The Sky Over Walgreens

The Sky Over Walgreens
Author: Chris Green
Publisher:
Total Pages: 90
Release: 2007
Genre: Poetry
ISBN:

Poetry. Chris Green is a wonderful poet of contemporary American life. Compassionate, candid, funny and smart, these poems explore things we know but are often unable to say about our everyday lives. Green's debt to other writers is a source of richness but never pedantry. Encountering other poets, books, animals, marriage, family, even the suburban strip mall--the experiences created by these poems are sources of surprise, light and shadow. Chris Green's poems have appeared in Poetry, Verse, North American Review, RATTLE, 5 AM, Poet Lore, Poetry East and other publications. He lives in Evanston, Illinois, where he teaches writing at Loyola University and DePaul University. He is also a Visiting Fellow at the DePaul University Humanities Center.

My Gift of Now

My Gift of Now
Author: Elynne Chaplik-Aleskow
Publisher: Hillcrest Publishing Group
Total Pages: 142
Release: 2015-06-02
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1634134532

Stories of unthinkable tragedy involving family deaths in two plane crashes, a couple's travel adventures invoking riotous laughter, the tantalizing power of chocolate, and life's intriguing and unexpected moments are just a few of the memoirs that My Gift of Now shares with enthralling detail. Embark with Pushcart Prize-nominated author Elynne Chaplik-Aleskow as she recounts her sorrows and joys, along with a great love story later in life. My Gift of Now will help you to see the joy in your own life, even in the seemingly darkest of times. "A writer of immense and distinctive talent. Read her and you will never forget her." RICK KOGAN, CHICAGO TRIBUNE/WGN RADIO " Author Elynne Chaplik-Aleskow] gives you a glimpse into her world and allows you to glean treasures you can bring into your own." CYRUS WEBB, HOST OF CONVERSATIONS LIVE/TOP 500 AMAZON REVIEWER

History Lover's Guide to Chicago, A

History Lover's Guide to Chicago, A
Author: Greg Borzo
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2021
Genre: History
ISBN: 146714570X

Founded next to a great lake and a sluggish river, Chicago became the home to modern retailing, skyscrapers, and an increasingly concentrated downtown. The Chicago stockyards fed the world, and railroads turned the city into the nation's transportation hub. When a great fire leveled the city, Chicago rose again. Borzo helps you explore a missile site that became a bird sanctuary; explains how the city's first public library was located in an abandoned water tank; and introduces us to business leaders, society dames, anarchists and army generals. -- adapted from back cover

It's a Miracle

It's a Miracle
Author: Marie A Andre
Publisher: WestBow Press
Total Pages: 139
Release: 2016-09-13
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1512748137

It all started with a random 2:00 am phone call on October 1, 2001. The caller was anonymous, and the message they gave was intelligible... This is the story of a young boy who once died in a pool but was raised to life by the grace of God. The story of his mother continues from that day to include her many encounters with the Lord through dreams, heavenly signs, and life events. The many stories in this book are meant to provide encouragement, inspiration, strength, faith, and hope to all who read its words.

Doormat

Doormat
Author: Kelly McWilliams
Publisher: Laurel Leaf
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2007-12-18
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0307433307

WHAT WOULD YOU DO if your best friend got pregnant? Fourteen-year-old Jaime is used to her best friend, Melissa, being the center of attention. Melissa wants to be a model—she’s beautiful, popular, and talented. There’s just one small problem—Melissa thinks she’s pregnant, and she wants Jaime’s help. But there’s not much Jaime can do. Melissa refuses to tell her parents; Jaime refuses to be the same old reliable doormat. She’s got a lead in the school play and a new friendship with Zach. Jaime is changing, too. And she’s sick of being stepped on! Fifteen-year-old Kelly McWilliams’s debut novel is an inspiring story about friendship, choices, and learning how to shine.

The World of a Few Minutes Ago

The World of a Few Minutes Ago
Author: Jack Driscoll
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2012-02-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0814336132

Stories in the realistic tradition of lives overlooked, voices unheard, and characters trying to overcome and transcend confining circumstances. In The World of a Few Minutes Ago, award-winning author Jack Driscoll renders ten stories from the point of view of characters aged fourteen to seventy-seven with a consistently deep understanding of each character's internal world and emotional struggles. All of the stories are set against the quiet, powerful northern Michigan landscape and share a sense of longing, amplified by the beautiful but often unforgiving surroundings. With keen attention to the nuances of his characters and their lives, Driscoll explores both their attachments to the past and their as-yet-unseen futures as he considers relationships between loves, old friends, and parents and their children. A twelve-year-old boy accompanies his father on a secret run to the slaughterhouse where he recently lost his job. A middle-aged divorcé waits to witness the execution of the man who murdered his daughter decades earlier. A seventy-seven-year-old man reassesses both his fifty-year marriage and his career as an AP war photographer. A sixteen-year-old girl drives through a snowstorm in a clandestine meeting with her driver's education instructor. A twentysomething couple breaks into houses to ignite the passion in their relationship. Each story is carefully crafted and lovingly delivered, as characters weigh their own feelings against their complicated perceptions of other people and the action swirling around them. Driscoll's Michigan shapes these people as surely as their grief and joy, as the setting often becomes a physical touchstone to which characters turn to navigate the immensity of the unknown universe. Few authors have the flexibility of voice and the emotional range and depth of Driscoll, who is at his best in this collection. Readers of fiction will enjoy The World of A Few Minutes Ago.

