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A moving collection of poems inspired by the author's experiences as a soldier in World War I. Written with compassion and sensitivity, Nichols' poems capture the horror and futility of war, while also celebrating the resilience and perseverance of the human spirit.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Robert Malise Bowyer Nichols was born in September 1893. Robert was educated at Winchester College and then Trinity College, Oxford. In September 1914 with the shadow of the Great War covering Europe he enlisted, despite poor health, with the Field Artillery. He trained for a year and reached the front line just before the beginning of the Battle of Loos in September 1915. He was also to serve at the Battle of the Somme as an artillery officer in 1916, after suffering from shell shock he was invalided back to England. Taking up service with The British Ministry of Labour and the Ministry of Information he began to write more avidly. As one of the War's surviving poets he was able to also give his work a depth and reflection that many of his other fallen contemporaries were not able too. He also began to give readings of his poems as well as tours in America. Robert also wrote four plays and two novels as well as several further volumes of poetry. Now rightly regarded as one of the pre-eminent War Poets his poetry is richly rewarding, filled with vivid descriptions and emotions of the human suffering during war. It's end brought him together with Nancy Cunard who was the inspiration for his next book Aurelia (1920). He was in Tokyo from 1921 to 1924 teaching English Literature and from 1924 to 1926 Hollywood beckoned. In 1928 his play, Wings Over Europe, foretelling the splitting of the atom was a success in New York. In 1933-4 he was in Austria and Germany, his long weekly letters to Henry Head, the neurologist under whose care he had been for shell-shock, give a graphic eye-witness account of the rise of Hitler. By the end of the 1930's he was living in the South of France, his emotional and financial affairs in turmoil. With occupation of France by German and Vichy forces he was on the last ship to carry British refugees from the Cote d'Azur. Robert Nichols died on December 17th 1944. He is buried at St Mary's, in Lawford, Essex. Here we publish 'Poems & Phantasies together with some of his other of his remarkable war poems.

Robert Malise Bowyer Nichols was born in September 1893. Robert was educated at Winchester College and then Trinity College, Oxford. In September 1914 with the shadow of the Great War covering Europe he enlisted, despite poor health, with the Field Artillery. He trained for a year and reached the front line just before the beginning of the Battle of Loos in September 1915. He was also to serve at the Battle of the Somme as an artillery officer in 1916, after suffering from shell shock he was invalided back to England. Taking up service with The British Ministry of Labour and the Ministry of Information he began to write more avidly. As one of the War's surviving poets he was able to also give his work a depth and reflection that many of his other fallen contemporaries were not able too. He also began to give readings of his poems as well as tours in America. Robert also wrote four plays and two novels as well as several further volumes of poetry. Now rightly regarded as one of the pre-eminent War Poets his poetry is richly rewarding, filled with vivid descriptions and emotions of the human suffering during war. It's end brought him together with Nancy Cunard who was the inspiration for his next book Aurelia (1920). He was in Tokyo from 1921 to 1924 teaching English Literature and from 1924 to 1926 Hollywood beckoned. In 1928 his play, Wings Over Europe, foretelling the splitting of the atom was a success in New York. In 1933-4 he was in Austria and Germany, his long weekly letters to Henry Head, the neurologist under whose care he had been for shell-shock, give a graphic eye-witness account of the rise of Hitler. By the end of the 1930's he was living in the South of France, his emotional and financial affairs in turmoil. With occupation of France by German and Vichy forces he was on the last ship to carry British refugees from the Cote d'Azur. Robert Nichols died on December 17th 1944. He is buried at St Mary's, in Lawford, Essex. Here we publish 'A Faun's Holiday'.

