David Payne

Gravesend Light

A defining voice for his generationPayne is extraordinarily giftedBoston Globe In 2000, while moving his household from Vermont to North Carolina, author David Payne watched from his rearview mirror as his younger brother, George A., driving behind him in a two-man convoy of rental trucks, lost control of his vehicle, fishtailed and flipped over in the road. David's life hit a downward spiral. From a cocktail hour indulgence, his drinking became a full-blown addiction. His career entered a standstill. His marriage disintegrated. He found himself haunted not only by George A.'s death, but also by his brother's manic depression, a condition that overlaid a dark family history of mental illness, alcoholism and suicide, an inherited past that now threatened David's and his children's futures. The only way out, he found, was to write about his brother. Barefoot to Avalon is Payne's earnest and unflinching account of George A. and their boyhood footrace that lasted long into their adulthood, defining their relationship and their lives. As universal as it is intimate, this is an exceptional memoir of brotherhood, of sibling rivalries and sibling love, and of the torments a family can hold silent and carry across generations.Barefoot to Avalon is a brave and beautifully wrought gift, a true story of survival in the face of adversity.

A Brother's Story

Barefoot to Avalon

“Masterful . . . Somewhere between Faulkner and Conroy.”—The Denver Post In Ruin Creek, David Payne revisits North Carolina’s windswept Outer Banks and the Madden family. Writing in the contrapuntal voices of eleven-year-old Joey and his parents, May and Jimmy, David Payne portrays a family that breaks apart, heals, and endures. Joey bears the burden of his parents’ increasingly unhappy union. As he struggles to cope with his fractured family life, Joey turns to his grandfather who explains that “a time may come when a person has to let go of what he loves in order to save himself.” Imbued in Payne’s trademark lyrical prose and psychological acuity, this is a novel “full of life, full of wisdom, full of words that singe, sing, and somehow console” (The Boston Globe). “The most gifted novelist of his generation.”—The Dallas Morning News “A powerful, lyrical novel that is a joy to read.”—The New York Times Book Review

Ruin Creek

Joey Madden, the eleven-year-old narrator of Ruin Creek, is Joe now, a twenty-eight-year-old, Duke-trained anthropologist back on the Outer Banks doing ethnographic fieldwork in Little Roanoke, a traditional fishing community under stress from modernization. Attending services at Little Roanoke's evangelical church, Joe secures a berth aboard a commercial trawl boat called the Father's Price. Between trips to sea, Joe crosses paths with Day Shaughnessey, MD, an OB/GYN whose provision of birth and abortion services to local island women has put her in the crosshairs of the conservative community Joe has come to study. In the same family summer house where Joe once lived the painful end of his parents' marriage, his relationship with Day now begins. As they converge romantically, however, Joe and Day increasingly diverge on politics. If those who can't remember the past are condemned to repeat it, it's Joe and Day's fate-and Joe's, in particular-- to learn that those who can't forget the past are oftentimes condemned to repeat it, too.

Sue Jennings

Developed to match the revised AQA C specification from September 2001, this text offers integrated Key Skills and ICT and decision-making exercises as well as exam practice questions. There are relevant case studies at a range of scales for study material on key issues.

GCSE Geography for AQA Specification C

Issues and Environments

Rainer Waser

Theodor Schneller

Marija Kosec

This is the first text to cover all aspects of solution processed functional oxide thin-films. Chemical Solution Deposition (CSD) comprises all solution based thin- film deposition techniques, which involve chemical reactions of precursors during the formation of the oxide films, i. e. sol-gel type routes, metallo-organic decomposition routes, hybrid routes, etc. While the development of sol-gel type processes for optical coatings on glass by silicon dioxide and titanium dioxide dates from the mid-20th century, the first CSD derived electronic oxide thin films, such as lead zirconate titanate, were prepared in the 1980’s. Since then CSD has emerged as a highly flexible and cost-effective technique for the fabrication of a very wide variety of functional oxide thin films. Application areas include, for example, integrated dielectric capacitors, ferroelectric random access memories, pyroelectric infrared detectors, piezoelectric micro-electromechanical systems, antireflective coatings, optical filters, conducting-, transparent conducting-, and superconducting layers, luminescent coatings, gas sensors, thin film solid-oxide fuel cells, and photoelectrocatalytic solar cells. In the appendix detailed “cooking recipes” for selected material systems are offered.

Chemical Solution Deposition of Functional Oxide Thin Films

Young anthropologist Joe Madden retreats to Little Roanoke on North Carolina's Outer Banks to conduct an ethnographic study of the fishermen and their families and embarks on a passionate love affair with a feminist doctor.

