While Ken Cooper lived with his wife and two children and worked as publicity director for a Christian college, he was leading a double life--as a felon.With a vivid, you-are-there style, this former gentleman bank robber takes readers on a journey through years of armed robberies, the dramatic shooting that ended his career, the horrors of prison, and a soul ultimately finding peace. Without fear or embellishment, Cooper openly shares the darkest moments in his life. Yet in these ...

This is a re-release (with a few updates) of the fun classic from the early 1980's on how to get through life faster, easier, and cheaper. The title refers to which line to generally pick at Disney World, because most people in the U.S. tend to bear right. So the left line is usually shorter.Here's the situation...We live in a crowded world filled with too many people trying to do the same thing at the same time. The complications of everyday life eat up much of our time and energy,...

This is a re-release of the groundbreaking AMACOM book on competency modeling and reporting.Traditionally, organizations have based their human resources decisions on such factors as employee longevity, brief performance reviews, or sheer expediency. Today the demand is for measurable, competency-based HR applications—those that objectively determine job requirements and the qualifications of employees to meet them.But while most organizations are eager to implement some form...

This is an updated edition of the AMACOM classic that was the first to apply "body language" principles to the world of business.In Body Business 2.0, Ken Cooper, an expert in training and communication, shows you how to:(1) use three simple nonverbal scans to better read others;(2) learn how to project a more powerful and effective image;(3) turn your voice into a powerful tool.So before you plan your next meeting...ask for a raise...or mak...

Taming the Terrible Too's of Training is an easy to use, practical roadmap for creating workplace training that actually works—anywhere, anytime, and on any device. Offering a mix of both theory and practice, it was developed from experience in training for thousands of organizations and from analyzing extensive academic and industry research to determine what works in the digital age.The goal is to show how to use training to create performance improvement in the most tim...

A wonderful collection of short stories by an amazing list of contributors—all of whom were in attendance at Emerald City Comic Con 2026!In 2024 Grim Oak Press exhibited at Dragonsteel Nexus, Brandon Sanderson's convention in Salt Lake City, UT, where the award-winning publisher released Grimoire, an anthology containing short stories by attending authors. It sold out on the first day.Due to reader demand, a new Grimoire published at Emera...

A remarkable collection, Robots through the Ages includes stories from some of the best writers of science fiction, both old and new.This anthology, with an introduction by Robert Silverberg, offers a sweeping survey of robots as depicted throughout literature. Since the Iliad—in which we are shown golden statues built by Hephaestus “with minds and wisdoms”—humans have been fascinated by the idea of artificial life. From the Argonautica t...

The short film is a unique narrative art form that, while lending itself to experimentation, requires tremendous discipline in following traditional filmic considerations. This book takes the student and novice screenwriter through the storytelling process- from conception, to visualization, to dramatization, to characterization and dialogue- and teaches them how to create a dramatic narrative that is at once short (approximately half an hour in length) and complete. Exercises, new example...

Some argue existence is an exercise in futility. They claim there are no winners in life. Ultimately, we are insignificant in the face of vast cosmic intelligences that were old when the Universe began.The best minds gibber at the incomprehensibility of it all. Other minds lose themselves in strange geometries because they can't comprehend any alternative.Whatever. The rest of us have to get up in the morning, feed the cat, and go to work.The Cozy Cosmic contains 3...

This remarkable book does what it says. It unlocks the potential of the reader and their contacts, personal and professional, in a quick, practical and friendly way. It has been well proven, for it is based on seminars that the author ran for many years with great and unfailing success, - unfailing because they were based on practical experience and positive results, some quite amazing. Ken clearly knows his subject. Each chapter is stand alone, with its own bullet point summaries. The com...

How much more could you achieve with your life? This remarkable book provides the key to unlocking the potential you already have. There are no fancy formulae - indeed the great strength herein is its simplicity indicating the power of love to open the way that is before us all.Everyone knows that when love dominates our actions we can surpass what is the norm. In reading this book, we see how. The unlocking of what we have within is inevitable, because it is there. The ability to ...

Founded in a perspective that speaks to the diversity of contexts and processes used across Canada, this work is nevertheless firmly grounded in theory, offering an in-depth analysis geared toward advanced study in community practice.This depth is further strengthened by the diversity of topics represented in this collective work: community work in various regions of the country exploring issues of poverty and environmental activism; community work with immigrants and refugees, and...