Íosac Mulgannon is a man called to stand. Losing a grip on his mental and physical health, he is burdened with looking after a mute child whom the local villagers view as cursed.The aging farmer stubbornly refuses to succumb in the face of adversity and will do anything, at any cost, to keep hold of his farm and the child.This dark and lyrical debut novel confronts a claustrophobic rural community caught up in the uncertainties of a rapidly changing world.

When Ryan Dennis’s father was crushed by heavy machinery on their New York dairy farm, both men accepted the accident as a risk of agricultural life. But it was harder to comprehend being crushed by low milk prices, big banks, and the policies that destroyed America’s family farms.Even though Ryan grew up watching his father and grandfather struggle to survive, he always thought he would follow in their footsteps and take over the family farm. But as he milked cows and fed calves, ...

My family was a very conservative, but dysfunctional family, my personal family more so because my father was mentally ill. Because of this, I suffered a nervous breakdown at nineteen and was hospitalized; I saw a psychiatrist in my mid-twenties who helped me enormously.In those days, mental illness, and its victims, also suffered from stereotypes and stigma.As I began to understand myself, I grew as a person and have had many unexpected enlightening experiences. That journ...

Skillfully deploy Microsoft SharePoint Premium to automate your organization’s document processing and managementIn Microsoft SharePoint Premium in the Real World: Bringing Practical Cloud AI to Content Management, a team of veteran Microsoft AI consultants delivers an insightful and easy-to-follow exploration of how to apply SharePoint's content AI and advanced machine learning capabilities to your firm’s document processing automation project.Usi...

De Colores! See in color and in light; bring an end to the darkness and to the night. Change your perception, get out of your detention, and remember to the Good News the Lord has mentioned.The Cursillo is a short course in Christianity founded by Roman Catholic laymen in 1944 in Majorca, Spain, with the goal of improving ways to train Christian leaders. The primary objective of the three-day session to ask the Cursillo participants, or cursillistas, to go back into the world and pr...

Explorations of plant consciousness and human interactions with the natural world.From apples to ayahuasca, coffee to kurrajong, passionflower to peyote, plants are conscious beings. How they interact with each other, with humanity and with the world at large has long been studied by researchers, scientists and spiritual teachers and seekers. The Mind of Plants: Narratives of Vegetal Intelligence brings together works from all these disciplines and more in a collection of essays th...

Íosac Mulgannon is a man called to stand. Losing a grip on his mental and physical health, he is burdened with looking after a mute child whom the local villagers view as cursed. The aging farmer stubbornly refuses to succumb in the face of adversity and will do anything, at any cost, to keep hold of his farm and the child. This dark and lyrical debut novel confronts a claustrophobic rural community caught up in the uncertainties of a rapidly changing world.Contains mature themes.

When Ryan Dennis's father was crushed by heavy machinery on their New York dairy farm, both men accepted the accident as a risk of agricultural life. But it was harder to comprehend being crushed by low milk prices, big banks, and the policies that destroyed America's family farms.Even though Ryan grew up watching his father and grandfather struggle to survive, he always thought he would follow in their footsteps and take over the family farm. But as he milked cows and fed calves, ...

Curating Engagement is a critical anthology published by Public Trust and Wagner Foundation exploring curatorial practice, public engagement, and the civic role of cultural institutions. Edited by Aaron Levy, Abigail Satinsky, and Daniel Tucker, it brings together the voices of over 50 curators, educators, and artists working at the intersection of public engagement and curatorial practice to discuss the urgent issues facing their work. This book contains their reflections, questions, and ...

In the years between 1776 and 1815, grand square-rigged sailing ships dominated warfare on the high seas. Fighting Sail is a tabletop wargame of fleet battles in this age of canvas, cannon, and timbers. Players take on the roles of fleet admirals in battles ranging from the American War of Independence to the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812. Each fleet has access to different ships, tactics, and command personalities – each with its own strengths and weaknesses. Offering a unique blend...

Arc-continent collision has been one of the important tectonic processes in the formation of mountain belts throughout geological time, and it continues to be so today along tectonically active plate boundaries such as those in the SW Pacific or the Caribbean. Arc-continent collision is thought to have been one of the most important process involved in the growth of the continental crust over geological time, and may also play an important role in its recycling back into the mantle via sub...

Autumn approaches, and with it comes a time of dark magic. In this issue we celebrate the fantastical, the foreign and the fatalistic. We have kallikantzaroi on a mission, banana Popsicle munching bombs, alien friends happy to lend more than a hand, a band that really puts themselves into their music and part one of Flashlight, Knife and Flowered Crown, an electrifying, modern fairy tale.Poetry, flash fiction and keen illustration add variety to the mix. An Spanish interview of Jac...