Short story about fear and how a situation can make things seem worse.Enjoy

Something is wrong with Sophie.It starts small — a few missing seconds, a sentence she can't remember stopping. By the time her closest friends notice the gaps, the spaces are growing: lost hours, words written in her sleep, a voice in her flat that isn't hers.They call it stress. They call it exhaustion. Eventually, they call it what it is.When Mark finds Nicholas Grey — calm, certain, and exactly the kind of man you'd trust with something you can'...

A gritty yet high-spirited tale of life and death. This humorous and witty true-crime memoir tells of one man’s place in a flawed system, whose resilience and dedication shine through his often-harsh reality.As a directionless young man, when Robert sent off an application to be a police officer he did not stop to consider what it might entail. His career began in the mid-nineties, and he hit the ground running, quickly finding no two days were the same.Being a police offic...

Over the past thirty years the Australian travel experience has been ‘Aboriginalized’. Aboriginality has been appropriated to furnish the Australian nation with a unique and identifiable tourist brand. This is deeply ironic given the realities of life for many Aboriginal people in Australian society. On the one hand, Aboriginality in the form of artworks, literature, performances, landscapes, sport, and famous individuals is celebrated for the way it blends exoticism, mysticism, multicultu...

This environmentally focused semi Sci-Fi thriller unfolds amid the beauties of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Moors in the UK, where the central character Simon Randall works as a geological engineer for a company involved in the disposal of nuclear waste. A secret underground toxic waste dump is in the process of being constructed, but the details are leaked to the press. Randall and his friend Mike Drayton swiftly find themselves the prime suspects, and while they are on the run the action...

A compelling personal memoir and a scathing indictment of bureaucratic indifference and agenda-driven government policies.In his thirty years in the Canadian prison system, Robert Clark rose from student volunteer to deputy warden. He worked with some of Canada's most dangerous and notorious prisoners, including Paul Bernardo and Tyrone Conn. He dealt with escapes, lockdowns, prisoner murders, prisoner suicides, and a riot. But he also arranged ice-hockey games in a maximum-securit...

Birthplace of Michelangelo and home to untold masterpieces, Florence is a city for art lovers. But on November 4, 1966, the rising waters of the Arno threatened to erase over seven centuries of history and human achievement.Now Robert Clark explores the Italian city’s greatest flood and its aftermath through the voices of its witnesses. Two American artists wade through the devastated beauty; a photographer stows away on an army helicopter to witness the tragedy first-hand; a Briti...

At midnight, she tried to end her own life.At ten minutes past, she found the body.The most wanted man in Britain floats alone in the ocean. Just moments from death, a young woman by the name of Rosselin Claes rescues him.He can’t remember the events that led up to the moment he was found, and he is in dire need of help. The kindness of a stranger pulls him back from the void. Yet as he rests, the curse of James Stone strikes again.Stone can’t...

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Author of the Edgar Award-winning mystery, Mr. White's Confession, Robert Clark explores mysteries of a different nature in this powerful history of doubt, faith, and religious belief. Culminating in the author's own conversion to the Catholic Church, this thought-provoking book documents five centuries of his family's spiritual evolution. When Henry VIII broke with the Roman Catholic Church at the end of the Middle Ages, Robert Clark's ancestors went with him. Eventually the Puritans amon...

Cannabis: Evolution and Ethnobotany is a comprehensive, interdisciplinary exploration of the natural origins and early evolution of this famous plant, highlighting its historic role in the development of human societies. Cannabis has long been prized for the strong and durable fiber in its stalks, its edible and oil-rich seeds, and the psychoactive and medicinal compounds produced by its female flowers. The culturally valuable and often irreplaceable goods derived from

The warm sand. The salt air. The boardwalk. The food! Summer at the Jersey Shore is unforgettable no matter which seaside destination is yours. And with The Jersey Shore Cookbook, you can have a taste of summer all year long. It features 50 recipes contributed by well-loved shore town restaurants, bakeries, markets, and more. From fresh oysters, scallops, and tilefish to Garden State tomatoes, corn, and blueberries, the perfect New Jersey ingredients shine.Featuring favori...