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“Pleasure Island” is a novel based on a nearly 35-year working life in the madness, absurdity and surprisingly rewarding bureaucratic world of a late 20th Century American corporation. Our Hero, of sorts, is an utterly inauspicious candidate for management. After 14-years as an hourly worker on rotating...

One family member was a Jewish pioneer in gold rush San Francisco, selling dry goods down the block from fellow German immigrant Levi Strauss. Another family member was one of the wealthiest Jews in the 19th Century—a tobacco merchant, hotel owner, Wall Street banker and real estate investor who...

The Cornwall Air Ambulance project is a tale of the triumph of wishful thinking over an intransigent establishment. It is also a tale of the fortunate coming together of a small group of like-minded individuals who were persuaded by the author to agree to do something that no other part of the National...

“Replacing the Rainmaker” is a practical guide to business development for accountants. It offers an array of tools, techniques and strategies to help accountants win more work. It gives you everything you need to launch a successful firm-wide business development effort. Each topic in the book...

This is the true story of Ernie George, an elderly man we met, hitching, on crutches, in 30 degree weather. When asked how many people had passed him, in the 6 hours that he had been there, he replied, “many”. We inquired why he was hitching 250km, and he explained that he needed to see a doctor...

This is a personal story of a life lived in many places, from a childhood in Newfoundland to the bustling and increasingly modern metropolis of Beijing, China. It includes stops in London and Paris and Jakarta and Prague, and many years in Ottawa, where I was lucky to serve in a number of senior positions,...

Born into an impoverished large family in Gary, Indiana, a boy was to become the youngest singer to have a #1 hit in the United States as a member of The Jackson 5 and the first to inscribe his name in music history. Later, he made Thriller, the highest selling album on the planet. His music crossed...

Netball is being played all over the world and as such, this book seeks to delve further in the positions that each individual plays. Giving them more insight on their positional roles and what they need, to better play their chosen position.

Welcome! Thanks for joining me on this wild ride through middle school. As a father of two children I was untested in the changes that occur in the middle school years. I knew that if I was untested and felt the feelings of uncertainty and doubt about what my kids were about to experience then I was...

A Political Insider’s Account of How Britain’s Democracy Has Been Bought. Donnachadh McCarthy, former Deputy Chair of the Liberal Democrats, describes how a corporate elite have captured Britain’s democracy. Legions of former and current British politicians are in the pay of corporations. Party...

Corporate Security Manager discusses issues pertinent to the changing global corporate security environment. As major corporations move toward more integrated globalization, the trend is that country security managers are increasingly being directed to establish specific global security programs and...

A Magical Day at the Coffee Shop - What if someone gave you, a college student working in a coffee bar, a magical device that could make things - any desire or dream you’ve ever had, happen?

"A Journey to Self Love" is a memoir to a path from self-hatred to a path of self love. Readers will experience with Armetria a journey through their hardships that they don't have to be endowed with guilt and shame or burdened by their past experiences but utilize these experiences as stepping stones...

This is one of the series on marriage. Dr. Olowosoyo answers a pastor's wife's question on what to do on the possibility of immorality in her family; particularly because Cynthia an illegal immigrant, whose husband could not come to London serves in their choir and she is quite close to her husband.