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A geriatric coming-of-age story ... Retired expat, Tony Metcalfe,
is going through a three-quarter-life crisis. Viva Espana, his bar
in a mountain village beyond Spain's Costa Blanca, is failing. Tony
started the bar for the English post-war babies who retired early
on good pensions - the por favors, as the Spanish call them -
flocking to the dream of wine, rest and sun around the pool. But
now their retirement paradise is shadowed by Brexit: the pound has
fallen, pensions are frozen and the property crash happened long
ago. Tony wants to move back to enjoy the remainder of his life in
his childhood home, but his tenacious wife Laney wants to stay in
the happy valley and forget about England and the dark, unresolved
feelings it provokes in their marriage. Sod it - he couldn't go
home even if he tried; nobody would buy an ailing bar during a
recession. But Tony's luck is about to change when his son Nick
arrives for a surprise visit with his self-possessed wife, Jo, and
their son. With the extra help, Tony thinks things are on the up,
but Jo has brought along more baggage than just their family's
suitcases. Staying On is a compelling story of little and greater
family secrets come to light and what it means to find home,
wherever you are. What readers are saying: "A beguiling story about
broken people who have all the feelings and none of the words.
Utterly captivating." Damien Owens "Escapism for realists -
peppered with humour, yet poignant and as topical as it's
revealing... a wry take on expat life, astutely observed and deftly
drawn." Peter Kerr, bestselling author of the award-winning
Snowball Oranges series
The 24th Leeds-Lyon Symposium was held in London from 4th-6th
September 1997, where it was hosted by the Imperial College of
Science, Technology and Medicine.
The meeting addressed the topic of "Tribology for Energy
Conservation" and attracted a wide range of stimulating papers and
speakers. Some 150 delegates from nineteen countries attended and
about sixty papers were presented in fifteen sessions. These
covered the topics of lubricants, wear, friction reduction,
hydrodynamics, elastohydrodynamic lubrication, surface roughness,
manufacturing, component life (including condition monitoring), and
automotive aspects.
This collection of fully peer-reviewed papers were presented at the
26th Leeds-Lyon Tribology Symposium which was held in Leeds, UK,
14-17 September, 1999.
The Leeds-Lyon Symposia on Tribology were launched in 1974, and
the large number of references to original work published in the
Proceedings over many years confirms the quality of the published
papers. It also indicates that the volumes have served their
purpose and become a recognised feature of the tribological
literature.
This year's title is 'Thinning Films and Tribological Interfaces',
and the papers cover practical applications of tribological
solutions in a wide range of situations.
The evolution of a full peer review process has been evident for a
number of years. An important feature of the Leeds-Lyon Symposia is
the presentation of current research findings. This remains an
essential feature of the meetings, but for the 26th Symposium
authors were invited to submit their papers for review a few weeks
in advance of the Symposium. This provided an opportunity to
discuss recommendations for modifications with the authors.
Wouldn't it be great if grandparents could get their grandchildren
special delivery in a box with a return label? Have fun playing all
day and then ship them back home postage paid? See what happens
when grandma dreams about her wonderful grandchildren. And, then
she gets a surprise!
This book is not a theological treatise. Rather, it's a practical
look at lessons to be learned from Daniel and his friends during
their time in Babylon in order to draw wisdom for living life today
in the culture in which we find ourselves. God was clear in His
message to His people: ya goin' to Babylon. There's no way out of
this. Chill out, build homes, get married, have babies, do
business. Increase your population while you're there - gimme
something to work with when I'm ready to do some things for you. Go
after the peace of this place in which you will find yourselves. In
its peace, you will also find peace. When the seventy years are up,
you'll come home again.
This book is dedicated to my friends going through chemo and
radiation and others who, like me, suffer from a chronic
affliction. Sometimes we don't give God much thought or attention
until we need Him. Then, we go through all kinds of conniptions
about whether He will hear us and help us because we know what our
attitude toward Him has been like. And, there it is: He still loves
us. There are 31 days worth of stuff in this book. They say it
takes 30 days to break and make habits. You get an extra day to
lock it in. LOL If you are reading the paperback version, there are
pages at the end of each devotion called Love Notes on which you
can write prayers and thoughts. People will be praying for you. God
will use wherever we are when we finally pay attention to Him to
show His love toward us and give us another opportunity to fully
belong to Him and be more...be His son, be His daughter - forever.
In the last few years, God has been sending messages to the world.
The messages included every aspect of our living - salvation,
worship, marriage, daily living. Those messages have included: God
Chasers (Tommy Tenney), The Prayer of Jabez and Secrets of the Vine
(Bruce Wilkinson), The Passion of the Christ (Mel Gibson), The
Rebirth of Kirk Franklin (Kirk Franklin), Purpose-Driven Life (Rick
Warren), Flywheel, Facing the Giants and Fireproof (Sherwood
Church), Woman Thou Art Loosed, Spellbreaker (TD Jakes), Jesus
(Shekinah Glory) and now The Book of Eli. God has used everyone
from the conservative to the Charismatic to the Catholic to the
cavalier to get His message across. So that we are without excuse.
"Somebody raped her and blew her brains out. And, you know what?
I'm not leadin' another candlelight vigil in some vacant lot again,
and this church will not be leavin' balloons and teddy bears and
tellin' the media that we goin' to pray and talk to politicians
about gun control and ...oh, we just don't know what we gonna do!
We ...are ...going ...to ...do ...something!" Pastor Bright's voice
rose in controlled anguish and anger. "God has listened to us long
enough! Now we will listen to Him! There will be a meeting
immediately following church for everybody in Good Neighbor SAM."
WHAT WOULD YOUR CHURCH DO?
By the time Lydia woke up company was gone, the table was cleared,
and things were quiet. She left Dufus on the bed and went into the
kitchen. Mom was there sitting at the table sipping a cup of tea.
"Hi, ya, Babe. Ready for dessert?" "Uh-huh." Lydia sat silently as
her mother dished up a bowl of banana pudding. She sat back down
across from Lydia. "Wanna tell me about it?" Mrs. Davis stroked
Lydia's cheek. "I need a job." "Baby, don't I give you an allowance
and spending money for Christmas presents?" "It's not the same.
You're not supposed to buy your mother a present out of money she
gave you."" "You're growing up." "Whoopdeedoo." "We'll think of
something." "Yeah." Lydia pushed the bowl away. She didn't want any
dessert.
Kev King has the world at his feet. His is the world of top flight
football: where brands are all, lifestyle is god, adoration is
obligatory and there is nothing - and no one - that money can't
buy. And up until last season, Kev had the Premier League status to
match his premier lifestyle. Now, relegated to a lowly league,
forced to watch injured from the bench, and paranoid about his
girlfriend's rising celebrity profile, he feels less in control of
his life. And it's making him angry. Fighting his way back to the
top, he leaves a trail of destruction. But can his millions and his
talent keep him at the top of his game - or are his violent secrets
about to rob him of everything he has? C. M. Taylor's Premiership
Psycho is a compelling, hilarious and horrible insight into
celebrity culture and a brilliant fictional portrayal of
contemporary football.
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