After the coronavirus pandemic has laid bare the unsustainability of our public higher education system, an author and educator maps out a path for change.In 1983, U.S. News and World Report started to rank colleges and universities, throwing them into competition with each other for students and precious resources. Over the course of the next thirty or so years, a Reagan-era ethos of privatization and competition transformed students into consumers and co...

In a story with more hooks than a strip on Velcro, British journalist Raymond Barton arrives in Germany in 1990 to cover a boring magazine assignment on German reunification. Unsuspecting, he is caught in a murderous intrigue to recover a cache of Nazi gold and is pursued by international secret agencies, the police, and a deep-cover Nazi organization.Isolated and hunted, Raymond recruits his old German love Astrid, to help. They are quickly forced to rescue Raymond's jealous Engli...

The stories in John Warner's Tough Day for the Army move from hilarious and biting to unsettling and sad -- sometimes within the span of a few pages. Mining the absurdities, confusions, and hypocrisies of our contemporary times, these stories raise questions such as: What would happen if Jesus Christ played minor league hockey before he became the Son of God ("Second Careers")? What would you do if a group of poets in search of inspiration appeared on your farm ("Poet Farmers")?Man...

“Unique and thorough, Warner’s handbook could turn any determined reader into a regular Malcolm Gladwell.” —BooklistFor anyone aiming to improve their skill as a writer, a revolutionary new approach to establishing robust writing practices inside and outside the classroom, from the author of Why They Can’t WriteAfter a decade of teaching writing using the same methods he’d experienced as a student many years before, writer, editor,...

Returning to Alberta, wounded from the First World War battlefields, Canadian immigrant Tom Edmunds finds himself jilted by the love of his life. His drive to succeed renewed, he founds a family business empire against the backdrop of early twentieth century Alberta.From the death and suffering on the battlefields of Europe in two wars, to family rivalry and bitter feuding with enemies, the eventual success of the memebrs of the Edmunds family is steeped in the Province's history.

The funny man is a middling comic in an unnamed city. By day he takes care of his infant son, by night he performs in small clubs, sandwiched between other aspiring comics. His wife waits tables to support the family. It doesn't sound like much, but they're happy, more or less. Until the day he comes up with it. His thing. His gimmick. And everything changes. He's a headliner, and the venues get bigger fast. Pretty soon it's Hollywood and a starring role in a blockbuster, all thanks to the...

A boring 1990 magazine assignment in Germany as the Iron Curtain falls unexpectedly makes Raymond Barton deadly prey as he is pursued by multinational secret agencies. Sought by the police for a chain of murders, he turns for aid to his beautiful German ex-lover, Astrid. Joined by his insanely jealous and profane British fiancée, Mandy, this unlikely trio resolves to recover the apparent prize: a cache of Nazi gold. Time-driven, hunted with murderous intent, they are dismayed to discover t...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Riley built his career on the order and stability required to run Bensalem Motor Works, the world's most advanced automotive plant. When the power and communications go dark in a national crisis called The Great Gridlock, he does what most people do. He keeps his head down. Signs what needs signing. Tells himself it’s an emergency. For now.Each concession is reasonable. Each one makes the next o...

A boring 1990 magazine assignment in Germany, after the Iron Curtain falls, unexpectedly makes Raymond Barton deadly prey as he is pursued by multinational secret agencies. Sought by the police for a chain of murders and isolated, he turns for aid to his beautiful German ex-lover, Astrid. Joined by his insanely jealous and profane British fiancée, Mandy, this unlikely trio resolves to recover the apparent prize: a cache of Nazi gold. Time-driven, hunted with murderous intent, they are dism...

An important challenge to what currently masquerades as conventional wisdom regarding the teaching of writing.There seems to be widespread agreement that—when it comes to the writing skills of college students—we are in the midst of a crisis. In Why They Can't Write, John Warner, who taught writing at the college level for two decades, argues that the problem isn't caused by a lack of rigor, or smartphones, or some generational character defect. Instead, h...

This is a story of my journey......in search of who I am becoming, told through memories and reflections of my inner and outward experiences. Much of the theme are reflections on my personal experiences with racial prejudices and challenges throughout my youth and adult life and how those experiences helped to shape the individual I became. As a poet who discovered his obligation to write and teach late in life and who has been a witness to the human experience and a seeker of self...

Lithium-Ion Battery Chemistries: A Primer offers a simple description on how different lithium-ion battery chemistries work, along with their differences. It includes a refresher on the basics of electrochemistry and thermodynamics, and an understanding of the fundamental processes that occur in the lithium-ion battery. Furthermore, it reviews each of the major chemistries that are in use today, including Lithium-Iron Phosphate (LFP), Lithium-Cobalt Oxide (LCO), Lithium Manganese Oxide (LM...