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Broadcast on the evening news . . . Hillcrest English teacher and former football star was shot in the back while fly-fishing. David Browning leaves behind a wife and two young children. Authorities have ruled it a hunting accident. Matthew Blake has only one purpose left in life: to find who murdered his best friend. At the time of his death, David Browning had a loving family and successful career. What does Matthew Blake have? Nothing. Matt Blake is an ex-athlete, ex-husband, and ex-angler . . . a guilt-driven alcoholic and professional failure. To uncover the murderer, Blake must journey back to his hometown, Hillcrest, where he will be forced to face his past, make new enemies, and learn the meaning of love . . . if he can live long enough. Life on the Fly is another suspenseful, poignant, and compelling novel set in Schreibers richly imagined Ironwood County. The first novel in the Ironwood County series is the young adult novel, Hillcrest Journal. The second is the adult novel Passing Through Paradise. * * * What others are saying about the Ironwood County novels: Skillfully told . . . very realistic. West Concord Enterprise Tough to put down. The themes are masterfully interwoven. Byron Review * * * Helpful Link: Schreiber has posted some of his published articles, essays, and poems along with book group discussion questions for Life on the Fly at John Schreibers Books

Discover some of the books by John Schreiber through this sampler that includes four excerpts as well as introductions to his other novels. Whether you're looking for a suspenseful mystery or an epic fantasy, all of John Schreiber's novels are character-driven, fast-paced adventures. Included is "to-ate" and "Master of Gravity" as well as the never-before-published "John Schreiber's Ten Writing Rules."

Nominated for the 2005 Minnesota Book Award: Best Short Story Collection Two A.M. A time when someone can’t sleep. The darkest time of the night. These are tales for such times, from such times. These tales will not let you will sleep soundly. They will not let you lie on the comfortable mattress that is your life. They will make you dream with your eyes wide open. These are tales of vampires and vengeance, of biological engineering and ghosts, of astronauts escaping the past and of young people fearing the future. Bitterness, betrayal, and murder lurk within these pages. But all is not dark. The dawn will come. These are also stories of hope. Of second chances. Of redemption. Look! It’s two o’clock in the morning. Time to read. "Schreiber has a wide range of imagination and the talent to put it into words. . . . His imagination invents word pictures that spark the mind to envision a screen larger than Hollywood is capable of." – News-Enterprise, December 1, 2004 * * * * What others are saying about Hillcrest Journal: “Skillfully told . . . very realistic . . . recommend not only to teenage readers but also to parents who may have a slightly hazy recollection of adolescence.” — West Concord Enterprise What others are saying about Passing Through Paradise: “Tough to put down. The themes are masterfully interwoven.” — Byron Review Helpful Link: Schreiber has posted some of his published articles, essays, and poems along with book group discussion questions for Tales from 2 A.M. at John Schreiber ́s Books

Heartstone. Legend said these unusual gems could cure any illness, but Thrylain the Great, the founder of Elinala, understood its real power and destroyed all heartstones. Or so he said. Seven hundred years passed and people forgot. When a crippled prince was born in Elinala, the king ordered the death of his son. Many died trying to protect the child, and in the ensuing chaos the boy disappeared, along with a pendant from the royal treasury. Everyone believed that the child was dead and the pendant destroyed. But they were wrong. Now grown to manhood, Derrick ́s only clue to his past is his gold pendant with its unusual gem, a long-forgotten heartstone. When Derrick tries to learn his true identity, the kingdom of Elinala is forever changed as hidden crimes are exposed, ancient evils set free, and the full power of heartstone is finally unleashed. Helpful Link: Schreiber has posted some of his published articles, essays, and poems along with book group discussion questions for some of his novels at Ironwood County Books

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In a chemical system with many chemical species several questions can be asked: what species react with other species: in what temporal order: and with what results? These questions have been asked for over one hundred years about simple and complex chemical systems, and the answers constitute the macroscopic reaction mechanism. In Determination of Complex Reaction Mechanisms authors John Ross, Igor Schreiber, and Marcel Vlad present several systematic approaches for obtaining information on the causal connectivity of chemical species, on correlations of chemical species, on the reaction pathway, and on the reaction mechanism.Basic pulse theory is demonstrated and tested in an experiment on glycolysis. In a second approach, measurements on time series of concentrations are used to construct correlation functions and a theory is developed which shows that from these functions information may be inferred on the reaction pathway, the reaction mechanism, and the centers of control in that mechanism. A third approach is based on application of genetic algorithm methods to the study of the evolutionary development of a reaction mechanism, to the attainment given goals in a mechanism, and to the determination of a reaction mechanism and rate coefficients by comparison with experiment. Responses of non-linear systems to pulses or other perturbations are analyzed, and mechanisms of oscillatory reactions are presented in detail. The concluding chapters give an introduction to bioinformatics and statistical methods for determining reaction mechanisms.

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George and Belmore Browne are together a strong and sometimes overlooked example of the integrity, passion, strength and grit of early landscape artists on this continent. Their backdrop -- the rugged, forbidding landscape of the Pacific Northwest -- and their passion for both hunting and documenting the nature around them, make them both an important piece of North American cultural history. And George's story in particular, including his untimely death, is a fascinating, if tragic, story of an enormous talent whose heralding is long overdue. Once described as the greatest wildlife artist most people have never heard of, George Browne may be regarded as one of a few legitimate masters of the wildlife genre. And before him, there was Belmore, his father and mentor as both artist and sportsman. In a brilliantly illustrated book featuring dozens of color plates of both men's paintings, as well as photos of their travels, authors John Ordeman and Michael Schreiber document the lives of these remarkable men of adventure and artistry. Growing up in Washington State but studying in New England and later Paris, Belmore was a traditional realist painter. So, when invited on expeditions in the Yukon and Alaska, Belmore devoted himself to perfecting his painting technique with the rugged, stunning landscape of the north as inspiration. George spent his early years in Banff, Alberta. At 15, he quit school and began a rigorous apprenticeship in painting and drawing under his father. He later studied at the California School of Fine Arts, after his family had moved to the San Francisco Bay area. A born adventurer like his father, when George was drafted to the Army Air Corps during WWII, he wasthe first man to survive a parachute jump over 40,000 feet without freezing to death. His paintings of birds in flight, mountain goats leaping from rock to rock and moose serene in their swamp are just as breathtaking.