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Seven true stories about the craziest, creepiest, and funniest customers I've ever met as an in-home computer technician. Read them at your own risk....

Technology has made rapid advancements over the past couple of years. With the advent of incredibly inexpensive and convenient smartphones and tablets, people of all walks of life now connect to the Internet everywhere they go, at all hours of the day. As a small business owner, there's one thing you can't afford to do in this bold new age: rely on print advertising. Online marketing isn't simply an aspect of local business promotion anymore. It's the foundation. Business owners understand this and act upon it are flourishing. Those who don't are putting their future at incredible risk.

How to Save More Money Guaranteed is a time-tested system that puts more money in your pocket. Whether you hate numbers or cannot live without them, this straightforward book will help you increase your savings.

Starting in 1978 and ending in 2000, I worked in the music industry as a technician. My journey started in the bars and rock clubs on Long Island, New York, and eventually took me to arenas and stadiums around the world working for KISS, Alice Cooper, Stone Temple Pilots, and many other groups. This is my story. From club gigs after school as a teenager, to concerts on every continent on the planet.

This is the student handbook for high school students attending a GrievingTeens Grief Camp. We will help you organize a grief camp in your area that meets these goals and objectives. Our mission is to see people grow through grief and become people equipped to help others throughout their lives. For more information go to grievingteens.com or grievingteensgriefcamp.com.

This series of explanations and articles breaks down some commonly misunderstood elements of computers and home theater. Explanations are given in a basic, understandable way (without sounding too "techy"). Topics include: basic computer types, basic home theater (video), basic home theater (audio), audio/video cables, computer viruses, e-mail security, understanding encryption & passwords, backing up your hard drive, and computer speed/startup items.

Having spent 10 months on the run after he was framed for the murder of an estate-clearing associate, handyman Jay Porter returns to his hometown of Ashton, New Hampshire. During his time as a fugitive, he searched for a hard drive - evidence that would put his longtime nemeses Adam and Michael Lombardi behind bars. But he came up empty handed.

A 12-year-old boy lives with his family in a small, poverty-stricken town in Vermont. His father works at a manufacturing plant, his mother is a homemaker, and his 15-year-old brother is about to enter high school. His family has gained enough financial stability to move out of the trailer park, and as conflict rages abroad, his father’s job at a weapons manufacturing plant appears safe. But then his mother is diagnosed with cancer, and everything changes.

The Dust Bowl uprooted a lot of families and orphaned even more children. No one knows this better than Nat, a teenager who rides the rails from town to town looking for work. After helping a girl accused of witchcraft, Nat stumbles upon a home for wayward children run by a vibrant woman named Camille. She takes in children who have been thrown away and teaches them how to use their untapped potential to do extraordinary things...like magic.

The death and destruction wrought by Teutates, along with Allie Mae McCormick's deadly rage against David Hobbs and his family in Tennessee and Colorado, has almost been forgotten. The renowned "lovers' lane" ravine in the heart of Cades Cove rests quietly below moonlit skies at night, and John Running Deer can once again enjoy the seclusion of his Smoky Mountain residence - almost.

The fate of the galaxy rests on the shoulders of the Chosen, a group of individuals with unique abilities capable of stopping the spread of Corruption by The Dark Master. Jared is one of these Chosen, living in a world oppressed by the Aretul. The Aretul imprison men and boys as prey for their Hunters, subjecting them to unspeakable horrors. For two long years, Jared has been running and hiding, doing whatever he can to stay alive and evade the Aretul’s grasp.

He was wise enough to know that what he felt for Sarah was not love. Unlike many who quickly jump into love and just as rapidly fall out of it, he was a man who knew that love could only be born of something else. Perhaps that was why what he felt for Sarah bothered him. It felt like that something else. That something else, and Sarah's proximity to him, was keeping him awake.

With over thirty years’ experience as a senior executive, Dr. Ronald S. Glickman shares practical techniques to execute effective change initiatives, develop high-potential talent, and motivate teams to deliver breakthrough results on a global scale. A timely and important book for leaders at any stage in their career journey, Lead for a Change explains why the goal of change management is not happiness, but meeting and exceeding clear expectations.

FBI Inspector Nathaniel Croft and his team of agents get tapped personally by the FBI Director, Ann Greenburg, to solve a brutal murder at the FBI academy in Quantico, Virginia. The FBI team is pressured to arrest the murderer before the Commandant of the Marine Corps Senate Confirmation Committee hearing begins in 30 days.

When Luc, his brother, and a desk jockey for the agency, sent him on this assignment, they’d both known it would be dangerous. Neither of them had anticipated that he might not come back. As hard a man as he was, he was close to losing it right now. He didn’t intend to let his prey escape. Unfortunately, he was in a tight spot—a prison cell at El Mina, off the coast of Ghana.

He started out as a bat boy. Then a newspaper correspondent. A press agent. A traveling secretary. A general manager. A vice president. A president. And then part-owner of the Cincinnati Reds, Houston Colt 45s, Cleveland Indians, and New York Yankees. Twice Gabe Paul was named Major League Executive of the Year by The Sporting News, only the fifth baseball executive to win the award more than once.

Zach and Chelsea grew up in idyllic suburbia. Then one day, their father vanished without explanation, ripping their world apart. A year later, a dangerous man shows up looking for him, a man who claims to hunt monsters and things that go bump in the night.

Jared fought bravely against the forces of Corruption in a battle that cost him everything. Victorious but shattered, he must now pick up the pieces of his life and find a way to move forward. But when he and Averella discover that prisoners are still trapped inside the prison Zagerah, they must act quickly to save them from the Hunters’ wrath.

Ravenscar got in the car, and before pulling away, he opened the envelope. His last assignment. Three pictures fell out and Ravenscar froze. Little had he known that when he told de Laisser someone was still calling his name, de Laisser would know where the call came from. He looked back down at the pictures. Three people, three betrayals.