Death is a subject that few of us talk about, but many think about and more than a few of us dread. Whether it is the actual end of our life’s journey or merely a transit point to Heavenly glory its actual point of impact is, obviously, life changing. But what do poets think of it? How do their minds tangle with the subject and make sense of this? That’s what we thought too. Poets as rich and diverse as Tennyson, Hardy, Shelley & Poe here share their words, thoughts and visions with us. De...

In the War a great volume of poetry was written, produced and published in books, periodicals, newspapers or letters back to home. We often think of War as a necessity. We fight for a more just and better world. We often fail. But in our poets we gain a truth and a morality that shocks us, consoles us and holds our values to the light. In this volume we hear poems from the front, from home, from soldiers, from auxiliaries, from friend and from foe.War and poetry seem somehow alien ...

The main point of this book is to be a Christian servant. As such, you have to maintain a mindset of humility in submission to God's leading. This book illuminates four response patterns to the call and concludes with scriptures that should encapsulate our walk. Luke 17:10 (NIV) says, "So you also, when you have done everything you were told to do, should say, 'We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.'"

In the remote wildness of Egdon Heath, the crossed love affairs and marriages of a small group of people are played out against the background of nature’s beauty and indifference to mankind. Through a series of vivid incidents and encounters, The Return of the Native moves in a relentless drive towards tragedy, as the plans and dreams of the lovers miscarry, defeated by chance, or destiny or self-deception. In their unhappy stories, Hardy gives us a powerful dramatisation of his bleak phil...

Claws and whiskers! A spirit of uncertainty and unrest has settled upon the Cougar village. Cheshire Cougar, the brave and noble Marquis of Cougars, has been brought back from the Battle of Eastern Pass on a travois. The leader of the Cougar clan has lost his ability to smell out those enslaved to the dragon and the Council is scared. Just as the residents of the forest valley are adjusting to the return of the Marquis of Cougars, Cheshire turns the social world upside down by appointing N...

Handicapped thoroughbred farm owner, Trenton Stewart may seem eccentric and resigned to live a quiet and bland life on his farm. However, few know that the former police officer turned farm owner casts a long shadow. A shadow from which he vanishes and the Ranger, a black cloaked vigilante emerges to balance the scales of justice. This faceless avenger has dwelled within the shadow of the men who were the head of the Stewart household for generations only to emerge when victims of injustic...

Ever since the creation of Evermore, its animal residents believed that they would be forever separated from the world of man. It was not until centuries later that the two worlds would collide. Without warning, Cheshire Cougar, the Marquis of Cougars, finds himself face to face with two human teens who have found themselves transported to Evermore. Now Cheshire and his animal neighbors find themselves standing between the humans and a demonic foe that will stop at nothing to gain the huma...

"Physical perfection is attainable when you are chemically addicted to the process."PetrovWhen one of Europe's top fashion models visits the Shenandoah valley it causes quite a stir. While the men of the valley are agog with the prospect of seeing the celebrated beauty, Caite Roane is less than impressed. The arrival of Caite's attractive former classmate has her worried that she will lose Trenton Stewart, the man whom she cares for. With the aid of a new gym and its expert ...

"The dreams of a maiden tall and fair, the rise of an archer beyond compare."When former soldier turned eye doctor Gerrin Tyne calls out to the heavens lamenting about his uncertain future, he is completely unprepared for the answer. Things begin to change when Gerrin purchases a strange camera at a flea market that records both light and shadows. A mission of mercy then puts Gerrin in the path of a hurricane where he stumbles upon a strange woman dressed as a bride and finds himse...

We’re losing the war on drugsbut the fight isn’t over yetFederal Narcotics Laws and the War on Drugs examines our current anti-drug programs and policies, explains why they have failed, and presents a plan to fix them. Author Thomas C. Rowe, who has been educating college students on recreational drug use for nearly 30 years, exposes the truth about anti-drug programs he believes were conceived in ignorance of the drugs themselves and motivated by racial/cultural bias. This powerfu...

The essays in this volume examine selected national, regional European, and international policies of Charles de Gaulle, giving consideration to their significance in his own time, and today. Not everything de Gaulle did withstands the test of time. Nor, obviously, was everything beyond criticism in his own time. Nonetheless, a main finding, in the words of one essayist, is that de Gaulle had an 'uncanny sense of where history was going' and the skill to position his country accordingly. D...

We live in a well-engineered universe. This engineering is present in every system and organism in existence, including in the actions and interactions of plants and animals. In fact, one could say that the function and movement of plants and animals is just as much a part of their makeup as chlorophyll and fiber or bone and blood. Consequently, if