Authorhouse jun 2014 (77 risultati)

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - GREENHILL HOUSE is set in a Residential Treatment Center mainly housing adolescent street kids who have been designated abused, neglected and/or remanded by the courts after being apprehended for criminal behavior. Their treatment, care and recreation is entrusted to professional and line staff who struggle to rehabilitate their charges, most often a frustrating and unrewarding task, further complicated by working under a tyrannical director.The antics of GREENHILL residents are often very funny, the youngsters sometimes tear-provoking and occasionally scary. Dart, Patricia, Bobbie. June and Fatso are just some of the child population whom you will meet and may want to adopt--- if you are unusually strong. You will also get a glimpse into the home-life and condition of some of their physically and mentally damaged parents and their unbearable living environments.This is also the story of sometimes long-winded psychologist Jason Rogowsky PHD, who offers a talented understanding of human psychology, Richerd Corwin MD. psychiatrist whose nickname, Rich, describes his main interest, Allison Blue, MA, a new teacher at Greenhill whose stormy romantic affair with Jason plays a major part in this book, dictatorial Donald Cheaver, residence director, depressed Dr. Seymour Rentwood, EDD, principal of the specialized school attached to the treatment center, among other well- drawn characters, including Reggie Donelly, recreation director, Jason's best friend and Janet, a delightful oppressed secretary.For those interested in the writing, you will find some exceptionally poetic passages and descriptions in this original novel to add to your enjoyment.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Sheila Prior has asked herself a hundred times how she raised three children in the same house, and one of them ended up in county lockup awaiting sentencing and prison. The same rules applied to all three children, and yet her son took a deadly path. In Rise and Fall, Prior and her son tell the story of his experimentation with drugs and alcohol from age fourteen to where he is today-turning thirty in a jail cell. A guide to understanding the balance children strike between school, sports, friends, and drug use, Rise and Fall shares a personal account of how one young man led a double life, becoming addicted to heroin while living with and being supported by a loving and giving family. It tells how the man finally hit rock bottom and how his family, especially his mother, began to deal with the consequences. Through this story, Prior and her son hope to raise awareness about the affects and consequences of drugs, to help parents recognize enabling behavior, and to accept that jail may be the ultimate punishment and even salvation.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Abuse knows no boundaries. It doesn't care if you are rich or poor, old or young. It can enter your life at any time and stay as long as you let it. In One Month Week Day Hour Minute Second, author Rebecca Marie discusses that the key is to release the secrets, talk about the abuse, and take the power away from the abusers. In this memoir, she shares her personal journey surviving sexual and physical abuse, describing how abusive patterns started at a young age, how negative self-esteem continued to grow, and how it ended in her falling in love with a psychopath. One Month Week Day Hour Minute Second narrates how Marie was victimized and lived in daily fear and despair, but discusses how she chose not to remain a victim and took power over her own life. Hoping to break the cycle of domestic abuse one victim at a time, Marie tells her emotional story to call attention to the problem of domestic violence. Her story shows there is hope for others.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Mae Maguire flees across two states to get away from a crazed ex-husband. She settles in her friend's fishing cabin on the Rio Grande River in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado where she hopes to pursue her art and find a new beginning. She befriends an attractive German neighbor, a hydrologist who is affiliated with the prestigious Santa Fe Institute in New Mexico. Secrets are revealed through his stories about a World War II Camp for German prisoners that was located nearby. Her peace is shattered when her cabin is broken into and evidence mounts that someone is watching her every move. The friend who shares his cabin with Mae cannot protect her while he is working at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, so she must trust the local authorities to do it. Mae's adventures bring her into direct contact with the harsh realities of nature. When she stumbles upon information worse than she could ever have imagined, her survival skills are tested - as are her relationships.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Two fifth-graders growing up in post-Civil War California, Mandy McGandy and Jebediah Wu form an unlikely friendship that teaches them about bravery, justice, and the freedom of adventure. Jeb's life in exotic Chinatown and Mandy's on opulent Nob Hill could not be more different. Brought together by the construction of the transcontinental railroad, they face a schoolyard bully, torrential floods, a terrifying train wreck in the Sierra Nevada, and witness the rebirth of their nation.