Stuart Elliott

Written over the last ten years, these poems reflect encounters with nature, with grief, with people whose paths have been shared for a time. They are an attempt to capture serendipity of life's moments that touch our soul to tears and make us who we are on our pilgrim journey. Dedicated to 'Those we Love' with the words: There are no words to say the sorrow that broken hearts breaking mend. No cry to reach the depths deserved of desolations voice, save the stillness of another's calm embrace to hold the love flown down in falling tears.

Mavericks. Moguls. Visionaries. Find 100 candid interviews with the giants of real estate in this must-have coffee table book from The Real Deal. Industry titans share the lessons they learned and the challenges they overcame on their way to the top. The collection is drawn from The Real Deal's signature monthly magazine interview, conducted with the real estate elite over the course of a decade. "The Closing: Interviews with New York City's Titans of Real Estate," features wisdom and war stories from the likes of Stephen Ross, the billionaire founder of Related Companies, Robert Shiller, the Nobel Prize winner who invented the Case-Shiller housing index, hospitality and nightlife impresario Ian Schrager, starchitects Robert A. M. Stern and Richard Meier, brokerage founder and media mogul Barbara Corcoran and other luminaries. Accompanied by intimate portraits from award-winning photographers.

Once the flying machine was a practical proposition, its military use became evident and governments needed to develop a way of marking their property. Flying a flag was an obvious but ineffective and dangerous solution so painting the representation of the flag was the natural alternative. The first known markings to identify nationality were used in the 1910 Bombing Competition in Vienna where each competing machine carried its national colors. Formalized in 1912, precise shapes and colors of military markings were initially introduced by France closely followed by Romania. Organized by country in 2 volumes, Military Aircraft Insignia of the World brings together global markings from such countries as Abkhazia, Afghanistan, Chad and Iran through to Kenya and Kuwait. Over 500 insignia combine with contemporary photographs and a brief history of the military air activity of that country to provide a wealth of information for the aviation historian and modeller alike.

Jennifer was feeling extra stressed today. Her job as senior manager of a high profile advertising company was more hectic than usual. At lunchtime as she was browsing through a nearby bookstore she notice a book titled: "Winning The Stress Game". Curiously she picked it up and was leafing through the pages when a quotation stopped her in her tracks. She'd been stopped on Page 39, it was the headline that arrested her, it read: "Symptoms of a Nervous Breakdown". That could be me she thought as she read the accompanying text. Then she smiled as she saw the affirmation. "What a great way to take it easy she thought." She glanced through a few more pages then decided to buy the book. She smiled as she realised how it would help her manage the sress inherent in her work.