· Publishers Weekly 'Listen Up' Award Winner · ForeWord Magazine's 'Audiobook of the Year' Winner · AFIM Indie Award Winner · Independent Publisher Magazine’s ‘IPPY Award’ Finalist. Epic--a mountaineering term that evokes a sense of treacherous disaster. The climb that went wrong: fighting blinding snowstorms and horrific avalanches; days spent tentbound running low on food, water and oxygen; surviving broken bones and shattered spirits. With writing from Greg Child, David Roberts, Stephen...

LIFE ISN’T FOR THE FAINT-HEARTED – NOR IS LIVING WITH CHRONIC ILLNESS.Grief, acceptance, loneliness, friendship, small joys, healing moments, new perspectives: here are forty-one short poems that offer bite-sized comfort and connection, for anyone in need of a tonic.A. K. Davidson's debut poetry collection includes helpful resources for Long Covid.‘Brave, thoughtful, funny at times and almost unbearably poignant at ...

An unstintingly honest and surprisingly humorous memoir that charts a couple’s parallel diagnoses of Parkinson’s and Lewy body dementia.In 2011, Leslie Davidson and her husband Lincoln Ford were enjoying retired life to the fullest as ardent outdoor enthusiasts, energetic travellers, and soon-to-be grandparents. But when Lincoln’s confusion became a concern and Leslie began to experience a hesitant leg and uncontrollable tremors in one arm, a devastating d...

Alternatively titled - "Recollections of twenty-one years passed in Java,Singapore, Australia and China", published in London in 1846, was written by the author G.F. Davidson of Hull, England during a ship passage from Hong Kong to England.The book is a personal narrative of the author's journeys to Java,Singapore, Australia and China over the course of 21 years spent in the Far East during the last century, with particular emphasis on the trade and commercial activities of these c...

Cynthia F. Davidson came of age in the vibrant city of Beirut, Lebanon, once known as the Paris of the Middle East. But when civil war breaks out in 1975, this young American woman and her expatriate family are caught in the crosshairs. After her sister is shot and her father kidnapped, the violence makes it impossible for Cynthia to return to Lebanon and reconcile her losses there.On a quest to understand Beirut's demise, Cynthia moves to Paris, France in 1984. There, she attempts...

Redrawing the map and resetting the clock of the Age of RevolutionsIn 2015, Bryan Banks and Cindy Ermus launched Age of Revolutions, a website offering critical reconsideration of the foundational concept of revolution and centered on three key questions: What was the Age of Revolutions? Where was the Age of Revolutions? And are we still living in an Age of Revolutions? This collection represents the best of scholars’ answers to these expansive, urgent questions. T...

North of Ballantrae incorporates a modern view of an expatriate who remains in touch with his Scottish homeland through poetic verse epistles. William Davidson’s work is positive and upbeat, blending lyrical beauty with themes that touch on the realities of a changing world. Each poem is imbued with integrity, truth, and a sense of the importance of words and poetry in an era increasingly dominated by artificial intelligence. In North of Ballantrae, Davidson holds fast to the notion that p...

"Trade and Travel in the Far East" by G. F. Davidson is an insightful exploration of the intricate trade routes and cultural exchanges that define the Eastern markets. Davidson delves into the historical context of trade, examining how various commodities shaped relationships between nations. The book highlights the significance of the Silk Road and maritime routes, illustrating the impact of trade on local economies and cultures. Through vivid descriptions and detailed accounts, readers g...

Fish and herons, turtles and dragonflies, beaver lodges and lily pads—a multitude of wonders enchant both the child narrator and any other nature lovers along for the ride in this tender, beautifully illustrated picture book.Baby ducklings ride their mama’s back; an osprey rises with a silver fish clutched in her talons; a loon cries in a star-flecked night. Rhythmic, rhyming quatrains carry the story forward in clean paddle strokes of evocative imagery. In the...

This volume makes available a reflection on large-scale engineering for building a better world. International authorities from engineering, oceanography, academia, public service, and law describe how great and imaginative concepts may be refined, tested, adapted, financed, implemented and put to use. Here are records and commentaries about some of the world's significant engineering achievements, including the planning and design of Nigeria's new capital city, and the use of software by ...

Unlike most texts in differential equations, this textbook gives an early presentation of the Laplace transform, which is then used to motivate and develop many of the remaining differential equation concepts for which it is particularly well suited. For example, the standard solution methods for constant coefficient linear differential equations are immediate and simplified, and solution methods for constant coefficient systems are streamlined. By introducing the Laplace transform early i...