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For Canadian corrections offi cer Vern Thibedeau, it all began at "Disney World"-or at least the penitentiary that ironically carried that nickname.

Within ten months, he is seriously injured. One year later he has a pistol aimed at his head during an incident in which two officers and a civilian are shot. Four years later, an inmate murders a correctional offi cer, who is Vern's friend, and a food steward.

Over the course of a career spanning twenty six years, Vern was assigned to fi ve different prisons, but his time behind the stark walls of Kingston Penitentiary was his...

As if the death of her father isn't traumatic enough, Samantha Leanne Goldsmith returns to her college in Florida to find the mess left by Hurricane Andrew, an empty lot that once held her employer, and the news of a lost academic scholarship. Unless she finds a way to pay for school, her dream of becoming a lawyer will have to be shelved.

Unsuccessful in her quest for funds, kicked out of school, and homeless, Samantha settles for the only place that will hire her-The Unicorn Gentlemen's Club. There, she runs into the top-house girl, Deedee, who takes Samantha under her wing, teaching...

From the frontier to the university, this exciting collection traces the development of the nursing profession through the biographies of individual nurses since 1925 that helped to create its unique history.

Among the notable nurses featured in this volume are Faye Abdellah, Virginia Henderson, Margaret Kerr, Thelma Schorr, and many more.

Micro-and Nanomechanics, Volume 5 of the Proceedings of the 2016 SEM Annual Conference & Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, the fifth volume of ten from the Conference, brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering. The collection presents early findings and case studies on a wide range of areas, including:

• MEMS: Materials & Interfaces
  
• Microscale & Microstructural Effects on Mechanical Behavior
  
• Novel Nano-scale Probes
  
• Nanoindentation &...

Jesus walked on water. He healed a blind man. He turned water into wine. More than just displays of his divine power, Jesus's miracles signify something deeper--they're windows into God's grand story of redemption, foreshadowing the great miracle of Christ's death and resurrection. By explaining the meaning and significance of all 26 miracles recorded in the Gospel of Matthew, New Testament scholar Vern Poythress shows us their relevance for our lives today. Poythress unpacks how understanding the meaning of Christ's miracles will help us better grasp the salvation God has brought into the...

What does God have to do with mathematics?

Everything.

In this book, Vern Poythress argues that the harmony of abstract mathematical truths, the physical world of things, and the personal world of our thinking depends on the existence of the Christian God. Poythress shows that these distinct "perspectives" on mathematics cohere because all three find their origin in God's consistent character and nature.

Whether it's simple addition and subtraction or more complex mathematical concepts such as set theory and the nature of infinity, this fascinating book lays a...