Through a collection of letters written to his best friend and to his father in England, and from his own personal diary entries, John Dodd’s memoir offers a fascinating and amusing glimpse of life as a colonial rubber planter. With true stories and confessions that would make even Somerset Maugham blush, we discover what life was really like for young colonial planters in late-1950s Malaya. Increasing daily rubber output may have been their goal but for the young planters the bigger picture of chasing girls and finding a ‘keep’ was of much greater importance. But life was more than just a series of stengahs in the clubhouse, dalliances in the Chinese brothels of Penang and charming ‘pillow dictionaries’ – there were strikes, riots, snakes, plantation fires and deadly ambushes by Communist terrorists to contend with. Set against the backdrop of the Emergency period, the rise of nationalism and Malaya’s subsequent Independence, A Company of Planters is a very personal, moving and humorous account of one man’s experiences on the frequently isolated rubber plantations of colonial Malaya.
How would you feel if your most precious possessions were gradually disappearing? What could you do? When Cynthia’s dolls began disappearing, she had no idea what to do. No one could help her—not even her own family. This mystery story is only solved on the last page.
This book gives examples from healthcare institutions that are using IT automation and innovation to drive change and provides guidance on the strategic direction of HIT over the next five years. Improving the delivery of healthcare through HIT is vital for both the economic success of healthcare organizations and the care of the patient, but most EMR systems do not have an integrated and architected approach. This book provides a detailed approach on how to leverage IT for transformation. It also shows how to build upon the experiences of other industries and helps foster innovation by providing a vision of where technology can be an enabler.
Packed with valuable information about ministering to children, this volume of 75 lessons helps in formulating and delivering childrens sermons. The text also demonstrates the use of chalk artistry and ventriloquism. (Practical Life)
THE JOURNEY CONTINUES, a Bible study book, is a sequel of my previous book THE JOURNEY TO GLORY. It is a book about several Bible characters. It is a most enjoyable reading laid out in narrative form. It is both interesting and informative. A BIBLE STUDY BOOK It is a good book for personal and group study. When laid out beside your Bible it will greatly increase your knowledge in the Word of God. At the close of each chapter you will find questions for discussion that will bring the inclusion of yourself, in personal study, or with those in your study group. Additional copies may be purchased online by going to www.xulonpress.com/bookstore. John Dodd is a retired Presbyterian minister who has been preaching God's word for sixty years. In addition to serving in several pastorates he has held conferences in the United States and abroad. He has illustrated and authored a number of books on children's ministries, substance abuse and most recently on controlling one's emotions.
Men’s adventure magazines of the 1950s and 1960s were a lurid form of pulp publishing which specialised in stories of cruelty and savagery, often in exotic settings. The jungles of Africa, South America and Asia, or remote tropical islands, often formed the background for tales of attacks by man-eating animals, cannibals and headhunters, voodoo worshippers, sex-crazed Amazons or Mau-Mau rebels threatening torture, decapitation and rape for the white male and female victims unfortunate enough to fall prey to such primitive perils of the unknown. This special ebook presentation of men’s adventure culture includes full-colour reproductions of 40 vintage magazine covers depicting scenes of jungle horror.
Controlling Your Emotions speaks of such emotions as depression, fear, anger, pride, loneliness, etc. The causes and reasons, as well as the pain and suffering that come from being in bondage to one's emotions, are explored. The reader is led through the Word of God to the one who can bring control and recovery-our high priest, physician, and counselor, Jesus Christ the righteous.Additional copies may be purchased online by going to www.xulonpress.com/bookstore. John Dodd is a retired minister who has been preaching God's Word for over fifty-five years. In addition to serving in several pastorates, he has held conferences and crusades both in the United States and abroad. He has illustrated and authored books on children's ministries and most recently on the problem of alcohol and drug addiction.
A common-place book to the Holy Bible: or, The Scripture's sufficiency practically demonstrated. Wherein the substance of Scripture respecting doctrine, worship, and manners, is reduced to its proper heads: weighty cases are resolved, truths confirmed, and difficult texts illustrated and explained.
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