Best Selling Books by Michael MORAN

Auch Deutschland wird das Machtvakuum füllen müssen - ob es uns nun gefällt oder nicht. Spätnachts im Kanzleramt: Gebannt starren Kanzlerin Angela Merkel, Außenminister Guido Westerwelle und ihre engsten Mitarbeiter und Vertrauten auf den Bildschirm. Sie verfolgen eine streng geheime GSG-9-Kommandoaktion, die den meistgesuchten Terroristen der Welt zur Strecke bringen soll. Aus dem Lautsprecher knarzt es: "Zielobjekt ausgeschaltet." Wir alle wissen: So hat sich die Geschichte natürlich nicht zugetragen. Ort des Geschehens war das Weiße Haus, auf Angela Merkels Sessel saß Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton schlug entsetzt die Hand vor den Mund und die Elitetruppe, die Osama bin Laden tötete, war das SEAL Team Six. Bisher konnte sich alle Welt darauf verlassen, dass die USA die Kohlen aus dem Feuer holen. Doch das ist bald Geschichte. Amerika will und kann nicht mehr die Rolle des Weltpolizisten spielen. Man mag das begrüßen oder bedauern, an folgender Frage kommt man nicht vorbei: Und was dann? Klar ist: Das entstehende Machtvakuum muss gefüllt werden, und Deutschland wird dabei nicht außen vor bleiben können. Dieses Buch bietet beides: eine schonungslose Analyse der (Fehl-)Entwicklungen, die den Abstieg der USA verursacht haben, und umfassende Ausblicke auf die sich daraus ergebenden Konsequenzen für den Rest der Welt. Brauchen wir einen neuen Weltpolizisten? Mehrere? Oder eröffnen sich ganz neue Perspektiven für eine größere Machtbalance? Michael Moran zeigt auf, wie die USA ihre neue Rolle finden können und in welche neuen Rollen Deutschland, Russland, China und Co schlüpfen müssen.

Jerry Miller began his life as a normal boy. He was born and raised in Miami, Florida. His parents were kind, hard-working, and completely normal. Before he spoke his first word, however, he already discovered one of his many superpowers, proving he was anything but normal. He tried hiding his powers and living like an ordinary boy, but daily challenges and lack of self-control forced Jerry to reveal his powers on numerous occasions. With Jerry''s powers now out in the open, what will happen next? Will he be accepted by friends and family? Will he live up to expectations? Will he become a true hero or crumble under pressure and fail the world?

In April 2009 alumni and friends of Catholic High School for Boys will gather to toast and roast a favorite of the school’s legendary faculty, Michael Moran, the author of Proudly We Speak Your Name. Only a stoic could complete a reading without a teary-eyed moment or two and many belly laughs. Faculty idiosyncrasies are recalled in this memoir, as are student antics. If it can happen within the walls of an all-boys high school, the author has probably seen it in his forty-one years of teaching. And he has probably reported on it in this book, which was written during his first year of "retirement.” While the spirit is often light, Moran’s book ends with a stirring tribute to the man who, though departed, still epitomizes the spirit of the place, the man whose name is now given to the school’s street, Father George Tribou. Readers will leave Moran’s account glad for the experience of following in his (remembered) footsteps.

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A history of the U.S. Mint in the first half of the 19th century and the impact that the 1848 discovery of gold in California had upon the mint and the country as a whole.

Victor McDade resents many things, not least being dragged as a camp follower to West Germany in 1989 with his journalist wife. Jane goads him into doing something productive, with results that will forever change Victor - and the world. "A fast paced Cold War narrative with bracing insights on that nature of marriage, fame, fidelity and the nature of modern life. -- Lynda Hammes, Publisher, Foreign Affairs magazine

Jerry Miller is a full-time superhero, and his power is that he can make anything come true so long as he believes it''s possible. He also bestowed his closest friends with powers to help him fight crime and save lives. Together, they are a group of superheroes called Believers. Their popularity is ever-growing, and their talents are appreciated worldwide. Everything seems well and under control until they meet a young girl named Leah; an orphan and new Believer who has powers. She is one of many new Believers emerging in the world. Jerry and his friends and family will try to help Leah and other new Believers while also dealing with dangerous supervillains and disasters around the world. Can they guide these newcomers down a righteous path, or will they succumb to a greater evil lurking in the shadows? Get ready for an action-packed drama, the second novel of the Believers trilogy.

