The memoir begins with Schack in semi-retirement working as a receptionist at the U.S. Department of State controlling access to the department headquarters during which he interacts with foreign diplomats and people of note. Schack then takes the reader back to his beginnings in the Detroit, Michigan area where he struggles in school but finds escape in theatrical and musical performances and early experimentation with recreational drugs. He is one of the last of the pre-lottery inductees...

Frommer’s has amassed a loyal following of millions who have successfully used its guides for more than 60 years. Arthur and Pauline Frommer are a publicity-making machine.Between writing syndicated newspaper columns, blogs, weekly radio shows and constant public appearances, Arthur writes introductions to many of the guides, while Pauline oversees the line as Editorial Director and author of the two best-selling guides to New York City.Frommer’s authors are noted j...

Comprehensive and fully updated, Frommer’s Hawaii covers all the major Hawaiian Islands, and takes you from world-famous beaches to secluded rain-forests to authentic luaus and everywhere in between.Frommer’s only works with expert, seasoned journalists, and on this title both know every inch of the islands and they’re not afraid to tell the truth. With their reliable, straight-shooting advice, you’ll be snorkeling in palm-fringed lagoons, catching the sunrise over...

Comprehensive and fully updated after the pandemic lockdowns, Frommer’s Hawaii covers all the major Hawaiian Islands, and takes you from world-famous beaches to secluded rain-forests to authentic luaus and everywhere in between.Frommer’s only works with expert, seasoned journalists, and on this title both know every inch of the islands and they’re not afraid to tell the truth. With their reliable, straight-shooting advice, you’ll be snorkeling in palm-fringed lagoons, catching the ...

An introduction to the fantasy world of Center Ring, SHADOWS AT MIDNIGHT tells the story of six strangers blackmailed into attempting an impossible heist. A petty thief, a security guard, an alchemist, a tinkerer, a housewife, and a retired adventurer of legend must come together and overcome their differences to achieve what has never been done before- a theft from the country's most prestigious center of history. Their target? A crown, its true significance is k...

After being left as a baby on the cottage doorstep, Malefaust is the only boy living in a household of witches, treated as a source of potion ingredients and nothing else. Often forgotten or frightened, hurt or haunted, Mal knows no comfort or friend. But when he suddenly displays the ability to perform magic-something no male should be capable of-Mal starts to see that the world's boundaries may not be as distinct as he once believed.In the whimsical and macabre adventure that fol...

Working with Data in the Public Sector: From Fear to Enthusiasm is the first book designed for practicing and future public administration professionals to help overcome any anxiety about using data effectively in their roles.Authors Anne McIntyre-Lahner and Ronald Schack explore different types and degrees of data fear (a data fear/data comfort continuum) and provide a toolbox of fear-fighting techniques, including methods of dealing with data fear “in the moment,” method...

Comprehensive and fully updated, Frommer’s Hawaii covers all the major Hawaiian Islands, and takes you from world-famous beaches to secluded rain-forests to blazing hot restaurants—and everywhere in between. Frommer’s authors are expert, seasoned journalists, like Natalie Schack and Catherine Toth Fox, the Editor of HAWAI’I Magazine. With their reliable, straight-shooting advice, you’ll be snorkeling in palm-fringed lagoons, catching the sunrise over a soaring volcano, relaxing on ...

Confessions of a Data Scientist…or Warrior-Priest? Lessons from 25 Years of Data Science, Performance Measurement and Decision Support Delve into the mind of a well-regarded, experienced (and perhaps slightly “twisted”) data scientist…Let Dr. Schack share some of his analytic arsenal, while regaling you with stories of his data science journey-- challenging situations, abject failures, and rousing successes…Read how Kant’s Ding un Sich, Sun-Tzu’s Art of War, Col. Boyd’s OODA Loop, and Egon...

This first biography of Dr. Albert C. Barnes was serialized on the front page of the Philadelphia Inquirer when it appeared in 1960. In it, arts journalist William Schack interviewed dozens of people who knew the famously pugnacious art collector as he assembled his world-famous collection outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Schack traces the life of Albert Coombs Barnes (1872-1951), from childhood to his student days in Germany where he met the chemist with whom he developed Argyrol, a me...

The ABC to lead a sensible life. We all must live together, and that will be wonderful. This book may inspire you to reflect about yourself in order to be fair and do justice to all your fellow-people and your surrounding. This aim can only be reached by mastering your own ego. Homocracy should become more important for all of us.

In today's world, smart cards play an increasingly important role in everyday life. We encounter them as credit cards, loyalty cards, electronic purses, health cards, and as secure tokens for authentication or digital signature. Their small size and the compatibility of their form with the magnetic stripe card make them ideal carriers of personal information such as secret keys, passwords, customization profiles, and medical emergency information. This book provides a guide for the rapid d...