With a wit as sharp as a vodka stinger and a heart as free as her spirit, Auntie Mame burst onto the literary scene in 1955--and today remains one of the most unforgettable characters in contemporary fiction.Wildly successful when it was first published in 1955, Patrick Dennis’ Auntie Mame sold over two million copies and stayed put on the New York Times bestseller list for 112 weeks. It was made into a play, a Broadway and a Hollywood musical, an...

CHAPTER ONE BEGINS LIKE THIS: On October 25, 1999, two F-16 fighter planes from the Oklahoma Air National Guard's 138th Fighter Wing scrambled to intercept a Learjet headed into America's heartland. The plane they were ordered to intercept was not an enemy aircraft. It had not been hijacked. It was not carrying criminals, terrorists, drug smugglers, or anyone else who was harboring ill will toward the United States or its people. I first read about the intercept of the jet on the internet ...

Cole Clay, raised a cowboy on California’s Central Coast, is on the cusp of a new life. A rich wife and a rewarding new job promise an escape from being “land rich and cash poor.” When the death of a young cowboy implicates his family, Cole is immersed in a hot cauldron of family conflict and forced to make a choice that will alter the course of his life. Santa Ynez is a modern western saga but, at a deeper level, it’s a meditation on what divides us as a people and whether tradit...

Back in print at last! From the author of Auntie Mame: the bawdy, bestselling, bountifully illustrated autobiography of an imaginary diva whose life is one hilarious mishap after another.For Belle Poitrine, née Mayble Schlumpfert, all the world's a stage and she's the most important player on it. At once coy and coercive, with a name that means "beautiful bosom" in French, she claws her way from Striver's Row to the silver screen. Recalling Belle's career,...

The Crown of Happenstance tells the story of a search for something which might not even exist but is wanted badly by various people on Earth and by the people of Shonak. It is rumored to confer god-like powers on whoever wears it. This story details two serious efforts to find and exploit the Crown. The Shonakian named Bon, who is that planet's senior representative on Earth, is after the Crown in order to reach ever higher vibrations of existence. They think that's where thought-creation...

Encore, Encore! The brilliant sequel to the smash bestseller Auntie Mame is back and the reviews are in . . .

When shy young heir Patrick is orphaned at the age of ten, the only family he has is his wealthy and eccentric aunt, a New York socialite named Mame. Prone to dramatic costumes, flights of fancy and expensive whims, Mame will raise Patrick the only way she knows how - with humour, mishaps, unforgettable friends and lots of love. From progressive schooling and Mame's search for a husband to her short-lived literary career and the puncturing of some of Patrick's romances, Auntie Mame

Public sector entrepreneurship refers to innovative public policy initiatives that generate greater economic prosperity. These initiatives can transform a status quo economic environment into one that is more conducive to economic units engaging in creative and innovative activities in the face of uncertainty. Public Sector Entrepreneurship traces the historical development of the concepts of private and public sector entrepreneurship and their connection to the separate notions o...

A deeply intimate exploration of the "7 Ways" to creativity led by three authors whose collaboration provides meditations on the creative process as well as practical and reflective exercises.Reignite your creative spark with accessible meditations and practices developed by three experts on creativity and collaboration across three generations. Whether you’re a filmmaker, writer, musician, artist, graphic designer, dabbler, or doodler, all creative people face the...

Inadequate investment in innovation is particularly costly in today's globally competitive environment where continued technological advancements are critical to sustaining economic prosperity. The government has a critical role in ensuring that society's general interest in innovation, and the public good associated with innovation, is represented in private-sector decision making. This can be accomplished through a variety of programs and initiatives that reward innovation at all levels....

Baltimore is key to understanding the trajectory of civil rights in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuryIn A Brotherhood of Liberty, Dennis Patrick Halpin shifts the focus of the black freedom struggle from the Deep South to argue that Baltimore is key to understanding the trajectory of civil rights in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In the 1870s and early 1880s, a dynamic group of black political leaders migrated to Baltimore...

Baltimore is key to understanding the trajectory of civil rights in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuryIn A Brotherhood of Liberty, Dennis Patrick Halpin shifts the focus of the black freedom struggle from the Deep South to argue that Baltimore is key to understanding the trajectory of civil rights in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In the 1870s and early 1880s, a dynamic group of black political leaders migrated to Baltimore...