For hundreds of years all business, organizations and governments have tried to resolve the problem of internal theft, corruption and greed by using repression, security control and audit systems. The fact is, none of these methodologies have made a significant dent in this growing worldwide problem. In "Omega Virus" we follow the life of Robert, the Director of Merchandising, who is lost in his search for the source of massive loads of missing merchandise. The company's profits are swiftly flowing downward and Robert falls into a state of desperation as he watches his personal and...

Pcs for Peewees provides parents and carers with the necessary support for educating their children on the use of computers. Perfect for busy parents and overwhelmed instructors, this book offers all of the vital information to help young individuals advance their technological skills quickly and easily. Using unique interactive games and fun activities, the learning process is made easy for both teacher and student. There is even an additional adult section that works as an excellent guide for readers exploring the features of a PC.

Jose Cantino has no family as he grew up in an orphanage, eventually settling on the docks of Tampico, Mexico. Although just a boy, he quickly learns to sustain by filleting the day's catch for foreign tourists. He evolves into a deckhand and eventually a boat captain. His life takes a drastic turn when he finds out that the fishing charter that he works for is actually a front for one of Mexico's largest drug cartels. Out of loyalty and respect for Eduardo Robles - the kingpin of the organization, he becomes a drug runner. Although he's the cartel's rising star, things suddenly go south as...

Jose Cantino has no family as he grew up in an orphanage, eventually settling on the docks of Tampico, Mexico. Although just a boy, he quickly learns to sustain by filleting the day's catch for foreign tourists. He evolves into a deckhand and eventually a boat captain. His life takes a drastic turn when he finds out that the fishing charter that he works for is actually a front for one of Mexico's largest drug cartels. Out of loyalty and respect for Eduardo Robles - the kingpin of the organization, he becomes a drug runner. Although he's the cartel's rising star, things suddenly go south as...

Will Walker has written a collection of poems so intelligent and clear that reading them I wake up-and find myself alive in the world. This is what art can do-and every time it happens its a miracle. Here is a miraculous book-awake to what the Buddhists call the "full catastrophe" of living right now. If you want to feel yourself alive and in great company, buy this book and read it, and then pass it on.
-Marie Howe, author of The Kingdom of Ordinary Time
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here is a calm meditative grace to the poems in Will Walkers Wednesday After Lunch. His is a narrative "in the American grain," to use...

In the summer of 1499 Leonardo di Vinci is hired by Cesare Borga as a military engineer. Leonardo begins to work on a steam canon that had originally been an idea of Archimedes of Syracuse some 1500 years earlier. Cesare invites Leonardo to his headquarters for diner to learn more about Archimedes. He soon discovers that Leonardo seems to know a great deal about Archimedes. Leonardo has in his possession a wooden chest filled with drawings and ideas from Archimedes. In the course of the evening, Leonardo tells Cesare all about the life of Archimedes.

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In the poems of Petroglyphs, Ostrander piles up image after image, in long and short lines, creating a cadence. Whether the poem is an epithalamium for a beloved daughter, the stark image of a suicide artist, or a climb in the Himalayas, the poets unique voice comes through, and we see the work of a beautiful and probing mind, a generous spirit. Ostrander is a master craftsman, with patience and discipline to capture "The Word"-"which is always there, this reassembling of the self. . . a word that, ignored, appears for a moment and returns, lucid, to the circle of our reaching, the radius of...

In 2546 the population has risen to 35 billion. All cities and transport systems are underground and vast farms cover the surface. Seven people on a train journey from the UK pass through an underground network of tubes on their way to the Himalayan Mountains. On the journey, the seven must contend with a catastrophe that will change all their lives forever. During the journey, a meteor strike in Ukraine causes widespread devastation. When the travellers reach their destination, they realise all is not well on the outside and set to work immediately to help other travellers who are arriving....

An insatiable cook and traveler, Gloria Preston Olson has now written an unprecedented tome of approximately 600 ethnic recipes which reveal her palate of exquisite sensitivity and taste buds of discriminating discernment. The lucid instructions and comprehensive information on foods, wines, cooking equipment, and techniques make GLOBAL CULINARY ADVENTURES a truly remarkable cookbook. This comprehensive collection of recipes is arranged geographically, providing insight to the historical relationships of the foods of the entire world. Each chapter introduces the reader to the countries whose...

Lisha Adela Garcia's splendid debut full-length collection of poems, Blood Rivers, follows the legacy of blood-spilled, spared, reviled, holy, singled-out, intermingled, and sustaining. These are poems of cultural border crossings and personal boundary breaches as seen from the female perspective. Her "whole life is the geography between...two countries, two cultures, two languages," the Rio Grande, "hugging both sides" of her story. She envisions her "long black tongue, a computer / chewing the lessons of history." The poems can be scathing, calling us out for our absurdities, as in "St,...