Lost LoveBy: Kenneth Bruce WelckleTaking advice from her coworker Karen at her law office firm, Rebecca decides to take a much needed vacation from work, heading to her hometown of Mankato. She unexpectedly runs into her former high school sweetheart, John.As they spend time together, catching up with each other, will they rekindle their love for one other, or will John forever be her lost love?Sometimes the path we take in life is just a road that leads to ...

The culmination of a 25-year Essay and Poem Series beginning in 1997, Van Gross, MD of Philadelphia captures the final six years of this four-book journey. Leading off with the revenge packed Van Gross of Monte Cristo that covered 1997-2004, followed by the mega-compilation Five Books of Van Gross’s spanning 2004- 2007 and its acclaimed follow-up Van-Dalismo 2008-2015, Kenneth Bruce Van Gross, M.D. either was to enter the dust bin of history with the ultra-contemporary Van Gross, M.D. of P...

Thousands of different microbial species colonize the human body, and are essential for our survival. This book presents a review of the current understanding of human microbiomes, the functions that they bring to the host, how we can model them, their role in health and disease and the methods used to explore them. Current research into areas such as the long-term effect of antibiotics makes this a subject of considerable interest. This title is essential reading for researchers and stude...

Whether running into other countries or running for their lives across the spectrum of time, these three characters are subversive and totally unpredictable. Join them on their opening adventure! "Great fun, Kenneth Bruce Van Gross!!" - Al Einstein

1997 to 2004 encompassed a very turbulent period for the United States and the world more generally. From the Clinton scandals, the lead up to the Millennium, the Great Loose Chad Presidential Election of 2000 to the planet riveting events of September 2001, there is plenty to pontificate about....and Van Gross, MD certainly does that. But he'll get personal, satirical, educational and wax poetic too. As the U.S. entered overseas wars in the early 2000's, its role in the Mid-East, its inci...

This volume represents a collection of essays and other writings from 2008-2015. It formally introduces what must be labeled Van Dalismo, fusing the creative genius of Van Gogh, Los Van Van and Salvador Dali into words (or otherwise just stealing their ideas). Van Gross, MD is the male Sojourner Truth. Whether in Philly, Chile, Cuba or Haiti, whether pondering consciousness, medicine, Jews, Muslims, Blacks, Whites, World Affairs, the Western Hemisphere or some boulevard in Miami, Van Dalis...

Kenneth Branagh heads an outstanding cast in playing one of Shakespeare’s strongest characters. The eighth production in the widely admired series of Shakespeare plays presented by Naxos AudioBooks in association with Cambridge University Press.

"A superb new understanding of the dynamic economy as a learning society, one that goes well beyond the usual treatment of education, training, and R&D."—Robert Kuttner, author of The Stakes: 2020 and the Survival of American DemocracySince its publication Creating a Learning Society has served as an effective tool for those who advocate government policies to advance science and technology. It shows persuasively how enormous increases in our stan...

Where did popular culture come from? Why is it the way it is? How does it influence Americans in general and Christians in particular? Ken Myers offers fascinating answers. He sees pop culture as a culture of diversion, preventing people from asking questions about their origin and destiny and about the meaning of life. Two aspects stand out: a quest for novelty and a desire for instant gratification. In addition, this culture offers something very appealing: the illusion that we set our o...

Traditionally, network security (firewalls to block unauthorized users, Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) to keep attackers out, Web filters to avoid misuse of Internet browsing, and antivirus software to block malicious programs) required separate boxes with increased cost and complexity. Unified Threat Management (UTM) makes network security less complex, cheaper, and more effective by consolidating all these components. This book explains the advantages of using UTM and how it works, p...

“Rich word choices and settings that blend speculative concepts with quotidian reality highlight this stellar anthology of prose and poetry from well-known editor Mike Allen (CLOCKWORK PHOENIX) and his wife and copublisher, Anita Allen ... This anthology is a winner from cover to cover.” —PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, starred reviewThis new anthology from the creative team behind the critically-acclaimed CLOCKWORK PHOENIX series assembles beautiful poetry and strange prose from the first year...

America is a nation that celebrates diversity and freedom of conscience. Yet, as Alexis de Tocqueville observed, democratic times often demand conformity. Nowadays, conformity might be enforced in the name of diversity itself, and go so far as to infringe on the rights of conscience, expression, association, and religious freedom. Americans have recently been confronted by this paradox in various ways, from federal health care mandates, to campus speech codes, to consumer boycotts, to publ...