Remembrance of Things Past is a work of doomsday fiction set in a modern, mythical country in West Africa. A sequel to To Seek a Newer World, the novel's major characters acquire their new personas during an inter-ethnic civil war that devastates their homeland: Daniel Rutherford as an observant chronicler of his times, Felix Kamara as an ambitious alcoholic and incurable romantic, and Maureen Rutherford as a resolute divorcee and fortune-hunter. In this streamlined novel, Robert H. Brown presents a gloomy picture of a society dogged by sectionalism, ethnicity, "ethnic cleansing," and how warlords and rebels take part in indulgent killing, wanton destruction of infrastructure, and dwelling homes. He also depicts a society in which innocent children and civilians behave and act to the privations of wartime because poverty is grimmer and more widespread. As the novel ends, Daniel Rutherford and Felix Kamara are seen strapped in their seats in British Caledonian on their way to their homeland from involuntary exile in England to help in the construction of peace and amity on the ruins of the tragedy of war. Remembrance of Things Past is a magnificent story of passion, love, betrayal, ambition, and pervasive violence.

The major character in To Seek a Newer World epitomizes something of his nation's history. He is Dr. Daniel Rutherford, a young man returning home from sorrow in the United States. He had gone there and then to England to study and had married an Afro-Caribbean lady, only to see her die of embolism shortly after the birth of their baby. He is returning home to reclaim his African identity and to carve out a new life. Daniel Rutherford's story is a moving odyssey of pain, disillusion and frustrated idealism-one that leads from the shadow of the valley of death to a tranquillity and capacity for love he never thought possible. Daniel Rutherford is a character few readers will forget. Nor will they forget the other characters who appear in To Seek a Newer World: Pastor Peter Rutherford (Daniel Rutherford's father) with his strange, black suit, the high priest who buys the suit by offering him a cow, Dr. Felix Kamara, Daniel Rutherford's bosom friend and confidant, Kla Wilson, who tries to poison Daniel....Compassionate and kindhearted Maureen, Daniel Rutherford's second wife, who has a stabilizing influence on him despite the vicissitudes of life. In To Seek a Newer World, Robert H. Brown has created a rich tapestry of the woes, delights and contradictions of life and love in a modern, mythical republic, a universal metaphor for the human condition.

The Paths of Glory is the third and final volume of a trilogy that began with to seek a newer world and continued with the second volume, remembrance of things past. In the paths of glory, Doe Duvalier Teah sets in motion a chain of events as terrifying as they are unpredictable. He loses two times in a presidential election won by Dr. Felix Kamara. Teah and his accomplices attack the cruise liner in which president Felix Kamara and his entourage are holidaying. He hates president Kamara as much as he admires him. Captain Derek Wilson, the key witness, is called in to a case which promises to be as sensitive as it is intriguing. At a trial, Teah and his accomplices are found guilty of murder, sedition and high treason. Consequently, they are condemned to death. In this streamlined novel, Dr. Robert h. Brown exposes the darker recesses of a criminal's mindset, which have long lain hidden beneath a veneer of a prosperous gentility.

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a slowly progressive disease of variable presentation and rate of progress, has come into the limelight after a century of neglect. Recently, the pace of research has rapidly accelerated, stemming from several parallel lines of research: epidemiology and genetics, neurotrophic factors, excitotoxicity and its integral relation to energy metabolism, free radical homeostasis and its relation to apoptotic cell death, calcium metabolism and cytoskeletal proteins within the motor neuron. Moreover, striking advances in technology for biomedical research are also contributing. From these investigations, reclassification of ALS and motor neuron diseases syndromes is beginning. The introduction of an anti-excitotoxic drug, with an effect in slowing progression of the disease, has made the process of diagnosis and clinical management more important. All these factors have led to a surge in interest and understanding regarding therapy, the maintenance of quality of life in the disease and the ethical issues surrounding the progression of this disease. This book will be of great interest to clinical neurologists and trainees, and to all those concerned in the care of people with ALS.

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or motor neurone disease is one of the most debilitating and devastating of the neurological diseases. The only comprehensive textbook available on the topic, this completely reorganized and expanded new edition examines all aspects of ALS from pathology to patient care and provides the reader with a ready reference to help with the difficulties encountered in patient diagnosis and treatment. Undoubtedly an important work in the field, this book will be of great interest to clinical neurologists and trainees, and to all those concerned with the care of people with ALS.

