Nightman

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"Call me the night man. That's what I am mostly. Course, I work some in the daytime, too, cleaning houses for my special customers—nice folks who live in a pretty part of town. But mainly I work at night….

"I've got keys to more offices and homes in this town than I can count. People come to work in the morning and find their offices all shiny—windows cleaned, trash cans emptied, … rugs vacuumed, and, oh yes, the occasional wrapper from a hurriedly opened condom scooped up neatly from underneath a desk. Like magic. I guess it makes people feel like no matter what they do, there's always somebody to make things right by morning."

Such is the life of janitor Braxton Bragg, black man in the capital of the Confederacy, and great grandson of a white Confederate general. Despite the apparent dullness of his job, what he faces behind locked doors ranges from the embarrassing to the life-threatening. Braxton's dark, sometimes humorous commentary exposes the seamy underbelly of this Southern city—as well as the secret sins of the white elite—and takes us through ten days and nights of mystery, danger and surprise.

"…You never know what you're gonna find…."

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A wonderful journey.... enjoy the ride...........2004-11-22

Johnson and Pendleton are an amazing team. They combine humor and suspense in this eye-opening and draw dropping book. You won't want to put this book down. The book follows Braxton, a janitor, through his nights (and sometimes days) working in the Metro Richmond area. This book is witty, exciting, and sad. Johnson and Pendleton describe clearly the social undoings of the Richmond area and the problems the city faces. This "novel" is a must read for all! A Janitor's life has never been so interesting. Bravo to the authors! I hope that there is a follow-up book to come! Thanks for the wonderful read.

Break-thru Vol 1, #3, Dec 1993 Featuring Freex (nightman)

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Break-thru Vol 1, #3, Dec 1993 Featuring Freex (nightman)
Ha, Pepoy Englehart
Manufacturer: Malibu Comics
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000UU2AXU

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Nightman
Whitley Strieber
Manufacturer: Dutton Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 0525936203

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The Nightman/Gambit (Vol. 1, No. 3)
David Quinn
Manufacturer: Malibu Comics
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Comic

General | Comic Strips | Comics & Graphic Novels | Subjects | Books

General | Graphic Novels | Comics & Graphic Novels | Subjects | Books
ASIN: B000NOEOIM

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Published May 1996

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A true account of how hospital and physicians\' medical practices evolved in a small Michigan town, interspersed with many exciting and humorous anecdotes.

Hospital History and Medical Practice in My Small Town: With Personal Stories of the Author

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Hospital History and Medical Practice in My Small Town: With Personal Stories of the Author
Albert H. Meinke
Manufacturer: Trafford Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000N75VDG

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A standard reference in the home health market, HANDBOOK OF HOME HEALTH STANDARDS & DOCUMENTATION: GUIDELINES FOR REIMBURSEMENT includes everything the home care nurse needs to effectively document care based on accepted professional standards. For each of the more than 60 clinical problems included, this handbook offers detailed standards and documentation guidelines including ICD-9-CM diagnostic codes, service skills, factors justifying homebound status, outcomes and goals, discharge plans, and specific tips for reimbursement. Widely known as the "little red book," the fourth edition has been thoroughly updated and expanded to include new guidelines on trauma and ventilator care, basic assessment tools, OASIS considerations, up-to-date coding, information on the Propsective Payment System (PPS) guidelines, and the most recent government .

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handbook of Home Health Standards and Documentation .......2007-08-03

This book was recieved quickly. I founds the book to be very informative and useful. I found the answers to several of my questions I had. I will keep the book close to use for a reference and I am sure I will use it a lot. Thanks.

VERY HELPFUL.......2007-04-02

I love this book because, being in the home health industry you have to know what you're charting. If charting is lacking then you will not get the full reimbursement that you are entitled to. Thanks alot.

Quickly settles disputes, answers questions, a "MUST" for all home care nurses & their management teams !!!!.......2006-04-03

I have the 4th edition (at this time is the most recent edition in print) and as a psych home care nurse, this little, portable wealth of knowledge has helped me validate to management, as well as to public health and other surveyors, the range in situations that qualify "homebound status" for psychiatric patients. Throughout the book there are samples provided to support a variety of situations that help the nurse better understand, and therefore more accurately report, on each sector of the OASIS forms. Medicare regulations are explained in detail, and I learned information that I had not known in the 14 years I have been doing mental health home care nursing. The manual provides a history and background of homecare, its evolution, provides an overview of documentaion, including the importance of coding, and its significance in home care. Also, valuable tips on improving the nursing visit, setting achievable goals, managing the case, and the guidelines for care for all the home care disciplines, are provided, so the nurse can be knowledgable regarding the roles of the other disciplines. There is a great resource section at the end of the book, and home care definitions, roles, and abbreviations are delineated in this manual as well. All home care codes are listed.

