This book traces the journey of a young man who has had the good fortune to achieve his two boyhood dreams – to be a soldier, and to build bridges. Dan spent 20 years as a soldier, made up of 14 years in the Regular Army and then 6 years in the Reserve, completing service as a Lieutenant Colonel. Dan experienced 12 months active service in the Vietnam War as a troop commander, followed by two years in Papua New Guinea building a road to Kokoda. He achieved his second aim of bridge building...

Twelve-year-old Diddly Duggins would rather draw than learn about the B-O-R-I-N-G Great Memory Misplacement. No memories of dead loved ones, no grief—who cares?But that changes when the woman who raised him suddenly dies and he can't remember anything about her but her face and name.Diddly wants his memories back, and that means figuring out where they went. So when a tree-traveling stumpjumper named Runduncklety Snippet shows up and reveals that he too is on the hunt for l...

Dan Simpkins, although born in Narrandera on the Murrumbidgee River in the south west of New South Wales in 1942, spent his childhood and formative years on the far north coast of the state. Because of his father's nomadic lifestyle, he attended five different one-teacher bush primary schools, so small that on two separate occasions when larger families relocated and the little schools had to close, his education proceeded by correspondence. Stability was achieved with the award of a state...

Before the Flood The lost town of Sopris lies silently beneath the depths of Trinidad Lake. Once a thriving mining community in the late 1800s, it was renowned for abundant coal deposits and a bustling population. Three generations called Sopris home. They fought in the Civil War, homesteaded and immigrated to work in the mines. Unfortunately, the town's fate took a drastic turn with the construction of the Trinidad Dam, which flooded the area and submerged the town. Authors Genevieve Faor...

Mark had two mistresses--the sensuous Genevieve, married but bored and insatiable in her demands; and the exotic Tchin-Yen, young, innocent, but obsessed by her desires. Together the three explored The Splendors of Passion... until they met Katia, whose penchant for the bizarre led them to the depths of evil.

The Book of Revelation depicts Jesus as a lion who has conquered (Rev. 5:5). But what has Jesus conquered? And how has he done so? The Bible also repeatedly refers to Jesus as our "savior." But what does Jesus save us from, and how does he do so? This book is a scholarly introduction to Catholic soteriology-the branch of theology that seeks to answer these questions-as expressed in Scripture and Tradition. It guides the reader through the fundamental principles, issues, and questions, such...

Mark had two mistresses--the sensuous Genevieve, married but bored and insatiable in her demands; and the exotic Tchin-Yen, young, innocent, but obsessed by her desires. Together the three explored The Splendors of Passion... until they met Katia, whose penchant for the bizarre led them to the depths of evil.

A provocative history of how corporate titans in the 1920s used a massive public relations campaign to transform public opinion on big business.In the early twentieth century, as Americans erupted in righteous indignation over the flagrant abuses of big business, utility executives faced an existential crisis. With calls for strict regulation or outright government ownership of utilities, how could streetcar, electricity, and telephone executives thwart municipal o...

Neoliberalism took shape in the 1930s and 1940s as a transnational political philosophy and system of economic, political, and cultural relations. Resting on the fundamental premise that the free market should be unfettered by government intrusion, neoliberal policies have primarily redirected the state’s prerogatives away from the postwar Keynesian welfare system and toward the insulation of finance and corporate America from democratic pressure. As neoliberal ideas gained political curre...

The Harvesting Shadows by Robert Daniels is a chilling horror novel set in the seemingly idyllic town of Ashcroft, where a dark, ancient pact has plagued its people for generations. When a team of paranormal investigators arrives to uncover the truth behind a series of disturbing disappearances and crop failures, they uncover more than they ever bargained for. The town's land is bound to a shadowy entity that feeds off fear—and the sacrifices demanded to keep it at bay have bound ...

Gas phase molecular spectroscopy is a powerful tool for obtaining information on the geometry and internal structure of isolated molecules and their interactions with others. It enables the understanding and description, through measurements and modeling, of the influence of pressure on light absorption, emission, and scattering by gas molecules, which must be taken into account for the correct analysis and prediction of the resulting spectra. Collisional Effects on Molecular Spectra: Labo...

This book examines the post-1960s era of popular music in the Anglo-Black Atlantic through the prism of historical theory and methods. By using a series of case studies, this book mobilizes historical theory and methods to underline different expressions of alternative music functioning within a mainstream musical industry. Each chapter highlights a particular theory or method while simultaneously weaving it through a genre of music expressing a notion of alternativity—an explicit position...