Book One of a Space Epic Adventure!It is the year 1892 and Ian and Callie Castillo have had to suffer the hardships of a single parent family since their father went missing five years ago. Since then Ian has refused to use the last gift that his father left the wounded boy; a telescope that sits collecting dust in the attic.When Callie decides to peer through its murky lens it activates the device and sends the Castillos to the steam-powered floating citie...

The Dante family line has been in the fires of an ancient war between humanity and the nine circles of hell for generations. As a self-proclaimed "Aristocracy" the circles have now set their sights on the one chosen to fight the raging war ... Haven Irena Dante. But soon after the tragic death of her mother, Haven endures the vile theft of her innocence and disappears. No one has seen or heard from her in two years ... until now.Somehow she has been changed. And when all nine circl...

In the tradition of "City of Ember" "A Wrinkle in Time" and "Star Wars", this family adventure is a high stakes space race to save our world from an invading force before it is too late.-Book 3-Will Ian's quest to find his destiny away from Jupiter lead to Earth's untimely demise?As he struggles with his identity, Ian Castillo helps one of Earth's greatest scientific minds, Dr. Nikola Tesla, make the scientific discovery of a lifetime: a strange min...

Science fiction and fantasy author and screenwriter Leonardo Ramirez takes us on a personal journey of faith and restored hope. From his humble beginnings in Bronx, New York, he's bootstrapped his way into the hearts of readers young and old alike. His heart and motive have always been for people who are hurting. These can be kids who have had to grow up with a missing parent as was the case in The Jupiter Chronicles. It can also be young girls who have suffered an assault like Ha...

The family adventure of a lifetime continues!Book Two of the Steampunk Series, "The Jupiter Chronicles"The war has been won, the Jovians are free of the tyranny of Phobos, but the planet now lies in ruins. The Sinu and the Fiegan Firelords are threatening a civil war and the people of Jupiter are going hungry. First Petros has failed as their protector and General Ardor wants him replaced.To make matters worse, the Castillos face a new chal...

An in-depth analysis of the specific aspects of justice, equality and tax law"Justice, Equality and Tax Law" is a topic that is both old and new at the same time. Even if the society changes, the demands that tax needs to be just and equal seem to be immutable. What changes, of course, is the perception of the content of those demands.International taxation post-BEPS has been fraught with new challenges that warranted urgent responses. These challenges were...

Whether you are a novelist, a poet, a screenwriter, filmmaker, producer, director or a songwriter you are called to the same goal, intimacy with the Father. Journey with me and discover that the best way to create is to surrender all that we are (including our talents themselves) to the creator and giver of talents. From there, a seed of insatiable hunger for the deep of Christ will be planted and works that spread a rich understanding of his love will reach out to a world hungry for life....

USA TODAY BESTELLING series in one boxed set!These brothers play the game…but the women know the score…Included in this collection are:Breakaway (Jase)Faceoff (Tag)One Man Advantage (Logan)Hat Trick – The Hellers are Home for the HolidaysOffside (Matt)

The capacity to abuse, or in general affect the enjoyment of human, labour and environmental rights has risen with the increased social and economic power that multinational companies wield in the global economy. At the same time, it appears that it is difficult to regulate the activities of multinational companies in such a way that they conform to international human, labour and environmental rights standards. This has partially to do with the organization of companies into groups of sep...

A set of state of the art empirical analyses at the country, regional, and global level that work from a new theoretical framework that analyzes the politics of growth and stagnation. As highlighted by the recent debate on 'secular stagnation,' economic growth has slowed down considerably, and this has given rise to a host of new problems, from financial instability to the collapse of mainstream parties. What happens when growth—the main mechanism of capitalist legitimatio...

With growing concern about the conditions facing low wage workers and new challenges to traditional forms of labor market protection, this book offers a timely analysis of the purpose and effectiveness of minimum wages in different European countries. Building on original industry case studies, the analysis goes beyond general debates about the relative merits of labor market regulation to reveal important national differences in the functioning of minimum wage systems and their integratio...

Time to discuss anti-BEPS measures around digitalizationIn the course of the BEPS Report on Action 1, it was concluded that there was no instantaneous need for specific rules to address base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) made possible by the digitalization of enterprises and new digital businesses. At the same time, it was acknowledged that general measures may not suffice with the assessment of results to begin in 2020.While awaiting possible fundamen...