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Vlora Whitaker is a shy, lonely, and hard-working businesswoman. Lately, she has been having horrifying encounters at home with a ghostly, unknown intruder. She initially disregards them as hypnagogic hallucinations, but they are gradually becoming more realistic and threatening. After meeting with the police, she begins to doubt her mind's reliability. Afraid for her life, she must decide how to end the encounters permanently.

Hannah could not have been happier when she fell pregnant with their son Stephen. After yet another miscarriage, passing through the first trimester of pregnancy uneventfully was cause for celebration. But when she received news that their precious baby suffered from a rare brain abnormality, she, along with her husband, began an awesome journey to understand God's purpose for their son's life. Follow Hannah's story through the joy of her son'...

A collection of short stories featuring various forms of green technology as an integral part of the plot. Proceeds of sales of this book go to a green business or charity as determined by the authors. A project of the Eclectic Writers' Boot Camp. Experience a sampling of these dynamic new authors: Astra Crompton, Gordon Henderson, Jessie Blair, Josh MacLeod, Monique Jacob, Vince Galati, Werner Roberts and Zoe Duff. Hear more from them at our ...

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The present study is the evaluation of total economic benefits generated by the solid waste management activities. To assess the financial viability/ sustainability and evaluation of social acceptability and likely economic benefits to the locals in terms of their improved status of life by the implementation of the Integrated Waste Management System. The study concludes that the proposed management system does not involve any long term irreve...

Selected topics of real clinical significance from the latest veterinary scientific literature explore today's reptile and amphibian practice. A discussion of the most current theory and practical applications of diagnostic endoscopy in reptiles provides insight into minimally-invasive endoscopic procedures, including biopsy techniques. Expert contributors combine forces to bring you the most cutting-edge information available, offering author...

A comilation of fifteen essays, many of them pioneering efforts in the field, that originally appeared in the Missouri Historical Review. Interest in scholarly study of the Ozarks has increased markedly in recent years, and this collection of old and new essays will be welcomed by the growing number of readers seeking work on the history, culture, and geography of the region.

This is the second edition of Greg's book, previously entitled "Care for Someone with Severe Myalgic Encephalomyelitis." Greatly expanded and updated it features voices from all around the world. Contributors include Natalie Boulton, Dr John L Whiting, Martin Walker, Dr Mary Schweitzer, Catherine Ashenfelter, Simon Lawrence, Dr Raymond Perrin, Carrigon, Liisa Priyanka Lugus, Laura Brown, Rob Wijbenga, Rebecca Hansen, Diane, Pixi and Michael Ev...

Wulff's life history is of considerable interest in itself. In her biographical essay (Part I) Selena Axelrod Winsnes portrays him as a 'marginal man': being a Jew in Denmark at the beginning of the 19th century was to some extent an uphill struggle for those who sought public recognition, and Wulff did not escape discrimination in his administrative career at Christiansborg either, although special circumstances allowed him to hold important ...

In Blackstone, a small town in New England, Micheal's life in suddenly shaken by a series of dramatic events, mysterious creatures, apparently originating grow nowhere, cause' death and terror among his loved ones and force him to face we dark side of his past in a race against time. The book is being currently sold in Italy in hight number of copies as a result of word of mouth.

The character of Rübezahl is well known in German folklore. These five stories are probably the best-known of the many tales about him. Although he can be very generous with his magic, he is not one to be crossed. The first tale tells how he came to be called Rübezahl, which is really just a nickname, and rather derogatory.

A compilation of 18 essays - edited by Claudette Beit Aharon - by women of various ages who have Turner syndrome, and their life experiences living with this condition. There is a foreword by Lynne Levitsky MD, chief of pediatric endocrinology, Massachusetts General Hospital and an introduction by the editor. In addition there is medical information on diagnostic tools and treatments, a FAQ about the syndrome and its ramifications, and a gloss...

Winner, ANA Drama Prize, 2014, Maybe Tomorrow is a drama that conveys the searing anger of a new generation in Nigeria. Soji Cole is a member of the faculty of arts of the University of Ibadan.

This book is a result of public dialogue forums in pursuit of accountable and transparent governance in Kenya organized by Twaweza Communications with the support of Ford Foundation. From the convenings it was evident that the stability of Kenya will be driven by the extent to which citizens feel fully included in the development agenda. Quite often, political leaders view the role of citizens in governance as restricted primarily to their par...

Out of the first series of public lectures titled (Re)membering Kenya organised by the Volume editors together with Twaweza Communications and supported by the Goethe Institut Kenya, The Ford Foundation and the Institute for International Education, and whose key outcome was the publication of Remembering Kenya Vol.1 (2010) grew a second round of lecture series. The second series took cognisance of the fact that the problems that bedevil Kenya...

While probing the politics of everyday in Gikuyu popular music, the main thrust of this book is to unpack the representation of daily struggles through music. Depending mainly on the lyrics of the songs, the study also combines both the textual and the contextual analysis of the music. Music here is studied both as a text, and as an aspect of popular culture. The decade 1990-2000 in Kenya provides two contrasting political developments, which ...

Musa runs from death but not far enough from its canny sting. His heart of stone is so cold that his suicide mission radar stringently points at a large gathering of his family and friends. Kaka Patu his grandmother and Amina his fiancee are unavoidably absent but Kaka Vero and Gladys are unlucky. Musa is apprehended and his death becomes inevitable, either subtle or hard. Yerima brings this ugly social reality to stage in Heart of Stone to un...

Despite sending huge sums of money on health every year the African region's burden of disease is persistently high. Most of the countries in the region are lagging behind in achieving the health-related United Nations Millennium Development Goals. The African region's dismal health situation has largely been blamed on weakness pertaining to such factors as health leadership and governance, service delivery, health workforce, medicines, vaccin...

Classification of East African Crops Second Edition is a revised modern version of a book first published in 1979. It is a handbooks grouping the crops, timber, and common ornamental plants found in East Africa into 26 classes. The plants are discussed under two broad categories, namely, usage and commercial classifications. the Type A group of plants, based on usage classification, has 19 classes including the famous categories such as cereal...

Having produced five volumes of poetry, with a vision conscious of nationhood, Raji has become a stable dependable and enduring voice in recent Nigerian poetry. A poet with a consummate political theme, Raji sees versification as an engagement in the socio-political discourse of his land, aimed at forging a just nation.