"The Spirit of the Island":This story introduces readers to the rugged beauty and resilient spirit of Cape Breton's inhabitants. It follows the life of a fisherman who struggles against the harsh elements and economic challenges but finds solace and strength in the community and natural surroundings."The Miner’s Daughter":Set in a mining town, this tale revolves around the life of a young girl whose father works in the coal mines. The story highlights the hardships faced by mining families...

A bunch ot New Jersey teenagers get doused with radioactive waste and acquire weird superpowers. They use them to fight crime in their neighborhood.

We are all part of the one body, the “body of Christ.” Each follower of Christ is in a way, an organic cell that belongs to it while taking on different denominational or national characteristics. Every cell in the human body will carry the same DNA, and yet cells can be grouped together to form very different organs, each with their unique function and role to play for the benefit of the whole.What I long for, is to see the Native parts of the Body of Christ in America increasingl...

We are all part of the one body, the “body of Christ.” Each follower of Christ is in a way, an organic cell that belongs to it while taking on different denominational or national characteristics. Every cell in the human body will carry the same DNA, and yet cells can be grouped together to form very different organs, each with their unique function and role to play for the benefit of the whole.What I long for, is to see the Native parts of the Body of Christ in America increasingl...

The stories are a twelve-year slice of time during and after WWII and represent a time in our history that has changed beyond recognition. A time where, despite the horrors of the war, in most cases, the war for boys growing up in provincial New Zealand was a great adventure. Older readers will recall with affection the situations in which our hero finds himself. They will be delighted to become reacquainted with our wrestling heroes of sixty years ago and recall with affection the wonderf...

In "How to Talk to Anyone," renowned communication expert Harry Smith reveals the secrets to becoming a master conversationalist. Whether you're looking to make new friends, impress your boss, or simply be more confident in social situations, this book is your ultimate guide.Through easy-to-follow tips and techniques, you'll learn how to never be boring and keep any conversation flowing smoothly. You'll gain a deep understanding of body language and how to use it to your advantage,...

The global application of Enlightenment-derived concepts to create social order through urban form suggests that we believe we know how to create a (future) ordered environment. But these notions of order and disorder need interrogation, especially as the world rapidly urbanises.Not only have such approaches failed to produce more social order, but it has become clear that the imposition of these ideas in cities of the South cuts across alternative systems of social and cultural or...

This landmark research volume provides the first detailed history of entrepreneurship in Britain from the nineteenth century to the present. Using a remarkable new database of more than nine million entrepreneurs, it gives new understanding to the development of Britain as the world’s ‘first industrial nation’.Based on the first long-term whole-population analysis of British small business, it uses novel methods to identify from the 10-yearly population census the two to four milli...

'I Hobot, Vol. 2: Another Anthology of Robot Love Stories' is a collection of short stories depicting what the future could possibly hold for us humans concerning the advent of advanced artificial intelligence. As we relinquish more of our daily activities over to computers, it was only a matter of time that we develop machines that could substitute for a human in all our daily activities, including sex and love. Since this fledgling industry is still in its infancy, I have coined the gene...

Harry Milson Smith was born in a small coal mining village in Derbyshire, England in 1927.Having lost his father at age five, he was raised by his mother and step father, amongst siblings and step-siblings in humble, some might say impoverished, surroundings. With every penny in demand to keep the home functioning, very little priority was placed on education. Despite having a love for learning and a bright mind and the offer of a scholarship to the local central selective school, ...

The seventh story of the John DelMonico / Terri O'Brien series, John returns to his old neighborhood home in Jersey City after the death of Siobhan McKenna, his Irish girlfriend. Starting his own private detective agency, he and Terri run into both a Mafia hit man and a beautiful Chinese assassin, both intent on being the first to kill them.

In this captivating sixth story of the John DelMonico / Terri O'Brien series, John finds himself undercover as a security officer in a nearby Silicon Valley computer firm, investigating the breach of highly classified material by Chinese agents. As he burrows into the seedy world of industrial espionage, he must decide between the two loves of his life: Siobhan McKenna, a beautiful Irish chiropractor or Terri O'Brien, his partner at the National Cybercrime Investigation Agency.