Подлинная история чтеца на сельском приходе. Эта книга о том, о чем не пишут православные СМИ. Систематические гонения верующих в сегодняшней России психиатрической службой. Постановка на психиатрический учет только за крест в руке. Травля неугодных и уголовное преследование руками церковного актива на самих приходах. Сегодняшняя жизнь приходов РПЦ МП без ретуши, цензуры и молчания о наболевшем. Последствия массовой вербовки в монашество в начал ...
Although it has become relatively easy to self-publish, it's also easy to make serious mistakes in writing, design and marketing that can seriously limit the acceptability and sales of a self-published book.<br><br>It's sad—and funny—that some of the worst self-published books, and the majority of the books discussed in this book, are books that try to provide advice to other authors.<br>< ...
In "Dr. Galen's Little Black Bag," we follow the man that Berto Galen, the boy from the New Jersey Tenements, has become, as he deals with the pleasures, traumas, and tragedies of life in the medical profession. Like R.A. Comunale's "Berto's World," it is a collection of stories, but together these stories create a portrait of someone who is deeply dedicated to healing–even as ...
Come and spend a little time with Dr. Robert Galen, aka Berto, as he traverses the memories of the tenement neighborhood of his youth. Meet the Mad Russian–why does he always carry a meat cleaver whenever he goes to get a shave from Thomas the barber? Then there's Giuseppe–Joe the Junkman–who roams through a neighborhood too poor to throw anything away. There are the Old Guys, veterans of the Great War, one ...
The fourteen stories in this dazzling collection continue acclaimed author Lauren B. Davis' exploration into her characters' psychological landscapes, and ensure her reputation as a writer of razor-sharp intellect and deep compassion. Weaving these stories together is the notion that what one wants and what one needs is not always the same thing: a tale of a heart-broken father coming to terms with the drug-overdose death of his ...
An astonishing variety of voices–male, female, young old–narrate the 20 diverse stories in this, Lauren B. Davis's first collection, though which alcohol flows like an unholy river of destruction and despair. In locales such as Halifax, Spain and rural Ontario, thanks to Davis's clear focus this sharp, exploratory mix goes beyond the margins of kitchen sink realism. Recognized as the work of an important new w ...
This is the story of an actual event that occurred with the U.S. Border Patrol and the Riverside Sheriff's department. It discloses the events that followed a failure to yield and ensuing high speed pursuit that caused international complaints regarding the harsh treatment of illegal aliens from Mexico. The investigation uncovered a smuggling organization that claimed none of its smuggler/drivers would ever yield to police. ...