The authors wrote this book for one purpose: to teach family members and friends of people with substance abuse issues a specific set of skills that will help them survive the stress loving an addict creates in their lives. The authors share with the reader ways to deal with the fear, anger, helplessness, and the conflict they may experience in their attempts to both help the addicted family member and protect themselves from them as well. Most books in this genre focus on how to "fix" the addict. They assume that getting the addict into a treatment program is the final solution to the problem. The authors of this book know from experience that there is no quick fix for addiction. Recovery from addiction is a lifelong project. For this reason, this book focuses on (1) providing accurate and useful information about addiction; and (2) teaching the specific skills that are essential for family members to learn and practice. What do family members need to know, what do they need to do, and how can they go about learning and doing those things? This book systematically explains how to create and maintain healthy boundaries, how to work effectively as a team, how to find and use appropriate support, how to improve communication with the addicted member and other family members, and other valuable skills that lead to a better quality of life. This book is for families to help themselves over a lifetime, regardless of whether their addicted member ever gets help, gets help and relapses, or gets help and stays clean and sober. The skills that enable the family to improve its quality of life in the face of addiction turn out to be the same skills that provide the addict an optimal environment for recovery. The emphasis throughout is on you, the family member or friend of the addict. When addiction enters a family, the whole family embarks on a journey. This book is a unique guide for individuals or groups who want to learn the skills and behaviors essential for negotiating that path with the best chance for a positive outcome.

Nest Egg is a common sense guide to financial advice for building, protecting, and transferring your wealth. Written by a veteran financial planner, this book outlines the important planning techniques and ideas that make people successful with their money. There is no substitute for good planning and hard work, but this book allows the reader to leverage the knoweldge and experience of a thoughtful planner to substantially shortern the time it takes to become very proficient in the personal financial planning process. Learn how to put a financial planner to work for you to achieve your financial goals.

The Paths of Glory is the third and final volume of a trilogy that began with to seek a newer world and continued with the second volume, remembrance of things past. In the paths of glory, Doe Duvalier Teah sets in motion a chain of events as terrifying as they are unpredictable. He loses two times in a presidential election won by Dr. Felix Kamara. Teah and his accomplices attack the cruise liner in which president Felix Kamara and his entourage are holidaying. He hates president Kamara as much as he admires him. Captain Derek Wilson, the key witness, is called in to a case which promises to be as sensitive as it is intriguing. At a trial, Teah and his accomplices are found guilty of murder, sedition and high treason. Consequently, they are condemned to death. In this streamlined novel, Dr. Robert h. Brown exposes the darker recesses of a criminal's mindset, which have long lain hidden beneath a veneer of a prosperous gentility.

Remembrance of Things Past is a work of doomsday fiction set in a modern, mythical country in West Africa. A sequel to To Seek a Newer World, the novel's major characters acquire their new personas during an inter-ethnic civil war that devastates their homeland: Daniel Rutherford as an observant chronicler of his times, Felix Kamara as an ambitious alcoholic and incurable romantic, and Maureen Rutherford as a resolute divorcee and fortune-hunter. In this streamlined novel, Robert H. Brown presents a gloomy picture of a society dogged by sectionalism, ethnicity, ethnic cleansing, and how warlords and rebels take part in indulgent killing, wanton destruction of infrastructure, and dwelling homes. He also depicts a society in which innocent children and civilians behave and act to the privations of wartime because poverty is grimmer and more widespread. As the novel ends, Daniel Rutherford and Felix Kamara are seen strapped in their seats in British Caledonian on their way to their homeland from involuntary exile in England to help in the construction of peace and amity on the ruins of the tragedy of war. Remembrance of Things Past is a magnificent story of passion, love, betrayal, ambition, and pervasive violence.

The major character in To Seek a Newer World epitomizes something of his nation's history. He is Dr. Daniel Rutherford, a young man returning home from sorrow in the United States. He had gone there and then to England to study and had married an Afro-Caribbean lady, only to see her die of embolism shortly after the birth of their baby. He is returning home to reclaim his African identity and to carve out a new life. Daniel Rutherford's story is a moving odyssey of pain, disillusion and frustrated idealism-one that leads from the shadow of the valley of death to a tranquillity and capacity for love he never thought possible. Daniel Rutherford is a character few readers will forget. Nor will they forget the other characters who appear in To Seek a Newer World: Pastor Peter Rutherford (Daniel Rutherford's father) with his strange, black suit, the high priest who buys the suit by offering him a cow, Dr. Felix Kamara, Daniel Rutherford's bosom friend and confidant, Kla Wilson, who tries to poison Daniel....Compassionate and kindhearted Maureen, Daniel Rutherford's second wife, who has a stabilizing influence on him despite the vicissitudes of life. In To Seek a Newer World, Robert H. Brown has created a rich tapestry of the woes, delights and contradictions of life and love in a modern, mythical republic, a universal metaphor for the human condition.

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