This book introduces David H. C. Read to a new generation, through sermons that are not merely elegantly worded and biblically grounded, but packed with life experience that included a five year stint as a prisoner of war during World War II. From amongst the almost 1500 sermons that Read preached during his ministry in Manhattan, John McTavish has selected forty enduring messages that show David Read, justifying Time magazine's assessment that "Read is not merely elegant and literary; his...

Phone NotesPoetry has been my way to processing through my feelings since I was a teenager.Through my teen years I kept notebook after notebook of poetry.In this modern era, I started writing poems in the Notes App of my phone.These are some of my favorites from the last five years starting in first days of the pandemic until present.

Orem, the last god within a cursed realm, created twelve warriors to protect what goodness remained. And upon the first breath of his last born daughter, Orem became no more.To slay demons is their single purpose. A task they succeed in for hundreds of years. And when a visitor reaches their home after having survived the perils of the black forest, he tells them of a king rumored to conspire with demons. In this, the daughters of Orem must investigate. What they find is far worse ...

While on a hunt within the bleak forest of Dakkar, Lira makes a discovery. Finding something that will reignite the war between angels and demons like never before. Lira soon learns that not all blessings are godsent nor all curses scathe.

An adventure with dire consequences is birthed from a simple wine run.Three angels of a long absent god are thrust into the world of the Belleman, deep within the cursed forest.Difficult decisions must be made.Will Lira have the stomach for it.

Read addresses the contributions of significant individuals to our understanding of financial decisions and markets. Great financial theorists created the basis for what we now know as personal finance and this volume describes four great minds in finance that forever established the role of the rate of return and life cycle decision-making.

This true story is about the author’s involvement with a Bible study group that turned out to be a cult remarkably similar to the Branch Davidians of Waco, Texas, led by David Koresh. As of 28 February 1993, Read had been with them for some three years, and had grown to love and trust the leaders completely; but after she found out the truth about them she could no longer remain. That did not stop them from wanting her back under their control and influence; and her testimony shows how the...

Read examines probability, risk, and uncertainty through the contributions of John von Neumann, Leonard Jimmie Savage, Kenneth Arrow and Harry Markowitz. These Portfolio Theorists provided us with a dramatic leap forward in our understanding of and insights into financial rewards under risk and uncertainty.

We have seen many empires come and go. From the Roman Empire to the British Empire, we are now witnessing the decline of the US as a superpower. How do economic innovations foster global economic dominance, and how does the natural evolution of an economic empire eventually bring about its demise and replacement by other economic superpowers?

The Corporate Financiers is the fifth book in a series of discussions about the great minds in the history and theory of finance. While the series addresses the contributions of scholars in our understanding of modern finance, this volume presents the ways in which a corporation creates value.More than two centuries ago, Adam Smith explained the concept of division of labor and the efficiencies of specialization as the mechanism in which a firm creates value. However, corp...

The third book in the Great Minds in Finance series examines the pricing of securities and the risk/reward trade off through the legends, contribution, and legacies of Jacob Marschak, William Sharpe, Fischer Black and Myron Scholes, and Robert Merton, influencing both theory and practice, answering the question 'how do we measure risk?'

The complete story of the devastating BP oil spill of 2010. The author puts forward an objective account of what happened, a documentation of the true costs, not the hyperbolic costs, and an explanation of the science and business of the spill and its remediation.