Some people are born lucky, chosen to receive power and riches beyond imagination, but Gongja Kim? He’s a total loser with a completely useless ability: duplicating others’ skills—that is, after they kill him. Gongja’s all but given up…until he witnesses the strongest hunter in the world and his idol, Flame Emperor, committing murder and is slaughtered in cold blood! But who knew his former idol was hiding just the skill he needed to turn his fortune around? Now practically unstoppable, Go...

By the time I got to the boat it was after 1:00 a.m. The boat, as Caroline had said it would be, was fine. The small waves had rocked it free where I'd beached it, but the anchor jammed into the clump of sea grass held it firm. I grabbed the painter and drew the boat close enough to get on board without getting wet. I made up a bed of floatation cushions across the stern and crawled into my sleeping bag.I was just drifting off when a small sound woke me. What could that be, I wonde...

Leading an army to victory is a piece of cake for someone with the right skillset, like Gongja! Following their success, the top ten ranked hunters are unexpectedly summoned to a different place to choose between rewards from the goddess and the Demon King. However, Gongja’s got more urgent things to take care of. A gathering of the top hunters means facing the Sword Emperor, so forget making the right choice–will Gongja manage to get out of this alive?

Skills, power, prestige—Gongja’s got things he could only dream of in the previous timeline. None of that, however, comes close to the recognition of the great five guild leaders as well as the tentative trust of the strongest hunter in the Tower—all of them people who, despite their constant bickering, clearly care deeply about their fellow hunters and without whom society would crumble. That’s why Gongja’s determined to ensure their safety by singlehandedly paving the way to the twentiet...

His revenge complete, Gongja is finally ready to take on the Tower! Not only is he unkillable, but he keeps racking up skills with each death by monster. Add in the Blade Emperor’s guidance and he quickly reaches the tenth floor, which has yet to be conquered in this timeline—the perfect test to check how much stronger he is now. Will Gongja successfully become the first person to conquer the tenth floor and rewrite history?

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed humans, bringing disruption and fear to our lives, but also an opportunity for reassessment of our place in the world and in history. In this book, Bill K Koul neither calls for ideal humans nor for perfect or ideal societies, but challenges readers to accept the 'good', the 'bad' and the 'ugly' in everyone and, in doing so, to be less judgemental of each other. 'We Humans' examines the big news stories that have happened over the course of the pandemic, p...

Many people seek solace in religion, but what if, rather than showing us to a higher truth, religion blinkers us to the real world we live in? Trying to nurture our souls, we may instead become caught in the trappings of organised religion and charismatic spiritual leaders. What if our religions have got it all wrong? In a series of dialogues, Vijay Narain Shankar and Bill K. Koul provoke and prompt each other to bring their open-minded questioning to bear on the tenets of karma and destin...

My friend Bill Thierfelder, a great leader and motivator, puts the words and descriptions to what we leaders try to do every day to challenge ourselves and our teams to be at our best, all the time. —Coach Mike Krzyzewski, from the Foreword Dr. Bill Thierfelder knows what it takes to win. As a student at the University of Maryland he dominated the high jump, winning fame as an All-American and Irish national champion. Later he earned his doctorate in sports psychology. He became a private ...

This book discusses all the questions related to Kashmiri Pandits and their relation and current issues regarding their return to Kashmir. The book explores the importance of return of Kashmiri Pandits for Kashmir and both major Kashmiri communities, especially those who really want to return home, out of their own volition and for all right reasons.The book shows how to bring about a reasonable and realistic degree of practical and sustainable reconciliation between the two communi...

This book comments on growing authoritarianism in democracy and suggests how it ought to be instead. It asks if some degree of authoritarianism is the need of the hour to address potentially existential issues facing the human race. Readers are encouraged to analyse the state of democracy in their own countries and verify if it meets their expectations, or if it is just a myth or an imposter, or a necessary but imperfect compulsion in the absence of a perfect alternative. The book presents...

"A Whale Of A Tale" tells the story of a young lad who lives with his mom in a seaport village. His Sea Captain father passed away years before, lost at sea. The boy longs to join the crew of a whaling ship to go to sea just as his father had before him. One day while he is down by the shoreline, the boy sees a baby whale stranded on shore at low tide and the whale's mother is unable to get her baby back into the water. The boy finds a way to keep the baby whale safe while the tide is slow...

China’s rapid economic development has not translated automatically into political development, with many of its institutions still in need of major reform. In the post-Mao era, despite the decentralization of local government with significant administrative and fiscal authority, China’s government and policy-making processes have retained much of the inefficiency and corruption characteristic of the earlier period.This book analyzes the implementation of government and policy-maki...