Miss Hester Harper, middle-aged and eccentric, brings Katherine into her emotionally impoverished life. Together they sew, cook gourmet dishes for two, run the farm, make music and throw dirty dishes down the well. One night, driving along the deserted track that leads to the farm, they run into a mysterious creature.

Offer a smaller selection of the author's work, which will serve as an introduction for new readers, covering the period from 1965 to 2007. While most of the poems are drawn from the Collected , a few other poems are also featured.

This work argues that people tell stories in order to make sense of their suffering; ill people are wounded storytellers. Frank recounts a collection of illness stories ranging from the well-known to the private testimonials of people with cancer, chronic fatigue syndrome and disabilities.

Based on the principles of cognitive behaviour therapy, the standard psychological tool used by therapists, this book demonstrates how to dispute that nagging voice in your head and deal more rationally with feelings of anger, depression, frustration and anxiety. It also offers suggestions for effective communication and for finding happiness.

Arguing that on-line education is taking control of curricula and intellectual freedom away from teachers, Noble (history, York U., Canada) suggests that the growth of on-line education should be seen as an "automation of higher education," similar in effect to the automation of other industries