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A Sense of History
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Lowcountry Boil
Sam Larkin is an enigma. A former Merchant Marine and environmental officer in Louisiana, Larkin was unjustly sent to prison by Judge Thornton Hunnycut, who has eyes on the United States Senate. Released under mysterious circumstances after serving four years in Angola State Prison in Louisiana, Larkin moved to Covington, SC, to begin a new life painting and teaching school. His isolation is shattered when he discovers a conspiracy involving Covington's most respected townspeople. Karen Chaney comes to Covington as an undercover federal agent. Together Sam and Karen battle an entrenched society.
Louisiana Burn
The long-awaited sequel to Lowcountry Boil pulls no punches, political or otherwise. Sam Larkin, former environmental law enforcement officer and penitent ex-con, is no stranger to violence. Under false pretenses, he is coaxed from the serenity of his lowcountry home in South Carolina by Karen Chaney, a federal officer and Larkins erstwhile lover. Larkin soon finds himself drawn into an investigation of Louisiana Senator Thornton Hunnycutt, the man about to be tapped for a vice-presidential candidacyand the former judge who unjustly sent Sam to prison twelve years prior. The prodigal return to the personal and political swamps of Louisiana, a state he is forbidden by his release agreement ever to enter again; a visitation with the ex-wife for whom he bears immeasurable gui
Residential Landscape Sustainability
This valuable resource for developers and designers will help to develop design solutions sympathetic to the environment and improve the sustainability of residential landscapes. The landscapes around housing have a crucial role in creating a more sustainable future with carbon-neutral homes. This book shows how to improve the sustainable profile of new residential developments through landscape planning, design and management – by conserving resources and minimising pollution, and by enhancing ecological diversity. This may be achieved without significant additional capital outlay. The residential landscape sustainability checklist gives housing developers, landscape architects, architects and planners a tool with which to assess the environmental implication of their schemes throughout the design process – from site planning to detailed design. The checklist focuses on residential housing developments but many features of the tool - including improving energy efficiency, materials selection, planting design and management - can also be applied to a wide range of different types of development, from school grounds to retail parks.
The Ultimate Pursuit
After high school graduation, Carl enlisted in the U.S. Navy, was assigned to Guam and there in a dorm found himself being offered heroin for the first time. After multiple refusals to get high, he gave in once, which launched a 15-year downward spiral in his life. Carl became entrenched in the drug world as a heroin and cocaine user, smuggling drugs and living only for his next fix. Personal experiences are brought to life from inside his maximum-security prison. "Drugs took me where I did not want to go, made me stay there longer than I wanted to stay, demanding more of me than I wanted to give." He communicates what it felt like to be homeless, hopeless, and a convict lost on the very streets he grew up on. He did not care whether he lived or died... but a much higher power did. When all hope was lost and it looked as if he would die a dope fiend, an old friend wrote him in a letter while in prison about a Christian program called Teen Challenge. Here he would be loved, taught the Bible, and how to live a life free from drugs and the horrible life he knew. This poignant, true-life story will grip your heart as you journey with a man on The Ultimate Pursuit.
Matthew's Island
A rogue reporter, an unlikely murder, an international search for the prime suspect and an unknown person from Sam's past with a deadly agenda affects each of the characters in a different way, all culminating in decisions that will have an effect on the rest of their lives.In the continuing journey of Sam Larkin's life, Smith has written a complex, soul-searching novel that goes beyond the exploration of good and evil. Matthew's Island addresses man's courage and his ability to survive and adapt to circumstances outside the parameters of most of our lives. It is a scorching portrayal of the human psyche and its capabilities, both good and bad.
Carrie and Carl Play
Carl and his sister Carrie play at home with Mommy and Dad.
Chinese Christians
Provided with a Western-style education and versed in the English language by missionaries, the 19th-century Chinese Christian was a man who stood between cultures. The author shows how this dual aspect of his thought and outlook enabled him to act as liaison with foreigners promoting trade and commerce.
Carolina Fire
Anger, obsession and familial disintegration create an atmosphere in which evil thrives as a driving force. Although murder is central to the plot, it is the destruction of a human soul and its causes that resonates throughout the novel. As D.H. Lawrence said: "To suffer in one's whole self is so great a violation that it is not to be endured."
Women and Chinese Patriarchy
This collection reveals many forms of servitude that Chinese women have endured, and the avenues of escape open to some of them. The authors are anthropologists, historians and sociologists, but the book is enriched also by contributions from the participants - a social worker, a mui tsai, and a colonial civil servant. The chapters are based on original documentary or oral research and personal experience, and, throughout the book, the voices of the women, their owners and their missionary rescuers can be clearly heard.
