The Corrigan Factor

Two ships, Alcyone and Solira, an alien vessel, both in trouble from unprovoked attacks.

Two captains: one still aboard his disabled ship, the other picked up by Alcyone’s sister ship, Electra, and accused of desertion.

A daughter eager for reunion with a father she hasn’t seen in years.

The father who all but abandoned her and who has been conducting illegal scientific experiments and profiting from the venture.

An ambassador in a hurry, eager to take credit for a possible first contact.

And a minor crew member aboard Electra, whose unexpected abilities unite them all.

The Christmas Pageant

In “The Christmas Pageant,” join Natalie and her friends as they navigate the excitement of the school’s annual play. As a drama club member, Natalie has limited time to prepare, and the cool kids’ mischievous behavior tests her festive spirit. However, with support from her friends and teachers, she discovers her inner strength and learns that the only opinion of her that matters is her own.

This heartwarming tale from The Cool Kids series teaches young readers in grades 3 through 6 about kindness, resilience, and staying true to oneself. As Natalie overcomes challenges beginning with a missing permission slip and ending with an all-out stage fight, she embraces her true self all along the way. She shows that even in the face of adversity, her light can still shine in the darkness.

Experience the magic of the holiday season through Natalie’s journey!

Spherical Wave Function

This book explores the concept of the Spherical Wave Function and its implications for our understanding of magnetic fields, gravity, and quantum mechanics. It proposes a new perspective on magnetic fields by introducing a neutral zone in addition to the traditional north and south poles.

Existence of the Spherical Wave Function:

The document argues for the existence of the Spherical Wave Function at the absolute value of zero, suggesting that it is integral to various physical phenomena such as magnetic fields, gravity, and the propagation of matter through space.

Implications for Gravity and Matter:

The neutral zone and the Spherical Wave Function are proposed to explain the propagation of matter and gravitational forces, suggesting that these concepts are fundamental to understanding the physical world.

Lattice Framework and Atomic Structure:

The document delves into the lattice framework and individual lattice structures, explaining how they propagate outward and inward, creating a layering effect that gives rise to matter and energy.

Inflating the Spherical Moment:

It describes the process of “inflating the spherical moment,” in which energy and particles propagate through the superstructure, maintaining equilibrium while allowing for the creation of photons and other particles.

Universal and Quantum-Sized Superstructures:

It posits that the Spherical Wave Function and the neutral zone are fractal in nature, extending from the quantum level to the entire universe, and that these concepts can explain phenomena such as dark matter and the structure of the universe.

Split from Reality

What happens when you realize the foundation of everything you knew about yourself and life in general is shattered? How do you cope when it’s found that your own mind, and even reality itself, is playing tricks on you? Is it even possible to adapt to a bizarre, unforgiving, and even horrifying mindscape?

These challenging questions and others will be explored in this book. This autobiography tells a tale of a young man as he struggles to function in life while experiencing very unusual circumstances. The tale explains his experience while battling some of the most disturbing psychotic thoughts.

This is a story of wonder, extreme challenges, and eventual plateau into some form of success. This book not only demonstrates the problems and stressors common with the illness called schizophrenia but also highlights methods, techniques, and useful solutions to some of the most challenging and slippery mental conundrums that one might encounter during psychosis.

Sassy the Green Tree Boa - Adventure Two

Hello, it’s me... Sassy the Green Tree Boa.

On my first adventure in Sassy the Green Tree Boa, I met so many wonderful snakes, you see.

I ended my adventure pretending to be a Christmas tree!!

Are you up for another adventure?

Then come along with me as we set out on another great adventure...

where we shall see what other snakes have fun pretending to be!!

The Unkindness of Ravens

In 1846, seventeen-year-old midwife’s assistant Caitlin Nee lives on a tenant farm with her family in County Galway, Ireland. She has two great ambitions: to become a wise woman like her mentor Bridie and to win the heart of handsome, mercurial Liam O’Shea. Then one night an unsettling dream about ravens—harbingers of death—proves prescient when a potato blight turns her halcyon world into a living nightmare. Starvation, sickness and loss will soon become a daily reality, and no one is spared from horrific events and heartbreaking choices. Caitlin’s own family—romantic Orla, proud Seamus, pious Colin, fey Mary, and her Mam and Da—will all be tested by the devastating Great Hunger.

The Nees, like many other Irish families, work hardscrabble land for the imperious Lord Wentworth. They live in constant fear not only of dying from want but also of being evicted from their cabins if they can’t pay the rent. For the landlord, hunger and poverty are the fault of the victims rather than neglect and inadequate relief measures on the part of the government. After accidentally hearing a conversation at Wentworth Hall, Caitlin is made aware of the cruel indifference of His Lordship that will result in tumbled homes and mass graves throughout his estate. Will her family suffer a similar fate?

Despite all of the sorrow and devastation around them, love grows ever stronger between Caitlin and Liam. They make plans for a future life together once the famine is over. But when tragedy and rebellion force Liam to emigrate to America, Caitlin must decide whether to stay in Ireland or to follow her heart.

