This is about the (mostly) hilarious, clumsy shenanigans of a British Merchant Navy cadet on his first trip to sea. An innocent lad from the leafy lanes of Surrey during his first voyage from the grim docklands of London, across the North Atlantic to the Jungles of Panama and its canal. Then across the Pacific Ocean to several ports in the Land of the Long White cloud. (New Zealand) ¿.and back again. The main characters include me, Chief Clumsy Person. Steven, Assistant Clumsy Person. Cath...

The tale of a British Merchant Navy cadet’s first trip to sea. From the leafy lanes of Surrey to the grim docklands of nineteen seventies London to the jungles of Panama, on to the Land of the Long White Cloud and back again. The sea. The work. The crew. The friends. The enemies and of course, the women. What it was really like for an eighteen year old first trip cadet.

A short story in rhyme. A battle in the parallel world. The constant fight of good over evil.Some beautiful words for some beautiful beings.A sheer delight where bees appear again.

A tale of buried treasure, medieval monks, a ruined Abbey. Supernatural goings-on in the small hours of a ruined monastery. All in the lawless Border Reivers area between Scotland and England at Melrose, UK where historically cutthroats and thieves have operated since medieval times and buried their ill-gotten booty wherever they can, to avoid getting caught.The villagers of Swingle Matravers Dorset England forever on the lookout for money and wealth of all kinds to feather their o...

This book defines sets of orthogonal polynomials and derives a number of properties satisfied by any such set. It continues by describing the classical orthogonal polynomials and the additional properties they have.The first chapter defines the orthogonality condition for two functions. It then gives an iterative process to produce a set of polynomials which are orthogonal to one another and then describes a number of properties satisfied by any set of orthogonal polynomials. The classical...

ARE YOU READY? GET RESIDENT READY.Resident Readiness: General Surgery prepares you for success during your surgical internship. Inside is a full range of scenarios you may experience during your residency, supported by comprehension questions with detailed answer explanations and tips to help you remember. You will also learn the clinical problem-solving process so you can think quickly on your feet, especially when time is critical. With the book's step-by-step guidance...

George Wilson has garnered much acclaim for this shattering and enlightening memoir. Detailing his odyssey from July, 1944 until the following summer, If You Survive is a startling first-person account of the final year of World War II. Wilson was the only man from his original company to finish the war. As a Second Lieutenant, he went ashore at Utah Beach after the D-Day invasion amidst burned vehicles, sunken landing craft, and broken fortifications. From the breakthrough at Saint-LO, to...

From a veteran culture writer and modern movie expert, a celebration and analysis of the movies of 1999**—“a terrifically fun snapshot of American film culture on the brink of the Millennium….An absolute must for any movie-lover or pop-culture nut” (Gillian Flynn).**In 1999, Hollywood as we know it exploded: Fight Club. The Matrix. Office Space. Election. The Blair Witch Project. The Sixth Sense. Being John Malkovich. Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. American Bea...

Transform your real estate business into a sales powerhouseIn The High-Performing Real Estate Team, experienced real estate coach Brian Icenhower shares the systems and secrets of top real estate agents and brokerages. The book offers actionable systems and processes that can be immediately implemented to take you, your fellow agents, and your team or brokerage to the next level.Focusing on the 20% of activities that drive expansion, this book show...

This publication explores both traditional and emerging concepts in aging solutions within communities. Thanks to improved health, new medical discoveries, better diets, and increased exercise, the later years of life have taken a positive turn. Dr. Atul Gawande will remind us of our mortality and address the misconception that his goal was to shorten lives. This book highlights some shortcomings in our current and past approaches to aging while examining new and successful strategies. It...

An ice cream van rolls into a war zone. A goldfish pleads with its owner, who has seasonal affective disorder. An advertising agency of the future struggles to capture the zombie market. A woman screams silently at a pair of social workers who visit to talk about her anorexic daughter.Brought together for the first time and introduced by prize-winning novelist Kerry Hudson, The Forge Anthology is a collection of over 30 pieces of startling and thought-provoking flash fiction from t...

From a psychologist and stand-up comedian comes a practical, yet laugh-out-loud guide to embracing humor to reduce stress and live a happier, fuller life.Dr. Brian King got a degree in psychology before becoming a world-touring comic and the host of humor therapy seminars attended by more than ten thousand people each year. In this brilliant guide he presents hands-on techniques for managing stress by rewiring our brains to approach potentially difficult situations...