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...

This book is conceived as to demonstrate just how deeply embedded the now rapidly growing problems destabilizing our environment are ingrained in the common functions that constitute daily life particularly related to the upper and middle class. These range from our personal life style ritual through the various societal, political, business and other infrastructure that ticks and tocks relentlessly in the course of a typical day worldwide. It is important to stress that this book will lik...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

Like most 0.9 billion citizens in developed countries I thought I was living the "real life". A variety of circumstances detailed herein proved that this was not so. As an environmental sciences researcher at the University of Toronto and a consultant living and working worldwide it became clearly evident that the "real life" belongs to our 6 billion co-inhabitants elsewhere. This monograph provides brief often amusing and emotive, glimpses into the reality we seldom yet see. The book is s...

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...

Hoop en Rood is het eerste deel van Jon Skovrons verfrissende fantasy-trilogie Het Keizerrijk der Stormen. Hier begint het avontuur.In een gebroken keizerrijk verspreid over wilde zeeën vinden twee jonge mensen van verschillende culturen een gemeenschappelijk doel.Een naamloos meisje is de enige overlevende wanneer haar dorp wordt afgeslacht door biospinners, mystieke dienaren van de Keizer. Genoemd naar haar verloren dorp wordt IJle Hoop in het geheim getraind doo...

Rood wordt door de biospinners tegen zijn zin omgevormd tot een meedogenloze huurmoordenaar. Als persoonlijke vriend en bodyguard van de prins raakt hij steeds meer betrokken bij de politiek van het paleis, en daardoor leert hij al snel dat het leven tussen de adel net zo dodelijk kan zijn als dat in de straten van Nieuw Laven.Ondertussen terroriseert Hoop de schepen van het Keizerrijk terwijl ze zich voordoet als de gevreesde piraat Torment Grim. Als ze een complot van de biospinn...

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...