How to Start and Enjoy Living the RV Life on a Tight BudgetA Budget-Friendly RV Lifestyle Startup GuideEveryone's financial situation is different. Whatever may fit your budget may not fit mine and vice versa, keeping that in mind I wrote this book for those who want to enjoy the freedom of the open road but on a reasonable budget.If you are like me and live off of a limited monthly income; then you may enjoy what you find in this book. Even though I didn't discuss how to find free foods or soup kitchens in different cities, I did discuss how to find a lot of everyday needs while RVing for cheap and sometimes free.Buying an RV itself is a significant investment, but if you shop smartly, you may find a good used one around your city for a reasonable price. Also, remember you can find RV financing that is more like a home financing than a vehicle financing. So the payments are always very reasonable.We started our RV life in 2012, as I took an early forced retirement due to downsizing. As an accountant, I kept crunching numbers to figure out how we would survive in the long run with the house note and all other expenses that we had. The one day a friend told me about RV life. I was not interested at first, didn't think much of that idea. But then I started reading about it, and the more I read more appealing it became.Again as a number guy, I crunched the numbers and found out we could actually do this and save money. Yes, you heard me right. It would cost us less to live and travel around in an RV than to live in our 20-year-old house. I shared my calculation in this book; you can take a look and compare your own numbers and see how your numbers would look.This book is a compilation of all the things a person should consider when choosing to go with the RV lifestyle. But the important part of this life is saving money, as I said, by going with RV life, we are now saving money and you can too, as long as you do it the right way. I share my ideas, experience, and thoughts about how to start an RV life, safely, while enjoying the beautiful outdoors and finally be able to live the life we always dreamed of.Before hit the "buy" button take a look and see if these topics interest you enough.This Is What I Discussed In This Book. Benefits Of RV LifeSetting Up A Cost ComparisonHow To Prepare For RV LifestyleCreating A PlanDownsizing Your LifeHow To Choose The Right RV For Your BudgetHow And Where To Find A Good Used RV To Buy9 Things To Consider When Buying An RVHow To Protect Your RVFor DIY Maintenance What Tools You Will NeedAdditional Safety Features You Can Add To Your RVHow The Utilities Work In Your RV, How To Purify WaterStaying In Touch While On the Road (TV, Internet, Phone, Mail, Etc.)Life On The Road, How To Stay Rent FreeHow To Find Free Boondocking SitesSafety Concerns And Measures You Can Take While On The RoadHeating & Cooling In Your RVFood Choices, Cooking Methods & StorageHealth Care On The RoadFinding Entertainment & Making Money While TravellingRV Maintenance And Upkeep, How To Winterize Your RVProper Loading And PackingHow To Balance The LoadAnd So Much MoreAlong with many valuable links and resources, I also shared some very informative YouTube video links which I believe you will find especially helpful.Happy & Safe Travel, see you on the road.

RV Adventure To Explore the Wild & Wonderful Alaska & CanadaA Budget Friendly Guide to Visit Alaska & Canada in a RVWhy visit Canada and Alaska in a RV? Here are a few reasons that may convince you to do just that.Alaska and Canada are possibly two of the most picturesque places in North America. They are both great places to travel to get away from it all and simply take a breath of fresh air. There are breathtaking landscapes, wilderness, northern lights, beautiful glacier and laid back cities to visit.For many good reasons, Alaska and Canada are on the top of many travelers' lists. They both are particularly good summer destination to escape the heat in the lower 48 states.Reasons to visit Canada: To see the Northern LightsTo visit the Famous Arctic & Yukon Wildlife PreservesTo visit the famous Glacier National ParkTo see the highest and tallest tides of the world (average four-story high)To enjoy Whale watchingTo see Niagara FallsTo visit the Hockey Hall of FameTo visit the Museum of World ReligionsReason to visit Alaska: To watch Grizzly bears fish from the riverTo taste the fresh King Crab and SalmonTo enjoy Ice climbing & Glacier HikingTo visit a few "Gold Rush" sites in personTo visit the North Pole & Santa Clause HouseTo visit W.S. Elias National Park, the largest National Park in the U.S.To see all the breathtaking view of the Alaskan wildernessTo see the Northern LightsIn this guide, I share my knowledge and findings from the many trips we have taken. I Show You: How to prepare & what to pack for a great RV trip up north. For each of the provinces, I suggest a guided trip route along with what and where to stop, where to stay, how much each of the RV parks may cost you and what amenities each of the parks offer.I Also Share: Must See placesSuggested RV Parks along every routeRV Camping at the National ParksCity Visits, What to see and doHow to Travel on a tight BudgetGo out and enjoy the vast wilderness and breathtaking beauty of Alaska and Canada. I guarantee you will enjoy it more than any other RV trips you have ever taken.That's a promise!

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I should make this clear from the start. None of this is easy. The first chapter of this work starts out saying exactly that: This will not be easy. I tell some hard truths. Don't be misled by the mirthful lilt of my title. Uncle Bob here will do his best to help you be happy, but none of this means diddly-squat if you can't face harsher aspects of our everyday journey. Happy and easy-I don't think so. Not in the world I tell. Matters profound, intimate; cosmic and common; cruel and blissful; deeply mundane and sweetly eternal... are seldom honestly confronted without a great deal of effort. Happiness is an art, and art is never easy. But, oh... if you ever want to take a joyful breath of the life you are living-forget the mortgage, the fools who run things, the pain in your get-along-realize by proof of the people who love you, the taste of a good meal, the bird-sound, wind-stirred, sky-vast wonder of a world just beyond the clasp of drudgery: nobody owns your soul. Nobody!

