Dr Dave Walker was a successful anesthesiologist with a special interest in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Disillusioned with God after a series of tragedies, he lived for himself and his work; but something was wrong: Though he was seeing people healed physically, their lives were not changed and it all seemed pointless. This set him on a quest to find a God who does not look on impersonally from a distance, as he thought, but is intimately involved in our lives. After a dramatic encounte...

'hilarious' – Cycling WeeklyA delightful celebration of cycling from renowned cartoonist and multiple-bike owner Dave Walker.With over 100 full-page cartoons that give an affectionate take on cycling in all its different forms, featuring cartoons about road cycling, mountain biking and bike ownership, via sportives and commuting - celebrating the simple pleasure of getting from A to B on two wheels.

'Pure joy. Happy, generous, funny, kind, wise and full of fresh air. An absolutely wonderful book.' – Jeremy Vine'Engaging, entertaining and enlightening' - Chris Boardman'A glorious celebration of the wonder and absurdity of cycling' – Ned Boulting'Hilarious' – Cycling WeeklyMore joyful cycling cartoons from the renowned Cycling Cartoonist.Inside you'll fin...

After twenty years of chasing dreams, Donny Love returns to his gritty hometown of Hamilton with his wife Allison, whose patience is wearing thin. They're expecting their first child, so the pressure's on to grow up. He takes a job writing an entertainment column for The Hamilton Gazette, the steeltown's daily paper. In a desperate moment, he writes a series of columns with ludicrous tales about long-lost friend Steven Dundee. These articles take on a life of their own, as the pub...

In this third instalment of the Steeltown Chronicles, Johnny Pappas is in crisis. He has never truly recovered from the unexpected breakdown of his marriage, seventeen years earlier. The usually reliable John even goes AWOL from the family restaurant. He's bitterly obsessed with his ex Sophia, holing up in his house and getting hammered.His friends Donny, Tony, and Norb are alarmed by his state of mind. Determined to help him, they present him with hopeful new possibilitie...

In this second installment of the Steeltown Chronicles, loveable man-boy Norbert Reingruber is thriving. He owns his own comic book store. He's married to the beautiful Morag. And now he's an up-and-coming comic book writer and illustrator! In fact, he has just inked a contract with Slacker Comics for his breakthrough series, The Steeltown Avenger. His agent has even secured him a booth at ComWorld. But, as he's autographing for fans, Norbie is confronted by a menacing dw...

In the fourth and final installment of the Steeltown Chronicles, Tony Valentini's past as a Micro Sprint race phenom comes back to haunt him. At his daughter's big go kart race, the sinister Doughboy throws sand in her gas tank, and his dad's mob cronies Beppe Santucci and Uncle Toto call in Frank Valentini's old gambling debt. They'll let Frank off the hook if Tony helps Beppe's son Giorgio, a sweet-natured man-child*,* win The Special. Despite his long-standing bitterne...

This is an account of one man's 30-year involvement with England's rarest bird, the golden eagle. Initially employed by the RSPB as a senior species protection warden at a secret location in Cumbria, the author describes the intricacies of establishing a protection regime by wardens that would operate for the next 26 years and his efforts to protect and study this iconic species. The Lakeland eagles were at their most productive during his tenure, rearing six eaglets in the six years befor...

The topics include such subjects as What Your Pew Says About You, When to Stand Up For a Hymn, Flags on Church Towers, The Dangers of Arriving Too Early or too Late, and other uneventful aspects of life in local churches.

MONDAYS don’t have to SUCK is for anyone who has all the markers of a successful life but is not truly happy. How can you tell? You probably hate Mondays, too! That’s why you picked up this book, right?Dave Walker had a successful career, perfect marriage, perfect family, perfect house – his life was on track. Despite these outward signs of success, his “Comfort Zone” was quickly becoming his “Nasty Zone”. He was obese, clinically depressed, and sinking ever deeper into an alcohol ...

Dave Walker was an ambitious anesthesiologist, determined to be the best in his field. Yet it was only when he had an encounter with the living Christ and started praying with his patients, that he witnessed healing far beyond what medicine alone could provide.As you read, you will walk with him through his first encounter with a dead man, witness the drama of rescuing a young man stabbed in the heart, share his alarm and fervent prayer as the hands and feet of a young woman turn bl...

The Golden Eagle is generally thought to be a well-known and well-documented species. However, much of the available literature is not necessarily in a form that can readily be used in the field. In fact, although much existing information about Golden Eagles has little supporting evidence it is still largely accepted without question. This book addresses this important issue and in doing so the author queries numerous long-held beliefs about Golden Eagles. He suggests that failure to reco...