A posthumous collection of poetry from Patrick Lane, compiled and edited by Lorna Crozier.In this final collection, Patrick Lane cultivates the quiet of living in a body amongst so many other bodies—the trout in the lake, geese arriving with the wind, a raccoon fishing in a river—ultimately, revealing a tangled web of life and a speaker who sees both beauty and pain brimming around him.Together, the poems in The Quiet in Me are a clear-eyed and sha...

Is addiction a disease, a sin, a sign of hypersensitivity, a personal failing, or a unique resource for the creative mind? However it is defined, addiction can have devastating consequences, often shattering lives, sundering families, causing impoverishment, and even triggering suicide. Yet it can also be a source of inspiration. In these frank essays, leading American and Canadian writers explore their surprisingly diverse personal experiences with this complex phenomenon, candidly recoun...

Become a cybersecurity expert with comprehensive CAS-005 preparation using this detailed guide packed with practical insights, mock exams, diagrams, and actionable strategies that align with modern enterprise security demandsKey FeaturesStrengthen your grasp of key concepts and real-world security practices across updated exam objectivesGauge your preparedness with over 300 practice questions, flashcards, and mock examsVisualize complex topics ...

This book provides a series of exercises of various types covering matters of hydrology and watershed management. The exercises include true/false questions, multiple choice questions, and numeric, graphical, and analytical exercises. The questions draw on the basic disciplines of hydrology and physics, with some stress placed on correct or appropriate units. The questions reflect the authors' many years of teaching watershed management at undergraduate and graduate levels. Questions cover...

This book will lead you through a process of identifying and then improving who you really are. By applying the teachings, you can become more centered and grounded, affording you a greater effectiveness at meditation, prayer or any other spiritual work. Use it as a daily guide to keep you on the path to success in your physical and spiritual life.

An epic novel of unrequited dreams and forestalled lives, Red Dog, Red Dog unfolds over the course of one week in and around a small town in British Columbia, 1958.Elmer Stark is a violent man with a troubled past. Lillian, who married Elmer shortly after the Depression, finds herself retreating steadily into isolation. Their sons, Tom and Eddy, now in their twenties, are bound together by the secrets of their childhood years. As Eddy speeds freely along his reckless path,...

Very short stories. Bite sized fiction to entertain, thrill, amuse, or perhaps scare you in a small package. Stories that attempt to really go places in only a few sentences.

Very short stories. Bite sized fiction to entertain, thrill, amuse, or perhaps scare you in a small package. Stories that attempt to really go places in only a few sentences.

A timeless species manipulates and controls the destiny of mankind.Unknown to most and shown only to a few, The Book not only holds the answer to the question of creation, but to the mystery of life itself.Beyond the previous three years of his troubled existence, James had only confusing memories and fragmented visions of a life unknown to him; will the activation of a technology older than time provide the answers that lie to the furthest borders of our solar system, or wi...

Now with a new Afterword by Eric Flint The Ultimate Y2K Glitch....1632 In the year 1632 in northern Germany a reasonable person might conclude that things couldn't get much worse. There was no food. Disease was rampant. For over a decade religious war had ravaged the land and the people. Catholic and Protestant armies marched and countermarched across the northern plains, laying waste the cities and slaughtering everywhere. In many rural areas popu...

A collection of 11 short stories, split into three sections: 'My Last Flappers' (The Jelly-Bean; The Camel's Back; May Day; Porcelain And Pink); 'Fantasies' (The Diamond As Big As The Ritz; The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button; Tarquin Of Cheapside; "O Russet Witch!"); 'Unclassified Masterpieces' (The Lees Of Happiness; Mr. Icky, The Quintessence Of Quaintness In One Act; and, Jemina, The Mountain Girl).

_______________'In a literary age of diet and dearth, Tartt invites us to feast ... the opening tragedy strikes a note of rich, flamboyant Southern Gothic that resonates throughout' - Independent'You will rarely have read better ... Because of Tartt's mastery of suspense, this book will grip readers all the way through to its bitter end' - Guardian'Destined to become a special kind of class...