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From an anecdote and a brief visit to Venezuela, Conrad derived the exotic scenery of the province of Sulaco and its rootless mixed-race society. In this shadowy setting, Nostromo (1904) enacts an intense moral drama of dictatorship and revolutionary violence, of corrosive materialism and the voracity of "progress." .
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From the Mistress of the Macabre Adi-Kent Thomas Jeffrey, a superb specialist in the supernatural, spent over four decades researching and documenting ghost stories Well-known as an author, lecturer, and psychic investigator, Mrs. Jeffrey passionately pursued her goal of authenticating eerie phenomena. Her ever popular books, including Ghosts in the Valley and More Ghosts in the Valley are classic anthologies of true and mysterious tales. These new editions will undoubtedly delight another generation of readers and continue to cast a bewitching spell..
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Ryan O. Mack has had to learn to be frugal out of necessity He grew up in a working class neighborhood of Mckeesport, PA (just south of Pittsburgh). Although he didn't lack the basic necessities such as food, clothing and shelter, he quickly realized that, in order to have anything beyond the absolute basics, he would need to work and stretch what he earned. So, since the age of 14, he has been working and stretching his dollars. Throughout his various jobs and travels he often met people who complained constantly about the cost of living (utility bills, food expenses, low pay, etc.). He would visit friends who expressed displeasure about how high their electricity bills were while having almost every light, television and radio on - even when they were the only person in the house! Some of his friends and co-workers struggled financially but still had to have the latest model appliances, automobiles and furniture. He would always preach, "You know, you can look just as good for a lot less money." Ryan would often describe to co-workers how he had slashed his heating bill by 60 percent. A co-worker once complained about having to spend over $600 on a washing machine. Ryan responded by explaining how he paid only $210 for a "gently-used" washer and dryer, both of which are still running strong after over six years of use. After years of shopping smartly, Ryan has become known among friends and colleagues for his sensible saving and spending habits. And years of living lean and cutting costs has benefitted him. Money saved from his frugal lifestyle has enabled him to diversify into the real estate/rental property business. People used to tell him, "Why be tight? Spend it because you can't take it with you!" But in the next breath they would ask, "How can you afford to get into the real estate business?" Ryan continues to tell people that "you have to learn how to keep more of what you earn because it takes money to make money." He currently resides in the Tidewater area of Virginia but spends much of his time traveling between Pittsburgh and Maryland managing his real estate business..
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The authors of this important little book, Dr. Sharon Hanks and her sister, Jennifer Snyder, have compiled and arranged a sensible and comprehensive list of all-important information anyone might need in the event of an accident, crisis or natural disaster. They've anticipated all the vital data you, your family members, friends and professionals will require to implement a quick and efficient response to any disruption, large or small. The authors suggest that The Plan Ahead Handbook be placed in a three-ring binder along with copies of all supporting documents and other pertinent information. This way, your Plan Ahead Handbook can expand and change over time. Be sure to provide up-to-date copies of your Handbook to all adult members of your family so that the information may be quickly and easily retrieved when necessary. ABOUT THE AUTHORS: Sharon Hanks: Sharon Hanks retired as an emeritus full professor of the Biology Department of William Paterson University of New Jersey in 2004 after teaching for 29 years. After retirement, she began a second profession and is currently an instructor of T'ai Chi Ch'uan, teaching at various venues in the community and at a martial arts school in Nyack, New York. Helping others, through teaching, has always has been one of Sharon's life goals. While assisting her sister, via long-distance communications, in the planning and caring for their elderly mother, the need for a specific resource book was brought into focus. This book is the result of their joint efforts. She hopes that this book will help others as it has helped her and her family. . Sharon lives in Montvale, New Jersey with husband and five adopted stray cats. Jennifer Snyder: Never knowing where life was going to lead her, Jennifer has taken many different paths. While raising her daughter, she owned a small candy business. Later, she shifted from candy to banking, where she was a vault teller for 9 years. Her last working path was in Southern California where she served as a school coordinator for a nonprofit company that exposed children to sea and astrocamp experiences. However, the most gratifying, yet heart-breaking event, in the winding road of her life, was the path that involving caring for her aging mother. With so many details to consider and so many emotions to balance in her care-giving, she found that having a "plan of attack" helped smooth the way for this rewarding but stressful and final journey. The guidance, love, and support of family and friends were essential in helping her making the plan work. Jennifer hopes that this book will provide a helping hand for others to deal with their own life journeys. However, this book is not just for dealing with the elderly, but to smooth the way for any life crisis that readers may encounter. Jennifer lives in Upland, California with her husband..
