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Ravages of Greed

Author : R. W. Doyen
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1491754737
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (917 download)

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Download or read book Ravages of Greed written by R. W. Doyen and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2014-12-26 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conrad Shore became lost in the enormity and horrors of a war he never understood. He had put his life on the line for his country and his comrades more times than he could count, and his selfless acts of bravery had earned him a great deal of respect. Now, home after two tours of duty-he's lost. The ribbons and medals he earned are painful reminders of a place and time he'd sooner forget. That was a different time, and he is now a different man. After the war, he left his wife, Hannah, and their infant daughter, Dana, behind. For years, he's wandered the country in search of a stability he can't accurately define. Drawn back to rejoin the family he never stopped loving, Conrad must now face the many wounds to body and soul his warrior past burned into him. With Hannah's help, he hopes he can start a new life. He's always been good with his hands, so he starts a thriving construction business. But even that dream slips through his calloused hands, as the economy crushes his prospects. Conrad fights for optimism and a reason to keep fighting for his future. It is during this dark time that he crosses paths with Manuel Estrada, a greed-driven killer who would stop at nothing to keep what he feels belongs to him. The unremitting greed of these two different men generates a caustic and unrelenting war that threatens to destroy all within its path.

Evolutionary Love and the Ravages of Greed

Author : Adam Crabtree
Publisher : FriesenPress
ISBN 13 : 1525509675
Total Pages : 149 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)

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Download or read book Evolutionary Love and the Ravages of Greed written by Adam Crabtree and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2017-09-14 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The widespread turmoil in the human community today is a symptom of the dominance of unchecked desire, or Greed. This book distinguishes two ancient concepts of love (the Greek ideas of agape and eros) and explores how agape, the driver of evolution, when put into play through the harmonious action of eros, displays the true essence of love – Evolutionary Love– that alone is the antidote to the ravages of Greed.

The Complete Book of Greed

Author : M. Hirsh Goldberg
Publisher : William Morrow
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Complete Book of Greed written by M. Hirsh Goldberg and published by William Morrow. This book was released on 1994 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The author of The Blunder Book and The Book of Lies is back - with his most entertaining "human foible" book yet! The Complete Book of Greed romps through the history of human avarice to expose a trove of unimaginable extravagance." "From the ancient Egyptian pharaohs - who filled their massive burial pyramids with gold in hopes of "taking it with them" - to today's oil sheiks and corporate chieftains, Goldberg humorously details the bizarre lifestyles of the rich and greedy down through the ages, including the wife who was awarded the largest divorce settlement in history - $950 million plus property; the billionaire who installed a pay telephone in his mansion for use by his guests; the maharajah who made his six Rolls-Royces into garbage trucks; the spectacular swindle that caused Barbara Walters, Alan Alda, Barbra Streisand, and the chairmen of Pepsico, Citicorp, and General Electric to lose hundreds of thousands of dollars; and the $100 million party that was held in 62 tents spread over 160 acres." "With the droll style and amusing caricatures that Goldberg's readers enjoy, The Complete Book of Greed is an entertaining odyssey through the annals of conspicuous consumption."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Ageing and Invisibility

Author : Emilio Mordini
Publisher : IOS Press
ISBN 13 : 1607506149
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book Ageing and Invisibility written by Emilio Mordini and published by IOS Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing an overview of the process of e-inclusion for older people and addressing the ethical, social and legal aspects of the process, this book is suitable for researchers, policy-makers, organisations and companies, as well as for those with an interest in the identification and promotion of good practice within an ageing society.

