Richard: 2392 books

You have something special inside you. Something you know. Something you do. Something you can teach. You feel like you should be doing more. We all have this something special inside of us and, if we use it right, we can change our habits, our outcomes and our world.  You will gain valuable...

A unique ethical system is defended here. Commonly, the moral sense is thought to arise from evolution, as a sense of duty to one’s clan. It is here argued that this sense is in fact a red herring, and that there is a true ethics less sought after which natural selection in fact selects against....

A poor college student works nights as a houseman in a backgammon club. He depends upon his earnings to support himself.Backgammon is usually played for money. Thus, Backgammon attracts certain unsavory individuals. He plays a tournament against a guy who’s suspected of being a traveling cheater....

Jack works in a Las Vegas casino. Jack is approached by Nicky, a tall white-blonde lady with a set of tits that are difficult to believe. Nicky wants Jack to use his Air Force background to aid Nicky and Benny, Nicky's lover, to cheat the casino where they all work. To insure Jack's participation,...

When I was in elementary school, I lived on a local main street. I would walk over to a corner and then walk down a side street to the school.There was a house on the corner, a house with a fenced yard. Inside the fenced yard lived a big, angry black dog.Perhaps a reason that the black dog was so...

Nola asked me, “How would you like to make a million dollars?” “You don't have a million dollars.” “No, but Jerry has at least a couple of million, maybe even a lot more.” “You intend to rip off Jerry?” Nola said, “Rip off Jerry and then move somewhere he can't get at me.” “Sounds...

Imagine if there was an easier method for memory development, one that makes brain exercise enjoyable and simple; then you would not only have a healthier mind, but also greater social skills. Well the book, Conversation Mastery does it all. It takes a unique spin on the memory palace, the most powerful...

Xyggy and Church is the short story of two assassins who've been contracted to eliminate all of Gonzo Goldstein's competitors in the settlement called Newtown before an influx of newcomers arrive…just in time for Gonzo to hold the monopoly on sin.

He's a pretty much typical Jevron male, some seven feet two inches tall. He runs an unusual trading company, out in an Earth desert. He trades with saucer ships that ply the area. The cloaked saucer ships land, offload cargo and pick up cargo. The saucer ships also pick up one other thing, a ship's...

The next day, I’m called by the Receptionist. There is a lawyer to see me. I walk out to the front and the Receptionist motions me into a Personnel Department conference room. I walk into the conference room and I see a very nice looking lady in a very expensive looking lady suit.* * *(What has...

The alien seems to be a pretty much normal human. The alien starts with a nasty lecture, “Do you realize that you could have changed the entire history of your planet with your ill considered time travel?”I jump in, “Your statement makes no sense. I went back in time some 16 Earth years. Conceptually,...

On another planet, commoner Jov Drow is subjected to a Warrior Challenge, so that a Noble can have a job for his mistress. Obviously Jov will run. However, Jov is a warrior in hiding, Jov will fight. With the help of a Noble lady, Jov prepares to fight. The Noble lady discovers that Jov is more than...

I worked hard, while I was in juvie, and I had actually earned a two year college degree, by the time I turned 18-years-old and had to leave juvie.I got a job, programming computers and I was really good at it. Unfortunately, I only had a two year college degree and I found that I had to have a four...

Night Goblin started out as the baddest high school line backer you can even imagine. At six feet four inches and 240 pounds he was strong enough to fight through a 300 pound offensive tackle and fast enough to cover a 170 pound fly boy on a deep pass pattern. Then, one night, his girlfriend's father...