A short compilation of poems, passages, and quotes written down over the years in my experience with love covering the materialistic sense of the word to the platonic.

Jobless and divorced, Pat Riordan takes a little-sought-after teaching job at the district's school for the hard to handle, Wolfcreek.His sense of loss makes him a good fit for the boys of the school who call their banishment from the mainstream "bricked".Doug Donovan, the school's principal, agrees with Riordan that gentle, but firm teaching strategies are the best way for their kids to learn. But ego-driven administrators who want the school location for more promising st...

In a world where right and wrong are rarely clear, Franklin's Bennies follows Peter Cleary, a mental health counselor working inside a state prison, who is used to helping others navigate their worst decisions-not making dangerous ones of his own.That changes when he agrees to do a seemingly simple favor for Franklin, a charismatic inmate with a hidden past and secrets tied to a long-forgotten fortune. What begins as a quiet act of compassion quickly pulls...

A triumphant story of the spiritThis is for anyone who thinks teaching's a cushy job, who thinks teachers are only in it for the money. Pat Riordan's in it for the kids.Sometimes you have to put aside your own sense of loss to inspire others to rise above theirs.Together with other school staff, Riordan works to bring structure and inspire hope, unraveling the troubles and trauma behind disruptive behaviors and learning delays. Wh...

Jobless and divorced, Pat Riordan takes a little-sought-after teaching job at the district's school for the hard-to-handle, Wolfcreek. Dispirited by their banishment to the at-risk program, students refer to themselves as "bricked." But Riordan sees potential in the behaviors others have deemed unmanageable.Together with other school staff, Riordan works to bring structure and inspire hope, unraveling the troubles and trauma behind disruptive behaviors and...

When former teacher and reluctant sleuth Pat Riordan attends a colleague's funeral, he expects grief-not suspicion. But when the widow presses a cryptic letter into his hand and quietly asks for help, Pat is drawn into a troubling mystery that won't let go.Joe was a good man. Thoughtful. Careful. He'd recently launched a university course digging into local cold cases-an unusual move in their quiet college town. Then he took a fall. Went to the hospital. And died.Now, with ...

Overcome painkiller addiction with 101 practical lessons for lasting recovery.Addiction to painkillers is a national epidemic, claiming lives and disrupting families. This self-help guide offers essential knowledge and actionable strategies to navigate the challenges of painkiller addiction and achieve lasting sobriety. It addresses questions such as:How does addiction "rewire" the brain?How does denial perpetuate drug addiction?Ca...

In the midst of the Superpowers and the Third World, a new vision is emerging of a Fourth World, encompassing small communities as an alternative to the notion that “bigger is better.” Returning power to a personal level is one of the goals and Papworth provides some useful ways to meet the challenge he so eloquently describes.

Speech Genres and Other Late Essays presents six short works from Bakhtin's Esthetics of Creative Discourse, published in Moscow in 1979. This is the last of Bakhtin's extant manuscripts published in the Soviet Union. All but one of these essays (the one on the Bildungsroman) were written in Bakhtin's later years and thus they bear the stamp of a thinker who has accumulated a huge storehouse of factual material, to which he has devoted a lifetime of analysis, ref...

Joseph Smith, the founding prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and of the broader Latter-day Saint movement, produced several volumes of scripture between 1829, when he translated the Book of Mormon, and 1844, when he was murdered. The Book of Mormon, published in 1830, is well known. Less read and studied are the subsequent texts that Smith translated after the Book of Mormon, texts that he presented as the writings of ancient Old World and New World prophets. These...

Lily Yu and Lupi prince Rule Turner have a bigger problem than their families not accepting their impending human/werewolf mixed marriage. A powerful ancient nemesis of Lily's grandmother has come to San Diego to turn the city into a feeding ground.

Touch-sensitive FBI agent Lily Yu is recruited by the Secret Service to help identify elected officials who have accepted demonic pacts – bringing Lily and her werewolf bond-mate, Rule, to DC just before the holidays. But Lily must turn to fellow agent Cynna Weaver for help when Cynna's former teacher, a demon master, emerges as the main suspect behind the pacts. After a demon commits a gruesome murder, sorcerer Cullen Seabourne joins the team racing the clock to find the apprentice of evi...