Imagine private jets ready for an afternoon flight to New York City for a transcontinental shopping trip . . . luxury yachts circling the globe awaiting their owners arrival . . . fully staffed but rarely visited vacation homes throughout the world. The rich live trouble free lives of graceful ease. Or do they? In Fables of Fortune, author Richard Watts pulls back the brocade curtain to reveal the precarious path of wanting more. As the advisor to the super rich, Watts reflects on the real...

Richard Cannon's "Historical Record of the Eighty-Sixth, or the Royal County Down Regiment of Foot" presents a meticulous examination of the regiment's storied past, encapsulating its formation, key battles, and notable officers. Cannon employs a narrative style rich in detail, blending rigorous historical analysis with a flare for storytelling, immersing the reader in the complexities of military life during the 18th and 19th centuries. The text is framed within the broader context of Bri...

For everything you give your child, you take something away.ENTITLEMANIA IS AN EPIDEMIC. Well-intentioned parents across the country are enabling a “me” generation of children who lack the wisdom and satisfaction of accomplishment that only struggle and adversity can bring.As a veteran advisor and legal counsel to America’s most successful families, Richard Watts has seen the extremes of entitlement up close and wants to help you avoid creating it in your ow...

Psychology has recently shifted toward a phenomological approach closely aligned with theories originally put forth by noted psychologist Alfred Adler. However, modern approaches are often presented in a language that differs from the original theories, with no acknowledgment to the contributions of Adler.Interventions and**Strategies in Counseling and Psychotherapy corrects this oversight, illustrating the many ways in which Adlerian ideas underpin and influence contempor...

I used to be a morning person. The zombie apocalypse put a stop to that.For the past two years, a virus aptly named Dawn has risen every day at first light to kill any human it touches, turning them into ravenous zombies.There's no cure, no form of resistance against it, nothing to turn things around. Most of the living humans are gone now. Only those of us with a different kind of blood are spared the killing blow of Dawn.With the dead walking and ...

The new edition of this thoroughly considered textbook provides a reliable, accessible and comprehensive guide for students of photovoltaic applications and renewable energy engineering. Written by a group of award-winning authors it is brimming with information and is carefully designed to meet the needs of its readers.Along with exercises and references at the end of each chapter, it features a set of detailed technical appendices that provide essential equations, data sources an...

Will you leave behind a legacy, or merely an inheritance?In Legacy Redefined, Richard Watts, advisor and legal counsel to America’s wealthiest families, shares cautionary tales of how financial inheritance can create conflict for those who receive it. If you intend to leave money to your kids, you need to read this heartfelt deep dive into the best practices for passing money to your heirs. Just as important, Richard redefines true legacy as the i...

Hazardous WastesAn illuminating, problem-solving approach to source area analysis, environmental chemodynamics, risk assessment, and remediationIn the newly revised second edition of Hazardous Wastes: Assessment and Remediation, a team of distinguished researchers delivers a foundational and comprehensive treatment of all aspects of hazardous waste problems. The book offers two sections—one on assessment and the following on remedi...

In Packaging Post/Coloniality, Richard Watts breaks from convention and reads Francophone books by their covers, focusing on the package over the content. Watts looks at the ways that the "paratext"-the covers, illustrations, promotional summaries, epigraphs, dedications, and prefaces or forewords that enclose the text-mediates creative works by writers from sub-Saharan Africa, the Maghreb, the Caribbean, and Southeast Asia whose place in the French literary institution was and re...

In "Historical Record of the Fifty-sixth, or the West Essex Regiment of Foot," Richard Cannon delivers a comprehensive account of the regiment's storied past, chronicling its formation, significant battles, and key figures from its inception in the 18th century through various military engagements. Cannon's meticulous research is reflected in his detailed narrative style, blending vivid descriptions with factual precision. His work resonates within the broader literary tradition of militar...

How much drama can one fae take?Answer: Can I get off this ride now, pretty please?I thought trying to survive in a zombie-infested world was dramatic enough. However, after the darker turn everything has taken recently, that all seems like a walk in the park now. And don't even mention the plethora of mind-blowing revelations!All I want is to be with Miko, my yummy alpha werewolf mate. But too many hurdles keep getting in our way. ...

The relationship between language and music has much in common - rhythm, structure, sound, metaphor. Exploring the phenomena of song and performance, this book presents a sociolinguistic model for analysing them. Based on ethnomusicologist John Blacking's contention that any song performed communally is a 'folk song' regardless of its generic origins, it argues that folk song to a far greater extent than other song genres displays 'communal' or 'inclusive' types of performance. The definin...