Based on contemporary anecdotes, The Unkindness of Ravens: A Tale of the Great Irish Famine tells the story of a disastrous historical event through the eyes of a strong-willed young lass who embodies the resilience of the Irish spirit.

Dying Is a Journey, Living Is a Privilege

After receiving his terminal cancer diagnosis, Gary F. Kelly wanted to prepare for dying and find meaning in the experience. His memoir recounts his journey from the initial visit to see his doctor about some unusual discomfort and fatigue through his days of hospice care to the death that he imagines. He shares his gratitude when a compassionate nurse squeezes his hand as a needle is inserted into his liver and his anguish when his difficulty swallowing makes eating and drinking nearly impossible.

Kelly cherishes the comforting family rituals of Thanksgiving and Christmas, marks such milestones as no longer being able to drive, and records the uncertain rhythms of terminal illness as new cancer sites appear, symptoms multiply, and the debilitating effects of treatment increase.

Along this journey of dying, he wrestles with: What can he learn? Can he find meaning and value in dying comparable to that which he found in living? How does he face the end of life with dignity and grace? As a therapist says to him, “Dying is hard work.”

Whistling Cay

Vivian and Rich Somners’ Caribbean vacation turns into the ultimate fantasy when they discover a fortune of gold doubloons spread off the beach of an outer island called Whistling Cay. For Vivian, this sweetest of dreams morphs into a nightmare when the next day Rich and the gold vanish. Is his disappearance a result of a kidnapping, or is it an act of selfish abandonment? She’s certain of the former, but not so are the police, the press, and nearly all the populace of the Virgin Islands. Vivian soon faces a seemingly endless chain reaction of ordeals, though she remains obsessed with saving a beloved husband she alone refuses to fear.

Odyssey of a Street

The Cardo book is a thriller intended for the lecture of students passionate about architecture, archaeology, and history that challenges and teaches. It is a provocation to confront riddles of town planning and history that lie in front of us, but one didn’t dare to “lift the glove’.

When an ancient game was discovered chiseled on one of the Cardo pavement stones, it was only the start of a whodunit. Only more archaeological diggings (11 pits on the 180-meter length of the street) brought up the solution three years later.

But why didn’t the archaeologists find any Roman remnants?

Here we direct the stage limelight on Justinianus, emperor of Byzantium, an ebullient personality and passionate builder.

The mistrust of the archaeologists in the vision of the architects dissipated, and it turned out to be a fruitful collaboration that went on for 12 years: a real odyssey of a discovery.

The book, which is richly illustrated and narrated by the leader of a team of architects that won the first prize in a national competition for the renewal of a part of the Jewish Quarter in 1971, teaches not only historical periods of the developments of Jerusalem through the ages but also touches on the architectural dilemmas of how to rebuild and integrate into part of the historical city of Jerusalem after the Six-Day War period.

And the Rest Is History…

Commonplace today, abdominal surgery in its infancy was once little more than a death sentence. Medical textbooks credit a humble country surgeon with the first successful operation of its kind. With limited context and few details, the legend merely whets our appetite for more. What’s the rest of the story?

Don't Be Upset, Live Happily

LET US LIVE HAPPILY; WE DO NOT HAVE MUCH TIME IN THIS WORLD. EACH ONE HAS THEIR EXACT DATE OF DEATH.

How much longer do you have to live in this world? Another 5, 7, 18, 30 or even 40 years of life?

What would you do if you received a medical diagnosis saying you only had two weeks to live?

How would you react if someone told you the exact date, day, and time of your death? Would you be upset, disappointed, sad, and depressed to the point of committing suicide because everything no longer has value, or would you celebrate the last years, months, or days of your life, full of smiles of joy, with your family, friends, and loved ones, spending all your money on parties and travelling all over the world? Let us be patient, let us be courageous, let us be bold and, above all, let us show gratitude every day! We do not have much time in this world, so we should not wait either; we should act now! We will have many difficulties in this life and many obstacles, but we must not stop. Let us make our dreams come true; tomorrow we will die! Try, and you will succeed! Do not accept sabotaging opinions that you are incapable and therefore cannot do this or that! You can!

This novel will make you reflect deeply on death and life and will even influence you, even if for a short period, to live much better, happy, smiling and recognising that, in the end, life is an offer and that we are not in this world forever.

Does each of us have a specific and predetermined day of death?

THE DATE OF YOUR DEATH IS ALSO EXACT.

Because of Eve: The Legacy

It is now 15 years since the accidental discovery of a parthenogenic drug that allows any fertile woman to conceive and give natural birth to a female child without any male intervention.The drug, Venex, has caused severe global turbulence socially, politically, and religiously. A deadly war is waging between those who believe that the use of Venex is a matter of a woman’s choice. Those opposing its existence warn that it heralds the extinction of the human male and thereby the human race… and that it must be banned and eliminated…at all costs.The anti-Venex M.A.N. (Men Are Necessary) forces will stop at nothing, including assassination and mass murder, to destroy what they consider a cataclysmic threat.The pro-Venex forces, led by PR powerhouse Gail Katz, risk their lives and the lives of their families and associates to preserve it as a viable woman’s option.It is a high-stakes war of global no-holds-barred danger and intrigue. The outcome could determine the future of the human race.