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An exercise in multiple facets of split personalities in the gentle form of story telling for a diary. Insightful with a few twists. Simple yet complex that will not let aside indifference. Reflecting but humorous, sharp and sensitive, pathetic and dramatic. A comedy on human ideology, ideality and personal values. Not to be taken too lightly. An easy but slow reading to appreciate the intricacy and, for the astute reader with a detective inqu...

The siege of Paris by Prussians in the fall and winter of 1870 and 1871 turned the city upside down, radically altering its appearance, social structure, and mood. As Hollis Clayson demonstrates in "Paris in Despair, " the siege took an especially heavy toll on the city's artists, forcing them out of the spaces and routines of their insular prewar lives and thrusting them onto the ramparts (as many became soldiers).But the crisis did not halt ...

You are my black butterfly, While sitting under this tree in the park, The piercing sun making me wet with inspiration. I began to write about these feelings As I watched a beautiful black shiny butterfly Sit on my uncovered leg. It acted as if I were a beautiful rose. Could it know what my name means ? It rested as I kept still. It gently caressed my leg, while Walking like fingers from my knee to my thigh. Slowly, I reached out to catch it a...

Like many people today I was sleepwalking my way through life always taking my daily blessings for granted. Unexpectedly in November of 2002, the Lord called one of my baby sister's home. Her sudden death truly rocked my whole world. In my grief I began writing poetry. I like to think of the poems I write as modern songs of praise and worship to God. It is a way of reminding myself just how good God has been to my loved ones and I. For years I...

One can not understand the Sixties without understanding the Fifties. The Fifties were the first time the American youth had excess freedom. Before the 50's they worked on the family farm, dusk till dawn, slaved in the sweat shops, 12 ours a day, six days a week, starved in the depression, and fought not knowing it they would be alive the next day in World War II and the Korean War. Than, suddenly, came the fifties. First there were the beatni...

One can not understand the Sixties without understanding the Fifties. The Fifties were the first time the American youth had excess freedom. Before the 50's they worked on the family farm, dusk till dawn, slaved in the sweat shops, 12 ours a day, six days a week, starved in the depression, and fought not knowing it they would be alive the next day in World War II and the Korean War. Than, suddenly, came the fifties. First there were the beatni...

Necessary Conjunctions is an original study of how regular medieval people created their public social identities. Focusing especially on the world of English townspeople in the later Middle Ages, the book explores the social self, the public face of the individual. It gives special attention to how prevalent norms of honor, fidelity and hierarchy guided and were manipulated by medieval citizens. With variable success, medieval men and women d...

An essential introduction to the powerful new developments in optoelectronics Tunable laser diodes, characterized by their unique ability to "tune in"to different wavelengths, thus significantly improving the efficiency of the switch, are rapidly becoming key components for advanced optical communication. Tunable Laser Diodes and Related Optical Sources, Second Edition is a much-needed single reference covering the range of optical networks a...

America for a long time has been remaining by country's emigrants where daily comes from different countries the new immigrants. The reasons for searching of happiness and hope in this democratical and free country for each immigrant are different. This book is intended for the use of readers particularly for social workers and agencies who are interested in the understanding emigrant's life and his problems in the first steps of arriving to t...

The Female Mac focuses on the character of Zeus, a master criminal/vigilante who get recruited in prison by the C.I.A.  The basis for him being recruited is that a figure known only as

There has long been a need for a translation of the Judaeo-Christian Bible that did not deliberately mistranslate certain words and sentences for the purpose of concealing that the biblical authors' beliefs were quite different from those of modern Jews, Christians and Muslims. The most blatant fraud has been the rendering of the Hebrew word allahiym as the proper name, "God." Allahiym is neither a proper name nor singular nor unisexual. Al me...

The auction method of marketing real estate is an increasingly popular and effective way to sell a wide variety of properties. Auction marketing provides many advantages such as fast turnover, carrying-cost savings and the opportunity for action-oriented target marketing. Often, an auction can be the best way to expose a property to the marketplace and obtain the highest net profit. SOLD! is a comprehensive overview of selling real estate usin...

Hear the stories of Paul's continued travels to the first-century churches narrated from the unique perspective of Priscilla, a vibrant first-century Christian woman! Paul faces the darkest days of his entire life, while he frantically searches for the missing Titus. Are Paul's fears warranted? Has Titus been assassinated in Corinth? Read of the writing of Paul's most personally revealing letter to the church at Corinth. And marvel at the trut...

As our patterns get rubbed together in relationships, when things work out for our hurt, remember God turns all for our good when we love Him. Whether going through separation, divorce, or the possible break up in a relationship, sometimes identifying the pain for healing in the midst of all the commotion can be difficult. Poems & Scraps for Healing & Growth offers an open door to mend a hurting heart. This book is meant to come along side and...

For the Parents, Siblings, Family members, and close friends who have come to known the overwhelming sadness after the loss of a child, the road ahead will prove to be the most difficult travel of a life time, knowing your lives have changed forever. Within this book, the authors kind and impathetic ways will hold a promise that everyone will quickly discover, that first, you're not alone, secondly, that we will recover with a new perception a...

For the Parents, Siblings, Family members, and close friends who have come to known the overwhelming sadness after the loss of a child, the road ahead will prove to be the most difficult travel of a life time, knowing your lives have changed forever. Within this book, the authors kind and impathetic ways will hold a promise that everyone will quickly discover, that first, you're not alone, secondly, that we will recover with a new perception a...

Afrika, Arise is a young man

Lars Tobiasson-Svartman ist Marineoffizier und Seevermessungsingenieur, ein Mann der Abstandmessung und des Abstandhaltens. Es ist die Zeit des Ersten Weltkriegs und er hat den militärischen Auftrag, in den Stockholmer Schären neue Fahrwasser auszuloten. Eines Tages trifft er auf einer der äußersten Schären eine einsam lebende Frau, Sara Fredrika. Es ist Liebe auf den ersten Blick. Doch bald geht sein Auftrag zu Ende, und zu Hause erwarten ihn...

Although a bumblebee flies from flower to flower, aerodynamically it is not designed to fly. You are like that bumblebee, you may not be

An updated and expanded translation of the highly popular Russian textbook, Introduction to Thermodynamics and Kinetic Theory of Matter examines equilibrium and kinetic properties of matter--gas, liquid, and solid--using the general principles of thermodynamics and kinetic theory. Readable and accessible throughout, this book provides both thermodynamic and statistical points of view, covering thermodynamic potentials, such as entropy and free...