Bohannon Hall Press Catalogue
Sofia Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya (1850 --1891) was so determined to open the doors to education for women that she entered into a fictitious marriage in order to leave Russia. She had shown a clear talent for mathematics, but, as a woman, she was not allowed to enter university classrooms. In Berlin, classes were also closed to women, but Karl Weierstrass, recognized her genius and accepted her as a private student. She studied under his guidance for four years. In 1874, she was awarded a PhD summa cum laude on the basis of three excellent papers but was nevertheless barred from holding a university position. After ten years, she was granted a position as a lecturer in Stockholm. She soon became an editor of the new journal, Acta Mathematica, and began to correspond with the best mathematicians in Europe. In 1886, she won the Prix Bordin for solving a problem that had eluded mathematicians for hundreds of years and was praised for her great inventiveness. In 1889, she was finally granted a life-time full professorship, ironically, just two years before her death. Throughout her life Kovalevskaya's creativity showed itself through her writings. Her Memories of Childhood and a novel, Nihilist Girl, were translated long ago. Sandra DeLozier Coleman's recent translations of nine poems and the two plays, How It Was and How It Might Have Been, give new insight into a spirit of great passion and reveal Kovalevskaya's sincere desire to make the world a better place.
Thoughts in patterned rhyme have interested Sandra DeLozier Coleman since early childhood. Her first math-related poem was composed at age seventeen as she began to connect metaphysical ideas to concepts encountered in her math classes. Readers will find here poems for the math-inclined mingled with poems on themes of interest to us all – thoughts related to the nature of Truth and Reality and thoughts on love and friendship. Images that take form through repetition are of spiritual value to the artist. Drawing a symmetrical design in ink requires a level of concentration that makes dwelling on troubling or racing thoughts impossible. In choosing steps for each creation the artist experiences a satisfying feeling of complete freedom. The process of repeating the chosen steps multiple times as the symmetry emerges provides a balancing, calming sense of control. The resulting near-symmetric images are clearly distinguishable from computer-generated symmetrical art.
In an age when the world can feel especially dark, Surprised By Glory is a collection of true stories and hopeful essays that invites the reader to consider setting down the fear and anger of the current moment in order to seek instead the grandeur in this most fascinating and diverse world of ours. "How we spend our days, of course, is how we spend our lives," ...and we only have one life––this one. Thus, the stories in Surprised By Glory encourage us to spend our wild and precious life in search of the sublime and in the pursuit of the glorious, for such searching is worth our efforts and produces remarkable, even miraculous, results.
In a culture that encourages and applauds the search for perfection in all its exterior manifestations, Surprised by Imperfection is a collection of essays that reminds readers of the exquisite beauty in the dappled and imperfect aspects of the vast world, seeks out the sanctity of the ordinary in all its seasons, and invites us back to childhood’s grand sense of wonder. In each story, Shari Brand Ray considers the sacredness of the small moments in life. With humor and inordinate love for the everyday, Ray connects readers to the glories of the natural world through a return to close observation. In the spring she finds meaning in watching two dogs run in the warm sunshine along the banks of the spring-swollen Mississippi River, and in autumn she experiences the terrifying beauty of leaving her seven-year-old daughter in a Belgian girls’ school where neither she nor her daughter yet speak the language. In winter Ray writes of personal wounding, the moments following a life-threatening head-on collision on a snowy night in Memphis as she waits for the ambulance and contemplates her own unknown future.
After the tragic death of his advisor, PhD candidate, Bob Mcleod, finds himself in possession of weather modification technology, built in total secrecy, which has the power to change the world. While learning the system’s capabilities, Mcleod’s possession of the powerful tool is uncovered when he accidentally impacts local military operations. This leads to direct involvement by the US government. Will the new capability be used to benefit all mankind, or will it become the most destructive weapon ever invented? To find the answer, Professor Mcleod must accept his new role as “Thor’s Apprentice.”
