What if the peer-reviewed medical studies your doctor relies on to prescribe medication were actually secretly written by the marketing departments of pharmaceutical corporations? This profound corruption of academic integrity is an invisible, multi-billion-dollar industry known as ghost management. To bypass the skepticism of the medical community, massive drug manufacturers quietly employ specialized PR firms to draft glowing research papers on new medications. They then pay prominent, h...

How do you find the woman of your dreams when you're nearly forty, living in the middle of nowhere and spectacularly ungifted in the art of seduction?Three years into his solo adventure in rural France, Michael Wright has everything he ever wanted: a ramshackle house, several manly power tools, a cat, a grand piano and a vintage aircraft. Yet the lovelier his life becomes, the lonelier he feels. Three unfulfilled wishes return to haunt him: to grow a perfect potato, to fly...

One day in late summer, Michael Wright gave up his comfortable South London existence and, with only his long-suffering cat for company, set out to begin a new life. His destination was 'La Folie', a dilapidated 15th century farmhouse in need of love and renovation in the heart of rural France...Inspired by the success of his column in the Daily Telegraph about La Folie, this book is his winningly honest account of his struggle to fulfil a childhood dream and become a Real...

Universities and Colleges with a Christian affiliation have in recent years sought to renew and redefine their identities and almost all have rearticulated their mission for the modern age after a long and serious process of reappraisal. This process has been accompanied by an ongoing discussion of the nature and identity of higher education itself. This discussion has required leadership that is different from most secular leadership.This book provides a range of experienced voices, inclu...

An extraordinary wartime memoir, combining the best kind of adventure story with a coming of age testimony of unforgettable resonance and poignancy. September 2011, Halkidiki, Northern Greece. A solitary 86 year-old man gazes across an Aegean headland, knowing that he must finally confront his past. He begins to write... September 1939, Nieppe, Northern France. 14 year-old Stephen is living with his family, 25 kilometres from Ypres. His French mother battles with her encr...

The introduction of the iPhone X last year meant you could have an entirely new iPhone in your hands with innovative new features such as Face ID and a big screen in a compact body. Now Apple has iterated that design to create the XS.iPhone Xs is packed with next-generation technologies and is a huge step forward for the future of the smartphone.Everything is state of the art including the industry-first 7-nanometer A12 Bionic chip with 8-core Neural Engine, faster Face ID and an a...

Until recently, Aboriginal people have been subjected to mainly top-down development, which has proven damaging to communities. Mia Mia Aboriginal Community Development offers an alternative to such approaches, promoting cultural security in order to empower Aboriginal people to strengthen their own communities. The authors take a multidisciplinary approach to the topics of Aboriginal community development, Aboriginal history, cultural security and community studies. This book includes cha...

Riley has to do something. He can't sit by any longer. He's in a car, he has a gun. He can't believe what he's about to do.He must take action, despite the cost. He must do it...it's right, and she's worth it.

Jim Shoemaker comes upon an interesting new business venture of his neighbors, a never-ending yard sale. But there is more to this sale than meets the eye.Bram and Linda Cain are ideal folks, they're the perfect young couple with a terrible secret. Jim is about to find that their cute slogan "We Sell Anything" is more true than he could ever imagine."Merchandise is an excellent book—a real page turner. Read it in one sitting." – Kurt Frazier, author of 49098 to 36575

Storms shape every life. Some pass quickly. Others change the direction of everything we thought we understood about identity, faith, and purpose.In The Storm: When Life's Instability Shapes Identity, Faith, and Resilience, Dr. Michael Wright offers a deeply honest memoir that explores how adversity becomes one of life's greatest teachers. Through personal experiences of family instability, military service, identity disruption, broken relationships, betrayal, and profound...

Life is rarely simple. We carry memories, relationships, and experiences that shape us—some with joy, others with pain. Forgiveness is one of the most powerful gifts we can give, yet it is often one of the hardest. Resentment, its constant companion, can linger quietly, shaping our hearts, decisions, and relationships.Michael Wright has lived in this tension. In Somewhere in the Middle: A Journey Through Forgiveness, Resentment, and Peace, he invites us to witness his story with hon...

Life does not always break all at once.Sometimes it shifts slowly.Through distance.Through responsibility.Through seasons where you realize you have been carrying more than you admitted.Still Walking is a reflection on what happens after the storm has passed but the emotions remain. It explores growth shaped not only by adversity, but by self-awareness, restraint, and the quiet work of becoming whole.This is not a story about dramatic arrival.