New Releases by Roger Leslie

What does one do when the dream of a lifetime is realised? What is beyond Reinga (the place of departing spirits)? Questions, so long ignored and put on the back burner of my mind, now had to be faced. We walked, very slowly, back up the track to the car. I sat down and untied the Hoka laces for the last time. It seemed another lifetime when I had tied them at Bluff, but it was only a little over 37 days. With my Swiss Army knife, I cut the bandages off my feet. Two of my nails stayed attached to my toes and the other eight stayed with the bandages. I sat for a long time, and looked at the feet and the soles of the shoes. All four were in tatters, but had done everything, and more, that had been asked of them. I would keep the shoes as a memorial of the greatest task I had ever set myself. I guessed I would keep the feet too. They would never be the same, and it was hard to imagine them being pain-free again. I stood and looked southwards and thought of AH Reed all those years ago, setting off from here and heading for Bluff with his little suitcase and dressed properly in hat and tie (and good boots). I wished my father could have been here to see this. We have no way of knowing how long we will have loved ones about, so we need to communicate more often with them about our feelings and dreams.

Interactive calendar book for recording memories and milestones throughout a single year, accompanied by love quotations to focus and inspire.

Interactive calendar book for recording memories and milestones throughout a single year, accompanied by motivational quotations to focus and inspire.

When a joyful boy realizes he is gay, he fights against family and religious prejudices to reclaim the God of love he learned about in hopes of discovering what it means to be a gay soul.

To resolve a personal struggle and deepen his spiritual understanding, an author poses questions to God and uncovers universal insights about love, judgment, and destiny. Through their dialog, Leslie shares spiritual revelations to make everyone''s journey more profound.

This is my tenth collection of short stories. An elderly man becomes ''news'' after he writes about his encounter with Ernest Hemingway in Pamplona years ago. A writer holidaying in West Texas meets James Dean in Marfa years after the latter''s supposed death. A postal clerk remembers selling a stamp to John Wayne who was filming in London. A reporter traces the ex-chauffeur of a gangster to learn his story. A British Lord worries about his accident prone wife who has gone skiing in the Scottish Borders. A mystery writer becomes a witness in a local murder. A strange ship loads an odd cargo in a port. A mute, nameless man becomes a patient in a psychiatric hospital. A sunken treasure is found off the coast of Florida during a Presidential political campaign. They are a mixed bag of old and new, some semi-autobiographical or humourous, all intended to entertain.

This is a memoir and selection of games played between 1958 and 2018 by the amateur chess player Roger Paige. He played for Cosham in the Portsmouth League, Hampshire and Middlesex county teams and London University and the ÔAthenaeumÕ Chess Club in the London League in the 1960s and early 1970s. He is currently retired and living in Edinburgh. He mainly nowadays plays on the Internet.

Recently graduated, a young man gets a job on a distant volcanic island. A retired horror film actor gives an interview about his career. In Brooklyn, a delivery man meets Groucho Marx in an elevator. Shanghaied in San Francisco, a man is marooned by his captors. These and other stories in my 9th collection reflect the comedy and tragedy of life. Set in various countries, dreams, the magic of the cinema, and the way life can confuse are re-occurring themes. Often things are not what they should be, even for the author!

This project was to develop a plan for increasing evangelism and mission mobilization at New Birth Cathedral of Praise (NBCP) in Sherman, Texas. The process involved assessing the congregation’s knowledge of evangelism and missions in order to develop a curriculum for evangelism and missions. That process then led to the establishment of a mobilization plan to reach Sherman, Texas, and beyond.Chapter 1 introduces the ministry context of NBCP, along with the rationale, purpose, goals, research methodologies, definitions, and delimitations of the project. Chapter 2 provides the biblical and theological basis for evangelism and mission mobilization. The gospel of Matthew provides three different models for advancing the gospel. Matthew 9:36-38 provides a model for gospel motivation; Matthew 10:1-23 provides a model for laborers in evangelism and Matthew 28:19-20 provides a model for laborers to be mobilized. These passages serve as the basis for increasing evangelism and mission mobilization.Chapter 3 addresses the practical issues related to how the church must be equipped to communicate the gospel within the anti-Christian culture. Chapter 4 details the curriculum and lesson plans. Chapter 5 concludes with an overall evaluation of the project, and suggestions for improvement and further development.

