Rudy: 258 books

In 1920, Stefan Revak’s father left Scheindorf, Romania to work in the United States. Stefan, then five-years-old, stayed with his mother, Gertrude, to manage the farm and properties, while they waited for his father to save enough money for them to come to America. Thirty years would pass before...

  A Rare Thing is a story of redemption and forgiveness. In the small New Mexico town of San Carlos in the 1950s and 60s, a motherless Chicano youngster Javier Jimenz, finds himself forced into an early manhood. The boy's father, Nicols, a Korean War veteran, drinks himself into the depths of alcoholism,...

It is the early 1980s. The nice suburban North Bronx neighborhood of Baychester inches downward. Its courage and self-pride wane. Burglaries and gang activity increase. Murders, unintentional or plotted, are up. The police who care are discouraged. Crack-cocaine proliferates, particularly among the...

In 1944, as war rages across Europe and Asia, famine, violence and fear are commonplace. But life appears tranquil in the isolated farming settlement of Wapiti in northern Saskatchewan, where the Mennonite community continues the agricultural lifestyle their ancestors have practised for centuries....

Women, Reading, Kroetsch: Telling the Difference is a book of both practical and theoretical criticism. Some chapters are feminist deconstructive readings of a broad range of the writings of contemporary Canadian poet-critic-novelist Robert Kroetsch, from But We are Exiles to Completed Field Notes....

Thirteen-year-old Rowan has just won a contest at a music festival and has been awarded a platinum flute when he suddenly finds himself magically transported to a new worldone in which his music seems to hold great power. He is transported to the world of Tyme, a place that was once controlled by...

Researchers and scientists in the U.S., Russia and Japan compete in a new technological race to control fear and pain in the minds of the world's populace. At first the race is rooted in purely scientific ambitions, such as that of space travel or in the era of the industrial revolution, but it evolves...

Retired cruise liners are converted into floating mercy-killing centers where patients and their loved ones are seduced into an elaborate final cruise which provides promise of death by 'dignity and grace.' However, human greed exploits unthinkable means by which to profit from the termination of human lives. Such is our brutal new world, where human life becomes the equity of all evil.

Under Raven’s Wing is a reality-based mystical adventure set in the mist-shrouded rain forests of Southeastern Alaska. Kyle Thornton is a well-meaning, but lonely kid. He steals a wheelchair from the Pioneer’s Home to transport a keg to a beach party. He was just trying to fit in, but is now doing...

Groundbreaking information for treating sex offenders Sexual abuse, sexual addiction, and sexual offending have become a significant clinical problem. Successfully treating these disorders is the first step toward preventing future victims. Sex-Offender Therapy is a practical workbook for clinicians...

An important purpose of The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry is to aid the understanding of distribution and chemical reaction processes which occur in the environment. It is designed to serve as an important source for environmental scientists and decision-makers in industry, governmental and...

While the risk of suicide is increasing across age groups, the good news is that with timely intervention, most suicides are preventable. Written primarily for high school and college students as well as for their teachers and parents, this guide combines relevant research and theories about suicide...

This novel will continue to advocate the personal supreme spirit of evil. He is not the author of evil. He is the demon, wicked and energetic, reckless, or dashing spirit. He is the devil. In Germany, the poet Goethe named him Mephistopheles. As a spirit, he was kicked out of heaven for insisting...

Non hai bisogno di capire come è stato compilato un algoritmo per godere di Google. Non sai come si disintegra l’atomo che genera l’energia con cui accendi la luce. Allo stesso modo non hai idea di come funzioni l’Intelligenza artificiale ma ti accorgi che alcuni e-commerce ti propongono prodotti...