Monster Fables is a fairy tale about a wizard who uses magical potions to do social work for troubled kids in his own city. Once the kids partake the potion, they transform into monsters who have special abilities that help each child experience life differently. The bully monster learns that bullying people around isn't much fun and it's not a way to make friends. The Thief monster learns to share instead of stealing. The shy mom monster learns to reach out to his family for help. The ice...

The book covers a wide range of topics which are considered important for living a meaningful, purposeful life. Much of the ideas are original, with some of them against conventional wisdom and possibly controversial. There is also some effort at influencing thought and improving mental attitudes, and also some tips on developing intellectual ability and creativity. The author has chosen the topics in the book for which he feels strongly and passionately about, e.g., inter-person relations...

If you've ever been stumped when someone tells you: "The climate has always changed"; if you can read in your favourite journal, "carbon dioxide is the highest it's been in 1,000 years", and "carbon dioxide is the highest in a million years"; if you can't figure out what "net zero 2050" actually means - then you're not alone. The climate problem has a strange presence in public talk. This short book is to help you sort out confusions like these, and give you the kind of understanding you c...

John Price appears to have thrown in the towel. He has spent the last year struggling to support his family, neglecting to spend time with his wife and children, and becoming increasingly cynical about the degraded state of the natural world around him. After a heart-attack scare, however, his wife demands that he start appreciating all the "good things" in his life: their mouse-infested old house, their hopelessly overgrown yard, and most of all, the joys and humiliations of parenthood.

While Shadow of the Sycorax is inspired by Shakespeare’s The Tempest, it bears little resemblance to that work as there are numerous changes in plot, character attributes, and inter-character relationships. The story centers on Colonel Michael Ferdinand, an enigmatic Air Force officer whom the readers will grow to understand as the mysteries of the narrative unfold. Colonel Ferdinand is tasked with leading a rescue and relief mission to Earth’s first colony outside of the home system. Sinc...

An intriguing look at the full range of value methods brought together for the first timeThe biggest block to success in the stock market is unconscious investing, or following the crowd without asking the right questions such as: "What is it really worth?" Even more fundamental is: "What rate of return can I confidently expect to get?" Without having the methods to answer these questions is like trying to sail a boat without a rudder.The Conscious Inve...

Heroism in the 19th and early 20th centuries is synonymous with military endeavours, imperial adventures and the 'great men of history'. There was, however, another prominent and influential strand of the idea which has, until now, been largely overlooked. This book seeks to address this oversight and establish new avenues of study by revealing and examining 'everyday' heroism; acts of life-risking bravery, undertaken by otherwise ordinary individuals, largely in the course of their daily ...

John price's story is one of family and place, rich with wild creatures, with his Swedish ancestors, with neighbors, and with his prairie home. His work, deeply grounded in the grasslands of the Midwest, is, like that of Edward Abbey or Aldo Leopold, tied to place yet elevated by experiences that know no boundaries.

When the White House Calls tells the life story of John Price, one of Utah’s most prominent citizens, beginning with his birth in Germany through his years as a successful builder and real estate developer—with business interests in broadcasting, manufacturing, distribution, and banking—to his life as a diplomat. Born in Berlin on August 18, 1933, Hans Joachim Praiss was five years old when he and his family fled Nazi Germany in April 1939. The family found temporary refuge in Panama, fina...

This fascinating new interpretation of Dutch society in the Golden Age is a major contribution to early modern history. Dutch society in this period was to a significant extent different from that of the rest of Europe. A high proportion of the population lived in the numerous towns and market forces had penetrated the whole economy and transformed every level of society. The heart of this book is a discussion of the processes by which this unique society was produced and an analysis of it...

Monster fables is a fairy tale story about a kindly wizard who lives in a castle and uses his magic to teach and help children who have various social and moral difficulties. It is a collection of 5 different stories, about an ice cream monster, a toy thief monster, a playground bully monster, a homeless, shy monster, and 3 class clown monsters. Each monster is actually a child that struggles with a problem related to the type of monster that they are transformed into. Near the end of the ...

INTRODUCTIONA nation at war wants nothing less than complete information of her enemy. It is hard for the mind to conceive exactly what "complete information" means, for it includes every fact which may contain the lightest indication of the enemy strength, her use of that strength, and her intention. The nation which sets out to obtain complete information of her enemy must pry into every neglected corner, fish every innocent pool, and collect a mass of matter concerning the indus...