This small book provides bipolar persons with a lexicon for vocational success. The material will assist parents, employers and health professionals. A handicap can actually be a stimulant to encourage a performance in life that will be well above average. I have proven this in my own case. Despite being bipolar and learning disabled I obtained a PhD in Chemistry and am a Full Professor at the University of Toronto. Many stories exist where handicapped people have excelled in life and I sa...

A must read for the short story fan who likes to be entertained and mentally challenged. This compendium is a heterogeneous collection of stories. Those who enjoy humor and intrigue will find much to enjoy. Most of the offerings herein are diverting and cheerful. However beware approaching sections toward the end. These have material that will provide examples of controversial subject matter of urgent contemporary concern. The material in these will likely either anger or shock even the th...

A must have for individuals with learning problems (10% of the population thus suffers severely with many more with a lesser difficulty); this small book outlines the experience of my struggles and victory over a severe learning disability. Despite being bullied and hounded from a variety of doubters and academic skeptics I turned my life style failures and academic mediocrity into a major academic and professional success. As a Full Professor with an earned PhD at the University of Toront...

This book is to aid the average student achieve enhanced academic performance. I have written 3 well received eBooks on methodology for aiding leaning disabled students and adults become special achievers and in this process perform at much higher levels academically and in the workforce. It turned out that many students without any special learning challenges were also finding the strategies outlined in these books to be of benefit in enhancing their academic performance. Thus this book w...

Short story enthusiasts, this book is for you. It is a collection of my favourite short stories written over a span of approximately 25 years. During this interval I was privileged to live and work in various jurisdictions on 6 continents of the world. Most similarly engaged individuals choose when possible to reside in North American style hotels. This approach prevents experiencing a close association with the local populace. In my case such intermingling was near the head of my wish lis...

Long DescriptionThis book is a photo story of a trip in which we embarked at Valparaiso Chile, made our way down the Chilean coast line around the often treacherous Cape Horn, thence up the Argentinean coast disembarking at Buenos Aries. Of course stories are legion of ships encountering horrific storms in the fifties latitudes of the Cape Horn region. Countless losses of ship and cargo had been recorded here in the days of the Clipper Ships forced to sail this route before the adve...

This is a very different book in important ways from the usual treatment that concentrates mainly on suggestions for improving the daily life of seniors. It is not written by an expert on seniors but by a senior whose diverse experiences and problems transcend the standard content purveyed by traditional experts. Many will find this to be a very controversial treatment of the category of seniors. Most importantly this is in large part not a feel good book but had to be written to as one mi...

Have you struggled with life's commonplace issues and had intriguing and complex feelings about incidents family and friends? Do you love nature and have concerns for its preservation in the long term then this offering of poetry supplemented by photos is for you.The poems were written in large part in praise of family and often in the memory of other special people that enriched my life. Mo, the name most frequently encountered is my wife of 55 years. The fact that she endured and ...

This is a unique book in this field intended for problem learners and parents and teachers. The strategies herein have been developed and used by the author Jon Van Loon. Despite having a severe learning disability for example resulting in his being at a Grade 9 level in spelling and grammar and with a visual memory in only the 40th percentile Jon earned a PhD and became a full Professor at the University of Toronto. The material is written to help the problem learner choose a set of uniqu...

Despite being Bipolar and having a severe Learning Disability I earned a PhD in Environmental Chemistry and became a Full Professor at The University of Toronto. This book, Memoirs of a Manic, consists of 61 mainly humorous short stories related to events that occurred during my improbably successful career which includes publication of 6 research oriented Books by major Science Publishers and 120 peer reviewed research papers.These are non technical and in large part amusing tales ...

A must have for individuals that suffer from Bullying and related problems and for their parents, loved ones, teachers and employers. This small book outlines the experience of my struggles with bullying oppression and other related difficulties. Despite being bullied and hounded from a variety of doubters and academic skeptics I turned my life style failures and academic mediocrity into a major academic and professional success. As a Full Professor with an earned PhD at the University of ...

Environmental issues are a pressing concern for governments globally. World overpopulation, causing subset problems such as, water scarcity, climate change, and resource depletion, is at the top of the environmental issues list. Environmental policies supporting global initiatives need to be enacted immediately, in order for our environment to continue sustaining future generations. As an environmental scientist with the University of Toronto for over 25 years, I traveled the world and wit...