When Sean McFall encounters golden-haired David Goldberg and his larger-than-life father, Saul, he is dazzled by the family’s riches, power, and ease in social situations. The bright lives of the Goldbergs are profoundly different from those of Sean’s working-class parents.But as Sean grows up and is pulled closer to the centre of the Goldberg family by the gravitational force of their wealth and position, he discovers a tyrannical and abusive patriarch, an estranged relative bent ...

When an early-morning phone call from a former childhood friend threatens to derail the political fortunes of a popular PM, his director of communications must dig deep into the past to salvage the present. Part political and literary coming-of-age story, part lyrical meditation on friendship, family, and mortality, Sons and Fathers traces the fortunes of three men who develop their respective ability for manipulating words and people in the long shadows cast by their accomplished fathers....

Between indecent exposure and intellectual property theft, it's tough being Lewis this year.East Coast architect Lewis Morton thought he had it all: loving wife and children, dream job, and a house that meets his exacting architectural standards. But after his beloved mentor dies unexpectedly and Lewis gets pulled into a lawsuit that threatens to destroy his career and possibly his life, the respectable identity he has carefully constructed for himself after fleeing his Jewish chil...

Do you realise by the time you are 65 there will be a - 45% Chance You’ll depend on family for financial help. 28% Possibility You’ll rely on a pension. 22% Likelihood You’ll still be working. 4% Probability You’ll only meet your basic needs. 1% Chance You’ll be financially independent. The odds are not in your favour! - until now. Inside you’ll learn - •The strategy behind choosing property as an asset class. •The difference between positive geared, cash positive and negative geared prope...

In this book, established scholars from different religions, regions, and disciplines continue the dialogue that Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen began in his A Constructive Christian Theology for the Pluralistic World series and respond to his work in light of their diverse expertise and context. Each of the three parts focuses on a key area of Kärkkäinen’s engaging work: 1) highlighting how his method shaped each volume, 2) highlighting his commitment to global perspectives, and 3) highlighting his...

ALL THE BIBLE TEACHES ABOUT is a series of 500 articles ranging from 20 pages to 300 pages in length on key Bible topics of general interest to all Christians, which have been excerpted from KNOW YOUR BIBLE, also published by this same author. Each of these 500 articles can be viewed in the Master Index by searching the site for ALL THE BIBLE TEACHES ABOUT Master Index in the site search box, and all topics cost 1.00 regardless of size. These fine articles can help you to understand a numb...

This is the first book to address the concept of resilience and its specific application and relevance to tourism, in particular tourism destinations. Resilience relates to the ability of organisms, communities, ecosystems and populations to withstand the impacts of external forces while retaining their integrity and ability to continue functioning. It is particularly applicable to tourism destinations and attractions which are exposed to the potentially harmful and sometimes severe effect...

The Commented Bible series is a comprehensive and detailed verse by verse study of the entire Bible. It is designed as a personal, Bible study and group study platform for learning the entire Bible. Each volume covers every Chapter and Verse, with commentary, a wealth of applicable cross-reference scriptures, background material, application to the past and present, with study questions on every paragraph. It covers all of the Bible's illustrations, parables and teachings in depth. Quickly...

The Commented Bible series is a comprehensive and detailed verse by verse study of the entire Bible. It is designed as a personal, Bible study and group study platform for learning the entire Bible. Each volume covers every Chapter and Verse, with commentary, a wealth of applicable cross-reference scriptures, background material, application to the past and present, with study questions on every paragraph. It covers all of the Bible's illustrations, parables and teachings in depth. Quickly...

Defoe's account of the bubonic plague that swept London in 1665 remains as vivid as it is harrowing. Based on Defoe's own childhood memories and prodigious research, A Journal of the Plague Year walks the line between fiction, history, and reportage. In meticulous and unsentimental detail it renders the daily life of a city under siege; the often gruesome medical precautions and practices of the time; the mass panics of a frightened citizenry; and the solitary travails of ...

The EXHAUSTIVELY CROSS-REFERENCED BIBLE is a comprehensive and detailed listing of 231,000 Cross-Referenced Scriptures covering 25,611 pages in total. It works as is, for all scriptures are quoted from a modern English language literal word for word translation, but it also works with any Bible translation, because each cross-reference is based upon similar ideas expressed within other parts of the Bible by other Bible writers. It is exhaustive, and so for every verse within the entire Bib...

The plague of 1665 was followed by the Great Fire of London in 1666: great disasters evoking great responses. Those events re-fashioned the London landscape, and Defoe's A Journal of the Plague Year re-fashioned English literature.