SOME ROADS ARE CHOSEN.OTHERS ARE EARNED.From a small town dirt road to the bright lights of Hollywood, this is more than a story of chasing dreams-it's a testimony of faith, resilience, and purpose.Through every setback, sacrifice, and season of uncertainty, Robert (Mook) Sims refused to give up. Guided by belief and driven by determination, he turned obstacles into opportunities and discovered that the journey matters just as much as the destination.From th...

There is a great deal of interest in churches across the UK, US and Europe about applying ideas from the world of leadership and management to Christian ministry. There are those who wish to apply (sometimes quite uncritically) mechanistic approaches which they hope will enable churches to be run in a more ‘business-like’ manner. There are also those who argue that insights from organizational studies have no place whatsoever in churches.This innovative and original book builds on qualitat...

This is Joseph Conrad's last novel. Citizen Peyrol returns to his native France against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars. The arrival of young Lieutenant Real necessitates another mission of danger, patriotism and heroism from Peyrol.

For actress-turned-detective, Dorcas Dene, no case is too small - from missing heirs to villainous murders, from petty blackmail to international anarchist plots! Ably assisted by her husband Paul and her faithful friend and chronicler, Mr. Saxon, Dorcas takes on the seedier side of late-Victorian society in these thrilling cases.Long out of print, George Robert Sims's stories are highly regarded amongst connoiseurs of crime fiction. Originally published in two series between 1897 ...

When a little girl finds a severed head buried in sand on a beach in Whitley, the locals are sent into a tailspin. Little do they know it's only the first of series of grisly murders that will sully their normally idyllic resort town.After the body of local greens activist Rachel Macarthur is discovered minus her head and hands, the local police call on Melbourne profiler, Detective Rita Van Hassel, to help track down the killer.What Rita finds on arriving in Whitley are no...

The main title of this book is "Black Men Wake Up" but there are three other sub titles in this book also. The book describes the relationship between black and white men and where we're headed if we don't work together. This book tells who the real enemy is and why this enemy has chosen to exploit the relationship and history of the black and white man in this country. This book talks about how a few bad people can cause so much damage to the relationship of the masses. The three other su...

A "gripping, sensitive" biography of the trailblazing singer who carved a path for African American artists including Marian Anderson and Paul Robeson ( The Atlanta Voice).Performing in a country rife with racism and segregation, the tenor Roland Hayes was the first African American man to reach international fame as a concert performer. He became one of the few artists in the world who could sell out Town Hall, Carnegie Hall, Symphony Hall, and Covent Gar...

This two-volume proceedings, set CCIS 2337-2338, constitutes of the proceedings of 15th Indian Conference on Human-Computer Interaction Design and Research, IndiaHCI 2024, held in Mumbai, India, during November 7–9, 2024.The 30 full papers and 12 short papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 235 submissions. These papers belong to various tracks which have been divided between the two volumes as follows: -Part I: Paper Track.Part II:...

When Leo Banks was a young man, he fell hard for a woman named Sarah. Yet when Banks joined the navy during the Vietnam War, Sarah left him to marry his best friend, Gerry Heyman. Heyman became a doctor and settled with Sarah in Mauvaisterre, Illinois, his childhood hometown near St. Louis. He and Sarah had two kids, and life was good, just what both believed that they had always wanted. After the navy, Banks found his way by freight train to Rozette, Montana. Against all apparent odds, he...

Lady Bloomer has a dilemma. Her niece, the lovely Sophy Pendragon, is smitten with a dashing stranger, but which one? Two shipwrecked gentlemen have arrived at their doorstep, both claiming to be Sophy's betrothed. One, the brave Captain Beauchamp, embodies strength and honor. The other, the fop Lord Sparkle, is all dazzling wit and empty charm. Can Sophy pierce the masquerade and choose the man who truly deserves her heart? Unveiling laughter, mistaken identities, and a hilarious social s...

This two-volume proceedings, set CCIS 2337-2338, constitutes of the proceedings of 15th Indian Conference on Human-Computer Interaction Design and Research, IndiaHCI 2024, held in Mumbai, India, during November 7–9, 2024.The 30 full papers and 12 short papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 235 submissions. These papers belong to various tracks which have been divided between the two volumes as follows: -Part I: Paper Track.Part II:...

My book is about the history of my family and the first twenty years of my life. I come from a large family and had many wonderful experiences and adventures growing up as a boy in Oklahoma, New Mexico, and California. I also told of my spiritual journey and my calling as an adult later in life.