Books with author Thomas M. Disch

Stop The Slip has won a Silver Award for quality and content from the Nonfiction Authors Association, chosen as a Reader's Favorite Silver Book Award Winner, and was a Finalist in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards.Slips, trips and falls are a chronic health problem in the US and around the world. Fall injuries are the number one cause of emergency room visits and the fourteenth leading cause of death in the US. The average person is 7 times more likely to die from a fall than from the flu and 3 times more likely to die from a fall than by a firearm. Since 1999, we have reduced deaths from heart disease 15%. Deaths caused by auto accidents are down 12%. But during that same time period deaths from falls have increased over 150%. Both injuries and deaths caused by falls are at record highs and the problem continues to grow. We've learned how to fix the human heart and we have made driving safer. Now is the time to focus on preventing fall injuries. The good news is that fall injuries are preventable. Everyone falls, but falls don't just happen, they're preceded by other events. When you eliminate those events, you reduce the risk of falling. Stop the Slip shows how you can avoid these injuries. Following the simple five step A-L-E-R-T System™ discussed in the book you will reduce your risk of falling. Thom Disch provides an entertaining and engaging look at: Why we fall; where we fall; the business side of falls; and most importantly how we can prevent and avoid fall injuries. The book is a comprehensive mix of research on the topic of falls and fall injuries mixed with real world stories and experiences about falls and their consequences. As you read this book you'll also discover many interesting and surprising facts. For example: *Fall injuries are not just a problem for the elderly. 75% of all fall injuries happen to people under the age of 68. *The annual economic impact of fall injuries in the US exceeds $150 billion, or more than 1% of our gross domestic product. *Falls are the number one cause of traumatic brain injuries. *Falls cause nearly 4 times more emergency room visits than auto accidents. This is a topic that affects everyone. Reading this book is the first step to making yourself, your family and your friends safer.

In the Platonic, Neopythagorean, Middle Platonic and Neoplatonic schools of philosophy, the demiurge is an artisan-like figure responsible for fashioning and maintaining the physical universe. The term was adopted by the Gnostics. Although a fashioner, the demiurge is not necessarily the same as the creator figure in the monotheistic sense, because the demiurge itself and the material from which the demiurge fashions the universe are both considered to be consequences of something else. Depending on the system, they may be considered to be either uncreated and eternal, or considered to be the product of some other entity.

This is the book on serial killing. No more guessing if this is the career for you, this book will spell out all you need to know in order to jump-start your murderous career!You'll learn about physical fitness, DNA, police techniques, attire, and many, many more items!If you have been intrigued by Dahmer, Ramirez, Gacy, Wuornos, Gein or Bundy, I guarantee you they would have endorsed this book! Take that guarantee with a grain of salt, because I did not know them personally, so it is hard to say, plus I am biased, being the author of this book.If you aren't scared, buy this book TODAY!

Anna and Steve Cosgrove are the 15 year old twin children of the Fleet's greatest hero, fast-tracked to be the next generation of commanders at Fleet Academy Alpha. Except they are thrown into something far more serious than classroom exercises: the Fleet is moving to take out a major threat, their half-brother, who ran away from the Academy years ago with valuable stolen technology in hand. Now they have to decide between family and duty...