James is a trans boy who goes to a Catholic boarding school. He is hoping for a calm year, but other people have different plans...Soon, he finds himself entangled in a murder investigation. He has now to navigate his new experiences, and try to stay true to himself, all while trying to lay low while he investigates who killed his classmate.One question remains: who killed Daniel Smith, and why?

Philip Brown is one of the most admired and respected accounting academics alive today. He was a pioneer in capital markets research in accounting, and his 1968 article, co-authored with Ray Ball, "An Empirical Evaluation of Accounting Income Numbers," arguably had a greater impact on the course of accounting research, directly and indirectly, than any other article during the second half of the twentieth century. Since that time, his innovative research has focused on issues that bridge a...

Franky Franklyn is at it again. He finds himself waking up in Philadelphia in the year 1776. What exploits will he find himself in this time? Who will he meet as he explores what life is like at the birth of America? Will Danny Divine make an appearance? It's all here in this second adventure as we travel back in History.

Addresses the critique that pastoral care is indistinguishable from secular psychotherapy by placing a person's relationship to God at the center of pastoral care.

The Book of Browns looks at the history of the surname Brown and the people who are fortunate to share the same last name. Many famous people from all walks of life have this common surname but that does not mean they are ordinary.

Chapter 1. - We know that the Big Bang of 13 billion years ago saw the birth of the sun and many other planets. The Big Bang and historical evidence of the sun from Newgrange to Maeshowe. What powers the Sun?Chapter 2. - The sun which is 90 million miles away from the earth is our own star. The sun's corona, eclipse, the sun's core and makeup. Solar weather. Sunspots, solar maximum and solar minimum.Chapter 3. - On 15th February 2013, people on their way to work in Chelyabins...

Democracy has not been allowed to become part of Muslim society as Muslims still adhere to a more antiquated concept of "rule". Traditionally the "ruling class" has been passed down through the family blood line. There is a strong belief that the good of the whole, meaning society, supercedes the rights of the individual. Thus to have what Muslims consider an Islamic, moral society, strict control must be asserted over the people. This contradicts the Western concept of the rights of the i...

The Merrimack Valley became home to Greeks after the great immigration to the United States in the 19th and 20th centuries. After its independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1832, Greece had inadequate resources for its citizens, which led to much hardship. Many of these refugees came to the Merrimack Valley in search of a better living. They settled in Haverhill, Lawrence, and Lowell, Massachusetts, or Concord, Manchester, and Nashua, New Hampshire, where they secured jobs in factories an...

Islamic State ( who carried out the attacks in Paris) are one of the most powerful groups in the Middle East and are a franchise of Al Qaeda in Iraq which was led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. Today the leader of Islamic State is Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. He is now the most wanted man on earth and he controls a large, well armed and financially stable army of men with numbers ranging from 30,000 to 100,000. Islamic State are currently fighting against the Syrian government led by Bashar al-Assad. W...

"The Queen of Connemara: The Extraordinary Life of Bina McLoughlin"Nestled on Ireland's rugged west coast, the tranquil village of Leenane in County Galway embodies a timeless charm where traditions, faith, and charismatic characters once held sway, yet now stand at the crossroads of changing cultures, technology, and commerce.This narrative immerses us in the remarkable life of Bina McLoughlin, a woman whose existence spanned the early 20th century—a period when Ireland gr...

The unique flavor of malt is a reminder of my childhood! Growing up, we used to drink malted milk shakes, eat malt flavored ice cream, and crunch on malted milk balls. I still love anything and everything made with the distinct taste of malt! When I started brewing beer decades ago, I became interested in other uses for the tasty malt extract and malt powder I was using. Here are some recipes I think people will be interested in trying out. Enjoy!

When one thinks of the Merrimack Valley, shoe shops and mills come to mind. For that reason, it was a hotbed for Armenian immigrants following World War I and the genocide that robbed Armenia of half its population, with some 1.5 million victims lost at the hands of the Ottoman Turkish Empire and another million people uprooted from their homes and scattered to a Diaspora. Many of these refugees came to the Merrimack Valley--settling in the cities of Haverhill, Lawrence, and Lowell--to eke...