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John Koch was a man who had it all, looks, a successful law career, a loving wife, three sons, and all of the trappings of success. However, John carried demons in his head from an abusive childhood, and these demons carried into his adult life. He could never shake his hatred for his father, and everything he did in life, was to show his father that he was a bigger and better man than he. His pain, however, was too deep, and he found solace...

This first collection of award-winning full-length plays by Lauren Gunderson includes: LEAP-A delightful, moving synthesis of science, history, and magic with a young Isaac Newton and two mysterious sisters. 'LEAP features splendid language and easy confidence with heady material. Think Tom Stoppard, " Creative Loafing BACKGROUND-a time-twisting, science-drama about the inspirational study of cosmology and the devastating effects of denied c...

From the days when she became a 'spy queen", according to her friend Harris, to the blustery Christmas when she learned about the love and sacrifices mothers make for their children, the memories author Terry Black shares in The Cabana Stories will soothe your soul.

Forged by my own crises of family deaths, chronic back pain, Parkinson's disease, and Cancer, " Goodies" is my list of tips on how to be happy now. I present the goodies of 'Here and now", 'The 2/3 rule", 'Positive/negative expectations", 'PATS & Winners", 'Tough love", 'Compassion", 'Letting go", 'Forgiveness", and 'Getting surrounded". I show you how to apply the 'goodies" to coping with physical pain and to enjoying life with disabilities. ...

No Whining" is one man's gut-wrenching yet humorous account of his eight-week journey through Craig Hospital's Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) rehabilitation program. Paralyzed from the waist down, author Herb Tabak credits Craig's 'no nonsense" rehabilitation philosophy as a major factor in the progress he has made to date towards recovery. Tabak relates the range of adventures he experienced while an SCI patient at Craig Hospital's world-renowned ...

Diego DiSilva escapes death at the hands of the man he called father only to be thrust into an uncertain future with a shadowy Cortez, his alien allies the dark Suns, and a Mexica emperor determined to drive Cortez and the Dark Suns from the New World. Diego must overcome his fear of his psychic abilities and escape Cortez and his allies if he is to survive. His curiosity about a book called "The Codex of Flowering Butterfly" ends in a chance ...

I can always sell the land, if I have to." Jess knew in his heart that Reau would do it. All of his hard work since he was able to help his mother in the fields would have gone to waste. He hated Reau then with a greater capacity than he knew existed within him. The depth of his feelings frightened him into silence, and he walked away from the house and across the fields to the riverbank. He sat in the growing darkness, throwing bits of bark ...

Abused by her stepfather, distraught by the insensitive fumblings of college jocks, Demi wrapped herself in a cocoon, sad that her dreams of turning the tables on men are limited to coups she executes at bridge tables. When her mother falls ill with cancer, she is wrenched from her cloister and summoned to Boston to help care for her. There, she takes a temporary job with the Back Bay Club.Months into the job, her boss asks her to Nantucket to...

Using a play on words as well as biblical reference and personal narration, languages are decoded and brought together in hopes of shedding light on the damaging effects that we as "gods" (posing as parents, siblings, medical professionals, and friends) have on others as a human race. Suess hopes that the readers will reconsider their words and their actions and the lasting impact that they have on others and make a positive, constructive chan...

Love, Honor and Cherish Until Marriage Do Us Part is the long awaited follow-up to So You Want To Be A Rock n' Roll Bride . It's for teens, young adults and anyone who loves stars. . What the admiration of her favorite males star says about her. . Preparing to travel in the social circles that lead to hanging out with her cherished star. . Introducing techniques to help teenage girls and young adult women get over the heartbreak of a favorite ...

Even at charged moments like this, here with the lover of his dreams, he felt as though his life faded into the spectacle.

Hannah Duston hacks off the scalps of Indian women and children and is a heroine of colonial Massachusetts. Her sister Elizabeth gives birth to illegitimate twins she says were stillborn, yet she is hanged as a murderess. This story of kidnaping, lust, infanticide, and murder sounds like a true crime novel. The difference is, it happened four hundred years ago. We Americans like to view our history through rose-tinted glasses. We imagine the P...

A world of poetry for serious readers, including some light verse.

Contains over 30 papers on the development and incorporation of ceramic materials for armor applications. Topics include impact and penetration modeling, dynamic and static testing to predict performance, damage characterization, non-destructive evaluation and novel material concepts.

Pastoral counseling is one of the fastest growing ministry specialties in the emerging world church. Pastoral Counseling in a Global Church vividly presents the experiences of people involved in ministry in different cultures, in Asia, Africa, and Latin America as well as Europe and Australia. Its practical, narrative-style approach complements more theoretical treatments of cross-cultural counseling. In our increasingly global and multicultur...

This volume offers lively current debates and case studies in historical archaeology selected from around the world, including North America, Latin America, Africa, the Pacific, and Europe.Authored by 19 experts in the field.Explores how historical archaeologists think about their work, piecing together information from both material culture and documents in an attempt to understand the lives of the people and societies they study.Engages with...

The Practice of Politics in Postcolonial Brazil traces the history of high and low politics in nineteenth-centiry Brazil from the vantage point of the provincial capitol of Porto Alegre. Kittleson investigates the ways in which lower classes in this area manipulated emerging ideologies to secure limited political inclusion that was unavailable elsewhere.

Topics discussed are Inner Healing of the soul, definition of Generational curses, soul ties, and if Christians can have demons. We instruct people how to minister Inner Healing and Deliverance.

Effective Corporate Governance is a manifesto for building highly effective Boards and corporations by balancing power, performance and profits with integrity, transparency, accountability and reform in private and public sectors. The book is the first publication on corporate governance from an emerging market perspective and is written specifically for the edification and continued development of company directors, chairmen , CEOs, CFOs, Int...

This proceedings includes papers presented at the Innovative Processing and Synthesis of Ceramics, Glasses and Composites symposium.