Richard Seltzer: 20 books

Practical advice for online shopping and retailing. Based on the book "Shop Online the Lazy Way" by Richard Seltzer, published in 1999 by Macmillan. Business on the Internet changes quickly. New companies apear, and old ones disappear. Many of the companies names and URLs pointed to no longer exist. But the underlying principles and advice discussed in this book remain true.

First published in 2002. The specific examples are dated, because business on the Internet changes rapidly. But the underlying principles and lessons hold true. "You're in basic training for the battle of your life. Your mission is to keep your company alive and to help it move forward quickly...

30 black-and-white illustrations. Boston Globe -- "A highly original collection of short stories -- sometimes humorous, sometimes profound." Philadelphia Daily News -- "Seltzer has produced four charming stories for, he suggests, children around the age of nine. Adults will find the...

This collection includes "The Barracks" (about basic training during the Viet Nam War), "Yanni," "Vienna Pension Barbara," "Hands," "Saint Smith," and "Size Matters." "Spit and Polish", a screenplay based on "The Barracks" is also available for the Kindle. Richard Seltzer's published works include:...

30 black-and-white illustrations. Boston Globe -- "A highly original collection of short stories -- sometimes humorous, sometimes profound." Philadelphia Daily News -- "Seltzer has produced four charming stories for, he suggests, children around the age of nine. Adults will find the...

Study of Dryden's "heroic" plays, which were immensely popular in his day (the Restoration) but are now very difficult to appreciate. Examining the meaning of the characters and their typical verbiage in the context of Dryden's time, the author seeks insight into the broader issue of changes...

The doctoral dissertation "Human Relations in Secondary School Administration: Case Episodes". Presented for the degree of doctor of education at the University of Maryland in 1957. The author eventually became superintendent of schools in three communities in Pennsylvania (Bristol, Huntingdon Valley, and Columbia).

Without a Myth in which the characters are about to be trapped in a world where they will have no free will, only able to follow an arbitrary script. The Lizard of Oz, a children's play, based on the fantasy novel in which an elementary school class sets out to save the world from disenchantment....

DEC was the creation of its co-founder and president Ken Olsen, who for four decades shaped the cadre of managers and the corporate culture that motivated and enabled one generation after another of creativity and innovation as his company grew from a small team in 1957 to a global corporation with...

Short collection of poems, from over the course of over fifty years. Includes: Dark Woods, Mist that Rises, The Way of the Web, Finnegan Died, Brief Reprieve, The View from Beacon Hill, On the Invasion of Cambodia, Things are War or Less the Same, on hearing Voznesenski, Journey to the West and others.

Contemporary Controversies and the American Racial Divide is a detailed study of some of the most racially divisive issues America has encountered in the past decade. Smith and Seltzer employ more than forty surveys to explore race-based public opinion differences on high-profile controversies including...

The internet emerged and evolved so rapidly, that companies were faced with the need to adapt to a new environment.This early book focuses upon building communities on the Internet. It further provides information on establishing identity, motivation to succeed, and community. First published in 1995, many of the principals explained here still ring true.

An historical novel based on the life of Alexander Bulatovich, a Russian who was an explorer in Ethiopia, a cavalry officer during Russia's conquest of Manchuria in 1900, and later, as a monk at Mount Athos, led a group of "heretics" who challenged the hierarchy of the Russian Orthodox Church,...

Saint Smith and Other Stories consists of two novellas and six short stories. "Saint Smith" focuses on Charlie, a would-be experimental film maker, Sarah his traditional Bible-believing mother, and Irene the clever ironic uninhibited German woman he marries. "The Barracks" takes...