Among the greatest novels of the twentieth century and the basis for director David Lean's Academy Award-winning film. A Passage to India (1924) is a novel by English author E. M. Forster set against the backdrop of the British Raj and the Indian independence movement in the 1920s. The story is set in pre-Independence India, when it was ruled by the British, and it questions whether a friendship between a British person and an Indian would have been possible in those prejudiced times. A Passage To India was selected as one of the 100 great works of 20th ...

In her chatty and breezy style, typical of any online conversation, Bethany Hamilton shares information on a wide variety of topics about her life and faith.

The whispers in the night start when Fox Monroe is just six years old. They wake him up in the dark, leaving him confused and a little scared. Is it Papa and Daddy talking? From his bedroom in his family's Greenwich Village apartment, he can't quite tell if it's his two fathers talking-or someone else. He can't quite make out any words as the voices fade in and out in the darkness. Fox knows, however, that whatever it is isn't speaking out loud-and there is something else in the house. As he grows so do his telepathic powers. Fox struggles learn how ...

Love. A four-letter word, with Goliath sized power. Love can ignite fires, strike pain or even launch wars. Loving someone right or loving them wrong can mend broken hearts, and even leave scars. In Please! Don't Say You Love Me , breakout author Seant'a Conyers explores the various aspects of love and why we should understand the impact when it's properly used or abused. When wielded like a weapon, love inflicts unbearable pain in the heart that's desperate to own it, whether it be friendship, love of family, or simply...being in love. Love isn't ...

Esta obra intenta aportar una perspectiva académica vinculada a la relación entre Neoliberalismo y salud, describiendo el impacto de la globalización neoliberal en 4 países sudamericanos (Argentina, Brasil, Chile y Venezuela) y tomando como marco de referencia la "Teoría de la Transición Epidemiológica" y la "Teoría de la Transición de la Salud". Detalla el contexto demográfico y epidemiológico de la región y el comportamiento de la mortalidad por grupos de edad y causa de ...

A book written to help understand what goes on during hair services in a salon. Nine chapters covering all aspects of the consultaion, hair cutting, hair coloring, chemical process and product knowledge with graphics and terminology. True stories of victims of inexperienced Hairdressers with a bit of humor and a chapter on Inner beauty that starts within on how to change  the way one thinks and acts for the kind of beauty that lasts. 

Forensic psychiatry is a sub-specialty of psychiatry. It is the interface between law and psychiatry. A forensic psychiatrist may determine the competency to stand trial. He also helps the court to facilitate the adjudicative process. Studies in Forensic Psychiatry is Monograph Supplements to the Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology. Topics covered include psychogenesis in the psychoses of prisoners, the nature and treatment of the psychoses of prisoners, the forensic phase of litigious paranoia, the malingerer: a clinical study, and the analysis of ...

First published in 1970, The Lions and the Lambs profiles the best pool players of that time. It followed the release of The Hustler , a highly acclaimed - and financially successful film - starring Paul Newman and Jackie Gleason. Until 1970, there has been no book about pool/billiards that separated the facts from the legends of this timeless sport. Shakespeare mentions billiards in Anthony and Cleopatra ; Mary Queen of Scots played the game and Lord Bryon also mentioned billiards. Lions, in the language of the game, are gamblers or hustlers; those ...