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Drawing heavily upon quotations from the Gospels, the letters of Saint Paul, and from the Fathers of the Church, other saints, biblical commentaries, and current writers on spirituality, Ed Mannino provides a series of meditations, beginning with each of the Beatitudes. These mediations can be used in one's prayer life in multiple ways, but are designed to be used over the course of one month for personal reflection and devotion.

What is the connection between a music professor and the task of rendering mines safe? That is the question the Royal Navy's Commander (Mining) has to ask when he interviews applicant Vincent Reid.It is March, 1940, and Hitler has unleashed the first of his secret weapons, the magnetic mine, against Britain. They fall by parachute, many drifting on to dry land, where they cause large-scale disruption. The menace must be overcome, and Vincent i...

Four years have elapsed since Fred Fuller returned from New Zealand to join the Royal Naval Air Service. It is January 1918, and he finds himself at Dover Seaplane Base in Kent, searching the English Channel for U-boats in a vital struggle to keep the approaches open. He meets Agnes Morley, the young widow who runs the Navy and Army Canteen, and they are immediately attracted to each other. He surprises her with his liberal attitude towards so...

Modern day investigations frequently require the identification, preservation, and collection of electronic evidence from a variety of data sources. The field of digital forensics is constantly evolving, and it is vital for all parties involved to work together to understand where relevant data is stored, and how it can be accessed and collected, in a forensically sound manner that is defensible and efficient. Aspiring forensic practitioners, ...

Modern day investigations frequently require the identification, preservation, and collection of electronic evidence from a variety of data sources. The field of digital forensics is constantly evolving, and it is vital for all parties involved to work together to understand where relevant data is stored, and how it can be accessed and collected, in a forensically sound manner that is defensible and efficient. Aspiring forensic practitioners, ...

Braided Generations brings to life several generations of two immigrant American clans, the author's and that of her late husband, Harry Gottlieb Jr. As a child, Jean Stern heard her parents' and grandparents' stories of surviving pogroms and struggling to reach America. Not till adulthood, however, did she learn of the family's suicides, in Jewish tradition, their names were never spoken. When a grandnephew asked to know more about his ancest...

Braided Generations brings to life several generations of two immigrant American clans, the author's and that of her late husband, Harry Gottlieb Jr. As a child, Jean Stern heard her parents' and grandparents' stories of surviving pogroms and struggling to reach America. Not till adulthood, however, did she learn of the family's suicides, in Jewish tradition, their names were never spoken. When a grandnephew asked to know more about his ancest...

In this latest story in the Hinchcliffe saga, Sylvia is now 87 and recently widowed. One of the features she misses from her marriage to Freddy is the music: his shows and pantomimes and, particularly, The Dalesmen, the dance band that was a local feature, but which fell apart as its ageing membership dwindled. One song is particularly important to Sylvia because of its association with Freddy, and she fears she will never again hear it played...

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It is 1951, and missing persons are naturally a normal part of Joe Pelier's portfolio as a private inquiry agent, but when he is asked to investigate the disappearance of Jerseyman Thomas Allard, previously believed to have died seven years earlier, the case turns out to be far from normal. For one thing, the man whom everyone believed to be dead is recently reported to have sold his cottage to a local fisherman. Joe's investigation takes him ...

As an officer on the USS LCI (R) 331 during World War II, Pat Sheeran saw eleven major naval operations, including the historic Battle of Leyte Gulf. It was a dramatic departure from his days as a history major at Cincinnati's Xavier University, when he didn't even know where Pearl Harbor was. After leaving the South Pacific, Pat worked out his naval service in Boston, where he wrote this memoir, drawing on his letters home and to Peggy, the g...

A young immigrant in Sweden, Rinai, has been detained for her husband's murder on their farm. She's apparently exonerated, however, when two Americans discover a second victim killed in the same horrific fashion after Rinai's detention. The Americans then arrange to bring Rinai to their psychiatric clinic for treatment of her trauma. When they revisit the farm for material, however, one of them is murdered by a grotesque figure.The surviving t...

A reaction to the media's portrayal of Southern California as a collection of slumburbs, home to rich sixteen year olds with nothing better to do than bleach their hair and star in reality television shows. Distorted Orange Hidden County is a native's poetic manifesto that shows - and tells - the authentic and overlooked pieces of Orange County, from dilapidated oil refineries to enigmatic tiki-faced sand carvings. In each poem and each pictur...

Del had not heard from his friend for far too long. After 3 calls went unanswered and no return call, he felt that it was time to go and investigate. Del packed an overnight bag, made sure the house was secured and left in a cloud of dust. He was still approximately one-quarter mile from the home of his friend when his vehicle began to cough, sputter and finally simply quit moving forward...much to his horror, Del had run out of gas. With his ...

When loss comes, fill in the empty space with love.

In Five Easy Pieces: A Memoir, Craig Thomas Blake, College of San Mateo emeritus professor and neophyte piano player, lays bare a candid narrative of his life, a life in which you, or someone you know, plays a supporting role, and in some cases, an integral part of his journey of self-discovery.

In Five Easy Pieces: A Memoir, Craig Thomas Blake, College of San Mateo emeritus professor and neophyte piano player, lays bare a candid narrative of his life, a life in which you, or someone you know, plays a supporting role, and in some cases, an integral part of his journey of self-discovery.

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