Pedro Mendoza was born into extreme poverty. With his family he eked out a living searching through the garbage of the huge Metropolis of Manila. One day however he has a 'lucky' find; he stumbles across a beautiful, discarded violin. With this instrument, with his extraordinary dedication and with help from others he is able to escape a life of grinding poverty and find his way to the pinnacle of success and wealth. Everything within our universe is connected, although the connections are not always apparent to us. Here we have the story of how such connections can lead our lives on to the...

The NDE is one of the most spoken about phenomenon of our time. Here in this book the author, who is a Registered Nurse, logically and rationally analyses the phenomenon and states what the NDE may represent. He also details the associated medical condition called 'The Lazarus Syndrome' where individuals who appear to be dead have revived, and sometimes told of NDE experiences. The book provides many examples of the NDE, both from the wider literature and from the author's own clinical research. He comprehensively analyses all the evidence in a rational and logical manner and gives various...

The Philippines is an island paradise that has proven to be a magnet for tourists. For the majority of tourists their visit to the Pearl of the Orient Sea is uneventful and they return with happy memories of a wonderful vacation. There are however, as with anywhere on this planet, dangers lurking. Here in this book the author discusses these dangers so that the traveler may be aware and prepared. The author lived in the Philippines for 2 years. As a Registered Nurse he had the opportunity to research and to study the health and safety issues of the Philippines and here he shares that...

A Registered Nurse heads out on a motorbike into the remote regions of the Philippines in search of ghosts, vampires, poltergeists and ghouls. He is preoccupied with the question: "Do psychic phenomena actually occur and if so what is their true nature?" This book describes his research and provides fascinating examples of cases of possession, hauntings and folklore that merges with reality. He also reports on a psychic priest who can see the health problems in others and who was visited by the ghost of a man who allegedly had been murdered. As a result the legal case was reopened. In the end...

BDSM, Autoerotic Asphyxiation and Other Sexual Oddities is a book that looks at the broad range of sexual behaviors that can be considered deviant. The author discusses just how we determine what exactly deviance is, and whether it can be considered to exist at all. The reader will find many surprises in this book, as he names many famous and noted individuals who had sexual tendencies of an unusual nature. He also discusses sex within the context of the Bible and of how the Bible records many forms of sexual behavior, even though some could be considered perverse. He discusses and analyses...