Anton Chekhov's The Black Monk and Other Stories, translated by R. E. C. Long, brings together twelve remarkable works of Russian literature, including "The Black Monk," "On the Way," "A Family Council," "In Exile," "Rothschild's Fiddle," "A Father," "Two Tragedies," "Sleepyhead," "At the Manor," "An Event," and "Ward No. 6." Across these stories, Chekhov explores ambition, isolation, family, poverty, illness, mortality, human suffering, and the elusive nature of happiness. From A...

The reason you’re not happy……may not be what you think.Are you ready to rewire your thoughts?Zahra Karsan had a successful career and everything that came along with it. There was just one problem - She wasn’t happy. With a degree in psychology and post-graduate work in neuroscience, NLP, hypnotherapy, and applied positive psychology, she had the tools to figure it out.It took six weeks to change her life forever.In this ultimate roadmap to living th...

The Long Dim Trail is a vigorous Western adventure that follows the hazards, loyalties, and moral tests of life on the Southwestern frontier. Hooker writes in a style at once romantic and observant: swift in action, rich in landscape, and attentive to codes of courage, honor, and endurance. Situated within the early twentieth-century tradition of frontier fiction, the novel preserves the cattle-country atmosphere before the Western had hardened into formula, giving its adventure a distinct...

This volume of correspondence contains exchanges written between Lloyd Cline Sears (1895-1986) and Pattie Hathaway Armstrong (1899-1977), two influential leaders in early educational efforts of the Churches of Christ. Spanning the years 1915 to 1921, the letters document their writers' romance, but they are more than simply love letters. They also express an educational philosophy and an understanding of Christian purpose as inspired by the Stone-Campbell Movement and held in tension with ...

This authors of this useful handbook, originally published in 1985, not only summarise Mark Twain scholarship, but also evaluate, in much detail, the various contributions. Each chapter includes a thorough annotated bibliography. This title also includes a comprehensive chronological table of the significant events in Mark Twain’s Life, including the publication dates of his works. This title will be of interest to students of American Literature.

The Novel traces a mystical Battle Axe from the dawn of the Norse and Viking Era, through the Whaling days of Cape Cod, and into the contemporary time. What was once forged by ancientDwarves with a blood thirsty intent becomes the intimidation to prevent catastrophic devastation. It involves the presence of Ghosts and the interaction of Spirits.

If you want to discover stress relief strategies to help relieve you from stress, worry and anxiety for long term health benefits and wellness, keep reading…Did you know:- A study by the American Psychological Association shows that although men and women report the same average stress levels, women are much more likely to show physical and emotional symptoms. Irritability, fatigue, apathy, anxiety, and headache are some of the most common symptoms among wo...

With World War I and Egypt's colourful politics as background, C.W.R. Long tells the story of four proconsuls (McMahon, Wingate, Allenby and Lloyd), their principal opponent, Sa'ad Zaghul, and the great events of the time: the rise of the Wafd party, the uprising of 1919, the murder of Sir Lee Stack and the Allenby ultimatum. He sheds new light on the strife of members of the High Commission among themselves and the Foreign Office, on the struggle between Egypt and Britain for ownership of...

Ideal for both practitioners and students, this comprehensive resource covers the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of infectious disease in horses. Organized by infectious agent — virus, bacterial and rickettsial, protazoal, and fungal — it includes complete coverage of the individual diseases caused by each type of agent. A section on clinical problems examines conditions such as ocular infections, CNS infections, and skin infections. It also addresses the importance of preventing and...

Ideal for both practitioners and students, this comprehensive resource covers the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of infectious disease in horses. Organized by infectious agent — virus, bacterial and rickettsial, protazoal, and fungal — it includes complete coverage of the individual diseases caused by each type of agent. A section on clinical problems examines conditions such as ocular infections, CNS infections, and skin infections. It also addresses the importance of preventing and...

This anthology gathers 368 poems by 80 British women poets of the long eighteenth century. Few of these poems have been reprinted since originally published, and all are crucial to understanding fully the literary history of women writers.Paula R. Backscheider and Catherine E. Ingrassia demonstrate the enormous diversity of poetry produced during this time by organizing the poems in three broad and deliberately overlapping categories: by genre, establishing that women wrote in all ...

First published in 1989, Combating Long-Term Unemployment follows on from, and is a companion to, Local Authorities and New Technologies. The book seeks to inform debate by analysing policy responses to the problem of long-term unemployment and by focusing on the role of local initiatives in a European context. Long-term unemployment in Europe is a complicated and multifaceted problem, the policy responses to which need to be studied against various contexts. It is design...