Best Selling Books by Daniel James

Returning home from a last minute drug run, Sean finds his lover Alexa Catiglione dead form an apparent overdose. But where did she get the dope that killed her? As Sean searches for answers, he finds himself trapped between unlikely allies on both sides of the resurgent East Coast herin epidemic. Chris Anders is a local detective obsessed with the deadly brand of dope that killed Alexa. FBI Special Agent Vanessa Coleridge has Anders pegged as her prime suspect in a series of bizarrre gangland slayings. Meanwhile, the Castiglione crime family, led by Alexa''s father, operates in the shadows to capitalize on the chaos. Will Sean discover the truth behind Alexa''s death, or will he become another casualty of America''s newest drug war?

Author''s abstract: The author explores feelings of in-betweenness, hybridity, and dislocation (Aoki, 2005; Bhabha, 2007/1994; Saïd, 1994) as he contemplates the meaningfulness of a liminal placement between two epistemic worlds—that of his more recent experiences as a curriculum studies scholar and his previous training as a postpositivist practitioner of school psychology. This self-study engages pedagogical possibilities of in-between spaces (Aoki, 2005; He & Ross, 2012; Baszile, 2006) to construct a lived curriculum that challenges traditional stereotypes of autism and postsecondary disability services. To guide this critical self-reflective inquiry, the author applies the concepts of Joseph Schwab’s (1973) curriculum commonplaces along with William Pinar’s (1975) method of currere as organizational structures and metaphorical guideposts to look back upon previous educational experiences, to consider the present, and to envision a future praxis. In looking beyond the traditional-medico conceptions of disablement, the author seeks alternate understandings of the autism label that arise not from the epistemic landscape of prior training but rather are informed by postcolonial scholarship, critical disability studies, cultural studies, and the personal narratives of individuals with autism. Major findings of this project relate to the following themes: the pervasiveness of positivism; the challenge of writing about lived experiences of in-between; differences between abstract theories and lived experiences of in-betweenness; and the agency of those labeled with disability. By blending alternate understandings of autism and reimagining ways to recognize the personal agency and functional needs of college students with autism, the author reconceptualizes feelings of in-betweenness and dislocation as a potential position for hope, opportunity, and change.

"The life of Clyde Williams had certainly taken a detour these last months. Turning from aspiring comic book artist to low-ranked Level 1 necromancer. He saw things. Fought things. He killed, and even took a trip to the dead realm of Erebus. And now he''s official, an agent of the paranormal intelligence department Hourglass, and posted to New York''s Madhouse facility with the ghost of his best friend and their seasoned team. And they have their work cut out for them. Local Hourglass assets are being targeted by a lethal, horrifically-enhanced killer called The Hangman, the first weapon in a new campaign of terror being waged against Hourglass. But he won''t be the last. The Cairnwood Society is producing more of these monstrous madmen, and it''s up to Clyde and his team to find out their dark methods, and shut them down before Cairnwood can amass an army of nightmare killers to launch against Hourglass, and the world"--

This hard-cover book honors U.S. military personnel (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines) who lost their lives in the Persian Gulf War. The book offers brief biographies of personnel as provided by their families: hometowns, schools & colleges attended, military units & training, cause of death, places of internment, family members, future plans, past accomplishments, & more. Over 150 photos. Author''s unique presentation reminds us that those who gave their lives were not merely statistics, but our own neighbors, friends, citizens, family members. An important addition for school, home, military & government library history sections - NOT FORGOTTEN is a 7 X 9-1/2 inch volume, has 210 pages, with hard cover in navy blue with gold star emblem. Each book comes sealed in poly-wrap. Bar-coded for suggested retail at $32.50, 40% discount to libraries & bookstores plus 2.25 postage & handling (add tax for N.Y). Bulk orders save more on shipment. Individuals may order for 22.75 plus 2.25 p/h (add tax for N.Y) Order from EMKELL Publishing, P.O. Box 132, Syracuse, NY 13209-0132. ISBN 0-9646083-0-8. Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 95-60797. Remember our fallen servicemen & -women, not as statistics, but as the talented, caring family members & friends who no longer grace our homes & communities with their presence. We salute & honor their memory.

