Roger Keith "Syd" Barrett (January 6, 1946 to July 7, 2006) was an English singer, songwriter, guitarist and co-founder of Pink Floyd. He was the band's frontman and primary songwriter for their debut album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967), and portions of their second album, A Saucerful of Secrets (1968). In April 1968, Barrett was ousted from Pink Floyd amid speculation of mental illness and his use of psychedelic drugs. In 1972, Barrett retired from public life and guarded his pri...

Despite just a three-year tenure with the band, co-founder Syd Barrett’s influence on Pink Floyd was profound and long-lasting. If his guitar gave the early Pink Floyd a distinctive hallucinatory sound, his often obscure and surreal lyrics were perhaps even more intoxicating. The complete lyrics of Syd Barrett – 52 songs written for Pink Floyd and during his subsequent solo career – are presented together for the first time, along with rare photos and artwork, to form this beautifully illu...

"Someone once noted that God made us in His image, and ever since we have tried to do God a favor by making Him in our image."It’s easy to speak to others about the Jesus who cared for the poor, healed the sick, and preached love and justice for the least of these. But what about the God who tells the Israelites to wage war and kill entire people groups? Or threatens exile and then delivers? Or sends people to hell? Can these really be the same God?The simple answe...

Many words have been used to describe Donald Trump: infantile, fascist, narcissist, buffoon (to name but a very few). All are accurate, as far as they go. Yet, in isolation, they describe only a very small part of the whole. To understand the man in his entirety, a more comprehensive study is warranted. Syd Boyle has taken on this enormous task by presenting quotes from the former president covering a wide range of topics, each accompanied by its own hand drawn illustration. Within these p...

This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. Becoming A Doctor: Surviving and thriving in the early years covers a range of professional, psychosocial and training issues that new graduates of medicine encounter during the first 2-4 postgraduate years. In making the transition the between medical school and medical practice the junior doctor will face a number of personal professional challenges and this book is designed to offer practica...

"Someone once noted that God made us in His image, and ever since we have tried to do God a favor by making Him in our image."It’s easy to speak to others about the Jesus who cared for the poor, healed the sick, and preached love and justice for the least of these. But what about the God who tells the Israelites to wage war and kill entire people groups? Or threatens exile and then delivers? Or sends people to hell? Can these really be the same God?The simple answe...

Take your seat on the ghost train for a trip from heaven to hell and back out againPsycho Syd was living the dream and loving it. He sparkled, as he luxuriated in living the life of Mr. Riley in tropical seventh heaven. He sported a deep golden tan working as a filmmaker in The People’s Democratic Republic of Laos. Hand in hand and blissfully heart in heart with his beautiful wife. He was so deeply in love. His two gorgeous kids were studyi...

Once upon a time, there were two cats named Willow and Silver. They both had silver-colored fur and loved a little adventure and excitement. A lot of people say that Willow and Silver are pretty much identical twins. This is true. The only things that set them apart are that Willow wears a green collar, and Silver has slightly darker fur. Their favorite food is catnip, of course. Our story begins on another day of curiosity for Willow and Silver. Willow and Silver wondered what space could...

Hollywood’s script guru teaches you how to write a screenplay in the ultimate three-volume guide to writing for film, featuring “the ‘bible’ of screenwriting” (The New York Times), Screenplay—now celebrating forty years of screenwriting success!This blockbuster ebook bundle includes:SCREENPLAY: FOUNDATIONS OF SCREENWRITING • THE SCREENWRITER’S WORKBOOK • THE SCREENWRITER’S PROBLEM SOLVERSyd Field was “the most sough...

Hollywood’s script guru teaches you how to write a screenplay in “the ‘bible’ of screenwriting” (The New York Times)—now celebrating over forty years of screenwriting success!Syd Field’s books on the essential structure of emotionally satisfying screenplays have ignited lucrative careers in film and television since 1979. In this revised edition of his premiere guide, the underpinnings of successful onscreen narratives are revealed in clear and encouraging...

Stars of the hit Netflix series Dream Home Makeover Syd and Shea McGee offer fans a new and intimate look into how they built their business in this bestselling autobiography.Do you want to live the best version of your life? Learn how Syd and Shea prioritized their values, defined their goals, and put their dreams into action—going from flat broke to design superstars—all while following their motto to “make life beautiful.” Most importantly, discover how you can ...

This Element considers current legal, ethical, metaphysical, and medical controversies concerning brain death. It examines the implicit metaphysical and moral commitments and dualism implied by neurological criteria for death. When these commitments and worldview are not shared by patients and surrogates, they give rise to distrust in healthcare providers and systems, and to injustice, particularly when medicolegal definitions of death are coercively imposed on those who reject them. Ethic...