The Lavender and The Rose

The Lavender and The Rose

By: Michael Graeme

It had begun with news of Amanda’s death. This had taken some time to sink in, and the experience was unlike anything I’d known before because Amanda had never been a real person to me, only a figure half glimpsed, like a stranger through frosted glass. It was Beatrice I had loved and Beatrice whose unacceptable loss I had struggled with. Before driving up toCumbriathat time to meet with Lamarr, I had come to the conclusion the purpose of my journey was to bear witness to the ending of an era, and a period of great mystery, one the tides of change had decided to lay to rest, without revealing much by way of answers. I knew now that was not what any of this meant at all. It was not the end of anything, but a new course whose purpose I could discern no more clearly than when it had begun ten years ago. [download]

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The 7 Hidden Reasons Employees Leave

The 7 Hidden Reasons Employees Leave

By: Leigh Branham

This book is about the hidden, elusive motivations that cause capable employees to start questioning their decision to join your company, start thinking of leaving, eventually disengage, and finally, leave. The true root causes of voluntary employee turnover are hiding in plain sight. If we really think about it, we already know what they are: lack of recognition (including low pay), unfulfilling jobs, limited career advancement, poor management practices, untrustworthy leadership, and dysfunctional work cultures. So, in what way are these root causes hidden, and from whom? Surveys tell us they are hidden from the very people who need to be most aware of them the line managers who are charged with engaging and keeping valued employees in every organization. The vast majority of line managers, in fact, believe that most employees leave because they are ‘‘pulled’’ away by better offers. [download]

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Marie Curie and The Science of Radioactivity

Marie Curie and The Science of Radioactivity 

By: Naomi Pasachoff

Marie Sklodowska Curie opened up the science of radioactivity. She is best known as the discoverer of the radioactiv elements polonium and radium and as the first person to win two nobel prizes. For scientists and the public, her radium was a key to a basic change in our understanding of matter and energy. Her work not only influenced the development of fundamental science but also ushered in a new era in medical research and treatment. [download]

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The Dynamic of Secessions

The Dynamic of Secessions 

By: Viva Ona Bartkus

This book investigates secession. It seeks to answer a single question: why do groups decide to secede? Since secession is frequently a contested subject, it may be helpful at the outset to clarify both its meaning and my approach. Secession is the formal withdrawal from an established, internationally recognized state by a constituent unit to create a new sovereign state. The decision to secede represents an instance of political disintegration, when the citizens of a sub-system withdraw their political activities from the central government to focus them on a centre of their own. When the leaders of both a seceding community and the state express their positions in stark, absolute terms, the avenue of compromise is often precluded, there by causing secessionist conflicts to be among the most bitter of struggles. [download]  

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The Esther Scroll

The Esther Scroll 

By: David J.A. Clines

Different parts of this book will probably appeal to different people. Septuagintalists will appreciate most Chapter 7 on the non Septuagintal Greek Esther; source-critics may find Chapter 9 interesting, where it is maintained that our ability to analyse sources is not a sufficient reason for concluding they existed; redaction-critics will turn rather to Chapters 3 and 4 where a proposal is made for peeling off late editorial layers from the end of the Scroll; while literary critics may find Chapters 1 and 10 (noting the inclusio) more to their taste, and savour the qualities of this intriguing tale, not only in the final form of the text, but in the various shapes in which it still exists or apparently once existed. With the needs of different readers in mind, I have tried to signpost the beginnings and ends of chapters with some account of the argument, so that the complete interlocking thesis of the book can be comprehended without reading every chapter right through. [download]

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The Eighth Day

The Eighth Day 

By: John Case

It was a mailman who reported it, calling 911 hal an hour before Delaney’s shift was supposed to end. The pickup was sitting in the driveway and there were lights on in the house, so the mailman thought someone must be home. But it had been days now, and still no one answered when he knocked. The mailbox wass filled to overflowing. So maybe, he figured, maybe Mr. Terio had suffered a heart attack. Delaney shook his head and swore at the mailman’s timing. Brent had a play off gamae at six, and it was five already. Helen would kill him. (You’ve got to be there for him, Jack! Show little support! What’s more important your own son or your buddies at the station?) Well, actually…the truth was, he liked to go to his son’s games. Brent was a good player better than he had ever been and it was fun to bask in the kid’s reflected glory. [download]

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