The Last Lecture

The Last Lecture
Author: Randy Pausch
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Cancer
ISBN: 9780340978504

The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.

Incognito

Incognito
Author: Nick Payne
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Total Pages: 116
Release: 2014-05-08
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0571317081

The brain builds a narrative to steady us from moment to moment, but it is absolutely an illusion. There is no me, there is no you, and there is certainly no self. Princeton, New Jersey. 1955. Thomas Stoltz Harvey performs the autopsy on Albert Einstein - and then steals his brain. Bath, England. 1953. Henry undergoes pioneering brain surgery. The surgery changes Henry's life, and the history of neuroscience. London, England. The Present. Martha is a clinical neuropsychologist. When her marriage breaks down she starts to make radically different choices. Three interwoven stories exploring the nature of identity and how we are defined by what we remember, Incognito is an exhilarating exploration of what it means to be human. Nick Payne's Incognito premiered at Live Theatre, Newcastle, in April 2014 in a co-production with nabokov and HighTide Festival Theatre.

Jeremiah Revel

Jeremiah Revel
Author: D. Joseph Ziders
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
Total Pages: 207
Release: 2020-10-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1662405030

Jeremiah Revel wanted to be just like his father—a proud member of The City Police Force. However, the corruption and deceit that infected the decaying city is too much for an honest man to take. He is forced to return his badge and make a living as a private investigator. However, he and his misfit group of friends take on a case that will uncloak the dangerous mysteries surrounding the criminal underworld known as The Harvest Union. Being a man full of so much love, and so much anger, Jeremiah Revel struggles to understand whether he is the hero, or slowly becoming the villain. The line that separates the two becomes vague. Even though his friends surround him, Jeremiah Revel feels alone in this endeavor—save for Heather, his lovely escape. Somehow, a simple investigation turns into an unlikely adventure of heartache and survival, of betrayal and revival, where beauty and darkness coexist within the absence of light.

Helen

Helen
Author: Beverly Westman
Publisher: Archway Publishing
Total Pages: 634
Release: 2019-11-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1480883247

As Helen Marshall grows up the eldest in her family, she is mentored by her mother who talks to her often about becoming a woman while preparing her for the life that lies ahead of her. But when Helen is promised at a young age to marry a local man, Gustav Krueger, she is overwhelmed by an agonizing fear of the unknown. After Helen marries Gustav despite her lack of feelings for him, she embarks on a journey into the future where she meets many people who influence her life in diverse ways. As she comes to know illness, devastation, hardships, and separation from her family, Helen ultimately loses her courage and will to go on. But it is not until she finds unexpected love and then sadly loses that love that Helen becomes determined to persevere. No matter what life gives her, Helen must find a way to move into a new future through the strength found in a love that, although it can never be, will always be. In this historical novel, a determined girl betrothed to a local man at a young age begins a journey into the unknown where she must face many challenges she never expected.

Todd, The Cedar Cove Chronicles Book One

Todd, The Cedar Cove Chronicles Book One
Author: Cynthia Ulmer
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 382
Release: 2012-04-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1329034244

"In 1943, ten year old Todd Jansan and his family live on a tobacco farm in the small community of Cedar Cove, North Carolina . The closest neighbor is a cruel man who punishes his children by holding them over a well, [threatening] to drop them to their deaths. When their neighbor becomes more involved in their lives, the Jansans face things they never imagined."--Back cover

Preserving Patients: Anecdotes of a Junior Doctor

Preserving Patients: Anecdotes of a Junior Doctor
Author: Tom Parsons
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2017-09-03
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 0244630178

A hysterical and sometimes tragic portrayal of a doctor's interactions with a captivating array of patients contrasted against the frustrations and humdrum of being a junior doctor in the National Health Service. From being the saviour of a man's anus to being mistaken for the milkman, Tom describes the complexity and absurdity of today's medical practice with humour and aplomb. Tom is a junior doctor working in the National Health Service. Tom Parsons is a pseudonym.