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - 'Structured Software Testing- The Discipline of Discovering Software Errors' is a book that will be liked both by readers from academia and industry. This book is unique and is packed with software testing concepts, techniques, and methodologies, followed with a step-by-step approach to illustrate real-world applications of the same. Well chosen topics, apt presentation, illustrative approach, use of valuable schematic diagrams and tables, narration of best practices of industry are the highlights of this book and make it a must read book. Key Features of the Book: ¿ Well chosen and sequenced chapters which make it a unique resource for test practitioners, also, as a text at both graduate and post-graduate levels. ¿ Apt presentation of Testing Techniques covering Requirement Based: Basic & Advanced, Code Based: Dynamic & Static, Data Testing, User Interface, Usability, Internationalization & Localization Testing, and various aspects of bugs which are narrated with carefully chosen examples. ¿ Illustrative approach to demonstrate software testing concepts, methodologies, test case designing and steps to be followed, usefulness, and issues. ¿ Valuable schematic diagrams and tables to enhance ability to comprehend the topics explained ¿ Best practices of industry and checklists are nicely fitted across different sections of the book.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - He knows the world is quickly falling apart and must take action to protect his small family. Finding refuge in the plains of Colorado, he brings his friends, pulling them away from the terror of the civil war that again grips America. It does not take long for the rest of the world to try and solve their own problems through war. The planet is changed when drastic measures are taken that threaten everyone. Then everyday life becomes about survival of the fittest. Soon the small group in Colorado must reach out for the help of neighbors to protect themselves from the horde in the north. But can they trust anyone with the secret location of their home, and can the mighty group in the north be conquered.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - POEMS FOR THE HEART (Love Poems and Passions III) is a book on poetry, exemplifying human experience that the feeling of love respects no boundary of expression in a heart-to-heart intimacy between two souls. Love is love no matter how long or short its sojourn in the life of a person, no matter how deep or shallow its degree, or no matter how extent or narrow the space it occupies in one's heart. Truly, love is love no matter how it is expressed in different passions: sharing, caring, giving, receiving, laughing, crying, hurting, leaving, pleading, forgiving, or even losing and getting it back again and again. Love never changes its effects and colors: the happiness and contentment in the heart and soul of its beholder.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Most books written on investing cover the topic with terminologies, glossaries, historical data, charts, graphs and theories. What they lack is' How do I get started' ' Where do I go to get started' They leave you with a lot of information that is not actionable. This book does what they don't do. It will empower you to go out and take charge of your financial destiny as soon as you finish reading the last word. The solutions are easy to understand. The complicated market place will be broken down into simple to understand language and enable you to go out and start investing immediately. This book will also show you how to avoid getting into debt and equally important how to get out of debt if you are already there. You will also be introduced to the broker certificate of deposit market. Expanding your horizons and enabling you to reach many more banks with higher yielding CDs. Although the methods are simple to grasp the results are incredibly sophisticated. A book like this is long overdo. Written for the novice investor and the seasoned investor alike. A must read to share with your friends and family. …

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Praise God When It's Good and When It's Bad is a very exciting and exuberating and very encouraging book it will make you laugh think about life, and also it helps you to navigate threw certain situations that may arrise threw out your life. My prayer will be is that you will enjoy this book and read it when ever you go threw something, because this book is timeless to those who will grasp it's nature and intent and will give God Almighty some praise for it your life and your self. Amen The Author Prophetess Tanya N. Hankerson.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This is a book of deep soul searching poems that will allow you to see who and where you are in life. It will help you to find your place and recognize the areas in your life that needs attention and also help you to address them. It allows you to see what to expect in a healthy as-well-as an unhealthy relationship.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - While written for young people, this book should appeal to all ages. The story is about a young professional woman who lives in a small urban community in Cleveland, Ohio. She has forgotten her past, but its hidden dramas are reaching a boiling point. This book expresses the value of love and support from family and friends, and most of all, the importance of having the determination to dig into the past.