Best Selling Books by Jay Stevens

Storming Heaven digs beneath the headlines to bring an amazing science story in which Harvard professors become holy men, and a generation drops out to seek cosmic bliss--only to find something much darker.

Details a ten-year period during which Mickey Hart, drummer for the Grateful Dead, dedicated his life to an intense study of the origins, myths, history, and spiritual heritage of drums and other percussion instruments. Includes photographs of some of the many instruments he discusses and information on other aspects of his life.

Humans have been on Mars for 55 years now. The Company communities, now part of the UN Mandate formed after the War of Fifty-Two, are thriving, and five of the premier Earth nations have also established colonies. The hardest part is over, and life is good for the nearly 15,000 people on Mars. Still. Anders Saugstad, the Mandate's aging security chief who led the relief force from Earth back in the War of Fifty-Two, can't shake off his suspicions that something is just not quite right. Discrete inquiries to old friends back on Earth reveal the unsettling truth; his new neighbors want the Mandate for themselves and are bringing soldiers and armored personnel carriers to Mars to make that happen. The failure of diplomatic efforts and Security Council resolutions to stop the launches leads to humanity's first military fleet actions in space, leaving six nuclear nations on the brink of open war. Meanwhile, the Mandate and its friendly neighbors frantically prepare to meet the remnants of the space fleet in battles that will determine whether Martians will live beside each other in mutual trust and goodwill or according to the old hatred brought from Earth.

Mars is hard. It's always looking for new and exciting ways to kill you. If you're careful, stick to the plan, and your luck holds, maybe not today. But it will always be waiting and only needs to win once. It's also big, and it's very beautiful. It has mountains so high they stick up into space, and canyons that make the Grand Canyon look like something a kid scratched out with a stick. Every time you turn a corner, there's something new. And the sunsets, don't get the locals started about the sunsets. Whoever gets there first and manages not to die will own a little piece of it, and their children will inherit a planet. After twenty years, company colonists are getting the hang of it. It looks like they're going to make it. Unless someone else shows up and takes it from them...

July 29, 2116. That's the day the vested interests back on Earth, the corporate heads, the union bosses, the political heavyweights, woke up and smelled the methane. Mars is no longer a convenient and dependable revenue source, a cost-plus project funded by the taxpayers. It's a competitor. The Alliance, a partnership of convenience between the Western nations, is engaged in a planet-wide struggle with the Islamic Republic of the Mediterranean. They're holding their own, but it's a precarious alliance at best, and the last thing they need is a brash young competitor like Mars upsetting the complex web of obligations that keeps the member nations together. Better they quickly squish the Martian upstarts like a bug so that they can get back to fighting each other. Mars doesn't see it that way. Well, at least some people on Mars don't, and they're prepared to defend their interests by force. Somehow, a simple commercial transaction threatens to precipitate a civil war on Mars, a shooting war between Mars and Earth, and a world war back on Earth, possibly all at the same time. Can anyone unravel this? Find some way to get everyone to sit in the corner and think about what they have done? And if not, will anyone survive?

The Star Quizzer on Pharmacy, Chemistry and Materia Medica is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1896. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres.As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature.Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

Step into the unbelievable true story of Michael Larson, an unassuming ice cream truck driver from Ohio who accomplished the impossible on the 1980s game show Press Your Luck. Armed with nothing but a VCR and an obsessive eye for detail, Larson cracked the code behind the show's notorious Big Board, dodging Whammies and winning a record-breaking $110,237. But his story doesn't end with victory. The Whammy Slayer takes readers deep into Larson's world of quirks, schemes, and relentless determination, blending humor, drama, and behind-the-scenes intrigue. From his humble beginnings to his legendary game show run, this book uncovers how Larson outsmarted an entire television network-and the fallout that followed. Featuring fun facts, exclusive interviews, and a look at how Press Your Luck was forever changed, this is a captivating tale of obsession, genius, and the high stakes of beating the system. Perfect for fans of game shows, underdog stories, and true tales of brilliance, The Whammy Slayer reveals the man behind one of the most astonishing moments in television history. Get ready to meet the man who outsmarted the Whammies and became a game show legend!

Typewritten transcript of an interview conducted by Jennifer Winn as part of the Provo City Sesquicentennial Oral History Project sponsored by the Provo Sesquicentennial Committee, Provo City Corporation, and the Utah Humanities Council. The Stevenses, long-time residents of Provo, Utah, reminisce about their early years here, discussing what Provo was like and those activities and events that had a significant impact on them and the people of this community. The Stevenses are non-LDS.