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Having met at Ithaca University as graduate students, the millennial year of2000 is soon approaching, Sydney Steinberg and Corinna Kipnis consider each othertheir exclusive significant other. While after graduation, Corinna takes up a positionas reference librarian in her hometown library of Thompsonville, Syd hastens to finishhis graduate degree in engineering. But after some irrepressible soul-searching, hedecides on a radical change of course--he will, instead, attempt that more challengingcareer in the New York financial world he has always aspired to, which, in his estimate, will not only demand his highest level of intellectual mastery but, simultaneously, willalso position him at the very cutting edge of significant decision making. This choiceand the lifestyle it engenders set Corinna and Syd on deeply discordant life tracks andtoward life goals that prove incompatible.In the meantime, Viktor, Corinna's father and now professor emeritus, hasbeen summoned to California for a hospital visit with his cousin and boyhood hero, Mitchell Kipnis. Despite Mitchell's palatial Malibu home, Viktor perceives Mitchell'sloneliness as a widower and retiree and convinces him that a prolonged vacation inhis old hometown--Thompsonville--is just what the doctor would have ordered.Additionally, Viktor reminds Mitchell that his son Paul, has just taken a position atEly College in Thompsonville and would be an added companion. Mitchell consentsto this transition and eventually becomes a thoroughly vibrant part of the wholeThompsonville scene. Inevitably, Corinna and Syd separate; and through this painfulprocess, Corinna actually begins to fall in love with another person--having herselfattained a depth and confidence she had never before realized. In this generationaland a career mix of interesting, well-realized characters, there are more than enoughopportunities for dynamic clashes of values and priorities--small-town community orbig-city glitz? Wealth and power or a dedication to personal development? Parentsand their children retaining familial ties between generations or opting to go it alone?Plenty of opportunity for second thoughts. And hopefully discovering second chancesalong the way, the reader might be drawn into some thoughtful reevaluation of his ownbasic assumptions. And that is, of course, the best of all outcomes.

Raising Charlie is the story of a single career mom trying to do her best job at home caring for her two little sons while keeping her career afloat on the job. Like every mother who is left with the awesome job of "e;going it alone"e;, she is tired most of the time, scared all of the time, and overwhelmed by each and every day's surprises. This is also the story of two little boys whose progress encouraged their mom to live beyond her known potential to "e;get the job done"e;. Their energies were shared in an interesting way. The journey was difficult, necessary and fun beyond words.

In the first part of this book I discussed how the human braindeveloped due to the development of language;In the second and third part, I analyzed all aspects which arementioned below.- prehistoric humans lived in a terrestrial atmosphere wereC14 isotope concentration was intermittently higher thanusual because a chain of geomagnetic events occurred inthis epoch;- the C14 isotopes were incorporated into plants, andtransmitted by ingestion to animals in the form of C14-Glucose;- biological processes involving C14-Glucose in humansconducted to a reduction of organic production of nitric oxide;- a lesser apport of nitric oxide favored a healthier cellulardevelopment that decreased the sensitivity to viruses andpathogens; this aspect helped humans to migrate and betteradapt to new environments;- but for the most of it, the decline of nitric oxide led to significantincreases in neurogenesis that stimulated the brain plasticity,but also, it favored a chain of biological changes in the humanbrain;- all these changes together made the human brain todevelop a language;- the language development introduced the features ofassembling and disassembling; these features are thoseimplied in producing every technology we ever imagined;- the unique mechanism involved by language delivered theimagination on which is based our civilization.

Stumperland is a story about a great sequoia tree named Woodward Stumpingham. He lives in this magical forest that is like a Shangri-la, which he created for all the sick and dying animals and nature to come back to life. He's old but very wise and knows if he doesn't teach the kids the secret of the universe, the earth will perish. Woodward does this with the help of six heroes, which he calls his positive force team. The positive force team is like Woodward's police force, which he sends out into the real world to mow over the Negators, the bad people of the town who just don't care about saving the earth.His six heroes are Mookie and Dookie, two chimpanzees who left the circus to live in Stumperland; the Doolie brothers, two duty trucks that were worked like slaves in a lumberyard and found by Mookie and Dookie who drive them into Magic Lake, which brings them to life; and Malibu Mitch and Mikey (better known as MT II), who are two orphan boys who met Mookie and Dookie for the first time at the Mean Brothers Cafe in a game of shooting pool, which turns into a chaotic, outrageous pool-hall scuffle. That's when Malibu Mitch and MT II are rescued by the Doolie brothers and are taken into Stumperland for their very first time.

An Israeli-American man and a Palestinian woman found true love that forces itself onthe world to gain acceptance Changing the world is truly a very complicated mission,but anyone can begin this task with fighting for what he or she passionately believes in.The two main characters of author Awatef A''s Diverse Knots have the same backbonesthat challenge the world to look into an unspoken love story. This book follows the storyof Salwa Adam and Joseph Weisman, two individuals from two different cultures, whocollide under severe circumstances and instantly form a killer bond they can''t get rid of.This intense drama and powerful romance will surely leave readers under the spell of loveand great realization on multicultural relationship. Diverse Knots is an intelligent depictionof a multicultural relationship that can make the world stop and watch. It impressively tellsthe story of a forbidden rescue of a wrecked Palestinian woman by an Israeli-Americanattorney from her merciless father and brothers who try to punish and lock her away-andfrom an arranged marriage to an abusive husband. Joseph''s compassion to Salwa leadsthem to their successful escape from Israel and back to the United States. However, theirrelationship brings threat to their own lives-Salwa faces the doom of a gunman whoshoots her and though she survives the gun shots, she is recaptured by her own family thatforbids her from such a relationship. Will he risk his life for his one true love? After thedrama and madness, Salwa and Joseph find each other and elope in marriage at a NYCcourt. It was a move that further complicates the situation, which becomes clear throughthe ensuing awful occurrences. But will their love have a happy ending? In Diverse Knots,readers can feel the natural flow and escalation of true love that forces itself on the worldto accept. This story is not just engaging-it is phenomenal.