inspirational resource for those looking to improve and retain healthy, loving relationships with others. It shares the many reasons to love, to engage in a committed relationship with one person, and to build upon a solid foundation that can then be shared with others.

How high is the cost of an education? In the small town of Palm Shores, Florida, 22-year-old Janine Ancheta is looking for a way to pay for her college education. Her hopes and dreams of managing her father's popular bar have been shattered by his sudden death, and Janine realizes that joining the Marines is her best option for a better life and a free education. But she will soon learn the high cost of enlistment in the Marine Corps. After 13 long, tough weeks of basic training, Janine is issued a M16 rifle and deployed overseas to the war-torn country of Iraq for the next 12 months. There, she will need to rely on the many life lessons she learned from her parents and her uncle, a former career Marine himself, to navigate life and war...and her own survival.

The challenges of innovating and leading in today's Cloud- and Internet-based economy are more difficult than ever. Leaders at every level of the organization struggle to understand the value of technology and the impact it has on their business, personal lives, and society. Sifting through all the rhetoric and information available can be overwhelming. Innovation, Technology, and Leadership brings common-sense principles and old-fashioned leadership back to the table. Looking back at over 20 years of leadership, it examines some of the challenges facing leaders today and provides practical, sound advice on how they can structure their career and measure their role in their organization. This comprehensive guide provides real-world examples from the CIO desk and covers topics such as: The 5 Business Archetypes ... Global Demographic Trends ... Mobile Cloud and Big Data ... Emerging Technologies Beyond the Cloud ... The Value of Business Relationships ... Outsourcing ... The Global Economic Triad: India, China, and the US. Innovation, Technology, and Leadership is more than just a book on technology and leadership; it's a memoir from an industry veteran, bringing personality and a sentimental touch to a topic that's typically cold and hard. It offers a down-to-earth, common-sense approach for technology leaders coping with the challenges of today's complex workplace.

The Dog is Trailing You But Someone Has Your Back. Harry Cunningham was often heard to say that "Trouble followed him everywhere; like a starving dog, eager to lap up his misery." The metaphor was accurate; the slavering mutt shadowed him in many forms; death and betrayal, the most prominent. Despite Harry's abysmal luck, and suffering, he survives uncommon tragedies through many phases of his life in: Georgia; the Jungles of Colombia; on the Arabian Peninsula; Texas; Mexico; on the windswept prairies of Illinois. He searches for peace with the help of many: his adopted Hispanic family, and his beautiful Latina lover; a woman of German heritage possessing the joie de vivre that permeates everyone she touches; a cantankerous Jewish lawyer who experiences a sudden leap of intuitive understanding at her touch and her voice; a wily and benevolent entrepreneur who, despite his curmudgeon persona, possesses a heart of gold. They are all angels unaware, including Harry. However those most aware of their duties as guardians are beings of light, intermediaries between heaven and earth. Unbeknownst to Harry, these supernatural beings employ unorthodox tactics in an effort to protect him and guide him towards the higher life-form that he deserves.

Severely beaten and sexually assaulted weekly by his foster father, Ace Keebler withdrew into a world of darkness where he nurtured a festering hate for his fellow man. On his sixteenth birthday, Keebler left his foster parents dead on the floor of their burning ranch house and set out on his own. Everything that Ace acquired from that day on he took, and it wasn't healthy for those he chose as victims. It was the outlaw's philosophy to never leave witnesses, and he could not understand why someone should be allowed to live who could testify against him. Two years after Keebler began his life of crime, he met two men in an all-night poker game who had the same values as he about another's life . . . zero. The two conveyed to Ace that they liked his attitude about not leaving witnesses, and the next day Keebler took them on as partners. The advent of that relationship began a shocking, monstrous crime spree that crisscrossed the Midwestern United States for years. Life was good for the three men: easy money and leisure living without having to worry about getting caught, and all they had to do was not leave witnesses. Kyle Mannford and Jubal Burgan brought a new dimension of lawlessness to the gang. For their pleasure, victims were brutally beaten, raped, or mentally tortured before receiving the fatal shot to the head. Kyle and Jubal had no problem with this type of merriment. After all, what was the big deal; the victims were going to die anyhow. On a warm spring afternoon in May 1850, the gang robbed an Illinois family of a significant amount of money they had received from an inheritance. Kyle and Jubal, and now Ace, beat and raped the mother and her children, while making the father watch helplessly as the brutality took place. After the fun ended, Ace shot each of the victims in the head as always, but this time was different. The youngest member of the family, a 10-year old boy, did not die and was nursed back to health. After coming out of a two-day com