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - On the morning of September 11, 2001, I was a happy woman, living a life I loved. I had a husband I adored and three amazing children. Life was good. In one horrifying instant, it seemed, my world was shattered when the twin towers fell. My loving husband was gone, and the life I had known went with him. It took me years to crawl out from the wreckage of that event, and though I can t say I m healed, I consider myself a survivor. The events of 9/11 changed our entire country as profoundly as it changed my young family. We all promised to never forget, and that is what I am trying to do by sharing my story. I want the world to never forget my husband Danny, as well as the events that took him away from us. He meant the world to me, and I want his legacy to live on the way he still lives in our hearts. Kathy Trant. …

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The rats of earth have undergone a mutation by way of an alien virus; now, with their unique mind-melding abilities, they may be humanity's only hope. Working with Captain John Rushton and his crew-those who piloted an alien craft in order to protect the earth from the initial threat of the Xzebulien aliens-the rats seek to help humans gain control of and learn to use the alien ships stored in Roswell, New Mexico-in Area 51. When Rushton and his crew learn to tap into the vast information in the alien ships' database, they discover the ultimate purpose and true nature of the Guardian ships-a purpose that ties in humanity's past with its future and with the rats who now work with them. As the crew continues to study the alien data, the path to the survival of the human race soon becomes clear: in order to defeat the alien threat once and for all, humans must take the next step in their evolution as a species. In this second volume of The Rat Chronicles, humans and rats must work together to fight both the danger of the present and a far and distant future where a universal, widespread cataclysmic event awaits.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Praise for Elemental Danger 'An intriguing blend of suspense and reality.' -Frank Ruff, Virginia senator, 15th district 'A tightly told tale that gives you a taste of a unique region with plenty of flavor and characters.' - Dallas Weston, Editor, The News Progress It's a puzzling case when skeletal remains are discovered on Buggs Island Lake in Southside Virginia. The sand, sun, and weather have cleaned and bleached the skeleton to the quality of an anatomic teaching model. The bones, when later analyzed, emit concentrations of radiation. Dr. Obie Hardy, an on-call medical examiner from nearby Boydton, is summoned to the scene. But this is only the first in a series of unexplained bodies to emerge in this rural lakeside community under mysterious and suspicious circumstances. Hardy and seasoned Mecklenburg County Detective Bruce Duffer teams with Mark McClain, a curious local reporter with The News Progress, in order to get to the bottom of the deaths. Despite the distraction of a corrupt contractor, they discover a link to local mining operations and find themselves among dangerous elements. They must use their intuitions and perseverance to stop the ballooning threat of a major environmental disaster.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Tonight's performance of Mahler's Ninth Symphony marks a new beginning for Maestro Auguste Leloir. Behind him are the ghosts of his first appearance with the Chicago Philharmonia thirty years ago, when the dreams of the conductor and his new bride were brutally destroyed by the blade of an unknown assailant. But at the end of the evening's triumphant concert, death emerges once again to take the solo bow. The Philharmonia's principal oboist and Auguste's longtime friend, Nicholas Koshevsky, suffers a heart attack onstage during the fading chords of Mahler's great requiem, the Final Adagio. Observing the reactions of those closest to Nicholas, Auguste begins to question whether the oboist's death was inevitable. As he unravels the backstage labyrinth of orchestral politics and personal betrayal, he discovers that death by natural causes serves as a convenient cover for murder. Offstage, Leloir is lured into a web of deceit and long-held hatreds that hold the key to solving his wife's murderand ultimately to his own survival.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Amor est Conceptualis, is novelist Michael André Fath's second book of verse. His debut effort, Reflections of Darkness and Light, gathered many wonderful reviews: 'Simply brilliant, but brilliantly simple. will bring a smile to your face and a tear to your eye.' - Thomas L. Bateman Jr. 'His ability to translate a keen power of observation into prose is uncanny.' - J. Gilman '.Michael's sensitive poems reveal genuine pieces of his soul, an inspirational journey from start to finish.Guaranteed to evoke emotions throughout.' - Stacy Carroll 'With brilliant execution, Michael André Fath manages to take his readers on a soulful journey of tragedy and despair, spiritual cleansing, and creative inspiration.' - Bonnie Abbott As with Reflections of Darkness and Light, his choice of 51 single-page entries were designed and crafted to concisely portray some of the various and numerous meanings of Love from a conceptual basis; hence its title. This was no easy task, as the possibilities, once reflected upon, were seemingly endless. Lastly, Love is joy, Love is heartbreak, and everything in between. May we all be fortunate enough to experience this array, as from sorrow we gain strength and from elation we evolve.God's plan, plainly and simply. …

