Across generations, wisdom isn't taught - it's lived.In a world weighed down by corruption and greed, Damian stands as a man guided by conscience and conviction. He has seen chaos and injustice, yet believes that one good idea - one act of courage - can ignite lasting change.Now, as a grandfather reflecting on a lifetime of trials and triumphs, Damian writes to his grandchildren, sharing lessons carved from pain, purpose, and perseverance. Through heartfelt letters, he teac...

Songs Sacred and Profane is a selection from Thomas' four other books and eight chapbooks plus many poems that have not appeared in book form. This volume contains, in fact, two quite different books published as one. "Greenside Up", written almost entirely looking into his garden, is made up of bucolic works which observe nature and a quiet life. They are well mannered, introspective, and show the poet's sensitivity to language and his world. "Let It All Hang Out" lets loose with poems th...

What rights govern heterosexual and homosexual behaviors? Two distinguished philosophers debate this important issue in Sexual Orientation and Human Rights. Laurence Thomas argues that a society which has the constitutional resources to protect hate groups can protect homosexuals without valorizing the homosexual life-style. He defends the view that the Bible cannot warrant the venom that, in the name of religion, is often expressed against homosexuals. Michael Levin defends the ...

Book Synopsis: Dive into the captivating pages of "Picture of Me," a poetic odyssey that unfolds the vivid tapestry of my teenage years. This anthology, carefully curated over the past couple of years, is a powerful testament to the resilience of the human spirit.Within the verses, you'll traverse the tumultuous terrain of my past, navigating the turbulent waters of drug and alcohol abuse, confronting the shadows of mental illness, and ultimately discovering the blossoming...

The new edition of this popular book is reorganized to present pairs of contrasting views on what it means to be a man in contemporary Western culture. Addressing such issues as sex differences, fatherhood, intimacy, homosexuality, and oppression; the collection also includes new discussions of paternity, pornography, mixed-race marriage, impotence, and violence. Rethinking Masculinity is an excellent text for gender studies, ethics, and social philosophy courses.

The United States government is quietly collapsing—not by enemy bombs, but by a baffling epidemic of absurd mistakes.It is 1973, and FBI Director Andrew J. Burris is facing an impossible problem. A staggering wave of inexplicable administrative errors, bizarre computer glitches, and sudden senatorial resignations has paralyzed the nation. To uncover the invisible sabotage, he calls on Kenneth J. Malone: an FBI agent armed with secret, classified powers—he can telep...

Your guide to making better decisionsDespite the dizzying amount of data at our disposal today-and an increasing reliance on analytics to make the majority of our decisions-many of our most critical choices still come down to human judgment. This fact is fundamental to organizations whose leaders must often make crucial decisions: to do this they need the best available insights.In Judgment Calls, authors Tom Davenport and Brook Manville share twel...

The tenth month of the Gregorian calendar in now upon us. Autumn and Fall, the last crescendo of the natural landscape for the year busies herself in our eyes. A landscape of thrilling promise and gorgeous colour. A sumptuous feast as only nature can.Across fifty poems our classic poets Christina Georgina Rossetti, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Thomas Hardy, and Dante Gabriel Rossetti find verse and tender words to match the occasion. Their descriptions of nature’s ev...

The United States government is tearing itself apart, and the saboteurs don't even know they're doing it.From catastrophic computer errors in the Senate to baffling typos altering international treaties, a wave of impossible incompetence has gripped Washington, D.C. No one knows who is responsible, but the Director of the FBI knows the nation is rapidly plunging into chaos. Enter Kenneth J. Malone: an extraordinary agent armed with latent teleportation abilities, a...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th European Conference on Software Architecture, ECSA 2019, held in Paris, France, in September 2019.In the Research Track, 11 full papers presented together with 4 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 63 submissions. They are organized in topical sections as follows: Services and Micro-services, Software Architecture in Development Process, Adaptation and Design Space Exploration, and Quality Attributes. In ...

Multimedia service provisioning is believed to be one of the prerequisites to guarantee the success of next-generation wireless networks. Examining the role of multimedia in state-of-the-art wireless systems and networks, Broadband Mobile Multimedia: Techniques and Applications presents a collection of introductory concepts, fundamental tech

With the publication of these proceedings from the Second Drug Discovery and Development Symposium, this forum has become the main mechanism for bringing together the principal groups involved in both discovering and developing new approaches to the treatment of cancer. This Second Symposium emphasized the types of materials being discovered and their therapeutic activity. This is especially evident in the natural product discovery programs, where unique and active structures are being ide...