With the often-confusing regulations and data gathering tools out there, at least we on the front lines have this portable manual to help us sort out our assessments and evaluations into the accurate coding and leveling criteria that supports what we do, what we observe, and allows for the appropriate revenue to support the levels of care our patients require. As OASIS data-gathering evolves, newer editions will be needed to keep up with the miriad of changes that will ensue, but at least here is a standard we can all make good use of, and I am willing to bet every nurse, from novice to manager, will find something in this manual that was not known or delineated as well to them in the past.

This manual would also make a wonderful teaching tool for nursing students. They may as well learn early on how intricate the data-gathering tools are in the real working world. Accurate notations on the OASIS forms can either make or break a case, not only regarding reimbursement, but as to whether the levels of care, and variety of disciplines, that you feel are needed, are allowed to provide services to your patient. Hasty and inaccurate translation of evaluations and assessments onto the OASIS forms results in inability to justify to Medicare that the levels of intervention you are requesting are appropriate.

updated verision.......2005-09-29

i had the early verison and used it for making my care plan. the content is now updated and still valuable.

Home Health Standards.......2002-12-30

A MUST resource guide for all nurses who work in the Home Health industry.

Handbook of Home Health Standards & Documentation: Guidelines for Reimbursement

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Handbook of Home Health Standards & Documentation: Guidelines for Reimbursement
T. M. Marrelli Tina M. Marrelli
Manufacturer: Mosby
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OUFZAG

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modern for its time

Fine if you like fondant

Beautiful cakes for the advanced cake decorator

Only discusses fondant and sugarpaste techniques

I would reccomend this book to many others who are learning.

First Steps in Cake Decorating: Over 100 Step-by-Step Cake Decorating Techniques and Recipes
Janice Murfitt
Manufacturer: New Holland
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Cakes | Baking | Cooking, Food & Wine | Subjects | Books
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Cake Decorating for the first time (For The First Time)

ASIN: 1845370015

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"Murfitt calms potentially nervous fingers by not only including step-by-step color photographs and text but also showing alternatives to traditional embellishments.--Booklist

"A `must have' for anyone with the slightest interest in cake decorating."--Publishers Weekly

Everyone will think these amazing cakes came from the best bakery in town. From a chocolate porcupine to candied petals, the options shown in this lush guide are endless, and all presented in a way that even beginners can easily follow. Pretty sugar-paste creations embellish a marzipan-covered cake. Nuts, sugar-frosted fruits, candy, and cinnamon sticks make beautiful decorations in an instant. And there are embossed patterns, ruffled borders, sugar-paste cutouts, and other eye-catching ideas, all with instructions, recipes, and templates, to provide inspiration for every occasion.

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modern for its time.......2005-04-06

The best feature of this book is the layout. As the title suggests, instructions are given out in a most logical sequence. Directions start off with information on sculpting, then covering with fondant, onto to using color, then instant decorations and so on.
The techniques offered here were modern for its time, but now seem a bit dated. The sculpting ideas are good. I like the way she showed how a # 3 cake could be made, and there is some interesting information in the instant decoration section. Using jimmies as a board covering is a neat idea as was the caramel decoration-they looked like little butterflies. Other techniques new to me were the fondant ribbon insertions and modeling applications similiar to the polymer clay Fimo (the striped fondant on the circus cake is a good example).

However most of the other techniques have been better represented in other works.The cake designs shown in the book didn't appeal to me and I was not inspired by her book as it read like a text book. She should of shown a different cake to illustrate painting; a toy top would of been a much better choice, as the example she offered looked amateurish.
Other complaints include having too much information in this book to fit the title listed and the piping techniques being too difficult for a beginner to do. Overall not a great book.

Fine if you like fondant.......2001-08-26

Like many cake decorating books published in the UK, this book's cakes are not apt to have broad appeal to the US home baker. People who grew up with Aunt Betty's buttercream icing and Mom's frosted cupcakes after school may find the taste of the sugarpaste (rolled fondant) covering used on nearly all these cakes unfamiliar, too sweet, and with a stange texture. Most of the cakes are lovely to look at, but there is not a single one in here that I would actually make.

Beautiful cakes for the advanced cake decorator.......2000-02-23

The book is beautifully photographed and written, however the tools and ingredients are not for beginners. Ribbons and marzipan are used frequently, rather than plain icing, and the cakes are elaborate.

Only discusses fondant and sugarpaste techniques.......1999-05-27

This book does not illustrate any techniques used with piped icing.There are some beautiful cakes but they are decorated with either poured or rolled fondant.

I would reccomend this book to many others who are learning........1998-06-14

I have enjoyed reading this book, and learning all the techniques described inside. The recipes, and guidelines to follow are easy for the first time decorator. I will definitly recommend this book to all my friends, who wish to learn the basics about the art of cake decorating. Thank you Janice Murfitt

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Every year some species of animal disappear - we never see them again. Every year cities, factories and pollution eat up more land - land that animals need. Every year hunters kill more elephants, rhinoceros and tigers. Animals everywhere are in danger - what can we do to save them?