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The Dominican Republic is the most visited country in the Caribbean and, according to CNN, the second-happiest place on the planet. However, most of its workers make less than fifteen dollars a day, it has around two million stateless people, and 70 percent of its schools do not offer students safe drinking water. The island is certainly a fascinating place for students to research, so why not take a social justice trip there so they can see it for themselves That was what Kevin LaMastra had in mind when he took his students to the DR for some snorkeling, horseback riding, and waterfall jumping, but also to check out a garbage dump, a sweatshop, and an HIV/AIDS orphanage. We learn the most when we step outside our comfort zones. That's not exactly LaMastra's sales pitch when he's looking for students to sign up each year, but it becomes the leading philosophy of the trip when he takes them to bond with survivors of Haiti's 2010 earthquake, to visit communities hidden deep inside sugarcane fields, and to witness an actual Vodou ceremony.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - For as long as I can remember, I have been entrenched in the spirit world. Then something I thought would not be possible happened: I stopped believing! Before we begin this journey on Earth, our souls, along with God the Creator and the elders of records, decide the lessons we need to learn or teach for the life we will be leading. Each of us has the ability to connect with our angels and the spirit world, but as our innocence fades and we adapt to the life we have chosen, we forget how to see those beautiful, celestial beings and receive messages from the other side. When this happens, we become, as I like to put it, 'completely human.' There are individuals who remain on the fringe, still able to see angels and communicate with those on the other side of the veil and in different realms. These individuals remain partially human while on this Earth. Follow me down the road I traveled to becoming almost 'completely human' and return through the maze that brought me to where I am today: living on the fringe of humanity and loving every minute.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This is a book of permission slips-but not for scout hikes or eighth-grade field trips. These give you permission to own the thoughts and feelings that you may already secretly harbor but never knew you were even allowed to consider. You may already have had rebellious thoughts about other people's expectations of you, but quickly squelched them in order not to disappoint. You may have imagined that God might be quite different from what was taught in your home and your culture, but never felt comfortable expressing your beliefs. Get Out of the Box and Discover Your Life is a liberating look at ideas that could open up the excitement of discovery in your life-even if your society's rules have blocked you from entertaining these ideas until now. Learn how you can help save Earth and its people from ongoing deterioration by changing your own energy field. This can be done only if you can remove the mental shackles that your tribal rules have fettered you with.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - As darkness spills down from the north and stains all it touches with sin, a den of vampires known as the Great Citadel reaches out with its snaking hands. A change in the winds is signified by the death of an emperor and the time for retribution has come. No one desires vengeance more than Koristad Altessor, a young necromancer and son of the legendary Black Guardian. Although it has been nearly twenty years since the Vampire King murdered his father, stole his throne, and then unleashed barbarians upon the defenseless villages of the foothills, Koristad s thirst to kill the evil king remains unquenched. As he relentlessly searches for the monster and attempts to protect those he loves, Koristad s own legend begins to take shape. With the powerful Executor Blade in hand, he sets his sights upon the Great Citadel and the Vampire King. But now only time will tell if he is prepared for the terrible secrets he may find there. In this continuing tale, a child of darkness instigates a mission of revenge against the lord of all vampires a conflict destined to shake the very pillars of hell and test him in ways he never imagined.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - It is 1972 when Step Bronstad, a twenty-one-year-old from a Pacific Northwest logging town, finds himself in the throes of a country at war with North Vietnam. After he makes the decision to enlist in the Marines, Step has no idea his life is about to take a different and sudden turn. When Step is suddenly pulled out of a military health examination and into a meeting in a stark back room, he is confronted by two CIA officers who seem to know entirely too much about his criminal past. Leaving Step with few options, the agents broker a top-secret deal: In exchange for his service running covert and dangerous antiterrorist errands for the CIA, Step avoids military service and potential prison time. As his missions lead him from America to England and eventually Germany, Step meets up with Gus Randall and George Holcomb, experienced CIA officers who soon place him in the middle of the Israeli hostage crisis at the Munich Olympic Games and in Turkey where he must combat Islamic terrorists. Errand Runner is the gripping tale of a young CIA recruit's perilous journey across the world as he sacrifices all he knows to fulfill contract obligations that change not only his life, but also the course of history.