America, wake up! You're losing a war!It's not between nations or armies, and it's not between Conservatives and Liberals. It's a war for our minds, our rights, our qualities of life, and our nation's wealth. It's between America's democracy and the divisive propaganda of economic fascism.Social division is big business, so Big Business and the ultra-wealthy promote it, fund it, and profit from it immensely. This 'divide and conquer' strategy is so intrinsi...

From 1800 to 1830, Irish writers and orators gave a new visibility and viability to Irish literature in English. This groundbreaking survey of Irish literature of the period provides an enlightening and accessible account covering both well-known authors like Maria Edgeworth, Lady Morgan, Charles Maturin, and Thomas Moore, and a cacophony of less well-known voices. Figures from barristers to politicians, from ideologues to academics, and from hacks to ascetics together created a rowdy and ...

"Electricity for the Novice Model Railroader" is an introductory guide to electricity as use for model railroading. It starts with a comparison of water systems to electrical systems and progresses to basic troubleshooting of a power bus. A quick lesson of why and how we use Ohm's law to calculate voltage drops and resistor sizing strengthens the reader's knowledge of how we control power in out train wiring.

An ICU nurse reveals how private equity ownership leads to preventable deaths and negligence in hospitals.Winner of the AJN Book of the Year Award by the American Journal of Nursing in the History and Public Policy CategoryIn a country where health care is increasingly driven by profit, Margin over Mission exposes the dire consequences of corporate ownership in hospitals. James Kelly, an ICU nurse with over two decades of experience, narrates a gri...

An ICU nurse reveals how private equity ownership leads to preventable deaths and negligence in hospitals.Winner of the AJN Book of the Year Award by the American Journal of Nursing in the History and Public Policy CategoryIn a country where health care is increasingly driven by profit, Margin over Mission exposes the dire consequences of corporate ownership in hospitals. James Kelly, an ICU nurse with over two decades of experience, narrates a gri...

Are you tired of living paycheck to paycheck? Wondering how to make your income stretch further without sacrificing your family's quality of life?Living Well for Less: The Ultimate Frugal Living Guide for Modern Families is your go-to manual for taking control of your money, your home, and your future. Designed for real people facing real financial challenges, this book is packed with practical solutions, simple strategies, and inspiring mindset shifts that help you save money with...

Larry Stephens, an American airman serving in Vietnam, faces an unimaginable ordeal when he is shot down over North Vietnam. Despite the odds, he manages to evade capture and make his way back home, hoping for a hero's welcome. However, his return is far from what he anticipated. Instead of praise, Larry is accused of desertion and collaborating with the enemy.To make matters worse, his wife Jeanie, who had waited faithfully for his return, has taken a lover and filed for divorce. ...

"There is no night in the ICU. There is day, lesser day, then day again. There are rhythms. Every twelve hours: shift change. Report: first all together in the big room, then at the bedside, nurse to nurse. Morning rounds. A group of doctors moves slowly through the unit like a harrow through a field. At each room, like a game, a different one rotates into the center. They leave behind a trail of new orders. Wean, extubate, titrate, start this, stop that, scan, film, scope. The steep hill ...

The story of early modern medicine, with its extremes of scientific brilliance and barbaric practice, has long held a fascination for scholars. The great discoveries of Harvey and Jenner sit incongruously with the persistence of Galenic theory, superstition and blood-letting. Yet despite continued research into the period as a whole, most work has focussed on the metropolitan centres of England, Scotland and France, ignoring the huge range of national and regional practice. This collection...

There are few situations in the life of a church that are more disruptive or destructive than the presence of sin in the life of its membership, especially the leadership. Too often we see the presence of sin as a fatal situation. Yet sin, properly dealt with, rather than destroying the church or those involved, may become a catalyst for growth--both for the church body and those involved in whatever sin is present. Christ and the apostle Paul laid out instructions for taking the presence ...

In a country where health care is increasingly driven by profit, Margin over Mission exposes the dire consequences of corporate ownership in hospitals. James Kelly, an ICU nurse with over two decades of experience, narrates a gripping account of his final year at Lovelace Women's Hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico—a year marred by preventable deaths, administrative changes, and the heartbreaking loss of a once-mission-driven institution to the clutches of Wall Street.Kell...

On Christmas Eve 1981, the brutal slaying of a 'Ndrangheta enforcer in a Hamilton parking lot sends shockwaves through a tough working-class community and separates two childhood friends. Marty settles in Calgary for a time—his family slowly disintegrating under the strain—while what's left of Matt's family tries to come to grips with their loss and make a new start in nearby St. Catharines.Five years later, Matt and Marty cross paths again in Toronto and pick up their friendship w...