With a distinctive and original voice, Mark Richard's stories capture characters on the fringe of society, and illuminate the goodness at the heart of their Southern, down-and-out lies. Full of startling images and harrowing epiphanies, The Ice at the Bottom of the World is a collection by a true master of his craft. In these ten stories, Mark Richard, winner of the 1990 PEN/Ernest Hemingway Foundation Award, emerges as the heir apparent to Mark Twain, Flannery O'Connor, and Willi...

There are no easy decisions in software architecture. Instead, there are many hard parts--difficult problems or issues with no best practices--that force you to choose among various compromises. With this book, you'll learn how to think critically about the trade-offs involved with distributed architectures.Architecture veterans and practicing consultants Neal Ford, Mark Richards, Pramod Sadalage, and Zhamak Dehghani discuss strategies for choosing an appropriate architecture. By i...

This is a Poetry chapbook about my finding God, becoming estranged, and then returning to the church that showed my more about God than any other church I had been to before.

Salary surveys worldwide regularly place software architect in the top 10 best jobs, yet no real guide exists to help developers become architects. Until now. This updated edition provides a comprehensive overview of software architecture's many aspects, with five new chapters covering the latest insights from the field. Aspiring and existing architects alike will examine architectural characteristics, architectural patterns, component determination, diagramming architecture, governance, d...

"In a world marked by confusion, pain, and searching, Words for a Wounded World shines with the clarity of God's truth and the warmth of His love. Through Scripture-inspired poems, Mark Richard calls readers to deeper faith and courage while tenderly inviting them into the healing presence of Christ. Both convicting and comforting, this book will strengthen your walk with God and become a timeless source of encouragement and hope."-Paige Michael Williams, ...

On a train journey to a church disciplinary meeting, a minister carries the weight of illness, memory, and the quiet ache of betrayal. A Measure of Breath is a contemplative novel that explores what it means to lead when one's own wounds remain unhealed--and when silence in sacred spaces has done deep harm. As the train moves forward, so does a reckoning. Through memory, lament, and moments of hard-won clarity, the minister confronts not only his past but the cost of survival itself. This ...

The inspiring story of how God saved a rebellious young man and inspired him to help countless others through his international wheelchair organization.Mark Richard was in his early teens when his parents divorced. From then on, he and his brothers grew up with minimal parental supervision. He also struggled with undiagnosed learning disabilities which led to failures in school. These circumstances led Mark to a rime of rebellion during the days of the hippy cultur...

What would you do if you were the victim of a accident at a lab? What if the accident had killed you? What if you didn't know that you were even dead?

“Is that, a woman’s voice, I hear?” a trial bishop admonishes a high gallery in Chauvigny. The conscience of a father, the royal Duke of Aquitaine, assaulted by a world steeped in prejudice, violence, and religious hypocrisy, is moved by the stamina and heroism of one girl’s struggle for justice, honor, and love. Her words have just upset an important bishop. The Duke of Aquitaine has discovered the power of his daughter. Through the young eyes of Alienor and her friends, the book explores...

Some crimes go unpunished. Some crimes get a slap on the wrist. And some crimes, some crimes the dead give out the justice.Though based on a true story, this is a work of fiction.

This is a poetry chapbook marries Poetry with Mythology. Enjoy.

In this chapbook you will find a series of poems about a messed up relationship. Do you dare read it? Do you dare explore its dark depths? Will you find you and your loved ones in it? Or do you back away from this work, because it may be the mirror to show the darkness in your soul?