Walking With the Mailman


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Like the contents of a fragile parcel, the mysteries of postal life have at last been shattered, revealing the inner workings in all their brilliant glory! No longer will men and woman have to imagine what it's like walking from lawn to lawn, continually stepping over doggy landmines for hours on end! It's all right here! In a style that's decidedly humorous, not encyclopedic, quirky, but not in need of psychiatric care, letter carrier, Austin Brown, recounts fifteen years of postal life as a mailman. Writing with obvious delight and a firm grin, the idiosyncrasies of American culture are are illuminated in a fresh and entertaining way. Against this backdrop, the reader follows his life as a young letter carrier trekking along the sidewalks of Indiana, at first quite green- terribly green- but in time growing in maturity, learning the secret arts of blue collar survival amid a land where the average citizen roams wild, unhindered and real. Tempests are battled. Frothy-mouthed dogs are wrestled. Mobs of sticky children are overcome. And wild-eyed Postmasters are evaded. Step into a world not unlike a Norman Rockwell painting, but one where the neighborhood dog is firmly latched on the mailman's leg.




Walk to Win


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"Dr. Walk's" new bestseller! Learn how to walk for health and fitness with this new guide to shopping mall walking. Walking is the key to feeling better without strenuous exercise.




Walks With Buddy


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This book, Walks with Buddy (and Thoughts on Christ and Church), actually started out as a collection of short stories I submitted to my church's newsletter, the Miles Post. My church's name is Miles Memorial United Methodist, which is located in Norfolk, Virginia. The stories began in 2009 when I became the finance chair at my church. I found that while walking my dog, Buddy, I began having many thoughts about my surroundings, and many seemed to pertain to being finance chair as well as the church. With Buddy by my side, I had many interesting reflections, but I wasn't always sure where they were coming from, as I had never been a very religious person, so I decided the ideas were coming from Buddy himself. I adopted Buddy on September 11, 2008, and I can honestly say he has really changed my life; he has a heart of gold! Nobody has ever been a stranger to Buddy, this being especially true for when my mother was in the hospital as well as the assisted living facility. The love Buddy had for my mother was the same love she had for him. My mother was my inspiration in turning my little stories into a book to honor her. I am using my book, Walks with Buddy (and Reflections on Christ and Church), not only as a fund-raiser for my church but also as a way for everyone to get to know Buddy and maybe be drawn closer to Christ and their own church as well.




Pages Of Me Chapter 3


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Pages of Me, chapter three. My life on paper, pages of me to help others move forward. To the next chapter of their lives, during your most difficult times. A self help novel of overcoming all, the pain and suffering that life sometimes bring.If you read pages of me chapter two.You also need to read chapter three, to see what happens next.




Pages Of Me Chapter 4


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Pages of Me, chapter 4. My life on paper, pages of me to help others move forward. To the next chapter of their lives, during your most difficult times. A self help novel of overcoming all, the pain and suffering that life sometimes bring.




Walk Through Combinatorics, A: An Introduction To Enumeration, Graph Theory, And Selected Other Topics (Fifth Edition)


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The first half of the book walks the reader through methods of counting, both direct elementary methods and the more advanced method of generating functions. Then, in the second half of the book, the reader learns how to apply these methods to fascinating objects, such as graphs, designs, random variables, partially ordered sets, and algorithms. In short, the first half emphasizes depth by discussing counting methods at length; the second half aims for breadth, by showing how numerous the applications of our methods are.New to this fifth edition of A Walk Through Combinatorics is the addition of Instant Check exercises — more than a hundred in total — which are located at the end of most subsections. As was the case for all previous editions, the exercises sometimes contain new material that was not discussed in the text, allowing instructors to spend more time on a given topic if they wish to do so. With a thorough introduction into enumeration and graph theory, as well as a chapter on permutation patterns (not often covered in other textbooks), this book is well suited for any undergraduate introductory combinatorics class.




Towards Postal Excellence


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The Casablanca Walk


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Book Description: A Chinese intelligence officer assumes the role of a Russian agent, hoping his actions will iterrupt Russian-American relations. In New Jersey, the teenage daughter of an American diplomat is seen to be kidnapped. Her cousin and a mutual friend disappear. Connecting the events, authorities recognize the MO of an infamous Russian agent who had sworn never to operate in the United States. The MO used in the past was quite simple. The target was always a diplomat or member of the military. The target's child was taken, and a relative, and a third child known to the target. Following a precise timetable a relative of the target is mutilated—a finger or ear severed and delivered. On the next day, the friend is killed, the body left openly to be found. At that point the target is told to comply with the demand for the information requested, or the target's child will be killed. With one child tortured and the other murdered, no target had ever yet stood up to the kidnapper. In each case the children were always killed. A former CIA analyst, now transferred into the FBI's intelligence division in Washington, is assigned the case based on his prior experience in Europe. There he had faced this situation on three seperate occasions, and, knowing who was responsible, always lost the children. Now, the agent unknown, he must identify the perpetrator, break up the plan, and bring the children safely back home.




The Road That I Must Walk


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How much of myself (and my stuff) must I give up to follow Jesus? How does belonging to a faith community shape being a Christian? How do I walk in faith with friends whose faith is unclear or uncertain? What gives Christians hope in the face of power politics? Can I be pro-life and decry war, too? How do I make peace amidst the wrongs of the world? If you wonder about such questions, this book is for you. 'The Road That I Must Walk' represents the author's own wrestling with the call and cost of discipleship across a decade. Rather than an academic attempt to define or describe discipleship, these are simply the words of a disciple, one who has sought to walk in the way of Jesus. Arising from various circumstances and responding to various concerns, the several pieces collected here comprise a sketchbook of ethical reflections, biblical meditations, and spiritual ponderings drawn from one person's journey of following Jesus.







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