Psychological horror, Silent Hill inspired, haunted house, fog, surreal horror, nightmare fiction.Three tales of darkness, tension… and a dash of mischief. Face the shadows, survive the whispers… and laugh in the face of evil!*Step into the chilling world of Echoes of Silence (*alternative name is also the thirteenth son) and another world of Whispers in the Fog, two gripping psychological horror stories that will keep you on edge. Then, t...

A poetry collection by internationally acclaimed poet Lenard D. Moore focusing on jazz music as an experience and an inspiration.In The Geography of Jazz, Moore celebrates jazz music and jazz musicians. Some of the poems address specific events. Others honor individual artists. Many do both. While the poems may not initially signal the rhythms of jazz in their presentation on the page, they convey jazz rhythms through Moore’s deft handling...

In a suburb of Ohio, three friends, Anya, Tom, and Jen, stumble upon a mysterious ancient medallion that grants them the power to travel through time and alter historical events. Driven by a desire to correct perceived past wrongs, they embark on a series of interventions that profoundly reshape the course of human history, leading to unexpected and overwhelming consequences for their own reality. Grappling with the immense power and the complex ethical dilemmas of their actions, they ulti...

When Anna Kramer, a Los Alamos piano teacher, inherits the journals and scores of composer Hana Weissova, she is mystified by this bequest from a woman she does not know. Hana's music, however, soon begins to uncover forgotten emotions, while her journals, which begin in 1945 after she is released from a concentration camp, slowly reveal decades-old secrets that Anna and her family have kept buried. Dissonance is a quiet and dramatic novel that offers great emotional urgency and w...

What is a human? Why does it matter? In a world of AI, gender-dysphoria, and competing truth claims, cultural confusion abounds. And yet the most important societal and moral questions today depend on how we answer the simple question: What is man? Lenard Tavernelli has written a simple resource to help everyday Christians understand what it means to be human and how this understanding applies to many of the moral issues facing the world today. This brief book helps prepare and equip churc...

On the Back Nine...of My Life is a heartfelt reflection on the lessons God has taught Lenard Ormsby throughout decades of faith, family, service, and perseverance. Drawing from his experiences as a father, attorney, military officer, and devoted Christian, Lenard shares the wisdom gained through both triumph and trial.From the heartbreak of losing a child to the challenges of defending difficult legal cases, from military service to recovering from cancer, and from raising...

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THE SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS DOESN’T TEACH EASY LESSONS Marcus McMain had to learn life lessons the hard way while growing up in one of the most dangerous housing projects in New Orleans. Nothing had come easy for him or his mom after his dad was sentenced to life in prison for killing the gang members who murdered his eldest son. Unchallenged, unmotivated, and without a true mentor in his life, he seemed destined to become another big city statistic until Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orl...

Qu’est-ce qui motive « les gens ordinaires » à appuyer émotivement et financièrement les réfugiés ?Cette question tombe à point, compte tenu du fait que le nombre de personnes déplacées dans le monde d’aujourd’hui est toujours élevé. Afin d’aider à gérer cette crise, il est impératif que le gouvernement canadien détermine quelles politiques encouragent les bénévoles à accueillir les chercheurs d’asile, tout en ciblant celles qui doivent être revues.Ordinary People, Extraord...

What cultural appropriation is, how it is deployed in public discourse, and if and when it is harmful.What exactly is cultural appropriation? At one extreme are those commentators who suggest that any borrowing of elements outside of one’s own culture is cultural appropriation, and therefore, always wrong; at the other extreme, are those who argue that the history of human civilization just is cultural exchange, and therefore, never wrong. This book offers...

The Michael Chekhov Handbook is a practical guide to Chekhov’s supportive techniques for actors, fully updated with new exercises that examine the relationship between the sensations of the physical body and the imagination.Lenard Petit draws on 25 years of teaching experience to unlock and illuminate Michael Chekhov’s philosophy, and offers guiding principles and effective tools that actors can apply in rehearsal and performance. The second edition focuses on the building...

Lyme disease remains a subject of considerable public and clinical interest, and misunderstandings about Lyme borreliosis continue to cause widespread concern about potential long-term disability. Although the infection occurs primarily in highly endemic areas of Europe and North America, these areas are expanding, as global warming leads to a steady expansion of the tick vectors' habitats. In the period since the 2nd edition was published our understanding of the biology, clinical manifes...