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Religion is a small word, but it has a huge impact on both life and death. In Religious Thoughts, author James Watson takes a look at the history of religion through the years and delves into how the various manmade religions were formed and why. Through this historical exploration of religious texts, Watson addresses a host of questions addressing religion, its origins, and its mutations. Religious Thoughts asks: ¿ Why, in the beginning, were just three major religions formed ¿ Why were the minor religions-such as Protestant, Methodist, Baptist, and Presbyterian-started ¿ Did these religions coincide with or cause directly or indirectly major military conflicts ¿ How did religion become so diverse and corrupt ¿ Why and how did the manmade religions evolve Thoroughly researched, Religious Thoughts asks a wide range of thought-provoking questions and presents Watson's opinions and concerns. It presents a historical time travel through centuries of religious changes, documenting the history of the Abrahamic religions.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Lulu Norris longs to return to her seemingly normal life. Framed by her nemesis and former boss in an insider trading scandal, Lulu must now rely on her party-boy attorney to save her from spending the rest of her life behind bars. Just as she starts to lose hope, she reads a headline that changes everything.In this fast-paced black comedy about the corruption of corporate America and one women's revenge to bring it all down, the underbelly of one of the world's most prestigious public relations firms is exposed, setting off a chain of events, uncovering something much more sinister in 'White Collar Slavery.'. …

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - George and Lisa have been married for six years, and all is not well. Once a loving couple they now find themselves in a bitter and hostile relationship. In an effort to repair their disintegrating marriage they travel to Greece, where an earlier civilization first celebrated the wonders and delights of romantic love. Upon arriving in Athens they are shocked to discover the year is 430 BC. This is the story of a modern couple's adventures among the gods and mortals of ancient Greece. Their sponsor is Aphrodite, goddess of love, who aims to restore their badly damaged relationship. They receive advice from the Delphic Oracle, as well as from ancient intellectuals, including Aesop, Pythagoras, and the wisest mortal of all, Socrates, who advises them that Love Finds a Way. Our intrepid couple face endless dangers as they confront vengeful gods, escape the perilous underworld, and match wits with half the Spartan army in order to survive. In a narrative filled with adventure, romance, and humor George and Lisa search for a way back to the twenty-first century and a more promising future.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Rachel, After the Darkness is a continuation of the struggle in which Jane Gaddy intricately describes the South following the war and during the reunification of a broken Nation. Rachel s husband and son are gone, having fallen at Gettysburg. Three sons have married, and Rachel and her youngest, Samuel, are left alone to run the small farm in northeast Mississippi. The darkness represents a time that never should have been, and in her thoughts, Rachel relives the gloom of death and destruction; the disparities of Federal intervention during Reconstruction and the re-establishing of the Old South; and the harsh restrictions of the Radical Regime. As the story progresses, Rachel receives a short-term offer to become an editorial writer for a major newspaper in New York City where she momentarily lives the Gilded Age, observes the abject poverty of Irish immigrants, and endures the sporadic and sometimes violent opposition to her southern-view editorials. She experiences love in great measure and the eventual return home where awaits unexpected news and heartache, and finally happiness and contentment once again. With characters out of the playbook of times gone by and personal storytelling writing style, Dr. Gaddy has created a memorable journey from the darkness of war and its aftermath to the light of a better time.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The fundamental principles that explain the heretofore mysterious phenomena of consciousness are: (1) Consciousness is energies of the environment, and energies developed in intrafusal muscle spindles are conscious experience, and (2) the experience occurring as the developed energies, depending on purpose and intensity, are detected by muscle receptors. The conscious experience occurs as perception (the experience of the environment), imagery (imagination, memory, and dreams), feelings (emotion), or, when agreed to, the meanings of language. Consciousness and conscious experience are not subject to the interpretations of scientific and religious knowledge because consciousness is the individual experience of each and every person. In Conscious Experience, author W.H. Sparks presents