Research institutions are under pressure to make their outputs more accessible in order to meet funding requirements and policy guidelines. Libraries have traditionally played an important role by exposing research output through a predominantly institution-based digital repository, with an emphasis on storing published works. New publishing paradigms are emerging that include research data, huge volumes of which are being generated globally. Repositories are the natural home for managing,...

Skyla Owens has felt out of step her entire life, deep down she feels out of place, unloved and unwanted. She has bent over backward trying to please all those around her, especially her mother Juanita Owens but at the expense of her own happiness. She was raised by a bitter Mother who carries very dark and dangerous secrets. What Skyla wants the most from her Mother is love and at least the name of her father; and her Mother is refusing both.Then when her beloved Grandfather Frank...

A writer uses a semicolon when they could have finished a sentence with a full stop; but decided to keep going.In Suicide Awareness and Mental Health the ";" symbol represents "I'm not done" or "My Story Isn't Over". This symbol saved my life. This symbol changed my life and this symbol became my life.A look at some serious mental and physical conditions from a quirky personal perspective. This is like a Mental Health Handbook for non-clinicians. It contains chapters dealin...

Thomas Cove was a small and peaceful Town located in Nova Scotia, Canada.  The town had many secrets and lies. The biggest secrets and lies involved two families.  The Matthew's family made up from alcoholics, an abusive man and non convicted murders. The Murray Family made up of Doctors, Lawyers and law enforcement. The two families were going to be forever intertwined because of the children. Mark Murray and Paige Matthews ...

Panic Stations along The Bi-Polar Express….. continues the roller-coaster ride of mania, depression, panic and anxiety with mother and daughter.Panic Stations – Natasha's RideFrom a break-down to a break-up.From the city to the mountains.From mental illness to physical ailments.From friend to friend.From hospital to hospital.From dreaming of death to loving life and back again.From moments of sheer panic to moments of pure j...

The Bi-Polar Express – Natasha's RideAll my life I knew I was different, I didn't fit in. I always felt I could do everything – but things never worked out for me, I'd either get depressed for no reason or be hyper-active.As you read my book, you will follow the ups and downs, the twists and turns, the high highs, the low lows, back and forth, faster and faster, of my Bi-Polar roller-coaster life. But always keep one thing in mind: you can put the book down and get off my r...

An original short story by New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci.Frank Becker is a highly sought after, expert assassin. When Becker takes a mysterious job, he has no idea that it will force him to delve deeply into his own past. Undeterred by obstacles he is determined to complete his assignment. But he may realize too late that his success will permanently alter his future.

On the hit A&E series Paranormal State, Ryan Buell and his team of investigators delve deep into the mysterious world of ghosts, demonic disturbances, and sixth-sense sightings that shadows our everyday reality. Now, in this official companion book to the series, Buell takes you one step further, revealing the secrets of the show’s most intense cases and the shocking, never-before-told story of his own brush with the supernatural—the otherworldly experience that first inspired him...

"The Vampire King by Heather Killough-Walden is riveting. Might wanna keep an eye on this author." - USA Today((The Kings is a Big Bad Wolf spinoff series, and while it introduces new, exciting characters to the Big Bad World, it also re-introduces the Big Bad Wolf characters you've grown to know and love. Enjoy!))It was immediate for Roman. In three thousand years, he'd never lost control of his emotions, or his heart. But the moment he laid eyes on Evelynne Farrow, he kne...

The New York Times–bestselling author presents startling new evidence of God's existence based on the largest near-death experience study in history.In Evidence of the Afterlife, Dr. Jeffrey Long laid out a strong scientific case for life after death. Now he goes further, revealing evidence that a Supreme Being exists—and there is amazing consistency in the accounts of what he is like.Through his Near Death Experience Research Foundation, Dr...

Damon Chroi has known the weight of ruling in loneliness for thousands of years. The tall, painfully handsome fae lord was born with so much power, the fae kings not only envied but feared him, and banished him to a forbidden realm to be forgotten. There, he was tasked with ruling over the deadliest creatures known to the fae worlds, and his veritable battle as their sovereign is never-ending. As one of the 13 Kings, his destiny foretells an end to his solitude with the appearance of an eq...