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In this thrilling debut, David J. Williams delivers a hard-hitting blend of military SF and dystopian cyberpunk, set in a futuristic landscape where hostilities rage from the Eastern and Western hemispheres to the outer ranges of space.

In the 22nd century, the first wonder of a brave new world is the Phoenix Space Elevator, designed to give mankind greater access to the frontier beyond Earth. Built by the U.S./Pan-Asian Coalition, the Elevator is also a grand symbol of superpower alliance following a second cold war. And it’s just been destroyed.

The South American insurgent group Autumn Rain claims responsibility for the attack, but with suspicions rampant, armies and espionage teams are mobilized across the globe and beyond. Enter Claire Haskell and Jason Marlowe, U.S. counterintelligence agents, and former lovers—though their memories may only be constructs implanted by their spymaster. Forced to set aside the enigma of their past, their agenda is to trust no one. For in a time of shifting loyalties, the enemy could be anyone—from a shadowy assassin working a questionable mission on the dark side of the moon, to a Euro data thief working under deep cover and wooed into a dangerous pact.

As the crisis mounts, and the search for Autumn Rain spans both Earth and Moon, the lives of all those involved will converge in one explosive finale—and a startling aftermath that will rewrite everything they’ve ever known—about their mission, their world, and themselves.
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Whether you're a looking at using focus groups for the first time, looking for ways to make your projects more productive, or looking to make your facil ity the regional star: if you're involved with qualitative research in any way, lo ok no further. Expert moderator JUDITH LANGER guides you to success step-by-step using real examples from defining your project to writing the report.

Compare the advantages of focus group research over quantitative studies:

Get a checklist that helps you easily determine when to use qualitative research and when to choose quantitative. Learn when to use groups over one-on-one interviews and how to decide on an optimal group size. Plus, the questions to ask to decide if telephone research will suffice.

Here's how it's done

Understand the process and timing for selecting a facility, scheduling groups, screening respondents, re-screening respondents, conducting sessions, and reviewing results. Judith Langer's commonsense approach helps you proceed with absolute confidence.

What makes a facility great

Learn which features and services to look for when selecting a facility. Planning a new facility or renovating an older one? Ms. Langer's book delivers information you'll want to share with your architect, interior designer, and even your banker who wants to understand your business better.

Rogue respondents

Find out what you need to know about cheaters, repeaters, and deceivers. Learn how to deal with know-it-alls, people who talk too much, respondents who are rude, and conversations that stray off the topic at hand how to stay in control.

Dozens of tips for gaining control without losing your own self-control: Actual phrases and signals you can use to keep a group on track how to get the group talking, how to ask questions without biasing responses, how to control group dynamics, when to probe and when to use a firm hand.

Get the most out of sessions

As a client, learn when to speak up and when to let the moderator do her job. As a moderator, learn how to address client concerns and how to deliver the most value to them.

Reporting tips

In a full chapter dedicated to writing useful reports on research, analysis, and implications, Ms. Langer shares such sound advice as "Avoid using numbers when reporting on qualitative studies" wisdom and guidance to sharpen anyone's reporting skills..
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Fifteen stories by Latin American women writers consider such topics as political repression, madness, seduction, housekeeping, and family, and include the works of both established and new authors, including Angela Hernandez and Carmen Boullosa. .
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Through the use of an innovative "mirror system," Double Bass Drumming develops each foot equally, providing the player with the maximum flexibility for playing creative patterns The book includes: over 500 realistic double-bass grooves based on eighth-note, sixteenth-note and triplet feels; snare drum and cymbal variations that expand each pattern's potential use in a variety of musical styles; and an 87-track CD that demonstrates key grooves from each section of the book. Whether you use two bass drums or a double pedal, this book/CD pack will help you increase technique, control and stamina while providing a wealth of practical grooves that can be applied to a wide range of playing situations..
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In the first book to deal with the geriatric decline connected to non-terminal illness in old age, Tom Koch takes a sensitive but thorough look at the declining years of his father. The book is a narrative record of an elderly man unable to accept the physical realities of his state. Because it is told by the patient's caregiver, a son, it also chronicles the issues and mechanics of the aging child's role in caring for a parent. Koch defines aging as more than a series of physical symptoms and places the issues of caring and aging within the perspective of socially accepted values; independence, social function, family dynamics, and financial worth. The patient, his physicians and nurses, family and friends all become ciphers in the code by which we define not only aging and the elderly, but time, history, and ourselves. Mirrored Lives offers a social document in which the case of one man and his last years becomes a symbol for all of us. Koch provides not only a record of the non-terminal decline of an elderly individual--his father--but a perspective which defines the problems of gerontology in a social context. His experiences are a practical example of the psychological aspects of caregiving to the elderly parent and the geriatric decline that the parent experiences--decreased mobility, increasing senility. The book places the community's reactions to the elderly's problems in a social context. Thus, aging is defined as a multigenerational issue, not something which just happens to the patient. Anyone faced with the care and support of an elderly loved one will find Mirrored Lives a thoughtful and sensitive study..
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Experience the true story of two women, each strongly bound to and influenced by the same charismatic man. As each woman desperately tries to save her marriage to him, in spite of his deceit and infidelities, each comes perilously close to losing herself. This firsthand account from one man's two ex-wives will draw you in from the very first page. You will laugh with them, cry with them, and ultimately share in their triumphs, as these two successful career women detail their love for and betrayal by a well-known public official. What they lived through and learned about themselves is inspiring. The events that could have caused them to lose faith instead made them stronger, and they have found richer lives and greater success on the other side of the pain. Lib and Jan give a compelling account of the parallel circumstances and coincidences that bring together two women from very different backgrounds and experiences. They were able to learn and gain strength from each other, and are now telling their story in order to help other women who may be living through similar situations. Through sharing their experiences they hope to assure others that it is possible to overcome the loss of a dream, and that there is a wonderful life of limitless possibilities open to those who find the courage to look for it..
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Jessie Lamont is a fifty-year-old, recently widowed woman who attends a local psychic fair and is given a cryptic message by a gypsy about her past and future. Going back to the old apartment she once shared with her first husband, she finds a photograph of an 1890s-era Victorian woman who greatly resembles her. She takes the photograph home, and when she studies the photo, she is suddenly transported back to the 1890s. She finds that she is able to return to the present when she looks into the mirror on her 1890s dresser. Jessie’s life is turned upside down by trying to live two lives, discovering heartbreaking secrets and disturbing lies. This is a story of a woman finding out who she is, whom she loves, and how she is connected to both eras and both times..
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