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This comprehensive and generously illustrated collection is a lively and loving history celebrating the richness of America's traveling salesman tradition and the ways that the men and women of the road profoundly affected the American way of life through both word and deed. Composed of hundreds of tales, anecdotes, quotes, stories and thumbnail biographies, the author has compiled an entertaining historical pageant that has been more than 300 years in the making. Learn about the great and the infamous, their pitches and scams, successes and failures, and the humor both by and about them. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Ronald Solberg grew up as the son of a Fuller Brush Man. He went on to become a door-to-door salesman, himself, working his way through college by selling brushes, brooms, and waxes during the summer months on the sidewalks and roads of southern Minnesota. Although Solberg would become a high school English and journalism teacher, the salesman bug remained firmly planted. Later, he switched careers, and moved into Chicago-area association and corporate public relations, marketing, and advertising positions. Coincidentally, two of the associations-the Million Dollar Round Table and Institute of Real Estate Management-brought him in touch with some of the most successful salesmen in the world. Today, Solberg is a social studies and history teacher at a suburban Chicago private school for gifted children. That position would, however, reintroduce him to his salesman "self." In 2002 he was commissioned by the Newberry Library to prepare lesson plans on a Chicago turn-of-the-century labor movement. Because Chicago has been an important center for merchandising and retail activity, Solberg chose to focus on the salesman-probably not quite the "labor" activity the Newberry had in mind. While researching the topic, he came to realize that he was actually fulfilling a life-long dream-to compile the details and history of America's traveling salesmen, thus creating a portrait that exemplifies the country's best spirit of industry, sunny optimism and faith..
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Open-field Running is the driving metaphor from football which defines the run to the goal line: uncertain, winding, and confusing, yet exhilarating, passionate, and courageous Brad Catherman shares with us his sprint to sell a screenplay to Hollywood while brushing up against the famous and infamous as he tries for his big break. During his 18-year quest to sell a screenplay, he writes nine scripts, wins awards in six screenwriting competitions, sells three screenplay Options (for $1 each), hires and fires four agents, fills four filing cabinets with rejection letters, maintains an award-winning marketing career in spite of numerous corporate downsizings, faces the challenges and blessings of being a single dad, and finally lands a studio development deal. He takes us on a roller coaster ride as he develops story ideas, pitches ten Hollywood producers in a single weekend, gains endorsements from a United States Senator and a monastery, and networks with everyone and anyone. Brad encounters other wannabe Hollywood players on his trip, including a furniture heiress who promotes wrestlers, a home builder who is obsessed with having Bruce Willis play the lead in his movie, and a movie-producing dentist preoccupied with constructing unique golf clubs. Through it all, he remains grounded in his faith and values learned from his parents and as an athlete. You will share his laughter and tears, but be unmistakably inspired to run toward your own goal. AAOBUT THE AUTHOR: Brad Catherman has written screenplays which have won numerous awards in screenwriting competition. He takes us on an 18-year comical and introspective romp through Hollywood that ends with his first screenplay development deal. Brad lives in Atlanta, Georgia with his son Andy.
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From the Book This is a story about chairs on front porches and smiles in gas stations, about looking America in the face and having it look back. It's about seeing states that were once nothing but colored squares on a map. It's about being unafraid to travel solo and let the folks out there know that you came alone and in peace; that you just dropped by to see what they had to offer. It's about bragging rights and strutting biker attitudes-some real and most imagined. It's about missing what we have and having what we miss. It's about every paradox in life. It's about being alone in a room full of friends and, later, being surrounded by voices 100 miles from the nearest human sound. It is about being afraid-for no other reason than fear exists on the edge of the unknown-no matter how close and familiar everything appears on the surface. It's about time; about having too much and doing too little or having too little and trying too much This is a story about the directions in which we run and what we find when we get there. It's about the past and the future and how they touch the present. It's about having a damn good time doing nothing but observing, listening to others and being grateful about the wonderful events that fall into the lives of others and spill over into yours. It's about living dreams that I didn't know I had because I was too busy to look. It's about being still in God's world and about God still being in ours. It's about not knowing when to get out of the rain or how I got into it in the first place. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Fred O'Brien was raised in Burlington, Vermont. In 1964, after graduating from High School, he joined the U.S. Navy to see the world and escape his small part of it. In 1968, he returned to Vermont, where he worked as a truck driver while attending night classes. He took his first full-time computer job that summer and in 1974 he moved to Houston, Texas, where he worked as a Systems Analyst for 30 years. In 1995, he returned to motorcycle riding after a 20-year hiatus from the road..
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