When Police Officer Jacqueline "Jake" Kilborn stops at Carlson's Convenience Store to get a soda for lunch, she walks past the four motorcycles parked out front without a second thought. But when the towering Nordic beauty steps through the door, a bullet slams into her shoulder. She has walked in on a robbery in progress. Despite her injury, the former Marine officer kills three of the suspects and critically wounds the fourth: Charles "Ace" Foster, a twisted sociopath fond of using large knives. At his trial, as Foster is dragged from the courtroom in shackles, he screams obscenities at the witnesses and Officer Kilborn, threatening to cut them to pieces when he gets the chance. Several years later the sadistic biker is released from prison early due to overcrowding and Chief Jake Kilborn begins receiving threatening letters signed only with a crudely drawn ace of spades. Unsure when and where Foster will strike first, she and her department are on full alert in an effort to stop him before he can make good on his threats. Things are complicated by the arrival of a handsome biker and Jake is at odds over her growing attraction to the Harley-riding stranger and her fear that he is in league with Foster. Soon Jake will find herself the unwilling focal point in a battle of wills involving obsession, love, seduction, fear, betrayal, and murder-all because of a man she loves...

It's the Times and Not the Dreams That Die... This novel tells the story of two young men who meet at a small mid-western university, the women who love them, and their coming-of-age story as seen through the music, turmoil, and politics of the middle and late 1960s.

Every group that declares Christ to be their ruler and leader sees Christ Jesus in a slightly different light. Sometimes it is the Christ of historical Christianity or to concepts taken from a variety of sources. Some will be images of this prophet or founder while others come from science fiction or even imagination. My purpose in writing this book is not to inspire hate, distrust, or rejection but rather to open your eyes that you may evaluate who is the Christ that you follow. I encourage each reader to go back to the Scriptures and discover again the real face of Jesus the Christ as seen in the prophets and the gospels.And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me. 45. Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures, (Luke 24:44-45)When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? 14. And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets. 15. He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? 16. And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. 17. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. 18. And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. (Matt. 16:13-18) In this book you will find who men say that Jesus the Christ is; it will be you who must answer the question, "But whom do you say I am?"

Melanie Malone, tired of living with her abusive aunt after her parents' tragic deaths, runs away from home in hope of finding a better life. Her two best friends, determined to keep her out of trouble, tag along and run into some unexpected danger. The three friends find themselves in another land where everything is huge. They are faced with a world full of enormous insects, trees, and even giants- both good and bad! Melanie finds herself caught in the middle of a conflict between the mysterious Guardians of "The Land of Huge Things" and a band of malicious giants. She must save her friends and somehow help the Guardians thwart an evil plan to overthrow the kingdom without getting killed in the process. The Land of Huge Things, or The Realm, is a parallel world that is connected to the human world by a strange cave hidden in the side of some cliffs. This land, although beautiful and full of mystery, is also dangerous. The creatures that reside there are much different than those from our world. How will they react to humans from the outside world interfering with their own?

Shai isn't expecting the love of her life to walk through the door, but that is exactly what happens. Brandt, the most handsome man she's ever laid eyes on, is standing in her small office, and she is drawn to him with a mesmerizing force, stirring new emotions in her heart. In With the Rain Comes Love, Shai and Brandt share an all-encompassing love and an unspoken awareness that their souls were not complete until they found each other. But Brandt is distant at times; Shai can read the faraway expression in his eyes. And then suddenly he is gone, leaving her longing for him for years to come. But someone else has strong affections for Shai, someone who has lingered in the shadows with dark, twisted thoughts. Shai is forced to flee the terror, leaving her home-and her chances of seeing Brandt again-behind. She knows it's unlikely that she and Brandt will meet again, but if their souls are truly one, Shai hopes that someday she will be in Brandt's arms once more.