Marian: 647 books

Research shows that majority of the poor stays poor, the average stays average, but the rich get richer. This is undeniably true. But why is this? Hard work? Luck? Bad decisions? Or lack in knowledge? This booklet is excellent for starters, and even to the experienced businesspeople. Learn about the...

Railroad tycoon turned real estate developer Patrick Calhoun named the premier residential boulevard of his Euclid Heights allotment the Overlook because of its location high on a bluff overlooking Case School of Applied Science, Western Reserve College, Lake Erie, and the city of Cleveland. By 1910,...

Culture Smart! Israel marks the nation's 70th year of independence in a concise cultural guide that enables readers to get to the heart of this diverse, dynamic and paradoxical country and enable you to make the most of your visit. Independent since 1948, this edition provides important insights into...

Cryptography has experienced rapid development, with major advances recently in both secret and public key ciphers, cryptographic hash functions, cryptographic algorithms and multiparty protocols, including their software engineering correctness verification, and various methods of cryptanalysis....

First published in 1970, The Honeyman Festival chronicles one night in the life of Minn Burge, a woman in her mid-thirties who is torn between affection for her family and the need for a life in which impulse and intelligence can once again find play. Pregnant with her fourth child, and unable...

"Everybody Knew Pete" but nobody knew who killed him ten years ago. Jenny McKnight, a high school senior, saw a body being dragged down to the pier, and she's had nightmares ever since. Now she's back in Sowatna, a mythical coastal town in Maine, hoping to find Pete's killer and dispel her...

Ninfa, Tomas and four-year-old, Gloria have fled war torn El Salvador to “the land of the free and the home of the brave” -- by swimming and wading the Rio Grande River illegally.  They encounter dedicated Catholic nuns, protestant religious workers, as well as attorneys who are all a part...

I have written this story of my life in the hope that the younger generations will realize there are struggles in all our lives. The tragic circumstances of my early life gave me a deep faith in God and complete comfort in my religion. In each loss of a loved one I found many wonderful people who were there to help.

The book is by turns humorous, witty, moving, upbeat. Jenny is a warm, sensitive heroine. It’s a pleasure to watch her and a privilege to eavesdrop on her thoughts. Highly recommended…” LIBRARY JOURNAL Jenny Weaver is smart and funny and so lonely it hurts. A year after her husband's...

All the Women in My Family Sing is an anthology documenting the experiences of women of color at the dawn of the twenty-first century. It is a vital collection of prose and poetry whose topics range from the pressures of being the vice-president of a Fortune 500 Company, to escaping the killing fields...

Homicide detective Jake Carrington has an engagement that can’t wait—with a killer. ** ** Haunted by the murder of his sister, Lieutenant Jake Carrington struggles to control his personal demons as he stands over the brutalized body of a young woman found dead on the railroad tracks. The victim...

Based largely on formerly top-secret Soviet archival documents (including 66 reproduced documents and 70 illustrations), this book portrays the inner workings of the communist party and secret police during Germany's horrific 1941–44 siege of Leningrad, during which close to one million citizens perished....

What if we could resolve childhood trauma early, rather than late? We are understanding more and more about how early traumatic experiences affect long-term mental and physical health: Physical impacts are stored in muscles and posture Threats of harm are stored as tension Overwhelming...

The publishing world has secrets. Secrets can't be kept forever. Laura Belmont has finished writing her first novel. She hopes it will change her life. She applies to the Clymer Workshop, one of the oldest writers' conferences in the country. Her plan is to connect with one of the famous...