The United States has enjoyed unequaled and unrivaled prosperity for decades with seemingly no end in sight.But in the fall of 2008 a curtain briefly opened during the financial crisis, and the world saw for the first time the insiders behind the Wall Street machine: investment bankers betting the house with your money, politicians looking out after financial insiders, and an economy built on an abyss of bad debt.The 2008 financial crisis also revealed the real growth engin...

By all standards of success, James Templeton seemed to have it all. He was a highly successful businessman, had a beautiful wife and daughter, and, only in his early thirties, had his whole life in front of him. To avoid the same fate as his father and grandfather, who both died of heart attacks at a young age, James became an avid runner—a passion that he believed helped him stay fit and healthy. Imagine his shock when, during a routine physical, his doctor noticed a mole on his body that...

Advocating doll therapy as an intervention for people with dementia, this book combines theory and evidence to show its many benefits and present guidelines for best-practice.Despite being widely and internationally used, doll therapy is a controversial and often misunderstood intervention. This book debunks the myths surrounding doll therapy, highlighting its proven positive impact on the well-being of people with dementia. The book gives care professionals an indispensable overvi...

Just imagine! A full house of top indie comics characters, reunited in this second volume of prose fiction tales by the genius creators who first breathed life into them in the 1980s and beyond! Whether you lovingly remember these heroes and creators or are meeting them for the first time, you are in for a wild ride with this star-studded cast. They set the industry on fire in comics from indie publishing pioneers like Fir...

In ad 78/80 the Romans under Agricola established a base near the Solway Firth and called it Luguvalium. From that distant beginning it grew to become England's largest city, stretching to Scotland in the north, the Solway Firth in the west, the north Pennines in the east, and almost to the Lake District in the south. At Cold Fell (2014 feet) it has the largest point of any English city. Carlisle played an important part in being at the centre of the border troubles, and it was the last pl...

Based on the careful analysis of several hundred publications, this book uniformly describes basic methods of analysis and critical results of the theory of retrial queues.Chapters discuss:analysis of single-server retrial queues, including stationary and transient distribution of the number in the system, busy period, waiting time process, limit theorems, stochastic inequalities, traffic measurementmultiserver retrial queues - ergodicity, explicit formulas,...

The novel is presented as the diary and notes of Horace Templeton, a fictional character who served as a secretary of legation at an undisclosed location. Through Templeton's writings, readers gain insights into his experiences, observations, and encounters during his diplomatic service.As Templeton navigates the intricacies of diplomatic life, he documents his interactions with foreign dignitaries, political intrigues, social events, and personal reflections. The diary format allows reade...

The novel follows the life and adventures of Horace Templeton, a fictional character who served as a secretary of legation at an undisclosed location. Presented in diary format, the narrative provides readers with insights into Templeton's experiences, observations, and reflections during his diplomatic service.As Templeton navigates the complexities of diplomatic life, he documents his interactions with foreign dignitaries, political intrigues, social events, and personal musings. The dia...

Hôtel des Princes, Paris. It is a strange thing to begin a "Log" when the voyage is nigh ended! A voyage without chart or compass has it been: and now is land in sight—the land of the weary and heart-tired! Here am I, at the Hôtel des Princes, en route for Italy, whither my doctors have sentenced me! What a sad record would be preserved to the world if travellers were but to fill up, with good faith, the police formula at each stage of the journey, which asks, "the object of the tour!" How...