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I was born disabled, and am confined to a wheelchair. I have no use of my arms and legs, but learned to adapt. Join me on my journey through my struggles, my triumphs, through some wrongs I survived. Despite being disabled, I've carved my way.

An original fictional take on the composer Giacomo Puccini's life and times - what inspired him to write Italian opera, the delights and conflicts of his love life, his extraordinary sensitivity, and his single-minded drive to create.

Lady Suzanne is on a quest to rule a recently acquired territory that her Uncle, King Philip, has just recently obtained. She has always been a tomboy, so to speak, until she encounters William who turns her world upside down. Sir William is a respected military commander who worked his way through the ranks. He commands power and respect. William has spent many years in the battlefield with plenty of scars to prove it; both physically and of the heart. He is at a time in his life where he feels beaten and tired. Even though he knows that it is a demotion to take the assignment that Andrew offers, he takes it anyway. Andrew, Suzanne's brother, has asked William, a friend and military comrade, to assist Suzanne with her venture. Andrew is giving William a duty that he would not trust to any other person. Andrew has always taken care of Suzanne and he sees William as a suitable replacement. Needless to say a romantic relationship between Suzanne and William ensues. We follow Suzanne through her quest to fulfill her dream of commanding a territory, the ups and downs she encounters along the way, and the passion she shares with William.

Gives an overview of the spirituality at work debate and shows how work can be made more spiritually rewarding.

Doing the right thing is not always easy. In fact, it rarely is. This is especially true when leading people-the temptation is always there to take a shortcut. But real leadership has no shortcuts. It requires time and passion and sacrifice. Peerless: Defy Convention, Lead from the Heart, Watch What Happens showcases exactly that kind of leader, one of the select few who have figured out a better way-a way of leading that not only builds a great organization, but builds great people as well. Tom Ferguson has captured the powerful stories of ten leaders who are successful in every sense of the word-men and women who are loved by their associates and who have built lasting legacies on firm foundations. The stories of purpose, trust, imagination and faith contained in these pages reveal how leading from the heart creates strong businesses, dedicated employees, and the legendary leaders of tomorrow.

Katherine goes from rags to riches when she meets Robert Sheppard at the local fair. He sweeps her up into a beautiful life full of love and away from her past. But her past quickly catches up to her when her mother, the evil Katherine grew up with, tries to take all of it way.

Published to accompany Rachel Howard’s solo exhibition of new work at Bohen Foundation, New York in June 2007, this book profiles Howard’s paintings and ink drawings on paper. Accompanying this is an insightful interview between Howard and New York-based critic Adam E. Mendelsohn, which explores the new figurative direction Howard’s work is taking, and a hauntingly beautiful poem by critic and poet Sue Hubbard. Howard’s new works incorporate dark shapes of hanging female figures that appear to have been poured onto the canvas, all previous brushstrokes dissolved into a perfectly smooth expanse of paint. Embedded in the saturated colours and glossy surfaces that characterize Rachel Howard’s work, the dire figures set up an uneasy tension between the subject matter and the vibrant physicality of colour, surface and layered depth. The accompanying ink drawings, which are dominated by female suicide, also explore what the artist describes as ‘the beauty of tragedy’. As Howard puts it, “suicide seems to be one of the last taboos… shame and guilt and sin; all the things I love and hate.”