Just as the Academy Awards have an impact upon stars and their careers, their filmic achievements influence the Academy and contribute to the rich history of the Oscars. Upset wins, jarring losses and glaring oversights have helped define the careers of Hollywood icons, while unknown actors have proven that timing sometimes beats notoriety or even talent. With detailed discussion of their performances and Awards night results, this book describes how 108 actors earned the Academy''s favor--and how 129 others were overlooked.

An at-a-glance, ready-reference guide for teachers, counselors, and librarians who have been charged with character education in the classroom, this book provides detailed analysis of seven fundamental character traits modeled in 111 award-winning children''s books. Winners of state Child Choice Book Awards since 2005 in each of the 50 states are examined for core interpersonal character qualities, including courage, creativity, undeterred, self-motivated. Detailed charts for each award-winning book identify which SUCCESS traits are displayed, on which pages, and by which characters---along with lesson-plan tips, analyses, and comparisons. "The most extensive analysis of character traits in children''s literature," notes Marvin Berkowitz, pioneering national character education leader.With this resource at their fingertips, teachers can easily develop lesson plans using popular literary characters from kids'' favorite books---lesson plans that are dynamic, multidisciplinary, easy to implement, and compliant with the national mandate on character education in the classroom.

The course of Roger Leslie''s life, and his personal mission to help others get the most from theirs, was forever transformed by a dream. In it, he was told to live an entire year as if he''d never again experience those calendar dates, write about the experience as he lived it, and then teach others how to live their First Last Year (FLY®) as well. This is that story. What happens to him physically and spiritually in just 365 days will challenge and inspire, and ultimately shine light on what it is to have faith, courage, and love.--author''s website.

This is my sixth collection of stories, all written during the past two years. Variously set in France, Scotland, Canada and England they are a mixture of the serious and lightly comic.

This is the last volume in my planned trilogy of books about my social work career. It describes the work I did as Senior Social Worker at the Alcohol Problems Clinic, a department of the Royal Edinburgh Hospital, between 1996 and 2008.

The short stories in my fifth collection are set in London, Yorkshire, Scotland, Ontario, the USA and France. They are a mixture of the humourous and serious and were mainly written in 2012.

This is my fourth collection of short stories. The majority of them were written in the last year, a few pieces from the 1980s & 1990s have been revised.

This is the second of my planned trilogy about my experiences in social work in Edinburgh. Between 1989 and 1996 I was the last Manager of ''Thornybauk'' This was a unique unit, opened in 1974, which offered a therapeutic living environment and individual and groupwork support for men and women with alcohol problems.

This is my second collection of stories plus a novella. The stories are a mixture of the slightly comic, semi-autobiographical (e.g. Ashmore Road) and purely fi ctional. Most of the stories are from the last two years. The Attic, Adam Zero, The Monk plus the novella and those pieces in the segment called Appoploximes were finished in the last year but have been with me over the past twenty years or more. I have included also a brief memoir of my university days, notably my stay in Halliday Hall. I continue to work on my third novel and a second book of my experiences in residential social work.

I began writing creatively in 1968, my last year at King''s College, London, where I was studying Theology. Little survives from those early efforts. These stories- some serio-comic and others semi-autobiographical as well as the purely fictional- were conceived and written between 1970 (when I had given up teaching and was working as a postal clerk in London) and now, when I am retired after a career in social work in Edinburgh. The poems are mainly from the last several years. Previous works by the author include two novels -''Dream under the Hill'' and ''A Canadian Childhood''.

Two ''old contemptibles'' are passing time in a strange, dream-like seaside town as they make their way to their lodgings and a perfect cup of tea. Their path continually crosses that of another vagrant whose fate seems linked with theirs.

This work covers every actor that received major award recognition for work in movies, theater, and television in the past 80 years. Information includes awards earned, a chronological list of performances, and interesting facts about the award or the actor’s experience at the awards ceremony.

A selection of games played by the author during the 1960s/70s & more recently over the internet. The book also includes a historical summary of British chess tournaments played between 1960-69.

A remarkable story that focuses on the 1928-1930 adventures of nineteen-year-old Paul Siple, the Eagle Scout selected to go on Commander Richard E. Byrd''s first expedition to Antarctica.

This is the autobiography of chess player Roger Leslie Paige.

These poems were written between 1968, when Roger Leslie Paige was studying Theology at King''s College, London, and 1983.

Contains 50 activites that are easy and fun to help you realize your dreams and how to start making them come true.