Join the royal family as they Tour the States of Consciousness where they bask in the adulation of their subjects.Queen Pristine loves her life as it is, having fulfilled her duty of providing an heir. She and her daughter are the toast of the Tour.Princess Princilla is spoiled by all her parents can provide, and takes it as her due. She is the quintessential pampered princes… which becomes a problem when the Queen discovers she is pregnant again and Princilla learns she will have to share...

Join Queen Mother Marguerite, her companion maid Uppsola Pumba, and palace staff for revelations about youth, and a lesson on the history of Entitlement. When Fear invades Tolerance Abundance sends in mind troops. Whether Understanding and Forgiveness will join in the war effort can only be surmised.Princess Princilla wants it all, and she usually gets it, prompting her stepsisters, non-royals Possessa and Gezealous Bonheur, to agree upon a pact, sealed in blood—whatever it takes t...

Board the train of thought that will deliver you to Entitlement Station, heart of Abundance, where the coronation of a lifetime is underway.Queen Pristine Goldspinner, has just been coroneted to reign over sixteen (somewhat) united States of Consciousness.Princess Erica, the Queen’s uninvited twin sister crashes the coronation with her eyes on the crown.Prince Godwyn Bonheur, a widower with unruly teenage daughters, attends the coronation with his eyes on the Queen....

Delve into the truth; find it inside The Lie. Rally with the palace staff as Princilla stages her coup.With the Queen and her consort off to visit the Queen’s sister; Princilla puts her takeover plan into play by casting her brother, Prince Aloneous out of the palace to live among the livestock.Prince Aloneous doesn’t understand why his sister is out to destroy him. All he wants is to be loved, but with his parents gone and his sister determined to get rid of him, the only ...

After being tossed from her horse, Princess Princilla lies in hospital. The question on everyone’s mind—Will the princess walk again?Fear invades the Gaps of Tolerance along the southern banks of the Black Snake. Now the Court must decide whether to send in troops, or remain neutral.A telegram arrives. Princess Erica is going through another post traumatic stress occurrence. Is this relapse serious, or is it another cry for attention?Prince Aloneous, now a budding t...

Continuing a three-decade tradition, The State of the Parties 7th edition brings together leading experts to evaluate change and continuity in American electoral politics. Political parties in America have never been more contentious and divided than they are right now. Even splits within the parties themselves have the power to elevate relatively unknown candidates to power and topple established incumbents. With sections devoted to polarization and the electorate, polarization and politi...

Portland, Oregon, is often cited as one of the most livable cities in the United States and a model for "smart growth." At the same time, critics deride it as a victim of heavy-handed planning and point to its skyrocketing housing costs as a clear sign of good intentions gone awry. Which side is right? Does Portland deserve the accolades it has received, or has hype overshadowed the real story?In The Portland Edge, leading urban scholars who have lived in and studied the region pre...

As religiously grounded moral arguments have become ever more influential factors in the national debate-particularly reinforced by recent presidential elections and the creation of the faith-based initiative office in the White House-journalists' ignorance about theological convictions has often worked to distort the public discourse on important policy issues. Pope John Paul II's pronouncements on stem-cell research, the constitutional controversies regarding faith-based initiatives, the...