Two brothers-separated by grief and thrown together by similar personal experiences-strive against their own desires to seek freedom from the pain that traps them.Young Julius McLellan navigates his silent world with curiosity and perseverance, but he is driven to anger and frustration when his friends and teachers don't seem to understand the oppressive struggles against a lack of communication in the Deaf world. In high school he throws himself into sports, parti...

Set against the vibrant backdrop of Latin America, this semi-autobiographical novel follows the transformative journey of an idealistic, naive Peace Corps Volunteer named Peter, whose life takes an unexpected turn when tragedy strikes his remote village in Paraguay propelling him on a harrowing escape with a semi-homeless 12-year-old boy.Their journey takes them through an indigenous community, a Mennonite colony, a squatters camp, and, finally, the lawless and chaotic city of Ciu...

There is another four-letter word associated with work: life. Beyond providing us with a means to live and survive it can be a key, as Freud noted, to self-esteem, self-identity and how we value life. Now, "Dr. Siggie" nor I believe that work can only be satisfying if you make a ton of money or become famous and powerful. Rather, what "Herr Doktor" was getting at, I believe, was do you love what you do to earn a living? If so, then you've achieved one of the key components of wellbeing. Bu...

When Bill, a broke, would-be bestselling novelist, attends a friend's party, the last thing he expects is to meet the condescending but goddess-like Cassandra. He is even more surprised when she whisks him back to her place.Thus begins the 'perfect' relationship, as Bill would say: no commitment, no consideration, no caring. Just sex - and none of that soppy love to get in the way, either. Or so he thinks. Once installed in Cassandra's flashy Hampstead house, all he has to do is wr...

A helpful guide on how to be an effective hospital chaplain, and parish priest to the sick. It offers advice on how to prepare for a hospital visit, why it is important to care for the sick in the parish and hospital; and how best to help the family of those who are ill. It contains the rite of Anointing the Sick, the rite of an Emergency Baptism, and prayers to help patients, including prayers for those with dementia, those near to death, and those in mental torment.

Everyone who comes to Hollywood, California makes the journey to The Church, an institution with powerful connections spanning the globe.Where the promise of The American Dream often fails the average person, The Church guarantees the fulfillment of all your dreams and fantasies...for a price.Bobby and Lindsay are curious souls. Embarking on a trip to the famed establishment for a simple sightseeing tour, they will encounter moments that will forever change them.Ult...

Mike's girlfriend has recently dumped him. Lost and confused, he sets off on a journey up north to leave his life behind.Renting a cabin located in isolation, the battle with his manipulative and destructive thoughts will soon commence.You can run from everything, but can you run from yourself?

This book represents a concise and easily referred guide to be used when the need arises, so that trainees in radiology facing a Nuclear Medicine matter can cope with the same and understand how to report correctly, for instance, their first bone scan or first renogram and give them briefly the underlying physiology.The sections of the volume are based on radiopharmaceuticals which enables the reader to understand the physiology underpinning the handling of the radiopharmaceuticals...

Since the inception of cinema in the late nineteenth century, filmmakers have employed a wide array of precursory aesthetic strategies in the conception and creation of their disparate works. The existence of these traditional antecedents have afforded filmmakers a diverse range of technical and artistic applications towards the construction of their cinematic narratives. Furthermore, the socio-political and cultural contexts in which films are conceived often inform the manner in which pa...

Brave astronauts, flaring rockets, and majestic launches are only one side of the story of spaceflight. Any mission to space depends on years--if not decades--of work by thousands of dedicated individuals on the ground. These are the people whose voices offer a friendly link to Earth in the void of space, whose hands maneuver rovers across the face of planets, and whose skills guide astronauts home. This book is a long-overdue history of three major centers that have managed important miss...

The three parts of Shakespeare’s Global Philosophy present evidence and argument that Shakespeare's Sonnets of 1609 articulate the philosophy behind all his plays and longer poems and that the Globe Theatre symbolises the global significance of the philosophy.Part 1 examines the 1609 edition of the sonnets to demonstrate the presence of a comprehensive and consistent nature-based philosophy.Part 2 shows how Shakespeare uses the sonnet philosophy to structure and vivify all ...

Jack Pilton is now a firm favourite in the Woman’s Group in the small village of Little Trumpington in Cornwall. When the vicar’s wife joins the group she is surprised that there is a man in the group because she knows there are spankings for the losers of the card games they play. It turns out that she loves to be spanked by Jack, and she drags him off to the vestry on Sunday after church, demanding another spanking. Jack and Mary declare their love for each other and Mary’s husband is ha...