As Good as Dead

As Good as Dead
Author: Elizabeth Evans
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2015-03-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 162040298X

When Esme, the woman she betrayed twenty years ago, arrives on her doorstep, bringing with her a past she thought was buried forever, Charlotte is faced with a choice of redeeming the old friendship or give in to the fears of the past.

Resisting Corporate Corruption

Resisting Corporate Corruption
Author: Stephen V. Arbogast
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 628
Release: 2022-11-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1119871433

Resisting Corporate Corruption The frequently used textbook is now in its 4th edition and includes new case studies on Tesla, VW, Nikola, WeWork, and Theranos. Resisting Corporate Corruption teaches business ethics in a manner very different from the philosophical and legal frameworks that dominate graduate schools. The book offers twenty-seven case studies and eight essays that cover a full range of business practices, controls, and ethics issues. The essays discuss the nature of sound financial controls, root causes of the Financial Crisis, contemporary ethics challenges like ‘Fake it Till You Make It,’ and the evolving nature of whistleblower protections. The cases are framed to instruct students in early identification of ethics problems and how to work such issues within corporate organizations. They also provide would-be whistleblowers with instruction on the challenges they’d face, plus information on the legal protections, and outside supports available should they embark on that course. Some of the cases illustrate how ‘The Young are the Most Vulnerable,’ i.e. short-service employees are most at risk of being sacrificed by an unethical firm. Other cases show the ethical dilemmas facing well-known CEOs and the alternatives they can employ to better combine ethical conduct and sound business strategy. Through these case studies, students should emerge with a practical toolkit that will help them to follow their moral compass. Finally, the cases provide an in-depth look at how a corporation becomes progressively corrupted (Enron), how the Financial Crisis was rooted in ethical decay at institutions as diverse as Countrywide, Goldman Sacks, Citigroup, and Moody’s, and at the ethical challenges that have emerged in the post-crisis, post-Dodd-Frank environment at firms like TESLA, VW, Theranos and WeWork. Audience This text provides practical case study work for business and law students, and employees in the formative stages of their careers. It is intended to help prepare this audience to withstand pressures and adverse cultural influences as they progress along a career path.

Rosarito Beach

Rosarito Beach
Author: M. A. Lawson
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 466
Release: 2014-11-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0451472519

The first installment in M.A. Lawson's thrilling Kay Hamilton series "This riveting thriller... launches a new star in crime fiction, the tough-minded and tough-talking DEA Agent Kay Hamilton."—New York Times bestselling author Lisa Scottoline Bold, brash, and beautiful, DEA agent Kay Hamilton doesn’t always like to play by the rules, even though she’s charged with upholding them. Having recently been transferred to San Diego after a case in Miami brought her more notoriety than medals, Kay once again finds herself embroiled in an international bust. Tito Olivera, younger brother of drug czar Caesar Olivera, is within her grasp. If she takes down Tito, Kay is positive that Caesar will follow—and when Caesar falls, so does the largest and most vicious cartel in Mexico. But when a mysterious stranger shows up on her doorstep, the Olivera case suddenly becomes far more personal—and far more dangerous. Now, Kay must decide how much she’s willing to sacrifice to get her man.

Universal Terrors, 1951-1955

Universal Terrors, 1951-1955
Author: Tom Weaver
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 439
Release: 2017-09-29
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 078643614X

Universal Studios created the first cinematic universe of monsters--Dracula, Frankenstein, the Mummy and others became household names during the 1930s and 1940s. During the 1950s, more modern monsters were created for the Atomic Age, including one-eyed globs from outer space, mutants from the planet Metaluna, the Creature from the Black Lagoon, and the 100-foot high horror known as Tarantula. This over-the-top history is the definitive retrospective on Universal's horror and science fiction movies of 1951-1955. Standing as a sequel to Tom Weaver, Michael Brunas and John Brunas's Universal Horrors (Second Edition, 2007), it covers eight films: The Strange Door, The Black Castle, It Came from Outer Space, Creature from the Black Lagoon, This Island Earth, Revenge of the Creature, Cult of the Cobra and Tarantula. Each receives a richly detailed critical analysis, day-by-day production history, interviews with filmmakers, release information, an essay on the score, and many photographs, including rare behind-the-scenes shots.