The Puritans frequently talked about dying well. That is something we do not discuss much these days, though we should. In this book, George Swinnock presents modern readers with valuable food for thought as he expounds Psalm 73:26, “My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.” Swinnock combines careful explanation with vivid illustration to reveal the futility of earthly comforts and highlight the inestimable comfort, satisfaction, and joy ...

What if you could transform your entire life in just 56 hours a week?You have 168 hours every week. Most people feel like they have lost control over those hours. The 56-Hour Method gives you a framework to find time—and to take them back.Built for busy professionals, parents, and leaders who feel stretched thin but underbuilt, this practical system teaches you to divide your week into intentional buckets—career, relationships, health, growth, and rest—so nothing important ...

Between 2014 and 2022, asylum seekers on mainland Greece had to initiate claims by calling the government on Skype, yet their calls were rarely answered. Written in Athens alongside asylum applicants as they called and called without reply, this book uncovers an eight-year human rights abuse that has never been documented. Stephen Damianos exposes how a mundane telecommunications platform became a powerful instrument of exclusion and erasure, immersing readers in Kafkaesque abandonment. Ad...

This book contains what I've found to be humorous about our aging process. When we were young adults most of us were much too serious to find any humor in being young. Now that we belong to an older demographic, I find a lot of things to be funny about becoming old. This is my collection of humorous conversations, thoughts and observations about becoming "old." Some of its contents were created to add to the humor but most are factual. I put this collection of humor into alphabetical senio...

'I daresay I shall get through my trouble somehow.' Esther Waters is a young, working-class woman with strong religious beliefs who takes a position as a kitchen-maid at a horse-racing estate. She is seduced and abandoned, and forced to support herself and her illegitimate child in any way that she can. The novel depicts with extraordinary candour Esther's struggles against prejudice and injustice, and the growth of her character as she determines to protect her son. Her m...

The how-to guide for transforming workplace culture.Psychological safety in the workplace matters now more than ever. In uncertain times—be they economic, political, or social—we need our colleagues and staff members to feel they can share their ideas, ask for help, or offer a divergent perspective without fear of negative ramifications. Although we know that psychological safety is essential, sustaining it through real-world challenges can be difficult. That’s where this book come...

George Orwell, the winner of the Science Fiction Hall of Fame (2017), is the author of the award winning Nineteen Eighty-Four has become a classic literary example of political and dystopian fiction. Parallels have been drawn between the novel's subject matter and real life instances of totalitarianism, communism, mass surveillance, and violations of freedom of expression among other themes.Book SynopsisThe year is 1984The world has fallen v...

This book presents in a comprehensive way cur the clinical care of the patient with head and neck rent advances in the management of neoplasia cancer involvement and/or its complications. and associated complications of the head and Today's complex treatments in oncology re neck. A broad range of clinical considerations is quire a comprehensive approach to effect a posi discussed following overviews of relevant basic tive result for the cancer patient whose facial biologic issues and the r...

Follow grade school boys and girls as they explore the Puget Sound. A story full of action and excitement. During their outing they are befriended by a baby whale. The setting is in the beautiful San Juan Islands in the state of Washington. As the story develops, the boys and girls learn to appreciate nature and learn the rewards from helping animals. The three brothers in this story are also in "Let's Go Camping".

A RESCUED DOGAlan's father and mother hoped that looking after Cobalt, a rescued Husky cross, would bring ten-year-old Alan out of himself, help him to overcome his grief at the death of his brother Will a year earlier. But Alan is hiding a terrible secret about Will's death. It was no accident. Those responsible have bullied and terrorized him for a year. Alan has had nowhere to turn, nowhere to run. Until now.VENGEANCE UNLEASHEDCobalt is no ordinary dog. He seems ...

Twelve-year-old April Kostanuik despises her run-down house and working-class parents. She can't belong to them. Someday, her real parents will find her and take her away to a magical new place where she can spend her days playing the piano, lost in the music she loves. Even on the day of the terrible accident, she is still full of hatred and fury … and not at all ready to die.John and Kathleen Woodrow have the picture-perfect family. Until their daughter starts changing. Never goo...

THE GATES OF THE ALAMO author Stephen Harrigan returns to his historical fiction roots, reimagining Abraham Lincoln's early life when he was a young lawyer and rising politician in Springfield, Illinois. Told from the point-of-view of Lincoln's best friend, it starts during the Blackhawk War (in which Lincoln served) and ends in the mid-1840's, when Lincoln goes off to Washington after being elected to Congress and his friend heads west with the Donner Party. The novel is about a crucially...