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Being with the Beings, the final part of Miguel Mendonça’s trilogy on ET-human interaction, is a deep dive into the experiences of ET contact with nine people who have had long, ongoing interaction with a wide variety of beings. Their interviews reveal their techniques for making safe, meaningful contact with nonhuman intelligences. We hear how it has changed or defined their lives, why they are involved in direct contact, and what they offer the world as a result.

Governor Culbert L. Olson is one of the most important and prominent men you have probably never heard of. Elected governor of California in 1938, he is noted for being the first Democratic governor of the state in over 40 years. His term spanned the years 1939 to 1943, years of tumult and trial for California and for all of America. It included the last part of America's Great Depression and the first part of World War II. Olson led California through this difficult time with a progressive agenda known as Olson's "New Deal for California."

Has Terry gone crazy? When you're standing in a vegan cafe holding a revolver, it is a question you should ask yourself. Terry was past the questioning phase. He knew he had discovered the truth. The Bardo was real...and we were trapping ourselves there on purpose. Can he wake us up in time? Do we want to be?

After three desperadoes ride into the town of Monkford and hold a congregation at gunpoint, a shootout ensues. With the Minister’s wife dead and one of the criminals wounded, they make their escape to the town of Fiveways in search of a doctor. A posse gathers and sets out into the territory to bring the criminals to justice. Meanwhile in Monkford, the minister Gene Sherrin is recovering from the terrible tragedy...and proves to be a man at war with himself. In a game of survival of the fittest, who will be the last man standing?

Where Night Is Day is a nonfiction narrative grounded in the day-by-day, hour-by-hour rhythms of an ICU, in a teaching hospital, in the heart of New Mexico. It is the story of patients and families, suddenly faced with critical illness. In this context, Kelly reflects on the nature of medicine and nursing, on how doctors and nurses see themselves. Drawing on the words of medical historians, doctor-writers, and nursing scholars, Kelly examines the relationship of professional and lay observers, to the meaning of illness, empathy, caring, and the silence of suffering.