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American engineers have done astounding things to bend the Mississippi River to their will: forcing one of its tributaries to flow uphill, transforming over 1000 miles of roiling currents into a placid staircase of water, and wresting the lower half of the river apart from its floodplain. American law has aided and abetted these feats. But despite our best efforts, so-called "natural disasters" continue to strike the Mississippi basin as raging floodwaters decimate waterfront communities and abandoned towns literally crumble into the Gulf of Mexico.

Dominque Dunne appeared in several films and television series from 1979 to 1982, but was best known for portraying the oldest daughter in the 1982 horror film Poltergeist. She seemed destined for stardom until tragedy struck on October 30, 1982. Dominique was strangled by her ex-boyfriend, John Thomas Sweeney, in the driveway of her West Hollywood home and went into a coma. She never regained consciousness and died five days later. This is her story.

Whether you are a new coach starting out or an experienced coach looking for some help, this is the book for you! After 18 years of playing baseball and many more coaching, I have compiled what I have learned over the years in this ultimate guide to coaching baseball. Be it the general rules of the game, tips and tricks, or how to overcome failure, this book has you covered.

Do you ever wish that something in your life had turned out differently? Are there any memories that keep resurfacing in your head? Do you wish that you could remember more? Heal Your Memories, Change Your Life takes you on an adventurous journey through your own memories and gives you the tools to heal form past hurts.

Letting go is merely arriving at a decision - no more allowing something from the past tense to influence your life today or to cut down your inner sense of peace and welfare. So all we have to do is to relinquish the beliefs and mental attitudes that keep us from receiving the pleasure of the moment. The issue comes in discovering precisely what that means; we have so many notions that keep us from living in the present moment, from becoming content and peaceful inside.

Scott Graham, a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers, provides a simple five-week program to help you strengthen your skills in motivational interviewing. Focusing on shifting select communication styles, Graham will help you develop half-a-dozen motivational interviewing habits that will improve your effectiveness with your clients. This book includes links to tracking sheets to help you monitor your progress, as well as support from the author as you grow your skills.

The gluten-free diet is a specifically formulated diet prescribed by doctors to people who are suffering from celiac disease and to those with gluten intolerance. The diet is the only known medical intervention for these ailments. It cannot be considered a cure, as it does not in any way eliminate celiac disease or make gluten sensitivity go away for good. The diet merely relieves symptoms and makes the conditions highly manageable, allowing patients to live normal lives.

The most popular goal most people have when it comes to the subject of retirement is that there should not be any more debts to pay off. Meaning all commitments such as homes, cars, insurances should all be paid for by the time retirement comes around. Listen to this book and become educated so that you will be able to meet your retirement goals.

William Harvey was a prolific masonic scholar of his day. In this poetical piece from 1917, he writes about the culmination of the masonic journey by the candidate's arrival at the third degree, or that of Master Mason. He discusses the movement of time in a mason's life, the symbols of the hourglass and scythe, and the dual aspects of the checkered tile, among other symbols.

There are certainly many advantages to building your own membership site, including the fact that you can build an income stream that will last for years from just one site. As long as your site is running you will be able to have a steady income stream coming in. Although membership sites are sometimes perceived as being difficult to build and develop, in this book you will discover that this is not necessarily the case and will also cover the basic steps involved in setting up your own successful membership site.

Detoxification has its benefits but you have all the power within your hands to get those benefits. Your body already has a detoxification system in place. You just have to support your body by giving it the right nutrition in order to get the detoxification you need. Get all the info you need here.

Oil painting is a fairly new form of art. It is the process of painting with pigments that are bound together with a medium of drying oil, particularly linseed oil in early modern Europe. This usage of oil in combination with other pigments to do painting dates back to 1400. There have been many variations in the art form of oil painting from that era to today's date. But the basics remain the same. Get all the info you need here.

Tiger Woman depicts a brief period of unconventional warfare that tests the boundaries of humanity in a haunting tale of unremitting evil no ordinary soldier ever trains to face. Captain Christen, a dedicated intelligence officer with the 25th Infantry Division, directs an all-out hunt for a roguish female who leads a small guerrilla force with chilling efficiency as she employs depraved acts of psychological warfare to instill terror in those she opposes.

Originally published in 1919, Masonic scholar William Harvey writes about the symbolism of the most recognizable and central piece of furniture in our rituals and the resting place for the Volume of Sacred Law, square, and compasses, which no initiate is likely to forget, the altar, as well as the various tools and symbols the mason will encounter, as a result of kneeling before it.

Spencer Ellis is a homeless man who only a few years earlier was a successful real estate salesman. Successful until he met the "woman of his dreams" who turned his life into a living hell; marrying him, divorcing him, and then taking his kids away. Now, years later, he is homeless and sees his ex-wife living the high life in a fancy restaurant. He follows her with plans of violent revenge. Can he fight off his inner demons and spare her life?

The most famous attack of the Civil War was also one of its most fateful and fatal. Pickett's Charge, the climactic assault on the final day of the Battle of Gettysburg, has become the American version of the Charge of the Light Brigade. It is one of the most famous events of the entire Civil War.

Brother Harvey examines the symbolism of the worshipful master's gavel. He also explains what differentiates it from the setting Maul used in the master mason degree of the blue lodge and the one used in the mark master degree of the York Rite.

William Harvey was a prolific masonic scholar of his day. In this essay from 1920 he discusses the importance of the north-east corner of the masonic Lodge to an otherwise unsuspecting candidate. This candidate proceeds to receive lectures and an education from this location, with an emphasis on charity.

You have to keep in mind that in most cases, your resume is just one of the many resumes submitted on a daily basis to the company you want to work for. Thus, the person reading it may simply get a quick glimpse of your resume to make a decision. If it is not easy to read, then it may get tossed out by the person easily. Listen to this audiobook and learn the helpful tips in creating your resume.

As far as skirmishes go, Fort Pillow was a completely unremarkable fight. Before attacking, Forrest demanded the unconditional surrender of the Union garrison, a normal custom of his, and he warned the Union commanding officer that he would not be responsible for his soldiers' actions if the warning went unheeded. What made Fort Pillow markedly different was that a sizable amount of the Union garrison defending the Fort was comprised of black soldiers, which particularly enraged Confederate soldiers.