Professor Bob Mcleod must adapt, advance and apply the lessons learned in Thor's Apprentice when he and his colleagues learn the on-demand weather technology they discovered and brought to the United Nations is anything but new. After discovering who this technology came from and when, a new alliance of scientists, military, government and United Nations officials set out to complete the work Doc Auster began through a new operation called Thor’s Journeymen. Professor Mcleod and fiancé Ann find themselves at the center of a new storm; an undeclared "weaponized-weather" arms race between world powers and a stated global philanthropic objective to safely and equitably field weather on-demand for the benefit of all.
After the successful Thor’s Journeymen operation, Professor Bob Mcleod and his fiancée Ann chose to continue their efforts and field the on-demand weather modification technology under the UN effort. Many of their colleagues chose to exploit the captured regional weather modification system in a new covert development program called Thor’s Craftsmen. Their objective, to develop and deploy a space based global system for on demand weather, anytime and anyplace. When a political bombshell scuttles the UN effort, Bob and Ann find themselves pulled back to the forefront of the US effort. This lands them back into the familiar circle of US decision makers determining how this technology will be used, who will use it and for what purpose. Their actions ultimately determine the outcome of those discussions and the results for the US, the UN and the world. Thor’s Craftsmen is the conclusion of the Thor’s trilogy and, while tying it all together, it will leave you wondering what is fiction and what is not.
Dr Berman is a gynecologic cancer specialist who cared for thousands of women over a nearly 50-year career. Many of his patients were cured of their cancers and were able to return to a normal life. Some were not. All of them had stories to share. The stories are real, sometimes sad and inspiring but always informative.This book shares some of their stories which demonstrate the virtues of kindness, forgiveness, compassion, spirituality, humor, humility and, frankly, sometimes just good luck. Most importantly, this book will challenge the reader to look in the mirror and encourage them to become their better self.
On a dangerous mission in the middle of a bitter war, hundreds of miles from assistance in the remote Central Highlands of Vietnam, a US Army platoon discovers their operation is even more deadly than they thought possible. As these hardened warriors make their way through the dense jungles and high mountain villages of this ancient land their sanity and fraternal bonds are tested to the limit as, one after another, they fall victim to an unseen enemy. Fear, revenge, and a sociopathic first sergeant drive a clash of cultures when the platoon stumbles across Montagnard villagers, who have peacefully farmed the mountains for more than a thousand years. This meeting will change all their lives forever as a conclusion is reached before the question is asked; are they responsible? Rattling around for 30 years in his mind, Taylor brings us a novel of revenge on more than one level. Who will pay? How?
This book contains an eclectic collection of stories, short essays and poems written over the last twenty years. These stories reflect different stages and phases in the life of the author which give the reader a translucent, if not totally transparent, glimpse of Richbourg's life. He writes for himself as a way of capturing his feelings so that he can look back to learn something about where his life has taken him. Some of these stories and poems are carefully hidden mistakes revealed in a coded format. Many readers do that. They tell stories about others and themselves which give insights into their psyches. While reading about the authors feelings on events—present or historical—which have shaped his life, the reader is encouraged to reflect on his/her own life.
A favored aunt dreams about having her own children. When she wakes up, a poem is in her head that has to be written down. She also has images in her mind that must be painted. "If I were to have a baby," she asked herself, "what would I want them to be like?"
This deep-sea fantasy will delight children with its playful rhyme and imaginative storyline as two industrious octopus brothers surprise their parents by doing much more than just the tasks they were assigned. Bonus coloring pages in the back provide an activity for little travelers headed to the beach!
This is a delightful story about a baby lobster and a baby seahorse, who are forced to go on their first play date. At first, they aren't really sure what they are supposed to do. Come join them as they figure out how to create a memorable day together! Little Lobster's First Playdate is also available in a French version as La Petite Langouste Fait Un Ami for children who are being introduced to a new language.