Leo Finn had it all: a wife, two daughters, a good job. Then alcohol took it all away. Leo drifted from Omaha to Hoboken, where he''s living homeless-in an alley. Leo has learned to cope with life on the street, but suddenly having to deal with an eight-year-old creates a disruption for which he isn''t prepared.

Anyone who has attended a class reunion will say that if you are planning to attend one, you must expect the unexpected-and that no swami or soothsayer can predict what such a gathering will produce. Tom Fletcher, elected secretary-treasurer by his fellow high school seniors, decided after their reunion to take the "secretary" part of his job description seriously and to tell what happened. At the outset of his report he pledges that he didn''t invent anything of which he writes, but that gets harder and harder to believe the further one reads.

Seamus O''Hare, a bipolar, obsessive compulsive, germaphobe, falls head-over-heals for a delusional schizophrenic, Bonnie Allen, in a mental hospital. Over time, the two leave the hospital and meet up once again, where they move in together. Between his idiosyncrasies and her delusions, they find rooming together and, later, being in a relationship together, harder than they first hypothesized. But over time they work out the kinks, and then during an unconventional honeymoon, after an equally unconventional wedding, the two witness a UFO landing and ominous images warning them of an upcoming alien invasion. Now it''s up to two people, with a combined total of eighteen mental hospital stays, to warn the world about the extraterrestrials coming to wipe out human existence.

The Wealth Mindset: A Guide to Achieving Financial Freedom and Living the Life You Want" is an insightful and empowering read for anyone looking to take control of their finances and achieve financial freedom. This book provides a comprehensive guide on how to develop a wealth mindset and adopt the habits and attitudes necessary for success. With a focus on practical steps and real-life examples, this book will help you understand how to manage your money effectively, invest wisely, and create multiple streams of income. Whether you''re just starting out on your financial journey or looking to take it to the next level, "The Wealth Mindset" will equip you with the knowledge and tools you need to live the life you want and achieve financial stability and independence. Get ready to embark on a journey of financial growth and discover the power of a wealth mindset.

Michael Moran is fascinated by the thinkers he discusses. But unlike most of them, he has no illusion that philosophy can do the work of science and be even a minor source of factual knowledge. Moreover, being highly speculative, it is unlikely that most

A map of the water-vapor emission at 22 GHz from W49 has been constructed from data taken with a three-station long-baseline interferometer in 1970 June. The source is found to be composed of many individual features, all of which are less than 0 [inches].0005 in size and lie within a circle having an angular diameter of approximately 1 [inches].5. The position of the source is less than 10[inches] from one of the OH sources in W49.

Persons with mental retardation and developmental disabilities have moved in significant numbers from institutional settings and large group homes into community-based settings in recent years. This community integration progress generally has not resulted in commensurate social relationships and friendships between persons with mental retardation and non-handicapped persons. This study explored the possibility of participation in volunteer activities in the community as an element to promote friendship formation behaviors between adults with mental retardation and non-handicapped persons in the community. Two groups of adults with mental retardation who met established criteria were compared. Raters completed five related sections of a social competence instrument that measured the ability to (a) initiate interactions, (b) provide positive feedback and reinforcement, (c) obtain cues and respond to relevant situational cues, (d) provide information and offer assistance, and (e) request and accept assistance. Independent variables investigated were (a) volunteer class, (b) gender, (c) location, and (d) volunteer/gender (interaction). Data were analyzed using analyses of variance for the five dependent variables. The results suggested that there were no differences among these five aspects of friendship behaviors and failed to reject the null hypotheses. Some studies have suggested that participation in community volunteer activities may have a variety of benefits for persons with mental retardation. However, this study indicated a lack of effectiveness of volunteer activity on the five distinct friendship formation behaviors analyzed. However, the high prevalence of persons with mental retardation who volunteer in their communities today suggests that this may be an area for further exploration in building community-based relationships.