"What pity is it? That you dread the reproach of shame; yet, here lays an asp, coiled."What happens when fiction is no longer just a story, but a vessel for concealed truths?The Wisdom of Philon – Book I, Vol I is not merely a narrative; it is an architectural wonder of thought, a "random work of fiction mixed with truths" that challenges the reader to look beyond the page.Written in a distinct, verse-like structure that echoes the ancient ...

If you are a leader—in any sense of the word—or aspire to be an effective one, the world desperately needs you. Perhaps you are an elected or appointed official. Or you run a library. Or you coach a Little League team. While leaders do many things, a major cornerstone of effective leadership is conflict management.Filled with many engaging stories and examples, Calming the Storm: A Leader’s Handbook for Managing Unproductive Conflicts presents seventy-five short and quick ...

THE WARNING HAS ENDED. THE SIEGE HAS BEGUN.In Book I, Volume I, the voice of Philon defined the nature of spiritual blindness. Now, the theoretical becomes terrifyingly real.The Wisdom of Philon - Book I, Volume II chronicles the collapse of the "Kingdom of Opinari" and the harrowing unraveling of Ametheus. No longer protected by abstract warnings, the soul is now hunted by the "unrelenting evil" foretold in the prophecies—the Whir...

Raymond Knister had a strong sense of commitment both to his own career and to literature, particularly Canadian literature. In his ten working years he proved himself a prolific writer with wide-ranging interests.Although his work has appeared in many anthologies of Canadian literature, there remains a great deal of out of print or unpublished material.This volume brings together not only for his more well-known stories but also all his unpublished stories, a few travel pi...

This novel is the third book in the Haven trilogy. It is 2054. EarthWatch forces are decimated, and city rebels begin the difficult process of establishing a new government. Meanwhile, Haven’s small society hidden in the forests and mountains of southern Australia has experienced three years of peace. Jeanette Shaw, happily reunited with daughter Rosalie in Haven’s prosperous town, is missing her husband and sets off to search. She’s tasked with the extra burden of bringing back fourteen g...

Jacob Harrower's tiny band of rebels has finally repulsed EarthWatch. It seems that babies may yet be born in a time when the final solution for planet earth is no human reproduction for fifty years. However, peace is short lived as government forces again strike the forest dwellers. Jacob and Lillian's wedding day is shattered and four women are taken including Lillian.The pursuit of the victims leads the outcasts to uncover even greater EarthWatch evil, and brings opportunity for justice...

It is 2050. With global pollution and exploitation of the planet at intolerable levels, a summit of world leaders had forged the final solution to protect Earth no human reproduction for 50 years. Halfway through humanitys challenge to deny birth, one man, Jacob Harrower, discovers the awful truth about EarthWatch and rebels against them. He and a small group of courageous men and women begin their own society, deep in the southern forests of Australia. But will they succeed against natura...

Peter Steven explores the diversity of world media, from the corporate to the independent. He introduces readers to the political economy of the major media outlets, looking at the concentration of ownership and the convergence of technologies and media functions. In doing so, he encourages us to question how the media reflects society: are we passive recipients, or do we have a part in constructing the world?Peter Steven is a freelance writer based in Toronto, Can...

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe remarkable, untold story of World War II American Air Force turret-gunner Staff Sergeant Arthur Meyerowitz, who was shot down over Nazi-occupied France and evaded Gestapo pursuers for more than six months before escaping to freedom.**Bronx-born top turret-gunner Arthur Meyerowitz was one of only two crewmen who escaped death or immediate capture on the ground, when their plane was shot down near Cognac, France, in 1943.After f...

In Brink of Reality, Peter Steven examines the convergence of video-art and social-issue documentary, from the 1940s to the present. No other book has explored contemporary Canadian documentary so thoroughly, or provided as broad a view of the state of the art in the 1990s.

Darker than the previous chapters in the shapeshifter series sees Nicholas Halls and his gang of shapeshifters robbing more banks to travel. Killing to escape and survive and changing into anyone to hide.Fighting as werewolves and vampires, fleeing as eagles and owls, the shapeshifter do whatever they can to hunt the leaders of the new world order.Prototype weapons and technology can only stop those in its sights as the motely group of shapeshifters travel from Alaska, throug...

The large hadron collider in Switzerland fires its proton generators for the first time with a newly discovered element. At the point of the collision hundreds of mini wormholes open around the world.Nicholas Halls is a night shift lorry loader from Southend who is caught in one of the wormholes. After the event he spends three days in a coma and looses his job.Running out of cash he discovers a new talent of being able to change into Anyone he sees or meets, including fictio...