Winner of the PEN Center USA Literary Award for Children's Literature A New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age Winner of the 2004 Texas TAYSHAS High School Reading List When fifteen-year-old Mick Nichols discovers a secret about his stepmother, he comes obsessed with uncovering the truth. But before he can get to the bottom of it, Mick is confronted by a series of strange robberies and a close friend with a dark secret of her own. As he seeks out answers, Mick realizes that all of his problems are zipped up together—and he may have to go to drastic lengths to untangle them. “The McNeals spin a wonderfully rich story.”—Kirkus Reviews “A well-honed novel. . . . Readers will be sucked in.”—Publishers Weekly

Explains what data compression is and its advantages, and shows how to use the two major data compression utility programs--PKZip and WinZip.

The Mortuary Affairs is considered the U.S Army's most difficult jobs. A Soldier who faces his first deployment to Iraq, hoping that his services will not be needed. He experiences the true meaning of freedom, when one of his own has paid the ultimate sacrifice. After serving his second consecutive tour in Iraq, his symptoms finds him receiving treatment in a Behavioral Mental Health Facility suffering from sleeping problems, stress, anxiety, and depression, only to have the memory of those fallen comrades and the reality of war.

"A young girl goes on a cross-country adventure with her scooter only to discover the true meaning of home"--

ONCE Once I believed everything an adult told me. Once I bit my cousin who wouldn’t cuddle me. Once I loved going to school. Once I loved baking cakes. Once I loved walking in the woods. Once I went to sleep easily. Once I put out a serious fire. Once I couldn’t understand Japanese. Once I was well loved. Once I made purple stew. Once I fell trees with an axe. Once I planned handicrafts for 2500 people. Once I wove yards of nubby handspun wool. Once I made a wedding cake. Once I asked a fellow I didn’t know to escort me at my Grad. Once I climbed Popocateptl. Once I learned to swim. Once I had three girls. Once I got married. Eventually we shared true love. By Roxsane K Tiernan

Imagine A River Runs Through It seen through the eyes of Dave Barry and you'll get an idea of Rich Tosches' sharp-eyed reflections on the art, hobby, and obsession of fly fishing. Armed with a rod, a pen, and an eccentric sense of humor, Pulitzer Prize-nominated sportswriter Rich Tosches headed for the Grand Teton Mountains, site of the World Fly Fishing Championship, and cast a keen eye on his fellow trollers from all over the globe. This encounter-and many others during a lifetime dedicated to the pursuit of fly fishing -are captured in a side-splitting collection of observations on every angle-and angler-of one of America's favorite pastimes.

"Why did I say that? Why did I do that? Where on earth did those mean thoughts and motivations come from? I'm so glad no one can read my mind." We all get whiplashed and sometimes broadsided by the "dark" side of our nature, which produces thoughts and behaviors that cause us to feel ashamed. many of us deny that part of ourselves, and kick it off somewhere in the shadowy recesses of the heart, where we hope it will stay put, not cause us any more trouble, and hopefully not be noticed. In The Zippered Heart, Marilyn does a gentle exploration of those secrets and issues which, if denied, can rob us of the abundant life we are promised in Christ. God means for us to be whole. This book is an encouragement in that process. "This book will change lives, because it requires that we look precisely at both the dark and the light sides of ourselves. Then it brings an overflowing grace and forgiveness. As a psychologist with thirty-five years of clinical experience, I can say that this is one of the best books I have read." ?Neil Clark Warren, author of Finding the Love of Your Life "Step into liberty through the rapscallion brilliance of Marilyn Meberg." ?Patsy Clairmont, author of Mending Your Heart in a Broken World "For thirty years Marilyn's compassionate exploration of the human heart has amazed me. Now, with skill and tenderness she opens that heart for all of us to see how fearfully and wonderfully we are made." ?Luci Swindoll, author, speaker, Women of Faith "The Zippered Heart is a perceptive and sensitive examination of the 'war within' between our two natures." ?Archibald D. Hart, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Graduate School of Psychology, Fuller Theological Seminary