Books with author R. Connelly

About “How to Improve Your Memory and Remember Anything”Ever wondered how some people have fantastic memories and can remember whole text books, while you struggle with your phone number?Amazed at how 'magicians' are able to remember the order of a shuffled deck of playing cards?What to learn how to utilize flash cards to create a complete learning system that adapts to any course?This book will explain how all these things are possible, and more importantly how you can do them too! Written in easy to understand and everyday language this short eBook will give you a crash course in all the tools you need to improve your memory and remember anything.To make sure you get the most value for money possible, I've also included the FREE eBook How to Study. It contains my best advice on time management, goal setting, and how to get the best grades with the least effort. It's advice that also transfers brilliantly well to professionals, the self-employed, and anyone who manages their own projects and/or daily work cycle.

For 17-year-old Lauren Hudson, reluctantly helping her senile grandmother during a crisis turns from bad to worse when she is marooned with her annoying younger brother on remote Mackinac Island, Michigan.Lauren's misery is interrupted by the discovery of clues to a generations-old family mystery, and her brother Adam, normally bent on pushing her from irritated to insane, proves to be the perfect partner in a modern-day treasure hunt. But are they the hunters or the hunted?Grandma's dire predictions and fear for the Hudson children's safety prove not so crazy after all. Misplaced items, disappearing food, and unexplained noises become more than an inconvenience, and soon Lauren and Adam find themselves in a race for riches—and their lives.

For 17-year-old Lauren Hudson, reluctantly helping her senile grandmother during a crisis turns from bad to worse when she is marooned with her annoying younger brother on remote Mackinac Island, Michigan. But Lauren's misery is interrupted by the discovery of clues to a generations-old family mystery, and her brother, normally bent on pushing her from irritated to insane, proves to be the perfect partner in a modern-day treasure hunt. But are they the hunters or the hunted? Grandma's dire predictions and fear for the Hudson children's safety proves not so crazy after all. Misplaced items, disappearing food, and unexplained noises become more than an inconvenience, and soon Lauren and Adam find themselves in a race for riches--and their lives.

Amanda and Paul are camping with their parents near a beautiful valley. They discover a ravine and a shallow cave, their parents encourage them to explore as they spend a relaxing afternoon together. The children soon find themselves transported to a strange new land where they are forced to serve a quirky scientist as he works towards unknown goals. He sends them into a dangerous world of fire and hellish creatures where they must obtain ingredients for his experiments. Amanda must work with her brother and keep him safe as they struggle to survive and escape back home.

TWO PEOPLE WITH LOSSESEli and Max both have good reasons to go to the lighthouse on Shackles Island. For Max, it's an old vacation spot, the rare location where she has only good memories -- so it's the right place to scatter her dad's ashes. For Eli, it's the highest point near his Louisiana home, with the clearest view of the rocks where his sister died -- so it's the right place to end his own life as well.A STORM WITHOUT LIMITSBut neither of them expected the other, nor the storm. Because Hurricane Celeste is roaring toward Shackles Island, and its power will break bridges, slash electric lines, and stir up deadly wildlife -- some of it human. When the ruthless Odenkirk family steals Max's Jeep with her most precious possession inside, she and Eli begin a desperate quest to get it back and get off the island ... until they realize they must go into the hurricane.

Eddie MacIntyre--Mac to a handful of friends--is Pennsylvania's most promising wrestler. His future is bright with scholarship offers and the dream of helping his struggling mom. But then comes a fateful match at the state championship, when his famous rage consumes him and he assaults a referee. In an instant, Mac loses all he and his mom have worked to build since his abusive father was locked up years ago.Facing arrest, Mac runs away to another town, where he is taken in by a shady promoter who has followed his career. He recruits Mac into Brawlers, an illegal underground fighting ring run by a gangland boss. This is a bloodsport that has no rules . . . but offers plenty of reward. Mac teams up with Khajee, a girl with the fighting skills he'll need to learn to survive . . . and her own dark past tying her to the head of the ring. Together the two must figure out their place in a world that hasn't been kind to them . . . and forge a future that could be.

It is August 1990. Recent high school grads James and Stacey share some history--a spontaneous one-night fling--a night that continues to haunt their friendship. The two still have feelings for each other. But neither can talk about this event. This all changes when they embark on a trip to New York City's CBGB with their friends to celebrate James's last weekend before leaving for college in California.

Ever wondered how some people have fantastic memories and can remember whole text books, while you struggle with your phone number? Amazed at how 'magicians' are able to remember the order of a shuffled deck of playing cards? What to learn how to utilize flash cards to create a complete learning system that adapts to any course? This book will explain how all these things are possible, and more importantly how you can do them too! Written in easy to understand and everyday language this short book will give you a crash course on all the tools you need to improve your memory and remember anything. To make sure you get the most value for money possible, I've also included a FREE bonus section called "How to Study." It contains my best advice on time management, goal setting, and how to get the best grades with the least effort. It's advice that also transfers brilliantly well to professionals, the self-employed, and anyone who manages their own projects and/or daily work cycle.

TWO PEOPLE WITH LOSSESEli and Max both have good reasons to go to the lighthouse on Shackles Island. For Max, it's an old vacation spot, the rare location where she has only good memories -- so it's the right place to scatter her dad's ashes. For Eli, it's the highest point near his Louisiana home, with the clearest view of the rocks where his sister died -- so it's the right place to end his own life as well.A STORM WITHOUT LIMITSBut neither of them expected the other, nor the storm. Because Hurricane Celeste is roaring toward Shackles Island, and its power will break bridges, slash electric lines, and stir up deadly wildlife -- some of it human. When the ruthless Odenkirk family steals Max's Jeep with her most precious possession inside, she and Eli begin a desperate quest to get it back and get off the island ... until they realize they must go into the hurricane.

Eddie MacIntyre--Mac to a handful of friends--is Pennsylvania's most promising wrestler. His future is bright with scholarship offers and the dream of helping his struggling mom. But then comes a fateful match at the state championship, when his famous rage consumes him and he assaults a referee. In an instant, Mac loses all he and his mom have worked to build since his abusive father was locked up years ago.Facing arrest, Mac runs away to another town, where he is taken in by a shady promoter who has followed his career. He recruits Mac into Brawlers, an illegal underground fighting ring run by a gangland boss. This is a bloodsport that has no rules . . . but offers plenty of reward. Mac teams up with Khajee, a girl with the fighting skills he'll need to learn to survive . . . and her own dark past tying her to the head of the ring. Together the two must figure out their place in a world that hasn't been kind to them . . . and forge a future that could be.

Andi Grant adores her six-year-old brother, Daniel, a "miracle child" who survived a fall down a mine shaft. People regularly come to him for blessings and healings -- which often seem to work -- but Andi worries about their effects on her brother, especially when she finds signs of a stalker around their home. With the help of her once-and-maybe-future boyfriend Jeff, she comes up with an audacious, dramatic plan to stop the attention on Daniel: an "Anti-Miracle" that will unravel with the slightest examination of the facts, and cast doubt on his powers foerver after.As her plan comes together, the stalker draws closer, and the clock ticks toward Daniel's star appearance at the local Paradise Days celebration, Andi finds herself wrestling with her own beliefs in God and her brother, and wondering if what she really needs is a miracle.