A reflective recovery memoir about addiction, anxiety, mindfulness, emotional healing, and rebuilding life one day at a time. Written from lived experience, this book explores sobriety, fear, recovery meetings, mindfulness practices, breathing exercises, gratitude, emotional resilience, and learning how to find peace without escaping through alcohol. Honest, practical, and deeply human, it offers support, reflection, and calm guidance for anybody navigating recovery, emotional overwhelm, o...

SAS selection is the toughest military process in the world, and Ryan Marshall was expecting three months of gruelling hell.When John Medforth is selected as his assessor, Marshall soon realises that no amount of training could have prepared him for what Medforth would subject him to.Retribution is the back story of John Medforth, a leading character in The Alethean Legacy.

Essays on "how motion pictures in the first two decades of the 20th century constructed 'communities of nationality' . . . recommended." — ChoiceWhile many studies have been written on national cinemas, Early Cinema and the "National" is the first anthology to focus on the concept of national film culture from a wide methodological spectrum of interests, including not only visual and narrative forms, but also international geopolitics, exhibition a...

When Julia Harrison became a medical volunteer in Sierra Leone, she had no idea that she would be thrust into a hostage situation, and that the repercussions of her actions would change her life forever.

After serving fifteen years in the British Army, David Costello's success has garnered him not only an inflated self-belief, but also resentment from his troop.When he is thrust into a hostage rescue, Costello must not only free the captives, but also overcome his squad mates' insubordination.No Good Deed provides the backstory for one of the leading characters in the forthcoming science fiction novel The Alethean Legacy.

Four hundred years ago, an alien race called the Aletheans identified twelve planets in the galaxy that were similar to their own. They sent a survey vessel to each "candidate", hoping to make contact with their inhabitants.One of the candidates was Earth, but they arrived in humanity's 17th century and soon realised they were too primitive for first contact.During the mission, an extinction event left their home world desolate and their survey vessels adrift above their su...

Despite Chris Howells' thriving career, and limitless potential, he cannot escape his vices.A death during an alcohol and drug fuelled evening leads to Howells' arrest in Las Vegas. Facing a possible death penalty for his crime, his father sees no alternative but to send Ryan Marshall, a soldier of the British SAS, to break Howells out of jail and smuggle him out of America.Marshall must not only deal with the jailbreak, but also a defiant Howells, whose addictions make the...

Radley Metzger was one of the foremost directors of adult film in America, with credits including softcore titles like The Lickerish Quartet and the hardcore classic The Opening of Misty Beethoven. After getting his start making arthouse trailers for Janus Films, Metzger would go on to become among the most feted directors of the “porno chic” era of the 1970s, working under the pseudonym Henry Paris. In the process, he produced a body of work that exposed the porous bound...

With thirty-four original chapters from three dozen top scholars, The Oxford Handbook of Silent Cinema provides a thoughtful and provocative re-examination of a medium that would become the dominant form of mass entertainment by the second decade of the twentieth century. The volume is arranged around a series of broad topics: the "invention" of cinema as both technology and medium; the intermedial development of film aesthetics and genres; nontheatrical and non-commercial uses of...

This scholarly anthology presents a new framework for understanding early cinema through its usage outside the realm of entertainment.From its earliest origins until the beginning of the twentieth century, cinema provided widespread access to remote parts of the globe and immediate reports on important events. Reaching beyond the nickelodeon theatres, cinema became part of numerous institutions, from churches and schools to department stores and charitable organizat...

From Chaplin’s tramp to the Bathing Beauties, from madcap chases to skyscraper perils, slapstick comedy supplied many of the most enduring icons of American cinema in the silent era. This collection of fourteen essays by prominent film scholars challenges longstanding critical dogma and offers new conceptual frameworks for thinking about silent comedy’s place in film history and American culture. The contributors discuss a broad range of topics including the contested theatrical or cinemat...

Pedro Gomez of ESPN was a beloved figure in baseball. His death from sudden cardiac arrest on Feb. 7, 2021, unleashed an outpouring of heartfelt tributes. He was 58, both a hard-nosed reporter and a smiling ambassador of the sport. These 62 personal essays soar beyond sports to delve into life lessons.Pedro, a proud Cuban American, was known for his dramatic reporting from Havana. Fully and fluidly bilingual, he did as much as anyone to bridge the wide gap that had...