Author: Committee on the CROSSROADS Nuclear TestInstitute
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: nuclear, test, crossroads, participants, veteran, mortality
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 1996-11-12
List price: $29.00
ISBN-10: 0309055962
ISBN-13: 9780309055963

Report of an epidemiological study on the long-term adverse health effects of exposure to ionizing radiation from detonation of nuclear devices, sponsored by the Veterans Administration. For epidemiologists, researchers, policy makers, and veterans. Softcover.

Author: Max Brand
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Keywords: crossroads
Number of Pages: 214
Published: 1997-07-28
List price: $40.00
ISBN-10: 080321278X
ISBN-13: 9780803212787

Crossroads, the fast-paced sequel to Luck, originally appeared serially in Argosy All-Story in six parts. As with all the work of Max Brand, gripping narrative carries the reader on a lightning ride from one suspenseful climax to the next. Presented here for the first time in book form, with the full text and original title restored, is the continuing saga of Brand’s finest heroine, Jack—Jacqueline Boone. Jack was blessed and cursed by the cross of Meilan when she met Dix Van Dyck. Dix, perhaps too fond of action and excitement, had stayed out of trouble on the strength of his boyish char

Author: Niccolo Ammaniti
Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd
Keywords: crossroads
Number of Pages: 496
Published: 2009-01-08
List price: $16.56
ISBN-10: 1847670377
ISBN-13: 9781847670373

Cristiano is thirteen. Home life is far from perfect, and when his drink-sozzled father and two reprobate friends come up with a plan to rob a bank, Cristiano sees the chance of a better life. But as a tremendous storm brews that night, the perfect crime will have shocking consequences for all involved. And Cristiano must put childhood behind him once and for all.

Author: Aba Gefen
Publisher: Gefen Publishing House, Ltd
Keywords: crossroads, israel
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2001-06-01
List price: $23.95
ISBN-10: 9652292591
ISBN-13: 9789652292599

The former Israeli Ambassador expounds on his incredible years of diplomatic experiences, including his involvement with the Mossad. From the founding of the State of Israel, its many challenges, Israeli politics, to the rocky foundations of the peace process and serious problems with the Palestinian Authority

Author: Belva Plain
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Keywords: crossroads
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2005-12-30
List price: $26.00
ISBN-10: 0385336845
ISBN-13: 9780385336840

No one explores the rich tapestry of the human heart as Belva Plain does. Her more than twenty New York Times bestsellers have captivated readers and garnered legions of devoted fans. Now Plain dazzles us once again with a new novel of rare eloquence and raw emotion…a powerful tale about the consequences of greed—and the acts of love and forgiveness that can heal the heart.Cassie Wright never saw it coming. As owner of Wright Glassworks, the foremost company in a thriving New England town, Cassie’s life was quiet, focused on her work and home…until a tragic accident turns her carefully

Author: Muhammad Asad
Publisher: Islamic Book Trust
Keywords: crossroads, islam
Number of Pages: 105
Published: 1982-01-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 9839541048
ISBN-13: 9789839541045

First published in 1934, this book "Islam at the Crossroads" was written as plea to the Muslims of that generation to avaoid a blind imitation of Western scoail forms and values, and to try to preserve instead their Islamic heritage which once upon a time had been responsible for the glorious many-sided historical phenomenon comprised in the "Muslim Civilization". But, as it happened, much of what the author had aimed at was subsequently misunderstood by the readers and leaders who failed to grasp the full implications of his call to cultural creativeness and to return to the true ideology of

Author: Muhammad Asad
Publisher: Kitab Bhavan
Keywords: crossroads, islam
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 2003-12-01
List price: $7.50
ISBN-10: 8171513344
ISBN-13: 9788171513345

First published in 1934, this book "Islam at the Crossroads" was written as plea to the Muslims of that generation to avaoid a blind imitation of Western scoail forms and values, and to try to preserve instead their Islamic heritage which once upon a time had been responsible for the glorious many-sided historical phenomenon comprised in the "Muslim Civilization". But, as it happened, much of what the author had aimed at was subsequently misunderstood by the readers and leaders who failed to grasp the full implications of his call to cultural creativeness and to return to the true ideology of