Eric's relationship with Annie Brown left deep and long lasting psychological scars. With his life in disarray, Eric's research attracts the attention of an underground international organization who believe Eric's discovery could ruin their financial operation. Erin, Jill, and others manipulate Eric's life offering a temporary alternative to his assassination..

This book is a collection of 108 Haiku and Senryu poems written over a period of twenty years. It details those precious moments of life in whose ordinariness might otherwise go by unacknowledged save for the gift of Haiku.The Haiku is more than a poem, it is an art form that suspends eternity in simple things. As an avid practitioner of this craft Scott aspires to this notion and to capture the ever illusive 'Haiku moment'.

'There is me trailing home 131st and, for all I know, I might be a top 50 rider if we all started on a level playing field . . . Bollocks to you all. You are a bunch of cheating bastards. At least I can look myself in the mirror.'Bradley Wiggins contemplates Floyd Landis testing positive for testosterone in the 2006 Tour de FranceThe 2010 account will be an instant book published in the autumn following the Tour. Part day-by-day diary it will also include wider, deeper refl...

First brought to the United States in the nineteenth century by Chinese and Japanese immigrants, Buddhism has become a major feature of the North American religious, cultural, and social landscape. Nearly every form of Asian Buddhism has some presence in North America in addition to a variety of Buddhist “convert” communities, hybrid communities, and “secular” Buddhist networks. Buddhist-derived practices such as mindfulness meditation have been deployed in health care and educational sett...

If passion and personality were all it took to make it big, you’d have it made. Don’t let procrastination, lack of focus, and uncertainty derail your dreams of living like a champion.In clear, straightforward style, Matthew Mitchell reveals the tools that made him and his teams successful: honesty, hard work, and discipline. He details how leaders who make decisions based on the Winning Tools enjoy added benefits. Personal satisfaction, professional success, and financial rewards na...

"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a fantastical tale with some Poe-like overtones. It's about a baby born at age 70 who then lives life in reverse, with his hair turning from white to iron-gray over the dozen years of his life and the network of wrinkles on his face becoming less pronounced. The ramifications of this create fantastical situations in Benjamin's relationships with his father, his wife, and his son.

On a dark New York street, a man collides with a stranger who leaves almost no trace behind him. Minutes later that stranger vanishes into thin air, and the mystery refuses to leave the narrator’s mind.The answer arrives in the most astonishing way imaginable. Guided by unseen hands into a hidden room, the narrator meets a man who should not exist—a living scientist whose body has been stripped of every pigment until nothing remains to catch the light. He can speak, move, breathe, ...

In a concerted effort to expand Taiwan’s presence across the Indo-Pacific, President Tsai Ing-wen has introduced the New Southbound Policy (NSP) to strengthen Taipei’s relationships with the 10 countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), six states in South Asia (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Bhutan), Australia, and New Zealand. The policy is designed to leverage Taiwan’s cultural, educational, technological, agricultural, and economic assets to en...

The book covers financial inclusion in the southern cone (Argentina, Brazil, and Chile) and its impact on public finance. Possible negative consequences of greater financial inclusion are identified, but the book argues potential benefits outweigh costs. Financial inclusion has many definitions, but in this book, we interpret it as bank account ownership and the use of banking services. Financial inclusion in this context proffers advantages in the area of tax collection, perhaps the south...

Step back into the wild imagination of early science fiction. These five rare tales carry listeners across eerie lunar mysteries, strange Martian encounters, unsettling scientific experiments and a voyage that reveals something terrifying hidden deep inside a ship’s cargo hold.Written during the formative decades of the genre, these stories capture the fearless creativity that defined vintage science fiction. The authors explored ideas that were bold for their time—visions of alien...

Five extraordinary stories take you from bizarre scientific experiments and impossible disappearances to cosmic mysteries, ancient secrets, and an invention that could change the way we see the world.An Adventure of a Professional Corpse: The Artificial Honeymoon — H. Bedford-JonesAn unusual profession leads to an even more unusual assignment in this inventive tale from one of the most prolific writers of his era. What begins with a peculiar proposition qui...

This fine collection of intelligent, unabridged short stories about intriguing, interesting and sometimes inspirational men is an audio treat for young and old, male or female. A carefully compiled anthology featuring timeless tales from classic authors including Charles Dickens, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Anton Chekhov, read by a cast of acclaimed and respected actors, including Stephen Fry, Martin Jarvis and Kerry Shale; this compilation will be enjoyed by the whole family.Mr. C...