Oxford Bookworms Factfiles : Stage 1: 400 Headwords Animals in Danger (Oxford Bookworms Factfiles)

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Oxford Bookworms Factfiles : Stage 1: 400 Headwords Animals in Danger (Oxford Bookworms Factfiles)
Joc Potter
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OJVDI0

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A REAL Scrap Quilt Book

Making Scrap Quilts to Use It Up
Lynne Edwards
Manufacturer: David & Charles Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Lynne Edwards' New Sampler Quilt Book: Twenty Techniques for Machine and Hand Patchwork: New Ideas New Methods

Simple Strategies for Scrap Quilts (That Patchwork Place)

ASIN: 0715314122

Book Description

Internationally recognized quilt designer Lynne Edwards has produced a collection of exciting and creative ideas for using up leftover fabrics.

Almost half the purchases made by quilters are for fabrics, often bought on impulse without a project in mind. Add to this the leftovers that result from every completed project and quilters have an ever-growing hoard of material.

In this book Lynne Edwards provides quilters with plenty of ideas and inspiration for making quilts and other, smaller projects from their fabric stash.

The full-size quilt projects explore patchwork and quilting techniques ideal for producing quilts from fabrics sorted according to tonal value (lights/mediums/darks) rather than simply by colour or design. Schemes for smaller projects, such as a cushion in One-square cathedral window design, or a cot quilt in Suns and stars design, really help the quilter to use up as many scraps of material as possible.

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A REAL Scrap Quilt Book.......2007-03-26

This book, unlike so many others with "scrap" in the title, actually tells you how to use your scraps to good advantage. The patterns are a nice mix of traditional and modern, easy and more difficult. Anyone with lots of scraps or an out of control stash should enjoy this book.

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Be The Parent: Seven Choices You Can Make to Raise Great Kids
Kendra Smiley
Manufacturer: Moody Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Child Care | Parenting | Parenting & Families | Subjects | Books
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Get Out of That Pit: Straight Talk about God's Deliverance

Parenting the Strong-Willed Child: The Clinically Proven Five-Week Program for Parents of Two- to Six-Year-Olds [Revised and Updated Edition]

ASIN: 0802469418

Book Description

Instead of tuning in to Super Nanny or Nanny 911, pick up this humorous yet biblically-solid book of parenting advice. Kendra Smiley, author of High Wire Mom and Aaron’s Way, once again hits on a subject that moms and dads are longing to hear–how can I be a better parent and raise great and godly children? With wisdom gleaned both as parent and teacher, Kendra suggests seven proactive choices parents can make to help reduce family stress and avoid parenting emergencies. Each chapter ends with a dash of advice from her husband, John, who offers a dad’s point of view. Whether exhausted and struggling or just longing to improve their skills, Be the Parent is the perfect resource for moms and dads seeking to positively impact their children. Includes survey responses from real parents.

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In this critical biography of Robert Desnos (1900–1945), Katharine Conley reevaluates the surrealist movement through the life and works of one of its founders. Desnos was as famous among the surrealists for his independence of mind as for his elaborate “automatic” drawings and his brilliant oral and written performances during the incubational period of the group. He stayed with the official surrealist movement in Paris for only six years but was pivotal during that time in shaping the surrealist notion of “transforming the world” through radical experiments with language and art. After leaving the group, Desnos continued his career of radio broadcasting and writing for commercials. Though no longer part of the official movement, he remained committed to his own version of popular surrealism: Desnosian surrealism and the search for the “marvelous” in everyday life. Near the end of World War II he was deported and imprisoned for his work in the French Resistance and died at the newly liberated camp of Terezin in Czechoslovakia. Reports from within the camp indicate that Desnos took with him into Terezin his most deeply held surrealist beliefs.

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new surrealism.......2006-11-21

Conley's beautifully written and carefully researched intellectual biography of Desnos provides a radically new approach not just to this singular poet but also the the French surrealist movement which he helped to found. The most moving chapter in this emotionally rich book reviews Desnos's last poem, thought to have been written while the poet was incarcerated in a Nazi concentration camp. Conley provides a startlingly new history of this poem's composition. Other chapters introduce Desnos's extravagant loves in relation to his poetry, describe his spontaneous lapses into automatic poetry, and chronicle his subversive contributions to the French Resistance both as a poet and as a fighter. This book provides great insight into the beginning of the twentieth century in Europe even as it details the works of one of this period's singular figures.

micro-type.......2004-09-24

the type used in this intriguing, much awaited book is so small that reading it is truly discouraging. why, why why???? ruin such an effort!

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