SINNERS

SINNERS
Author: E.l Beth
Publisher: E.l Beth
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2024-06-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Natalia wanted nothing more than to be with her stepfather. She was obsessed with him and did everything in her power to get his attention. Problem was how to get his attention off her once she had it...

My Daddy

My Daddy
Author: Yusuph Koni
Publisher: Yusuph Koni
Total Pages: 452
Release: 2021-08-18
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

Do fathers love their children more than the mothers do? Why or why not? Yusuph is Tanzania Congolese boy who born and grow in Tanzania with unaware of his mother's (Tecla) and father's (Joseph) love for him because of some complicated situation. As Yusuph grew up, he longed to live with his family but at the end he received bad news of Joseph's death. "I literally can't remember what was my dad looks like, or his voice, or anything about him but there are still some missing pieces of him deep down inside me that I brought into my countless dreams of him." Father will say they love their children just as much as their Mothers, but it looks different on the outside. He buried him in his mind, and transform almost every aspect of his live, he decided to pursue his new dream of not letting his children go through the life he went through. Yusuph and Samir were selected by the college to study abroad. Father tend to love their children in the way they perceive is the best but mother love their children in the way they can best perceive it. So, from children's perspective, the father's love may seem to be less than the mothers. Samir explore Yusuph's life situation to accomplish writing his own novel. "... He's committed to reading as many novels as he can, hoping that one day he'll find something to write about in his novel, but still, I wish I could tell my life story so he could write something..." THE BEGINNING OF NOVEL WITHIN A NOVEL. Later on Yusuph find out that, before Joseph death, he left special love message for him about his steps sister, Clementine who live in Drc Congo. It is very difficult for Yusuph to go meet his step sister because he want to spend most of his time with his girlfriend (Naomy) for his future family. As time goes by pain of loosing Joseph never leaves Yusuph. "The foot prints our loved ones leave on our souls are permanent. Never to be filled with another. Never forgotten. They live on in our memories and in our hearts." The importance of fatherhood extend beyond a provider. Keep that in mind. Yusuph couldn't deal with the future while he didn't clean all of his past memory. "Now we're all together and we can't shake hands... We can't kiss... Hugging each other is a test for us... Having sex is also a problem.... I don't think if we will get married... Bearing children is a dream..." Mother's love is mild while father's love is shape. They are different but neither is dispensable. Instead to go study abroad, he go to meet Clementine because she is the one who will restore all the love he had for Joseph without care if there a civil war. Yusuph's heart-beat, thump-thump -- His finger is taking up trigger-slack. He holds off as Justine (Rebel) continues to drag Clementine backward into the woods... So yeah, I think fathers love their children, but they way they express it can sometimes be misunderstood or undervalued.

The Devil In New York

The Devil In New York
Author: Stephen M. O'Brien
Publisher: FriesenPress
Total Pages: 179
Release: 2024-01-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 103919799X

Struggling to provide for his ailing daughter following his wife’s tragic demise, Daniel finds himself trapped in a relentless financial quagmire. With his credit in shambles and loans to support an unattainable luxury, his daughter’s life-saving surgery hangs precariously in the balance. It’s in this dire moment that Victor, a lifelong friend, proposes a robbery as their last, desperate lifeline. With his daughter safely entrusted to her aunt’s care in anticipation of her surgery, Daniel, against his better judgment, acquiesces. But what begins as a desperate gamble transforms into a nightmare. It seems Daniel wasn’t the only one to break into 28 Sherman Circle that night. Now there are four dead bodies in the house and Daniel’s fingerprints are at the scene of the crime. Arrested and facing insurmountable odds, Daniel’s salvation arrives in the form of Ari Rimmer, a prominent lawyer. Yet the offer of freedom carries an ominous undertone. An unsettling feeling nags at him, casting a shadow over Ari’s benevolence. As Daniel races against relentless pursuers hell-bent on his demise, he uncovers a web of deception and corruption.