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When one old man reaches out to another old man for help locating a missing child, it leads to the assemblage of three senior citizens who have almost nothing in common except the badges they carried long ago as Sacramento police detectives. Their leader is Beau Wolfer, an impoverished, over-sexed fitness freak battling chronic depression. He recruits his long-time partner "Finn" Fincannon, who is confined to an assisted living sanitarium with Alzheimer's, and Matsuo Shimada, an inveterate golfer -- listless, bored, and forgetful. It's an unlikely team to solve a crime in today's world. Of course, a missing person case does not necessarily involve a crime. But when Beau discovers the savagely mutilated corpse of a young female, her murder is unquestionably a crime and police consider him a suspect. Worse: it puts him on the hit list of the real killer ... who might be a cop! Product details ...

When Jagannath Giri left India to seek a better future in the United States, he thought his wife and children would join him in short order. Just leaving his homeland was a big step. He had lived there all of his thirty-eight years, but he desperately wanted to further his education--and the best place to do that was in the United States. Even though he arrived in the United States with just $8 in his pocket, he earned a doctoral degree in engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. He became the first man in the world to prove that composite material is lighter and stronger than the conventional aluminum used to make airplanes, and his temporary separation from his family became more permanent when he accepted a job at his alma mater. Giri fought valiantly to get his family visas to join him in the United States, but the paperwork was tedious, and his native country was fighting a "brain drain." After nine long years, however, the family was finally reun...

Every year, hundreds of thousands of Americans survive heart attacks. The journey back to a normal life is not always easy. In THE SILENT HEART, author Larry J. Matthews provides a road map of the physical and emotional obstacles encountered on his personal journey through the ten months following his heart attack and cardiac arrest. In this memoir, Matthews offers an intimate look into the mind of a heart attack survivor, sharing the events and his thoughts and feelings after his heart stopped beating. Combining personal experience with medical facts and reflections from his family, THE SILENT HEART shows the realities of heart disease, heart attacks, and rehabilitation as they affect not only the patient, but loved ones as well. THE SILENT HEART gives hope and encouragement to those facing the same hurdles in their lives by presenting firsthand insight into one man's personal experience, the road to recovery, and the goal of practicing heart-healthy living. ...

Diana Millay has played colorful characters on dozens of classic TV shows and several films. In Tarzan and the Great River, she swung through the jungles of Brazil with the lord of the apes. On Dark Shadows she haunted Collinwood as a mysterious creature called a Phoenix. Other credits include Broadway shows and TV series like Father Knows Best, 77 Sunset Strip, My Three Sons, and many others. Along the way, she's collected recipes from co-stars--the best of which are included here. Product details Format Paperback | 160 pages Dimensions 159 x 229 ...

Some Protestant churches are in decline. A major mind shift is needed to create healthier and more effective congregations. Healthy Church DNA(R) provides a new, powerful way to transform congregations and keep them healthy. A radical departure from past models, this new appreciative and solution-focused approach can open the hearts of all those involved. Healthy Church DNA(R) and DISCERNPlus(R), its seven-step change process, gives instruction on how to: Break free from fixing weaknesses. Do God's work from the gifts provided to the congregation. Turn problems into solutions. Focus on the future and the possibilities to which God is calling the congregation. Unite the congregation around a spiritually-discerned vision of a faithful future and a compelling action plan to fulfill that vision. Generate a self-fulfilling congregational conversation around stories of faith community at its present and future best. Strengthen the congregation's sense of community, build resilience ...