Dive into an Inspiring Journey from NYC Streets to the Grand Stages of the world: A Musician's Tale of Grit and GloryFrom Cab Driver to Carnegie Hall is more than a musician's story; it's an inspiring narrative that resonates with anyone who has faced life's challenges head-on. An ode to the power of never giving up and giving oneself every chance to succeed. This book will not only entertain but also encourage and inspire, making it a must-read for anyone...

WINNER of the NYC BIG BOOK COMPETITION in the Autobiography categoryWINNER • Literary Titan Gold Award • BookFest Silver Award • Readers' Favorite Five-Star ReviewFINALIST • National Indie Excellence Awards • Indie Book AwardsPRAISE FROM KIRKUS REVIEWS: "An intimate, candid look at the highs and lows of one musician's artistic pursuit.""From Cab Driver to Carnegie Hall shows how effort and p...

The retired dentist wasn't looking for these amazing abilities. He was simply looking for a cure for the hand tremor that drove him out of his profession.After a Brazilian healer cures his ailment, Dr. Finker discovers that the ritual has also given him powerful psychic abilities. He wants to use them to advance peace and justice, but sinister operators might force him into using his powers to cause chaos ands catastrophe.Have you ever dreamed of having the ability to read ...

United in the conviction that effective theoretical inquiry in international relations requires the establishment of valid and reliable indicators, and the comprehensive data sets that derive from them, participants in the COW Project have developed and analyzed research methods of use to scholars in all areas of the social sciences.This collection of essays details the achievements of the COW Project in data generation and the construction of indicators for such elusive but key concepts a...

Interpersonal psychoanalytic theory states that people can achieve insight into how, through interactions with people, they became who they are, and how they can change patterns of living that limit further satisfaction. People are born with a blueprint for growth and development that includes self-respect, joy, expansion of experiences, creativity, and ever widening and deepening human interactions. With some exceptions, the mental health profession in the United States is dictated by ins...

Mit einigem Recht kann man Peter Singer als einen der umstrittensten Philosophen der Gegenwart bezeichnen – doch mit ebensolcher Berechtigung auch als einen der einflussreichsten und originellsten Denker. Sein früher Aufsatz von 1974 stellt unangenehme Fragen: Mit welchem Recht maßen wir uns an, Tiere als uns grundsätzlich unterlegen zu verstehen, sie als Verfügungsmasse zu behandeln? Unser Vorurteil, die menschliche Spezies sei als solche immer vorzuziehen, steht auf tönernen Füßen....

Gerald Saul: Legend in His Own Mind tells a story that spans the first forty years of life with mystery, adventure, sadness, love, philosophy, and travel of a person who is a legend in his own mind. It begins with the family background of a single parent mother of five, goes on to tell of the life on a small West Indian island, continues into England, travels to German then to the endurance and the struggle of life on a kibbutz in Israel, and ends on the continent of Australia. It delves i...

Life has never been easy for Gypsies in Romania, they suffer crushing poverty, and they are considered interlopers, always suspected of theft or mischief.Matei dreams of a better life for his children, but he has only meager earnings from his small shop in Bistrita, Romania. This is his opportunity.As a father he’s succeeded in one important goal. He’s managed to send his brilliant son, Constantin, to a Bucharest university where good fortune smiles on him,...

THE LOTTERY”S MAGICAL EFFECTWhen retired dentist Dr Cantor’s wife Nelly asked him if he had purchased the powerball lottery ticket she had asked him to purchase, he hesitated and remembered that he did. To his amazement he almost had a heart attack when he saw that he had the winning number. The prize was no laughing matter it was the largest lottery accumulation in history. One billion three hundred million $1.300.000.000. He then remembered that his mother had had similar luck 65...

When the King of the Kingdom of Petrovive decrees a contest for whoever builds the biggest and most beautiful boat in the world, will be able to marry his daughter Princess Isabella. Elliot a young man with good manners, and a very respectful person, manages to earn the appreciation of a magical fairy. She helps him by converting the biggest tree in the kingdom into a wonderful boat. Elliot starts to search for people who can help him manage this new magnificent boat. He is very lu...

What would you do if you could read minds? Dr Finker had no idea, but he's about to find out!The retired dentist wasn't looking for these amazing abilities. He was simply looking for a cure for the hand tremor that drove him out of his profession.After a Brazilian healer cures his ailment, Finker discovers that the ritual has also given him powerful psychic abilities.He wants to use them to advance peace and justice, but sinister operators might force him into using...

This is one those rare prefaces in which the author need not attempt to justify, or apologize for, the addition of another book to an already over burdened field. There is certainly no plethora of serious studies on inter national organization in general, and almost none dealing with the administrative aspects of such organization. More precisely, the author is not aware of a single comprehensive treatment of the finances of any international political organization, past or present. Over t...