WeCulture by Chris Ciulla   How people are motivated has changed.  In a world that was driven by individual contribution and climbing the career ladder, today teamwork for organizations to achieve goals has taken center stage.  Great organizations are built through the collective efforts of great people. Baby Boomers are retiring at a rate of 10,000 per day, and as they leave, they take their collective knowledge and experience with them.&nbsp...

“How can I call myself a man of good conscience, when I myself am no better than a slaver?”It’s summer 1860, and former army Captain Nathan Chambers has returned home to Virginia to claim his inheritance: a large plantation with more than one hundred slaves. Nathan wants no part of slavery and intends to sell the farm and all its slaves. But even as he arrives home, enduring fearful and downcast stares from despondent black faces, he knows what he must do ...

Moby Dick, by Herman Melville, was first published in 1851. Known for its famous opening line, "Call me Ishmael," and for its epic narrative, complex characters, and rich symbolism, it is considered one of the greatest works of American literature. The novel tells the story of a sailor named Ishmael who joins a whaling ship, the Pequod, under the command of the fierce Captain Ahab, who is obsessed with hunting and killing a great white whale known as Moby Dick. The story is a thri...

Nothing survived “The Breaking” unchanged; lives and fortunes, love and hate, freedom and slavery …It’s early 1860, and war hero Captain Nathaniel Chambers, commander U.S. Army Fort Davis in the west Texas wilderness, has received shocking news – his father is dead. He must return home to Virginia and claim his inheritance before a maniacal neighbor can murder his widowed mother and seize the family plantation.But he’s torn by a terrible dilemma – to stay i...

How the early Dungeons & Dragons community grappled with the nature of role-playing games—and established a new genre!When Dungeon & Dragons made its debut in the mid-1970s, followed shortly thereafter by other, similar tabletop games, it sparked a renaissance in game design and critical thinking about games. D&D is now popularly considered to be the first role-playing game. But in the original rules, the term “role-playing” is nowhere to be found; D&D was...

They used to be heroes . . . and it was all downhill from there.The Starbreakers were your classic teenage heroes. Using their combined powers and skills, they were the most successful group of glintchasers in Corsar. But that all changed the day the city of Relgen died. The group went their separate ways, placing the blame on each other.Brass carried on as a solo act. Snow found work as a notorious assassin. Church became a town’s spiritual leader. Angel w...

It sucks being someone's unfinished business.The Starbreakers were heroes, until a tragedy broke them apart. Only now, years later, have they begun to make peace with each other. The rest of the world is a different story.There has been a breakout in the prison known as Oblivion, and now the worst of the worst have been turned loose on an unsuspecting world. Desperate to contain the crisis, the right hand of the king has called the disgraced Starbreakers ba...

"A much-needed guide to winning in business as a human in an all-too online world." – EntrepreneurTrying to win the internet is a gloriously inefficient way to build a business.No matter your goals, The Obvious Choice offers 15 essential lessons on profit and success that are timeless because they prioritize the humans who buy from you and not erratic and temperamental algorithms.Jonathan Goodman—one of the world's...

When Jamie Paddock learns of his father's suicide, memories of his childhood in West Virginia come roaring back. One of the few people in his town to ever make it out, Jamie is living in New York City now, developing marketing videos for YouTube, struggling to write and partying a lot, all while suppressing the accent that gives him away. Spurred by an artistic curiosity surrounding his silent and private father, Jamie goes home, staying with his disabled mother and sister in their trailer...

The surprising, poignant Kennedy story you don't know, with the enigmatic Bobby Kennedy at its heartBobby Kennedy was never meant to matter.The seventh of nine children, he’s long been overlooked by his father, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., who governs his children with the same firm hand that earned him a fortune, an ambassadorship, and enough clout to plant the seeds of an American political dynasty.But when Bobby’s eldest brother, the anointed heir, di...

Today more than ever, everyone must be her or his own healer, and this is especially true in the management of anxiety and depression. In the first major conceptual leap in mental health care in forty years, Mind Easing's Three-Layered Healing Plan harmonizes wellness approaches, therapy, and, when needed, medicine into a safe and effective plan tailored to the needs and wishes of the individual.Written by noted psychiatrist Bick Wanck, MD, one of the founders of the Ameri...

In Run Forever, Boston Marathon winner and former Runner's World editor-in-chief Amby Burfoot shares practical advice and wisdom on how to run with greater joy and health for an entire lifetime.Everyone learns how to run at an early age. It's naturally wired into your body. Yet in recent years, running has become complicated by trendy gadgets and doctrine. With a Boston Marathon win and over 100,000 miles run on his resume, Amby Burfoot steers the...