However important the magic of wands, brooms, cauldrons, potions, and spells might be to the vivid story telling of [the Harry Potter] books, it is merely incidental to their philosophy of life…. I can’t count the number of times I’ve heard someone in a business context say something like “I wish I could just magically solve all these problems” or “I’ll try my best to deal with this, but remember, I’m no magician.”What is particularly interesting is that the most difficult problems...

Ego. Power. Self-Focused Grandiosity. Inventions out of control. These forces now threaten us all on a scale never before seen. And it[s all about an inner motivational structure, a mindset, named here as "The Frankenstein Factor" that we can resist.Pioneering public philosopher and bestselling author Tom Morris analyzes the source behind the most challenging problems of the present, with sharp and needed insights from our most astute poets, playwrights, and novelists. This book br...

Discover the secrets to building great morale and productivity in your organization, drawing on the timeless wisdom of classical philosophy.In If Aristotle Ran General Motors, Tom Morris, who taught philosophy at Notre Dame for fifteen years, shares the knowledge he garnered from a lifetime of studying history's wisest thinkers and shows how to apply their ideas in today's business environment. Morris finds inspiration in the teachings of a wide array of t...

The comic book naratives of superheroes wrestle with profound and disturbing issues in original ways: the definitions of good and evil, the limits of violence as an effective means, the perils of enforcing justice outside the law, the metaphysics of personal identity, and the definition of humanity.Superheroes and Philosophy tackles these and other philosophical questions in an intellectual yet engaging way suitable for any comic book fan.

Animals are disappearing all over Cairo, Egypt and nobody knows why. A new detective moves to town and soon gets on the case. Walid Shabeezar and his best friends, along with his parents and a strong military escort, set off on a trip across the kingdom to visit his old village, and they have no idea that someone will use a frightening and mysterious force in an effort to stop them.In the midst of the most unexpected and oddest adventure yet, Walid and Mafulla will discover new pos...

Egypt has long been a land of mysteries. And the epicenter of those mysteries may be the area in and around Giza, where the Sphinx and the Great Pyramids are to be found. Legend has it that, long ago, something remarkable was discovered deep in the sand at the feet of the Sphinx, that great stone beast with a lion’s body and the head of a human. And this unique item may have within it the power to show what any of us really is, deep down.In this book, Walid Shabeezar, the young Pri...

The Everyday Patriot is a rousing call to action based on the values that have made America a nation of great power and promise. In these pages, Tom Morris gives us a new vision for what citizenship and patriotism can mean at our moment in history. He reminds of us of the ideals on which the country was founded and shows how we can use them every day to revive our democracy by rebuilding our sense of a vital shared enterprise. The ideas in this book may well help to heal some of o...

A short horror story based on the Lovecraftian Necronomicon. Two academics thought they could unravel the secrets of this diabolical book but it destroyed them both.

Set in a small East Anglian town in the early 1950's Old George tells how an unexpected find was to destroy the tranquil life of a beachcomber.

Throughout the ages, many people have written and spoken about success and excellence. In this book, contemporary philosopher and global business speaker Tom Morris has culled the best advice from history's great thinkers and gone even deeper in his own analysis to develop a simple, universal framework of seven conditions for satisfying achievement in any challenge, the now famous set of ideas he calls "The 7 Cs of Success," concepts that have helped countless people and businesses world-w...

Dreams may be pleasant or some times a little disturbing. Nightmares are all too different. For the dreamer the best thing about a nightmare is waking up. For the narrator however this was not actually the case.

A Fantasy tale of vindictiveness thwarted. Maladict the Magnificent takes a cruel pleasure in tormenting his Vizier but the tables are turned with the help of a Genie and a clever woman.