A Facebook post featured a young boy looking into a mirror as an elderly man peers into the boy’s eyes. Beneath the image are the words, “Life is a short trip…..Enoy it!” But within the mirror reflection we can find another truth. More than just enjoying life, we should find meaning, purpose, life, love and light in the life God gives us to enjoy. Kaleidoscope – Thoughts will share the lessons we learn through the experiences of our living. These reflections will help us to find the deeper...

Cameron Walkes is a Barbadian-born novelist who hasn’t sold anything for nearly a year when he is encouraged to write an autobiography. A reluctant Cameron knows he is facing many obstacles. What lessons could he teach? How could he explain the recurrent dreams that had gradually increased his stress? Despite his trepidation, Cameron writes the first words of his autobiography later that night.As his life story laboriously begins to take shape, Cameron traces his development from a...

Andreas Prescod is a disgraced archeologist when he discovers a hidden civilization in Antarctica. It turns out this discovery was predicted by prophecy, but it also initiates conflict between the world above and that in Antarctica.Realities collide as the prophecy, directed by three superior beings worshipped as gods, starts to be fulfilled. That development places Andreas and his wife Eurydice at the center of the impending conflict as a three-way battle begins between gods and t...

In today’s rapidly evolving work environment, learning plays a critical role in fostering adaptability, innovation, and a sense of purpose. As technological disruption continues to reshape roles and industries, there is a growing need for opportunity readiness—the ability to continuously learn, reframe challenges, and act effectively in uncertain contexts. Emerging workforce models, including solopreneurship, gig work, and fluid team structures, further demand new approaches to leadership ...

This authoritative and intimate biography, written by his only living son, Ronald Winston, marries the Gilded Age glamour and romance of Edith Wharton with the ruthless family dynamics of HBO’s hit series, Succession.Few American success stories rival that of Harry Winston. Born Harry Weinstein, he came from humble roots—his parents were poor Jewish immigrants who left Ukraine around 1890 for New York, where they settled and started a small jewelry busines...

During the past thirty years, the editors of the Hudson Review have observed a trend among some of the best literary essayists and reviewers to situate their criticism in a deeply personal manner as opposed to the theoretical, technocratic work being produced in many literary and academic publications. Over time, the Hudson Review became a home for this kind of accessible, memoirist writing. Literary Awakenings collects eighteen essays published over the last three decade...

World War II and the Caribbean focuses on one of the most exciting periods in the history of the region as the Caribbean territories faced incredible upheaval and opportunity during the war years. Local operations, cultural mores and the region’s international image were forever changed by its pivotal role in the war effort.The chapters in this volume respond to the need for information and analysis on the wide-ranging impact of the war on territories in the region (Englis...

In The Firebrand, William Kilbourn brings to life the rebel Canadian hero William Lyon Mackenzie. A skilled historian and an entertaining writer, Kilbourn reveals Mackenzie’s complex character: able political editor, shrewd recorder of his times, efficient first mayor of Toronto, and gadfly of the House of Assembly.Kilbourn vividly recreates the ill-fated Mackenzie-led march on Toronto during the Upper Canada Rebellion of 1837, an uprising of brave but comical farmers unprepared to...

The Tempest is often considered by many Shakespeare's parting gift to the world of theatre. A highly original piece with no real derivation, it explores the themes of revenge, forgiveness, love and redemption. It is also considered despite its theme and tone one of his great comedies.

In recent years, concerned governments, businesses, and civic groups have launched ambitious programs of community development designed to halt, and even reverse, decades of urban decline. But while massive amounts of effort and money are being dedicated to improving the inner-cities, two important questions have gone unanswered: Can community development actually help solve long-standing urban problems? And, based on social science analyses, what kinds of initiatives can make a difference...

A Time to Live and a Time to Die will inspire its readers through a greater understanding of God's seasons for humanity as revealed by Solomon in the book of Ecclesiastes. It describes in poetry and rhyme the ever-changing nature of the seasons yet their harmony and purpose.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed revised selected papers of the 20th International Symposium on Trends in Functional Programming, TFP 2019, held in Vancouver, Canada, in June 2019. The 6 revised full papers were selected from 11 submissions and present papers in all aspects of functional programming, taking a broad view of current and future trends in the area. It aspires to be a lively environment for presenting the latest research results, and other contributions, described ...