Our lives move along with ups and downs, and we cope with them the best we can. But underneath there is a hunger for something more. There are times of stress such as when a loved one dies, a job is lost, a child is on a dangerous path, a difficult situation goes on and on. There are many other stressors that we all encounter. This book offers quotations from ancient and modern authors and poems and reflections that give a thought or image that seeps through the cracks that the stresses ha...

At nine years old, Phillip James McDonald's understanding of safety was shattered.Unable to explain what had happened, or trust that he would be believed, he buried the truth and began building another version of himself. He turned fear into anger, pain into physical discipline, and helplessness into a relentless determination never to feel powerless again.That determination carried him through football, boxing, business, fatherhood, extraordinary tests of enduranc...

Welcome to Stuzzi – small plates of delectable Italian delight.(Stuzzi: short for stuzzichini, little plates served in osterias and bars throughout Italy)The Stuzzi boys are reinventing modern Italian cooking… in Yorkshire. Brought together by their shared passion for Italian food, friends Tom, Harvey, Jimbob and Brett embarked on an exhaustive journey throughout the length and breadth of Italy, immersing ...

Busby Berkeley's big-production numbers are emblematic of the Hollywood dream factory.Exploring the tensions between escapism and ideological over-coding in the Warner Bros. musical, this book tracks the ways in which Berkeley created spectacles that are both critical and complacent in relation to the society that produced and received them.Berkeley carried into his images of utopia the assembly plant, the misogyny, the fascism and racism of his day, but hi...

The invitation to participate in the financial system exists. But few people are ever taught how to accept it strategically. In The Invitation, James Phillips IV draws on over fourteen years of experience in banking and financial services to explain how banks, credit, and capital really work-and how individuals and entrepreneurs can position themselves to access opportunity and build lasting wealth. This book breaks down the invisible systems that determine who gets approved, who gets fund...

John Cabot — builder of canals and bridges, devoted husband, and father of three — dreams of wealth and status for his family. But his aspirations leave him overextended, pursued by merciless creditors, and forced to flee Venice with his family.Attempts to restore his family’s fortunes in Milan and Valencia end in repeated disappointment. But in Seville, John finds work as a maritime engineer for the king of Spain. Inspired by the daring exploits of Cristóbal Colón, he sets his sig...

Surrogacy: Our Family’s Journey chronicles the ups and downs of surrogacy as experienced by James Phillip: from making the decision to use a surrogate, each step along the way, presenting both sides of the process and on to the creation of a family and the support needed through the first months after bringing his twin babies home.This unique memoir follows James on his incredible, and sometimes exasperating, journey through the ‘hurry up and wait’ path of the surrogacy pr...

This book, the first of its kind, surveys the career of the renowned Australian-German theatre and opera director Barrie Kosky. Its nine chapters provide multidisciplinary analyses of Barrie Kosky’s working practices and stage productions, from the beginning of his career in Melbourne to his current roles as Head of the Komische Oper Berlin and as a guest director in international demand. Specialists in theatre studies, opera studies, musical theatre studies, aesthetics, and arts administr...

Ecological Solidarity and the Kurdish Freedom Movement: Thought, Practice, Challenges, and Opportunities is a pioneering text that examines the ideas about social ecology and communalism behind the evolving political structures in the Kurdish region. The collection evaluates practical green projects, including the Mesopotamian Ecology Movement, Jinwar women’s eco-village, food sovereignty in a solidarity economy, environmental defenders in Iranian Kurdistan, and Make Rojava Green Again. Co...

Our nation is in a state of moral decay where violence, racial conflict, and political polarization are the norm. We are in a quandary about where to go from here.This book empowers preachers, teachers, and facilitators to affect change in their areas of influence that can lead to widespread transformation. As you read, you’ll learn how to:• live in community with others;• acknowledge pain from the past;• embrace the idea of forgiveness;• settle and ...

Fiery Red-head Razilyn visits from New Hampshire and pulls James away from Nashville. They do get engaged but even her parents David and Bonnie prove they can’t even handle these two!! After the split; James returns to his home town. He eventually falls in love again, gets engaged with a fiery lady named Jasilyn from Pilot, Va. She winds up having such a time with James, that she takes him to a neurophysiologist named Dr. P in VA. There; they discover that James has (HFA) high functioning ...

Wolley is a bookworm who loves reading at his local library with his best friend Wilma the bookworm. When a young bookworm visits the library for the first time, Wolley learns to help him find the perfect book.