A Novel

John Rutter

Keith Bartlett

Philip Lamb

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Aqa Gcse Geography B

From a New York Times Notable author comes a “fiercely honest . . . and utterly heartbreaking” memoir of brotherhood, grief, and mental illness (Jay McInerney). In 2000, while moving his household from Vermont to North Carolina, author David Payne watched from his rearview mirror as his younger brother, George A., driving behind him in a two-man convoy of rental trucks, lost control of his vehicle, fishtailed, flipped over in the road, and died instantly. Soon thereafter, David’s life entered a downward spiral that lasted several years. His career came to a standstill, his marriage disintegrated, and his drinking went from a cocktail hour indulgence to a full-blown addiction. He found himself haunted not only by George A.’s death, but also by his brother’s manic depression, a hereditary illness that overlaid a dark and violent family history whose roots now gripped David, threatening both his and his children’s futures. The only way out, he found, was to write about his brother. This is the “piercing . . . tour de force” account of David and George A.’s boyhood footrace that lasted long into their adulthood, defining their relationship and their lives (Los Angeles Times). As universal as it is intimate, this is an exceptional memoir of sibling rivalry and sibling love, and of the torments a family can hold silent and carry across generations. A story not only of survival in the face of adversity but of hard-won wisdom, Barefoot to Avalon is “an elegy to a brother that plumbs depths beyond depths—a fever-dream of a memoir, a blazing map of familial love and loss, headlong and heartbreaking and gorgeously written” (James Kaplan, national bestselling author of Frank: The Voice and Sinatra: The Chairman).

Throughout American history there are a lot of obscure stories that are hidden in clear sight. One such concealed story of guilt and shame is the story of Greenwood Oklahoma. Nicknamed the "Black Wall Street", it was a one square-mile community on the north side of Tulsa. As one of the most prominent concentrations of black businesses in the United States during the early 20th century, segregation ironically gave rise to a nationally renowned black entrepreneurial center. Seemingly escaping the harsh racism of a nation that had deprived black people of even the most basic dignities, in the 1900s, Greenwood was everything the South was not. Filled with black lawyers, doctors, business owners and flush with prosperity, Greenwood was an area where people of color finally had a chance to make something of themselves. Unfortunately the economic status of this proud community could not save its people from the racial hostility of their day. The community of Greenwood was a tale of two cities. Black residents saw Greenwood as their own Atlantis. Greenwood was a perfect society where everyone lived in harmony and everything is done for the good of its citizens; a perfect Utopian society. On the other hand, most white people refused to acknowledge the accomplishments of Greenwood maliciously calling it "Little Africa". Instead of accomplishment, white people were frightened and saw a community of uppity blacks lacking social control. Black success was an intolerable affront to the social order of white supremacy. On May 31, 1921, white atrocities were performed against the black residents nearly put an end to the thriving district. This book is the unbelievable and obscure story of Greenwood Oklahoma.

The Story of Greenwood

Tulsa's Black Wall Street

Hitting the Wall is an inevitable component of the passage of life and a necessary ingredient in the journey of faith. Each wall is unique and embraces such words as brokenness and pain. But each wall carries the potential of positive change in your life.When life stops working and you lie broken and confused at the wall, this book will open your heart to a profound hope in a loving, all-knowing God. Hitting the Wall will open up a new perspective that will empower you to begin to move forward again. There is usually no quick fix for the wall. Rather, you have to begin a slow, steady growth over it. This book will nourish that growth.Many words describe David Payne: Husband. Father. Grandparent. Pastor. Teacher. Historian. David brings with him thirty-four years of pastoral experience. He is the lead and founding pastor of The Campus, a growing multi-site church in Aurora, Ontario. He has pastored this same church for twenty-six years. David draws from his own personal journey to the wall. He recounts authentic stories of woundedness and recovery that will resonate with you. You will walk in the footsteps of biblical characters and vividly encounter their walls with them. David draws from a lifetime of Bible study as well as extensive travel in biblical lands, studying the sites, people, and culture. He shares insights and perspective that will help you along your faith journey when you hit that inevitable wall. A must read."Thanks to David Payne for providing compassionate insight into the amazing ways God uses the walls of human failure and brokenness for His glory. Hitting the Wall will breathe grace and hope into the weary hearts of Christians who are immobilized with brokenness and confusion."-Amy Shelor, editor

Hitting the Wall

John Goldingay

For over one hundred years International Critical Commentaries have had a special place among works on the Bible. They bring together all the relevant aids to exegesis - linguistic, textual, archaeological, historical, literary, and theological - to help the reader understand the meaning of the books of the Old and New Testaments. The new commentaries continue this tradition. All new evidence now available is incorporated and new methods of study are applied. The authors are of the highest international standing. No attempt has been made to secure a uniform theological or critical approach to the biblical text: contributors have been invited for their scholarly distinction, not for their adherence to any one school of thought. >

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