Samples from the ebooks in Les Études - The Nature Series. These include the following Études: SkyScapes, Mountains, Sunsets, Maritime, Deserts. A full ebook in its own right, Les Études - The Nature Series: Samples is perfect for getting a burst of colour and spice into your day, and also for getting a flavour of the Études!These two short stories examine the hidden lives of outsiders from society - people who are put on the outside because of mental illness. Their remarkable stoicism and the valuable contributions they can make are put on display here, for the reader to consider.We all know by now that the mentally ill suffer from cruel and crude stereotypes and stigmas of being "defective," "crazy," and "weak", as well as a still-pervasive belief that they are generally prone to committing crimes. Here are two portraits of mentally ill people that show how they often do stand aside from mainstream society, yet inject that mainstream with important insights and inspiration.In the first story, "The Exalted Mortals," Lester, a young man with schizophrenia, finds through the darkness his niche in the world of art - he makes as his subjects the mentally ill and other people with disabilities, conveying to his audiences what contributions the disabled make, and how they strive to love be loved just as others do. He finds in the efforts of the disabled remarkable examples of what the human spirit is capable of, and there is the implication that even more could be accomplished if the seen and unseen barriers to the disabled were lowered.The second story, "Strange Jill," shines a light on the unique perspective of a mentally ill school girl, who knows what "cool" really is, and tries to teach a curious schoolmate what knowing is all about in this world.Neither story contains adult or otherwise explicit content, though the themes might best be discussed with the younger reader.

If you like this ebook, then please share it! This is an ebook containing short, poetical pieces inspired by the theme of water; and touching also on the beauty of music, and memory, and the passage of time.Sentient life exists because the right condition have given rise to life. The time has come for to a new form of sentient life to rise into ascendance and a young man accidentally unleashed the mechanism to allow this to happen. Josh's attempt to test the his father's lifetimes work coupled with unknown variables formed cybernetic life in the same way algae would grow in a Petra dish. This new life form evolved and created its own new and unique problems. Unknown to Josh sentience was already at work in the form of Simpathes and subsequently he becomes the focus for murder, mayhem and champions Great Britain against becoming a Simpathe Nation.