First Make Mad is a day's journey into the soul of Roman Moran. A father and a fisherman, a writer and a grocery store clerk, a sinner and a mystic, Roman makes his way through a single Ash Wednesday in the curious town of Hot Springs, Arkansas. There the ghosts of gangsters and Native Americans whisper on the mist-wreathed mountainsides, and the dead of Roman's own family form a chorus such as Odysseus might have heard as he coursed over the Mediterranean Sea. The odyssey of the Moran fam...

In these poems, Fitzpatrick weaves story and song, narrative and image, free verse and traditional forms to spin a yarn of life and art. These are poems of place, first and last of the rich riverbend tableau of New Orleans, but also of Greece and Spain, of Tampa and Paris and Oxford. Along the way the speaker's voice meets those of dozens of artists, from Wangechi Mutu and Picasso to Dante and Homer. The result is a pageant as various and riotous as that of life in New Orleans itself, and ...

This book explores the discourse of regulatory crisis in the UK and examines why, despite the increasing contestation of the principles underpinning the regulatory state, its institutions and practices continue to be firmly embedded within the governance of the British state. It considers its implications for our understanding of the contemporary nature of the British state, and to the study of regulation which is no longer confined to the domain of low politics, populated by technocrats, ...

Adult children are expected to be "mature enough" to handle a parent's death. No matter your age, however, you never stop being your parent's child. And "the child within you" grieves their passing deeply. The 38 entries and illustrations in this book will remind you there is much to hold on to at this time of loss. The love you have for them remains and will endure forever.

This book re-considers property law for a future of environmental disruption.As slogans such as “build the wall” or “stop the boats” affect public policy, there are counter-questions as to whether positivist or statist notions of property are fit for purpose in a time of human mobility and environmental disruption. State-centric property laws construct legal fictions of sovereign control over land, notwithstanding the persistent reality of informal settlements in many parts of the ...

Peace-building in a number of contemporary contexts involves fragile states, influential customary systems and histories of land conflict arising from mass population displacement. This book is a timely response to the increased international focus on peace-building problems arising from population displacement and post-conflict state fragility. It considers the relationship between property and resilient customary systems in conflict-affected East Timor. The chapters include micro-studies...

Navigating life becomes easier when we know exactly what to do and how to interact with the people around us. With the help of the evidence-based NLP techniques found in this 2-in-1 guide, you will be able to wield the COVERT, YET POTENT POWER of your intuition and empathy to influence people and keep negativity at bay!Here Is A Preview Of What You'll Discover...In this step-by-step book:This book will not only thoroughly go over all the skills, people, and steps involved in...

"This study Bible is a must-have to help us see Jesus Christ throughout the whole Bible." —biblereviewguys.comThe ESV Gospel Transformation Study Bible is designed to help readers see Christ in all of Scripture, and grace for all of life.It features book introductions, gospel-centered study notes, and a series of all-new articles—written by a team of over 50 pastors and scholars. This content explains passage-by-passage how God's redemptive purposes culminate in th...

It's not a good Monday for DI Daniel Owen.A body in a wheelie bin. Missing teenagers. His ex turning up as his new boss.A secretive teenager, a nosy secretary, an idealistic social worker, and a dodgy fruit and veg salesman all have pieces of the jigsaw. If Daniel and Maldwyn can trust each other again, they can put the pieces together.But time is running out, and at least one child's life is in danger. It's been raining for weeks, and the flood wat...

This isn't how moving in together is supposed to go. Daniel is left dealing with dead bodies, while Mal disappears undercover.Daniel knows the bodies were murder victims, but he can't prove it. Mal is getting more and more secretive. His friend Hector is being abused but insists that the bruises happened when he ran into a door. Daniel is fighting unseen enemies without any of the information he needs.And then there's Mal's family who want to pretend Daniel...

It looks like Daniel's quiet life is over.Small town cop DI Daniel Owen spends most of his days keeping the office running in his own quiet way. But when an acquaintance of his boss is found dead in a mine shaft, Daniel sets it all aside to help with the case. Too bad the attractive DCI, Mal Kent, can't seem to stand him, and the collapsed mines are enough to make Daniel think of booking it back home.Mal Kent is hostile and makes it clear he doesn't want Da...

Murder? Suicide? Accident? Or all three?Daniel Owen is coming to terms with not being a cop. He's happy to find a bunch of likeminded people at the town allotments—until one of them is brutally murdered.Mal Kent is settling into his new job as the man-in-charge of Melin Tywyll CID. The fly in the ointment is bigoted, lazy DI Carey, Daniel's replacement.Carey wants to blame Daniel's new friends for the murder, and with Daniel as their only alibi, accusations fly....