Luke

Author : Mary H. Schertz
Publisher : MennoMedia, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1513804286
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (138 download)

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Download or read book Luke written by Mary H. Schertz and published by MennoMedia, Inc.. This book was released on 2023-06-27 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Luke is a gospel of joy, amazement, and warmth. From the jubilant birth narrative and Magnificat at the beginning to the wonder of the ascension at the end, Luke offers a matchless portrait of Jesus Christ of Nazareth and those who followed him. In the 36th volume in the Believers Church Bible Commentary series, New Testament scholar Mary H. Schertz helps readers inhabit the pages of the third gospel, replete with parables and paradoxes and ministries of mercy. In vibrant writing and with careful exegesis, Schertz invites readers to investigate for themselves the surprise, light, and awe of the kingdom of God, in which people find healing, the marginalized find welcome, and the poor find flourishing. Schertz traces the motifs of holy warrior and suffering servant that confronted every first-century Jew, including Jesus, and that still shape the church today. Through it all, Luke demonstrates both the cost of the kingdom and the exuberance of a life lived in loyalty to Jesus and the strength of the Spirit. About the Believers Church Bible Commentary series This readable commentary series is for all who seek more fully to understand the original message of Scripture and its meaning for today—Sunday school teachers, members of Bible study groups, students, pastors, and other seekers. —From the Series Forword

Ancient Sins . . . Modern Addictions

Author : R. Scott Sullender
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1621897370
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (218 download)

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Download or read book Ancient Sins . . . Modern Addictions written by R. Scott Sullender and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2013-07-05 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a virtual epidemic of addiction in the United States, both traditional addictions to drugs and alcohol but also newer addictions, like sex, gambling, rage, work, and food/eating. Some authorities have labeled addictions the number one mental health problem in America. We are spending millions of dollars annually trying to prevent, understand, and treat this epidemic--and yet by any measure of success we are losing this "war." In this cultural context Dr. Sullender invites us to look again at the spiritually based scheme of the Seven Deadly Sins, which originated at the dawn of Western civilization. He suggests that what our spiritual forebears meant by "deadly" is best captured in the modern concept of "addiction." Based on this thesis, this book explores what is addictive about the sins of pride, envy, anger, greed, gluttony, sloth, and lust, and suggests that these sins are all obsessive, and as such become the mental component in the addictive cycle. Each chapter concludes by offering some spiritual resources, practices, and insights that can help us win the battle against addiction, which is ultimately won or lost on a mental or spiritual plane.

Stepping Stones

Author : Bryan Britton
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1479747297
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (797 download)

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Download or read book Stepping Stones written by Bryan Britton and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-11-12 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The educational system in South Africa has failed the young learners of this new nation, says author Bryan Britton who has contributed this work as a very small step in the giant leap necessary to rehabilitate our highly susceptible youth and help them make sound and moral judgements. There has been little concern for the aspirations of the young people of South Africa. The benefits of learning, character building, moral education and religion were lost in the turmoil of the 1980s and 1990s, resulting in a rudderless, sometimes murderous element, pervading South African society. The Rainbow Nation is today the crime mecca of the world, and the haves now have more and the have nots, appallingly less. Can we put an end to this moral decay? Perhaps adopting sound, non-sexist, non-racial and evergreen wisdom from the past can be used to commence regenerating the shredded moral fibre of this country? To aid youngsters in their search for ethics, the author has gathered a selection of pertinent wisdom from the past. Perhaps young people in South Africa will see in these excerpts, building blocks with which to construct a viable morality for their young lives and hence for the country they are destined to inherit.

Sojourner

Author : Michael J. Findley
Publisher : Findley Family Video Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 39 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sojourner written by Michael J. Findley and published by Findley Family Video Publications. This book was released on with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mark and Michelle just have to survive. Well, they also have to make it home from Titan. And if they don't have a full load of Methane in the giant Gas-harvesting Balloon Ship Sojourner, everything they and dozens of other families invested will be lost. Loneliness, constant repairs, violent gas storms and government seizure aren't the only things keeping them awake at night.

