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"Why is Los Angeles Ticking" is an update after Japan's quake, tsunami and nuclear meltdowns. I started writing about the L.A. faultlines after the 1994 Northridge Earthquake. We lived six miles from the epicenter. At the time I was writing a Southern California Chronology -. focusing on the social,...

Pete Mosley is Business Editor for craft&design magazine. He works as coach and mentor to a wide range of creative and exceptional people.'This book is for everyone out there that has a head full of ideas and the notion that earning a living from their own creative endeavour is simply the best thing...

Before a person can find true happiness in their lives;they must know what their true life purpose really is. This book will help You to determine what that purpose is. Knowing what makes You happiest is what will ultimately direct You to the life You were meant to live; the life You were born for.Many...

This book concerns the merging of the Hamilton and Mathiesen family and their ancestry, beginning with my parent’s marriage in 1910. The Hamilton ancestry dates back to the time of the Saxons in the year 215, through the historical Charlemagne Holy Roman Emperor (742-814), Richard the Fearless of Normandy...

The author has been an active investor/trader in stocks for over 50 years. From college days searching archives for the holy grail to stock investing, to seminars, to study of fundamental and technical analysis, he has found a simple system, requiring no technical or financial expertise. Understanding...

Michael Duttweiler, a career-long adult educator, has long-standing interest in local history of the Catskill Mountains and other regions of New York. He was raised in Jeffersonville, Sullivan County, New York and lived there through his undergraduate years. With relatives still in the area, he returns...

Very few Chinese names have become, as Shakespeare's Henry V put it: "Familiar in his mouth as household words" to many westerners. Mao, Confucius, Yao Ming, Jackie Chan – there aren't many. But that is about to change. China’s in the midst of its once-in-a-decade political power transition. The...

Coaching Soccer Successfully was created by Coach Scott Haywood of Back of the Net Soccer Academy. Coach Haywood has been teaching the "Beautiful Game" for over 35 years. Scott's playing career spans nearly 30 years playing college and Olympic Development Program soccer, as well as try-out stints with...

This book is a marriage testimony for those who are looking for hope within a place of severe struggle. It shows one example of when we surrender it all, everything is going to turn out just as it should and you in will be renewed! Trust in the Lord with all of your heart and understanding. Jesus is the answer in any circumstance. He loves you.

I enjoy many things in life. A good steak, a chocolate doughnut, chocolate candy, chocolate cake, well, just about anything chocolate. I also enjoy a good movie, especially the kind that make me laugh. I enjoy laughing, and making other people laugh. I enjoy nostalgia. I have many happy memories of growing...

It is not commonly realized that the Elizabethan age was an age of intense religious controversy, or that Shakespeare spent the first decade of his dramatic career at the height of this controversy, or that his "drama" was not only that of his stage but also that of his age. The controversy was, moreover,...

When everyone has access to the same technology, skills and markets, how do you compete? New research shows that Creative leadership, centered on Vision, Engagement and Execution is key. In case studies ranging from elite military units to Internet services, DL Brouwer shows how it saves lives, unlocks growth and drives the “Return on Leadership”.

Peter Pratt is a normal lad. He has no direction in life, is a mediocre achiever and has no real plan as to the way forward. He is in his late teens and, on a whim, visits a Royal Air Force recruitment office in Leeds, England looking for a cash handout to supplement his upcoming college course. This...

For me England isn’t so much a place as a name, an ideal, a dream. The name is attached to a little Western isle, set, as Shakespeare observes, in the silver sea. Or rather, if I may correct Shakespeare’s observation, it is attached not to the whole isle but only to half of it, the other half being...