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Greg Watson was just a regular enough school teacher fellow when, in order to quit taking debilitating pills to control his high blood pressure, he began to practice Hush Meditation. It worked. His numbers dropped to normal and his love life rose back to normal. All was well until, during meditation, a strange little man in a monk's cowl appeared and directed him to shoot a crossbow arrow into a tiny sector of his own brain. (Hence, the title, Albatross.) "What have I done?" Greg asked. "Oh, nothing much. You've only disabled your mind's ability to create bullshit." The consequence of this communicative impairment was catastrophic. Absolute honesty loses Greg his wife, his friends, and his job. Though this may seem a bit on the serious side, in fact, it is an uplifting and imaginative tale of farce, surrealism, and heartfelt truth written with a storyteller's craft and a poet's touch.

This book tells, with the heartfelt power of a father's poetic prose, the story of the first sixteen years of the life of his daughter Kristin, an amazing human being who at birth was described as being a vegetable. It took Robert Nichols over ten years to write this little book telling the distress and delight of his years as the father of a child with Down syndrome. But, this is not a book about a chromosomal abnormality, or even about disability. It is the story, wrenched from the very souls of Robert, his wife Carol, and their daughter Kristin, of a family confronting difficulty with love, humor, and compassion.This book tells a difficult, sometimes sad story of the unfairness, the danger, and the cruelty of the world Kristin has known and her parents have battled. But, mainly, it is the story of a beautiful human being who, throughout her life, has been a source of joy, inspiration, and a lot of good laughs to any who have been fortunate enough to know her. The Kristin Book: Update 2013, with unflinching honesty and passionate truth, will give the reader artful cause to weep, to laugh, and to celebrate the wonderful potential that is implicit to the human spirit. In this update of The Kristin Book, the original 1987 text is included along with an update of the ensuing twenty-five years since publication with sections written by Robert, Carol, and Kristin Nichols.Thank you for caring.

The fourth in the Footlocker Series of books published by Robert Nichols, about Paths is another collection of beautiful and moving poetry and thought-provoking essays. Robert artfully takes you with him as he recounts youthful journeys hitchhiking the country, expresses vignette word-sketches of people and places along the way throughout the years, and gives a sense of purpose to the paths all of us take. Read these works and you will know the harsh and enlightening truths of the road, you will contemplate the ugly realities of American racism, you will observe the humor and pathos of the passing scene-you will travel the path of an open-hearted poet.

THE HIGH PRIEST OF HALLELUJAH Has: >Murder by lightning bolt. >A villain-a radio evangelist/messianic fiend named Brother Earl.>Jackson Blake, a heart-broken widower saved from self-destruction by a duck. >Near-death by tedium (just one little chapter about a committee of intellectuals). A desert sage-a sand-sung Indian mystic named Glory Hallelujah. >A night in a Phoenix topless nightclub called The Naked Rose. >A night of lovin' in the back of a pickup truck. >The surreal darkness of the Mountain of Three Days where the Legions of Death are confronted by rage and metaphor. >Our hero defending a lady from assault by a barroom motorcycle gang: with nose bloodied and fists at his side, Jackson scatters the ruffians with poetry, "...a tear, a child-song memory / bird-call truths singing through the meadowland." And >Resounding, rewarding resolution of a farcical plot. Whew. You've just got to trust me on this-open your mind and your heart and you're in for a memorable encounter with satiric humor, poetically rich emotion, and artful storytelling.

First and foremost, I am not an expert on any of the topics discussed in this book. I'm an average everyday person like most. Second, this isn't a book about martial arts. Sorry if it comes as a surprise given the title, and a surprise because, yes, that is what I do for a living. So, you're probably thinking "what is this book about?"Well, I will completely admit, I've made a lot of mistakes and screwed up a lot of things. But I think one thing that I've been fortunate with is that I'm pretty good about learning from those mistakes. So, I guess that's kind of the point of this book; from an average guy's point of view. In this book, I'll be telling stories that inspire others to strive harder and achieve more.So, relax and get ready to have a one-on-one conversation with me. Yes, this is a conversation between two people rather than a book. This is not me telling you how to live your life as you read these pages. Rather, as you hear about my life, you can be reflective and have ideas about your own.

Robert Nichols reconstructs the concept of dispossession as a means of explaining how shifting configurations of law, property, race, and rights have functioned as modes of governance, both historically and in the present.

This first systematic and comprehensive engagement of the relationship of Martin Heidegger and Michel Foucault makes a unique contribution to our thinking about the question of freedom and shows why these major thinkers must be read in tandem if we want to fully understand twentieth-century Continental thought.

A selection of some of the best plays of Chikamatsu, one of the greatest Japanese dramatists.