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Text for Senior Seminar, CE-401, at the University of Kentucky, Department of Civil Engineering. An excellent desktop reference for civil engineers in practice regarding the non-technical aspects of engineering practice. Get more details including the Table of Contents at: http://richardcheeks.com/professor/Semester%20Information/Table-of-Contents.pdf

A Life of Homes is the memoir of Jane Griggs, born in Pasadena, CA in the 1940's, chronicling her life as the child of alcoholic parents who is able to raise her own children with the love and security her own early childhood lacked. Running away from her parents' home at the age of six, Jane finds a home with her grandparents, who set her on the path to a become the mother she never had and to have a career she never could have imagined. A Life of Homes is a story of hope and survival. A triumph of the human spirit.

"Always Perfect", is a mom's reflection of her journey with her daughter being diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at the age of four. For all of the moms that are going through this journey, I hope this book helps you to realize that you are not alone and that no matter what struggles you and your children face, your children are and will always be PERFECT.

In “Broken Promises – Fulfilling Purpose, Rev. Orr describes the journey which brought her from childhood in her native land of Trinidad and Tobago, to the foreign land of America. In it, she expresses her deep feelings regarding the traumatic experiences she encountered as a result of straying away from Biblical teachings. She emphasizes throughout, that failure to obey God can have disastrous outcomes, and urges readers not to follow in the same path that she did. Her book forces one to believe in the reality of a God who cares for us when we do wrong, and yet demonstrates that He is a conquering God. The book is a mixture of triumphs and failures – a reality check for those ...

Deuteronomy rendered into E-Prime by Dr. David F. Maas with Interlinear Hebrew in IPA

Fly with the men of the 1st Cavalry through the 1968 Tet Offensive, then to Khe Sanh and the A Shau Valley. Join the Special Forces missions to the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos and Cambodia. This is a personal, brutally honest, account by a helicopter pilot during the pivotal battles of the Viet Nam war. He is a witness to American victories and the unswerving bravery of his comrades. In pursuit of a determined enemy, they fly with indomitable resolution. Hear of their willingness to face a gauntlet of death each day, and rise the next day to do it all again. He comes home to a bitter unhinged America turning against their army and the people of South Viet Nam. He finds duty and honor ...

I am ash. I am dust. I'm what's left from a fire that burned so completely, there seems no need to put it out. And deep down in that pile of ash, that pile of charred remains, a glowing ember burns intently. That is my core, that ember. It is the fight in me, and it feels stronger every minute. Tell me, what would you do for your family? To what ends would you go to ensure they remained safe? My name is Ember now, and I'll do the unthinkable, and maybe the unforgivable, to protect my family and my team. Just stand back and watch the fireworks as I show you my new world.

In the year 2000, an out of work reporter is approached by a man who is not whom he appears to be. Lured into a romantic affair with him, the reporter is soon to lose everything—her family, her home, her country and nearly her life. EXILE is the true story of Janet Phelan, who fled the US after the attempts to permanently silence her went awry. The lengths to which the intelligence community will go to cover their tracks is revealed in this memoir. The ultimate question—what is the meaning behind this grave assault on an American citizen—unfolds as the story is told.