JOHN TURNER is a member of the Georgia Appalachian Trail Club board of directors, a Trail Ambassador, a maintainer of a short section of the A.T., and editor of the club’s flagship publication, the Georgia Mountaineer Quarterly. Turner began his career in journalism as a reporter first for the Macon Telegraph and then the Atlanta Journal. He lives, writes, and hikes in the mountains of North Georgia and beyond.

“A singularly effective guide. Inspired concept. Highly recommended!” George Plimpton noted on the first edition of John Turner’s classic guide to the natural world of Long Island. Now Turner, one of New York’s most knowledgeable and eloquent naturalists, has produced a new edition, greatly expanded and thoroughly updated. With more than 80 photos by leading nature photographers and 24 line drawings by artist Maria T. Hoffman, the new edition offers a rich experience of the “Other”...

Deaf since childhood and forced to survive alone on Boston's toughest streets, John Turner learned that even in a world without sound, warnings still come—if you know how to listen. For John, danger never arrived quietly. When something was wrong, his heart would pound, a ringing would erupt in his ears, a strange vibe would grip him, and he'd catch a glimpse—something just off enough to make him move fast. He calls this presence God, or Spirit: a force that didn't just speak, but stirred ...

The term "rat race" is used to describe the common frustrating financial situation in which most people are stuck. They are stuck at the same job for years. They spend all their time and effort, but they can barely make ends meet. They sacrifice time and freedom for money, only to buy material goods and buy a home on credit. They go into debt to live better, but do not really benefit from life and live.Many people who are stuck in this situation become demotivated and frustrated. A...

The Western world is becoming more and more crazy. Evolution and many other factors have resulted in the life we can have today. Many can navigate, others not. This book is for all those who do not find it. We must not hesitate to move abroad, to live elsewhere, to travel and not to stay in the ephemeral lifestyle of the West.Today you are tired of living in this Western society, you are tired of this obsession with material goods and possession. Today you are tired of doing like e...

Reading Leviticus can be mind numbing, but there is a wealth of information buried in the details. Leviticus was the first school reader of Jewish children and was likely where Jesus first began his pursuit of Bible knowledge. Hidden here are many faith inspiring gems: details of redemption and allegories of salvation, secrets of anointing, escaping defilement of sin, holiness, breaking free from guilt and shame, restoring lost faith, renewing life and hope. Leviticus is a practical book w...

Harold Macmillan presided over the dissolution of the British Empire and the first stages of irreversible economic decline. It was an unlucky end to a political career which had seen Britain's steady extinction as a Great Power, and his reputation will depend on how posterity judges his understanding of these changes, and his skill in adapting himself and his country to meet them. This short but trenchant study of his aims, abilities and achievements concentrates on the premiership, agains...

This book opens out a wholly new field of enquiry within a familiar subject: it offers a detailed – yet eminently readable – historical investigation, of a kind never yet undertaken, of the impact of psychoanalysis (at a crucial moment of its history) on the thinking and writing of D.H. Lawrence. It considers the impact on his writing, through his relationship with Frieda Weekley, of the maverick Austrian analyst Otto Gross; it situates the great works of 1911-20 in relation to the controv...

Experience the whole story of the Bible like you never have beforeMost people can recount some of the big stories in the Bible--Adam and Eve in the Garden, Noah and the flood, Jonah and the fish, David and Goliath--but relatively few could probably explain the significance of these far-ranging stories to the whole story of Scripture. Are they mere vehicles for ethical teaching? Are they morality lessons? How do they relate to the other stories in Scripture and to y...

We live in an era where strong relationships between parents and children are more essential than ever, where too many Dads fail to build great relationships with their kids. Our society has seen epidemics of loneliness, cultural divisions, and the proverbial strains of time and distance pull families apart. Still, the love of a parent should know no bounds. As John Turner details through dozens of anecdotes in Daddy Days, the recipe for creating a healthy parent-child bond is not particul...

The Battle of Britain was the first major defeat for the Germans of WWII. The Battle of Britain was an air operation designed to give Germany air superiority over both the English Channel and England. Gaining air superiority was considered by the Germany Army and Navy as absolutely essential prior to "Operation Sea Lion," the landing and invasion of England. Because the Luftwaffe was never able to establish the requisite air superiority, Sea Lion was cancelled.This paper examines th...

Fred was unaware of the poverty he was exposed to while he was growing up. As far as he was concerned, this was normal. His mom, Irene, a single mother, made certain that his two boys, Fred and his older brother Leonard, were well taken care of. After being a captive of a residential school, she came back home to Sturgeon Lake not knowing where she belonged, or where to turn.Fred holds an Interdisciplinary Studies Diploma from the University of Regina. He was the music director for...