The band of friends and allies that formed in the novels "The Mansion" and "The Tenant in 1b" face exciting new challenges and opportunities in "The Block," the eagerly anticipated third novel from Robert David Duncan. Add in a ghost, a couple of cats, and a cast of supporting characters and you have a recipe for a fun and rollicking celebration of found family and shared intensities.

In this follow-up novel to The Mansion by Robert David Duncan, the artistic tenants of a ramshackle old apartment house on the edge of a university campus continue to evolve to face challenges and opportunities as life presents a number of intriguing twists and turns. Add in a ghost, a couple of cats, and a cast of supporting characters and you have a recipe for a fun and rollicking celebration of found family and shared intensities.

The story is set in a future where a scientific breakthrough has made it possible for people to achieve immortality. This discovery is met with both excitement and trepidation, as it presents new opportunities and challenges for humanity.The protagonist of the novel is a man who becomes part of the first group of people to undergo the immortality treatment. As he adjusts to his new life, he begins to notice the changes and consequences that come with living forever. The story follows his j...

John Laurens (1754 – 1782) was an American soldier and statesman from South Carolina during the American Revolutionary War, best known for his criticism of slavery and his efforts to help recruit slaves to fight for their freedom as U.S. soldiers. He was an aide-de-camp to General Washington.In 1915, David Duncan Wallace (1874-1951) published a book on John Laurens' father "The Life of Henry Laurens." Appended to this book was a 30-page sketch of the life of Henry's son John Lauren...

Part tutorial, part reference guide, this book will show you how to create and manage reports as well as identify the most appropriate reporting tool for any reporting challenge. In addition, you will learn universal topics such as how to locate data for any given report. Although some of the reporting tools addressed in this book are exclusive to Dynamics GP 2010, many of the topics discussed also apply to older versions of GP. If you are a Microsoft Dynamics GP developer, consultant, or ...

Key FeaturesBook DescriptionA practical guide to creating and managing reports as well as identifying the most appropriate reporting tool for any reporting challenge, this book employs real-life, step-by-step examples in a part tutorial, part reference manner.If you are a Microsoft Dynamics GP developer, consultant or power user who wants to create and manage reports, then Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Reporting, Second Edition is for you. A working knowl...

From author Robert David Duncan comes a novel of artistic passion, adversity and triumph in The Mansion.Joel is new to university and big city life, while Tessa is working toward her PhD in art history. Alec and Gwen have been retreating from their previous lives as street artists. Moira is a newcomer, having been painfully jettisoned out of a marriage she realizes was an illusion. Together, they share a ramshackle old apartment house on the edge of campus. When developers...

Dave is twenty-four and spending a few weeks studying acting in New York before heading off to grad school. Sharing a room with a fellow student at an old hotel to save money seems like a good idea, except his roommate's bizarre habits begin to make Dave wonder if he is losing his mind, or perhaps even more.Spirit Falls adds to the story world shaped by other Robert David Duncan works such as Genius, The Paris MBA, Paris Remains, Alley of Lost Friends and Spinoza Hotel.

In the days and weeks following their friend's memorial in Paris, friends Dave, Aisling, Marie and Jeff ponder what to do next in life, each finding that they have reached some sort of crossroads. Meanwhile, street artist Spirit has a trick or two up his sleeve.Après Paris adds to the story world shaped by other Robert David Duncan works such as Genius, Spirit Falls, The Paris MBA, Paris Remains, Alley of Lost Friends and Spinoza Hotel.

Paris Remains revisits characters Dave, Aisling, Jeff and Marie later in life as sad news causes them all to return to Paris. Though they haven't been in close touch over the years, they are inextricably linked together by their shared pasts, and the act of revisiting Paris challenges each of them to reconsider their direction in life and the choices that have led them to the present.This novelette by Robert David Duncan shares some intriguing connective tissue with other works inc...

Journey along with a group of friends, connected through experiences earlier in life, who struggle to meet life's challenges and disappointments with a ceaseless drive for selfhood and the realization of their youthful promise. The Life Collection presents six novelettes by Robert David Duncan including Genius, Spirit Falls, The Paris MBA, Paris Remains, Après Paris and Spirit Alley, along with a preface by the author.

Newly retired Jeff makes a last-ditch attempt to find a long lost childhood friend he hasn't seen in decades. Following his intuitions, and clues he has been picking up over the years, Jeff travels across the country to the street art filled alleys of Vancouver to try to rejoin the trail of his childhood pal.Spirit Alley brings full-circle the six-part story world that begins with Genius, and includes Spirit Falls, The Paris MBA, Paris Remains and Après Paris.