The Journey Takers


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Leslie Albrecht Huber's ancestors were journey takers, leaving theirhomes in Germany, Sweden, and England behind to sail to the USand start new lives here. Huber sets out to trace these journeys and tounderstand her family - who they were and what mattered to them. As shefollows in their footsteps, walking the paths they walked and looking overthe land they farmed, she finds herself on a journey she hadn't expected.Based on thousands of hours of research, Huber recreates the immigrationexperience in a way that captures both its sweeping historical breadth andits intimately personal consequences.




The Taker


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From the author of The Hunger—hailed by Stephen King as “deeply, deeply disturbing, hard to put down”—comes a hauntingly atmospheric tale filled with alchemy, lust, and betrayal. True love can last an eternity…but immortality comes at a price. On the midnight shift at a hospital in rural Maine, Dr. Luke Findley is expecting another quiet evening of frostbite and the occasional domestic dispute. But the minute Lanore McIlvrae—Lanny—enters his ER, she changes his life forever. A mysterious woman with plenty of dark secrets, Lanny is unlike anyone Luke has ever met. He is inexplicably drawn to her…despite the fact that she is a murder suspect with a police escort. As she begins to tell her story, Luke finds himself utterly captivated. Her impassioned account begins at the turn of the 19th century in the same small town of St. Andrew, Maine, back when it was a Puritan settlement. Consumed as a child by her love for the founder’s son, Jonathan, Lanny will do anything to be with him. But the price she pays is steep—an immortal bond that chains her to a terrible fate for all eternity. And now, two centuries later, the key to her healing and her salvation lies with Dr. Luke Findley. Part historical novel, part supernatural page-turner, The Taker is a “mesmerizing” (Booklist, starred review) story about the power of unrequited love not only to elevate and sustain, but also to blind and ultimately destroy.




The Leave-Takers


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The Leave-Takers is a twenty-first-century American love story and a tale of internal migration to the Great Plains.




The Technology Takers


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Digital-era technologies lead organizations to become technology takers, the equivalent of economic "price takers." To be a technology taker is to assent to the behavior transforming benefits of modern technologies. This playbook offers technology takers tactics to manage change, create value, and exploit the digital era’s strategic opportunities.




The Leave Takers


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This compelling and vivid novel - the first in the 'Journey into Eta' trilogy - follows the trials of Hagio and the 'Leave-Takes' in the Ancient Greek world.




Changing Lives, Changing Drug Journeys


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This book describes how a group of young people make decisions about drug taking. It charts the decision making process of recreational drug takers and non-drug takers as they mature from adolescence into young adulthood. With a focus upon their perceptions of different drugs, it situates their decision making within the context of their everyday lives. Changing lives, changing drug journeys presents qualitative longitudinal data collected from interviewees at age 17, 22 and 28 and tracks the onset of drug journeys, their persistence, change and desistance. The drug journeys and the decision making process which underpins them are analysed by drawing upon contemporary discourses of risk and life course criminology. In doing so, a new theoretical framework is developed to help us understand drug taking decision making in contemporary society. This framework highlights the pleasures and risks that interviewees perceive when making decisions whether or not to take drugs. The ways in which their drug journeys and life journeys intersect and how social relationships and transitions to adulthood facilitate or constrain the decision making process are also explored. Qualitative longitudinal research of this kind is uncommon yet it provides an invaluable insight into the decision making process of individuals during the life course. The book will, therefore, be of interest to researchers and students from a variety of disciplines including qualitative research methods as well as sociology, criminology, cultural and health studies. It will also be an important resource for professionals working in health promotion, drugs education, harm reduction and treatment.




Finders Takers


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In this suspenseful crime thriller, three friends manage to carry out what one of them describes decades later as "the greatest kid crime ever committed." But that's not their only secret. Who murdered the neighborhood mobster? David, Mary Kay and her twin brother Tommy spend their lives hiding an improbable act of deception from their youth and how they became fabulously wealthy. Decades pass and the burden of guarding their secret and who they are takes a toll leading to paranoia, reckless behavior, obsession and more secrets. A childhood acquaintance suddenly understands the significance of what he knows and what the three must have done. His investigation tips off the very people they have been hiding from all along. What follows is revenge, death, a "deal with the devil," and the revelation of stunning, unforeseen madness. Everybody starts out as a kid, but they all grow up someday, and some sins can't be forgiven. Love? Murder? Greed? Insanity? Yeah, it's in there.




Money Takers


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Tyreek Stafford, better known as Reek, is the face of the Mayland Street Money Takers. After turning his team onto a numbered of Armored Truck heists, his wealth grows, and so do his problems along with his enemies. With his right hand man Nas by his side, Reek and the rest of the Mayland Street Money Takers are ready to take on any obstacle that comes their way. With betrayal lurking in the winds, will Reek be too blinded by greed to see betrayal when he's face with it? Take a ride through the mean streets of Killadelphia with the bul Reek. By the time your ride ends, you will think you were a Mayland Street Money Taker yourself.




The Market Taker's Edge: Insider Strategies from the Options Trading Floor


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TRADE OPTIONS LIKE A SEASONED PRO! A Trading-Floor Veteran Shares his Secrets "What I like about Dan's book is that it's obvious he isn't just telling you how to trade, he's telling you how he trades. There's always a big difference between those who teach trading from an academic standpoint and those who have traded and have the ability to walk investors step by step through the trade. For my money, I always seek advice and counsel from those that walk the walk and Dan Passarelli has walked the walk." Jon Najarian, cofounder Trademonster.com On Dan Passarelli’s first day as a clerk on the exchange floor, he spent the morning observing, practicing his hand signals, and running errands. Around midday, the veteran clerk he worked with said to him, “You’re up. I’m going to lunch.” Dan survived his trial by fire and went on to spend many years on the trading fl oor. He credits his success as a trader and educator to the hands-on experience he gained throughout his career. With The Market Taker’s Edge, Passarelli shares the knowledge and insights other floor traders keep tight to their chests—the knowledge you need to beat the market on a regular basis. This market maker turned market taker delivers a focused commentary on key concepts for operating in the options exchange like a pro. He offers a candid look at the ups and downs of his trading career and conveys the lessons he learned along the way in an informative and often entertaining way. After spending time on the floor in his shoes, you’ll understand: How professional traders attempt to make money—and why it’s different from the way you make money Why market makers are not the enemy How both market takers and market makers can profit while taking opposite sides of the same trade How to focus on what is important in a trade and avoid the noise Dan Passarelli has already taught thousands of people how to make a living as traders, and now with The Market Taker’s Edge, he can help you do it, too.




Retooling the Church


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Too many church leaders expire before their time because of the demands within a top-down leadership structure. Learn how to multiply your church membership involvement with a team-up style that includes everyone. Ron Satrape shares his successful techniques how to: Lead others effectively without domination or manipulation. Encourage others to "buy in" to the faith, and fully participate in leadership and ministry. Build relationally healthy, functional teams. Imprint each team member's fingerprints onto the blueprints, of God's vision. Use an apostolic development process to advance team character, as well as the Kingdom of God. Build a great team model, a first-class fruitful ministry, and team reproduction. Develop accountability structures. Organize an apostolic network. Book jacket.