“A propulsive mystery of high verve and wit, teeming with misfits, and fizzing with greed and desire."—Scott Dominic Carpenter, author of Theory of RemaindersIn 1990s San Francisco, the gruesome death of former district attorney Harrison Rose uncovers a 19th-century double homicide aboard the ship Hurricane, and begins the hunt for Inca gold smuggled from Peru to California by wayward Catholic priests.During the Gold Rush, dozens o...

Uncle Jim's storytelling ability comes through clearly in this series where he shares a story told to him by SPARKLES. This first book deals with a lost polar bear cub, whose fate leads to Santa Claus and how being helpful to others has its rewards. The story will progress on how SPARKLES confronts real life concerns, until Sparkles' destiny in life is realized. The remaining three books explore what SPARKLES must endure searching for identity and purpose in life. Through SPARKLES, the aut...

This is a true story about a 10-year-old Maltipoo who discovered that a new puppy moved into the yard behind her. There was a fence separating them until Jake the puppy realized he could fit through the fence. Jake was a ball of energy and smothered Honey Bear with puppy love. She accepted all the attention Jake would offer. Jake was full of life as Honey Bear was fading. You have to read the story to see how a fun beginning can turn into tragedy and still wind up with a happy ending. This...

Uncle Jim is a unique storyteller. His creative ability comes through clearly in this series of children's books about SPARKLES, a polar bear cub he created. The series is one long story of what SPARKLES must endure searching for identity and purpose in life. Through SPARKLES, the author demonstrates how children relate imaginary concepts to reality. In SPARKLES THE TOY MAKER, learn what this shy cub discovers about himself, and what the meaning of a family truly is. SPARK...

This is a book intended for the child to read to the parents, guardians, or teachers, anyone who has control in raising the child. Its purpose is to remind adults that a child needs to grow up doing those things that children do. The adult is not supposed to impose mature subjects on a child that may harm the child, and things the child will regret experiencing later in life, especially if those things are nonreversible. A child is supposed to enjoy his or her youth and not expect to be bu...

Claude Shannon: The Man Who Invented Information is a sweeping intellectual biography of the quiet genius who made the digital age possible yet remained largely invisible to it. Written in a narrative style that blends storytelling with deep ideas this book follows Shannon from his curious childhood in Michigan to his groundbreaking work at MIT and Bell Labs where he transformed logic into machinery and uncertainty into mathematics. At the center of the story is a radical ...

The renowned historian shares "a stylish, intelligent and readable" chronicle of Great Britain from the seventeenth century to the twentieth ( The New York Times Book Review).Great Britain's geopolitical role has undergone many changes over the last four centuries. Once a maritime superpower and ruler of half the world, Britain now occupies an isolated position as an economically fragile island that is often at odds with her European neighbors. In The R...

The ultimate guide to mental toughness by James “Iron Cowboy” Lawrence—the greatest endurance athlete in human history.Lawrence’s accomplishments are nearly impossible to comprehend. After breaking two Guinness World Records, he shattered possibilities in 2015 by completing 50 full-distance triathlons in 50 states in 50 consecutive days. Yes, THE IRONMAN®, “the single most difficult day in sports”– a 2.4-mile swim, 112 miles on a bike, then a 26.2-mile run, all com...

If you're an in-house marketer today, the digital world can be a scary place. But it doesn't have to be. The basic principles of marketing have not changed. It's still all about using the right methods at the right time to reach the right people. In Smarter Marketer, David and James Lawrence provide actionable insights and powerful tools for in-house marketers challenged with developing effective campaigns that demonstrate their personal value within the organisation. The 11 Golden Rules d...

"Jimmy Donaldson didn't hack YouTube. He listened to it—until it reshaped the world around him." MrBeast is not just a YouTuber; he is the first native emperor of the attention economy. In MrBeast Engineering Attention, James Lawrence provides a systems-focused and unsentimental re-examination of how a teenager with no connections built the most efficient media engine on Earth. Lawrence argues that Donaldson's empire isn't built on talent or charisma, but on a rel...

A groundbreaking chronicle of scientific ocean drilling—a crowning achievement of the twentieth century—and how it shaped our knowledge of Earth's past.Under the radar—or, rather, sonar—of most people and many scientists, for the last six decades ships have plied the world’s oceans, mining the seafloor for its secrets—and quietly resolving confounding geological mysteries. Continental drift and plate tectonics. The origin of the Hawaiʻian Islands. The erstwhile dis...

The Moon is the most viewed object in the sky, the Sun being too bright to look at directly and the planets too far away. The Greeks deduced everything that could be learned about the Moon using only the naked eye, including that it has no light of its own but reflects that of the Sun. They understood the cause of eclipses and used the Earth's shadow on the Moon to conclude that our planet is a sphere and to calculate the size of both the Moon and the Earth. The invention of the telescope ...