King Lear

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1501118110
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book King Lear written by William Shakespeare and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Presents Shakespeare's tragedy in which an English king foolishly splits his kingdom between the two daughters plotting his doom and disinherits his favorite for speaking out against him." --

Greed

Author : L. Ron Hubbard
Publisher : Galaxy Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 1592125662
Total Pages : 105 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (921 download)

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Download or read book Greed written by L. Ron Hubbard and published by Galaxy Press LLC. This book was released on 2011-06-20 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is Greed good? The future of Earth and all of mankind may hang on that one question. And George Marquis Lorrilard—a space age ace-pilot, adventurer and fortune-hunter to rival Hans Solo of Star Wars—is just the man to answer it. The world is divided between Asia and the United Continents—two great super powers locked in eternal warfare. But the balance of power is about to shift in Asia’s favor. They have developed a top-secret weapon—the cohesion projector–that could lead to annihilation on an unprecedented scale.... But as far as Lorrilard is concerned, the number one problem with the projector is that it stands in the way of his profits. Can he find a way to subvert the powerful weapon and resume his enterprising exploits through leadership and self deception? For millions of people on Earth survival may ultimately depend on the power of one man’s need speed and Greed. Greed was the last L. Ron Hubbard story published in Astounding Science Fiction in April 1950, marking the end of an era. Over a decade before, he had been a key figure in the opening of the Golden Age of Science Fiction. Now, as he turned his attention to other writings, the Golden Age drew to a close. But some three decades after this story appeared, Hubbard would make a triumphant return to the field with the publication of his bestselling novel Battlefield Earth and the extraordinary ten-volume series Mission Earth. Also includes the science fiction adventures, The Final Enemy, in which Earth discovers it faces a distant, yet devastating new foe, the identity of which is the most shocking blow of all, and The Automagic Horse, the story of a Hollywood special effects wizard who is about to apply his movie magic to a project that is out of this world. “A wonderfully rich and textured experience, complete with realistic sound effects and moody atmospheric music.” —Publishers Weekly Listen Up Award winner for 2008 New York Times Bestselling Author L. Ron Hubbard Fiction Book

Empire Saga

Author : Michael J. Findley
Publisher : Findley Family Video Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1158 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Empire Saga written by Michael J. Findley and published by Findley Family Video Publications. This book was released on with total page 1158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Look at the future of persecution. One day soon the only refuge for the faithful may be Space. Follow a desperate couple fighting isolation and equipment malfunction to pilot a gas-collecting balloon ship to the outer planets. Michael, crown prince of the Space Empire hopes to save his people from external attack with an internal rebellion and a battle cruiser like no other. His plans are shaken by a forbidden romance, political turmoil, and the discovery of Earth’s Fourth Empire. Michael and his best friend Randolph might save or shatter the Space Empire’s last hope for the future.

Pay Any Price

Author : James Risen
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0544341414
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (443 download)

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Download or read book Pay Any Price written by James Risen and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2014 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: War corrupts. Endless war corrupts absolutely. Ever since 9/11 America has fought an endless war on terror, seeking enemies everywhere and never promising peace. In Pay Any Price, James Risen reveals an extraordinary litany of the hidden costs of that war: from squandered and stolen dollars, to outrageous abuses of power, to wars on normalcy, decency, and truth. In the name of fighting terrorism, our government has done things every bit as shameful as its historic wartime abuses -- and until this book, it has worked very hard to cover them up. Lincoln suspended habeas corpus. FDR authorized the internment of thousands of Japanese Americans. Presidents Bush and Obama now must face their own reckoning. Power corrupts, but it is endless war that corrupts absolutely.

MAKING THE YOUTH OF SUBSTANCE -THIRD EDITION

Author : PRISCILLIA NWANDO ONYEKWELU
Publisher : Royal Consortium Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book MAKING THE YOUTH OF SUBSTANCE -THIRD EDITION written by PRISCILLIA NWANDO ONYEKWELU and published by Royal Consortium Press. This book was released on 2020-08-07 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MAKING THE YOUTH OF SUBSTANCE -THIRD EDITION is a book that is a must-read for virtually all youngstes across the globe. If you are a parent, ensure you purchase this indispensable literary piece for your teenagers. MAKING THE YOUTH OF SUBSTANCE -THIRD EDITION, undoubtedly, would be instrumental in checking against any forms of adolescent misdeamenours and unhealthy indolences amidst striplings, and help then dream lofty dreams, set goals and finally attain the goals they set for themselves. Any young person that reads this book, MAKING THE YOUTH OF SUBSTANCE -THIRD EDITION, will grow into adulthood of self-fullfillment.

