Nurse, Give Me a Pill for Death is an autobiographical account of one nurse's journey from Lithuania to England, where she builds a new life focused on caring for the sick and elderly. Author Aldona Grupas describes her journey from the Baltic to "Foggy Albion" and the obstacles she overcomes in the search for work as a qualified nurse in an alien culture. The book also provides insights into the work of nursing assistants and nurses, and the challenges and rewards of helping those in the last stages of life. The story opens with Aldona, having qualified as a nurse, dreaming of leaving Lithuania to settle elsewhere in Europe. Learning that nurses are in great demand in England, she takes language classes and registers with employment agencies along with her husband, who is a doctor. She is offered a job and flies to London, with little idea of what to expect. She is dismayed to discover that her new job is in the north of England, far from London. She is also disappointed to learn that she will be employed as a poorly-paid nursing assistant, rather than as a qualified nurse. It will take months to complete security checks and obtain her UK nursing registration number.

When all hope is gone, when the funds are depleted, when time has run out, when facing the impossible, when there's just no way ... these are the very times God loves to intersect our lives and display His all-sufficient wisdom and power. In his book, That's Not Odd ... That's God , David Stanford, along with his wife, Debbie, invites you to accompany them on a hope-filled journey, revisiting ten specific instances in their life and thirty-year ministry, which clearly point to the divine providence of God. Be in awe at the ways God reveals His Person and demonstrates His provision. But this is not just a book about the Stanfords; it is a ten-part tribute to the knowledge, power, and compassion God wants to demonstrate in the lives of each of His children-sometimes in very unusual and unforgettable ways. From "No way " ... to "Yes, way " ... to "Yaweh ," let the stories in this book encourage you to take a closer look at the work of God in your life. Then move forward, with the renewed courage and confidence which comes from pausing to recognize His unseen hand. You too, will want to join David and Debbie in joyfully proclaiming, "That's not odd ... that's God "

Illustrated - (Total of 100 B & W pictures) - The Battle of Hong Kong took place between 8th December and 25th December 1941. This is the tale of the Stanford family and how they were affected by this battle. It tells of life in the Army, life in the colonies, the battle, the infamous Lisbon Maru, and how the family coped with the war, evacuation, repatriation, and post war - Will also be of particular interest to aircraft enthusiasts, with 16 of the pictures being of aircraft at the time of the fall of Hong Kong - Japanese, civilian and allied aircraft are covered.

" An] essential Beat masterpiece." --"The Village Voice."
Perhaps one of the last great dual correspondences of the twentieth century, "Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg: The Letters" reveals not only the process of creation of the two most celebrated members of the Beat Generation, but also the unfolding of a remarkable friendship of immense pathos and spiritual depth. Through this exhilarating exchange of letters, two-thirds of which have never been published before, Kerouac and Ginsberg emerge first and foremost as writers of artistic passion, innovation, and genius. Vivid and enthralling, the letters, which date from their first meeting in 1944 to Kerouac's untimely death in 1969, chronicle the endless struggle, anguish, and sacrifice involved in giving form to their literary visions.