New Releases by Patrick Ryan

As fifteen-year-old Garth is wrestling with the promise he made his mother to wait a while before coming out, his somewhat secretive uncle shows up unexpectedly for an extended visit.

Learn about South Korea and its people.

Crystal Beach Park closed its doors for the last time in 1965. But for the people who enjoyed all that it had to offer, sweet memories linger on. To commemorate the one hundred-year anniversary of the opening of Crystal Beach Park, Sandra Calvert Mueller, Marlene Calvert Feldkamp, and Tom Ryan share the park''s history, along with their own treasured experiences, through photos and commentary. Memories of Crystal Beach Park, Vermilion, Ohio presents the nostalgic reader with two hundred pictures of the amusement park rides, the buildings, and-most importantly-the people who were part of the Crystal Beach family. Whether you worked at the park, rode all the rides, or simply love to learn about what life was like in days past, this book will take you on a most enjoyable trip down memory lane.

A brief introduction to the history, culture, geography, and people of Indonesia.

A brief introduction to the history, culture, geography, and people of India.

Their love grew. But they dared not tell anyone about it, even family or friends. The Hill of Roses

Patrick Ryan’s first work of fiction is written with such authority, grace, and wisdom, it might be the capstone of a distinguished literary career. In the Florida of NASA launches, ranch houses, and sudden hurricanes, Teresa Kerrigan, ungrounded by two divorces, tries to hold her life together. But her ex-husbands linger in the background while her four children spin away to their own separate futures, each carrying the baggage of a complex family history. Matt serves as caretaker to the ailing father who abandoned him as a child, while his wild teenage sister, Karen, hides herself in marriage to a born-again salesman. Joe, a perpetual outsider, struggles with a private sibling rivalry that nearly derails him. And then there’s the youngest, Frankie, an endearing, eccentric sci-fi freak who’s been searching since childhood for intelligent life in the universe–and finds it. Written with wry affection, and with compassion for every character in its pages, Send Me is a wholly original, haunting evocation of family love, loss, and, ultimately, forgiveness.

In this IBM Redbooks publication, we describe how to configure the various components of an e-business solution to exploit the availability and scalability benefits of zSeries and Parallel Sysplex using multiple LPARs running Linux for zSeries and z/OS. This publication applies to WebSphere for z/OS V6, and is a continuation of the project evaluating high availability using WebSphere for z/OS V5 and V4. Presented in three parts (theory, systems setup, and availability tests), we cover workload balancing, the use of HTTP sessions, various architectures, and how to set up and test your infrastructures. Considerations for configuring the systems and applications in an e-business environment are also examined, and we address such questions as: - Should there be separate front-end systems for running the WebSphere Application Server? - How should e-business components be configured to minimize or eliminate the impact of a system outage? - What is the best way to communicate between the WebSphere systems and the back-end application systems? - What is the impact on the end user if there is a failure in one of the front-end or back-end systems?

Global Positioning System satellite codes have been stolen and auctioned to a six-country cartel. Two innocent characters become involved with two main CIA characters. The perpetrators, rouge Justice Department agents and a Chinese Army Major chase the innocents half way around the world trying to retrieve their codes.

Set in the real world of modern day, the first half of this work traces the journey to individual salvation. It focuses on faith, overcoming obstacles, salvation, treachery, brutality, through journeyman like adventures. Mason and Samantha, show their struggle to gain valor and integrity through transportation and geography; loss of paradise and redemption in their journey to salvation. It is the power of common man to triumph over environment and destiny. The second half explores man''s choices between duty to survive and crime. Driven by bad luck and a difficult social system, it focuses on weak morals, opportunism, money and greed. Through the Bainbridge and Montgomery families we see two women who marry for money and push their husbands to commit murder, or at least hasten death for money. There is no genuine passion between spouses, and children are used as pawns to dominate and control relationships. Mason''s social commentary in the second half of the novel shows that the optimism of wealth, through a thousand indignities, ends in an awareness of current social justice. Those who allow their spiritual forces to control their being for self aggrandizement will end in tragic consequences, while those who can reconcile intellect, ambition and remain loyal to self and others are rewarded.

Examines progress being made in achieving professionalism in the fund-raising field. Presents current analysis on training, compensation, accountability, diversity and gender differences, and organizational team-building.

This is what Patrick M. Ryan, tax law specialist, can do for you: - Analyze your tax situation - Complete all paperwork required by the IRS - Suspend IRS collections - Send the completed Offer in Compromise for IRS submission - Give you the advice necessary to keep you in compliance - Stop all penalties and interest - Take your Power of Attorney so you no longer need to deal with the IRS - Get you an Offer in Compromise Acceptance - Do your Offer in Compromise Appeal, if necessary, for no additional cost To get started, call Pat Ryan at 866-286-2241 or e-mail [email protected] for a free interview and quote. Together we can get the IRS to forgive your entire debt for a settlement that is much less than what you owe! www.patrickmryan.us

Gathers facts about Greece, including information about the land, people, history, culture, and pastimes.

Examines the life and career of the forty-third American president who won the election by the narrowest of margins.

Describes the history, geography, plants and animals, language, people, and customs of Poland.

An introduction to the geography, history, people, and customs of Ireland.

A simple introduction to the land and people of the African nation of Kenya.

An introduction to the geography, history, culture, and people of Egypt.

With the pervasiveness of the information revolution, the preservation of intellectual property rights through patents, copyrights, and trademarks has become far more difficult. In this book, Michael Ryan explains the issues, politics, and diplomacy of balancing intellectual property rights with the public''s right of access.

Describes the history, equipment, and techniques of the relatively new sport that involves a team of skydivers, one surfing and one filming.

Provides basic information about the land, climate, history, and culture of Indonesia, the world''s largest archipelago.

Describes the history, geography, people, and customs of this peninsular Asian country.

Describes the five major regions of China and briefly tells how people live there.

Introduces the history and development of the sport that combines skateboarding and ice luging.

Describes the history, equipment, personalities, and contemporary practice of extreme snowboarding.