All You Can Eat

Author : Linda McQuaig
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780140262223
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (622 download)

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Download or read book All You Can Eat written by Linda McQuaig and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2002 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Shadows of Forbidden Temples

Author : Richard W Wilson
Publisher : Fulton Books, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1646547071
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (465 download)

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Download or read book Shadows of Forbidden Temples written by Richard W Wilson and published by Fulton Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2021-04-15 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tim, a teacher from a small village by the Delaware River, was drawn into an unsavory vortex of greed that included a lawyer, the mayor of his town, and a mafia hoodlum. It began with Tim's discovery of a journal written by a young girl who, in 1844, traveled alone by ship from Australia to Hong Kong. He came across the journal after discovering the body of an antique dealer in a thicket by the river. How could he know that he and the dealer were related, that both were descended from the girl who had traveled alone to Hong Kong? By what strange twist of fate would he find himself the beneficiary of a fortune? To his surprise, Tim discovered other beneficiaries who had been considered and discarded. One was his deceased father, who, following WWII, met and fell in love with a Japanese woman. She was Tim's mother. Another was Nelle, who left England for Australia to work as a surgeon. There, she had a love affair that ended with murder. Later, Nelle emigrated to Nebraska, married, and had a child. It was an unhappy family for her daughter, Kaitlin, fled home to escape her domineering father. The fates were unkind, for she became involved with a psychopath who, on a cold night, lured a young Mexican man into the countryside, whipped him, and left him naked tied to a fence post. The demon of greed for fame, money, sex, and power crept into these people's lives. In its wake was wreckage, but for Tim, it was the start of an odyssey that led to a new beginning.

Opium

Author : John H. Halpern
Publisher : Hachette Books
ISBN 13 : 0316417653
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (164 download)

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Download or read book Opium written by John H. Halpern and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2019-08-13 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a psychiatrist on the frontlines of addiction medicine and an expert on the history of drug use comes the "authoritative, engaging, and accessible" history of the flower that helped to build (Booklist) -- and now threatens -- modern society. Opioid addiction is fast becoming the most deadly crisis in American history. In 2018, it claimed nearly fifty thousand lives -- more than gunshots and car crashes combined, and almost as many Americans as were killed in the entire Vietnam War. But even as the overdose crisis ravages our nation -- straining our prison system, dividing families, and defying virtually every legislative solution to treat it -- few understand how it came to be. Opium tells the "fascinating" (Lit Hub) and at times harrowing tale of how we arrived at today's crisis, "mak[ing] timely and startling connections among painkillers, politics, finance, and society" (Laurence Bergreen). The story begins with the discovery of poppy artifacts in ancient Mesopotamia, and goes on to explore how Greek physicians and obscure chemists discovered opium's effects and refined its power, how colonial empires marketed it around the world, and eventually how international drug companies developed a range of powerful synthetic opioids that led to an epidemic of addiction. Throughout, Dr. John Halpern and David Blistein reveal the fascinating role that opium has played in building our modern world, from trade networks to medical protocols to drug enforcement policies. Most importantly, they disentangle how crucial misjudgments, patterns of greed, and racial stereotypes served to transform one of nature's most effective painkillers into a source of unspeakable pain -- and how, using the insights of history, state-of-the-art science, and a compassionate approach to the illness of addiction, we can overcome today's overdose epidemic. This urgent and masterfully woven narrative tells an epic story of how one beautiful flower became the fascination of leaders, tycoons, and nations through the centuries and in their hands exposed the fragility of our civilization. An NPR Best Book of the Year"A landmark project." -- Dr. Andrew Weil"Engrossing and highly readable." -- Sam Quinones"An astonishing journey through time and space." -- Julie Holland, MD"The most important, provocative, and challenging book I've read in a long time." -- Laurence Bergreen

Greed

Author : A. Brassey
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 023024615X
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Greed written by A. Brassey and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-10-15 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For all of the technical explanations for meltdown in the financial markets during the banking crisis, the most readily accepted and almost universal explanation is the single word 'greed'. This is a subject which can at once be seen as the disease at the heart of society and the motivating force behind the progress of mankind.