I next describe 1D radiation-hydrodynamical calculations of UV escape from minihalo density profiles taken from adaptive mesh refinement calculations of first star formation. These simulations demonstrate that in excess of 90% of the ionizing photons will exit the halo if the central star is greater than 80 solar masses, and that the final H II regions range from 2000 pc to 5000 pc in radius for 80 M⊙

This thesis proposes a two-level cache organization for multiprocessors. The first level of cache consists of a private cache per processor. The second level of caches is shared by all processors. The main memory is also similarly shared. A cache coherence solution is proposed for such an organization. The performance of the proposed multi-processor is evaluated with analytical methods. The factors that affect the performance are quantitatively discussed. A variation of the proposed coherence algorithm is presented to improve the performance. Keywords: High reliability; Cache memories; Mathematical analysis. (Author).

This is the second book in the series of magickal fiction that takes the reader on an exciting journey. It is about a magickal school for young students to learn about wizardry, witchcraft, and paranormal subjects. The name of the school is called School of Modern Magick, located in Sedona, Arizona. The Head Master is Professor Merlin, who is Native American by birth. The light and dark forces of magick collide, when the dark arts Head Master, Lord Nigil, decide to wage war. It is a fight for the survival of Modern Magick, and everything it stands for.

In an effort to understand the more general mechanisms and rates of pre-depositional reactions that transform organic matter, the types and relevant time scales of reactions that transform carotenoid pigments in the oceanic water column were studied. Suspended particulate matter collected from surface waters of Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts and the Peru upwelling system has a carotenoid distribution reflecting the phytoplanktonic source of the material. The carotenoid distribution of sediment trap samples collected in these same areas was dominated by transformation products. Fucoxanthin, the primary carotenoid of marine diatoms, typically constituted 77-100% of the total fucopigments in suspended particulate material. In sediment trap samples this pigment constituted only 4-85% of the total. The remaining 15-96% of the pigments consisted of the fucoxanthin transformations products: free alcohols (2-94%), dehydrates (0-6%), and opened epoxides (0-19%). Preliminary results suggest that carotenoid esters are hydrolyzed to free alcohols at a rate determined by the turnover of primary productivity.

"The objective of the project was to investigate the development of an empirical secondary reinforcement ratio for FRP based on experimental tests performed at the University of Missouri-Rolla (UMR). This study was separated into three phases which examined both early-age and later-age effects of various reinforcement ratios on the formation of shrinkage/temperature and flexural cracks."--Abstract, p. iii.

The Eph family of receptor tyrosine kinases and their cognate ligands, the Ephrins, form a coordinated program of cell contact-mediated migration control, polarity establishment, and tissue architecture development. Specifically, the ligand Ephrin-A1 has been shown to regulate cell morphology and motility through the activation of EphA receptors, which signal to the small GTPase RhoA, leading to actin cytoskeleton remodeling and cell retraction away from regions of high Ephrin-A1 concentration. The aim of this study is to investigate the molecular signaling events, which regulate Ephrin-A1-induced morphological remodeling and cell retraction. My results indicate that Ephrin-A1-induced cell retraction is mediated by PI3K-p85[Beta]-dependent signaling to RhoA, MLC2, and the actin cytoskeleton. Treatment of wildtype MEFs or NIH3T3 fibroblasts with Ephrin-A1 is sufficient to induce the rapid activation of RhoA, the phosphorylation of MLC2, and actin reorganization, leading to marked cell retraction. In contrast, p85[Beta]-/- MEFs exhibited markedly impaired RhoA activation, decreased MLC2 phosphorylation, and lack of actin reorganization or cell retraction following Ephrin-A1 stimulation. Signaling to RhoA, MLC2, and the induction of cell retraction could be rescued in p85[Beta]-/- MEFs, following the re-expression of the p85[Beta] gene. Furthermore, we have shown that Ephrin-A1, when used as a surface coating, prevents cell adhesion/spreading or migration onto the coated surface. Moreover, Ephrin-A1 treatment results in the dephosphorylation of paxillin and induces the reorganization of phospho-paxillin-containing focal adhesions. The present study contributes significantly to the understanding of the molecular signaling pathways that regulate Ephrin-A1-mediated cell retraction and adhesion to the substrate.