MR.CARR HAS WRITTEN A MOST FASCINATING SEMI-BIOGRAPHY OF A ONE MAN'S PURSUIT OF THE TRUTH AND GOD DURING THE LAST HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY. HE TOUCHES ON MANY OF THE FAMOUS NAMES IN THE GOD GAME, MOSTLY FROM THE EAST, SHOWING HOW HIS THOUGHT PROGRESSED AND HIS SEARCH WIDENED. AND WHILE HIS SEARCH APPEARS TO BE ENDED WITH THE ICONOCLASTIC PERSONAGE CALLED U.G.KRISHNAMURTI. AS A HISTORY OF THE RELIGIOUS QUEST HOWEVER, HE IS MORE THAN BRUTALLY HONEST AND CREDIT GOES TO HIM FOR SUCH A REVEALIN...

This picture book, I Lost My Tooth, is one of subtle but significant meaning. It is with minimal and predictable text. The main character "Walrus" makes a perfect subject as his two long teeth are so notable in defining his character. Multiple other characters within the mammalian family cry out proclaiming they too have lost a tooth. The stress of loss is resolved and hope is restored to all other animals when "Walrus" grows a second tooth as most mammals do. The black and white illustrat...

A Question of Return is a novel that spans generations and continents. Opening in Toronto,1985, the story begins with émigré poet Artyom Laukhin, who has been working to transform his father Pavel's notebook into a publishable literary journal. Artyom's father was a popular Soviet novelist in 1930s Soviet Union, whose spy stories were enjoyed by Stalin himself. When Artyom falls madly in love with Audrey Millay, he begins to link his experiences pursuing her with the experiences d...

The novel is set in a small village, Corby Falls. Miles Rueda has lived for years in Toronto. His personal life is knotty; he is divorced, and has an ironic teenage daughter who lives with his remarried ex-wife but reluctantly shares weekends with him. Miles loves his daughter and his ex-wife intends to take her to Europe for several years. Miles realizes that something he's seen as a child many years earlier in Corby Falls was most likely a prelude to murder. All the evidence now points t...

This is a triumphant story of comeback in life and business. Robert Carr experienced decades of struggle that took him to the brink of home foreclosure at age fifty. He would later make a fortune in the card payments industry, only to lose almost everything in 2009, after one of the most devastating data breaches ever.Daring to go public about the cyber attack, Carr saved his company from potential ruin and fought his way back to prosperity. A man who rose from a hardscrabble upbri...

From nineteenth-century black nationalist writer Martin Delany through the rise of Jim Crow, the 1937 riots in Trinidad, and the achievement of Independence in the West Indies, up to the present era of globalization, Black Nationalism in the New World explores the paths taken by black nationalism in the United States and the Caribbean. Bringing to bear a comparative, diasporic perspective, Robert Carr examines the complex roles race, gender, sexuality, and history have played in t...

An authoritative "biography" of one of history's great financial crises with enduring lessons about contemporary financeIn this newly-revised second edition, offering 50% entirely new material, The Panic of 1907: Heralding a New Era of Finance, Capitalism, and Democracy, delivers a groundbreaking examination of one of the most consequential crises in financial history. Deftly weaving historical evidence, insightful analysis, and compelling narrative, The Panic of 1...

Through the Fires is a triumphant comeback story in life and business. Robert Carr reflects decades of struggle that took him to the brink of financial ruin at age fifty. Carr would later make a fortune in the card payments industry only to lose almost everything in 2009 after one of the most devastating data breaches ever. Carr's story is a vulnerable and honest depiction of holding on and staying true to the values that in the end became pillars that supported the turbulent times and all...

Unearthing the rich 11,000-year human heritage of the Miami areaThe pace of change of Miami since its incorporation in 1896 is staggering. The seaside land that once was home to several thousand Tequesta is now congested with roads and millions of people while skyscrapers and artificial lights dominate the landscape. Ironically, Miami’s development both continually erases monuments and traces of Indigenous people and historic pioneers yet also leads to the discover...

Winner of the 2025 James W. Brown Publication Award from the Association for Educational Communications and Technology!Trends and Issues in Instructional Design and Technology provides current and future IDT professionals with a clear picture of current and future developments in the field that are likely to impact their careers and the organizations they work for. The fifth edition of this acclaimed, award-winning book has been designed to help instructio...

**This program includes a preface read by the authors.Working Backwards is an insider's breakdown of Amazon's approach to culture, leadership, and best practices from two long-time, top-level Amazon executives.**Colin started at Amazon in 1998; Bill joined in 1999. In Working Backwards, these two long-serving Amazon executives reveal and codify the principles and practices that drive the success of one of the most extraordinary companies the world has ever...

Ordinary objects. Extraordinary tales.As Told by Things is a lighthearted, multi-genre collection of short stories and flash fiction, each told from the perspective of an inanimate object.Fun, witty, and full of charm, As Told by Things will capture your imagination—as well as your heart.What objects do you think have stories to tell?