A whole new world for readers of dark fantasy adventures—Enter the darkly magical world of the Dark EarthLee Drury, by his own admission, is an unremarkable individual living an unremarkable life—until his life changes in a way he could never have anticipated.During a job, Drury finds himself being accosted by a freakish ghoul—the bloodlust in the freak's eyes enough for Drury to see his life flash before him. Until that moment is ended by another. A seemingly benevolent de...

Enter the dark and magical world of the DARK EARTH – where the light is beginning to wane and the demons are starting to step out of the shadows.The world exists in two opposing states: light and dark—the light, the nescience of humanity; the dark, the malevolence of the demons.Sam is a light-born eidolon—an entity with the potential to control all known forms of matter. In the dark earth that Sam roams, the demon eidolon exert their whims on the largely he...

Enter the dark and magical world of the DARK EARTHA well spoken truism among the dwellers of the demon underworld: the only loyal demon is a dead demon - trust between demons lasts for as long as they remain in eyeshot of each other. It pays to remember such an epithet.Luther, a devotee of the Ilkin bloodline, finds himself a slave to his demon ambitions as he seeks out the one goal all demons hold above all else - the attainment of unrivalled power.For Luther, this...

Lost, and at the mercy of a savage alien world, a group of reluctant travellers walk on towards their destiny - towards whatever end awaits.Having witnessed the deaths of their companions, Michèle, Sophia and Guillermo venture on through the wilds of an unknown world, seeking hope in an environment that offers nothing other than death. In part 2 of their survival story, they encounter new threats and meet new potential compatriots, every step taking them towards their destiny.

After being dragged into an underworld of darkness, Lee Drury has to learn to live with the terrors that seek him out till his end.Deadbeat is Lee Drury; or maybe it's more accurate to say Lee Drury is Deadbeat? Either way, Lee Drury was a normal person, living what for him was a normal life, until his run-in with a demon known as Sable.From that moment, Lee's life became a world of darkness, where life-stealing ghouls began to seek him out to his end.From now, until ...

A sweeping fantasy adventure of mystery, and myth, Alice Foxglove is Lost is the story of an extraordinary young girl in an even more extraordinary world.Twelve-year-old Alice Foxglove's life is turned upside down when her beloved Aunt Honey passes away, forcing her to leave everything she's known and adjust to a new life with relative strangers. But when Alice and her new friend Olly stumble upon a mysterious well hidden in a little woods, Alice is dragged into the breath...

Waking with wounds suffered in one world to another world that offers nothing but more pain and suffering, Heck journeys on through the lands of an alien earth, fighting to avoid becoming a victim in death.In this divergent-world dark fantasy, Crimean war-era British soldier, Heck, wakes to a land of the living dead. Surrounded by fellow fallen comrades and an alien environment that is as harsh as the meat grinder he left, Heck quickly learns there is no peaceful rest waiting for h...

Eating disorders are among the most prevalent psychiatric disorders in adolescent and young adult females, affecting approximately 10% of young women. Unfortunately, less than half of those with eating disorders receive treatment, which can be very expensive. Thus, effective prevention has become a major public health priority. The Body Project is an empirically based eating disorder prevention program that offers young women an opportunity to critically consider the costs of purs...

R. Paul Shaw has travelled widely in the Arab world, obtaining data and gathering impressions first-hand from national and local planners. In this book, he identifies population and manpower problems that are likely to become more serious and more difficult to solve if they are neglected at this early stage of Arab development. He focuses on five broad areas which are directly or indirectly related to mobilizing human resources, and his book will be of special interest to all those who are...

The essays in Augustine and Psychology, edited by Sandra Lee Dixon, John Doody, and Kim Paffenroth, relate St. Augustine to the modern theory and practice of psychology in several ways. The contributors analyze Augustine’s own examination of himself (and occasionally others) to see to what extent he himself was a “doctor” or practiced “therapy” in ways that we can recognize and appreciate; they find connections between his theories of memory and mind, and modern theories of the same; they ...

This book delves into the dramatic events surrounding the assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II on May 13, 1981, exploring its profound significance not only for the Catholic Church but for global politics and human history. By analyzing the Pope's survival and recovery, the narrative examines the intersection of faith, politics, and the worldwide impact of this pivotal moment. It considers the political tensions of the Cold War, the Pope's outspoken stance against Communist regimes, ...

Research shows that most lawyers think they know what their clients want – but their clients don’t always agree. How can lawyers and their firms truly understand the client perspective? How can they know what their clients are really asking for? What do lawyers need to know in order to get – and stay – hired? What Clients Want from Law Firms combines the collective perspectives of clients in order to focus the lawyer’s mind on their end goal – providing a service that people want and will ...