a discussion of the relationship of consciousness and experience based on his extensive research and his personal experiences. Along with a review of the development of the theory of consciousness, Sparks offers a plethora of facts and thoughts about conscious experience, including: ¿ An explanation of the nature and experience of consciousness ¿ How the experience of energies detected by receptors constitutes conscious experience ¿ The idea that conscious experience is detected as the energies developed in the intrafusal spindles by muscle receptors ¿ How consciousness is experienced by the muscle system ¿ The structures of experience are the intrafusal muscle spindles ¿ The impulse activity transduced from the detected energies innervates the muscle system ¿ The recognition of the part the muscle receptors play in conscious experience is the process that finally answers the question of consciousness and conscious experience In the Conscious Experience, Sparks provides information that shows conscious experience includes perception, imagery, feelings, and the meanings of language-all qualities unique to each individual.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - As a US Marine, Lucas A. Dyer engaged in combat with the Taliban in Afghanistan's heroin capital of Helmand. He fought in the Battle of Khanjar while participating in Operation Enduring Freedom from May 2009 to December 2009. He was one of the four thousand Marines who fought under Brig. Gen. Larry Nicholson as a member of the Second Marine Expeditionary Brigade, which also included 650 Afghan soldiers.As a small unit leader and platoon commander leading Marines in battle, he fought terrorists and their allies on their home turf, witnessing unspeakable violence in the process. At a certain point, however, he and his fellow Marines realized that an eye for an eye would not accomplish their objectives; that marked a turning point for them, and a basis of true success began to unfold.Relying on counterinsurgency operations, they began shaking hands one at a time-and that was how they ultimately drove the Taliban away. Day by day and week by week, they proved that a small fighting force could work together with Afghans to become brothers-in-arms.In this memoir, Dyer recalls the events of his time in Afghanistan, sharing true stories from the front lines of how his company was able to win their battles through handshakes.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - There are so many things that control the character and behaviour of man. In my view, no-one ever just does things without a controlling force behind. Nothing just happens. There is a force behind everything done or said by man under the sun. That includes creatures too. When someone bursts out or loses it , explodes , or suddenly just goes quiet, moody, or commits suicide, what will have happened With various practical examples, I apply Biblical passages to analyse the impact of such things as pregnancy, alcohol and drugs, bitterness and anger, jealousy and hatred, love/charity, evil spirits, and the Holy Spirit. I know there are a lot more substances and things that fill and control mankind. I just picked a few to highlight the whole point of the book. One by one, consider the items in the above list again. Read the book, and you will know what you are full of. If you don t like what you are full of, try being born again. Hey, these things do not care whether someone is rich or poor, educated or uneducated, king/prince(ss) or pauper, male or female, young or old, black or white , or whatever classification you may make. They have no respect for such human forms of classification. I call them levellers . Once you allow them to take up space inside of you, they immediately take over. They are in charge. They take control of the way you think, the way you speak, the way you act, and the way you behave. I admit there is fallacy in generalizations, but in this book allow me to generalise. Whether it s man or creature, plant, animal or bird, _ I propose a ONE-LINE answer to all these scenarios _ what fills you, controls you.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Twenty three year old Maurice Thomas is finally leaving his beloved homeland to embark upon an exciting new future in the promised land, where he hopes to achieve his ambition of becoming an architect after post World War Britain makes a plea to its Commonwealth citizens to come to the motherland's assistance to help rebuild war torn Britain. During the transatlantic voyage, Maurice meets and befriends three fellow travellers and they become lifelong friends. The four immigrants share their ambitions, rejoice in their successes and learn from their challenges in this unique story. Will their decision to leave their homeland prove fruitful Will the promised land deliver all that they hope Indeed will mother welcome and love her children The promised land whilst undoubtedly offering some hidden treasures, exposes unexpected obstacles which the four friends had not anticipated. Will they overcome or capitulate The story is a journey of suspense and intrigue whilst at the same time presenting an historical account of how life was for the early West Indian immigrants and highlighting the invaluable contributions which they made to Britain's post war development. The story nonetheless portrays the sobering reality that although the four friends are all on one journey, they each reach four completely different destinations.…