Books with author John Sparks

This is the third series in the adventures of Ken Puckett, whom wanted nothing more then to become an Olympic boxing champion. His military experience had him going in the right direction to seeing his dream come true. But he soon found out that dreams sometimes become side tracked, and life's circumstances sometimes change. Follow Ken in his final bout with his emotions, his ring battles, and his maturation into adulthood.

The Garahai lords no longer die. The mighty Lion-Lizards now endure for centuries, granted extended life by the screaming stones that power their technology. Their own offspring are denied a share in their dominion; new generations of Garahai cubs live and die in the tranquil gardens of the mortal realm, without ever attaining adulthood. Rich temples control the garden population, keeping the cubs innocent and obedient. They worship the distant, unseen lords as deities.Ghraddik, a restless, curious cub, is forced to flee his hometown when his doubts collide with temple law. His chance encounter with Jotter, a feisty female cub, shows him a world more vast and dangerous than he ever imagined. Defying the taboos that segregate their sexes and pursued by brutal temple enforcers, Ghraddik and Jotter scramble from one garden to the next, on a desperate quest for truth and freedom.

Vex is a ten-year-old juvenile delinquent headed toward a life of gangs and crime in the Outer Galaxy. After the death of a good friend, he decides to turn away from gang life and discovers a growing talent for gaming. Despite his poverty and limited education, the ambitious young boy has dreams of winning the premier prize that signifies he's the best gamer in the galaxy, the Super Rumbles Tournament. He knows that his planet's education system is poor and his options are limited. With a mind set on escape, he studies hard for entrance exams to a prestigious boarding school in the Inner Galaxy, which would give him the edge he needs to succeed as a gamer. His ambitions are interrupted when his father is taken into custody and he finds himself an orphan at a group home. His struggle is complicated by the fact that he is being heavily recruited by a violent, criminal gang known as the Tri-Town Boyz. Vex's troubled past as a juvenile criminal and a homeless street kid may derail his future dreams. Will he achieve gaming success? Can he stay out of trouble? Can he overcome his obstacles for a better life or will the pull of the Tri-Town Boyz and gang life be too much?

Excerpt from The Common Sense of the Milk QuestionNo apology is offered for the book except for its many shortcomings, which none will deplore more than the author nor for the fact that it is written by a layman for lay readers. There is a voluminous and bewildering literature wholly devoted to the subject, as may be inferred from the fact that one single bibliography with which I am acquainted con tains no less than 8375 titles, and is still so incomplete as to cause the student a good deal of exasperation! Much of this literature perhaps I should not be far wrong if I were to say almost the whole of it is either not accessible to the ordinary reader, or, what is equally important, unintelligible to him.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Vex is a ten-year-old juvenile delinquent headed toward a life of gangs and crime in the Outer Galaxy. After the death of a good friend, he decides to turn away from gang life and discovers a growing talent for gaming. Despite his poverty and limited education, the ambitious young boy has dreams of winning the premier prize that signifies he's the best gamer in the galaxy, the Super Rumbles Tournament. He knows that his planet's education system is poor and his options are limited. With a mind set on escape, he studies hard for entrance exams to a prestigious boarding school in the Inner Galaxy, which would give him the edge he needs to succeed as a gamer. His ambitions are interrupted when his father is taken into custody and he finds himself an orphan at a group home. His struggle is complicated by the fact that he is being heavily recruited by a violent, criminal gang known as the Tri-Town Boyz. Vex's troubled past as a juvenile criminal and a homeless street kid may derail his future dreams. Will he achieve gaming success? Can he stay out of trouble? Can he overcome his obstacles for a better life or will the pull of the Tri-Town Boyz and gang life be too much?

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 Excerpt: ...by comparing the number of deaths from acute diarrhoeal diseases in New York State in the two years, 1900-1901, in the period from May 1 to November 1, inclusive. The summer of 1901 was exceptionally hot, but the deaths from diarrhoeal diseases in the state, outside of Greater New York City, numbered little more than half of the deaths recorded during the same period, in the same area, in 1900, when the heat was much less intense. On the other hand, the number of deaths in Greater New York and suburbs from the same diseases was very nearly doubled. The figures were:--Table VI Deaths From Acute Diarrhceal Diseases, May 1 To November 1, Inclusive It is very evident from such figures as the foregoing that heat is not the sole cause of summer diarrhoea among infants. Dr. Chapin suggests that the reason for the tremendous increase in the number of deaths from this cause in Greater New York in 1901 was the presence of an unusual amount of dust and dirt, contaminating matter of all kinds, in all parts of the city, owing to the fact that from one end of the city to the other streets were torn up, and sewers constantly being opened, in course of the construction of the subway." The explanation seems to be a good one, but whatever the reason may be, there is no disputing the facts. It is likewise indisputable that diarrhoeal diseases are much more common among bottle-fed babies than among babies that are breast-fed, and there have been numerous observations which warrant the assertion that such diseases are largely due to bacterial contamination of the milk upon which they are fed. Science and good sense both proclaim the undesirability of filth as a food for infants. With regard to the transmission of tuberculosis, typhoid fever, scarlet fever, diphtheria, meas...

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