Bøger af Duncan MacLeod

Duncan MacLeod spent fifty years living and working in Taiwan, or as he knew it, North Formosa. In this memoir, he recalls his experiences there, the people he met, and the cultural and political changes that he witnessed. As a missionary, MacLeod was uniquely positioned to observe both the strengths and the flaws of the colonial system that governed Taiwan during his time there. This book offers a rare glimpse into a fascinating period in Taiwanese history.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.

How long does it take a casual user to become a heroin addict? Not as long as you think.This fourth and final installment in the Psychotic Break Series sees Ethan struggling to rejoin society as drugs take center stage in his life. Home from Mexico with a shampoo bottle full of paregoric, Ethan drifts from job to job and house to house, unable to get his footing. The only thing that remains constant in his life is the relief heroin provides. The drug takes hold in tiny steps. He doesn't become a junkie overnight; he knows he is playing with fire.The novel showcases San Francisco at the end of the 1980's. It was a period of upheavals everywhere - the Berlin Wall fell; San Francisco shook, and Microsoft took over the world. It was the last days of analog, when phone booths were more common than cell phones, snail mail and typewriters were still favored over word processors. A Quarter describes a San Francisco that vanished.

I gotta get outta this place! A halfway house can feel like limbo.Continuing right where "5150: A Transfer" left off, "Half" recounts the ongoing saga of Ethan Lloyd and his bid to break free of the mental health system while continuing the slow healing process. Ethan befriends Michael G. Page, a complex character suffering from a much milder case of mental illness. Michael helps Ethan regain his sense of self and personal freedom that he lost in the hospital.Half takes place in a very real location - Conard House, a Victorian Mansion in Pacific Heights converted into a halfway house for mental patients. The house, perched high atop the hill above Cow Hollow, provides an ironic contrast to the fate of the clients who live there. For many, this will be the only mansion they will ever call home.There are setbacks. Ethan suffers from occasional relapses of paranoia, hallucinations and medical mismanagement. Despite these obstacles, he plans to escape to Mexico with his new crush, Chance.

A major bummer, Agnes Blatt is dead.Immediately after being struck by a car, she finds herself on a conveyor belt in the Fourth Bardo. There she joins forces with Jerry, her high school crush, and Patsy, an adorable dog who lived on her street.The three dead souls travel together through all of the afterlife, battling demons, warding off ill-intentioned angels, and defending their three-souled union to everyone they meet.When Agnes finds a knife that can cut through illusions, the trio hack their way through the wilderness of the afterlife, tumbling from one adventure to another.

Ethan Lloyd, a bright prep school student with perfect grades, shows great promise when he chooses to leave the remaining shreds of his family and move to New York City where he plans to go to college in the fall. Immersed in the world of the 1980's "club kids", he does his best to navigate the social world of the celebutante. The colorful characters that polka dot Ethan's life are a new family, but not always a safe one. Mental illness, money, and low self-esteem gain the upper hand, forcing him to drop out of Columbia University and return home to San Francisco to face his demons.7th Avenue South is a highly-demanded prequel to the 4-book Psychotic Break Series which documents Ethan's struggles with drugs, psychosis and hospitalization. 7th Ave South lays the foundation and gives context to the circumstances that lead six months later to Ethan's 5150 transfer to the mental hospital from jail.