Most Popular Books by David Levin

After years of acting training you''re ready to audition, but you don''t have an agent. Or you do have an agent but he isn''t sending you out as much as you''d like. Roughly 90% of actors find work without an agent. Even if you do have an agent, don''t sit back and wait for him to get you work. You have to hustle. In "Where Do I Find Auditions?" working NYC actor David Neal Levin passes on the knowledge of years of experience on how to find auditions in a clear, concise guide. Inside you will also find 9 interviews with agents and casting directors offering their insights on the audition process in addition on where to find them. Don''t miss another opportunity because you didn''t know where to look.

Mild-mannered English teacher Brian Smith has a big secret: he used to be a rock star. Kind of. But what happens when the rock & roll ghosts of the past come back to haunt you? This retired rock star is about to find out.

The Night of Nine is an anthology of poems the author composed for his wife to celebrate special times, such as Valentine''s Day, Easter, Mother''s Day, and birthdays. The book contains other poems presenting themes of true beauty, young love, commitment, a mother''s eternal love, animals, God''s goodness, and humor. The final poem is the namesake of this book and concerns a young man''s journey through his life, with all of its challenges, fears, blessings, kind moments, and strengths. This work is intended to inspire, provoke thoughtfulness, elicit emotions, cause laughter, strengthen faith in life defeating death, and, most of all, entertain.

NEW Fun & Learn - Hanukkah Book For ChildrenJoin Dave in another fun book for children, this time they learn about Hanukkah and the story behind this Jewish festival.In this fun activity book kids will learn about the Menorah, the Hanukiah, the Dreidel, the Miracle of the Oil Cruse in the Temple. The bravery of Judah Maccabee and his brothers who managed to defeat Antiochus the Greek king.This book contains lots of games, mazes, quizzes, coloring pages, puzzles and activities for children, to help them learn about the festival of lights in a fun and engaging way.Plus you will find inside: Songs for Chanukah, Recipe for Potato Latkes, and Blessing for the Candles.

Drug-eluting stents have emerged as the most effective method for treating restenosis following percutaneous coronary interventions. This thesis investigates how drugs with similar physiochemical properties but different specific binding targets yield drastically different tissue transport, retention and ultimately efficacy independent of their putative biological effects. Our central hypothesis is that both specific and general binding of drugs to tissue proteins, as mediated by drug-specific physiochemical properties, plays a central role in arterial transport and distribution. We define and compare the kinetic and transport properties of clinically implemented compounds with different binding modes. While hydrophilic compounds are rapidly cleared, hydrophobic ones are retained with an arterial transmural distribution dependent upon the distribution of specific and general binding sites. Common systemically administered cardiac drugs compete with locally delivered agents through displacement of general binding sites. Exploration of drug binding in thrombus indicates significant specific and general binding capacity. Stent-to- arterial wall drug transfer is acutely sensitive to stent strut position in clot relative to the wall due to thrombus binding capacity. A poorly controlled microthrombotic environment around a stent strut can drastically enhance systemic washout while reducing delivery to the tissue. Together this body of work implies that specific and general binding plays a critical role in the clinical efficacy of locally delivered drugs, and must be a consideration in the rational design of stent-based delivery devices.

Satan used billions of years to design a death blow for God, resulting in his creating humans in God''s image and an irresistible demon plague released by a deep oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. The demon dust destroys concrete, steel, and flesh and overcomes all mortal resistance. An ancient admonition hidden in Vatican archives may hold the key to human survival. It is understood by only one person, an old nun ignored by the church. An angelic dog and his owner befriend the nun in Galveston and await destruction of the island city. The nun struggles to remember the Aramaic admonition, while the dog remains at her side as storm-like demon dust approaches.

We compare healthcare spending in public and private Medicare using newly available claims data from Medicare Advantage (MA) insurers. MA insurer revenues are 30 percent higher than their healthcare spending. Healthcare spending is 25 percent lower for MA enrollees than for enrollees in traditional Medicare (TM) in the same county with the same risk score. Spending differences between MA and TM are similar across sub-populations of enrollees and sub-categories of care, with similar reductions for "high value" and "low value" care. Spending differences primarily reflect differences in healthcare utilization; spending per encounter and hospital payments per admission are very similar in MA and TM. Geographic variation in MA spending is about 20 percent higher than in TM, but geographic variation in hospital prices is about 20 percent lower. We present evidence consistent with MA plans encouraging substitution to less expensive care, such as primary rather than specialist care, and outpatient rather than inpatient surgery, and with employing various types of utilization management. Some of the overall spending differences between MA and TM may be driven by selection on unobservables, and we report a range of estimates of this selection effect using mortality outcomes to proxy for selection.

The Demons of San Antonio is a contemporary science fiction/fantasy novel about an army of bandito demons raised by Satan through hell''s portal in west Texas. The hate-filled force is the vanguard of a plan to destroy mankind and rupture God''s heart in the process. The demons'' pistols are loaded with brimstone, resulting in destruction humans cannot resist. As the demons sweep across Texas, incinerating structures and people alike, a small band of heroes waits in the Alamo, preparing to fight the sons of darkness with the power of God''s courage in their hearts.This book is the third of a trilogy, Demon Dust and Meatball Heaven being the others. Common characters include FBI agent Mike Hardiss, Scruffy the angel dog, child angel Adam Lane, Senator Abaddon (Satan) and God.