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24-What Can Happen in a Day... Most people know that firefighting is an incredibly dangerous profession. The popular perception of firefighters is that they are fearless heroes who put their lives on the line to rescue people from burning buildings. That perception is mostly true. But there is so much more about firefighters and their community labor that is rarely revealed. 24-What Can Happen in a Day is a brilliant, intimate look into the daily...
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Heroes, Gods and Monsters in Ancient Greek Mythology' is a collection of classic archetypal Ancient Greek myths, including the stories of Jason, Perseus, Odysseus, Heracles, Oedipus and Theseus, and many more dark and delirious, famous Ancient Greek myths. These stories, which have had a great influence on thinkers throughout the centuries, inform popular culture even today. Here they are told as if by a fireside storyteller, detailing the horrific...
3) Clouds
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Welcome to ZijiPics! This is another photo book of Clouds. Ziji is a Tibetan word for Being full of Radiance, Brilliance & Light. You always bring your own Radiance to Life. Enjoy the pics!
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To the Romans, the greatest enemy the Republic ever faced was not the Goths or Huns, nor even Hannibal, but rather a ferocious and brilliant king on the distant Black Sea: Mithridates Eupator VI of Pontus, known to history as Mithridates the Great.
At age eleven, Mithridates inherited a small mountain kingdom of wild tribesmen, which his wicked mother governed in his place. Sweeping to power at age twenty-one, he proved to be a military genius and...
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476 A.D.: The Roman Empire, riddled with corruption and staggered by centuries of barbarian onslaughts, now faces its greatest challenge--not only to its wealth and prestige, but to its very existence.
In his riveting novel The Sword of Attila, Michael Curtis Ford thrilled readers with his recounting of a cataclysmic clash of ancient civilizations. Now, in The Fall of Rome, he takes on the bloody twilight of empire, as the legacy of Attila--once...
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The year 354 A.D.:
Julian, a young scholar in Athens, is the last survivor of a bloody political purge that killed his entire family. Unexpectedly summoned to the court of the Emperor Constantius, he fears the worst, only to find himself bearing the ring of Caesar of the Western Empire.
Tested by bloody battle and the skepticism of the Roman legions, Julian proves to be a military genius, crushing the German tribes that have threatened Rome for...
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Book shows you how to listen to angels for answers to life questions. You read this right. 7 angels have stepped forward to help, including Archangel Michael. They will help you meet your own angels too. Real-life photos of the 7 angels in light energy form are provided by them for this purpose. Michael Andre Ford, author of Glowstick Zen, has assembled a short, fun book that could quite literally help you change a lot in your life, if you allow for...
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Hot And Bothered
From Michael Thomas Ford, the critically acclaimed author of Last Summer and Alec Baldwin Doesn't Love Me, comes this sizzling collection of fantasies culled from more than a decade of his best erotic work. These stories of heat, lust, desire, need, and transformation--an Olympian bacchanal, a chance meeting in the men's room, an S&M-fueled "coaching" session, a police officer who'll do what it takes to get a confession--are as...
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Need Answers to Life Questions? Ask 3 famous Indian Chiefs anything to learn what you need to Learn. The Unconditional Love spirits of Dull Knife, Red Shirt & Geronimo respond, representing respectively Wisdom, Compassion & Action (with humor too). Sit down. Be Still. Ask. Listen. This book shows you How to Do It solo. Included is various Q&A from +130 folks who spoke with the "3 Chiefs"!
10) Last Summer
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Michael Thomas Ford delivers a triumphant first novel about a group of gay men looking for love, losing the past, and finding themselves in the bars and on the beaches of Provincetown.
Josh Felling has always been a romantic--up until the moment his lover Doug announced that he'd had an affair with a guy from their gym. Now, with his life playing out like a very bad movie of the week, Josh impulsively heads to the Cape for a few days--long enough...
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In an era of change in education, the time is right to refocus attention on guided reading practices. Guided reading remains an anchor in classroom literacy programs, but how has it changed with the new shifts in education? In this book, Dr. Michael P. Ford provides a practical resource to guided reading. He explains how it evolved, why it's still important, how to fit it into a comprehensive literacy program, how to select texts, how to assess and...
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Only one man has the power and courage to preserve Rome from utter destruction-but to save the Empire, he must first overcome the Sword of Attila.
In an epic campaign that historians have called the most crucial in history, two great warriors match strength and tactics in a colossal struggle for the fate of the known world.
Ultimate authority in the fragile Western Empire rests on the shoulders of one man. Adhering to the ancient code of honor...
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Lust, tenderness, devotion-and something a little darker too. All can be found in these two mesmerizing vampire novellas by Michael Thomas Ford, where those willing to pay the price can satisfy every hunger . . .
STING
Librarian Ben Hodge has abandoned New York for the sleepy Ozarks town of Downing, Arkansas. But it's still not far enough to exorcize the pain of losing his lover. Among the handful of customers visiting the library is Titus Durham-a...
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Three common routines are seen in almost every primary language arts programs: morning messages, shared readings, and word walls. These routines should be integrated to support the total language arts program, but are teachers of grades K—2 getting the most bang for their buck out of these activities? Morning messages can become very routinized and repeat the same experiences over and over again. Shared readings are sometimes conducted with little...
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What is the American Dream? The concept is widely discussed by political candidates and in the popular media, but only vaguely understood. The late Michael Ford, Founding Director of the Center for the Study of the American Dream at Xavier University, was uniquely qualified to write this authentic analysis. His book, The American Dream: "Or What's a Heaven For? " was published by Cincinnati Book Publishing in cooperation with Xavier University Center's...
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A World War II military thriller set in May of 1943 Just months after Germany's stunning defeat at the hands of the Russians in Stalingrad, Allied forces succeed in pushing Rommel and his much vaunted Afrika Korps out of North Africa. Two German staff officers remain trapped in Tunisia. A Kommando unit is sent in to effect their rescue. Straightforward mission or trap? Meanwhile, Hitler and his Nazi leadership, growing more desperate to turn the tide...
17) Flowers
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Welcome to ZijiPics! This is a photo book of Flowers. Ziji is a Tibetan word for Being full of Radiance, Brilliance & Light. You always bring your own Radiance to Life. Enjoy the pics!
18) Changing Tides
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Few authors write about the full spectrum of gay men's lives with as much warmth, honesty, humor, and compassion as Michael Thomas Ford. Now the bestselling author of Last Summer, Looking For It, and Full Circle, delivers a shimmering, heartwarming story of one summer in the lives of three people, of the elusive search for human connection--and the necessity of love.
Marine biologist Ben Ransome understands the sea, especially the tiny, beautiful...
19) Looking For It
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Mike Monaghan is the bartender at the Engine Room, a meeting place for the small but thriving community of gay men in Cold Falls, New York. As Mike pours beer, wipes glasses and hears everything, he's also witness to the men who come here looking for what they need--sex, direction, friendship, spiritual fulfillment, and love. People like:
Stephen Darby--As an accountant, he knows many secrets. But Stephen has his own secret, one he's never been...
20) Full Circle
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History professor Ned Brummel is living happily with his partner of twelve years in small-town Maine when he receives a phone call from his estranged friend--Jack--telling him that another friend--Andy--is very ill and possibly near death. As Ned boards a plane to Chicago on his way to his friend's bedside, he embarks on another journey into memory, examining the major events and small moments that have shaped his world and his relationships with...