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"The Simply Solar House" is unique in its practical approach to designing a highly energy efficient house using common construction materials and practices Drawing upon their experience building a solar house in central North Carolina, the authors describe the key features of energy efficient home design in simple and easy to understand language. This book is the perfect guide for cost conscious homebuilders who are inspired by the Green Revolution and passionate about preserving our environmental quality..
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_Beyond Ceilings_, the second part of Everett (Skip) Mohatt's memoir, continues the story begun in _Ceilings_. _Beyond Ceilings_ is the story of one man's triumph over adversity, overcaming both the physical limitations of childhood polio and institutional prejudice against handicapped people to become a sucessful educator and basketball coach..
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UNLEASHING THE PARTS is a memoir by a woman whose life never seemed quite right to her, from early childhood on. Her narrative shifts back and forth in time, somehow conveying, all at once, the voices of the small child, the troubled adolescent, the recovered addict, the fierce mother of two-the "parts" the author has struggled to release..
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Jack Gascogne, even with an Ivy League MBA and a rich trust fund, can't avoid trouble Fired from his job as a stock broker for being too honest, he withdraws from the financial world to become a lobster fisherman in Maine. The world won't leave him alone. Angry football players, murderous drug traffickers, larcenous corporate executives, corrupt Latin American leaders, beautiful women, and the FBI push Jack from trouble to worse trouble. Will he drown his problems in a sea of Maker's Mark bourbon? Will he uncover the truth about the sexy Justine? Can he win at roulette? Jack Be Nimble!.
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For My Hands Only, based on true events, is a coming-of-age story about an adopted boy who grows up poor, exploited, and deprived in a poverty-stricken Chinese village in Malaya. Gradually realizing he was adopted only for the labor of his hands, he was driven to break away from the strictures of village life, grinding poverty, and suffocating Chinese culture and traditions, seeking a better life elsewhere..
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If pigs could fly, would they recite limericks on street corners? There is, of course, no evidence that Snyder could fly-or even wanted to. From the time he learned to speak English, he wanted only to make poems . and to survive in a world that thought of him as dinner. Snyder: The Pig's Tale is the story of the poet's "childhood," his harrowing escape from the farm, and his early career as a performance poet in Seattle's Pike Place Market. "As a parent of two children with very active imaginations, as a teacher of both high school and university students, and as a writer of philosophical fiction myself, I have always made basic demands upon the children's books that I give and/or read to my kids: Whether serious or light, a book has to be interesting and attention holding, and I must enjoy it as much as my children. The story it tells should have a friendly feeling to it, whether funny or sad. Finally, a good book must provide something to think about, once the pages have been turned and the covers closed. Snyder: The Pig's Tale is exceptional on all counts! This story of a young pig who escapes becoming sausages and pork chops, and goes on to become a poet and street performer with an amazing collection of young human friends is a wonderful read, and leaves me wanting to know more!" Walter Benesch, Professor of Philosophy, University of Alaska Fairbanks "Snyder: The Pig's Tale is the beginning of a journey through life's complexities- danger, friendship, identity, prejudice, risk, family and survival. It is an intriguing children's book that youth and adults will enjoy as well. Snyder is one lucky, talented, interesting pig! His next adventures with humans and the spoken word promise to be compelling." Eddie Bell, Poet and Educator, Author of Capt's Dreaming Chair and Eddie Bell: En Français "Snyder: The Pig's Tale was a delight to read, and a colorful snapshot of the free-spirited folks that people our beloved Pike Street Market. To me, the story seemed like a Valentine with some hard and thoughtful edges." Lani Jacobsen, Publisher, 74th Street Productions.
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"Why War?" is the story of three young Americans fighting in France in the last year of WWI. Apart from patriotism, each has more personal reasons for enlisting Kent Ward, a law student with a wife and young son, wants to prove his manliness Wally Patch wants to escape his abusive working-class family. Josh Singer, a philosophy student who claims to be escaping the boredom of Plato, may be mostly looking for his father's approval. Nothing in their lives to that point prepared them for the hell they encountered in the trenches in France. All three survive, but they return home completely changed by the experience of human slaughter..
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