Step into the smoky billiard halls and shadowy backrooms of the southern United States in the 1970s and 80s, where the stakes are high, and the rules are unwritten. In this gripping debut novel, meet Darrell, a sharp-witted teenager navigating life in a family steeped in hustling, gambling, and crime near Chattanooga, Tennessee. By day, he's just another high school kid. By night, he's neck-deep in pool tables, shady deals, and the quiet, unspoken codes of survival passed down through gene...

“IMAGINE you were sleeping wearily on your bed, your mind gazing shrilly on a dream you once had years ago while growing up as a child – the dream of becoming a media guru, a top show TV presenter in one of the popular media outfits.But as it is now, maybe after twenty years or so . . . that dream now seems to be a mirage of a lonely desert, totally unreachable, far-fetched and out of sight!So in grinding defeat you buried your face in your hands like a wre...

This Seminar Study was the first book to trace the British womens suffrage campaign from its origins in the 1860s through to the achievement of equal suffrage in 1928. In this second edition, Smith provides new evidence drawn from the authors research on how the main post-1918 womens organisation (the NUSEC) worked with Conservative Party women to persuade the Conservative Party to endorse equal franchise rights.Smith focuses on the actions of reformers and their opponents, with du...

Written by a grief counselor and educator, this book is for those who have loved and lost their mother.Losing a mother is a difficult transition in life. No matter the status of the relationship, grieving the loss is a process--one that sometimes begins before the physical loss has occurred. Drawing on his own experience of loss, as well as on the experiences of others, Harold Ivan Smith guides readers through their grief, from the process of dying through the acts...

Losing a father can be a complex and confusing transition.Whether a father was beloved or feared, the loss and grief is a process--one that sometimes begins before the physical loss has occurred. Drawing on his own experience of losing a father, as well as on the experiences of others, grief counselor and educator Harold Ivan Smith compassionately guides readers through their grief, from the process of dying through the acts of remembering and honoring a father aft...

Throughout its history, Thailand has shown remarkable resiliency, adaptability, and creativity in responding to serious threats and crises, and this since much earlier times when it was known as Siam. This book, while focusing on the modern period, does reach back to ancient kingdoms but also shows the impressive rise to a modern democracy, although still endowed with a king, and even more impressively, an economic “tiger.” Moreover, it has become a prime tourist destination and is thus kn...

Make parish nursing an alternative to shrinking healthcare resources!Because of shrinking healthcare resources, both human and monetary, parish nurses in the future will be called upon to deal with rising numbers of elderly and the end-of-life issues that accompany aging. Parish Nursing: A Handbook for the New Millennium is a guide to designing programs that can complement a congregation's ministry priorities for senior adults, identifying strengths to reinforce and weaknesses to a...

Originally published in 1984. Without technical Jargon or a mass of confusing statistics, this book describes a wide range of factors influencing agricultural productivity including weather, soil biology and ecology, and human, social, economic and political factors. The ways in which these factors operate and interact with each other to produce the changing circumstances in which farmers take their decisions are discussed. These decisions are the crucial factors in every productivity prob...

Slice of Lonely is a collection of delicate 60 second short stories. Each story is narrated by a different actor creating a thoughtful and immersive tapestry of storytelling.

For someone who has gotten a doctor's report that they may not have long to live or a friend, relative that is dying.

This book is a compilation of personal journals (conversations with God) that have been documented on the computer. The responses from God to the authors are often quite insightful and amazing. The subjects covered are wide-ranging. Also in this book, is the complete outline of the class “How to Hear God’s Voice,” which the authors have taught in the prisons.

This book is a compilation of personal journals (conversations with God) that have been documented on the computer. The responses from God to the authors are often quite insightful and amazing. The subjects covered are wide-ranging. Also in this book, is the complete outline of the class “How to Hear God’s Voice,” which the authors have taught in the prisons.