Books with author Francis

Lorna's life has been turned upside down.... Within the space of a few days, her life changes dramatically. Family secrets are revealed, her on-off boyfriend disappears when she needs moral support and then she gets appendicitis!Lorna wakes up in hospital after emergency surgery to see an angelic figure sitting on her bed. "I know you don't believe in angels, but I'm here to help." This is the beginning of a life changing journey of self-discovery. She soon discovers that angelic help can be both fun and challenging as she is lovingly supported to find ways to improve her life.By the end of the book you will find yourself rooting for Lorna, her friends and family, hoping that they will find the happiness that had eluded them.You may find yourself relating to the challenges that Lorna, her family and friends face. This is a heart warming story that introduces many self-development ideas and techniques which you can apply to your own life, borrowing from the wisdom of Lorna's angels! Author's noteThis book draws on 20+ years experience of coaching clients using a variety of counselling tools. I was inspired to write it and bring people's attention to the idea that they are already perfect human beings, even with their so-called imperfections. Using the vehicle of a novel seemed to be a good way to do this.I am sure I had angelic help in writing the book, it almost seemed to write itself. There were times when I could hardly wait to sit at my computer to write as I wanted to know what was going to happen next with my characters! Scenes and dialogue would drop into my head, together with concepts which I knew had to be included.I'm intrigued that the angels want me to tell their story in the next book, already ideas are "coming through" and I can't wait to sit down again and start writing.I sincerely hope that you will enjoy this book and get something out of it, even if it is only the knowledge that you are already a perfect human being.

These are the words of Pope Francis himself, addressed to young people preparing for their First Communion. They are words of wisdom and encouragement about the patient and enduring love of Jesus, who comes to us as bread to give us his own strength.In words a child can understand, the Pope explains that not only in the Eucharist but also in the sacraments of Baptism and Confession we meet Jesus and receive his transforming love.On every page children and their parents will discover that Jesus is indeed their true joy!

Sometimes the best version of yourself is the one you can only see through someone else’s eyes. But what happens when those eyes belong to the one person you don’t want them to?Thanks to her father’s affair and her parent’s resulting separation, Presley Knox has been ripped from her life in California and dropped into an abyss in the middle of Georgia. With her alternative looks and creative spirit, trying to find her place in a sea of jocks and cheerleaders is hard, but doing it while living with her cousin who belittles her every chance she gets is almost impossible. There is one person in Carver who embodies everything Presley hates about her new life and she can’t help but use him as the outlet for all of her frustrations. Nash Carter’s bad boy image isn’t a façade; he drinks too much, sleeps around, makes his money street racing and has zero plans for his future beyond living a rowdy life with his likeminded dad and older brother. His good looks, cut body and popularity have always gotten him anything and anyone he’s ever wanted. That is until Presley Knox showed up at Carver High.Nash knows to steer clear of Presley and her sharp tongue that’s always aimed at him. But that becomes impossible when they’re paired together for a semester-long photography assignment that promises to push them into the depths of each other’s personal lives. In order to survive the semester, Nash implements a new strategy: get the one girl who’s immune to his charm to change her mind about him.With Nash’s unwavering pursuit to know everything about her, and with the nagging voice inside her head that’s insisting there’s more to him than she’s letting herself see, Presley struggles to keep her wall firmly in place. When it slowly begins to crumble, Nash wonders if he should have kept his distance after all because the girl that’s been hiding under Presley’s hard shell is breaking his heart wide open. Nash has been a lot of things to a lot of girls, but Presley’s the only one he’s ever wanted to shelter and protect. But how is he going to do that when he knows she’s right to keep their friendship a secret in order to protect herself from him? Due to mature language and content, A Son of Carver is intended for readers 17+.

Charles Todd is an English artist, well-known for his renderings of sleek and athletic horses. But what he sees at his brother's he cannot capture on canvas. His sister-in-law has been murdered, and his brother is the prime suspect. Todd sudenly finds himself in a dangerous manhunt as he searches for an elusive killer who paints his own picture of mayhem....

Set in a small town in the 1990s, this is the story of a girl on the edge—of a breakdown, of family secrets, of learning who she really is.Life has been a struggle for Toby Goodman. Her mother died by suicide five years ago, and her father left before Toby was born. Now a teenager living on her grandparents’ dairy farm, Toby has trouble letting people in. Convinced that she is destined to follow her mother’s path, she creates a plan to escape her pain.But with the news that her father is coming home and finally wants to meet her, Toby learns the truth of her parents’ story. Her father is gay and a world-famous female impersonator—in a time when these facts are a source of small-town whispers and secrets, and not something anyone had dared talk with her about before.As her careful plans go awry, Toby must rebuild her life from the ground up. While she might not follow an expected path, with the support of a quirky but lovable circle of friends and family, Toby will finally put together the many different pieces that make up her past, her present and her future.

Theatre, like every profession, has adapted the English language to suit its own special needs. So, anyone wishing to work in theatre, do business with it or just understand its mysteries, needs some knowledge of theatrespeak. This glossary explains the common words and phrases that are used in normal conversation between actors, directors, designers, technicians and managers. All entries represent the author's own understanding of what the words mean and reflect his use of them. Although working in theatre for nearly fifty years and trying to teach the subject for nearly as long, Francis Reid has never undertaken any formal theatre studies. Consequently, it is quite probable that his personal vocabulary has acquired not just minor inaccuracies but major misconceptions. Furthermore, since theatre is a people industry, it is inevitable that some of the entries may be coloured by personal experiences and opinions.

Recent books have raised the public consciousness about the dangers of global warming and climate change. This book is intended to convey the message that there is a solution. The solution is the rapid development of hydrogen fusion energy. This energy source is inexhaustible and, although achieving fusion energy is difficult, the progress made in the past two decades has been remarkable. The physics issues are now understood well enough that serious engineering can begin.The book starts with a summary of climate change and energy sources, trying to give a concise, clear, impartial picture of the facts, separate from conjecture and sensationalism. Controlled fusion -- the difficult problems and ingenious solutions -- is then explained using many new concepts.The bottom line -- what has yet to be done, how long it will take, and how much it will cost -- may surprise you.Francis F. Chen's career in plasma has extended over five decades. His textbook Introduction to Plasma Physics has been used worldwide continuously since 1974. He is the only physicist who has published significantly in both experiment and theory and on both magnetic fusion and laser fusion. As an outdoorsman and runner, he is deeply concerned about the environment. Currently he enjoys bird photography and is a member of the Audubon Society.

Tom Playfair is one in a series of books Fr. Francis Finn, S.J., wrote about Tom Playfair. Tom is an ordinary American boy, who is sent to St. Maure's Catholic boarding school by his father. While there, Tom learns many lessons and becomes a better boy and a better Catholic, but does not lose his high spirits or sense of fun. As he goes through his duties, classes, and games, he makes many good friends and wins over enemies. Among his adventures are snowball fights, baseball games, being struck by lightening, winning over the school bully, and capturing a murderer. The story is not without tragedy, as three of Tom's friends die, but it shows how Tom learns and grows from these experiences. This is a book essential to any Catholic boy's bookshelf.